Following the resounding success of the 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York City, FIDE is excited to announce that the 2025 edition of these landmark tournaments will return to Doha, Qatar. The event is scheduled from December 25 to December 31, 2025, with the Rapid Championships taking place from December 26…

With regard to the recent communications from the “Freestyle Chess Players Club” (“FCPC”), FIDE states the following:   The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the only internationally recognized governing body of chess (in particular, by the International Olympic Committee), regulating all official international chess competitions. While we have always remained open to cooperation with private organizations…

The Kazakhstan Chess Federation invites national chess federations to apply for the 2025 Freedom Asian Chess Initiatives (FACI) project, supported by Freedom Holding Corp. in partnership with FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation. The FACI project aims to develop chess potential in Asian countries. By joining this project, your federation will benefit from: In 2024, federations from Cambodia, Nepal, Oman, Tajikistan,…

Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) and Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Poland) emerged victorious at the 2024 European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Championships, securing the rapid and blitz titles, respectively. The European Women’s Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2024 took place from January 10 to 12 in Novotel Hotel, in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The first event on the schedule, the…