FIDE announces qualification paths for Candidates Tournament 2022
The International Chess Federation has approved the qualification criteria to select the eight players who will participate in the Candidates Tournament 2022. Like in the previous cycle, the goal has been to devise a democratic qualification system, where every reasonably strong player is given a chance to qualify. These are the different qualifying events and […]
FIDE Online Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup 2021 announced
The FIDE Online Rapid World Cup (Cadets & Youth 10-18) is a two-stage tournament that will be played in 5 different age groups – under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 2 sections – open and girls (totally 10 tournaments). The participants must not have reached their 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st […]
FIDE Chessable Academy: 140 Nominations from 51 Federations
Dear member Federations: At the close of the official deadline, the newly created FIDE Chessable Academy has received 140 nominations from 51 Federations to enrol their most promising young talents into this training program. Eligible players are between the ages of 8 and 16. This is the breakdown by country: No Country Boys Girls Total Africa […]