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The closing ceremony of the World Chess Championship Match will take place on 31 MayThe closing ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match will start at 4.00 pm at the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The award ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship will be held as part of the closing ceremony.The final press conference will be attended by Viswanathan Anand (India), Boris Gelfand (Israel), President of the...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom The live feed is down. This is what I get:1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Gelfand was ready to employ the Najdorf. But Anand wisely played 3. Bb5+ to get away from Gelfand's strength.9...Qa6 10. exd6 Two options to take back, Q or P.10... exd6 11. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f6 Black is slightly better but Anand is confident that...  

Game 21. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 Deviation by Anand from a previous game.7...d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 += Neither player believes in King safety. Must be very confusing for beginners who try to follow the basic rules of chess :)12...Bh3 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Black will have a harder time finding accurate moves. As I said earlier, this rapid portion may be decided...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom This is a must win game 3 for Gelfand. Hard to win with black against Anand in game 4 if he doesn't do it here. Both of these guys are my friends for decades. Sad to see one of them lose. But that is a part of the game.Rapid, blitz and Armageddon not the fairest way to decide a world championship but they are exciting for fans. Agreed?1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6...  

Chess phenom Josh Waitzkin has sold his three-bedroom co-op at 200 West Houston Street, the New York Observer reported. The chess champ, on whom the film “Searching for Bobby Fischer” is based, nabbed the pad, between Downing and Bedford streets, for only $1.9 million. It was listed in 2009 for $2.5 million, the Observer said. The corner duplex apartment has 10-foot ceilings and is part of a 29-unit “intimate co-op,” according to Streeteasy...  

The chess prodigy who came to symbolize Cold War tensions, then devolved into obscurity and paranoia is shown here in his golden era. Harry Benson, a British expat, accomplished a feat worthy of Fischer himself: gaining access to the notoriously barbed and private grandmaster. From Buenos Aires t...  

Fischer vs Kasparov: The Sicilian Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation with 6. f4Posted on May 28, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Chess Openings, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game ReviewThe Amsterdam Variation with 6. f4 is an interesting option to the main lines of the Sicilian Najdorf, allowing white to deviate from the more thoroughly analyzed variations like 6. Bc4, 6. Bg5, and 6. Be2. The drawback for white is that black is...  

But playing with white, Anand bounce back in the second game to beat his opponent and took a crucial 1 point lead. Anand managed to hold Gelfand for another draw in the third game with black pieces to maintain the one-point lead ahead of the all ...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom 1. e4 for Anand and we have a Sicilian!Once again, we have the Rossolimo. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. b3 Anand tries something different with 5. d3. Since Anand could not get much with 5. b3, he mixed things up a little. And once Gelfand committed to 5. Ne7 and e5 no longer works because the Queen can't go to e7 to get back the pawn, Anand then played b3...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 We have the Nimzo Indian again. 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 This is a rare move. It seems that Anand wants to stay away from the main line. Gelfand is spending a considerable amount of time with this next move. He is surprised with 8...Bd7. I believe Korchnoi and Yusupov played it in the past but it is only on rare occasions. This...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Anand is going for it. 1.e4! A shocker! And Gelfand responds with 1.c5 We have a sharp Sicilian!2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 We have the Sveshnikov even though Gelfand is also a Najdorf expert7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 More popular is 11. c3 11...b4 12. Nc2 0-0 I think Anand may be surprised by Gelfand's opening response. Anand is not...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Anand once again opened with 1. e41...c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Other main moves include 5. d3 or 5. 0-05...e5 It is amazing that Anand tried to surprise Gelfand with a relative rare opening in modern world championships, only to be surprised by his opponent in the 5th move. It is clear that Gelfand is very well prepared for this match.6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc4 d5 9...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 In the previous 2 games as white, Gelfand player 6. Bd3 and 6. Qc2 and got little for it. So now he tries 6. c5. Will 3rd option be a charm. Erwin l'Ami: ‏Gelfand played 6.c5 a few times before. His wins against Miroshnichenko and Feller (both 2008) are worth checking out! 6..Nbd7 7. Qc2 Once again, they're are cranking out moves at...  

