The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has expressed serious concern over fresh interference by the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) in the affairs of the Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP), warning ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has maintained his position as the world's top-ranked player ...

The International Chess Federation – also known as FIDE – says players who have transitioned from male to female have “no right to participate” in women’s events until the federation ...

According to the FIDE website, currently there is an open category, where men and women can compete against each other. In a statement to Newsweek following publication of the updated handbook, ...

FIDE also ruled that it has the right to make "an appropriate mark" of a gender change in a player's profile, as well as inform tournaments of any transgender competitors. National ...