FIDE press officer Anastasiya Karlovich (💙💛Anastasiya Karlovych) Photo: David Llada ♞ #BatumiChess2018

Khanty-Mansiysk is not only a city of chess, but a city of biathlon too. "The Tiger of Madras" in traditional khanti clothing riding reindeer sleigh looks more like "the Bear of Siberia". #ugrachess

Zienab Nasreldin Suliman, Captain of team Sudan Photo: David Llada ♞ #BatumiChess2018

Our star Olympiad debutant, Mercedes Plaza Reino from Enniscorthy Chess at Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018 where she gained 21 FIDE rating points on board 2. We’ve no doubt that she’ll be a fixture of #IrishChess teams for years to come!

Faces of the Olympiad #batumichess2018

WFM Ednasia Junior, Under 15 African Schools Girl Champion. Photo_ David Llada ♞ #BatumiChess2018

IM Jovanka Houska (Jovanka Houska), England's first board at the Batumi Chess Olympiad. Photo: David Llada ♞ #BatumiChess2018

The South African team at the Batumi Chess Olympiad, with Jesse February, Rebecca Selkirk, Charlize van Zyl and Denise Bouah. Photo: David Llada ♞ #BatumiChess2018

Once the WCC match was over, while all the personalities, VIPs and fancy people were sipping cocktails at the bar, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich dropped by the press room to thank all the journalists for their work. 👏

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"Chess launches campaign for rapid and blitz formats to be added to Paris 2024 programme", by Liam Morgan for insidethegames insidethegames.biz/articles/10754…

"Paris 2024 are due to submit their recommendations for new sports before the @ International Olympic Committee Executive Board meets in Lausanne from March 26 to 28." The Olympic Games

"The IOC Session in June will then offer provisional approval before the new additions are officially confirmed by the Executive Board in December 2020." IOC MEDIA

FIDE Director-General Emil Sutovsky visited Boston and Cambridge (MA) for a series of meetings last week. The new project "Best minds play chess" uniting world top universities is scheduled to launch later this year. MIT and Harvard expressed their interest to take part in it.

World #FischerRandom Championship is open for everyone. The qualifiers start this Sunday, don't miss out! frchess.com #frchess #Carlsen #Nakamura #Caruana #Grischuk #Svidler #Firouzja

Ready to travel with me in #beautiful #svaneti #georgia 🇬🇪 #traveling #travelblogger 🌍

FIDE President A. Dvorkovich is now in Australia for the @SportAccord congress. Executive Director V. Bologan is embarking into a long trip to several Latin American countries. Meanwhile, Africa prepares for its very first super tournament. Chess is blooming all over the world!

Who's playing the 2019 World Fischer Random Chess Championship? How do you register and qualify? What is the format? Get the answers to all your #frchess questions in our official information article! 👀 ♝♞♜♚♛♝♜♞ ♗♘♖♔♕♗♖♘ chess.com/article/view/2…

The traumatic experiences of @refugees often turn in social anxiety, depression, and other issues. Chess is a valuable tool to deal with them, and FIDE wants to give full support to the introduction of #chess in refugee camps. fide.com/component/cont… @UNCHR

Today is the International #HumanSpaceFlight day, held on April 12 to commemorate the first space flight by Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. In this picture Gagarin, Grigory Nelyubov and Nikolai Kamanin are playing chess during the flight that took them to the Baikonur Cosmodrome (KAZ).