2018
European Rapid Championship 17 games Update
3rd Memorial Hulak 9 games New
European Blitz Championship 64 games New
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 36 games New
32th Belgrade Trophy...
European Rapid Championship 17 games Update
3rd Memorial Hulak 9 games New
European Blitz Championship 64 games New
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 36 games New
32th Belgrade Trophy...
Xmas Greetings from the President.
It is the time of the year when we, as individuals, look back over our experiences during the past 12 months and, more importantly, look ahead and plan for the future.
How do you prepare for a team that looks like you and runs the same triple option offense, knowing it’s also doing the same?
Here's another high-profile figure weighing in on The Match: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on the Carlsen-Caruana match. (HT: Hal Bogner) For those who followed the match, his comments about the games will offer few revelations (if any).
Checkmate.
Competitive and casual chess players alike now have a new foe. In addition to computers, there's a new AI platform called AlphaZero that can totally beat us all.
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AlphaZero lost only 6 games to Stockfish in a 1000-game series, winning 155 games and drawing the rest. The crushing win sharpens the challenge of neural networks to traditional chess engines.
European Blitz Championship 38 games Update
3rd Memorial Hulak 7 games Update
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 36 games New
32th Belgrade Trophy 40 games New
28th World Senior C.C. (Women...
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan organized the 2nd edition of the International Friendship Chess Tourney at Varna Hall, Interpred World Trade Centre, Sofia on 23rd November 2018. It may be recalled that the Embassy had held the inaugural event in February earlier this year.
Information for the participants of FIDE World Rapid Championships & FIDE World Blitz Championships
December 25th - 31st 2018
FIDE is happy to announce additional prizes for the best combined results in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018.
The total pool for the best combined result is 150,000 USD, and it will be distributed as follows:
Open:
1.
Given the strong relationship between the Kingdom Saudi Arabia and Russia, the Saudi Chess Federation accepted FIDE’s request to shift the second edition of the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship from Riyadh...