Queens’ Chess Festival: Your chance to see Chennai!
Travel subsidy for tickets to the Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, India (up to 600 euro per person) and full board accommodation for six nights await the winners of the Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments. Four players, the winners of the finals in all categories, and one team […]
Winners crowned at South African Championship 2022
The South African Championship 2022, held in the open, women’s and seniors sections, took place from May 7-14 in Newland Cricket ground in Cape Town. All three tournaments were played in a round-robin format. The championships served as the qualifying events for the South African national teams that will participate in the 44th Chess Olympiad […]
2022 1st FIDE Council meeting decisions
2022 1st FIDE Council meeting 28 April 2022Abu Dhabi, UAE CM1-2022/01 To note President’s report. CM1-2022/02 To note Financial report presented by FIDE Treasurer. CM1-2022/03 To request FIDE President and FIDE Treasurer to reestablish contacts with national chess federations of Bhutan, Central African Republic and Comoros Islands, including with an aim to settle their multi-year […]
Gligoric Trophy 2021: Call for nominations
FIDE is pleased to announce the Gligoric Trophy 2021, an award established to give recognition to an individual who, in that year, had displayed exemplary behaviour that promotes the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship in chess. Candidates to win the Svetozar Gligoric Trophy shall have demonstrated during the period January 1, 2021, to December […]