Qualified teams for the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship
FIDE is pleased to announce the qualified teams to take part in the 9th edition of the World Women’s Team Championship 2023, to be held from September 5-12 in Bydgoszcz, Poland: Bulgaria China Egypt France Georgia Germany India Kazakhstan Poland Ukraine USA A twelfth team will be nominated by the FIDE President. As in the previous edition, the twelve teams of four players each (plus two reserves) will be divided into two pools of approximate strength according to the average rating of the teams. The matches are decided by team points, with 2 points for the winning team and 1 each in case of a draw. Four teams will be eliminated at the pool stage, with the best eight teams advancing to a double-round knockout stage. At the pool stage, board points will be used as a tie-break, while in the knockout part, the eventual ties will be decided through blitz matches (see the tournament regulations for more details). The time control is 45 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move starting from move 1. Regulations for the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship 2023
Serbian Championship: Aleksandar Indjic and Marina Gajcin clinch titles
GM Aleksandar Indjic and WIM Marina Gajcin are the new chess champions of Serbia. Aleksandar notched up his fourth victory in the national championship, while Marina took her maiden title. The Serbian Championship 2023 took place from June 6–14 in Senta, with the open and women’s tournaments running concurrently. Both competitions were 10-player round robins with classical time control. Aleksandar Injic entered the open section as the top seed and lived up to expectations leading the field from start to finish. Going into the final round a half-point ahead of his main rival Robert Markus, he gradually outplayed Borko Lajthajm and secured the title. The champion scored an impressive 7.5/9 and picked up 12 rating points. Robert Markus finished a full point behind and took silver; Milos Perunovic earned bronze. The defending 2022 champion Velimir Ivic netted only 5.5/9 and came fifth. Final standings Open: 1 GM Indjic, Aleksandar 2613 7½ 2 GM Markus, Robert 2582 6½ 3 GM Perunovic, Milos 2542 6 4 GM Ivanisevic, Ivan 2535 5½ 5 GM Ivic, Velimir 2597 5½ 6 IM Tadic, Stefan 2400 4 7 GM Kovacevic, Aleksandar 2484 3½ 8 GM Lajthajm, Borko 2341 2½ 9 FM Ljepic, Andrej 2207 2 10 Ivanovic, Marko 2262 2 WIM Marina Gajcin dominated the women’s tournament scoring an excellent 7.5/9 and leaving the competition far behind. WGMs Irina Chelushkina, Jovana Eric and WIM Sandra Djukic tied for second place on 5.5/9. The 2022 women’s champion, Irina Chelushkina and Jovana Eric had superior Sonneborn-Berger and won silver and bronze, respectively. Final standings Women: 1 WIM Gajcin, Marina 2252 7½ 2 WGM Chelushkina, Irina 2189 5½ 3 WGM Eric, Jovana 2210 5½ 4 WIM Djukic, Sandra 2107 5½ 5 WGM Manakova, Maria 2146 5 6 WFM Ostojic, Katarina 1989 4½ 7 Jovanovic, Anja 1929 4 8 WIM Drljevic, Ljilja 2156 3½ 9 Tadic, Ana 1853 3 10 Stankovic, Marija 1836 1 Photos: Šahovski savez Srbije Facebook Official website: serbiachess.org/
FIDE World Championships 2024 Call for Bids: One month left before the deadline
FIDE Events Commission would like to remind to all National Federations that the procedure “Call for Bids for FIDE World Championships 2024” will end for bidders on July 14, 2023. There are 11 competitions on the list: World Junior U20 Chess Championships 2024 World Senior Team Chess Championships 2024 World Senior Chess Championships 2024 World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2024 World Amateur Chess Championships 2024 World School Chess Championships 2024 World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024 World Cadet U8, U10, U12 Championships 2024 World U20 Junior Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024 World Schools Team Chess Championship 2024 World Cup U8, U10, U12 2024 (New) Dear bidders, please pay attention: FIDE Events Commission has changed its approach to accepting bid applications. From now on it will become stricter and more formalized. More details about the procedure, including the Bidding Federations Responsibility, Bid Form and Bid Form Annex, Bid and Deposit Fees you can find HERE.