Hou Yifan wins Women’s Speed Chess Championship
Hou Yifan is the winner of the 2021 FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship. In a roller-coaster final match with tension running high to the very end, she defeated Harika Dronavalli 15-13. Both opponents showed a great fighting spirit. The winner picked up the $20,000 first prize, whereas the runner-up took home $12,000 for her efforts. The Indian star was off to a flying start grabbing the lead in the 5+1 section, but the world’s #1 stormed back in the 3+1 segment levelling the score after a series of wins. It was back and forth in the bullet portion before Hou Yifan claimed the championship by winning the last two games. Internet connectivity problems on Harika’s side also affected the 1+1 part of the match. “In-between bullet, my Internet connection troubled me today. It never happened to me before, so I was a little disturbed. At the same time, I can’t give such reasons; my opponent played much stronger. I tried to fight until the end,” said Dronavalli. Hou Yifan also noted her opponent’s strength and unfortunate connectivity issues: “Harika had a very good performance, especially in a segment of 5+1. At some point, I was behind 2 or 3 points. I think the turning point was when Harika got some Internet connection problems. It is not only a technical issue but also bad psychologically. I had a similar experience before, and it can be annoying, to be honest.” “In the bullet segment, my opponent played very well, very fast… At any point, it could have gone either way. I was just lucky at some moments to win this match,” the champion added. The FIDE Chess.com 2021 Women’s Speed Chess Championship is an online competition for titled female players. The qualifiers for the event took place from May 28-June 6, while the main event run from June 10 to July 3. Players battled for their share of a total prize fund of $66,000. Fans can follow the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship by watching the live broadcast with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV and Chess.com’s Twitch channel. They will also be able to enjoy the event through Chess.com’s Events page (https://www.chess.com/events). More info and a full schedule of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship can be found here.
Aronian stuns Carlsen to face Artemiev in the final
A stunning end to the Goldmoney Asian Rapid semis saw Levon Aronian don his lucky Boston Celtics basketball jersey before slam-dunking Magnus Carlsen in overtime. The Armenian star, 38, pulled off an incredible comeback on the buzzer to beat the champ twice in tiebreaks and book a place in the $100,000 event’s final. Aronian, a big Celtics fan, will meet Tour debutant Vladislav Artemiev who also came from behind in stunning fashion to win on a breathless day of chess. It sets up a treat of a final between two underdogs that no one expected to get this far. Carlsen, the reigning World Champion, had been gunning for a hat-trick of wins in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, having won the New In Chess Classic and the FTX Crypto Cup. But that run came to an end when Aronian thrashed him 3-1 in today’s second match and then again in the resulting play-off to turn the tie around. “This is something I dedicated my life to, proving people wrong,” Aronian said afterwards. “I am always excited when I can.” He added: “It’s been a very tough day, very tense.” Artemiev, the Russian speed demon, came back from even further behind to shoot down world number 3 Ding Liren. Having lost yesterday, Artemiev was heading for defeat again before a catastrophic blunder from Ding in the final game let the youngster back into the match. Ding, who rarely shows his emotion in matches, was visibly distraught. The Russian, who has been the surprise package of this tournament, then took all that momentum into the blitz tiebreak and ran out the winner. At 23, he will now be the youngest player to play in a Tour final. “It was a very difficult match,” Artemiev said. “Yesterday I lost with zero chances and I was disappointed. Today I wanted to give a fight to my opponent.” The final carries a $30,000 first prize and a coveted spot in the Tour finals in September for the winner. Carlsen and Ding, meanwhile, will fight it out for Tour points in a third-place play-off match. The Goldmoney Asian Rapid is broadcast live on Norwegian TV station TV 2 and streamed with commentary in several languages on chess24’s YouTube and Twitch channels. Highlights will also be available in 60 countries on the Eurosport app. Play resumes tomorrow at 13:00 CEST. All games will be played on the chess24.com playzone. For further information, please contact: Leon Watson, PR for Play Magnus Group leon@chessable.com+44 7786 078 770
WSCC 2021: Hou Yifan reaches the final
Hou Yifan defeated Lei Tingjie 11.5:9.5 in the Chinese semifinal derby and advanced to the final of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship in which she will face Harika Dronavalli. The top-rated female player convincingly won the first 5+1 segment, but Lei Tingjie fought back in the 3+1 portion of the match to narrow the gap to just one point. The final 1+1 portion was a close affair, but Hou Yifan eventually got the better of her opponent to punch her ticket into the final. “It was a tough match for both of the players,” commented Hou Yifan. “I got some advantage after 5+1 but Tingjie had a comeback in 3+1 – at some moment, I lost 3 or 4 games in a row … The turning point was me winning a game pawn down, a few games before the final one.” The final is scheduled for Saturday, June 3. The FIDE Chess.com 2021 Women’s Speed Chess Championship is an online competition for titled female players. The qualifiers for the event took place from May 28-June 6, while the main event runs from June 10 to July 3. Players are battling for their share of a total prize fund of $66,000. Fans can follow the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship by watching the live broadcast with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV and Chess.com’s Twitch channel. They will also be able to enjoy the event through Chess.com’s Events page (https://www.chess.com/events). More info and a full schedule of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship can be found here.
FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup announced
The International Chess Federation and Binance, TigerTrade and CryptoUniverse are excited to hold the first FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup, an online team competition that will take place from July 9-11, 2021. The Cup is an excellent chance for participating teams to get new business opportunities through chess and network with the world’s top business schools. With 64 teams and over 250 participants expected, the tournament will be a truly global team event uniting students and employees from business schools from all parts of the world. “More importantly, through the practice of chess, your alumnus and students will also be training useful skills like decision making, creative thinking, problem-solving approach, and the ability to calculate a few moves ahead. All this in a competitive but fun environment. We believe this is also a chance for the participating business schools to detect talent, reach new clients and business opportunities, and develop contacts with leaders and representatives of national and multinational businesses,” said FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich. The FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup 2021 will consist of two stages: a division and playoff stages. During the first two days, the teams divided by geographic principle will play round-robin tournaments, while on July 11 knock-out event will be held. The time control for all matches is 10 minutes for the game and two seconds increment per move, starting from move one. Each team will consist of four players, including at least one male player and at least one female player, and may have two reserves. They also have a right to include one invited player – a person not from business school – to be part of the team. The event will be played online, on the Lichess platform, and broadcasted live on FIDE Youtube and Twitch channels. The winning team will be declared Business Schools Super Cup Champion 2021 and will get the Winner’s Cup. Besides, the best four finishing teams in the final standings will secure seats in an online simul against one of the top grandmasters. FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup regulations (pdf) Applications for participation are accepted until July 07, 2021: https://www.binance.com/en/event/binancechesscup General inquires: businessschools@fide.com Media Contact: press@fide.com About the sponsors: Binance is the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a financial product suite that includes the largest digital asset exchange by volume. Trusted by millions worldwide, the Binance platform is dedicated to increasing the freedom of money for users, and features an unmatched portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including: trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more. TigerTrade is an innovative software package for securities and cryptocurrency traders. TigerTrade company has over five years of software development experience in the trading field, and in this short time, TigerTrade has managed to earn the full trust of its loyal customer. More than 15,000 active users worldwide with a daily volume of 100 mil USD have already chosen TigerTrade for analysis and trading. TigerTrade provides intuitive interactive visualization of market data, 30+ components for cluster analysis, flexible, customizable workspace with the support of a few monitors, and other tools and features. CryptoUniverse.io is one of the largest mining platforms in the world, offering power and equipment for cryptocurrency mining since 2017. Registered in Estonia under EU law, it owns one of the biggest data centers in CIS, located in the Republic of Karelia. Its overall capacity is 120 MW, with electricity coming from a private hydroelectric power plant, leaving no carbon footprint. The company is glad to participate in the Cup because chess and IT management have much in common in terms of considering various moves and outcomes. About the organizers: Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO is one of the leading business schools in Russia and the post-Soviet states established in 2006 by the business community. In 2020 it became No.1 in Eastern Europe in terms of quality of corporate programmes according to the Financial Times ranking. The School was awarded the EQUIS EFMD accreditation – one of the most prestigious international accreditations granted to 1% of the leading international business schools. The idea of the Cup belongs to its alumni: Oxana Kosteniuk, the president of the SKOLKOVO Chess Club, and its members: Sergey Raytsev, Tigran Mamikonian, Alexey Maiorov and Yuriy Mordvin. Lichess is a completely free, open-source chess platform — exclusively powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than 3 million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. Despite starting out as just a chessboard, Lichess now has a wide variety of features to meet the needs of the internet chess community: play, learn, events, community. Championat.com is the leading sports digital media in Russia and CIS. We are in the TOP-7 of Similar Web in category “sports media in the world”. More than 36 million unique visitors enjoyed Championat.com in May 2021.
