Questions tagged [fide]
Questions about FIDE, the international governing body of chess.
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What should the penalty be for a player leaving the playing venue?
FIDE Laws of Chess article 11.2 says:
11.2 The ‘playing venue’ is defined as the ‘playing area’, rest rooms, toilets, refreshment area, area set aside for smoking and other places
as designated ...
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Misplaced King and Queen
Suppose the players misplace the position of King and Queen in a tournament game, what should the arbiter do according to the latest FIDE rules? Does the action depend on the time control/format of ...
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Can a player ever lose her or his rating (voluntarily)?
I am just curious. Is it possible for a rated player to quit his association with FIDE and start afresh, as an unrated player?
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Associating myself with my FIDE chess profile
I have a USCF rating, but never had a FIDE rating. Two of the recent tournaments I played in were USCF/FIDE events. As a result, I now have a FIDE ID, and a "FIDE Chess Profile" page on the FIDE ...
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Get Fide-rated without revealing your birthday?
I noticed the Fide rating list is always published with the date of birth of the player. Is registering one's actual birthdate with Fide a requirement for a Fide rating? It is a major concern for me ...
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When will the 2018 FIDE Candidates tournament be held, and who will qualify for it?
We've just had the World Championship match between Carlsen and Karjakin, so one qualifier for the next Candidates is known: Karjakin.
I assume it will be held in 2018, is anything more known about ...
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What does the FIDE do besides organize the international tournament?
What does the FIDE do besides the organize the international tournament? Or does the FIDE specialize in the tournament?
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Old FIDE Title Regulations
I have seen on the FIDE website https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=10&view=category that only the regulations governing the award of FIDE titles effective from 1st July 2014 are available.
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Chess.com rating vs FIDE rating [duplicate]
I've been playing on chess.com standard time (not blitz) for a while with a rating of around 1670, but my FIDE rating is still around 1600, still growing. Is there an actual conversion available for ...
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What are the sites and links to get a FIDE rating?
I am an active member of Chess.com. Now, I want a FIDE rating. Are there any possibilities that with reference to the Chess.com rating, I can get a FIDE rating? Since I am new to this please provide ...
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How respectable is the CM title?
I know a man who has the CM title and his wife is WGM. They wrote a book together and on the cover her name is given with the WGM title but his name is left without his CM title. I asked him about ...
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Touch a piece and then claim opponent's previous move was illegal
In a last round tie between 2 players fighting for top seed in a competition, here is what happened.
White had 18 seconds on his clock and black had 26 seconds. Black was winning. At move 56, black ...
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FIDE rating: how games are rated if a new list is published while playing a tournament
Does anybody knows how games are rated (FIDE rating) when a new list is published while playing a tournament?
Let's say I'm playing a tournament starting at April and ending at June. Starting ratings ...
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Is there a way to get a FIDE ID without playing in FIDE rated events?
Is there a way to obtain FIDE ID, also known as FID, without actually participating in FIDE rated events? I don't mean obtaining a FIDE rating, just the ID.
The reason why I am asking is simple: ...
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How to become a rated player?
Can someone explain to me what are the procedures involvd in getting a chess rating? If different countries have different procedures then how one can get an international chess rating in India?
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Is it illegal to write clock time in the score sheet during tournaments?
I have the habit of noting the clock time near my moves in tournament. I've been doing this for years now, but today a friend told me it is illegal according to FIDE. I wonderwhat the regulation ...
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What features can I add to this FIDE chess application? (edits made 2/25)
EDIT: Most of the app is completed. Now all I have to complete is implementation of FIDE arbiters, a dynamic 3d plot (right now it only has 3 variables being plotted, no inputs affect it), adding more ...
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Joining a FIDE tournament abroad without a rating
I am an unrated USCF member, ~1800 @ lichess.org. I've been travelling from place to place for years, and was thinking about joining FIDE rated tournaments to adjust to OTB and become rated. But, if I ...
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Does FIDE give titles to chess composers?
If so, do share more insight about the how-tos and other links to read. Thanks!
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Fide Rating result
In JUly, 2015 I got 1.5 points against rated player and faced 6 players and again in January, 2016 I faced three more fide rated players . Totally, I faced 9 fide rated players, Shall I eligible for ...
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Play chess online and get an offical Elo rank
I played chess 30 years ago an now I am back in the arena. I have some spare time to train and play online. Could you please recommend me a good place to do so. A web interface without the need of any ...
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How does Chesscube.com rating compare to USCF and FIDE ratings?
My Chesscube is 1800. I would like to have the strength of 2100 or 1900 USCF and FIDE. What Chesscube rating do I need?
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What are good chess tournaments to play in Europe as a USCF Class A + age 21+?
I'm looking for a good European chess tournament to play that would be good for my age and playing strength. Perhaps even meet more chess player close to my age group. Any suggestions?
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Mate vs timeout
I've read about "mate prevails" here on this site, but I couldn't get a clear view on one odd point. I get that the mating move prevails, but if you couldn't do it before your flag falls, ...
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Starting Elo in FIDE system for new chess game
I'm developing a chess game and for the Elo system I want to know recommendations for the starting Elo level for the users.
