Steven Bellens 01.02.2026
Freestyle Chess adds another headline moment to the calendar, with the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship set to…
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Luc Cornet 13.01.2026 4
The FIDE Council has approved a resolution allowing specific shortened time controls to count toward standard ratings and title norms…
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Luc Cornet 13.01.2026
The fourth FIDE Council Meeting of 2025 and the 2025 FIDE General Assembly took place online on December 11 and…
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Arben Dardha 24.12.2025
Dear chess friends, As the year ends, I want to thank you for a remarkable 2025. The chess calendar was…
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Steven Bellens 20.12.2025
Marking the launch of the FIDE Year of Chess in Education 2026, FIDE, in partnership with KIIT and the All India Chess Federation, is proud to announce the Social and Educational Chess Conference.
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Steven Bellens 18.12.2025
The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 are taking place in Doha, Qatar from 25 to 30 December, bringing…
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Steven Bellens 10.12.2025 9
The FIDE general assembly meeting will take place online at Sunday December 14. Geert Bailleul will represent the Royal Belgian…
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We have a free spot available for the below seminars. The seminars are given in the French language. Please reach…
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Luc Cornet 04.11.2025
The FIDE Trainers’ Commission announced the official launch of the FIDE Al-Ain ACMG Academy, scheduled to begin on 1 December…
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Steven Bellens 28.06.2025
Each year on July 20, the global chess community unites to celebrate International Chess Day, commemorating the founding of FIDE in 1924.
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Steven Bellens 23.05.2025 8
In our player database section (available for members only), we have recently removed the *.DBF database formats.
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Laurent Wery 21.07.2024 1
I had the honour of representing Belgium.The day began with the reproduction of the signatures of the act of constitution…
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