Olympiad for People with Disabilities: The link between chess, football and Royalty
It’s not every day that a world-famous footballer comes to follow a chess event, but that’s just what happened in Belgrade on the fourth round of the first Olympiad for People with Disabilities The first move ceremony in chess is a peculiar affair. A lot of things need to come together: the honorary guests need […]
Kuybokarov, Ryjanova win Oceania Zonal Championships
The 2023 Oceania Zonal Championships (FIDE Zone 3.6) took place from 23-28 January 2023 in Melbourne, Australia with nearly 300 players from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Nauru participating. Both open and women’s sections were 9-round Swiss tournaments with classical time control. In the open section as many as six players scored […]
FIDE WGP Munich starts with a bang
The first round of the second leg of the 2022-2023 Women’s Grand Prix kicked off this afternoon in the Kempinski hotel with four decisive results in the six games. After the introductions and reminders, Chief Arbiter Jens Wolter initiated the clocks punctually at three o’clock, and, after the customary handshakes and pre-game smiles, the twelve players sat […]