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"Gens una sumus" is the Latin motto of the world chess federation, FIDE, which translates to "We are one family". But the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to tear this family apart. Instead of showing their skills on the chessboard,…

SHERIDAN - A group of men sit around chessboards in the Golden Room at the Sheridan County YMCA. Regularly,…

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New tournament in Collingwood on May 7 and 8; organizer hoping to attract national grandmasters Playing chess can be good for the mind, but if you're good at it, it can also be good for the wallet. The Canadian Chess Federation…

Greetings! Hope everyone is having a wonderful 2022 so far and getting ready for spring! Our first game this month features a Larsen opening by Robert Angres and a response by Robert Irons. At the start of the midgame, black gets a space…

GM Yuri Averbakh, the world's oldest living grandmaster, is 100 years old today. After recovering from Covid last summer, he appears to be fit again and says he is still analyzing finals to keep his mind sharp. Born on February…

Rannon Huo, 4th board of WashU's A team, in the middle of a lap. (Photo courtesy of Bill Simmons) In the second round of the 2022 Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championships, the University of Washington Chess Club A-Team faced a…

MADISON - Members of the Madison City Chess League are delighted to welcome the 2022 All Girls State Chess Championship to their hometown. The championship tournament location will be Hexagon at 305 Intergraph Way in Madison.…

Alireza Firouzja, the 18-year-old chess player who left Iran's squad in 2019 due to a ban on competing with Israelis, won a top international award.Voters on Chess.com, a web server, news and networking site with 77 million users worldwide,…

In his film "Historias de Ajedrez", Cuban filmmaker Emmanuel Martin Hernandez presents three stories exploring life in Cuba. In fact, there are actually four stories. Chess is the unifying element across the…

Palo Alto, Calif., December 28, 2021 — The 2022 Candidates Tournament, which will produce the challenger for the next World Chess Championship match, will take place in June 2022 in Madrid, Spain. As the…

The 5th edition of the highly anticipated Kireka Open-rated Chess Championship will be in the spotlight from Tuesday December 28 to Friday December 31, 2021 at Gloria Gardens located in Namugongo after the Catholic Martyrs Shrine in…

Zac Wilson has a passion for chess.The 48-year-old man almost alone pushed for the creation of a chess club…

Eight-year-old Advay entered the top four in India as the World Chess Federation (FIDE) recently released the list of new players.…

Chess is a game of patience and concentration. In terms of competition, progress cannot be made overnight. However, this ten-year-old girl from Vizag is making rapid progress in the world of chess. Once again making our pride, Alana…

Joshua Christie, a master of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), easily won the Open Master National Master (NM) Dr. Harold Chan online chess tournament on October 9, 2021. Christie has won six wins in six matches for a perfect…

A Battersea chess player encourages more women to get involved in the game after helping her overcome her trauma. Zoya Boozorginia, 39, started playing chess at the age of 10 and now, as a full-time architect, she balances her time…

From Thursday October 21 to November 14, a curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., non-essential businesses will remain closed and stores offering basic necessities will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The country has been grappling…

A group of six unsuccessful players brought legal action against the Dutch Chess Federation and the municipality of Hoogeveen. The players objected to a requirement at the next Dutch Championships to show a corona pass or be tested…

Trinidad and Tobago chess player Alan-Safar Ramoutar has been awarded a score of 2,400 by the International Chess Federation, the highest in the English-speaking Caribbean.The 18-year-old, who is now Trinidad and Tobago's highest ranked…

The International Chess Federation, the game's governing body, faces stiff criticism from female chess players and others after announcing that a company that makes breast implants will sponsor chess events female.The federation, known as…

Chennai, September 29 (IANS): The All India Chess Federation (AICF) will be rolling out its “Chess for Everyone” project to bring the game to the local level starting in the first week of November.…

Sheikh Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla presents the trophy to Seyyed Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei under the gaze of other dignitaries. Gulf today, Journalist…

KOLKATA: It's a race against time for Mary Ann Gomes. An unexpected call last week from the All India Chess Federation (AICF) prompted the Kolkata girl to rush to pack her bags for her first over-the-board tournament in over a year and a…

The 2021 FIDE Women's World Team Championship will be held from September 27 to October 2, 2021 and will be broadcast on Chess.com. Broadcast You can follow the 2021 Women's Team Championship on Chess.com/TV or on our…

Issa Hilal Al Hazami, Sheikh Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla and other dignitaries at the start of the Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship. Gulf…

