This year, FIDE celebrates 100 years of excellence and strategy.
Approximately 300 of the best players from across the globe will gather to compete in New York City on Wall Street, where calculated moves and thoughtful strategy are king.
12/31/2024
Here are the pairings for the knockout stage of FIDE World Blitz Championship:
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Volodar Murzin
🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja - 🇺🇸 Wesley So
🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen - 🇺🇸 Hans Niemann
🇵🇱 Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana
12/31/2024
12/26/2024
Starts today!!!
♟️ STARTS TOMORROW 😱
🤩 Tune in at 14:00 EST/GMT-5 for the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships.
🎥 Watch the live commentary with Maurice Ashley and Evgenij Miroshnichenko: https://youtube.com/live/-RV6EAF6ihA
📍 In New York? Experience the excitement in person!
Buy your tickets now 👇
🔗 https://tickets.fide.com/
12/12/2024
Amazing and overwhelming! Big congratulations!
12/09/2024
Amazing event on the way to NYC!
🔥 Get ready for an EPIC SPECTACLE this Christmas! 🔥
The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships come to New York! 🗽 ♟️
💥 The most intensive global chess events, the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, are coming to the 🇺🇸 Big Apple in the last week of December for the first time in history!
⚔️ Featuring top players from across the globe, the event will provide five days of non-stop chess excitement and spectacular matchups.
🗣️ "It has been a long dream of FIDE to have such a chess spectacle in New York. Not only will this championship be an absolutely top-notch sports event, but also a great festival of mind, art, brilliance, and a celebration of the magnificent beauty of chess," said Emil Sutovsky, CEO of FIDE.
🗣️ "Chess is an integral part of the culture of our company, and we are excited to support this event being held in New York, where we have been successfully listed for five years on the Nasdaq stock exchange... That is why we are happy to support FIDE's decision to hold the event here—where speed chess will meet in one of the most fast-paced cities in the world," stated Timur Turlov, CEO of Freedom Holding Corp.
12/05/2024
Get your 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship tickets!! http://tickets.fide.com 🔥♟️🏆
FIDE - International Chess Federation
12/02/2024
World-class competitors on the way to NYC!
11/28/2024
Amazing for NYC! 🗽
This December, chess will be all the talk on Wall Street as hundreds of players from around the world will converge to participate in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships. 🇺🇸 ♟️
🔥 As if the excitement of the games was not enough, FIDE is taking the fusion of chess and finance to the next level with the introduction of Wall Street Gambit; a one-of-a-kind chess and finance conference. 📈 ♟️
Featuring an exceptional lineup of keynote speakers, the unique opportunity to play blitz against legends 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen, 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand, and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana, a tournament for attendees, and a networking cocktail hour, Wall Street Gambit promises to be an unmissable event—whether you're from the world of chess or high finance. 🗽
Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.fide.com/news/3325