In the women’s list, Armenia is represented by three grandmasters: Elina Danielyan (42nd place), Mariam Mkrtchyan (72nd), and Lilit Mkrtchyan (77th). China’s Hou Yifan remains the world number one ...

Magnus Carlsen had declared in 2024 that he was “at full war with FIDE” after the chess governing body had denied permission ...

A Switzerland-based chess organization has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in women’s events until they have completed a gender assessment with competition officials. The ruling was ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has appointed Mohammed Al Mudahka, President of the Qatar Chess Federation, to oversee the ...

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), through its Chess Club, in association with SBI General ...

The <a href=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) decision to permit Under-18 ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) reprimanded world champion Magnus Carlsen for resigning from an online chess match against fellow grandmaster Hans Niemann after just one move but added that ...

A chess grandmaster was fired from his job as a commentator for the International Chess Federation, or FIDE, for making sexist comments during the Women’s Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.

Indian chess star R Praggnanandhaa has strongly refuted the claims that his attempts to hide his FIDE Candidates preparation is behind his poor form at the Tata Steel 2026.

On a grim New York Monday in November, a small crowd clustered in a dark room with a thick pane of glass at one end. Defending world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Sergey Karjakin sat on ...