WSCC Leg 3: Favorites advance to quarterfinals
FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship continues as Leg 3 that started today with the Round of 16. Seven matches ended in a confident win by one of the sides. The only exception was the match between Sarasadat Khadamalsharieh (Iran) and Irina Krush (USA) which went all the way to Armageddon. Sarasadat had a three-point lead in blitz 5-2, but in […]
“Game Changer” wins the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award 2019
The acclaimed book “Game Changer”, by Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan, is the winner of the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award to the best book of 2019. We give the word to Artur Jussupow, who sent us these comments on behalf of the jury: “First of all, we would like to say that it was a great pleasure to read all the […]
Medical security policy and protocol for upcoming over-the-board events
FIDE continues to closely monitor the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic which was first reported in Hubei, China on December 31, 2019. In view of the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE, through its Medical Commission, has developed a medical security policy and protocol which is aimed at minimizing chances of transmission of the Novel […]