• The Norwegian Chess Federation (Norwegian: Norges Sjakkforbund, often abbreviated as NSF) is the national federation of chess in Norway. It was founded...
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  • Norwegian Chess Championship (NM i sjakk) is an annual tournament held in Norway during the month of July, in order to determine the national chess champion...
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    Magnus Carlsen (category Norwegian chess players)
    30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and the reigning...
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  • Scrabbleforbund) Chess : Norwegian Chess Federation (Norges Sjakkforbund) Judo : Norwegian Judo Federation (Norges Judoforbund) Golf : Norwegian Golf Federation (Norges...
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  • competition from the Central Board of the Norwegian Chess Federation (NSF). Bjørnsen's appeal to the federation's rules committee was turned down in September...
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  • FIDE, established in 1924. Most national chess federations are now members of FIDE; several supranational chess organizations are also affiliated with FIDE...
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  • Retrieved 2021-09-01. Bergersen, Per A. "ELO-SYSTEMET" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 21...
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  • Arne Zwaig (category Norwegian chess players)
    won the Norwegian team championships of 1971 (Torshov), 1973, 1975, and 1976 (SK Fischer). In the early 1970s, when the Norwegian chess federation lacked...
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    FIDE (the World Chess Federation). Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ after ten of the twelve scheduled games, becoming the new world chess champion. This was...
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  • Carl Oscar Hovind (category Norwegian chess writers)
    Norwegian chess player and writer, Norwegian Chess Federation president (1946–1949). In the 1930s Carl Oscar Hovind was one of the leading Norwegian chess...
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  • The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women"...
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    Macedonia – Chess Federation of Macedonia NorwayNorwegian Chess Federation Poland – Polish Chess Federation Portugal – Portuguese Chess Federation Romania...
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  • Norsk Sjakkblad (category Chess in Norway)
    Norsk Sjakkblad (The Norwegian Chess Magazine) is a Norwegian chess periodical published by the Norwegian Chess Federation. It serves as a member's magazine...
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    Fabiano Caruana (redirect from CaruanaChess)
    grew up in Brooklyn. A chess prodigy, Caruana played for the United States until 2005, when he transferred his national federation affiliation to Italy...
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  • International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA)...
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  • the vice president of the Chess Federation of Russia Sergey Smagin stated that Carlsen represents the Norwegian Chess Federation, which had always stood...
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  • Federation Malta Chess Federation Royal Dutch Chess Federation Norwegian Chess Federation Polish Chess Federation Portuguese Chess Federation Chess Scotland...
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  • The 41st Chess Olympiad (Norwegian: Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's...
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    from the Chess Federation of Russia to the Norwegian Chess Federation. He was the first Russian player to leave the Russian Chess Federation in wake of...
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  • Major chess events in 2025 include the annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Norway Chess and Grand Chess Tour. Ju Wenjun defended her title against challenger...
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    Chess Championships in 2008 at age eight and won the women's division of the Finnish Chess Championship in 2010 at age 10. Zhou switched federations to...
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    Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz chess, and bullet chess. Armageddon chess is a variant of fast chess with...
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    blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world blitz champion title is shared by the Norwegian Grandmaster...
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  • Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. One of the largest chess platforms in the world, the site operates on a freemium...
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    The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23...
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    Chess Championships are a family of annual blitz chess tournaments held and hosted by the online chess platform Chess.com. The reigning Speed Chess Champion...
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    The US Chess Federation Official Rules of Chess (five editions by various authors), Official Chess Handbook, by Kenneth Harkness, Official Chess Rulebook...
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  • The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing...
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    describe chess moves. The rules of chess are published by FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs; "International Chess Federation"), chess's world governing...
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    Gukesh Dommaraju (category 21st-century Indian chess players)
    Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed...
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