The matches of the contenders for the Women’s World Cup will be held in Khiva (Uzbekistan) from November 28 to December 11. This was reported by FIDE in a letter to Alexandra Kostenyuk.
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The Serbian team won the youth tournament, which was held as part of the Second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship among Prisoners. England took second place, and Ecuador — third. Official page
FIDE Council voting approval of the proposal presented by its President, Arkady Dvorkovich. The full list of members and positions will be as follows: Chairman of the Management BoardFIDE President, Mr Arkady Dvorkovich Deputy Chair of the Management BoardMrs Dana Reizniece-Ozola Board Members: FIDE Deputy PresidentMr Viswanathan Anand FIDE TreasurerMrs Zhu Chen FIDE Chief Executive…
Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet chess player, renowned grandmaster, the 6th Chess World Champion, and a Doctor of Engineering. He was born on August 4, 1911, in a family of dentists. Got into chess at a relatively late age of 12. From that moment on, he began to show intense interest in the sport. He…
Max Euwe was a Dutch chess player, the 5th official World Chess Champion (1935-1937), and President of FIDE (1970-1978). He was born in Amsterdam on May 20th, 1901, in a teacher’s family. He learned to play at 4 years old from his parents, who were avid players. They even held friendly tournaments on a weekly…