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Meet the top 10 seeds in the Open section (Rapid) of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships! 🔥
The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 will take place in Doha, Qatar, from December 25 to 30, bringing together the world’s elite chess talent for a thrilling
😍 These chess stars stay effortlessly on-trend.
Pantone’s Color of the Year 2026 – PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer – a soft, airy white that embodies calm, clarity, and the quiet confidence of those who make every move count. ♟️✨
Happy 46th birthday to 🇺🇿 Rustam Kasimdzhanov! 🎉🎂
FIDE World Champion (2004–05), trusted second in multiple World Championship matches for Anand and Caruana, and one of the most respected trainers and commentators in modern chess.
Our best wishes on this remarkable date! 🎁
🔥 3 WEEKS TO GO! 🔥
♟ The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025
🌍 Doha, Qatar 🇶🇦
🗓 December 26–30, 2025
📺 Watch on the FIDE YouTube and Twitch channels
Buy tickets – find the link on the official website:
worldrapidandblitz2025.fide.com
#RapidBlitz #Qatar #Doha
🇮🇳👏 Praggnanandhaa R emerges victorious at the London Chess Classic 2025 Open! The Indian star takes another step toward winning the FIDE Circuit 2025, earning 8.17 points and strengthening his lead in the race for a spot in the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026. ♟️🔥
After nine
♟️ Leadership Lessons from the 2025 FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship
Chess is quickly becoming a powerhouse tool inside global companies — and the FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship 2025 in Goa proved why.
Google now has 2,500 active players, J.P. Morgan’s global
“I started this year by beating Magnus.”
And that was only the beginning of an amazing 2025 journey for 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov
The 27th Asian Youth Chess Championships wrapped up after bringing together 697 young talents from 33 countries — the largest edition in the event’s history. 🏆🌏
Players competing under the FIDE flag topped the classical section, taking home 2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze, with
Ever wondered which app top chess players open first every morning? 🧐📱
👉 Drop the first app you open in the comments!
FIDE World Cup 2025 in numbers 🔥
📊♟️ Here’s a closer look at the stats that shaped the tournament! #FIDEWorldCup #Goa
The Women’s Grand Prix 2026–2027 comes with changes to its qualification paths!
One rating-based qualification spot has been reassigned to the “2024–2025 Women’s Events”.
With this change, FIDE aims to encourage greater participation in women’s events, reward recent performance
First-ever Pia Cramling Cup: Inspiring the next generation of chess stars 🌟
The FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess is delighted to announce the inaugural Pia Cramling Cup, a new tournament for girls and women established in collaboration with Pia Cramling, the Stockholm Chess
FIDE December 2025 rating list published 🔥
The FIDE December 2025 rating list was primarily shaped by the recently concluded World Cup in Goa, India 🇮🇳, and the Women’s World Team Championship in Linares, Spain 🇪🇸.
While the top 10 Open saw no distinct shifts, the top 10 Women
'Name a player from these countries' with the youngest FIDE World Cup winner in history — @GMJSindarov 🇺🇿
#FIDEWorldCup
Introducing: Pavilions Chess Academy🌟
Nepal 🇳🇵
✨ Pavilions Chess Academy, in collaboration with the Nepal Tribisa Organization, is bringing the transformative power of chess to new horizons through meaningful, community-focused initiatives.
For the first time in Nepal’s
A special guest at the London Chess Classic! 🎾♟️
@andy_murray made the ceremonial first move on Nodirbek Abdusattorov’s board!
📷 @london_chess
The December #FIDERating lists are out!
👇 Notable Highlights 👇
🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen continues his reign at the top.
🇲🇽 José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara, 🇩🇪 Alexander Donchenko, Andrey Esipenko, and 🇭🇺 Peter Leko — all climbing the charts, with rating gains of +23, +20, +17, and
"The World Cup is only a start for me" - Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿
👀 Watch full interview:
👉youtu.be/pbq2HjGOYAQ
#FIDEWorldCup @GMJSindarov
Do you see yourself as a World Champion?
#FIDEWorldCup @andrey_esipenko
Do you see yourself as World Champion?
#FIDEWorldCup @andrey_esipenko
Magnus Carlsen, one of the greatest chess players of all time, turns 35 today. Happy birthday!🎂 🎉
Fun fact: On this very day in 2016, he celebrated twice — it was also the day he won the World Championship tiebreaks to retain his title. 👑
World Champion from 2013 to 2023,
"It was nice to feel that I can compete with top players" - Andrey Esipenko
👀 Watch full interview: youtu.be/8HyHD_48aqk
#FIDEWorldCup
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich met with Kazakhstan’s Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who praised FIDE’s support and highlighted the country’s commitment to developing chess as part of its educational and cultural framework.
Both sides discussed expanding cooperation,
The FIDE World Cup had everything: intense early-round fights, stunning upsets, nerve-shredding tiebreaks, unforgettable comebacks, and a final showdown worthy of a world-class knockout event.
And at the end of this marathon, Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 emerged as the winner,
🇺🇿 A proud moment for Uzbek chess and a historic recognition for Javokhir Sindarov!
According to the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev the FIDE World Cup 2025 winner Javokhir Sindarov has been awarded the honorary title of “Honored Athlete
“I hope this is just the beginning”. Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿👏
28.11.2025 01:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0An unforgettable evening in Goa celebrated nearly a month of world-class chess, emotional moments, and the crowning of our new World Cup winner.
🎥 Watch the full closing ceremony highlights!
#FIDEWorldCup
🔥 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025: Tickets Now Available 🎟️
The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 return to Doha from December 26–30, featuring five days of fast chess, four world titles, and a prize fund of over €1,000,000.
Fans can choose from:
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Podium Finishers of the FIDE World Cup 2025 🏆
🥇 Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿
🥈 Wei Yi 🇨🇳
🥉 Andrey Esipenko
#FIDEWorldCup #Goa
The closing ceremony of the 2025 FIDE World Cup was hosted in the playing hall at Resort Rio this evening, bringing to an end nearly a month of elite chess and marking the final chapter of one of the world’s most demanding knockout events.
The hall was filled with players,
