The third leg of the 2017 FIDE World Chess Grand Prix is set to take place from 5-16th July at the famous Hotel Le Richemond, in the heart of Geneva, Switzerland. Top seed is Levon Aronian, who is in...
FIDE: BCF, ruled by Danailov, misled the Ministry by asking for a fake league levy & transferred money to fake account
Story by FIDE FIDE Deputy President, Georgios Makropoulos, together with ECU President, Zurab Azmaiparashvili and ECU General Secretary, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, after an official invitation received, met with the Bulgarian Minister of Youth and Sports, Krasen Kralev in Sofia on...
Date Change for 2017 World Junior Championship
The 2017 World Junior Championship has changed its dates to 12 – 26 November 2017. The dates have been changed because of the clash with the European Club Cup.
Chess Federations in Arrears
Chess Federations in Arrears 1 Bhutan 2 Burkina Faso 3 Cambodia 4 Cameroon 5 Central African Republic 6 Comoros Islands 7 Gabon 8 Kenya 9 Laos 10 Nigeria 11 Sierra Leone 12 Solomon Islands 13 Timor-Leste 14 Uganda 15...
FIDE World Team Championships 2017
The FIDE World Team Championships 2017 will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 17 June (round 1) to 26 June (round 9). The national teams participating are the following: MEN (Open) 1. China 2. Russia 3. Ukraine 4. Poland...
FIDE suspended Iranian Chess Federation
Elista FIDE Office circulated that no Iranian registered players or arbiters can take part in any FIDE rated tournament until further notice. Following the decision of the FIDE Presidential Board, the Iranian Chess Federation’s membership of FIDE has been...
Mareco and Krysa earned trip to World Cup
Argentinian Grandmasters Sandro Mareco and Leandro Krysa have qualified for the 2017 FIDE World Cup that will start from 2nd September in Tbilisi, Georgia. The FIDE Zonal 2.5 Championship 2017 was held from 30th April to 8th May in...
Bidding procedure for FIDE World Women’s Championship Match 2017
BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR THE FIDE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2017 1. The FIDE Presidential Board decided to open a bidding procedure for the FIDE World Women’s Championship Match 2017. 2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum:...
Internet Lectures on the New Laws of Chess and Swiss Rules
NEW LAWS OF CHESS AND SWISS RULES To be in effect from 1 July 2017 LECTURES on Internet After the approval by the 1st quarter 2017 FIDE Presidential Board of the New Laws of Chess and the New Swiss...
FIDE Ethics Commission Tackles A Number of Disciplinary Cases
Ethics Commission meets in Madrid The FIDE Ethics Commission (ETH) recently met in Madrid, Spain to decide a number of disciplinary cases and to conduct a hearing in two cases of alleged cheating. In case 1/2016 (R Smith /...