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Food and Agriculture Organization and United Nations has recognised 2023 as International Year of Millets or IYM2023 for awareness about health and nutritional benefits of millets. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Indian Government proposed to celebrate 2023 as International Year of Millets.
Sophie Milliet (born 2 November 1983 in Marseille) is a French chess player and six times national women's champion (2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016 and 2017). She was awarded the International Master title in March 2009, having earned the norms at the French Club Championship (2005), the Swiss Championship at Lenzerheide (2006) and the Béthune Open (2008).
The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 [1] [2] and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. [3] The top three finishers from the Chess World Cup 2023, the winner and runner-up of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 and the winner of the FIDE Circuit 2023 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024.
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.
Dina Vadimovna Belenkaya was born on 22 December 1993 in St. Petersburg. [2] Her mother Asya Kovalyova has been a children's chess coach for over 30 years and notably was the first coach of Anish Giri, who has since become a Grandmaster (GM) and has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world.
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.
Ashwath Kaushik, an 8-year-old chess prodigy, has set a new record by besting a grandmaster nearly 30 years older than him on Sunday. Ashwath Kaushik, an 8-year-old chess prodigy, has set a new ...
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...