The Mongolian Chess Federation is hosting the 57th Championship for Open and the 49th Championship for Women. The event is being held in the birthplace of the famous Chinggis Khaan (Genghis… Read More
Earlier today FIDE posted a news item announcing Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s resignation from the post of FIDE President.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced his resignation as FIDE President
At th… Read More
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
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
Dear Colleagues,
I need to comment on the latest negative events that occurred in FIDE.
First of all, I would like to refer to the results, which, unfortunately, were overridden by all the… Read More
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
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
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
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
The following press-release was issued by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov today.
Dear chess friends!
We have done a great job together: united the chess world, increased the number of national federation… Read More
The power struggle that started in FIDE in the end of March reached a temporary stalemate. At the extraordinary meeting of the Presidential Board meeting in Athens, it was decided that Kirsa… Read More
Azeri star Shakhriyar Mamedyarov repeated the last year’s success and took another trophy at the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir.
The ten-player round robin event was held from 20-3… Read More
MOSCOW, 12 December – R-Sport, Oleg Bogatov. Four or five candidates may run for President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in the election to be held at the General Assemb… Read More
Press-Secretary of the Russian President and Chairman of RCF Board of Trustees Dmitry Peskov considers that the acting RCF President Andrey Filatov should be reelected for a new term.
On No… Read More
Chess players, coaches, organizers and arbiters, who represent 21 regions of the Russian Federation, nominate Andrey Filatov as candidate for the position of the President of the all-Russia… Read More
For the past several days there is increased interest in chess politics, with one of the most visited articles on Chessdom being the Russian Chess Federation election details. Our email is n… Read More
In modern chess, FIDE elections always mean fireworks. You should not be surprised – chess nowadays is an influential sport, involving people around the world in the hundred millions… Read More
Andrey Filatov
The Russian Chess Federation elections are in full swing with the main focus on the battle between Andrey Filatov, the current President of RCF, and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The el… Read More
A statement supporting Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy for FIDE Presidency issued by Afghanistan Chess Federation was received by Ilyumzhinov office in Moscow Read More
On February 3, the XIII Congress of the Russian Chess Federation took place in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. The Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov greeted the de… Read More
Chess is one more time hitting mainstream media with an unpopular topic. BBC, The Telegraph, and a number of other sources quote FIDE Treasurer Dr. Adrian M. Siegel on the information that … Read More
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) says its Swiss bank accounts have been frozen because its president – with whom the FIDE secretariat is embroiled in a power struggle – is under… Read More
05 April - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World HistoryIn India and world history April 05 has a special significance, because on this d… Read More
The FIDE Presidential Board was held throughout the weekend in Minsk, Belarus, and among other items on the agenda, discussed the situation regarding the FIDE bank accounts.
As it was report… Read More
Related: FIDE elections, the story so far
In our 11 years of chess journalism in Chessdom, we have always aimed for full objectivity when covering FIDE elections or chess related politics. W… Read More
The supervisory board of the Russian Chess Federation approved Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as candidate of the RCF for the upcoming FIDE elections on October 3rd in Batumi. The meeting took place in… Read More
The Glen Stark affair, that went as a sonic boom through the chess world yesterday, provoked interesting reactions and revelations from all around the globe. Yet 24 hours after the publicati… Read More
The ongoing Glen Stark affair continues to have repercussions in Russia. The head of RCF Andrei Filatov said in an interview for Tass.ru, “At the congress of the supervisory board of t… Read More
The Glen Stark affair now goes beyond the boundaries of the community. Besides established chess websites and blogs, now the mass media also start paying attention to the bizarre case of &ld… Read More
The Glen Stark affair continues to puzzle the shocked chess world and has become a Pandora’s box which has just gotten a major upgrade. It results that Glen Stark is the virtual hand o… Read More
Initially we called it the Glen Stark affair, but after the most recent findings this has to be promoted to #KirsanGate. It took some time and lots of effort of our investigative journalists… Read More
Gazeta Express reported that Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli “joins” Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s team for the upcoming FIDE election.
But further in the article the portal… Read More
In a recent letter-reply to GM Kevin Spraggett, concerning the US sanctions against Kirsan Ilyumhinov, the FIDE Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos dropped a bombshell by mentioning th… Read More
FIDE Ethics Commission is apparently set to examine the inclusion of fake person Glen Stark to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s ticket for upcoming FIDE elections.
