A little-noticed tournament in Sochi has become the latest flashpoint in the dispute over Russian chess in occupied Ukraine, ...

By KaranPrashant Saxena BENGALURU, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Kazakh businessman Timur Turlov was elected the eighth president of world chess governing body FIDE on Saturday after a closely fought contest at ...

FIDE World Chess Championship 2026 in Geneva: 14 classical games to 7.5 points, tiebreaks, time controls, draws, and live ...

For the 38-year-old Turlov, the move from finance into international sport may look unlikely. He founded Freedom Finance in 2008, took Freedom Holding Corp. onto Nasdaq in 2019, and grew what began as ...

With an outstanding turnout of 721 players representing 82 countries, the 2026 FIDE World Championships U7–U17 got underway ...

To elect Mr. Timur Turlov as FIDE President and Mr. Viswanathan Anand as FIDE Deputy President.  GA-2026/04 To elect the ...

The World Amateur Chess Championships are due to take place in Malaysia next month despite entry restrictions on Israeli citizens that appear to conflict with FIDE's own commitment to equal access.

Google is celebrating the WCC final between Ding Liren and D Gukesh with an animated doodle. The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship kicked off today at the Equarius Hotel in Singapore. The 18-year-old ...

The election on Saturday went into two rounds after the Turlov-Anand campaign secured 96 votes, just one short of the 97 votes needed to win ...

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Sept 26 (Reuters) - Kazakh businessman Timur Turlov was elected as the eighth president of world chess governing body FIDE on Saturday after a closely fought contest at the organisation's General ...