FIDE Circuit: Gukesh D regains the lead
Dommaraju Gukesh regained the lead in the FIDE Circuit race. The young prodigy from Chennai is now 6 points ahead of Levon Aronian following his solid performance at the TePe Sigeman, a strong round-robin that took place from May 4-10 in Malmo, Sweden. The event, an interesting mix of experienced grandmasters and young talents, saw a very close fight. […]
2023 Superbet Chess Classic: Day 5 Recap
Fabiano Caruana retained his half-point lead after Round 5 of the 2023 Superbet Chess Classic, as Alireza Firouzja inflicted the first loss to World Champion Ding Liren while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored a victory over Ian Nepommniachtchi. Going into the rest day, Caruana remains in first with 3.5/5, while Firouzja, So, and Rapport are tied for second […]
2023 Kyrgyzstan Championship: Eldiar Orozbaev and Nurai Sovetbekova win titles
FM Eldiar Orozbaev and WFM Nurai Sovetbekova are the new chess champions of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Open and Women’s Kyrgyzstan championships organized by the Kyrgyz Chess Union (Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation) took place from April 27 to May 9 in the conference hall of the Kyrgyz Chess Union’s office. Both tournaments were 12-player round robins with classical time control. […]
Kazakhstan to host inaugural FIDE World Schools Team Championship
FIDE Events Commission is happy to announce that the first-ever World Schools Team Championship (WSTC) becomes a part of the FIDE Chess Calendar starting from the year 2023. Currently, more than 25 million kids worldwide are involved in scholastic chess, and FIDE’s goal is to double that number. Increasing the number of scholastic events and creating a coherent […]