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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

GENEVA—A top global chess official Friday called for more research into whether factors such as hormone levels and ... The Switzerland-based federation FIDE said the decision, set to take ...

India is set to host the prestigious FIDE World Cup 2025 chess tournament, marking the country’s first international tournament since the Chennai Chess Olympiad in 2022. (More Sports News) FIDE ...

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 ...