The negotiations between Freestyle Chess, led by its founders Jan Henric Buettner and GM Magnus Carlsen, and the International Chess Federation (FIDE) have collapsed and escalated into a deadlocked conflict. Freestyle Chess has backed down and pos...
German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the head of Freestyle Chess, has fired back at the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) threats of legal action, labeling it "blackmail," and alleging that FIDE demanded $500,000 for the rights to use th...
Russian and Belarusian teams will again be allowed to compete in youth and disabled team events, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today. The world governing chess body said in its statement on Friday that they will allow Russi...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has criticized Freestyle Chess for branding its upcoming Grand Slam tour as a "World Championship," claiming the move threatens to divide the chess community and warning of potential legal action. The on...
Russian and Belarusian chess teams will remain banned, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) decided at the General Assembly on Sunday. Instead, delegates voted in favor of a motion to consider lifting some restrictions for vulnerable groups. ...
Two days before the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) prepares for a possibly pivotal vote to decide whether to lift sanctions on the Russian and Belarusian chess federations, the U.S. State Department has issued a stat...
GM Magnus Carlsen made headlines for a short but powerful speech while accepting the FIDE award for Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T). Carlsen used the moment to express humility and send a strong message against reinstating the Russian and Belarusia...
At the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), to take place September 21-22 alongside the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, delegates will vote on a controversial proposal by the Kyrgyz Chess Federation to remove current restrict...
The FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission has punished the Chess Federation of Russia with a two-year conditional ban and reprimanded FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, in both cases for violations related to Russia's invasion of and continued ag...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has made a call for bids for the 2024 World Championship match with budget figures that have stirred a debate in the chess community. A few weeks after the conclusion of the Candidates Tournament, ...
In video footage from the recently concluded 2023 World Rapid Championship held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Poland's number one GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda refused to shake hands with Russian GM Denis Khismatullin before their game in round one. T...
Andrey Filatov, president of the Russian Chess Federation, announced on Friday that they intend to sign 10-year contracts with promising young players to prevent them from leaving the country. With no signs of the war in Ukraine ending, Russian ...
Turkish Women's Champion and WGM Kubra Ozturk Orenli says her federation terminated her monthly salary and dropped her from the national team once they found out that she was pregnant. Ozturk Orenli gave birth to her second child this summer, bu...
In the likely event that the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) will join the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), Russian chess players can start representing a European chess federation immediately without any restrictions or transfer fees. The FIDE Coun...
The Iranian international arbiter Shohreh Bayat was reprimanded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for wearing pro-human rights clothing at the 2022 Fischer Random World Chess Championship in Reykjavik. While FIDE considered it "unprofes...
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Sara Khadem), who defied the Iranian dress code for women by refusing to wear a headscarf at the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships, will not be returning home after her last tournament of the year. With he...
In a statement released on Friday about the alleged cheating scandal, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has criticized GM Magnus Carlsen for withdrawing from the Sinquefield Cup and resigning after two moves vs. GM Hans Niemann in the Julius Baer G...
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second term in the presidential elections during the FIDE Congress in Chennai, India, on Sunday. He received 157 of the votes. The only other remaining candidate, Andrii Baryshpolets, received ...
An online "round-table" discussion organized by the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) on Thursday saw three FIDE presidential candidates, the incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich, GM Andrii Baryshpolets, and GM Bachar Kouatly, debating ove...
In the weeks before the FIDE presidential elections on August 7, official candidate GM Andrii Baryshpolets and his intended Deputy President GM Peter Heine Nielsen are fighting an uphill battle. Campaigning with limited resources, the duo advocate...
Last Friday, Russia's Ministry of Justice added GM Garry Kasparov to the list of individuals acting as "foreign agents" for receiving donations or funding from outside Russia and carrying out political activities. For Kasparov, who is living abroa...
FIDE’s former Secretary General CM Enyonam Sewa Fumey from Togo has joined the presidential race for the 2022 elections of the international chess federation. The elections will take place in Chennai, India, on August 7 during this year...
The Russian Chess Federation's appeal against GM Sergey Karjakin's six-month ban was dismissed by the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC). This opens the door for GM Ding Liren to replace Karjakin in the FIDE Candidates Tournament. The...
GM Viswanathan Anand is supporting FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich in his bid for a second term as FIDE President. Both were present at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday, where Dvorkovich announced that he will be running for re-election....
Russia's warfare in Ukraine has left Arkady Dvorkovich, a former Russian deputy prime minister, in a precarious situation. Now 24 days into the war, some are calling for the FIDE president to resign while others continue to support him. Altho...
