#FIDE

The biennial team championship — 190+ federations, four-board open and women's teams, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The single largest event in the chess year.

The eight-player double round-robin that decided Gukesh Dommaraju's challenger — won, in record fashion, by Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov on the Mediterranean coast of Cyprus.

The biennial 154-player Swiss that qualifies the top two finishers directly for the 2028 Candidates Tournament — held in autumn 2027, location to be confirmed.

FIDE's annual blitz championship — 21-round Swiss at 3+2, the most dramatic chess event of the year by sheer per-second decision count.

FIDE's 206-player knockout where the top three finishers qualify for the 2028 Candidates Tournament. Dates and host city to be announced by FIDE.

FIDE's annual end-of-year championship at rapid time control — 15-round Swiss, 200+ players, the strongest annual non-classical event in chess.

Gukesh Dommaraju's first title defence — the eighteenth world champion against Javokhir Sindarov, the Uzbek who won the 2026 Candidates. Fourteen classical games in Geneva, and the youngest match for the crown ever played.

FIDE's annual championship for players under 20 — the U20 tournament that has launched the careers of Karpov, Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen, and Gukesh.

FIDE's annual championships in age categories U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 — the largest single-event youth tournament in chess.

The variant that randomises the starting position — 960 possible setups, no opening theory to memorise, the same chess once the game begins.

The international governing body of chess — founded in Paris in 1924, today headquartered in Lausanne, recognised by the IOC and responsible for the world championship cycle, ratings, titles, and the biennial Olympiad.