It was a mixed day for India to start the World Blitz Championship as Rameshbabu Vaishali dominated the women's section to lead the standings after day 1 but no Indian man qualified for the knockout ...

Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion, faced disqualification from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for violating FIDE's dress code by wearing jeans. Despite being fined USD 200 and ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will not compete in the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa, India. Citing motivational issues and a disinterest in long-format classical games, the five-time world champion ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has filed a formal ethics complaint against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The move targets Kramnik's repeated public accusations of cheating against ...

The FIDE World Cup returns to India after 23 years, as Goa will be hosting the prestigious tournament from October 30-November 27. 206 players will be featuring in the tournament that will offer a ...

The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 comes to India, starting from October 31 to November 27 in Goa. Some of the world's best male chess players will be featuring in the 11th edition of the tournament, which ...

Transgender women participating in female sports have been the subject of news stories and intense debate for a number of years. The governing bodies of several sports - most recently including ...

The organisation received a total of seven bids, three of which were for the 2025 World Cadet U8, U10, and U12 Championships. Kazakhstan, Spain and Türkiye all expressed their desire to host the ...

FIDE announces 2025 Youth World Cup in Georgia. FIDE / MARK LIVSHITZ The youth FIDE World Cup 2025 hopes to create opportunities for young chess talent worldwide with participants invited to compete ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, on Monday, responded to Hikaru Nakamura's recent explosive claim criticising the Candidates' rating qualification spot. Nakumara accused FIDE of maintaining the ratings spot ...

Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has been president of the International Chess Federation since 2018 Transgender women participating in female sports have been the subject of ...