Karpov on Fischer: Volume 1 – The Quest For The Crown!Posted on May 23, 2012 by GM Ron W Henley in All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game ReviewIntroducing the comprehensive 3-Volume DVD set “Karpov on Fischer” – where former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and Grandmaster Ron W. Henley analyze and evaluate the legendary Bobby Fischer’s rise to the chess crown in 1972 and his famous 1992 return match with Boris...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Gelfand-Anand g4: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 Another a6 Slav. LIVE commentary on www.twitter.com/susanpolgar or www.facebook.com/polgarchess.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar  

Karpov on Fischer: Volume 1 – The Quest For The Crown!Posted on May 23, 2012 by GM Ron W Henley in All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game ReviewIntroducing the comprehensive 3-Volume DVD set “Karpov on Fischer” – where former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and Grandmaster Ron W. Henley analyze and evaluate the legendary Bobby Fischer’s rise to the chess crown in 1972 and his famous 1992 return match with Boris...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 This is a nice little surprise for Gelfand.3...d5 Interestingly, it did not take Gelfand long to respond with this move.4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. h4 We certainly will not see a boring symmetrical game today. This is quite sharp.c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14... 0-0-0 Bd7 So far, there is no new novelty yet...  

Fischer vs Kasparov – The Sicilian Najdorf: 6. Bg5 Posted on April 25, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Chess Openings, Strategy & Game ReviewThe 6. Bg5 Main Line of the Sicilian Najdorf is one of the most thoroughly researched and investigated lines in opening theory, as the naturally forcing nature of white’s aggressive set-up leads to extremely complicated positions very early in the opening and middlegame. The 6. Bg5 set-up also...  

The world champion picked up the gauntlet and sharp play started where the opponents had to calculate a great number of lines. Gelfand miscalculated one of them: as he admitted, when making his move 14…Qf6, he hadn't ...  

Artwork by Mike MagnanThe Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2012 will be held from 30th May to 6th June at the Sheraton Hotel, Batumi, Georgia.The event is organized and conducted by the ACP and the Georgian Chess Federation and approved by FIDE.FormatRapid Swiss, 11 roundsBlitz Swiss, 15 roundsTime controlRapid 25 min + 10 secondsBlitz 4 min + 2 secondsFIDE Rules for Rapid Chess and FIDE Rules for blitz are applied.Zero tolerance...  

Book about Bobby Fischer released by Icelandic chess GrandmasterPosted on03 May 2012Helgi Ólafsson, an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and a good friend of the late Bobby Fischer, has released a book about his encounters with the American chess genius who held Icelandic citizenship.The book, titled Bobby Fischer comes home – The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions, talks about numerous aspects of Fischer’s life...  

Press releaseRCF launches major children’s programme as part of the FIDE World Chess Championship MatchA special programme for young chess players begins on 14 May at the FIDE world chess championship title match. Two groups of children are arriving in Moscow from the Far East and the Siberian Federal District.This programme has been developed by the Russian Chess Federation in conjunction with the State Tretyakov Gallery with support from the...  

Olympiad and Congress InvitationFriday, 04 May 2012 06:38INVITATIONWorld Chess Olympiad 201283rd FIDE CongressDear Friends,Turkish Chess Federation, under the auspices of Sport and Youth Ministry and World Chess Federation, invites all member federations of FIDE to take place in the 40th FIDE World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. As an experienced organizing federation, the Turkish Chess Federation promises you a very good Olympiad and FIDE...  

Bobby Fischer vs Garry Kasparov – The Sicilian Najdorf: 6. Bc4 – The Fischer-Sozin AttackPosted on April 12, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Chess Openings, Strategy & Game ReviewThe Sicilian Najdorf is one of the sharpest openings in chess, demanding incredible energy and resourcefulness from both sides to maintain the balance in strongly double-edged positions. The Fischer-Sozin Attack with 6. Bc4 is well known as one of the most...  

THE World Chess Federation (FIDE) has awarded Fiji Chess Federation (FCF) president, Doctor Virgilio de Asa, with the prestigious FIDE International Organisers (IO) title this week.  

Hello everyone and welcome to the Aronian - Kramnik 2800 third game match live coverage! Today is the second game, Aronian has white and a point advantage in the match. I am GM Arkadij Naiditsch and will be commenting for you live the games from Zurich. I have just finished my Dirty Chess DVD and now I will dedicate time to you, the chess fans! 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 5....Bb4 is the main move for Black...  

