Grand Chess Tour cancels 2020 season due to COVID-19
The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) regretfully announces the cancellation of its 2020 season. The global pandemic known as COVID-19 is impacting our lives, and all sporting events around the world are being canceled or postponed. “The Grand Chess Tour’s priority is the health and well-being of our participants, spectators, staff and partners,” said GCT Executive […]
2020 Extraordinary General Assembly Minutes
FIDE publishes the Minutes of 2020 FIDE Extraordinary General Assembly which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on February 28th. Download 2020 Extraordinary General Assembly Minutes (pdf)
Dzagnidze and Abdumalik shoot up in April rating list
FIDE April 1 rating listAll Top-100 listsAll rating lists – download Although chess competitions all around the world were suspended in March due to the outbreak of COVID-19, some tournaments were played at the beginning of the month (FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Lausanne and the traditional Nutcracker in Moscow) with their results being incorporated into the April […]