2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship announced

Happy International Women’s Day! On this special occasion, FIDE is thrilled to announce that the 2022 edition of the Women’s Speed Chess Championship has been confirmed and is set to start on May 24. The event was born from a partnership between FIDE and Chess.com and is the most important online tournament for titled women in the […]

FIDE Workshop for Changes in Regulations held online

The FIDE Workshop for Changes in Regulations organized in partnership with the Asian Chess Federation was held online from March 4-7, 2022 via Zoom. At the opening ceremony, the Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher welcomed participants and the Guest of Honour FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich. The FIDE President said that the FIDE General Assembly held […]

FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade: Round 6 Recap

Dmitry Andreikin, Anish Giri, Richard Rapport and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave move on to the next stage of the FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade The final – sixth round – of the group stage of the Grand Prix finished in Belgrade, with four clear winners progressing to the semi-finals. Despite players such as Richard Rapport and Anish Giri […]