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Dear colleagues, I am excited to report that a difficult, pandemic-interrupted, negotiation process led by the FIDE management team under the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has successfully...

On December 14, 2020, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) sent its member federations the announcement about an exciting new event - the first FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship, to be...

The official decision hasn't been taken yet, the matter is supposed to be discussed by the FIDE Council before year end.

A *strictly unofficial, ballpark* date that can still change both ways is...

Gladly repeating my comment from another thread. :o

I wholeheartedly support this idea for the upcoming Zonal.

The FIDE Online Chess Regulations received a preliminary approval from the...

I wholeheartedly support this idea for the upcoming Zonal.

The FIDE Online Chess Regulations received a preliminary approval from the Council. Then the General Assembly adopted an amendment that...

All World Calendar events for 2021 are scheduled as over-the-board, with the earliest one to start in March. Obviously, if time comes to send invitations / to open registrations but the...

The 2021 World Cup and Women's World Cup are scheduled to be held in Russia in summer 2021.

The FIDE Council approved the following important change in the Regulations for the FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad.

"Each team shall comprise 4 players and *2 reserves* (one of whom must be...

Congratulations again Christina, Victoria and Gergely! Good luck to all Canadian players in the final stage of the World Online C&Y Ch.!

I am pleased to share good news that many 2000-2003 cohort...

Pierre is being too humble here. :o It was due to his and Danny Goldenberg's heroic efforts in harnessing Vega's power and transferring all tournament data overnight that the 2014 Canadian Open was...

Canadian GM Anna Burtasova is a long-time broadcast producer and former official of ChessCast, a company that specializes in live video broadcasts from major chess tournaments. ChessCast was...

Thanks Christina.

Follow our players' progress here. Go Canada go!

Round 7
Venezuela 3.5 - 0.5 Canada

The qualification stage is over. Team Canada, being ranked 33rd at the start, finished in the 33rd place exactly, ahead of such higher-ranked teams from...

Round 6
"Malaysia 1" 2 - 2 Canada

Before the final round, Canada is tied for the 26th-34th places with seven match points.

Round 5
Canada 3 - 1 "Turkey 4"

Round 4
"India 3" 3 - 1 Canada

FIDE and ChessKid.com announced a partnership to launch what they expect to turn into the largest under-12 online event ever. "The first Intercontinental ChessKid FIDE Challenge will take place on...

A convincing victory today!
Rd 3
Canada 3.5 - 0.5 Mali

A valiant fight today against a team that featured two 2300+ players.

Rd 2
Canada 1 - 3 "Russia 2"

All rounds in both Qualification and Playoff stages start at 15:00 CET, which is 09:00 a.m....

The First FIDE Online Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities started today.

Rd 1 result:
Philippines 2- 2 Canada

Track Team Canada’s daily progress here.

The FIDE Council has approved Regulations for the FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships. This event will be held among ten out of twelve age/gender categories that are customary...

Welcome to the CFC Forum Gergely! It's great to see you taking a more active role in "internal" :o Canadian affairs.

Kudos to you and Victoria for conceiving and organizing this National Youth...

Good morning Stephen,

I was not personally aware of such cases after the restart so I asked the European Chess Union overnight.

An official has answered with the following information:

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Hello Stephen,

There was a case of an Irish player diagnosed with COVID-19 which forced the authorities to subject French participants to quarantine.

The more places readers can access the address on anti-cheating, the better. :) Mind you, these meeting threads are transient in nature so it might make sense to post in a sticky thread in another...