Σκακιστικά νέα

The 23rd FIDE Senior Chess Championship for men and women is taking place in Opatija, Croatia from 11th to 24th November 2013. The main organizer is the Chess Club of Rijeka.

On November 10th Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived to Tunisia. In the airport of Monastir he was welcomed by the President of Tunisian CF Mr. Yousri Daly.

Following the end of FIDE’s agreement with DGT, FIDE would like to receive offers to be the official FIDE Chess Clock.

Please send bids to office@fide.com by 30th November 2013.

On November 4th 2013 the FIDE President visited Seoul where he met with the General Manager of South Korea CF, the captain of the national team Mr. Song Jinwoo. The issues of chess development were discussed at the meeting.

The 4th quarter FIDE Presidential Board was held on 8th November at the conference room in Hyatt Regency Chennai.

The meeting was opened by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhninov and President of All India Chess Federation J.C.D. Prabhakar.

FIDE is publishing the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held in Tallinn, Estonia, 7-8 October 2013.

Download Minutes and Annexes here.

The FIDE World Chess Championship match between title holder Viswanathan Anand and Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, fully sponsored by the Government of Tamil Nadu, is going to be officially opened today, November 7th, in the host city of Chennai.