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Reprezentacja Polski🇵🇱 wygrywa Olimpiadę Szachową🏆🥇 Osób z Niepełnosprawnościami!

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The FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 will take place in Astana🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1.

A new World Champion will be crowned, as Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will battle to seize the throne left vacant by Magnus Carlsen’s withdrawal.

Congratulations Magnus Carlsen🇳🇴 and Tan Zhongyi🇨🇳 World Rapid Chess Champions 2022!

FIDE World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship are taking place in Almaty🇰🇿 with a prize pool of 1mln USD.


📷 FIDE - International Chess Federation

200.000EUR support for Open Tournaments!
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Following the success of the FIDE Open Tournaments support program during the last two years, FIDE will be extending its Aid Package Program in 2023, increasing the total funding to a record amount of €200,000.

When FIDE first launched this global program in 2021, its goal was to achieve a multiplier effect: by supporting open tournaments amidst the pandemic, we intended to indirectly support many other segments of the chess community, including young players, professionals, women players, arbiters, seniors, and even beginners.

The positive impact and feedback received have even surpassed expectations, which justifies the continuation of the program – and its expansion.

"Open tournaments represent a very important integral part of the entire chess community eco-system. It helps young players to grow, it provides bread - and sometimes butter - for hundreds of 2500-2700 players, and it represents a very important part of professional life for women players 2300-2500", said Emil Sutovsky on behalf of the GSC. "It also helps local chess clubs and communities, and it is oftentimes an important link between chess and city hall or region. We must do our utmost to preserve it."

Each open tournament organiser applying for the Aid Package shall accept the conditions and meet the requirements listed here:

CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
The applications for the Aid Package shall be sent to [email protected] by 31 December 2022.

The Aid Package can be at most 20% of the prize fund and 10% of the total budget. In any case, the support per event shall not exceed 12 thousand Euros.

At least 10% of the total prize fund shall be allocated for women's prizes, and at least 5% of the total prize fund shall be allocated for Veteran's prizes.

FIDE may require the tournament to establish lower fees (or absence of fees) for the agreed categories of participants (veterans, youth, women, and representatives of developing countries).

The mention "Financially supported by FIDE" shall be visible on the tournament's media resources (e. g., website, social media pages).

FIDE may require FIDE and its sponsors to be reasonably represented at the tournament.

The beneficiaries of the Aid Package must send FIDE an administrative report at the conclusion of the event, sharing data like an increase in the prize fund, increase in participation, media and social media coverage, number of women, juniors and seniors who took part, et cetera. We also expect the beneficiaries to assist the FIDE media team with the event's coverage.

The Organiser is requested to fill out the following form (all the provided data will remain confidential):

SELECTION CRITERIA
Events with the classical time control shall be prioritised
Event's history
Event's strength
Geographical location
Amount of the prize fund and its distribution
Fair Play measures
The list of the selected Opens shall be announced by 15 January 2023.

FIDE has published the new compositions of Non-Elected Commissions.

A total of 285 people from all continents and 111 federations have been appointed to work in commissions.

Congratulations, I wish you all successful work and satisfaction with the results achieved!

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By the decision of the President and the Board of the International Chess Federation, I was appointed the Secretary General of FIDE - International Chess Federation.

Years of intense work are ahead of us! This period is a great opportunity for the development of chess in the world, as well as in Poland!

Dokładnie 92 lata temu, 27 lipca 1930 Reprezentacja Polski🇵🇱 wygrała Olimpiadę Szachową w Hamburgu!
Był to nie tylko ogromny sukces szachowy i sportowy, ale także wielkie wydarzenie społeczne w odradzającej się II RP.
Szachy wspierali i promowali najważniejsi ludzie tamtych czasów, z marszałkiem Piłsudskim na czele.
Rocznica przypada równo w pierwszy dzień rozpoczynającej się w Chennai 44. .

📸NAC
Stoją od lewej:
Paulin Frydman, Ksawery Tartakower, Stefan Rotmil, Akiba Rubinstein, Kazimierz Makarczyk, Dawid Przepiórka, Marian Wróbel
🇬🇧 https://culture.pl/en/article/when-poland-was-a-chess-superpower
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https://dzieje.pl/rozmaitosci-historyczne/90-lat-temu-polscy-szachisci-zdobyli-zloty-medal-olimpiady-szachowej
FIDE - International Chess Federation
Ministerstwo Sportu i Turystyki
Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki w Warszawie
Niepodległa
Polski Komitet Olimpijski

"Chennai🇮🇳 is just crazy for chess"
Report by our press officer IM Michael Rahal
https://chessolympiad.fide.com/chennai-is-just-crazy-for-chess/