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A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria: [1] Finish between 1 January 2024 and 15 December 2024. Has at least 8 players. Has at least 7 rounds (4 rounds for knockout events). The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament.
The Global Chess League is an over-the-board rapid chess league comprising six franchises which compete over a period of two weeks. It is a joint venture organized by Tech Mahindra and FIDE . [ 2 ] Each team has six players each.
The Pakistani Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Pakistan. Prior to 1970 four championships were held in West Pakistan without participation by players from East Pakistan. This changed in 1970 with the founding of the Pakistan National Chess Federation, which for the first time incorporated players and executive members ...
The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, from April 3–22, 2024. [1] The event was held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament.
The provisional total budget for the Chess Olympiad was €16.6 million, including €9 million for event services and operations as well as the hosting fee. [15] In June 2021, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, together with the president of the Hungarian Chess Federation László Szabó and the executive director of the National Sports Agency of Hungary Attila Mihok, signed the contract for ...
[28] [29] In July 2024, FIDE announced that the match would take place in Singapore from 20 November to 15 December 2024, with four venues being considered. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Ultimately, the Singapore Chess Federation revealed that Resorts World Sentosa was chosen as the venue to host the world championship match.
Jan 9 – The President of India Droupadi Murmu confers the Arjuna Award on grandmaster-elect R Vaishali and the Dronacharya Award on grandmaster and coach RB Ramesh. [4] Jan 21 – Leonid Ivanovic becomes the youngest player in history to beat a grandmaster in classical chess at the age of 8 years, 11 months, and 7 days. [5] Jan 28 – Wei Yi ...
The Chess Federation of Pakistan is national governing body to promote and develop chess in Pakistan. It was established in 1957, [1] and joined FIDE in 1973. Mr. Hanif Qureshi is the current President of the Federation, [2] having been elected unanimously in June 2022. [3] [4] It organizes the Pakistani Chess Championship and other local ...