On this day in 1975, chess player Bobby Fischer lost his world championship title to Boris Spassky of the USSR when he declined to defend his title in a dispute over the terms of the rematch in Reykjavik, Iceland. [ more › ]  

World Chess Olympiad 2012, contracts signedThe signing of contracts and introduction meeting for the 40th World Chess Olympiad was held on Thursday, April 19, 2012 with the participation of FIDE Vice President Georgios Makropoulos, the President of Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici, FIDE Treasurer Nigel Freeman, Deputy Governor of Istanbul Ali Bakoğlu, General Manager of Sport Company (Spor AŞ) Alpaslan Baki Ertekin, The Deputy Manager...  

Hello everyone and welcome to the Aronian - Kramnik 2800 match live coverage! I am GM Arkadij Naiditsch and will be commenting for you live the games from Zurich. I have just finished my Dirty Chess DVD and now I will dedicate time to you, the chess fans! 1. Nf3 Kramnik starts the first game with maybe his favorite move, 1.Nf3 1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 Probably we can expect another game on Queens Gambit or Slav... 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6...  

New York City grandmaster Robert “Bobby” Fischer (1943-2008) defeated champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in the 1972 World Chess Championship. In July 1972, Spassky was credited with saying “Chess is like life” and Fischer was credited with saying “Chess is life.” In June 1972, Fischer said, “Chess is my life—my hobby, my recreation, my profession.” “Chess is like life” has been cited in print since at least 1929 and “chess is...  

Chess Master Nakamura: Chasing Bobby FischerAsk most Americans to name one great chess player, and they will answer “Bobby Fischer.” That’s in part because Fischer was, for a time, No. 1 in the world and in part because he was spectacularly eccentric.Hikaru Nakamura became a chess master earlier than Bobby Fischer achieved that distinction. Nakamura became a grandmaster at 15, which also beat Fischer’s mark. And now Nakamura is just 10 points...  

Levon Aronian still 2nd in FIDE rankings with 2825 points May 1, 2012 - 12:10 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On May 1, FIDE published the list of strongest chess players of the world according to which Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian maintains second place with 2825 points. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) tops the list; followed by Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik with 2801 points. Another Armenian chess player Sergei Movsesian dropped to 47th place with 2698...  

Olympic Chess Composing Tourney 2012The International Chess Federation (FIDE) within the framework of its “Chess Composition” special project and in co-operation with the Turkish Chess Federation announce an Olympic chess composing tourney in 8 sections, dedicated to the World Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul.The tournament is co-ordinated with the WFCC Presidium and is a part of the joint efforts by FIDE and WFCC for the popularization and...  

Hello everyone, I am GM Kamil Miton, one of the six authors of Chess Evolution May 2012 edition. Today I will be commenting the Kramnik - Aronian match for you live, in a situation where everything is equal after 4 games. Game 5 starts in a few minutes! Enjoy! 1. Nf3 The very favorite move of Vladimir Kramnik! Interesting start of the game today 1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 Slav defense on the board, something that Skaev is bringing the top...  

CEWN dedicates the month of April to the talent of Bobby FischerThe 7th edition Chess Evolution Weekly Newsletter by GM Arkadij Naiditsch and GM Csaba Balogh is already published. It contains 30 pages of great chess material including:- the top games of Neckar Open- an amazing game review from the ongoing Russian Team Chess Championship- a mate in the middlegame (27 moves) with knight and bishop in GM level game- more endgames analysis from...  

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 crowns new championsThe FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 was held in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, Northern Greece from 16 April (1st round) to 22 April (9th round).Haralambos Tsakiris from Kavala, Greece, won his last round direct encounter to claim the title of FIDE World Amateur Champion. The win gives Tskiris the title of FIDE master and a rating of 2200.Second place...  

New submitter smarq2 writes "Chessbase reports that chess programmer IM Vasik Rajlich has solved the King's Gambit chess opening with technical means. 3000 processor cores, running for over four months, exhaustively analyzed all lines that follow after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and came to some extraordinary conclusions." Update: 04/02 22:11 GMT by U L : Skuto points out that this is the same person who was found guilty of plagarizing GNU Chess and...  

