Today in Lausanne, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with IOC President Thomas Bach at Château de Vidy. The issues of bilateral cooperation have been discussed, as well as the introduction of chess into the programme of Winter Olympic...
Is chess a sport?
Should Chess be considered a sport?By Lars Thomesen This November the World Chess Championship was held in Sochi, Russia. For the second year running Norwegian Magnus Carlsen was crowned World Champion, but on home soil, the 23-year-old’s achievements are...
Carlsen to be drug tested by FIDE
Rough translation: The International Chess Federation FIDE recently sent Carlsen a letter stating that he will be involved in a pilot project with doping tests. I think it’s not so much point of drug testing in chess, I must admit....
FIDE doesn’t recognize events Amateur Chess Organization promotes
FIDE doesn’t recognize events Amateur Chess Organization promotesApril 18, 2012 – 11:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – On April 17, President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, met with IOC Vice President, Dr. Thomas Bach, and IOC Director General, Christophe De Kepper, to...
FIDE meeting with the IOC
FIDE meeting with the IOC The President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, met today with IOC Vice President, Dr. Thomas Bach, and IOC Director General, Christophe De Kepper, to discuss matters of mutual interest and confirm the good relations between...
IOC World Conference on Women and Sport
Martha Fierro represented the FIDE WOM Commission IOC World Conference on Women and Sport www.fide.com The International Olympic Committee organizes a World Conference on Women and Sport every four years with the objective of analyzing the progress made within...
It’s your move, IOC
It’s your move, JacquesBy Alan HubbardSunday, 30 May 2010 The chairman of Russia’s Olympic Committee reckons it is time chess was added to the Olympic programme. Alexander Zhukov says he will be putting pressure on the IOC president Rogge...
Under serious review
OLYMPIAD: RESULTS MAY BE REVIEWED[12:38 pm] 02 December, 2008 The results of the recent World Chess Olympiad in Dresden may be reviewed. Leading chess player of Ukraine Vasili Ivanchuk refused to move on to a doping test after the...
FIDE Retains its Status of IOC Recognition
Presidents of IOC Recognised IFsLausanne, 18 April 2008Ref. No. 2008/CCHD/clcnFax and e-mail Responses to IOC Questionnaire Dear President, We would like to congratulate you and thank you most sincerely for the tremendous work you accomplished in order to complete...
Playing hardball with the IOC
Chess: Served On The Rocks20 Nov 2007 12:32 “It’s a strange situation: ‘chess on ice’ is an Olympic sport. But classical chess isn’t,” told Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the world govertning body for chess (FIDE), the press as he...