Call for Bids: World Championships 2024
FIDE Events Commission would like to announce the procedure “Call for Bids FIDE World Championships 2024” and invite FIDE member Federations to participate. The deadline to bid is December 21, 2023. There are two competitions: 1. World Senior Chess Championships 2024 2. World Amateur Chess Championships 2024 Dear bidders, more details about the procedure, including the Bid Form and Bid Form Annex, Bid and Deposit Fees you, can find HERE. Please pay attention to the General Regulations for FIDE Competitions (EVE) effective from December 1, 2023. The new document contains significant changes in the bidding process for official chess events.
FIDE December 2023 rating list published
The FIDE Grand Swiss and the European Team Championship were two major events impacting the December 2023 FIDE rating list. The top 10 saw a couple of changes this past month. After gaining another 10 points, Hikaru Nakamura climbed to #3 with 2788, while Anna Muzychuk earned 14 points and moved up to #7. Photo: Maria Emelianova, chess.com Biggest gains in top 100 Open and Women Guichard, Pauline IM FRA 2386 (+39) Tsolakidou, Stavroula IM GRE 2427 (+38) Munguntuul, Batkhuyag IM MON 2381 (+31) Vaishali, Rameshbabu IM IND 2497 (+30) Predke, Alexandr GM SRB 2689 (+28) Saric, Ivan GM SRB 2685 (+26) Esipenko, Andrey GM FID 2702 (+25) Stefanova, Antoaneta GM BUL 2442 (+25) Kamalidenova, Meruert WGM KAZ 2383 (+24) Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM IND 2737 (+22) Cori T., Deysi IM PER 2389 (+22) Sindarov, Javokhir GM UZB 2701 (+20) Garifullina, Leya IM FID 2423 (+20) Yakubboev, Nodirbek GM UZB 2661 (+18) Socko, Monika GM POL 2396 (+18) Unlike any other month this year, an unusually high number of players inside the top 100 Open and Women earned 20 rating points or more. Pauline Guichard nudged slightly ahead of Stavroula Tsolakidou to narrowly win this nomination. Both ladies did a great job in two most important competitions of November, picking up impressive 39 and 38 points respectively. The same applies to virtually all European players on this list while others greatly improved their rating thanks to excellent performance in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. Photo: Anna Shtourman Several players reached their highest position in the top 100 Open and Women: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (15th), Javokhir Sindarov (35th), Alexandr Predke (43th), Nodirbek Yakubboev (77th), Vaishali Rameshbabu (13th, breaking in the top 20 women) and Stavroula Tsolakidou (39th). Javokhir Sindarov cleared the 2700 bar for the first time in his career, while Andrey Esipenko returned the 2700+ elite group.
Call for Bids: World Championships 2025
FIDE Events Commission would like to announce the procedure “Call for Bids FIDE World Championships 2025” and invite FIDE member Federations to participate. The deadline to bid is February 1, 2024. There are 12 competitions on the list: World Cadet U8, U10, U12 Championships World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships World Junior U20 Chess Championships World School Chess Championships U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, U17 World Cup U8, U10, U12 World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships World Youth U16 Olympiad World Schools Team Chess Championships World Senior Chess Championships (50+, 65+ Individual) World Senior Team Chess Championships (50+, 65+) World Amateur Chess Championships World Disabled Chess Championships Dear bidders, you can find more details about the procedure including the Bid Form and Bid Form Annex, Bid and Deposit Fees HERE. Please pay attention to the General Regulations for FIDE Competitions (EVE) effective from December 1, 2023. The new document contains significant changes in the bidding process for official chess events.
Fabiano Caruana wins 2023 Sinquefield Cup
After defeating Richard Rapport in the final round, Fabiano Caruana won the 2023 Sinquefield Cup with a score of 5.5/9, capping off an incredible triple-crown victory which included the 2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, Sinquefield Cup, and overall Grand Chess Tour. Finishing in second was Leinier Dominguez, who drew his last game against Levon Aronian, while third place went to Wesley So. Narrowly coming second in the overall Grand Chess Tour was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who finished with 28 tour points, just ahead of So in third. ROUND 9 VACHIER-LAGRAVE – FIROUZJA | ½-½, 28 moves A highly theoretical line in the 5.Re1 Berlin saw the player repeat moves early on, as they settled for a draw to finish the event. MVL finished second in the overall GCT, earning a bonus prize of $50,000. | Photo courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Lennart Ootes ARONIAN – DOMINGUEZ | ½-½, 33 moves In a 4.d3 Berlin Aronian did not get too much out of the opening, apart from a bit of central pressure. Dominguez played solidly and managed to achieve the key d5-pawn break, equalizing the situation. From there the pieces got traded off pretty quickly, as the players entered a completely drawn rook endgame. Dominguez indicated he may try to fight for the 2024 FIDE Candidates spot in the coming weeks. | Photo courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Lennart Ootes NEPOMNIACHTCHI – GIRI | ½-½, 50 moves An interesting Italian saw Giri play quite boldly in the middlegame, sacrificing a pawn on the queenside in order to activate one of his rooks. A timely queen exchange gave Black full compensation well into the endgame, as Nepomniachtchi managed to win an exchange but at the cost of two protected passed pawns for Black. From there the endgame was dynamically balanced, with neither player getting a chance for advantage. Nepomniachtchi-Giri: After 23…Qd8!, despite being down a pawn, Black offers a queen trade in order to remove White’s best defender. Giri trails So by eight points on the live FIDE ratings list. | Photo courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Lennart Ootes CARUANA – RAPPORT | 1-0, 40 moves After spending a few minutes Rapport chose the rare 5…g6 in a well-known position in the Semi-Slav, and managed to equalize rather comfortably after that. But as the players approached time-trouble, Rapport started to go wrong, and found himself in an unpleasant endgame. With Dominguez having drawn against Aronian, a win would give Caruana tournament victory outright. A further mistake by Rapport then allowed Caruana to create a very strong passed c-pawn, which he eventually cashed in to decimate Black’s kingside, winning the game. Caruana-Rapport: After 26.Rc4 Black’s position was already extremely difficult, as White has Rb7 coming in addition to pushing the c-pawn. Caruana repeats Firouzja’s feat from last year — winning the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, Sinquefield Cup, and Grand Chess Tour all in a row. | Photo courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Lennart Ootes Find full standings and results on grandchesstour.org. The closing ceremony for the 2023 Sinquefield Cup will take place Saturday, December 2nd, at 5:30 PM prior to the Strategy Across the Board Gala. Written by IM Kostya Kavutskiy Official website:grandchesstour.org/2023-grand-chess-tour/2023-sinquefield-cup/