From Monaco to Khiva: Women’s Candidates continue on the Silk Road
The first game of the 2022 Women’s Candidates Pool B kicked off this afternoon in the walled city of Khiva – a remote desert oasis on the Silk Road in Uzbekistan. In light of the country’s current chess boom, due to the many recent outstanding results by their national team, the federation bid for this […]
African Amateur Individual Championship 2022 gets underway in Kenya
The seventh edition of the African Amateur Individual Chess Championship is taking place at the Mombasa Continental Resort, Kenya. The event attracted a total of 93 players from 15 federations, the highest attendance in the event since its inception in 2015 in Matola, Mozambique. The Open section has three groups: the U2300, U2000 and U1700, while […]
FIDE Aid Package to Open Tournaments 2023
Following the success of the FIDE Open Tournaments support program during the last two years, FIDE will be extending its Aid Package Program in 2023, increasing the total funding to a record amount of €200,000. When FIDE first launched this global program in 2021, its goal was to achieve a multiplier effect: by supporting open […]