WORLD CHAMPION TO START WITH WHITEThe official opening ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match took place on 10 May in the Mikhail Vrubel Hall of the State Tretyakov Gallery.The participants and guests were welcomed by Arkady Dvorkovich, Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Russian Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of FIDE, and Irina Lebedeva, General Director of the Tretyakov Gallery. The ceremony was attended...  

Press ReleaseTHE SECOND GAME OF THE FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IS DRAWNThe second game of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match was played on 12 May in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery.Today the rivals did not bring any big surprises to each other, having played a relatively new, but a very solid variation of the Slav Defence. After Black’s 14th move Boris Gelfand thought for a long time and finally chose a line...  

Press ReleaseTHE FIRST GAME OF THE FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IS DRAWNThe first game of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match was played on 11 May in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery.The World Champion played white. The two contenders immediately engage in open combat. Boris Gelfand chose an opening that was unusual for him, while Viswanathan Anand responded with surprise after surprise, playing a fairly rare but...  

Kasparov vs Fischer in the Sicilian Najdorf, The Opocensky Variation with 6. Be2Posted on May 16, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game ReviewThe Opocensky Variation of the Sicilian Najdorf with 6. Be2 remains one of the most commonly played lines for white against the Najdorf. In Fischer’s time in the 1950s and 1960s, more aggressive variations such as the Fischer-Sozin Attack, the 6. Bg5 Main...  

The chess prodigy who came to symbolize Cold War tensions, then devolved into obscurity and paranoia is shown here in his golden era. Harry Benson, a British expat, accomplished a feat worthy of Fischer himself: gaining access to the notoriously barbed and private grandmaster. From Buenos Aires t...  

Organizing Committee of the FIDE World Championship MatchThe Organizing Committee for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand has been formed on Monday in Moscow.Members of the Committee are: Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Russian Chess Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RCF Alexander Zhukov, Director of the Tretyakov Gallery Irina Lebedeva, Chairman...  

The 2012 U.S. Chess Championships are underway in St. Louis, Missouri, and all eyes are on America's top ranked player, Hikaru Nakamura. At the age of 24, he's believed to have the best chance of any American since Bobby Fischer to become number one in the world. Host Michel Martin speaks with Nakamura, the "game changer" of American chess.  

Quang Liem regains international super GM title Last update 02/05/2012 01:35:42 PM (GMT+7)VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem has regained his International Super Grandmaster (GM) title, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced on MayAccording to FIDE’s latest rankings, Liem has climbed three notches to his current 43rd position with an Elo rating of 2703.Liem’s improvement was attributed to his outstanding...  

Visit to Azerbaijan On the 3rd April the first President of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Azerbaijan on an official working visit, where in Baku, a ceremony of signing of the Agreement on cooperation between FIDE and the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan took place. The Head of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Elmar Rustamov signed a document on cooperation...  

RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (FWCM) 20121. Organization1.1 The World Chess Federation (FIDE) is the governing body of the World Chess Championship. For the purpose of creating the rules and regulations, communicating with the players and negotiating with the organizer, the FIDE President has nominated a committee, hereby called the FIDE Commission for World Championships and Olympiads (hereinafterreferred to as...  

Is it a secret? NAKAMURA: Not exactly. No. With chess, much of the focus on preparation deals with databases and, in large part, due to the Internet advancements recently, where all the major games are played and broadcast on the Internet ...  

FIDE President's working meetings in Kiev After Dnepropetrovsk the FIDE President visited the capital of the Ukraine where he had working meetings with the Minister for Family, Youth and Sports of Ukraine Mr Ravil Safiullin and the leadership of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.At the meetings the issues of mutual cooperation including a bill for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine “On the support of Chess in the Ukraine”, as well as...  

On Chess: Club once snubbed disguised FischerSaturday April 14, 2012 7:46 AMOne of my favorite stories involves an appearance by Bobby Fischer at the Chess and Checker Club of New York, a once-sprawling Times Square center where regulars and passers-by played and wagered on board games.One evening, Fischer — the U.S. champion but young and penniless — showed up incognito, with his coat collar high and his hat drooping over his eyes.“Psst...  

