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FIDE has published the lists of decisions of the FIDE Council meeting that took place on April 13 👇 🔗 |~0~|

FIDE is pleased to announce the list of players who have secured their place in the 2024-2025 WGP Series. All 14 qualified players have earned their spot in ... Show more

FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-2025 Qualifiers

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk @chessqueenwins Swiss #QueensWednesday for the fourth time! 🤩 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the 13th edition with an impressive 10/11 score ... Show more

FIDE Online Arena - Official FIDE Gaming Platform

Swiss Queens Wednesday - FIDE Online Arena

EWCC 2024: Three in the lead at midpoint The European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 is halfway through. With five rounds to go ... Show more

In an effort to further improve the position of chess players who are refugees, asylum seekers or stateless persons, FIDE has amended the regulations regarding ... Show more

Changes to Regulations of transferring to FIDE flag for Refugees

The 2024 FIDE Candidates and FIDE Women's Candidates are in the books. What was your favourite moment?#FIDECandidates aftermovie 👇

🇮🇳 Gukesh D, winner of the 2024 #FIDECandidates , at a fan meetup in Trinity Bellwoods Park, 🇨🇦 Toronto, organised by ChessBase India! Gukesh chatted with small kids ... Show more

Registration for 45th Chess Olympiad is now open! ®️ Registration dates: April 18 - July 10. 🌍 Location: Budapest, Hungary📆 Tournament Dates: September ... Show more

Registration for 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest is now open

FIDE Candidates 2024: And it’s a wrap! The FIDE Candidates Tournament, which captivated audiences for three weeks, is in the books ... Show more

FIDE Candidates 2024: And it’s a wrap!

The winner of the #FIDECandidates , 🇮🇳Gukesh D @DGukesh and the winner of the Women's Candidates, 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi at the closing ceremony 🏆

FIDE Candidates: 🇮🇳 Gukesh D and 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi are the World Championship Challengers The 2024 FIDE Candidates has concluded ... Show more

FIDE Candidates: Gukesh D and Tan Zhongyi are the World Championship Challengers

Happy 61st birthday to Swedish chess legend Pia Cramling! 🎉 🎂 In 1992, she became the 5th woman to earn the title of chess Grandmaster ... Show more

Happy birthday to Alexandra Kosteniuk @chessqueen, who is celebrating her 40th birthday today! 🎂🎉 Among others, she has won the Women’s World Championship in ... Show more

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi: winner of the 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates and Women's World Championship Challenger! 📷 Stev Bonhage

Vitaliy Bernadskiy wins 21st Bangkok Chess Club Open Vitaliy Bernadskiy emerged triumphant in the 21st Bangkok Chess Club Open ... Show more

Vitaliy Bernadskiy wins 21st Bangkok Chess Club Open

Witness the action of the #FIDECandidates first-hand with the individual-board streams! Individual-board streams - Open ⚔️ 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura vs 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🔗 Round 14 | Hikaru Nakamura vs Gukesh D | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube ⚔️ ... Show more

Round 14 | Alireza Firouzja vs Vidit Gujrathi | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 14 | Nijat Abasov vs Praggnanandhaa R | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 14 | Fabiano Caruana vs Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 14 | Kateryna Lagno vs Vaishali Rameshbabu | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 14 | Lei Tingjie vs Humpy Koneru | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 14 | Anna Muzychuk vs Tan Zhongyi | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 14 | Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Nurgyul Salimova | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Results | Round 14 | #FIDECandidates 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja ½-½ 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 🇦🇿 ... Show more

Results | Round 14 | Women’s #FIDECandidates 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk ½-½ 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi Kateryna Lagno 0-1 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie 0-1 🇮🇳 Humpy ... Show more

Gukesh, after being declared the winner of the #FIDECandidates : "Right now, I am so relieved and so happy. I was following this crazy game (Caruana vs ... Show more

Press Conference with Gukesh, winner of the FIDE Candidates - YouTube

Round 14 FIDE Candidates & Women's Candidates Commentators: GM Irina Krush & GM Eric Hansen Breaking new ground, the Women’s and Open competitions unfold ... Show more

