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The FIDE Online Arena [1] is the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) official exclusive Internet chess server devoted to chess playing and related activities. [2] A test version of the server began on August 8, 2013; the fully operational version was announced for October 2013. [ 2 ]
They formed the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS), and continued to allow everyone to have access to all features for free. In 1996, John Fanning , uncle of Napster founder Shawn Fanning , started Chess.net, [ 3 ] a commercial Internet chess server to rival ICS.
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.
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The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, [3] [4] commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (/ ˈ f iː d eɪ / FEE-day, Fédération Internationale des Échecs), [5] is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.
In 1939, the United States of America Chess Federation was created in Illinois through the merger of the American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation.The American Chess Federation, formerly the Western Chess Association, had held an annual open championship since 1900; that tournament, after the merger, became the U.S. Open. [5]
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
Alan Trefler was born to a Jewish family in 1956 [6] in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Dorothy (née Pugatch) and Eric Trefler. [10] Trefler was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts [4] with his brother Leon. [6] [11] His mother, a daughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe, [10] worked as a schoolteacher. [6]