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The Kasparov Chess Foundation announces the second annual KCF University Cup, which will take place online, February 5 - 6, 2022. The tournament is open to teams from colleges and universities from all over the world.
The 16th Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired took place in Rhodes, Greece, from October 16-26, 2021, as part of the 2021 Rhodes Chess Festival.
The Chess Super League is a grand event which will be held online from the 11th to the 17th of October 2021. Samay Raina, ChessBase India and Nodwin Gaming have come together to launch the league which will be known as the Chess Super League. Each team will be owned by a well-known celebrity and will consist of top international and Indian players, like Ding, Giri, Radjabov, Nakamura, Hou Yifan, the Muzychuk sisters, Gujrathi, Harika, Gukesh, and many more.
The European Hybrid Qualification Tournament 2021 for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 will take place from 22nd-30th May through Tornelo online platform. The total prize fund for the event is 32 000 eur. The provisional list of participants for the European Hybrid Qualification Tournament has been published. 264 players (160 GMs) from 35 European federations are registered with the most players coming from Russia (40), Czechia (17), Germany (14), and Armenia (13). Among the top 10 players by rating we find seven Russians – GM Artemiev, GM Tomashevsky, GM Esipenko, GM Alekseenko, GM Predke, GM...
FIDE approves proposals of the four Continental Federations related to their qualification structures for the next FIDE World Cup to be held in July 2021. As the epidemical situation remains complicated all over the World, a significant number of qualifiers will be held in the hybrid format. This decision is considered inevitable and exceptional in order to enable the qualification process. Specific Technical Requirements Tournament Regulations Arbiters Arbiters for each playing venue are nominated by the Continental Presidents in consultation with GSC. According to Art. 16.8 of the FIDE Onli...