Israeli Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria Yosi Levi Sfari questioned the commitment not to hold events in countries that ...

Chess's world governing body has told World Chess it has yet to decide whether to recognise the results of controversial ...

FIDE announces the allocation of qualification spots for the 2027 FIDE World Cup and Women’s World Cup, based on the results ...

By KaranPrashant Saxena BENGALURU, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Kazakh businessman Timur Turlov was elected the eighth president of world chess governing body FIDE on Saturday after a closely fought contest at ...

For the 38-year-old Turlov, the move from finance into international sport may look unlikely. He founded Freedom Finance in 2008, took Freedom Holding Corp. onto Nasdaq in 2019, and grew what began as ...

FIDE World Chess Championship 2026 in Geneva: 14 classical games to 7.5 points, tiebreaks, time controls, draws, and live ...

Cyprus has already hosted several major FIDE competitions. These include stages of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia in ...

The election on Saturday went into two rounds after the Turlov-Anand campaign secured 96 votes, just one short of the 97 votes needed to win ...

Google is celebrating the WCC final between Ding Liren and D Gukesh with an animated doodle. The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship kicked off today at the Equarius Hotel in Singapore. The 18-year-old ...

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Kazakh businessman Timur Turlov was elected as the eighth president of world chess governing body FIDE on Saturday after a closely fought contest at the organisation's General ...

The International Chess Federation – also known as FIDE – says players who have transitioned from male to female have “no right to participate” in women’s events until the federation conducts “further ...