Jukšta and Baginskaitė claim 2020 Lithuanian Championship titles
Karolis Jukšta and Kamilė Baginskaitė became the 2020 Lithuanian Champions. In the open section, 10 players competed for the title in a round-robin tournament. As the tournament fate had it two leaders Karolis Jukšta and Tomas Laurusas having equal amounts of points met in the final round. Jukšta won this crucial encounter and came out on top, whereas his opponent was […]
Russia 1 pulls ahead in final
UPDATE 01-12-2020 Russia 1 grabbed the lead in the final of the first FIDE Online Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities. In the first match, the Russian squad beat Poland 1 by a narrow margin of 2½-1½. Poland 1 did a great job on top boards: GM Marcin Tazbir made a quick draw with IM Stanislav Babarykin playing with […]
Yakini Tchouka is new National Champion of Togo
Yakini Tchouka won the National Chess Championship of Togo scoring 5½ points in six rounds. The new champion completed the event undefeated conceding his opponents just a half-point in the final round. A total of twenty-two players took part in this Swiss event that was held in La Base 57 Hotel in Assahoun (about 60 km from […]
FIDE Historical Committee meeting
The second meeting of the FIDE Historical Committee will be held today, as a part of the FIDE Congress. The meeting will begin at 15:00 CET, and it will be broadcast via Youtube: https://youtu.be/6kD9Bh9Tcf8 These are some of the topics to be discussed: FIDE titles and awards Queen’s Gambit movie and FIDE FIDE Anthem FIDE […]
91st FIDE Online Congress 2020 Timetable
TUESDAY, 1 DECEMBER 11:00-13:00 Chess in Education Commission11:00-13:00 Commission for the Disabled14:00-16:00 Planning and Development Commission14:00-16:00 Qualification Commission16:00-18:00 Constitutional Commission16:00-18:00 Trainers’ Commission WEDNESDAY, 2 DECEMBER 10:00-12:00 Rules Commission12:00-14:00 Events Commission14:00-16:00 Ethics & Disciplinary Commission14:00-16:00 Verification Commission15:00-17:00 Technical Commission15:30-17:30 Global Strategy Commission16:00-18:00 Commission for Women’s Chess16:00-18:00 Medical Commission18:00-20:00 Data Protection Committee THURSDAY, 3 DECEMBER 11:30-13:30 Fair […]