ICC Open 2017! https://www.chessclub.com/article/icc-open-2017 From March the 18th to April the 23rd, ICC will become the center of the online Blitz action, with the 2017 ICC Open! $12,000 in prizes! The ICC Open is regarded as one of the...
Grischuk beat Carlsen & Andreikin to win ICC Open
Alexander “Sasha” Grischuk, the reigning Blitz Chess World Champion, won the ICC Open for the second year in a row. In his path to the victory, Grischuk has to face the great Magnus Carlsen in the semi-finals, and the...
A new daily schedule of rated tournaments available at FOA
FIDE and FOA have announced a daily continuous series of online rated events. The tournaments are with blitz, bullet and rapid time controls, and have specific division by rating. All times in GMT/UTC Bullet: daily at 14:16, 18:16, 22:16...
Cyber Chess Revolution
FIDE Chess Revolution becomes official! From 1st December, FIDE Online Arena, the first and only chess platform for official FIDE Rated Online games and FIDE titles, makes a revolutionary step towards its official status. The real names of its...
Victorious in Rome
The 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship Final took place in Rome on November 26th 2015. The venue was the prestigious Circolo Canottieri Aniene in Rome, Italy, made available by its president, Giovanni Malago, who is also the...
GM Harika Dronavalli of India wins Women’s World Online Blitz Championship
GMs Harika Dronavalli of India and Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia tied for 1st at 1st Women’s World Online Blitz Championship. They both scored 13.5 / 18. Due to better tiebreaks, Dronavalli wins the title. Congratulations!
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship final
The final of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship is scheduled to take place on November 26th, in the club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene” in Rome, Italy. The players will be seated on a round table, with computer...
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship Final
The final of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship is scheduled to take place on November 26th, in the club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene” in Rome, Italy. The players will be seated on a round table, with computer...
Italian Ministry of Education to support online chess classrom on Junior Arena
One of the most popular Italian daily newspapers, la Repubblica, announced that the Italian Ministry of Education will support the internet chess teaching program that will be conducted through the official Junior online playing platform. The newspaper cites the numerous...
Chess federations to hold team events on FIDE Online Arena
The FIDE Executive Board of the 86th FIDE Congress has accepted the Online Commission’s proposal to allow National Federations to organize online team events, in order to enable financially weak clubs to participate in costly league championships, especially when...