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In a statement on January 21, FIDE said "the attempts by FCPC [c] to present their project as a World Championship are in contradiction with the well-established status of FIDE and its authority over world championship titles in all relevant variations of chess - including Chess960/Freestyle chess, as outlined in the FIDE Handbook" and "The ...
Prague Chess Festival: Prague: Round robin 25 Feb – 7 Mar 10 (6) GCT Romania Bucharest: Round robin 5 – 17 May 10 TePe Sigeman & Co tournament: Malmö: Round robin 20 – 26 May 8 Norway Chess: Stavanger: Double round robin 26 May – 6 Jun 6 (6) Biel Chess Festival: Biel/Bienne: Multi-stage 12 – 25 Jul 6 Sinquefield Cup: St. Louis: Round ...
The 2025 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2025, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament.
The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The 2024 World Chess Championship is set to kick off this week, a showdown between 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India and reigning champion Ding Liren of China.
In the event of a tie, rapid and blitz tiebreaks are played in the following order until the tie is broken – two 15+10 rapid games, two 5+2 blitz games and if a tie persists, one armageddon game. Before each round, the starting position for the round is drawn using 958 balls (the normal chess position, and the same position with queens and ...
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The U.S. Masters Championship is an official national chess championship sanctioned by US Chess that has been held 27 times since 1982. The event is a Swiss tournament usually restricted to players who have established peak ratings over 2200, plus high rated junior players, at the discretion of the organizer.