International Chess Federation

♟ Boris Spassky – the tenth World Champion, renowned for his universal playing style, versatility and ability to excel in every phase of the game. As we look ahead to the Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026, we continue The Legacy of Champions – a series celebrating the legends whose ideas, achievements, and unforgettable games shaped chess into the game we know today. ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 #GukeshSindarov

♟ FIDE President Timur Turlov @TurlovforChess visited 🇷🇸 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, where the World Senior Chess Championship is currently underway. Turlov met with the President of the Municipality of Vrnjačka Banja, Boban Đurović, in his office. The meeting was also attended by Andrija Jorgić, President of the Chess Federation of Serbia; Bolat Imanbayev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Serbia; and Zoran Gajić, Minister of Sports in the technical government. Following the opening ceremony, the FIDE President took the opportunity to personally greet some of the most distinguished figures in women’s chess, including former Women’s World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili and the legendary Swedish grandmaster Pia Cramling. Read more: fide.com/fide-president-timu…

✨ While educational chess uses chess as a learning tool, its intended impact runs much deeper. The lessons learned through chess are meant to have a life-long impact, and this impact can extend to helping communities work and play together. At Club Capablanca de Ajedrez de Chihuahua, a local chess club has developed young talent while at the same time promoting chess in the community and becoming a social hub for families through chess. ♟️ Club Capablanca de Ajedrez de Chihuahua, in northern Mexico 🇲🇽, is a family-run project with 20 years of history, founded by Woman International Master (WIM) Ivette García, International Arbiter (IA) Gaspar García, and their mother, Ivett Angelina. What began as a space to share their passion for chess has grown into one of the most important clubs in northern Mexico, with students who have excelled in national and international tournaments. 🔹 The club has a first-rate coaching team made up of Grandmaster (GM) Jorge Cori, IA Gaspar García, and WIM Ivette García, who work Monday through Saturday with beginner, intermediate, and advanced groups. Their methodology aims to develop people, not just players: through chess, children and young people build concentration, critical thinking, patience, decision-making, and respect for their opponents. Every Friday, the club hosts a practice tournament that allows students to apply what they have learned in a competitive setting. In addition, the club’s head coach teaches at Colegio Mundo de Galileo and Colegio Mi Mundo, bringing chess into the classroom. Today, more than 50 students take part, and several of them have represented Mexico in international competitions. The club maintains a close relationship with the Chihuahua community: it organizes events to promote chess and works with the Chihuahua State Chess Association. This connection with its surroundings has turned the club into a meeting place where generations of families learn, compete, and grow together, showing that chess can transform lives at the local level. 👏 A chess club can act as a central part of a community's social and recreational activities while simultaneously being a center for learning and personal growth. Kudos to the amazing family team in Chihuahua, Mexico for their amazing efforts in showing that chess is more than a game, it can be part of the fabric of a community. Know an educational chess project making a difference? ✉️ Share it with us at [email protected] #EducationalChess2026 #EveryLessonCounts

👑 Winning earns a crown. Defending it creates a legacy. ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE: tickets.fide.com/ #GukeshSindarov

♟ A poet at the chessboard and beyond. Mikhail Tal, the eighth World Champion, was born on this day, November 9, 1936. #Chess #Tal

FIDE World Senior Championships 2026: Six rounds left, four titles at stake ♟️ Five rounds have been played at the FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, and the competition is taking shape across all four categories. Some of the pre-tournament favourites are living up to expectations, while others have already dropped valuable points. With six rounds still to come, there is plenty of chess left to play. The standout performance of the first five rounds belongs to WGM Galina Strutinskaya, the only player in the event with a perfect score. ✨ Read more: fide.com/fide-world-senior-c…

♟ Mikhail Tal – the eighth World Champion and the Magician from Riga, famous for his imaginative combinations and fearless attacking style. As we look ahead to the Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026, we continue The Legacy of Champions – a series celebrating the legends whose ideas, achievements, and unforgettable games shaped chess into the game we know today. ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 #GukeshSindarov

