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This category is for chess officials such as officials of FIDE, and International Arbiters. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments. [1] The first Official World Championship was held in 1886, and there has always been at least one world champion since then. [2]
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, [3] [4] commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (/ ˈ f iː d eɪ / FEE-day, Fédération Internationale des Échecs), [5] is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.
An arbiter (center) overseeing the World Chess Championship 1927 match between Alexander Alekhine (left) and José Raúl Capablanca (right) In chess tournaments, an arbiter is an official who oversees matches and ensures that the rules of chess are followed.
Beatriz Mansilla Marinello (born May 14, 1964) is a Chilean-American chess player and chess official. She was a vice president of FIDE from 2010 [1] [2] to 2018. Marinello was previously president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from 2003 to 2005 and a member of the executive board from 2003 to 2007. [3]
In a statement issued following the incident on Sunday, Dec. 29, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said he would now allow World Blitz Championship tournament officials to ...
Dvorkovich is an official of the Russian Chess Federation and was first elected president of FIDE in October 2018, succeeding Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. [6] He was re-elected for a second term in the elections held on the sidelines of the 44th Chess Olympiad held at Mamallapuram, India on August 7, 2022. [7] [8] [9] [10]
György Négyesy (10 May 1893 – 14 April 1992) was a Hungarian chess player, chess journalist and official, unofficial Chess Olympiad winner (1926). Life.