ASTANA wins Four Cities Friendship Chess Championship 2020 – Junior Division
Four Cities Friendship Chess Championship 2020 – Junior Division an online competition that brought together youngsters from Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Hong Kong, Singapore and Penang (Malaysia) ended in a convincing victory by team ASTANA from Nur-Sultan. This team event, organized by the chess federations of Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, was held from July 25th till […]
Magnus Carlsen Tour Finals: Ding exacts revenge
A breathless first round full of intense drama opened the richest online chess tournament ever today. The Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva is the World Champion’s signature event which features the four best-performing stars from four qualifying super-tournaments. And Magnus Carlsen, Daniil Dubov, Hikaru Nakamura and Ding Liren were all in explosive form straight away as the battle for the $140,000 top prize lit up on […]
Division 3: Day 2 Round-up
The second day in Division 3 divided all the pools into two big categories – in some pools the circle of potential candidates for the spots at the next stage shaped up, whereas in the others even six rounds down the road virtually all the teams still have a chance to qualify for Division 2. Everything […]
PDC: mission and current projects
The Planning and Development Commission, often shortened as PDC, is one of the most important bodies within FIDE. The crucial role played by PDC is perfectly acknowledged by the federations, but it is not so well known by the general public – at least, not to the extend we think it should. So it seemed sensible […]