"Chess can help improve the intellectual capacities of people, especially young people. Chess teaches us to respect our opponent. Chess teaches us how to take wins and losses with honor and pride. How to analyze your mistakes, improve…

The Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) has assembled a formidable team that will represent the country at the African Youth Championships September 17-26 in Accra, Ghana. The squad consists of Gaasite Sebetlela, Musa Munyere, WFM Naledi…

NAGPUR: Vedika Pal has become the city's new chess star after the eight-year-old won her first national medal. Three years after taking her first step on the 64 checkerboard squares while playing with her father in their residence in…

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of Cebu's top professional wood shooters, the Toledo City Trojans, will host an online chess tournament called "Stay At Home Checkmate Covid-19 3-on-3 Team Tournament" scheduled for September…

August 11, 2021 10:33 am (UTC + 04:00 am) 1,999 By Laman Ismayilova Young Azerbaijani chess player Jahandar Azadaliyev won the FIDE Cadets and Youth Online Quick World Cup.…

Despite the scorching sun, Miranda chose to finish beating her father Jay at chess before settling in the…

Bombay, July 1: The name of Koneru Humpy, India's top chess player and reigning women's fast chess world champion, has been nominated for the country's highest sporting honor. On Thursday, the All India Chess…

Express news service BHUBANEWAR: Just days ago, celebrities including billionaire entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath were caught cheating while playing five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in a charity chess game…

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath faced criticism at a charity chess event on Sunday for using unfair means to beat Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand The!-->…

Organized by Chess.com in association with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, the COVID-19 relief fundraiser will feature five celebrities playing against Vishwanathan Anand.In the midst of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, many…

NUR-SULTAN - Young Kazakh chess prodigy Zhansaya Abdumalik became the first player from Kazakhstan and Central Asia to receive the title of grandmaster on June 1, reports the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Zhansaya Abdumalik at…

MOSCOW, May 31. / TASS /. Russian chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi maintained his 4th place in the new World Chess Federation (FIDE) ranking list, released by the chess world's governing body press service on Monday. According to the…

For the first time in the school's history, the John Muir Middle School Chess Club won the state championship. This article details what made them successful and how COVID-19 impacted their season, Friday Burbank. CALIFORNIA. May 28,…

Simultaneous exhibits on Chess.com with top Indian players to support COVID relief in India have raised more than $ 50,000. All proceeds go to RedCross India and Checkmate COVID initiative of the All India Chess Federation (AICF). On…

Managing Director Viswanathan Anand, along with Managing Directors Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Nihal Sarin and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, will offer concurrent exhibitions on Chess.com to support COVID relief in India on May 13…

All proceeds from the exhibitions will go to RedCross India and the All India Chess Federation's Checkmate COVID initiative Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and four other Indian Grandmasters will simultaneously play…

CHENNAI: The extension of financial aid, the mobilization of a group of doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists to provide online medical / emotional consultations, 24/7 telephone support for members of the chess community affected by…

Shelbyville High School junior Braydon Povinelli started playing chess with his grandfather when he was 7…

NEW DELHI: Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Asian Games gold medalist Koneru Humpy will launch “Checkmate Covid” - an initiative of the Indian Chess Federation (AICF) - on Tuesday to…

The English Chess Federation has launched a program to encourage women to play chess after the widespread success of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, an initiative hailed by chess players in the North East. The Queen's…

Chess is a smart and engaging board game - it's a view shared by almost everyone, perhaps except those who spend their days in front of their video game consoles or computers. But this article will not focus on the game of chess…

Modern-day Beth Harmon Alexandra Botez told Insider that "The Queen's Gambit" was the "best portrayal of chess" she had ever seen on screen. Botez also relates…

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday and received many greetings for his special day on social media.The Norwegian chess grandmaster has many records to his credit. Having first reached the…

Quan (Elo 1783) beat Shashikant (2,182) on Monday night on the 54th move. The Indian player dominated at the start, forcing his opponent to spend more time on counterattacks. But the native of Kien Giang province patiently waited for…

Magnus Carlsen, the world's highest ranked chess player, said Netflix pulled off "The Queen's Gambit," the limited series about a chess prodigy set in the 1950s and 1960s. In an interview this week, Carlsen told Insider the show…

Magnus Carlsen, the world's highest ranked chess player, said Netflix pulled off "The Queen's Gambit," the limited series about a chess prodigy set in the 1950s and 1960s.…

