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The Asian continental meeting during the FIDE Congress in Budapest decided that the Asian Continental Chess Championship will take place November 20-30, 2024.

The gold medal at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai was decided in one game: the duel between rising stars Dommaraju Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. And we come to a similar showdown at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Gukesh and Abdusattorov will play on board 1 in the India – Uzbekistan clash.

The UK Blitz Championships 2024 will follow the format used in previous years’ events. There will be eight regional one-day qualifier events at locations across the country (scroll down to see the list) starting this Saturday, 21st September.

Top players for the London qualifier include Ameet Ghasi, Eldar Gasanov, Han Yichen, Peter Roberson, Stanley Badacsonyi, Shreyas Royal, Maciej Czopor, etc.

Chessdom.com will cover the events with live games and reports

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech. In the women category G.O.A.T is Judit Polgar.

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech. In the women category G.O.A.T is Judit Polgar.

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech. In the women category G.O.A.T is Judit Polgar.

The awards took place tonight in Budapest and the Judit Polgar received the award for the best woman player in history! Watch her acceptance speech

Upon receiving the award the FIDE 100 award, Magnus Carlsen said, “I still think that Garry Kasparov has had a better chess career than I have. I understand why I got this award, but he was more deserving. I would say, at least in Garry’s [Kasparov’s] honor, I am sure that he would take the opportunity to advice against reinstating the Russian and Belarusian Chess Federations, so that is what I would do as well.”

Chess City is a large complex devoted to chess located east of Elista, Kalmykia, in Russia. The idea and development of Chess City is directly the result of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmykia’s and FIDE’s President. It was built for the 33rd Chess Olympiad and the 69th FIDE Congress. The complex also hosted other major FIDE tournaments, including the 2004 Women’s World Chess Championship and the 2006 World Chess Championship.

Yesterday the FIDE Council rejected The Russian / Kyrgyz proposal to restore the full rights of the Russian and Belarus Chess Federations. A different case regarding Russia, which the delegates at Budapest consider the more serious and more damaging to chess, is sanctions against Russia and Belarus for the violation of the sports jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.

The International Chess Open Isola del Sole 2024 takes place in Italy from 26 September to 3 October. It is a nine round Swiss event with the participation of GMs Diermair Andreas, Milan Drasko, IMs Nikoloz Petriashvili, Noe Tutisani, FMs Gabriele Lumachi, Irakli Akhvlediani, Claudio Paduano, etc.

Games from Grado 2025 will be daily live on Chessdom

International Chess Open Isola del Sole 2024 participants