International Chess Federation
FIDE Newsletter
Welcome to FIDE Newsletter. Published bi-weekly, this newsletter aims to provide you with relevant information about happenings within our organization, and the member chess federations. Not only will you find information about current FIDE events, but we will also share with you the main decisions, case studies, and inspiring stories.
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FIDE Newsletter archive:
- FIDE Commissions for 2022-26 announced
- Educational Chess Summit at "Global Chess Festival"
- Chess in Paradise at the Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival
- "The Secret Ingredient" wins the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award 2021
- Monika Socko, European Women's Champion
- FIDE Congress 2022
- Yuri Averbakh & Isaac Boleslavsky Book Awards 2022
- Chessable Research Awards open for applications
- Brief news from National Federations
- International Chess Day 2022
- Jerguš Pecháč, awarded the Gligoric Trophy
- Nikolai Krogius (1930-2022)
- Romania and Azerbaijan to host FIDE youth competitions
- Brief news from National Federations
- Muhammad Hanif Qureshi, new President of Pakistan Chess Federation
- Global Exchange Forum: How is harassment defined, guidelines and support to report cases
- Gligoric Trophy 2021: Call for nominations
- Latvia launches the Chess in Prisons programme
- Brief news from National Federations
- Asian Federations welcome the PDC in Bangkok
- Quick thinking kids crowned in Rhodes
- Susan Namangale: "I want to be a part of the change"
- On chess books
- Brief news from National Federations
- Solidarity match Norway – Ukraine
- The Gift of Chess goes global
- Queens' Festival 2022: Registration opens
- French Youth Championships in Agen
- Brief news from National Federations
- Matthias Blüebaum, King of Europe
- Chess and brain ageing
- Ten years of Chicago’s Chess in Jail Program
- Singapore Chess Federation gets a $360,000 donation
- Global Exchange Forum
- Brief news from National Federations
- Geir Nesheim, new Chair of the Social Commission
- Ahmed Adly, new Chair of the Athletes Commission
- FIDE's support program to chess veterans: a tribute
- French Chess Federation acquires “delegation” status in France
- Brief news from National Federations
- Introducing ChessNFT - an exciting step for the chess community
- Kakuma Refugee Camp and "Chess for protection"
- FIDE delegation makes a tour of Latin America
- FIDE 100-year anniversary project
- FIDE Chessable Academy to Resume in March 2022
- Brief news from National Federations
- A podcast, many workshops, and more #womeninchess
- World Championship Match 2023: call for bids
- FIDE and ISF launch the World School Online Chess Cup
- The chess world celebrates the centenary of Yuri Averbakh
- “Chess for Freedom” keeps making waves
- Announcing the winners of the FIDE Trainer Awards
- "Chess Behind Bars"
- FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship
- First Preparation of Teachers course
- Brief news from National Federations
- Ian Nepomniachtchi is Carlsen's next challenger
- Gazprom becomes FIDE’s General Partner
- From the “flashcards” to Chessable
- New in Chess: “A short history… of generosity”
- Route64: a new chess magazine is born!
- Brief news from National Federations
- Birthdays
- "Chess for Freedom"
- Chess in prisons (1): the Cook County case
- Workshop: "Equal Opportunities"
- Brief news from National Federations
- Celebrating Bob Wade
- Birthdays: Joel Lautier
- Israel: "Chess for Every Child"
- India: Chess in the academic curriculum
- How can chess help children with autism?
- FIDE Arbiters’ Manual 2021
- The story of the African Chess Federations
- Chess keeps getting air time
- Anniversaries
- British Chess Magazine interviews FIDE President
- They are the champions
- It is raining awards!
- A tribute to our seniors (part II)
- Brief news from National Federations
- Birthdays
- First anniversary of the FIDE Newsletter
- India on the rise
- Gabuzyan and Gaboyan, Armenian champions 2021
- EDU Commission launches new training program
- Chess as a therapeutic tool
- “The Chess Saga of Fridrik Ólafsson”
- Birthdays
- Superb turnout for the World Corporate Chess Championship
- FIDE and CSR
- World University Online Championships
- A tribute to Liu Wenzhe
- Agadmator hits 1 million subscribers
- Birthdays
- “Double Dutch” at Tata Steel Chess
- FIDE Aid Package for Open Tournaments
- Chess podcasts
- Chess in Art
- The talent of Mariya Yugina
- Birthdays
- FIDE approves hybrid competitions valid for rating
- World Corporate & FIDE ChessKid Intercontinental Challenge
- Gazprom Brilliancy Prizes
- Svetozar Gligoric Trophy 2020
- Brief news from National Federations
- Birthdays
- Dana Reizniece-Ozola joins FIDE in the role of Managing Director
- FIDE approves Online Chess Regulations
- Is yours the smartest company in the world?
