What is FIDE?

The International Chess Federation, also known as FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is the governing body of international chess. FIDE came to reality in July 1924 during the 8th Olympic Games in Paris at the initiative of P. Vincent (France), L. Rees (Great Britain), A. Rueb (Netherlands) and a group of Russian emigrant chess players headed by Alexander Alekhine. Founded in 1924, it is one of the oldest sports organizations in the world and currently has over 190 member countries. It organizes a variety of tournaments and events throughout each year such as World Championships, Grand Prix Series Events, Women’s World Championships and many more.

What does FIDE do?

FIDE is responsible for maintaining all official rules regarding international chess play including time controls for games; pieces used on boards; moves allowed during game-play; ratings system based on performance history; tournament formats used at major competitions around the globe and much more. Additionally they are constantly making improvements to keep up with modern times by introducing new technologies into their tournaments such as live streaming or computer analysis programs to help players improve their skillset even further.

Why FIDE is so important in international Chess?
Overall FIDE plays an important role in promoting competitive chess worldwide with its vast array of resources available to both amateur & professional players alike while upholding all standards set forth from its founding nearly 100 years ago! From organizing top-level competitions that bring together some of best minds from across continents down to providing educational materials for those just starting out – there’s no doubt why this organization remains relevant today despite being founded almost a century ago!

Who heads FIDE currently?

In the recently concluded elections (Aug’22) Russian and incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was successfully re-elected as FIDE President while Grandmaster and five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand has been elected as the deputy president of FIDE, the international chess body.

How does FIDE work, how does the ratings allocated?
As per Wikipedia, FIDE divides all its normal tournaments into categories by a narrower average rating of the players. Each category is 25 rating points wide. Category 1 is for an average rating of 2251 to 2275, category 2 is 2276 to 2300, etc. Women’s tournaments currently commence 200 points lower, including its Category 1
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When is the next world chess championship?
According to FIDE’s calendar, the 2023 World Chess Championship will take place from April 7, 2023, through April 30, 2023 which will decide the world champion.

Prior to challenging the current world champion, the challenger has to win the Candidates tournament. The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess’s international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.

Results of recently concluded FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 (june-july)

Player

1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2 Ding, Liren
3 Radjabov, Teimour
4 Nakamura, Hikaru
5 Caruana, Fabiano
6 Firouzja, Alireza
7 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
8 Rapport, Richard

How much is the cost / fee for a FIDE membership?
There is no fee or cost to getting a FIDE ID.

Members of FIDE:

Officially FIDE is the largest organization for Chess in the world, encompassing 199 countries as affiliate members, in the form of National Chess Federations.

• Here are the details of All India Chess Federation (affiliated to
• India / All India Chess Federation
• http://www.aicf.in/
• Continent: Asia.
• Zone: 3.7
• Established: 1950
• Joined FIDE: 1956
• National NOC: Affiliate, National Olympic Committee
• City/Postal: New Delhi-110001
• Address: 101-102, A BLOCK FIRST FLOOR, NAURANG HOUSE 21 K. G. MARG
• Email: [email protected]
• Tel: +91-11-23352983
• Fax: +91-44-25382121
• Url: http://www.aicf.in/