FIDE World Cup R6 Game 1: Goryachkina wins, Caruana makes a lucky escape
Carlsen and Erigaisi win in the open event. Goryachkina scores only victory in the women’s semis Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi started with a victory in the quarter-finals. Fabiano Caruana was on the brink of losing to compatriot Dominguez Perez but managed to save a draw. Vidit and Abasov drew after a lengthy endgame. In […]
FIDE Chess Olympiad 2028 – Call for bids
International Chess Federation (FIDE) is opening a bidding procedure for organising the major team competition in the chess 2028 calendar, the Chess Olympiad. Held over 15 days (including arrivals and departures), this global team event gathers thousands of players and chess fans. A whopping 186 chess federations were represented by a team in the open […]
FIDE World Youth Olympiad 2023: Day 2 Recap
After three rounds at the FIDE World Youth Olympiad 2023, China and Netherlands 1 jointly lead with 3/3. On the second day of the Olympiad, two rounds were played. Round 2 was held in the morning, right on the schedule. Just outside the “top boards,” there were many draws. The high seed teams 6 (Uzbekistan), […]