FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss officially opened in Latvia
The world’s chess elite gathered in Riga’s Hansas Perons centre for the opening of the 2021 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and the inaugural Women’s Grand Swiss. Altogether 158 strong players from all over the world are taking part in the event, which will decide the qualifiers for the 2022 Candidates Tournament that will produce the […]
Winners crowned at FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship
2021-10-26ADDENDUM: The FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2021 were held in Rhodes, Greece between 16th and 26th of October 2021. During the awarding ceremony on 25th of October, the Chief Arbiter of the tournament wrongly interpreted the regulations of the event and in U2000 category of the tournament winners were announced incorrectly. After the immediate […]
FIDE Candidates Tournaments and Women’s Grand Prix Series 2022-23: Call for bids
1.1 The International Chess Federation (FIDE) will hold the Women’s Grand Prix Series from August 2022 to June 2023 (see the Tournament Regulations). 1.2 FIDE is opening a bidding procedure to invite any federation member of FIDE or any organiser approved by the national federation to host the event. The federation’s letter of support may be […]
Dutch Championship: Anne Haast clinches her fifth title
Anne Haast came as the winner of the 2021 Dutch Women’s Championship. It is her fifth national title (she previously won this event in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017). The 2021 open and women’s Dutch championship were held in Hoogeveen had different formulas. The women’s event was a classical 8-player round, while men competed in a […]