Svidler takes on winners of FIDE/Gazprom/Zenit competition
At the end of September, Zenit, a popular football club from St. Petersburg (Russia), Gazprom, General Sponsor of the Online Olympiad, and FIDE joined their efforts to stage a fun and exciting competition. Those who followed @?????_??? ????????? account had a unique chance play against GM Peter Svidler together with Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and win signed Zenit’s shirt. In order to do […]
Play Magnus seeks listing on Oslo Stock Exchange
(Oslo, 24 September 2020) The Play Magnus Group has applied to list on the Oslo Børs’ Merkur Market. The technology company plans to raise capital in connection with the listing. Among the cornerstone investors are the American asset manager Luxor Capital, DNB Capital Management, TIN Fonder, and TD Veen. The co-founder and chairman of the […]
ChessMatec announces free workshop
FIDE has recently entered a cooperation agreement with ChessMatec – Chess for Kids, an all-in-one chess learning platform. Next Thursday (October 1), the creators of this app will offer an online workshop to demonstrate its main features and will discuss the educative aspects of their tool. The workshop, open to everyone, will take place at 17:00 CET. In order […]
IMPORTANT: Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities
Dear member Federations: We would like to remind you that you can register more than one team in the upcoming Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities, to be held between November 20 and December 3, 2020. However, please note that all participants have to be previously registered in the directory of players with disabilities at […]
Spanish Team Championship gets underway in Linares
From September 23 to September 29 Linares, the city known for its chess traditions, is hosting the highest division of the Spanish Team Championship (Campeonato de España por Equipos de Club de División de Honor). Eight best teams with six boards in each (one woman) are competing in the round-robin format. The defending champion C.A. […]