FIDE Candidates 2024

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) prevails over 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie (2550) in Round 14 of the Women’s #FIDECandidates . They end their tournament on 7.5/14. 📷 Michal Walusza

We have our first result of the day! 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760) vs 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727) ends in a draw. Round 14 #FIDECandidates 📷 Michal Walusza

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) secures her 5th consecutive victory, triumphing over Kateryna Lagno (2542) in the final round. With this win ... Show more

Tunde Onakoya, 🇳🇬 Nigerian chess player and advocate for child education, and Shawn Martinez, 🇺🇸 American chess player and coach ... Show more

Gukesh: "I will go (to the last round) with the same strategy: try and play a good game. I have managed so far, and hopefully, tomorrow as well ... Show more

Post-game Press Conference with tournament leader Gukesh | Round 13 | FIDE Candidates - YouTube

Pairings | Round 14 | Women's #FIDECandidates

Fabiano Caruana: "I absolutely have to win tomorrow, and Ian has to go for a win as well. There is nothing else. Gukesh is the only one who should try to ... Show more

Post-game Press Conference with Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa | Round 13 | FIDE Candidates - YouTube

FIDE Candidates Round 13: The calm before the storm! Nothing is clear in the FIDE Candidates! The penultimate round saw some important results ... Show more

FIDE Candidates Round 13: The calm before the storm

Standings | After Round 13 | #FIDECandidates 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi is the sole leader with 8.5/13, one point ahead of her compatriot 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie. ❗️One round to go!

🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) defeats 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760), reaches a score of 8.5/13 and heads into the final round of the #FIDECandidates as the sole leader ... Show more

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) vs 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk (2520) ends in a draw. Round 13, Women’s #FIDECandidates 📷 Michal Walusza

The game between tournament leaders Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) and 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789) concluded in a draw, leaving both players at 8/13 heading into the ... Show more

Mack Hollins, American football star for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), made the ceremonial first move today in the game between Ian ... Show more

Round 13 FIDE Candidates & Women's Candidates Commentators: GM Irina Krush & GM Aman Hambleton Breaking new ground, the Women’s and Open competitions unfold ... Show more

FIDE Candidates 2024

Pairings | Round 13 | Women's #FIDECandidates

Pairings | Round 13 | #FIDECandidates

The #FIDECandidates Tournaments and the Women's Candidates Tournaments, currently underway in Toronto, feature an array of exciting activities and side events ... Show more

Toronto exhibition celebrates rich history of Candidates Tournaments

It is National Volunteer Week in Canada, and we would like to once again thank all the volunteers for their dedication throughout the 2024 #FIDECandidates ! 😍 ♟️ 📷 ... Show more

FIDE elevates chess standards improving regulations for arbiters FIDE has outlined 28 key international events, detailing their duration, structure ... Show more

FIDE elevates chess standards as it improves regulations for arbiters

European Women’s Championship starts in RhodesThe European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 began this Friday in Rhodes, Greece, with the drawing of lots ... Show more

European Women’s Championship starts in Rhodes, Greece

The second stop for the "Capture" exhibition is Casablanca, Morocco 🇲🇦! More than a traditional exhibition, "Capture" is a project by ... Show more

"Capture": changing the perception of chess through photography

Four in the race for first in FIDE Candidates; Tan solely on top in Women’s event The FIDE Candidates Tournament is getting more and more exciting with each ... Show more

Four in the race for first in FIDE Candidates; Tan solely on top in Women’s event

Standings | After Round 12 | #FIDECandidates There is a three-way tie for first between Ian Nepomniachtchi, 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D with two rounds to go ... Show more

Standings | After Round 12 | Women’s #FIDECandidates 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi maintains the sole lead with 8/12. 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie closely follows with 7.5/12.

