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    FIDE added Chess960 to an appendix of the Laws of Chess. The first world championship officially sanctioned by FIDE, the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess...
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    The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 (WFRCC) was the first world championship in Fischer random chess officially recognized by the international...
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    The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022 (WFRCC) was the second official world championship in Fischer Random Chess (also known as Chess960)...
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    are also chess world championships in rapid, blitz, correspondence, problem solving, Fischer random chess, and computer chess. The game of chess in its...
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    than any chess championship before or since. In 1975, Fischer refused to defend his title when an agreement could not be reached with FIDE, chess's international...
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    The World Chess960 Championship is a match or tournament held to determine a world champion in Chess960 (also known as Fischer random chess), a popular...
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    American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy,...
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    Ian Nepomniachtchi (category World Youth Chess Champions)
    In October 2022, he won a silver medal in FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022. In December 2019, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament...
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    old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry, who organized...
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    chess player. The World Chess Federation (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" time controls, and the fast chess time controls. As of...
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  • Castling (redirect from Castling (chess))
    starting position. Former world Fischer Random Chess Champion Wesley So was confused by the castling rules during the 2022 championships, and attempted to illegally...
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    Magnus Carlsen (category World chess champions)
    official FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship. He was automatically seeded to the semi-final round, as the unofficial Fischer Random Chess champion...
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    describe chess moves. The rules of chess are published by FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs; "International Chess Federation"), chess's world governing...
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  • in the American Chess Journal, 3, pp. 59–102. FIDE Rating Regulations effective from 1 July 2017. FIDE Online (fide.com) (Report). FIDE. Archived from...
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  • several tournaments: a Leagues Season, a Cup, a Swiss tournament, a Fischer Random Chess tournament. Additionally, seasons contain various bonus contests...
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    International Chess Federation (FIDE) and revolve around the World Championship cycle, which culminates in a match to decide the Women's World Chess Champion...
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    Touch-move rule (category Rules of chess)
    is not an option. A dispute arose at the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 in a speed chess game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley...
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    Judit Polgár (category World Youth Chess Champions)
    record previously held by former world champion Bobby Fischer. She was the youngest player ever to break into the FIDE top 100 players rating list, ranking...
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    Wesley So (category Summer World University Games medalists in chess)
    Champion after defeating Magnus Carlsen to win the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship. A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass...
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    Chess Championships 1998–2004 FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 FIDE World Chess Championship...
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    Alireza Firouzja (category Chess Grandmasters)
    won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour. He...
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  • Tournament A tournament organised by the FIDE, the third and last qualifying cycle of the World Chess Championship. The participants are the top players...
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    Vidit Gujrathi (category World Youth Chess Champions)
    2020 Prague Chess Festival Masters. Winner of the 2019 Biel Chess Festival. Quarter-finalist of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019. Score of...
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    including world champions such as José Raúl Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Bobby Fischer, and Vladimir Kramnik, have expressed fears of a "draw death" as chess becomes...
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    Proposed by Pal Benko in 1978. Fischer Random Chess (or Chess960): The placement of the pieces on the first rank is randomized; although there are rules such...
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    Viktor Korchnoi (category World Senior Chess Champions)
    first prizes, game collection, major tournaments and opponents World Chess Championship FIDE Events 1948–1990 – contains detailed information on two matches...
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    Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to...
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    Lichess (category Internet chess servers)
    enabling blindfold chess, the website supports the following chess variants: Antichess (Losing chess) Atomic chess Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) Crazyhouse...
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    WEEK IN CHESS 1101". The Week in Chess. 7th CSC London Chess Classic FIDE Open Chess-Results.com 7th CSC London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Chess-Results...
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    Eugene Torre (category Chess Olympiad competitors)
    International Championship Chess: A Complete Record of FIDE Events. Pitman Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 0-273-07078-9. "11th World Junior Chess Championship :: Athens...
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