Yuri Dokhoian passes away
Tragic news from Moscow. One of the best coaches in the world, Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, has passed away. He was only 56. The news is shocking – Yuri was strong, healthy, focused, smart and hard-edged. We used to talk a lot at tournaments, mostly about chess, but we also discussed all sorts of things. Yuri had a great sense of humour; he loved playing soccer and was pretty good at it – took to the field against guys half his age. A very decent Grandmaster himself, with a rating of over 2,600, Yuri relatively early switched to coaching and was Kasparov’s head coach in the late 1990s and 2000s. After the 13th World Champion retired from chess, Dokhoian faced new challenges time and again: he served as captain of the Russian women’s national team and was the personal coach of the Kosintseva sisters, then took charge of the Russia Olympic Team. He was an excellent analyst and, most importantly, had superb chess intuition. When analyzing, Dokhoian was on par with the top players. He helped most of Russia’s leading chess players, and last year he took Andrei Esipenko under his wing… Yuri had big plans, but illness spares no one these days. We offer our deepest condolences to Yuri’s family and friends. Very sad indeed. Emil Sutovsky, FIDE Director General I met Yuri in 2000 when I joined Garry Kasparov’s team before his world championship match with Vladimir Kramnik. Yuri was a rather private person on the surface, but that was a shell: when we got closer, he revealed a completely different side of himself – he was kind, fair, and frank. He had various interests beyond the world of chess. Yura abandoned the career of chess player early on but fulfilled his potential as a coach, becoming an incontestable authority among his colleagues. Under Dokhoian’s guidance, Kasparov got his second wind – he set a record by winning several super-tournaments in a row, reaching a new level despite fierce competition from younger generations. This was not surprising because Yuri and Garry had an important quality, which is absolutely necessary if one aspires to climb to the very top – an uncompromising attitude towards searching for truth. He was an unfailing friend who would never let you down. This is a great loss to the chess world. Mikhail Kobalia, Chairman of Trainers Commission
WSCC 2021: Harika Dronavalli squeezes into final
Harika Dronavalli (India) became the first finalist of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship after defeating Katerina Lagno (Russia) in a very close nail-biting match 14:13. The opponents were going neck-by-neck after the first 5+1 segment, but in the next 3+1 portion, Harika grabbed the one-point lead, which she extended to three points at the start of the 1+1 section. Katerina did not give up and levelled the score after game 20. The grandmasters exchanged heavy blows on the final stretch, but neither of them could tip the balance into his favour, and it came down to a tiebreaker. The first three games of the tiebreaker were drawn, but Harika prevailed in the final one to clinch her spot in the final. It is worth mentioning that the Indian GM won her second tiebreaker in the event. “It was a very tough match that could have gone either way any moment. I am just happy that it worked out for me today,” said the happy finalist after the match. Harika is taking on the winner of the second all-Chinese semifinal match Hou Yifan vs. Lei Tingjie that will be played on June 2. The FIDE Chess.com 2021 Women’s Speed Chess Championship is an online competition for titled female players. The qualifiers for the event took place from May 28-June 6, while the main event runs from June 10 to July 3. Players are battling for their share of a total prize fund of $66,000. Fans can follow the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship by watching the live broadcast with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV and Chess.com’s Twitch channel. They will also be able to enjoy the event through Chess.com’s Events page (https://www.chess.com/events). More info and a full schedule of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship can be found here.
