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This is a list of members who have ever been elected to the Senedd, since its first election in 1999 as the National Assembly for Wales. The number assigned to each MS is arbitrary and does not indicate any kind of rank or seniority. It is only for use in this table. To date 161 individuals have served as MSs (formerly AMs before 2020).
The representatives of Brazil were selected by the Brazilian Confederation of Chess and the São Paulo Chess Club. [3] The tournament would begin on June 30, [3] but it was preferred to start the competition on July 2. [4] Most of the matches took place at the Grande Hotel in Águas de São Pedro, but the last four have occurred in São Paulo.
The organization was founded on November 11, 1924 as the Federação Brasileira de Xadrez (Brazilian Chess Federation) [1] and affiliated with FIDE in 1935. [2] It is based in Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo. [3] Its president is Darcy Lima, who took office in 2013. [4] [5] It has 19 constituent clubs and 30,000 members. [2]
The 35th Chess Olympiad, a chess tournament for teams. A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among multiple serious players.
Before 1950, the champion had the right to handpick a challenger. However, a number of tournaments acted as de facto candidates tournaments: The London 1883 chess tournament established Johannes Zukertort and Wilhelm Steinitz as the best two players in the world, and was one of the important events leading to the first official world championship match between the two, in 1886.
Emergency surgery to relieve a cranial hemorrhage has raised questions in Brazil over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's short-term agenda - and the vacuum he would leave on the left if he does ...
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It will consist of five "Grand Slam" tournaments following a format similar to the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, held in 2024. Players will score points based on placement in each event.
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 , with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.