A Wednesday evening of melancholy nostalgia–Blue-black in autumnal happiness.Here you hear a calling voice“Come play chess!”, And that's it:Chess club tonight from 9am to 10:30 am @…

Those wondering where the matchmaking ranking, also known as MMR, comes from, the answer is Chess. And although the game is at least a thousand years old, it is coming back to modern eSports. Well-known organization Cloud9…

Ambiguity casts a shadow over the ambition to win. This happens most often in a game of chess. A game on an ordinary chessboard can end in a draw, but you are sure to come out victorious in the case of "Giraffe Chess".Born in Proddatur…

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The International Chess Federation-FIDE is the highest authority in chess. It is also known as the "World Chess Federation". FIDE was founded on July 20, 1924. It establishes chess rules for individual games and for the conduct of…

Algorand - a world-class blockchain powering a secure and efficient frictionless exchange founded by Turing Prize-winning cryptographer Silvio micali from MIT - will capture official ratings and title data from World Chess players on…

In 1970, a game of chess was played between two opponents, but while one was on Earth the other was on the International Space Station. To mark the 50th anniversary of this wonderful occasion, two astronauts from the International…

Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin played a game of chess against cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner on Tuesday June 9 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Space-Earth game. The cosmonauts were 400 km above Earth…

the FIDE Checkmate Coronavirus project has resulted in over 1,500 tournaments being played over the past 17 days on multiple chess platforms. The project runs until June 16 and there are plenty of other prizes up for grabs for players of…

Eric Labog Jr becomes fourth Filipino player suspended in online chess tournament MANILA, Philippines - An ASEAN age group champion has been disqualified by online chess portal chess.com for violating its fair…

Growing concerns over the novel coronavirus raise questions as to whether players should always shake hands before and after a game of chess. In a new medical safety protocol, FIDE advises against it. With 3,200 people killed…

Reading about the teenagers who triumphed in the world of chess got me thinking about the game's relationship to sports and whether it is fair to categorize it that way. The International Olympic Committee has recognized it as a sport…

MAHWAH - You are probably no match for 12-year-old Gary Leschinsky. His openness is quite strong, as are the rest of his movements. We can say that he is the king of his castle. As you might have guessed from cheap word games, Gary is a…

MOSCOW, October 31. / TASS /. Russian chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi dropped two places to 7th in the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) ranking recently released on Thursday. Russian chess player Nepomniachtchi now has 2,773…

In the USCF rankings in September, young American prodigy Scott Matthew Escalera placed 22nd in the Under-7 group. OAK PARK, Illinois - A six-year-old Filipino American chess player is now the highest-rated player at his age in the…

Chess grandmaster Igors Rausis was reportedly caught looking at his phone during a bathroom break at a major tournament in France last weekend. The Latvian-Czech chess star has been charged with cheating and suspended as a result.The…

Sneaking into the bathroom with your smartphone to check out the best way to beat your opponent is probably the worst move you can make in a game of chess, but that's the charge against Grandmaster Igors Rausis afterwards. that he…

A star chess player was allegedly 'caught in the act' of cheating while using a phone in the bathroom during a tournament.A phone was reportedly found in a toilet that had just been used by Grandmaster Igors…

STRASBOURG, France — The International Chess Federation said it suspended a player at a tournament in France after the man was "caught in the act of using his phone during a game."The organization said on Twitter on Friday that all evidence…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A competitive chess player from Austin is competing in a national tournament this week with the goal of winning another championship. Emily Nguyen, 16, has been playing competitively since she was 6, learning the…

Jamarius Daniels was staring intently at the chessboard in front of him. The seventh grade student rested his elbow on the table, his hand still in the air as he pondered the battle plans and the risks. After a moment of silence, he…

Darpan Inani sits in front of his opponent and a personalized chessboard separates them. While he is waiting for his opponent to announce his move, he has already visualized the chessboard and pieces in his mind, and once his opponent…

“Dear God,” she prayed, “let me be something every minute of every hour of my life”. - Betty Smith, A tree grows in BrooklynDennis Ivor Patterson, 73, died on…

Has nature called?This is what the 25-year-old Georgian grandmaster tried to make everyone believe. But Gaioz Nigalidze was actually using his toilet breaks at the Dubai Open chess tournament on Saturday to check out playing tactics on a…

This weekend at the Super Nationals in Nashville, Tenn., The biggest event of the year for school chess competitors, parents will be treated to something that has never been discussed at the event before: how to be…