Yu Yangyi and Tan Zhongyi win Chinese Championship

The 2020 Chinese Championship in open and women sections took place in Xinghua Jiangsu from 19-30 December 2020. Both tournaments were 12-player round-robins with the time control of 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The open section was a three-man race among Yu Yangyi, Lu Shanglei, and Wei Yi taking turns […]

FIDE World Cups 2021: Players nomination

In accordance with Article 2.1.VIII of the updated recently FIDE World Cup Regulations, one hundred Federations are selected according to the average rating of their ten highest-rated players in the December 2020 FRL (not more than 40 per Continent). These Federations should nominate any player of their choice who is registered to their Federation by June […]