Following the announcement by the US Department of the Treasury that the US levied sanctions against Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian citizen and FIDE President, Mr. Ilyumzhinov has informed the Presidential Board ...

With 20 years anniversary of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s accession to the office of the FIDE President this November, 24, it is proper to recall his achievements as FIDE President, whose contribution ...

With a secure draw against WGM Elena Fatalibekova (RUS) the great favorite of section “Women +65”, GM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) still leads with one point ahead the next players and ...

President of Sudan Football Association, Dr. Mutasim Gafaar, has been elected the new president of the council of east and central Africa football associations during the regional Africa football ...

China is on the verge of gaining its first ever player in the world top 10. Despite winning the two premier team competitions, the 2014 Olympiad and the 2015 world ...

Nicholas DiCostanzo still remembers the feeling. It was last June, and DiConstanzo was excited, hyped to be a participant in the X-Games in Austin, Texas. "It was crazy, to be honest," he ...

Once a year I visit Nottingham University Chess Club to say thank you to the students who volunteer for Chess in Schools and Communities at local schools, helping to run ...

For centuries chess has been a small game for big thinkers. Each player gets just 16 pieces to play on a board with 64 little squares. The numbers start out simple, ...

On April 23 at the Associate Members meeting, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of FIDE and IMSA, has been elected as their member of the SportAccord Council. President Ilyumzhinov in his speech ...

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was reelected by a wide margin with 110 votes against Garry Kasparov’s 61. In his speech after the elections, Kirsan showed gratitude to all his supporters ...

Somali Chess Federation which is one of the very few national federations in Somalia who have their own websites has now redesigned its website which has a great importance for ...