The International Chess Federation – also known as FIDE – says players who have transitioned from male to female have “no right to participate” in women’s events until the federation conducts “further ...

Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion, faced disqualification from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for violating FIDE's dress code by wearing jeans. Despite being fined USD 200 and ...

The FIDE World Cup returns to India after 23 years, as Goa will be hosting the prestigious tournament from October 30-November 27. 206 players will be featuring in the tournament that will offer a ...

Goa, India, is host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 from October 31 to November 27. World champion D Gukesh leads a strong 24-member Indian contingent, with Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa seeded ...

It was a mixed day for India to start the World Blitz Championship as Rameshbabu Vaishali dominated the women's section to lead the standings after day 1 but no Indian man qualified for the knockout ...

Hot on the heels of the FIDE World Championship that saw Dommaraju Gukesh crowned (classical) chess champion of the world comes FIDE's World Championship for the two faster versions of the sport: ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has filed a formal ethics complaint against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The move targets Kramnik's repeated public accusations of cheating against ...

Transgender women participating in female sports have been the subject of news stories and intense debate for a number of years. The governing bodies of several sports - most recently including ...

FIDE announces 2025 Youth World Cup in Georgia. FIDE / MARK LIVSHITZ The youth FIDE World Cup 2025 hopes to create opportunities for young chess talent worldwide with participants invited to compete ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, on Monday, responded to Hikaru Nakamura's recent explosive claim criticising the Candidates' rating qualification spot. Nakumara accused FIDE of maintaining the ratings spot ...

FIDE announced wildcards for the upcoming 2025 Chess World Cup, and no Indians were named in the list. The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 will be held in Goa from October 30 to November 27 this year, and ...