2022-02-12 00:19
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2017-03-30 17:46
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who denies announcements from FIDE that he resigned as president, said that the FIDE Presidential Board planned for 10th April would cost too much, up to 200,000 EUR.
In… Read More
2017-03-30 11:28
FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos said on Wednesday that FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov should blame himself over the recent media buzz regarding his alleged resignation.
On Mon… Read More
2017-03-30 11:25
FIDE Vice-President Israel Gelfer stated for TASS:
"I would not like to speak publicly about the situation with Ilyumzhinov, but I can say that FIDE has big problems because of the sanction… Read More
2017-03-30 11:22
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that despite the US Department of the Treasury sanctions against FIDE president in November 2015, I cannot recall even one occurrence of FIDE… Read More
2017-03-30 11:11
FIDE Vice-President Mohammad Jafar Kambouzia, from Iran, stated for TASS:
"I think that this is the mistake of those who maintain the official FIDE website. This information is inconsistent… Read More
2017-03-30 10:56
FIDE Vice-President FIDE Boris Kutin, from Slovenia, stated for TASS:
"The situation turns out to be very ugly and incomprehensible. At the FIDE presidential board Kirsan Ilyumzhinov indeed… Read More
2017-03-30 10:40
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov stated for TASS:
"When Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was added to the US sanction list, h… Read More
2017-03-28 17:18
Yesterday FIDE posted a news item announcing Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s resignation from the post of FIDE President.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced his resignation as FIDE PresidentAt the end… Read More
2017-03-28 17:18
The press secretary of the Russian president Vladimir Putin and head of the Russian chess federation Supervisory Board, Dmitry Peskov, believes that the current president of the World Chess… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The European Chess Union administration makes a notable entry into the FIDE elections battle.
The ECU is using its newsletter and social presence to attack Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Andrew Pau… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The 5th International Chess Festival "Città di Roseto degli Abruzzi" will take place on 3-6th January 2014 in Roseto, Italy.
The Festival is organized by the A.D. L'Arrocco Chess Clu… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The 51st Groningen Chess Festival was held from 21st to 30th December at
the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen,
Netherlands.
The highlight of the festival… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Happy New Year, best wishes for everyone Read More
2015-02-03 10:16
Sjakk-OL (Chess Olympiad Tromso 2014) is in the final stages of summarizing the accounts and reports before the company is closed by the end of February.
iTromso writes that the company wil… Read More
2015-02-03 05:33
The 2015 Moscow Open – 11th International RSSU Chess Cup is being from 29th January to 9th February in Moscow, Russia Read More
2015-02-03 05:22
The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2015 is taking place 26 January - 5 February in the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. The long traditions of the festival, the fantastic organization, and the hefty prize… Read More
2015-02-03 05:18
The Baden-Baden Chess Centre (Schachzentrum Baden-Baden) is holding the GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 from 2nd to 9th February, 2015 Read More
2013-08-03 16:37
Hungarian Grandmaster Hoang Thanh Trang
drew her last round game against the former continental champion
Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) to secure the first place in the
tournament and clai… Read More
2013-08-03 16:36
Interview with GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, winner of the 2013 Biel Grandmaster Tournament Read More
2013-08-01 14:32
The Iowa Open is coming soon. IM Angelo Young and IM Michael Brooks have both committed to playing. FM Awonder Liang (Former U8 World Champion) has also signed up. There are several other hi… Read More
2013-07-31 01:59
Ding Liren discusses his game with Daniel King
A brief on-the-spot report of round 8 including post-game interviews with Ding Liren, Etienne Bacrot and Ian Nepomniachtchi Read More
2013-07-29 22:37
Ding Liren and Etienne Bacrot discuss their round 7 game with Daniel King.
Post-game interviews with Ding Liren, Etienne Bacrot, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alexander Moiseenko Read More
2013-07-28 23:34
Michael Adams defeated Fabiano Caruana to move into the sole lead in Dortmund tournament with 2,5/3 points.The other four games of the round were drawn.The second win in a row put Adams ahea… Read More
2013-07-28 01:30
Etienne Bacrot and Ian Nepomniachtchi discuss their round 6 game with GM Daniel King.
Richard Rapport - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ding Liren - Alexander Moiseenko Read More
2013-07-26 23:10
Etienne Bacrot discusses his game against Richard Rapport
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alexander Moiseenko discuss their game with Daniel King
A brief report of round 5 including intervi… Read More
2013-07-26 23:02
The 46th Biel International Chess Festival will be held from 20th June to 2nd August in Biel, Switzerland.
The main Grandmaster Tournament will be dedicated to the memory of Olivier Breisac… Read More
2013-07-26 23:00
Dortmund Chess 2013
will be held from July 26th to August 4th as a single round robin with
10 participants. Live games with analysis will be daily on Chessdom.com.
The field will be led… Read More
2013-06-19 00:51
Grandmaster Daniel King analyses the game Carlsen vs Anand from round 5 of Tal Memorial in Moscow Read More
2013-06-19 00:43
Tal Memorial 2013 will be held on 12th – 24th June in Moscow, Russia. The Tal Memorial will be among the various elite events that will gather the strongest players in the world, after… Read More
2013-06-19 00:38
The second tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 16th to 28th June in Dilijan, Armenia.
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2013-06-19 00:36
For the first time ever, World Championship challenger GM Magnus Carlsen will play a high-profile tournament in the United States.
The World’s No. 1 ranked player will take on three o… Read More
2013-05-04 17:05
The action got a running start today as the majority of the first-round battles at the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship produced a clear victor.
Half of the men&r&hell…Read More
2013-05-03 21:55
Chessdom were first to cautiously hint that the next FIDE Grand Prix event will take place in Thessaloniki from 22nd May.FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov now officially confirmed that the t… Read More
2013-05-03 21:41
ChessDailyNews reveals that the Mayor of Paris Mr. Bertrand Delanoe wrote to FIDE to support the French Chess Federation in its aim to organize the World Chess Championship Match between Vis… Read More
2013-05-03 21:26
The Norwegian Chess Federation has written to FIDE on the issue of the venue of the upcoming World Chess Championship match between Viswanthan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. The letter has also b… Read More
2013-05-03 21:21
Chessdom announced that the Women’s World Championship Match 2013 between the reigning World Champion Anna Ushenina
(Ukraine) and her challenger Hou Yifan (China) will be organized by… Read More
2013-05-03 21:18
The first leg of the new cycle of FIDE Women's Grand-Prix 2013-2014, which will give qualification to the Women’s World Championship Match 2015, is being held in Geneva on 3-15th May u… Read More
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