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk wins Swiss #QueensWednesday for the third time! 🤩 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the 12th edition with an impressive 10/11 score! 🇵🇱 IM Aleksandra ... Show more

FIDE Online Arena - Official FIDE Gaming Platform

Swiss Queens Wednesday - FIDE Online Arena

Happy 55th Birthday to the 8th Women's World Champion, Susan Polgar! 🎉🎂 Did you know she's a multiple-time Olympic medalist and was the third woman ever to be ... Show more

Photos – Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar

Results | Round 12 | Women’s #FIDECandidates 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova ½-½ 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi Kateryna Lagno ½-½ 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0-1 🇮🇳 Vaishali ... Show more

🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova didn't manage to convert her advantage against the tournament leader, 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi; the game ended in a draw ... Show more

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (2475) defeats 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk (2520) with the black pieces. This is Vaishali's third consecutive win. Round 12 ... Show more

Fabiano Caruana: "There is no better scenario for me than to play a tiebreak in the current situation." #FIDECandidates 📷 Maria Emelianova

Results | Round 12 | #FIDECandidates Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja 🇦🇿 Nijat Abasov 0-1 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🇺🇸 Fabiano ... Show more

The game between Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) and 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) ends in a draw. Nepomniachtchi maintains his lead with 7.5/12 ... Show more

Round 12 FIDE Candidates & Women's Candidates Commentators: GM Irina Krush & GM Aman Hambleton Breaking new ground, the Women’s and Open competitions unfold ... Show more

FIDE Candidates 2024

We have our first result of the day!Aleksandra Goryachkina vs 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru concludes in a draw. Both of them are now on 6 points each. Round 12 ... Show more

Todd J. Labarowski, film producer, member of the Directors Guild of America, Oscar nominee, and multiple Golden Globe and BAFTA winner ... Show more

Results | Round 11 | #FIDECandidates 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 0-1 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇮🇳 Gukesh D ½-½ 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ... Show more

Witness the action of the #FIDECandidates first-hand with the individual-board streams! Individual-board streams - Open ⚔️ 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R vs 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura ... Show more

Round 11 | Praggnanandhaa R vs Hikaru Nakamura | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Vidit Gujrathi vs Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Gukesh D vs Fabiano Caruana | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Alireza Firouzja vs Nijat Abasov | FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Tan Zhongyi vs Kateryna Lagno | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Humpy Koneru vs Nurgyul Salimova | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Vaishali Rameshbabu vs Aleksandra Goryachkina | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

Round 11 | Lei Tingjie vs Anna Muzychuk | Women's FIDE Candidates 2024 - YouTube

In round 11 of the Women’s #FIDECandidates , 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (2546) secured a victory over 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova (2432). Humpy gained an early advantage and methodically ... Show more

Claps, smiles, autographs and selfies! Fabiano Caruana's visit to the fan zone of the #FIDECandidates made everyone happy today! 🤩

In the game between 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (2747) and 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2789), it quickly reached an equal endgame with both players playing to win. However ... Show more

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (2521) won a very double-edged game against Kateryna Lagno (2542) in Round 11 of the Women’s #FIDECandidates . Tan stated that she wanted to play actively ... Show more

In the game between 🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (2803), they settled for a draw after starting with the QGD exchange variation ... Show more

🇮🇳 Gukesh D (2743) needs to make 18 more moves in 23 minutes to reach the second time control. Will he make it safely? #FIDECandidates

We have the first result from Round 11 of the #FIDECandidates . 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (2760) defeats 🇦🇿 Nijat Abasov (2632). The game ended in 24 moves after a severe ... Show more

World Junior U20 Championship: Registration deadline is May 1 The competition will take place in Gandhinagar, state of Gujarat, India, from June 1-14, 2024 ... Show more

FIDE World Junior U20 Championship: Registration deadline is May 1

FIDE Candidates: Two co-leaders in both tournaments going into the third rest day Open: Ian Nepomniachtchi and 🇮🇳 Gukesh D Women: 🇨🇳 Lei Tingjie and 🇨🇳 Tan ... Show more

FIDE Candidates: Two co-leaders in both tournaments going into third rest day

The 10th round of the #FIDECandidates Tournament saw a surprising turn of events with four decisive results. In the Women’s Candidates Tournament ... Show more