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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 ...

Zhu Jiner goes level with R Vaishali in the Women’s Candidates after defeating the Indian Grandmaster in 39 moves in their 12th-round meeting, throwing the tournament wide open. Javokhir Sindarov, ...

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Chess governing body FIDE's general assembly on Sunday upheld a ban on Russian and Belarusian players imposed after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, while backing a move to ...

Armenia has six grandmasters in the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) May rankings.In the men’s standings, Shant ...

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, expanding the sport’s growing elite ...

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 ...

The new trophy of the FIDE World Chess Cup being held here was on Friday christened as the Viswanathan Anand trophy, in honour of the five-time world champion Indian legend. (Image credit: FIDE) NEW ...

FIDE has opened the bidding to host the 2026 World Chess Championship between reigning champion D Gukesh and challenger Javokhir Sindarov, both aged 20. The match is set for November 23 to December 17 ...

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.

The new trophy of the FIDE Chess World Cup, being held in Panjim, was on Friday (October 31, 2025) christened as the Viswanathan Anand trophy, in honour of the five-time world champion Indian legend.