Chess has a long history in schools, yet the field has lacked a global account of how school chess programs are organized, ...

List of decisions. FIDE General Assembly September 26-27, 2026 Samarkand, Uzbekistan List of decisions GA-2026/01 To approve the Electoral Commissions ...

With an outstanding turnout of 721 players representing 82 countries, the 2026 FIDE World Championships U7–U17 got underway ...

The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners kicked off on October 13, bringing together incarcerated ...

GM Evgenios Ioannidis and IM Stavroula Tsolakidou are the new Greek chess champions. Ioannidis claimed his maiden national crown, while Tsolakidou won her second title. The 75th edition of the Greek ...

To elect Mr. Timur Turlov as FIDE President and Mr. Viswanathan Anand as FIDE Deputy President.  GA-2026/04 To elect the ...

The FIDE General Assembly has formally supported a resolution based on a proposal by the Icelandic Chess Federation concerning shorter time controls in classical chess. However, the adoption of the ...

The Salesforce FIDE World Chess Championship begins on November 22, 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland. The first of 14 games between World Champion Gukesh D of India and Challenger Javokhir Sindarov of ...

The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners will take place on October 13–15, 2026, bringing together ...

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

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received newly elected FIDE President Timur Turlov and congratulated him on his election to lead the International Chess Federation.