FIDE Education Commission announces its 7th Preparation of Teachers course
FIDE Chess in Education Commission is pleased to announce the dates of its new 7th Preparation of Teachers course. The course will be held online in English from June 23–25, 2023. The target audience is teachers, chess educators, beginner and advanced players with basic chess knowledge and experience working with children. Participants, based on their exam results, qualify for the FIDE title of School Instructor. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be offered lifetime access to the Opening Master premium chess databases, which currently contain more than 9.6 million official over-the-board chess games and are being updated monthly. Read the detailed course description here. Candidates who wish to attend the course must complete and return the following registration form. The cut-off date for applications is June 19. Applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and the maximum number of places on the course is 20. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at edu.courses@fide.com
World Rapid Team Championship: Preliminary list of participants announced
The inaugural edition of the World Rapid Team Championship, a 12-round Swiss tournament played over three days under rapid time control, will take place in Düsseldorf from August 25 (arrival day) to August 28, 2023. The event, with a prize fund of €250,000, is open to teams from all over the world. Each team shall be composed in accordance with the following requirements: A. At least six and not more than nine players, including at least: 1) One female player 2) One player, other than the one indicated in the previous point, who never achieved FIDE Standard, Rapid or Blitz Rating of 2000 Elo points (or unrated) up to and including the April 2023 rating lists B. A captain, who may also be one of the players. The preliminary list of registered teams has been published on the event’s official website. We will see quite a few top GMs in action, including Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Harika Dronavalli, Elisabeth Paehtz, and many others. Preliminary list of registered teams as of June 05, 2023: WR Chess 1 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof GM 2794 2 So, Wesley GM 2789 3 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM 2760 4 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek GM 2703 5 Keymer, Vincent GM 2617 6 Praggnanandhaa R GM 2587 7 Hou, Yifan GM 2540 8 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM 2524 9 Rosenstein, Wadim (Captain) Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 1 Jobava, Baadur GM 2660 2 Gumularz, Szymon GM 2550 3 Teclaf, Pawel IM 2494 4 Pakleza, Zbigniew (Captain) GM 2455 6 Jakubiec, Artur GM 2430 7 Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra IM 2371 8 Kulon, Klaudia IM 2147 9 Przedlacki, Wiktor 1645 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 1 Gelfand, Boris GM 2619 2 Zanan, Evgeny GM 2407 3 Veinberg, Nimrod IM 2348 4 Bronstein, Or IM 2328 5 Kaspi, Alexander IM 2312 6 Belenkaya, Dina WGM 2163 7 Lahav, Michal (Captain) WIM 2094 8 Raiko, Yossi 1838 9 Bulkovstein, David 1663 Chess Wizards 1 Dyachuk, Artem FM 2044 2 Korchynskyi, Mykola 1864 3 Nechitaylo, Nikita 1816 4 Kliashtornyi, Arkadii 1760 5 Tarasenko, Nazar 1727 7 Hladeniuk, Yelyzaveta 1477 8 Nechitaylo, Lev 1411 9 Shynkar, Daria 1014 Westerhoff, Ralf (Captain) 1517 ASV AlphaEchecs LINZ 1 Bacrot, Etienne (Captain) GM 2691 2 Maghsoodloo, Parham GM 2672 3 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM 2566 4 Lagno, Kateryna GM 2494 5 