Carlsen, Aronian, Artemiev and Ding through to semis
Two thrilling blitz chess playoffs decided the Goldmoney Asian Rapid semi-final line-up as Magnus Carlsen survived a fierce comeback. The World Champion finally overcame two-time US champ Wesley So after the man dubbed the “Comeback King” launched a nerveless rearguard action to level the match. Carlsen will now face world number 4 Levon Aronian tomorrow after the 38-year-old also faced stiff resistance from Indian teen sensation Arjun Erigaisi. Aronian and Arjun, the youngest and oldest left in the $100,000 event, drew yesterday’s match and then played out four fighting draws today as the youngster pushed for the win. But having used all his experience to keep Arjun at bay, the wily Aronian was too strong in the playoff. Nevertheless, getting this far in a Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event was undoubtedly a big breakthrough on the world stage for the 17-year-old. Asked how hard it was facing Arjun, Aronian said: “Very tough because I didn’t know him well and he turned out to be a very difficult opponent.” Carlsen, meanwhile, appeared to be cruising after winning the first match yesterday and then going ahead again in the first game today. But after a quick “Berlin” draw in the second, So won two in a row to take the match 2.5-1.5 and level the scores overall. It meant tiebreaks. Carlsen dominated the two tiebreaker games as So couldn’t complete the comeback. Russian debutant Vladislav Artemiev had been the first name into the semis with a crushing and quick win over the Netherlands number 1 Anish Giri. The speed specialist was mightily impressive as he followed up yesterday’s three wins with a fourth in a row and then secured two draws to go through. Giri, who revealed this week he has just become a father for the second time, simply didn’t get a look-in against the 23-year-old. Artemiev will face China’s number 1 Ding Liren, who triumphed in a tight match against the dangerous Pole Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Artemiev said: “Of course, it is a very good result for me, and I am happy because Anish is a very good player.” The Goldmoney Asian Rapid is broadcast live on Norwegian TV station TV 2 and streamed with commentary in several languages on chess24’s YouTube and Twitch channels. Play resumes tomorrow at 13:00 CEST. All games will be played on the chess24.com playzone. For further information, please contact: Leon Watson, PR for Play Magnus Groupleon@chessable.com+44 7786 078 770
Abhimanyu Mishra is the youngest Grandmaster in history
Twelve-year-old from Englishtown, New Jersey breaks 19-year-old record with 66 days to spare CROSSVILLE, TN: 12-year-old Grandmaster Abhimanyu (“Abhi”) Mishra from Englishtown, New Jersey is the youngest Grandmaster (GM) in history, breaking the record formerly held by Russian GM Sergey Karjakin. Karjakin set the record in 2002 and went on to unsuccessfully challenge GM Magnus Carlsen in a 2016 World Championship match. At age 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days, Mishra earned his third and final norm (a performance-level measure) on June 30, 2021 at the Vezerkepzo GM Mix tournament in Budapest, Hungary, defeating GM Leon Luke Mendonca to take the final step on his long journey to Grandmaster. (He had already fulfilled the rating requirement, breaking the 2500 Elo mark in June, and FIDE—the World Chess Federation—must still confirm the record.) With Karjakin having earned his title at age 12 years and 7 months, Mishra bettered the previous mark by approximately 66 days. This is not Mishra’s first record shattered. He was the youngest master in U.S. history at nine years and two months, and the youngest International Master ever at 10 years, nine months, and three days, breaking the record previously held by GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa by 17 days. The U.S. Chess Federation (U.S. Chess) is the official governing body and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for chess players and chess supporters in the United States. Our mission is to empower people, enrich lives, and enhance communities through chess. Our vision is that chess is recognized as an essential tool that is inclusive, benefits education and rehabilitation, and promotes recreation and friendly competition. Text: Daniel Lucas dlucas@uschess.org Photo: Mishra: Photo by Justin N. Lane, jnlane.com/Courtesy of U.S. Chess. Chess Life Cover: Courtesy of U.S. Chess
Issues concerning the Member Chess Federation of Morocco
Since the FIDE Constitutional Commission has taken the decision that FIDE shall appoint a reverse delegate for Morocco, FIDE extends its invitation and expects all interested parties to submit the proposals for a candidate for this position with a justification of their proper competencies by the 6th of July, 2021. This is the full text of the Constitutional Commission’s Decision: “Issues concerning the Member Chess Federation of Morocco – Fédération Royale Marocaine des Échecs Already in September 2019, FIDE was informed that the mandate of the President of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation, Mr. Mustapha Amazzal, as well as the mandate of the board (“Comité directeur”) of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation, elected in 2015, expired in March 2019 and no new elections were scheduled in accordance with the statutes of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation. FIDE received a copy of a communication (original