Sunday Sports ProfileMEET a 28-year-old Daisy Simenda, the new Women Fide Master (WFM) in the country and the Copperbelt Chess Queen.LONG before today’s generation of players began fighting for ...

The World Amateur Chess Championships are due to take place in Malaysia next month despite entry restrictions on Israeli citizens that appear to conflict with FIDE's own commitment to equal access.

The Championships are open to all players, regardless of rating or title, who reach the required age during the calendar year ...

Several squads, including Team India, were left stranded upon arrival in Samarkand for the Chess Olympiad and were forced to ...

All FIDE Member Federations and eligible players are invited to participate in the 2026 FIDE World Amateur Chess ...

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 ...

FIDE announced reimbursement and compensation for teams affected by accommodation problems at the Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand, following complaints from Indian Grandmasters Srinath Narayanan and ...

Magnus Carlsen has another ratings list to top after FIDE announced players will have an official FIDE rating for Fischer ...

Timur Turlov has been elected President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), winning a second-round runoff vote at ...

The international governing body for chess has released new policies that prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s events and will strip some transgender players of their titles. Under the ...

A Switzerland-based chess organization has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in women’s events until they have completed a gender assessment with competition officials. The ruling was ...