All you need to know as R Vaishali, Harikia Dronavalli and other Indians battle chess's best in the World Cup.

Why we like it: Designed in 2012 with input from chess world champions (including Magnus Carlsen) and used in every FIDE championship match since 2013, the FIDE Official World Championship set is ...

CHENNAI: The official announcement may take a few more days but, in reality, India was pencilled in to host the 2025 World Cup by FIDE (chess’ governing body) last year itself. “There’s ...

Players attend the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, on April 29, 2023. The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events ...

FIDE's dispute with Freestyle Chess centers around using the term "World Championship." Freestyle Chess, co-founded by ...

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. The decision by ...

Germany’s chess federation messaged on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that it was “incomprehensible” that FIDE “still wants to check” the gender status of people legally ...

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) said it has banned transgender women from competing in its official women's events while it conducts a "thorough analysis" of developments, a process that ...

GENEVA (AP) — The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until its officials make an assessment of gender change.