CAS Rules on Sakotic's Appeal
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently decided the appeal of Vladimir Sakotic against the decision of the FIDE Ethics Commission (EC) in a disciplinary matter brought against Mr Sakotic.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently decided the appeal of Vladimir Sakotic against the decision of the FIDE Ethics Commission (EC) in a disciplinary matter brought against Mr Sakotic.
Playing the national pastime on a Sunday was officially illegal in the United States until the early twentieth century. Players could be and were arrested for picking up a bat and ball on the day of the Christian Sabbath.
Oh the excitement! Will Magnus Carlsen succeed in his quest to earn a world championship match against himself? The first obstacle in his way is unrated Nigerian FM Oluwafemi Balogun, and assuming he...
As part of our Experts are Made series, the Fight Science team look beyond the obvious health issues of rapid-weight and focus on the impact of weight cutting on a fighter’s performance and confidence during training camp.
FIDE Grand Prix Series was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 5th to 16th of July 2017
Teimour Radjabov emerged clear winner of the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix in Geneva after sharing the point with his nearest follower Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final round.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is taking his lead into the rest day on Monday, with the last two world champions hot on his heels. Vachier-Lagrave did his best to extend his lead with the white pieces against Levon Aronian, but Aronian defended extremely well.
Today was certainly an eventful day at the 2017 Sinquefield Cup, one which will gnaw at Magnus Carlsen if he doesn't come back to win the tournament. Through 40 moves of his game with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave the evaluation had been steadily equal, despite the complex position.
Just when reviewing the latest issue of the Chess Informant was becoming formulaic, the team in Belgrade have once again made some fairly radical changes to this well-established periodical, now 51 years old.
1. Luke McShane entered round 7 of the British Championship in clear first. He drew with Black against Danny Gormally, giving the winner, if any, of the game between Jonathan Hawkins and John Emms to catch him.
There were no winners in today's round, but in several games one player got close.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of Yemenis and Iranians who won the chance to immigrate to the United States sued the U.S. State Department on Friday for not processing their visa applications after President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban was reinstated.
Recently, our KWA secretary Claes Løfgren has given a short report on Michael Negele’s book presentation in Braunschweig, dealing with the just published biography of Paul Felix Schmidt (PFS).