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FIDE Newsletter archive:
#22 (04-01-2021)
- Dana Reizniece-Ozola joins FIDE in the role of Managing Director
- FIDE approves Online Chess Regulations
- Is yours the smartest company in the world?
- Yu Yangyi and Tan Zhongyi, Chinese Champions 2020
- Michael Adams, seven-time British Champion
- "Team Hikaru" raises $355,720 for CARE
- "US Chess Women" shows the way
- Anniversaries
#21 (21-12-2020)
- Belgian Chess Federation turns 100
- Field announced for Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar WGP
- ‘Nepo’and Goryachkina, 2020 Russian Champions
- Brief news from National Federations
- ChessTech Conference 2020
- Anniversaries
#20 (08-12-2020)
- 91st FIDE Congress
- Moscow 2022, Budapest 2024
- FIDE in good financial shape
- Trainers Commission, by the numbers
- FIDE Honorary Titles
- Isle of Man joins FIDE
- Brief news from National Federations
- "The power of chess in education"
- Anniversaries
#19 (23-11-2020)
- John D. Rockefeller V donates $3 Million to US Chess
- FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities kicks off
- "Algorithms"
- Announcing the InterContinental ChessKid FIDE Challenge
- Brief news from National Federations
- ChessTech Conference 2020 announced
- Anniversaries
#18 (09-11-2020)
- 61 teams registered for the Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Real Madrid Foundation charity event
- How many Grandmasters are there?
- Upcoming FIDE Seminars
- Asian Chess Federation celebrates its 30th anniversary
- Anniversaries
#17 (26-10-2020)
- FIDE news
- Chess in Schools Survey
- Australia takes the Asian Online Nations Cup
- Your chess club needs you!
- Joel Benjamin and Irina Krush add to their legend
- Brief news from National Federations
- Sports and business
- Anniversaries
#16 (12-10-2020)
- FIDE enters a partnership with the ISF
- Brief news from National Federations
- World Teachers' Day
- Chess meets history
- A new social chess project in Norway
- Ju Wenjun on the
red green carpet
- Anniversaries
#15 (28-09-2020)
- Italian Chess Federation celebrates its centenary
- ChessMatec free Workshop
- Brief news from National Federations
- "Chess connects us"
- Who wants to be a Minister?
- Bringing chess to public spaces
- Anniversaries
#14 (14-09-2020)
- Carlsen and Nakamura win the Champions Showdown
- David Antón and Sabrina Vega win Spanish Championship
- Brief news from National Federations
- Top of her class
- Glory to the Queen
- More chess coming to your screen
- Anniversaries
#13 (31-08-2020)
- FIDE Online Olympiad: Grazprom Brilliancy Prize
- Ukraine Independence Day Schweppes 2020
- Analysis Engines Workshop
- "German Championship" and "German Masters"
- Gudmundur Kjartansson, Icelandic champion for the 3rd time
- Lanka and Rogule win Latvian Championship
- Anniversaries
#12 (17-08-2020)
- FIDE Online Olympiad reaches the Top Division stage
- ChessMatec: chess in a new way
- FIDE PDC Forums
- A tribute to our seniors
- Old tradition, new young winner
- Another first-time winner
- Is chess an Esport?
- A pictorial tribute to the Chess Olympiads
- Anniversaries
#011 (03-08-2020)
- Online Olympiad advances to the next stage: Division 3
- Polish Power
- National Championships resume!
- "Chess Life" and the new chess boom
- A passionate chess coach from Msogwaba, South Africa
- New appointments by the Australian Chess Federation
- Anniversaries
#010 (21-07-2020)
- United Nations: "Chess for recovering better"
- International Chess Day
- Letter by the IOC President Thomas Bach
- Anna Ushenina wins the Women's Speed Chess Championship
- Anniversaries
#009 (06-07-2020)
- FIDE presents the Online Olympiad 2020
- Main decisions of the FIDE Council meeting
- Changes in the FIDE Commissions
- Do you have any questions about the Laws of chess?
- Swiss-Manager manual and online course
- Ushenina and Gunina lead the Women's Speed Chess GP
- Rising Stars Match
- Anniversaries
#008 (22-06-2020)
- Chess vs Coronavirus: 1-0, Checkmate!
- Women's Speed Chess
- Short news from National Federations
- Chess and research studies
- 125 years of Swiss System
- Shortlisted books for the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award
- Anniversaries
#007 (08-06-2020)
- Checkmate Coronavirus enters its final week
- Input request on the Arbiters' Manual
- FIDE Trainer and Arbiter's seminars
- Chess is back in orbit!
- National Championships Records
- Anniversaries
#006 (25-05-2020)
- Checkmate Coronavirus: week one
- Carlsen and Lagno take titles in Steinitz Memorial
- FIDE held the first Online Cup for People with Disabilities
- First online meeting of the FIDE Council
- Continents go online
- "We are all children of Informant"
- Anniversaries
#005 (11-05-2020)
- China wins the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup
- Carlsen and Lagno to star in FIDE Steinitz Memorial
- Upcoming FIDE Trainer Seminars
- Announcing the FIDE Online Cup for Players with Disabilities
- Success story: US Chess Women & "Isolated Queens"
- Anniversaires
#004 (27-04-2020)
- FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup
- FIDE Seminars
- FIDE Candidates' Countries Youth Tournament
- The chess community takes a step forward to support charity events
- "One Million ChessKids" project launched in the UK.
- Leela Zero defeats Stockfish at the TCEC Superfinal
- Donald Schultz (1936-2020)
- Anniversaries
#003 (13-04-2020)
- Stay home, stay safe, stay sharp!
- FIDE news and activities
- Online events
- FIDE distributes €35,000 among chess veterans
- Chess in outer space
- Happy birthday, Garry Kimovich!
#002 (30-03-2020)
- A roundup of the first part of the 2020 Candidates
- FIDE canceled events and our swift towards online activities
- Online chess activity peaks during the global lockdown
- 50 years ago, the USSR was battling the rest of the World
#001 (16-03-2020)
- FIDE Candidates Tournament opens today in Yekaterinburg
- Dzagnidze clinches victory in Lausanne
- New FIDE Charter approved
- USA (+50) and Russia (+65) win gold at the World Senior Team Championship
- Mercedes-Benz is the official auto partner of the Candidates Tournament