World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has ignited a firestorm in the chess world, openly challenging the leadership of FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and exposing private communications that have fuelled ...

Magnus Carlsen has called for the resignation of FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, accusing him of coercion and broken promises following FIDE's failed negotiations with the Freestyle Chess Tour.

MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. Russia’s Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Friday he was puzzled about why he was officially blacklisted from ...

TASS/. President of the International Chess Federation [FIDE] Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in a letter to the U.S. President Barack Obama asked for the U.S. citizenship. Earlier, he sent a letter to the U ...

Sportscategory· February 4, 2025 Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus ...

On February 15, 1985, the chess world was stunned when FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced the termination of the match, citing player fatigue. Russian-born chess grandmaster Gennadi ...

We were listening to the Swiss radio, we were analyzing the opposition, when we heard that (FIDE President Florencio) Campomanes stopped the match. ‘Well, well, well, how is this possible?’” ...

Coercion of players, misuse of power and broken promises. FIDE President Dvorkovich, to convince me to play the Rapid & Blitz in New York, you wrote Dec 19th to my father: «Just want to pass a ...

World Chess Championship Match in Sochi At the press conference given to the INTERFAX news agency the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that the World Chess Championship Match between ...