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Viswanathan Anand's withdrawal from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Germany dealt a major blow to hopes of reconciliation ...
FIDE World School Championships 2025 is set to begin on 19 March, and the event will see young chess prodigies around the world compete in several age groups. The tournament will be held in ...
He has since clashed with the International Chess Federation (FIDE), who organize the classic championship, over a number of topics and recently said he has no plans of returning to the tournament.
FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 will be played on a 12-game format. The first player to reach 6.5 points will emerge as the winner. FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship: When and where ...
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 will see two of the best players compete against each other in a 12-game affair to decide the next world champion. It will also be an all-Chinese affair ...
China are the dominant force in women’s chess: the Asian giants hold the record for the most Women’s World Champions (six, one more than USSR’s five). Here’s all you need to know about the FIDE ...
It was only a couple of months ago that Gukesh crashed to a defeat against Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the round-robin stage at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour first leg, at the ...
The CEO of FIDE (International Chess Federation) Emil Sutovsky has claimed that removing women-only events would deprive the majority of women of a chance to develop "under the false pretence" that ...
Russian chess grandmaster Kateryna Lagno has accused the International Chess Federation, FIDE, of bias against her nationality, leading to her decision to withdraw from the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix ...
Noted sports photographer David Llada has accused the World Chess body, FIDE, of 'shamelessly using' his photo of Ju Wenjun to promote the Women's World Chess Championship match. In a social media ...