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Russian Chess Federation proposal to FIDE

8/4/2016 – The FIDE office in Athens has received a proposal by the President of the RCF suggesting that World Champion should in the future be allowed to "accept the challenge of any player who can contribute to the prize fund and the costs of holding of the match." FIDE would get 50% of the prize fund. The proposal, which is to be discussed in September at the FIDE Congress in Baku, has met with immediate protest from the Association of Chess Professionals.

The new ratings: July 2016

7/2/2016 – FIDE published the rating list from July 2016. Carlsen remains number one, Kramnik follows on two, very narrowly ahead of Caruana. Two Chinese - Hou Yifan and Ju Wenjun - lead the women's ranking list, best junior is Richard Rapport who is 56 points ahead of Wei Yi. Aleksandra Goryachkina and Lei Tingjie, who both have 2482, lead the girls' ranking. Tables...

Ilya Merenzon on the NY World Championship

5/31/2016 – In six months there will be a World Championship match (between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin) in New York. Preparation for the mega-event in the news media center of the world is well under way. The CEO of the organising body, AGON, spoke about a new broadcasting system (and philosophy) which includes free and unlimited B-rolls for TV stations. Interview with Anastasiya Karlovich.

Panama Papers – it wasn't the RCF President!

5/28/2016 – We recently reported that a British newspaper had named Russian Chess Federation President Andrey Filatov in connection with the Panama Papers scandal that was rocking the financial world. Hefty rebuttals by the RCF and the threat of legal action were heeded by the Telegraph, which published a retraction: apparently the person mentioned in the company was a completely different Andrey Filatov.

Chess and the Panama Papers

5/12/2016 – You have probably heard of Panama Papers scandal, of which a new set of data was released this week. The 11 million leaked documents (2.6 terabyte) from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca lists more than 200,000 offshore account. Two British newpapers have discovered a chess trail – but one that probably contains spurious leads – including Bobby Fischer. Here's what has been reported and denied.

FIDE suspends Ukrainian ratings

4/17/2016 – Shocker: after the Ukrainian Chess Federation failed to pay the full amount due to FIDE from the Women's World Championship last month, the FIDE Presidential Board, at its meeting in Moscow, decided to suspend its services for the UCF – temporarily suspended. The most visible consequence is that top GMs will be appearing as unrated in events – e.g. Pavel Eljanov at Norway Chess 2016 on Tuesday.

Agon/FIDE sign record-breaking media deal

12/15/2015 – Agon is the commercial partner of FIDE, NRK a leadin Norwegian TV network. The latter has paid a record sum to secure long-term broadcasting rights for World Championship events on TV, from now until 2020. NRK has developed exciting ways to make chess interesting for TV audiences in countries around the world. The exact amount of the deal was not revealed, but it is in the low seven figures.

Breaking news: Ilyumzhinov transfers powers

12/6/2015 – After the extremely surprising announcement that the US Treasury had placed FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on the sanction list, forbidding US citizens from conducting business with him, today FIDE released a statement in which he withdraws from FIDE’s legal, financial and business operations, passing these powers to Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos.

Ilyumzhinov: Only chess connects me to Syria!

12/1/2015 – He was intending to go to the US last weekend, but after sanctions were imposed FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov instead took part in a TV interview in Moscow. "I don't sell any ISIL oil to Syria," he states. "We supplied them with a thousand chess sets and three thousand chess books for children." He also opened chess clubs in Aleppo and Damascus, but they were bombed by "the terrorists". Chess-News reports.

1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Ch.

12/1/2015 – Flying in from all over the world, the top female online blitz players came to Rome, Italy to fight for the final prize: the title of the First FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship (Gesundheit!). At stake was also a top prize of US$3000, with names such as Harika Dronavalli, who took gold, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina and more. Illustrated report by Alina L'Ami.

US Sanctions against FIDE President

11/26/2015 – It comes at a bad time: on the eve of a visit to the USA, to negotiate the venue of the 2016 World Chess Championship (Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York), FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been hit by sanctions of the US Treasury. This is mainly because of dealings with Syria and it President Assad. Currently US citizens are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with him.

FIDE visits the Italian Stock Exchange

11/8/2015 – In a surprising turn of events, the Skills Management Committee, a new FIDE commission, was a guest of honor at the Milan Stock Exchange. Presided by its president Roberto Mogranzini, it was invited to hold a three-day seminar during the TOL Expo, holding lectures dedicated to the improvement and innovation the world of trading. Read on this integration of chess and trading.

