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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 world governing body is preparing to relax classical chess time controls after a General Assembly vote, but disagreements ...

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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 ...