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Why does the FIDE ID change sometimes?
I noticed that FIDE ID (unique ID used on FIDE rating lists) changes for some players. E.g. Igor Khenkin had 3 different IDs (4659600, 4135814 and 2802350).
Sometimes (like for Khenkin) ID changes ...
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Expert vs. Candidate Master?
What is the difference?
I mildly understand that Candidate Master is a 2000-2100 FIDE Title, but I've seen several USCF players with that under their "Norms" section, in conjunction with 1st Category,...
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Why do FIDE tournaments have rest days on weekends?
I'm one of those sad geeks that, instead of watching football of some sort or another, prefer to watch the super GM's battle it out whenever my schedule allows. This weekend I was looking forward to ...
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Where exactly in the Fide handbook can you find the hand shaking rule?
So I was wondering where is it located, in the fide handbook, the rule that you have to shake hands with your opponent. I know it exists, especially since the Cheparinov-Short case some time ago, I ...
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Expected score in my first FIDE tournament
Going to play my first international tournament next week.
As this is my first I do not have a FIDE ELO (I have national rating however).
How will my games be rated and how is my expected score for ...
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What is the TimeControl format for FIDE tournament?
The TimeControl formats I've found on the web split the TimeControl in time periods separated by a special character, for instance:
G/90 (one period with 90min to end the game)
G/90+30 (one period ...
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How should an arbiter handle copying moves from another game?
In 2004 the British illusionist, Derren Brown, despite being a very poor chess player scored +4 -3 =2 against 9 strong chess players including scoring 2/4 against 4 grandmasters in a simul. Of course ...
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If on my turn I adjust a piece on its square without saying “J'adoube” or equivalent do I have to move it?
Suppose I nudge a piece back on to the center of its square using a light tap with the back of my little finger. Will this constitute touching the piece within the meaning of the FIDE touch-move rule?
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FIDE rules regarding use of foreign languages in algebraic notation
Article 8.1a states that:
In the course of play each player is required to record his own moves
and those of his opponent in the correct manner, move after move, as
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How does a chess club become recognized by FIDE?
First question here, I split it into 2 questions
What would it take for the club to be recognized by FIDE? At first the club would be a place to have fun, but later on, I would like that the club ...
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Inconsistent timings of world championships
According to Wikipedia recent world championship tournaments have been played in these years:
2006
2007
2008
2010
2012
2013
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2016
What is logic behind this, sometimes they are played every ...
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Around 00-01 Fide had a great online arena. What happened to that?
I remember this from the days entering high school ;) Fide.com has this very well made online game room, much like yahoo's in terms of functionality, but much cleaner and with some funky rating system ...
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FIDE-approved opening names
The Wikipedia article on the Latvian Gambit says that the name Latvian Gambit was made official by the FIDE Congress of 1937. I didn't realise that FIDE was in the business of approving names of ...
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Touching an opponent's piece with one of your pieces
If I touch one of my opponent's pieces with one of my pieces, but do not touch it with my fingers, do I then have to take it?
This question was raised in a junior school when one player touched his ...
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Why the ratings used for different time controls are different?
The FIDE assigns a player not one but three different ratings:
For classical games featuring long time controls, that is, 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 ...
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Why has the number of games decreased over time in WCC?
The World Chess Championship between Lasker and Capablanca in 1921 was organised as the winner would be the first to 8 points, draws not counting, and if this goal was not reached, the player with ...
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Quintuple repetition and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision
How does the new quintuple-repetition rule work, please?
To be clear: my question does not concern how likely the rule and its cases are to arise in practical play, but rather just what the rule is, ...
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Draws, castling rights, and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision
A question of rulebook pedantry:
Effective July 2014, the FIDE has revised its Laws of Chess. As you know, the Laws have long allowed a player to claim a draw by repetition. The July 2014 Laws, ...
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Draws, en passant, and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision
Effective July 2014, the FIDE has revised its Laws of Chess. Some questions occur regarding the revision, including one re draws and en passant.
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Why Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is so popular in the chess world? [closed]
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has just been re-elected as the next FIDE president again. He's so far beaten two World Chess Champions in the elections - Karpov and Kasparov, both by some absolutely big margins.
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FIDE Online Arena: what specifically determines bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored time controls?
I've been trying out the FIDE Online Arena; while I've found a lot of marketing, I find very little useful documentation (possibly because the software is new).
FIDE Online Arena has four different ...
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Is FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov a good chess player? What's his Elo rating?
On this page it says he is not rated: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=34123811
I could only find one game featuring Ilyumzhinov, in which he played a 2300 Elo player and lost: http://www....
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If you exploit Article 12.9 in FIDE's Laws of Chess, is it possible to benefit yourself by purposely receiving a penalty?
After I received this answer on my previous question, I found the list of penalties which a player can receive, according to FIDE guidelines.
As FIDE states in Article 12.9:
Options available to the ...
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How to get a license to have an Elo rating in USA [duplicate]
Which link should I follow to get a license in order to have an Elo rating in the USA?
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Where can I find a list of tournaments to participate in?
Where should I look for a list of tournaments in which new players can participate? I know that many players want to play real matches, but don't know how and where.
Also provide list for online ...
