🎬 Describe your team's playing style as a movie title! That's the challenge we gave players at the FIDE World University Team Championship. 👀 Which answer surprised you the most? #FIDEUniversityChess

♟🔥 The FIDE Chess Olympiad line-ups are in – so we asked several AI models to predict the final podiums 👀 🤔 Which prediction do you agree with? ♟ FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 📍 Samarkand 🇺🇿 🗓 Game days: September 16–27 #ChessOlympiad

♟🤩 The team lists for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad have been published, revealing a field filled with World Champions, established national-team powers, and some of the brightest young players in chess. 400 teams have been confirmed over the two competitions: 208 in the Open

🤩 Day 2 brings high-level competition and inspiring stories to FIDE World University Team Championship Finals ♟️ The inaugural FIDE World University Team Championship Finals continued on Wednesday in Almaty as the battle for the knockout stage intensified, with university teams

🕰 What sound does a chess clock make? 👀 Who nailed it? #FIDEUniversityChess

🇨🇳♟ Introducing Team China for the FIDE Chess Olympiad! China (Open): Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, Xu Xiangyu, and Kong Xiangrui China (Women): Zhu Jiner, Song Yuxin, Lu Miaoyi, Zhai Mo, and Yan Tianqi Kong Xiangrui is making his Olympiad debut. ♟ FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

🇳🇬 Nigeria’s 14-year-old Ekunke Odey Goodness wins FIDE World Amateur Rapid Chess Championship 2026 🏆 ✨ History was made in Abuja as Nigeria’s 14-year-old Ekunke Odey Goodness emerged as the inaugural champion of the FIDE World Amateur Rapid Chess Championship 2026, scoring an

🤩 History made in Almaty as inaugural FIDE World University Team Chess Championship gets underway ♟️🎓 Hosted by Al-Farabi Kazakh National University as part of FIDE’s Year of Chess in Education 2026, the championship celebrates not only sporting excellence but also the growing

♟🇰🇪 4,500+ players. One championship. The Kenya National Under-17 Chess Championship 2026 has attracted over 4,500 participants – one of the largest youth chess events ever held in the country. That's what growing the game looks like. 👏 📷 ChessKenya

🇰🇿🎓 FIDE World University Team Chess Championship starts in Almaty ♟ Two international chess tournaments have kicked off in Almaty: the finals of the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship and a match between the Kazakhstani and the World Youth teams. 🤩 From August 4

🇰🇿♟ Kazakhstan is ready! The opening ceremony of the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026 has taken place in Almaty!

Javokhir Sindarov is the new leader of the FIDE Circuit 2026–2027! 🚀♟ He overtook his countryman Nodirbek Abdusattorov after a double victory at the Naroditsky Memorial in Charlotte. Wesley So climbed to 4th place, while Haik Martirosyan moved up to 6th. Meanwhile, Alireza

🇺🇿♟ Introducing Team Uzbekistan for the FIDE Chess Olympiad! Uzbekistan (Open): Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, and Mukhiddin Madaminov Captain: Rustam Kasimdzhanov Uzbekistan (Women): Afruza Khamdamova, Gulrukhbegim

✨🏅 Sharjah American International School in Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates is one of the 2026 FIDE Gold School Award winners, in part because of its commitment to make chess part of the school culture and curriculum. Chess is a compulsory subject in grades 1-2 and an

World Amateur Rapid Chess Championship 2026 kicks off in Abuja, Nigeria 🇳🇬 ✨ 🔹 The FIDE World Amateur Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2026 officially got underway with the Rapid section on Sunday, at the Bolton White Event Hall in Abuja, Nigeria. Players from across the world

🇹🇷 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and 🇺🇦 Anastasiia Hnatyshyn are the top junior and top girl this month! 🔥♟️ 🌍 Presenting the top Juniors & Girls from around the world in the August #FIDERating list! (Junior = player eligible for the U-20 category)

📊 The August #FIDERating lists are out! While it's been a quiet month at the top, there are two notable changes: ♟️ 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja is back in the world's top 10. ♟️ Polina Shuvalova returns to the women's top 10. Check your FIDE rating at 🔗 ratings.fide.com

🏫♟️ Registration is now open for the European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026! 📍 Tsaghkadzor, Armenia 📅 September 28 – October 3, 2026 School teams from across Europe will compete for qualification to the WSTC 2026 Grand Final and the

♟Throwback to the unforgettable FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 🏆 Open Section: 🥇 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 🥈 Armenia 🇦🇲 🥉 India 🇮🇳 🏆 Women's Section: 🥇 Ukraine 🇺🇦 🥈 Georgia 🇬🇪 🥉 India 🇮🇳 ❓Which teams are your favorites for the next Chess Olympiad? Share your predictions in the

Can you spot the winning combination? 🧩♟️ 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja found a brilliant tactical sequence against Dmitry Andreikin, finishing the game with a checkmate. 🔥 Would you have found it over the board? 👇

Which comparison is your favorite? 👀 And which athletes would you compare the world's top chess players to? 👇

🎉 Happy 34th birthday to World No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana! 🎂♟️ One of the strongest players of his generation, Fabiano became a grandmaster at the age of 14, was the World Championship challenger in 2018, and reached a career-high rating of 2844 - the third-highest rating in

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♟ Introducing Team England for the FIDE Chess Olympiad! England (Women): Bodhana Sivanandan, Lan Yao, Jovanka Houska, Harriet Hunt, and Elmira Mirzoeva Captain: Stuart Conquest England (Open): Nikita Vitiugov, Michael Adams, Gawain Jones, Luke McShane, and Daniel Fernandez

♟🇰🇿 Almaty will host the first FIDE World University Team Chess Championship from 3 to 10 August 2026, bringing together 16 university teams from around the world at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. 💬 “This championship brings together universities with remarkable

♟ FIDE 2026 Elections: Presidential Ticket Candidacies Announced ℹ️ Get to know the candidates by reading the texts from their application forms: fide.com/fide-2026-elec… ▪️Jan Henric Buettner (@JanHBuettner) (b. 1964) is an international entrepreneur, investor, sports

♟ FIDE Interim President Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) welcomed the announcement of 🇨🇭 Geneva as the host of the FIDE World Championship Match 2026: “Several countries expressed a strong interest in hosting the FIDE World Championship Match, including India, the United

♟🇨🇭 Geneva to host FIDE World Championship Match 2026 The FIDE World Championship Match 2026 between reigning World Champion 🇮🇳 Gukesh D and Challenger 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 25 to December 15. Both Gukesh, representing India,

♟ FIDE Capacity Building Seminar Supports African Federations In the framework of the African Chess Confederation (ACC) General Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, FIDE organised a Capacity Building Seminar for national chess federations across the continent. The seminar brought

♟😉 Just a reminder of who won the first-board gold medal at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad. 🥇 Gukesh D 🇮🇳 🥈 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 🥉 Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 Who do you think will be the best this year? ♟ FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 📍 Samarkand 🇺🇿 🗓 Game days: September 16–27