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A world chess organization said: “The player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made.”

One of the essential chess assets that FIDE oversees is FIDE ratings. In the past decade, certain innovations have caused rating deflation, a concern that has been raised by professional players and mathematicians and did not go unnoticed by FIDE. The International Federation encourages the chess community to express their thoughts on this proposal and send them comments, suggestions, ideas, and mathematical calculations.

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the ongoing attacks against independent lawyers in Belarus, a number of whom are facing disbarment, arbitrary prosecution, and other forms of harassment by authorities as they perform their professional duties and exercise their right to freedom

Andrzej Filipowicz is one of the most interesting chess personalities in the world. He has been a chess player, arbiter, organizer, editor and writer, as well as a civil engineer specializing in steel structures. Endowed with a strong personality, clear intelligence, well-defined convictions and a curious sense of humour, he is turning 85 today, on 13 May 2023. Uvencio Blanco conducted a lengthy interview with the Polish chess polymath.

Belarusian authorities should drop all charges and immediately release Nasta Lojka, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender who is facing up to 12 years in prison because of her work.