D Gukesh took the outright lead of the 2024 FIDE Candidates after defeating Alireza Firouzja in Round 13. PTI Photo via FIDE/Michal Walusza D Gukesh is one win away from winning the 2024 FIDE ...

Indian chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, who turned 21, has already amassed a remarkable list of achievements, including becoming a Grandmaster at 12, reaching a career-high world ranking of No. 4, ...

Hit by the EU's 21st sanctions package over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the chess federation chief calls the move purely political, as Viswanathan Anand steps in as interim head ...

The first day of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament - the toughest tournament in chess - in Toronto came to an end on Thursday night after a number of exciting games, most finishing in a draw. From ...

The Indian team for the upcoming FIDE Chess Olympiad was announced on Thursday. D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Koneru Humpy ...

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN and NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / June 4, 2024 / FIDE, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (International Chess Federation), has announced the finalists in the 2024 FIDE World ...

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 ...

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has taken over the interim presidency of the international chess federation (FIDE) after its incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich stepped aside.

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 ...