On Chess: Excessive study hasn’t killed gameSaturday March 24, 2012 8:59 AMby Shelby Lyman"The old chess is dead."Such was the pronouncement of Bobby Fischer, who perhaps had played the traditional classical game better than anyone else.He blamed computers, which he said had killed creativity. Fischer wasn’t the only one to say this; many others did.U.S. grandmaster Larry Christiansen, an ingenious attacking player, decried the “butt busters...  

Interview with Haralambos Tsakiris, FIDE World Amateur ChampionHaralambos Tsakiris from Kavala, Greece, won the recent World Amateur Championship after the dramatic finish when he defeated the earlier leader from Iceland.Tsakiris is awarded the title of FIDE Master and elo of 2200 for the effort. We spoke to Tsakos immediately after the closing ceremony.Chessdom: Hello Haralambos, congratulations on winning the title of the World Amateur...  

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U. N. Women meets with FIDETuesday, 08 May 2012 10:43May 7, 2012United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (U. N. Women) meets with World Chess Federation (FIDE) to discuss partnersipThe U.N. Women Executive Director, Dr. Michelle Bachelet and FIDE Vice President, Beatriz Marinello met to discuss a partnership between both organizations.Meaningful dialect with global organizations such as U.N. Women serve as a positive...  

FIDE doesn’t recognize events Amateur Chess Organization promotesApril 18, 2012 - 11:44 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On April 17, President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, met with IOC Vice President, Dr. Thomas Bach, and IOC Director General, Christophe De Kepper, to discuss matters of mutual interest and confirm the good relations between FIDE and the IOC. Also present were FIDE Treasurer/Executive Director, Nigel Freeman, FIDE CEO, Geoffrey Borg and...  

A (More) Yiddishe Bobby FischerBy Adam Soclof · April 28, 2012Samuel Reshevsky was a child chess prodigy who routinely whooped older opponents.A Polish-born Orthodox Jew, Reshevsky arrived in the U.S. in November 1920, around the age of 9.In 1923, Reshevsky's talents were on display in Washington, D.C.: While in Washington, shortly before the death of President Harding, Sammy was received at the White House. He won a number of matches from...  

Bobby Fischer vs Pal Benko – Crushing the Pirc DefensePosted on April 7, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game ReviewBobby Fischer vs Pal Benko, Round 10 of the 1963/64 US Championship: Bobby Fischer went 11/11 at the 1963 US Championship, thoroughly establishing his dominance as the best chess player the United States had ever produced. In round 10 of this legendary performance, he faced off...  

FIDE sets minimum prize funds for European championshipsApril 20, 2012 - 11:39 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The President of ACP GM Emil Sutovsky shared some of the key decisions reached by FIDE at the last Presidential Board in Elista on the air of Chess-News radio. In particular, according to Sutovsky, FIDE set the minimum prize funds for the continental competitions, chess-news.ru reports. "I prepared statistics of the prize funds that European...  

From May 21rst - 27th the Commission for Women's Chess (WOM) will hold an open online FIDE Arbiter Seminar in English.If you are interested in participating please send me your complete names, FIDE ID, arbiter experience, date of birth and email.Don't miss your chance to learn from the chairman of the arbiter's commission IA Mr. Panagiotis NIKOLOPOULOS and achieve a FIDE ARBITER norm after passing examination !All the best,Martha Fierrohttp...  

 Sponsorship contract for the Candidates Tournament in LondonAzerbaijan Chess Federation and FIDE will sign the sponsorship contract for the Candidates Tournament in London, e3e5.com reported.The contract will be signed on 3rd April at the Hilton Hotel in Baku.The ceremony will be attended by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Azerbaijan Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov, President of the Chess Federation and Governor of the Central...  

Chess Candidates Tournament in London 2013FIDE has postponed the Candidates matches for 2013. After the initial announcement of the Chess Calendar 2012-2014, various protests from organizers have been emerging. In an official publication today we read that the Candidates tournament will take place in London 2013.FIDE announces, “Following publication of the draft calendar two weeks ago and after evaluating feedback from players and...  

