Eleven-year-old Anaya Lall from Guyana is one of the youngest participants of the World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities. She has been playing chess since she is 6. In 2018 Anaya started competing in national tournaments and became the first deaf chess player to represent her cou...
The World Cadets Chess Championship 2023 is in the books. Held in six categories (Open U-8, Girls U-8, Open U-10, Girls U-10, Open U12 and Girls U-12), the competition took place from October 16-26 in the International Youth and Sport City, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The event ...
Most notably, the runner-up from the World Championship match no longer automatically qualifies for the Candidates. The alterations are aimed at enhancing the competitive landscape, encouraging player participation, and ensuring a fair representation of the top contenders. More... 1 FIDE announces ...
(CEC) was born. In the past, FIDE was mostly focused on events once at a time and the world championship cycle was inconsistent. These constant changes made it difficult for FIDE to attract sponsorships. This was about to change with CNC getting involved, and at the FIDE Congress in ...
In the 2002 U12 World Championship a few weeks later, Carlsen was sole leader entering the last round, but was held to a draw by David Howell, enabling Ian Nepomniachtchi to equal his score and to win on tiebreak. He placed equal third at the 2003 U14 European Championship, half a ...
Ding after winning the 2023 World Chess Championship. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. 1st:Ding after Nepomniachtchi resigned the last game of the World Chess Championship tiebreaks 2nd:Praggnanandhaa's mother proudly smiling at him
Interzonal Tournament: One tournament in a series of competitions held by FIDE to select a challenger to the World Champion. Winners of the 14 Zonal championships compete in the Interzonal tournaments, which were first held in 1948. The top players from the Interzonals play in the Candidate ...
Jun 18, 2021 --ICCF -US Top 50 List Updated--2021/3 w top 10 Overall ... --The Friendly Post Issue 35 is now available here ... Mar 15, 2021 --World Championship Semifinals 2021 Announcement--WCCC SF 45 starts 20Jun21 ... ...
Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2009 From September 1 to September 12 the 2nd Women’s World Team Chess Championship will take place in Ningbo, China. 10 of the best women’s teams from around the world will take part in this prestigious event. Here is the list of the teams and ...
last qualifying cycle of theWorld Chess Championship. The participants are the top players of theinterzonaltournament plus possibly other players selected on the basis of rating or performance in the previous candidates tournament. The top ranking player(s) qualify(ies) for the world championship. ...