Opinion
FIDE & The Right To Vote
JULY 29 — On August 11, 2014, the delegates to the 85th FIDE Congress to be held in conjunction with the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, ...
Author Archives: Ignatius Leong
Opinion
Russia’s FIDE
JUNE 18 — In less than two months, delegates from the 180 or so National Chess Federations that make up the membership of the World Chess Federation (...
Asia-Pacific
Garry Kasparov Returns to Macau
(Sands Cotai Central, Macau) Garry Kasparov was the guest of honour at the 15th ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships held at in Macao from 3-11 June 2...
Opinion
The Battle for FIDE: Ilyumzhinov vs Kasparov
MAY 20 — The coming World Chess Federation (FIDE) elections to be held in Tromso, Norway in August 2014 has now formally had its battle lines drawn wi...
News
Africans at the World Amateur Championships in Singapore
Report by: Graham Jurgensen, Executive Director, Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa In May, Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa was pleased to be able to p...
Asia-Pacific
Kasparov’s Visit to Malaysia
On 23 April 2014, Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion and Candidate for FIDE President, flew into a grand welcome in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Afte...
Chess in Laos
Reports by Inthava Vilavane Laos in learning from Singapore Chess Recently, from 20-23 March 2014, the delegation of Laos Chess Federation (LCF...
Asia-Pacific
Kasparov Sees Chess of All Kinds in Thailand
By Panupand Vijjuprabha FIDE Presidential Candidate Garry Kasparov and running mate Ignatius Leong arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, and were immediately ...
Asia-Pacific
27th South East Asia Games, 11-22 December 2013, Myanmar
Soon after our launch on 16 November 2013 in Singapore, the Kasparov Chess Foundation Asia-Pacific was contacted by the organisers of the South Eas...