- Yu Yangyi and Tan Zhongyi, Chinese Champions 2020
- Michael Adams, seven-time British Champion
- "Team Hikaru" raises $355,720 for CARE
- "US Chess Women" shows the way
- Anniversaries
- Belgian Chess Federation turns 100
- Field announced for Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar WGP
- ‘Nepo’and Goryachkina, 2020 Russian Champions
- Brief news from National Federations
- ChessTech Conference 2020
- Anniversaries
- 91st FIDE Congress
- Moscow 2022, Budapest 2024
- FIDE in good financial shape
- Trainers Commission, by the numbers
- FIDE Honorary Titles
- Isle of Man joins FIDE
- Brief news from National Federations
- "The power of chess in education"
- Anniversaries
- John D. Rockefeller V donates $3 Million to US Chess
- FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities kicks off
- "Algorithms"
- Announcing the InterContinental ChessKid FIDE Challenge
- Brief news from National Federations
- ChessTech Conference 2020 announced
- Anniversaries
- 61 teams registered for the Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Real Madrid Foundation charity event
- How many Grandmasters are there?
- Upcoming FIDE Seminars
- Asian Chess Federation celebrates its 30th anniversary
- Anniversaries
- FIDE news
- Chess in Schools Survey
- Australia takes the Asian Online Nations Cup
- Your chess club needs you!
- Joel Benjamin and Irina Krush add to their legend
- Brief news from National Federations
- Sports and business
- Anniversaries
- FIDE enters a partnership with the ISF
- Brief news from National Federations
- World Teachers' Day
- Chess meets history
- A new social chess project in Norway
- Ju Wenjun on the
redgreen carpet - Anniversaries
- Italian Chess Federation celebrates its centenary
- ChessMatec free Workshop
- Brief news from National Federations
- "Chess connects us"
- Who wants to be a Minister?
- Bringing chess to public spaces
- Anniversaries
- Carlsen and Nakamura win the Champions Showdown
- David Antón and Sabrina Vega win Spanish Championship
- Brief news from National Federations
- Top of her class
- Glory to the Queen
- More chess coming to your screen
- Anniversaries
- FIDE Online Olympiad: Grazprom Brilliancy Prize
- Ukraine Independence Day Schweppes 2020
- Analysis Engines Workshop
- "German Championship" and "German Masters"
- Gudmundur Kjartansson, Icelandic champion for the 3rd time
- Lanka and Rogule win Latvian Championship
- Anniversaries
- FIDE Online Olympiad reaches the Top Division stage
- ChessMatec: chess in a new way
- FIDE PDC Forums
- A tribute to our seniors
- Old tradition, new young winner
- Another first-time winner
- Is chess an Esport?
- A pictorial tribute to the Chess Olympiads
- Anniversaries
- Online Olympiad advances to the next stage: Division 3
- Polish Power
- National Championships resume!
- "Chess Life" and the new chess boom
- A passionate chess coach from Msogwaba, South Africa
- New appointments by the Australian Chess Federation
- Anniversaries
- United Nations: "Chess for recovering better"
- International Chess Day
- Letter by the IOC President Thomas Bach
- Anna Ushenina wins the Women's Speed Chess Championship
- Anniversaries
- FIDE presents the Online Olympiad 2020
- Main decisions of the FIDE Council meeting
- Changes in the FIDE Commissions
- Do you have any questions about the Laws of chess?
- Swiss-Manager manual and online course
- Ushenina and Gunina lead the Women's Speed Chess GP
- Rising Stars Match
- Anniversaries
- Chess vs Coronavirus: 1-0, Checkmate!
- Women's Speed Chess
- Short news from National Federations
- Chess and research studies
- 125 years of Swiss System
- Shortlisted books for the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award
- Anniversaries
- Checkmate Coronavirus enters its final week
- Input request on the Arbiters' Manual
- FIDE Trainer and Arbiter's seminars
- Chess is back in orbit!
- National Championships Records
- Anniversaries
- Checkmate Coronavirus: week one
- Carlsen and Lagno take titles in Steinitz Memorial
- FIDE held the first Online Cup for People with Disabilities
- First online meeting of the FIDE Council
- Continents go online
- "We are all children of Informant"
- Anniversaries
- China wins the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup
- Carlsen and Lagno to star in FIDE Steinitz Memorial
- Upcoming FIDE Trainer Seminars
- Announcing the FIDE Online Cup for Players with Disabilities
- Success story: US Chess Women & "Isolated Queens"
- Anniversaires
- FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup
- FIDE Seminars
- FIDE Candidates' Countries Youth Tournament
- The chess community takes a step forward to support charity events
- "One Million ChessKids" project launched in the UK.
- Leela Zero defeats Stockfish at the TCEC Superfinal
- Donald Schultz (1936-2020)
- Anniversaries
- Stay home, stay safe, stay sharp!
- FIDE news and activities
- Online events
- FIDE distributes €35,000 among chess veterans
- Chess in outer space
- Happy birthday, Garry Kimovich!
- A roundup of the first part of the 2020 Candidates
- FIDE canceled events and our swift towards online activities
- Online chess activity peaks during the global lockdown
- 50 years ago, the USSR was battling the rest of the World
- FIDE Candidates Tournament opens today in Yekaterinburg
- Dzagnidze clinches victory in Lausanne
- New FIDE Charter approved
- USA (+50) and Russia (+65) win gold at the World Senior Team Championship
- Mercedes-Benz is the official auto partner of the Candidates Tournament