♟ World Junior Blitz Championship 2026: Pranav V and Valeria Kleymenova claim titles in 🇦🇪 Al Ain Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Sultan bin Shakhbout Al Nahyan, President of the Asian Chess Federation, Chairman of Al Ain Chess & Mind Games Club and Chairman of the Organising Committee, crowned the World Junior Blitz champions at a ceremony held at Danat Al Ain Resort. The ceremony was attended by FIDE representative Javier Ochoa de Echagüen of Spain, President of the Ibero-American Chess Federation, alongside chess federation presidents, officials and representatives of the participating delegations. Read more: fide.com/world-junior-blitz-…

👑♟ The young king faces his toughest challenge From prodigious talent to the youngest World Champion in history, Gukesh Dommaraju has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the summit of the chess world. Now, as he prepares to defend his crown against Uzbekistan’s rising star Javokhir Sindarov, the Indian prodigy faces perhaps the greatest challenge of his career: rediscovering his best form. Read more: fide.com/the-young-king-face… ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE: tickets.fide.com #GukeshSindarov

A lot has changed since this moment! ♟️ Back then, 🇦🇷 Faustino Oro was the youngest International Master in history, making the ceremonial first move on the board of then-reigning World Champion 🇨🇳 Ding Liren. Today, Faustino is the second-youngest Grandmaster in history. ✨️️

⏳ What will the players' clocks look like in Geneva? ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE: tickets.fide.com #GukeshSindarov

♟ Vasily Smyslov – the seventh World Champion and a master of positional play, renowned for his deep understanding of chess and exceptional endgame technique. As we look ahead to the Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026, we continue The Legacy of Champions – a series celebrating the legends whose ideas, achievements, and unforgettable games shaped chess into the game we know today. ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 #GukeshSindarov

🤔 What were you doing at 20? ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE: tickets.fide.com/ #GukeshSindarov

♟ Mikhail Botvinnik – the sixth World Champion and one of the most influential figures in the development of modern chess. As we look ahead to the Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026, we continue The Legacy of Champions – a series celebrating the legends whose ideas, achievements, and unforgettable games shaped chess into the game we know today. ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE: tickets.fide.com/ #GukeshSindarov

🏆♟️ World Junior Rapid Champions 2026! 🇺🇿 Khumoyun Begmuratov of Uzbekistan wins the Open title with an unbeaten 7.5/9! 🇳🇱 Eline Roebers of the Netherlands claims the Girls' title with 7/9! Congratulations to both champions and all medal winners! 👏🌍 🔗 Full article: fide.com/world-junior-rapid-…

♟️ The FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2026 are underway in Klang, Malaysia! The Crown Prince of Selangor officially opened the event, featuring 392 players across three rating sections. Malaysian players also made headlines with upsets over the top two seeds in the Open U2300 section. Read more: fide.com/crown-prince-of-sel…

♟ The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has appointed Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky (@EmilSutovsky) as CEO of FIDE Enterprises, a Swiss-based company wholly owned by FIDE. He will combine this role with his current position as Chief Executive Adviser to FIDE President Timur Turlov (@TurlovforChess). In his new role, Sutovsky will oversee FIDE’s commercial activities, with an emphasis on building long-term partnerships and developing new business opportunities. The appointment forms part of FIDE’s broader efforts to strengthen its institutional and commercial capabilities. FIDE Enterprises will support the Federation’s long-term development by helping to unlock the commercial potential of chess. Another priority will be to strengthen the connection between professional chess and its global audience, making the sport more engaging and accessible to a wider public.

🌍 The chess world turns its eyes to 🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland! ♟ Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 🇮🇳 Gukesh D 🆚 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 🗓 Games: November 24 – December 12, 2026 #GukeshSindarov

♟ FIDE is expanding its system of presidential representatives and advisers as part of the organisational changes announced on 26 October 2026. Together with the previously announced representatives, the new members will contribute to strengthening the political and institutional role of the President’s team within FIDE. They will support the Federation’s international interests and maintain direct dialogue with the global chess community. Three professionals will take on new roles. Read here: fide.com/fide-strengthens-it…