version in Arabic language, with a translated version in English), addressed to Mr. Mustapha Amazzal by the Moroccan Minister of Youth and Sport, dated 2nd of April 2019, where it was underlined that no general assemblies of the Moroccan Chess Federation were held in the sportive seasons 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, that the budget submissions were not approved, that the extraordinary elective assembly, due to be organised on February 2019, failed as well, and that for these reasons “I hereby request from you to correct the conditions of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation and settle all legal imbalances that affect its management in a delay of three weeks maximum”. In connection with the participation of a representative of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation both in the Abu Dhabi FIDE Extraordinary General Assembly, in February 2020, and in the 91st FIDE Congress and in the Online General Assembly, in December 2020, no information about a new election was provided to FIDE. Therefore, in September 2020, the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation was notified by FIDE of their obligations to hold regular assemblies and elections, with reference to art. 11 q) of the FIDE Charter. Mr. Mustapha Amazzal answered in October 2020, exposing a situation of internal conflict with some clubs and some persons, especially a contrast with Mr. Zoheir Slami, a member of the board of Royal Moroccan Chess Federation, who submitted complaints to national judicial authorities and to FIDE. With his letter, Mr. Mustapha Amazzal asked the intervention of FIDE, also with Moroccan governmental authorities, to facilitate the organisation of an elective assembly. In November 2020, FIDE Offices referred to the Constitutional Commission the case concerning the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation and the right to vote in the December 2020 General Assembly. The Constitutional Commission examined the case. The parties involved were contacted to mediate a possible solution, that was found among them. Given that new elections of this Federation seemed to be scheduled for the beginning of 2021, there was no opposition about the possibility for Mr. Mustapha Amzal to represent the Royal Federation of Morocco in the 2020 GA, under the condition that this will be the last time a representative of the current board will act as a delegate of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation. Therefore, the Constitutional Commission confirmed the legitimacy of the participation in the meeting of Mr. Mustapha Amzal as the official representative of the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation. However, in the following months, the Constitutional Commission was informed that an Extraordinary Assembly, due to be held on 14th of March 2021, was annulled, because not authorised by the locals administrative authorities, given that the premises were not respecting administrative legal prescriptions (probably related to Covid pandemic) and that another Extraordinary Assembly, not even an elective one, scheduled on 30th of May 2021, was not held again, this time also as a consequence of some controversies about the right to convene the assembly, the right to vote and the right to participate in the assembly. FIDE also received some letters from Moroccan clubs and organisers, where they expose that because of the crisis in the Royal Moroccan Federation of Chess, their players and arbiters are deprived of the opportunity to improve their ratings and their titles, and that the situation generates great damages for the players. Another letter was sent to FIDE by the AIDEF (Association International Des Échecs Francophones), where the “chaotic” situation of the Moroccan federation was exposed, charging it to the responsibility of Mr. Mustapha Amzal, who would also regularly refuse to homologate tournaments organised by clubs and persons that he considers as his “opposants”, recalling that the same Mr. Mustapha Amzal, in 2007, was sanctioned by the FIDE Ethics Commission, with the exclusion to participate in FIDE events for a period of three years and to organise FIDE events for two years, having authorised a practice of submission to the competent FIDE organs of falsified or fake International Arbiter title norm reports, aiding and abetting this practice. AIDEF also reminded that in 2013 they were obliged to receive directly by FIDE the authorisation to organise a chess event in Morocco, as a consequence of an unmotivated opposition by Mr. Mustapha Amzal. Lastly, AIDEF expressed the intention to organise in Casablanca, Morocco, in December 2021, the 8th edition of the “Rencontres Internationales des Échecs Francophones”, their major annual event, asking FIDE to assure the possibility to organise it in a situation of “serenity”. Then, the Constitutional Commission was charged again to express a decision about this case. The Constitutional Commission considers that there are no doubts that the Royal Moroccan Federation of Chess has violated at least art. 11 c) and art. 11 q) of FIDE Charter, that preview, among the obligations of Member Federations, “to comply with their own statutes, rules and regulations, refraining from taking discriminatory decisions or actions” and “to regularly organise general assemblies and elections, in accordance with their statutes and national legal order”. Consequently, the Royal Moroccan Federation of Chess could be suspended from FIDE membership, following a decision of the Council. However, the suspension would affect even more the interests of Moroccan
