Mamedyarov wins World Stars Sharjah Chess Championship
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) became the winner of the World Stars Sharjah Online Chess Championship 2020, a double round-robin tournament with 10 min +3 sec time control organized by the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club. The event was held online on a popular platform Internet Chess Club (ICC) on June 12-13t 2020. The prize fund of the […]
Day 7: Carlsen and Caruana in neck-and-neck race
Day one of the Clutch Chess International finals was an absolute thriller from start to finish. The two highest-ranked players, World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana faced off in an echo of their 2018 World Championship match. This time around, both players left blood on the battlefield; the commentators were enthralled and fans were left on the edge […]
FIDE condemns racism in the strongest terms
During the past few days, we have received a few inquires about what is FIDE’s policy regarding racial discrimination, and how we deal with such cases. FIDE condemns racism in the strongest terms, and we stand for non-discrimination as one of the founding pillars of the Olympic Movement, to which FIDE belongs. This is reflected […]