To address inquiries and rumors… Read More
The candidate for FIDE President Georgios Makropoulos and his FIDE Forward team have officially announced the ticket for the upcoming elections. Georgios Makropoulos says, “I am deligh… Read More
Chairman of the organizing committee of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Arkady Dvorkovich told RIA Novosti that he will run for the post of FIDE President.
“After consulting with the country&r… Read More
It is confirmed that Zambia, the previous African stronghold of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Lewis Ncube, is now supporting Georgios Makropoulos and “FIDE Forward”!
The new Vice-Presi… Read More
The RCF Supervisory Board meeting with an absentee ballot concerning the election of the candidate for FIDE President from the Russian Chess Federation was held.
24 ballots were received by… Read More
On 29th June, the press conference of Arkady Dvorkovich took place in Moscow. The candidate for FIDE President in particular highlighted his goals and objectives and announced his ticket.
… Read More
It is official – three candidates will run for the post of FIDE President in the 2018 elections – Arkady Dvorkovich, Georgios Makropoulos, and Nigel Short. A total of 83 federati… Read More
Pursuant to the authorization provided by the FIDE Presidential Board by virtue of its decision at the 2018 1st Quarter Presidential Board meeting held 6 – 9 April, in Minsk, Belarus… Read More
The Baltic Zonal-Liepaja was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 9-15 July 2018 in Liepaja, Latvia. This is the third of three Baltic Zonal tournaments and the overall winner… Read More
Arkady Dvorkovich (photo RIA Novosti / Arkady Natruskin)After the inclusion of its former president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in the sanctions list of the US Treasury, the banking problems of FIDE… Read More
Dear Chess Friends,
The circumstances around the election of FIDE President encourage me to address my colleagues with this letter.
I have always called interested federations and FIDE autho… Read More
At an ECF Board meeting held on 20th September the ECF Board decided by a clear majority to support the Presidential ticket of Georgios Makropoulos in the FIDE Presidential elections to be h… Read More
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich gave his first big interview after the election to Russian agency TASS. Short summary:
- Prize funds for Men & Women World Championship matches to be inc… Read More
The 2018 4th quarter FIDE Presidential Board, and the first in mandate of new FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, was held from 8-9th November at the Chelsea football club in London.
Highlight… Read More
FIDE and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov have concluded a Settlement Agreement, which was approved by the FIDE Ethics Commission and by the CAS Panel.
On 12 July 2018, the FIDE Ethics Commission unamino… Read More
In a brief post FIDE announced that a bank account is opened with Caixa Bank, one of the largest banks in Spain.
The normal operation is resumed 11 months after the Swiss bank UBS closed the… Read More
Existem milhares de cidades ao redor do mundo, mas todas elas são diferentes umas das outras. Cada cidade tem a sua história e algumas delas acabam por ter característi… Read More
The Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrii Baryshpolets is running for president of FIDE in the upcoming presidential elections during the Chess Olympiad 2022. Baryshpolets announced today h… Read More
On May 19, Inal Sheripov (Belgium) announced his intention to run for FIDE President. His ticket has already been officially submitted to the FIDE office, with supporting letters f… Read More
The FIDE Congress will be held in Chennai, India between 31 July 2022 and 09 August 2022 as part of the Chess Olympiad 2022 (see all Olympiad news here). Part of it is the FIDE Gen… Read More
The FIDE Congress will be held in Chennai, India between 31 July 2022 and 09 August 2022 as part of the Chess Olympiad 2022 (see all Olympiad news here). Part o… Read More
The FIDE Congress will be held in Chennai, India between 31 July 2022 and 09 August 2022 as part of the Chess Olympiad 2022 (see all Olympiad news here). Part o… Read More
The existence of aliens has always been something of a mystery. People around the world are torn between two sides: either aliens exist and they are out there watching our every movements, o… Read More
Nos últimos meses percebemos várias notícias repercutidas na mídia, principalmente sobre a Ucrânia, em se tratando de regiões que desejam se anexar … Read More
El Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 está a punto de ser estelar, ya que Australia se prepara para jugar la serie Test contra India después de 6 años. Australia en 2017 mo… Read More