FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships kick off in Batumi, Georgia
The FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships U8, U10 and U12 open and girls (six tournaments in total) kicked off in Georgia, in a popular black sea resort city of Batumi. The Championships, 11-round Swiss tournaments, stretch from September 15th to September 28th. 752 participants from 70 federations are ready to battle for the titles in this prestigious […]
Second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Registration deadline approaches
58 teams representing 32 countries have already registered for the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, scheduled for October 13-14, 2022, on the International Day of Education in Prison. Correctional facilities for male, female and youth inmates from Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Georgia, […]
FIDE World Junior Championship: Deadline extended
The deadline to register players for the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2022 (Sardinia, October 11-23) has been extended until September 25. The Championship is organized by UniChess in collaboration with Emmedi Sport ASD, under the auspices of the Italian Chess Federation and FIDE. Each National Federation can enter one (1) player born on or after 1 […]
Champions Showdown Chess 9LX: Day 1 Recap
The 2022 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX kicked off today with an elite 10-player rapid round-robin featuring Chess960 (Fischer Random), a rich variant where the starting arrangement of the pieces is shuffled on the back rank. After the first day of action, 2022 FIDE Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi leads the field with a perfect 3/3 score, […]
Second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: Registration deadline approaches
58 teams representing 32 countries have already registered for the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, scheduled for October 13-14, 2022, on the International Day of Education in Prison. Correctional facilities for male, female and youth inmates from Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, […]