FIDE, the Italian Chess Federation, and UniChess are happy to invite all FIDE member federations to participate in the World Junior U20 Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2023. The event will take place in Pula (Sicily), Italy, from October 9 (arrival) to October 16 (departure), 2023. The top ten finishers in the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Batumi 2023 (10 for the open and ..

FIDE happy to announce that the prize fund of World Senior Chess Championship 2023 will hit the absolute record. The participants in categories age 50+ and 65+, Open and Women and Open 75+ (special prizes) will share the total amount of 42,500 Euros. 1-14 places in both Open sections, 1-5 places in Women sections will be awarded the money prizes. The 3 prizes in Open 75+ category is also have be..

From August 25-28, 2023, German Düsseldorf will host a unique competition, the inaugural edition of the World Rapid Team Championship, organized by FIDE in partnership with WR Group Holding GmbH. The 12-round Swiss tournament with rapid time control will see the squads from all over the world fight for the €250,000 prize fund, with the winners taking home €100,000. The playing venue is Rheinterr..

FIDE and the Kazakhstan Chess Federation have extended the registration deadline for the participants of the World Schools Team Championship 2023 (WSTC). National Federations should submit or complete the information about their invited and additional teams using the link for the online registration form before July 10. The championship will take place in Aktau, Caspian Sea-Side, from August 3 (..

FIDE has approved the final list of Wild Cards for the 2023 World Cup. In both the Open and the Women’s tournament, the final list features a mix of seasoned players and promising young talents Apart from Hikaru Nakamura (No. 2 on the July 2023 Rating list, who recently scored a brilliant victory in Stavanger) and Arjun Erigaisi (No. 2 on the world junior list, the winner of the 2023 Sharjah Mas..

The forthcoming match for the title of the Women's World Chess Champion will be a unique event in chess history. China, known for its supremacy in women's chess, finds itself in a very rare position of holding both the absolute and women's chess crowns simultaneously. From the 3rd to the 24th July, China will host the match for the title of Women's World Champion. In a year which saw the country..