FIDE President's working meetings in Chicago Yesterday was the final day of the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates where the FIDE President was taking part at the invitation of Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, patron of Chess in Schools programme. His visit to Chicago turned out to be very productive; Mr. Ilyumzhinov met with many prominent political, religious and public figures such as Mr. Frederic Willem de Klerk, former President of...  

FIDE President at 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates On April 23rd, 2012, the FIDE President arrived in the USA where at the invitation of Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, patron of the Chess in Schools programme, Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is taking part in the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The summit is held in the University of Illinois at Chicago.On Monday Mr. Ilyumzhinov attended a dinner with laureates where the main speaker...  

FIDE adds 2 GMs, 4 WGMs, 19 IMs, and 2 WIMsFIDE has approved new titles at the 2nd quarter Presidential Board held in Elista, RUS from 5 to 7 of April 2012. Among them are 2 GMs, 4 WGMs, 19 IMs, and 2 WIMs.More news from the PB in Elista are here, including the Caissa Award for Women’s Chess for Hou Yifan , a report on the FIDE World Championship Match in Moscow in May 2011, and a conformation that the FIDE Candidates Tournament would be held...  

FIDE Presidential Board in Elista FIDE held it’s Second Quarter Presidential Board Meeting in Elista at the same time as celebrating its President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s 50th Birthday. Amongst the celebrations, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was awarded the title of Hero of Kalmykia. The President thanked the leadership of the Republic of Kalmykia, municipality of Elista, City Chess and the FIDE Elista Office for the excellent organisation of the PB...  

Ask most Americans to name one great chess player, and they will answer “Bobby Fischer.” That’s in part because Fischer was, for a time, No. 1  in the world and in part because he was spectacularly eccentric. Hikaru Nakamura became a ...  

Reminder to all Organisers of Official FIDE Competitions Organisers of official FIDE competitions are reminded that registration for participation must be done through National Chess Federations. In the case where a player registers directly to the organizer, it is the responsibility of the organizer to refer the registration to its national federation. It is also the responsibility of national federations to register participation of their...  

FIDE Master (FM) Haridas Pascua and Woman FIDE Master Jedara Docena will be the country’s representatives in the 2012 World Junior Chess Championships slated on August 1 to 16 in Athens, Greece. Pascua and Docena earned spots to the world meet after ...  

ST. LOUIS, MO.-The World Chess Hall of Fame presents Bobby Fischer: Icon Among Icons, Photographs by Harry Benson CBE. World-renowned photographer Harry Benson was the only person to have private access to Bobby Fischer during the entire 1972 World Chess ...  

During the past decade, Nakamura has made a name for himself as the new superstar of American chess, and with it, he's become a kind of spokesperson for a game that hasn't been too popular in this country since the days of world champion Bobby Fischer.  

New submitter smarq2 writes "Chessbase reports that chess programmer IM Vasik Rajlich has solved the King's Gambit chess opening with technical means. 3000 processor cores, running for over four months, exhaustively analyzed all lines that follow after 1 ...  

MANILA, Philippines – National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) Negros Island coordinator Edwin Llamo and D’Plaza Chess Association co-founder Ricardo Martin along ... Oriental Mindoro, Florante Lopez of Bulacan, Silverio Marzan Jr. of ...  

March 28, 2012 – Athens, Greece – Following publication of the draft calendar two weeks ago and after evaluating feedback from players and organizers, FIDE and AGON, FIDE's partner for organizing the World Chess Championship Cycle, are pleased to ...  

Check out how Heather Pearson chooses to play chess. The Grade 7 student at River View public school could opt for a traditional chess board, or play the game that began about 1,500 years ago with applications on new-fangled gadgets like an iPad or iPod.[...]  

Calling all Bobby Fischer wannabes: The 2012 national high school chess championship is happening this weekend.  

Happy 50th Anniversary to the FIDE PresidentFIDE congratulates the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on his 50th Birthday!!!Chess daily news from Susan Polgar  

Four years ago, Jaci Carlsen was helping the Spanish Springs softball team to its second of back-to-back state championship titles, also the second state crown in the program’s history.  

A nine-year-old wheelchair-ridden boy suffering from a rare genetic disease has set an exemplary example by getting a patent for his invention of six-player circular chess here.  

Chess come first for some Space Coast students.