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Last Updated:July 24, 2026, 12:25 IST Viswanathan Anand is interim FIDE president after Arkady Dvorkovich was sanctioned by the EU. Dvorkovich will challenge the sanctions. Vishwanathan Anand has served as FIDE Deputy President since 2022. (PTI Photo) Indian chess icon and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has stepped in as the interim president of the…
Last Updated:April 02, 2026, 9:27 pm IST Nakamura expressed his frustration with the excessive regulations in place likening the players to agents of Israel in Iran, in a ‘too soon?’ moment. Hikaru Nakamura. (X) World No.2 Hikaru Nakamura, gave a scathing review of FIDE’s excessive anti-cheating rules at the Candidates tournament, underway in Cyprus as…
Last Updated:March 19, 2026, 11:17 IST Liren has dropped out of the official FIDE ratings list due to the low number of games the Chinese star has played in recent times, deeming him to be ineligible to make the list. Ding Liren. (X) Former World Champion Ding Liren has dropped out of the official FIDE…
Last Updated:March 19, 2026, 10:35 IST Koneru expressed concerns about the ongoing war in the Middle East and may withdraw from the Candidates event scheduled to begin on the 28th of March. Koneru Humpy. (x) Veteran Indian Chess star Humpy Koneru is yet to make a decision on whether she’d be travelling to the FIDE…
Last Updated:March 16, 2026, 11:13 IST FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky confirms the FIDE Candidates Tournament will proceed as planned in Paphos. Four Indian GMs, including R Praggnanandhaa, will compete. R Praggnanandhaa is supposed to take part in Candidates FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has said that the organisation is working in the final stages of preparing…
The FIDE Women’s Candidates event 2026 is slated to be held in Cyprus, beginning on the 28th of March with eight quality players clashing against one-another in a double round robin format, for a shot at the Women’s World Championship clash against holder Ju Wenjun of China. Koneru Humpy, the stalwart of Indian chess, secured…
Last Updated:March 03, 2026, 11:57 IST The Russian Chess Crown match was included in the March 2026 FIDE Rating List, due to an oversight, and in breach of the regulations. FIDE. (X) FIDE issued a clarification on Tuesday, stating that Sergey Karjakin’s status in the standings is inactive and has been removed from the list…
Last Updated:August 03, 2025, 10:21 is The 19-year-old Deshmukh got the better of Koneru in a tie-breaker after the two settled for a couple of draws in classical format of he game. Divya Deshmukh won the FIDE Women’s World Cup (Picture credit: Andrei Anosov/FIDE) Indian teenage GM Divya Deshmukh, who scripted history with her FIDE…
Last Updated:May 11, 2025, 16:12 is The details and the complainant remain confidential due to the sensitive nature of the allegations. Christopher Yoo. (X) FIDE slapped a 60-day suspension on American Grandmaster Christopher Yoo on Saturday over a second complaint of alleged harassment. The details and the complainant remain confidential due to the sensitive nature…
Last Updated:January 01, 2025, 3:08 PM IST Niemann hit out at the FIDE for giving into financial reasons as the base for permitting such a result and being controlled by Carlsen. Niemann also expressed his displeasure with the FIDE giving into the whims and fancies of the Norwegian. Hans Nieman, Magnus Carlsen. American GM Hans…