Candidates will take place in March in Moscow

11/5/2015 – FIDE has announced the dates for the next candidates tournament. It will take place in Moscow from 10. to 30. March. Main sponsor is the Tashir Group, and the wildcard goes Levon Aronian. Six players had already qualified: Anand, Nakamura, Caruana, Karjakin, Svidler, and Topalov. Anish Giri has the best chances to become candidate number eight.

Ilyumzhinov for President – of FIFA?

9/8/2015 – He is the reigning president of FIDE, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs. Now the president of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov, wants Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to run for the office of FIFA – the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. From world chess to world soccer. He is, as Filatov says, "an experienced sports manager with expertise in football." Press release.

FIDE threatens exclusion of Bulgaria

5/14/2015 – At the end of last year Bulgarian player Ivan Tetimov, rated 2047, won the Benidorm Open with a score of 8.0/9, gaining 78 rating points. Suspicions arose, the player did not permit a full check and was disqualified. FIDE appointed an Committee to investigate the matter, but the Bulgarian Chess Federation refused to cooperate. After the FIDE threat (update!) the BCF has now replied.

November 2014 ratings – minor adjustments

11/1/2014 – Minor adjustments at the top, anyway. The gap between the perennial leader Magnus Carlsen and Italian pretender Fabiano Caruana has widened slightly, and Aronian and Grischuk have switched places four and five. Young Wesley So, now affiliated as USA, has climbed into the top ten. Hou Yifan is completely dominating in the Women's, Juniors and Girls. Here are all the lists.

New FIDE anti-cheating rules

9/17/2014 – FIDE has just modified section 11.3 of its Laws of Chess, reacting to a request of its Anti Cheating Committee. In future players will not be permitted to have any device capable of suggesting chess moves on their person in the playing venue, only in a bag and completely switched off, with the permission of the arbiter. In addition: spot searches may be conducted.

FIDE announces Grand Prix 2014-2015

8/21/2014 – FIDE has announced the 2014-2015 Grand Prix series with the players invited to participate and the four tournaments that comprise it, reduced from the previous cycle's six. Two players will also qualify for the following 2014-2016 World Championship Candidates. At the top of the list of invitees are Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand, though the players are not confirmed yet.

FIDE Elections: Putin congratulates Ilyumzhinov

8/16/2014 – "The election victory was a convincing evidence of the high esteem of your fruitful activity as the President of FIDE, well-deserved reputation in the global chess community," wrote Russia's President Vladimir Putin to the incumbent after his re-election. We bring you Ilyumzhinov's post-election statement, as well as a very stark one by Garry Kasparov. It's all about the future of chess.

FIDE (and ECU) elections in the international press

8/12/2014 – As you know the election for the FIDE presidency was won on Monday by incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov against challenger Garry Kasparov. Today the international press has devoted a number of articles to this news item. Another almost remained unnoticed: GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili unseated the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov. News links.

Organisers stand by case but allow teams to play

7/21/2014 – At a board meeting on Sunday the Tromsø 2014 organisers met to discuss the situation surrounding teams that missed the deadline for Olympiad registration. They have now informed FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov that while they stand by its interpretation of the regulations the COT2014 will accept teams that missed the June 1 deadline to register. Letter to FIDE.

Chess Olympiad without the Russian women?

7/18/2014 – No way José, says FIDE President Ilyumzhinov in an Itar-Tass interview today. And hear this: Anatoly Karpov has come out strongly supporting FIDE's position. Meanwhile the Russian Chess Federation sent us a detailed description of the current situation. They have hired a powerful legal team which set the Tromsø organisers a deadline to concede: 5 p.m. CET today, 18 July, 2014.

Olympiad Tromsø: FIDE President issues a deadline

7/18/2014 – The problems of missed registrations for some teams has come to a head, with FIDE President stating that the Organizing Committee has "performed an unbelievable scheme of combined illegitimate actions which should never take place in a democratic country like Norway." Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has issued a deadline to the Norwegians to solve the issues: Monday 21 July, 11 am CET.

Classical, Rapid, Blitz: FIDE's new rating lists

7/1/2014 – It's the first of the month - time for FIDE to publish the current ratings. The classical ratings saw a few shifts here and there, but everyone was waiting for the new FIDE Rapid and Blitz lists after the World Championships. At the top of the Rapid list is Caruana with 2858, followed by Carlsen with 2855, while the Norwegian is no.1 in Blitz with a huge 2948 rating.
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