FIDE Chessable Academy kicks off on Chessable Classroom
Chessable, the world’s leading chess E-learning platform, in partnership with FIDE, has launched the FIDE Chessable Academy, aiming to support young talents worldwide and encourage them to succeed in chess. The introductory classes were held in English, Russian and Spanish languages and featured FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE Managing Director Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Chessable CEO David Kramaley and other officials. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich: “We are very happy with our collaboration with Chessable and the Play Magnus Group and our aim is to deliver the best coaching to the most talented young chess players around the world. Both of us are lucky. On the side of FIDE, together with Chessable, we have a chance to combine the coaches under the umbrella of our Trainers’ Commission with the young chess players who we believe is our future, the next generation to dominate the chess arena for the next decade and even more.” Chessable CEO David Kramaley: “Welcome to Chessable Classroom! We are delighted to have this collaboration with FIDE and have you here. Chessable started six years ago with one mission: to make learning and improving in chess easier, more efficient and more fun, also, and I think we have gone a long way towards achieving these goals. Classroom is one of those end results and is here for you and your training now. Now we have over a hundred people working to build this tool to your benefit, and we have not only developers but also scientists, trainers and thousands of students like you giving us feedback, comments on how to make the platform even better. We are all here to support your journey, but perhaps the most important thing you can remember is that it is you that brings the hard work, who brings the motivation, the energy, the dedication, and most importantly, the love for chess which you all have.” FIDE Managing Director Dana Reizniece-Ozola: “There is a saying in the Russian language: “The clever will not go up the hill, the clever will bypass the mountain”. But I am a chess player myself, and I know that there are no easy ways to win. You need to work very hard. If you are already here, it means that you will have such an opportunity. If you are here, it means that you are possibly the most talented and promising in your country. It is a great honour for you, but also a great responsibility. You’ll have to work the whole summer. But I hope you will enjoy it, because you will have the opportunity to work with the best and most outstanding trainers. They will share their knowledge and experience, which will be very useful to you in the future. I wish you all the best of luck and enjoy your studies. And I’d like to say many thanks from FIDE to Chessable for such a good investment in the future of children and youth. It seems to me that investing in the future is the smartest investment, which you cannot lose. May this investment of yours have good and fruitful dividends.” A three-year junior educational program is implemented by the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG). 243 most talented and promising young players between the ages of 8 to 16, representing 94 national federations, attended the program. Among the FIDE Chessable Academy students are young talents in the top five rankings in their age group and winners at the World Youth and Cadets Championships. TRG Chairman Mikhail Kobalia: “I am very glad that we are launching this project. Thanks to Chessable, great opportunities open up; in my time, we could not even dream of seeing such strong trainers online and learning from them. We want you to learn a lot from different people. It is great that the project will exist on a long-term basis. The program will run for three years; this gives young children fantastic opportunities to work and develop. I’m sure you can use them in the right way”. In 2021, 123 boys and 120 girls will learn and improve their chess working with the strongest trainers. The program will run from June to December and will provide a minimum of two hours online every two weeks. In addition, at least the top 12 participants will be selected to attend one or more training camps by legendary players. During the entire duration of the training programme, a panel expert representing FIDE and Chessable will oversee the participants’ progress, provide assignments, and work together in the evaluation of the young talents. Students will also get access to numerous free chess learning materials from Chessable. You can find out more about the program here: https://trainers.fide.com/category/fide-chessable-academy/ About Chessable Chessable is the world’s leading chess E-learning platform and the largest digital chess library in the world. Chessable’s mission is to make learning chess as fun and efficient as possible. It has published interactive video courses by a wide range of presenters and authors, including many of the world’s top players, such as current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. The company was co-founded in 2015 by David Kramaley and International Master John Bartholomew. Chessable’s team consists of expert content creators, scientists, developers and chess grandmasters all working together to create the best chess learning platform in the world.