Llari, Marc 1868 6 Stoettinger, Michael 1779 Berlin Chess Federation 1 Huschenbeth, Niclas GM 2566 2 Paehtz, Elisabeth GM 2373 3 Baskin, Robert IM 2327 4 Lagunow, Raphael IM 2317 5 Meyer-Dunker, Paul (Captain) 2109 7 Carmesin, Leon Lucas 8 Rabiega, Robert GM Germany and friends 1 Svane, Rasmus GM 2621 2 Bluebaum, Matthias GM 2601 3 Donchenko, Alexander (Captain) GM 2568 5 Kollars, Dmitrij GM 2526 6 Bashylina, Luisa WFM 2007 7 Lobkin, Bohdan 1722 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 1 Caruana, Fabiano GM 2752 2 Aronian, Levon GM 2743 3 Gukesh D GM 2629 4 Tsatsalashvili, Keti WGM 2203 5 Schneider, Manfred 6 Becker, Rainer (Captain) Naphtali Team Nigeria 1 Koko, Obubele 2061 2 Oluwadare Samuel 1990 3 Akomaka, Apollos (Captain) 1763 5 Ajanwachukwu, Eunice 6 Ezeh, Pamella Souter 7 Egbujie, Stanley 8 Nwachukwu, John 9 Dan-Jumbo, Queen Awuereba 10 Dan-Jumbo, Victor Neustadt Weinstraße 1 Schulz-Knappe, Florian (Captain) 2150 3 Reh, Claudia Anne 4 Thomas, Andreas 5 Gaab, Wolfgang 6 Teuffer, Michael 7 Helbig, Mark FM 8 Allmacher, Marco 9 Schwarz, Dietmar PhileKhoob Chess Club 1 Pooreraghian, Mohammadreza 2082 2 Khademi, Mohammad Miran FM 1997 3 Bahmani, Koorosh 1863 4 Shahsanam, Alireza 1766 5 Sousanabadi Farahani, Ramin 1540 6 Farahani, Ali 1260 7 Marzban, Yasaman 8 Shamsi, Mohammadhossein (Captain) CM 9 Mirzaiee Rad, Javad Slovenia 1 Borisek, Jure GM 2548 2 Sebenik, Matej (Captain) GM 2464 4 Skoberne, Jure GM 2436 5 Subelj, Jan IM 2430 6 Unuk, Laura IM 2197 7 Novak, Rok 1621 Team MGD1 1 Erigaisi Arjun GM 2714 2 Nihal Sarin GM 2672 3 Harikrishna, Pentala GM 2630 4 Sadhwani, Raunak GM 2567 6 Dronavalli, Harika GM 2450 7 Peter Anand, A 1906 Narayanan, Srinath (Captain) GM 2482 Unischach Bayreuth 1 Ivekovic, Tihana WFM 2054 2 Braun, Kristin 1947 3 Glock, Benjamin (Captain) 1710 5 Holoubek, Jonas 1524 6 Hollstein, Jonas 7 Colmie, Nicolai 8 Kraus, Sebastian 9 Strahl, Christian Wensing & Pöbel 1 Elier, Ali 2216 2 Garbuz, Vitaliy 2149 3 Kracht, Raphael 2032 4 Bartelt, Max Peter (Captain) 1981 6 Moeller, Lisa-Marie 7 Kesselmeier, Kevin 8 Wensing, Maximilian 9 Leonard, Timo Registration is open until June 10, 2023, 12 PM Lausanne time. Each team shall apply for participation by filling out the registration form on the event’s official website.
Champions Match starts in Batumi, Georgia
The Champions Match, organized by FIDE and the Georgian Chess Federation, kicked off at the Legend Hotel in Batumi with a technical meeting and drawing of colours. The competition is two six-game matches with classical time control held between Ukrainian and Georgian top female players: • Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine, 2515) • Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine, 2504) • Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia, 2467) • Meri Arabidze (Georgia, 2441) The drawing of colours was conducted using traditional Georgian wines. The player to pick white wine, Teliani Valley – Tvishi, will play with white in the first round, and the one who chose red wine, Teliani Valley – Khvanchkara, will have the black pieces. First-round pairings: • Maria Muzychuk – Nino Batsiashvili • Anna Muzychuk – Meri Arabidze The technical meeting was attended by FIDE Special Tasks Director and the President of the Georgian Chess Federation, Akaki Iashvili, who welcomed the participants and wished them success. The first round of the Champions Match will start on June 5, at 3 PM local time, in the Legend Hotel. Chief Arbiter: Ashot Vardapetyan Chief of the Appeal Committee: Marco Biagioli Official website: batumi2023.fide.com/ Live games Photos: official website