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2. FIDE - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. List of World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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   The International Chess Federation (FIDE), which had been founded in 1924, had been attempting to directly participate in organizing the World Championship since at least 1935. By the late 1940s, around half of the plausible contenders for the World Championship were Soviet citizens, and in 1947, the Soviet Chess Federation joined FIDE after ...

4. FIDE rankings - Wikipedia

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   The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.

5. Chess-World chess federation bars transgender players from ...

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   The new regulations, approved by FIDE's council this month, will come into effect on Aug. 21 and require transgender players to provide "sufficient proof of a gender change that complies with ...

6. World Chess Champion Quits Competition After Refusing to ...

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   World chess champion Magnus Carlsen left the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Friday, Dec. 27 after he refused to change out of his jeans in accordance with the International Chess ...

7. World Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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   Following the death of reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) took over administration of the World Championship, beginning with the 1948 tournament. From 1948 to 1993, FIDE organized a set of tournaments and matches to choose a new challenger for the world championship match, which was ...

8. World chess federation bars transgender women from ... - AOL

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   The world's top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until its officials make an assessment of gender change. The decision by the ...

9. List of chess organizations - Wikipedia

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   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 ]