Archive for FIDE
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:45
In a press release posted on its website, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to criticsm and speculations concerning their decision to grant the World Championship match to Chennai. "FIDE has acted with full transparency during the whole process, trying its best to secure the match and standing by its obligations and reputation."
Baku...
Sunday, May 05, 2013 23:08
On the first day of the Presidential Board meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan the World Chess Federation officially granted the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen to Chennai, India. This was tweeted by several FIDE officials on Sunday, and later confirmed by a press release by the All Indian Chess Federation.
After the...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 14:17
Espen Agdestein, the manager of Magnus Carlsen, still expects that FIDE will open a bidding process for the Anand-Carlsen World Championship match. In a telephone conversation with ChessVibes, Agdestein reacted to a recent interview with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. "It seems FIDE is trying to fix a mistake by making another mistake."
At the beginning of...
Friday, April 26, 2013 22:42
Between June 5 and 11, 2013 the World Rapid & Blitz Championships will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The prize money for each World Championship is 200,000 US Dollars. For the first time in the history of the events, they are open to all players nominated by their Federations or else with ratings over 2500. More at FIDE.
Friday, March 15, 2013 1:37
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov officially opened the FIDE Candidates' Tournament on Thursday night during the opening ceremony held at the IET London, Savoy Place. The first round starts on Friday at 14:00 GMT (15:00 CET).
Photos © Ray Morris-Hill
The long-awaited FIDE Candidates' Tournament, or rather World Chess Candidates Tournament, as the...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:55
Now that the first round of the FIDE Candidates tournament is just two days away, it's high time for some predictions! Will it be a walk in the park for Magnus? Can we expect surprises from outsiders like Svidler or Gelfand? Will Ivanchuk be the decisive factor in the end? GMs Fabiano Caruana, Ruslan Ponomariov, Gawain Jones and Erwin l'Ami look...
Monday, March 11, 2013 13:57
Next Friday the first round of the FIDE Candidates tournament will be played, and the winner has the right to challenge World Champion Vishy Anand. After decades of knockout matches, the way to reach that glorious world title match will now be decided in a round robin tournament. The last time this happened was more than half a century ago!
Keres-...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013 11:34
The first round of the Candidates tournament in London, on March 15th, 2013 will see the games Aronian-Carlsen, Gelfand-Radjabov, Ivanchuk-Grischuk and Svidler-Kramnik. Nine days before the opening ceremony the full pairings were already published on the official website.
FIDE and AGON, the commercial partner of the World Chess Federation, will...
Friday, March 01, 2013 18:48
As FIDE informs, the Presidential Board has approved the following recommendations by the World Chess Championship & Olympiad Commission:
1. Minimum Prize Fund (net to the players before local taxes) for all Continental Championships which are part of the World Championship Cycle, starting from 2014:
Europe: 150,000 EUR (75,000 EUR for women)...
Friday, March 01, 2013 14:58
The March 1st rating list has been published by FIDE and at the top there are not many big changes. Vishy Anand won 4 points thanks to his win in Baden-Baden, where Fabiano Caruana gained 3 points to climb back to the 11th place.
Bigger changes can be found lower in the list. For example, Wesley So, who finished shared first in the Reyjavik Open,...
