After the success achieved by the tournament in 2024, the International Chess ... the World Cup to be held in June and the World Championship in November. Earlier this month, FIDE already ...

The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship was won by 18-year-old Russian player Volodar Murzin, making him the second youngest player to win the title after Nodirbek Abdusattorov in 2021. In the ...

Volodar Murzin and Koneru Humpy were crowned World Rapid champions in the Open and Women's category in 2024. Image: X / @FIDE_chess The 2025 edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships ...

The duo also announced the launch of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour which will be underway in February. FIDE and Freestyle Chess have been at loggerheads over the use of the term “World ...

Volodar Murzin has reportedly revealed that he doesn’t want to represent the Russian Chess Federation (FSHR) anymore.

The dispute between FIDE and organisers of freestyle chess is over the use of the phrase “world championship”. FIDE contends that as the guardian of the sport, only it has the right to decide which ...

Scheduled from December 25 to 31, the prestigious championship will bring together the world's best chess players, including top-ranked female competitors in the FIDE World Women's Rapid and Blitz ...

The events will be played in the freestyle chess variant. Carlsen alleged: “There was this whole thing where FIDE actively wanted to… they were actually going after players as well to get them not to ...

The dispute stems from the establishment of the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) by Carlsen and Beuttner in March 2024 and the subsequent announcement of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour set ...

Reigning Champion China's Ding Liren bounced back from his defeat in the previous game and came up with a brilliant win against India's Dommaraju Gukesh in Game 12 to tie the scores in their FIDE ...