Day: February 1, 2024

Budapest gets ready for the 2024 Chess Olympiad

Budapest is set to proudly host the 2024 Chess Olympiad, a monumental event to take place from September 10 to 23. The highly anticipated 45th Chess Olympiad is bringing together acclaimed heavyweights and rising stars, promising a showcase of chess brilliance from top-tier players from all across the globe. The event will be another milestone […]

Tickets for the 2024 Candidates tournament go on sale

FIDE is delighted to announce the launch of the official website of the FIDE Candidates Tournament and the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament. The event will take place in Toronto from April 03-23, 2024. Candidates.fide.com contains all the relevant information about the upcoming tournaments including the history of the event, player biographies as well as the schedule of […]

20th International Solving Contest: Sharing the love for chess art

The 20th International Solving Contest 2024 brought together 669 solvers from 46 countries. Although located in more than 40 different cities around the world, participants ranging in age from 5 to 84 competed simultaneously with each other while solving the same problems and endgames.  It was the 20th anniversary of the competition established to promote […]

FIDE February 2024 rating list: Wei Yi debuts in top 10 Open

Traditionally, January is all about Tata Steel tournaments, and the first month of 2024 was no exception. The recently completed “Wimbledon of Chess” impacted the February 2024 rating list the most. Anish Giri picked 13 rating points and returned to the 4th position for the first time since November 2019. Photo: Lennart Ootes – Tata […]