FIDE Website

[Chris Rice]

FIDE's website has had a makeover.

[Ian Thompson]

FIDE's website has had a makeover.

... and looks far better than the old one did.

[Matt Mackenzie]

That might not be hard tbf.

[NickFaulks]

... and looks far better than the old one did.

It certainly does, which was obviously the priority of the developers. It's a shame that serious users can no longer access all of the information they need.

[Alex Holowczak]

... and looks far better than the old one did.

It certainly does, which was obviously the priority of the developers. It's a shame that serious users can no longer access all of the information they need.

Sometimes, ratings.fide.com even loads!

[Alex Holowczak]

So, should I keep pressing F5 on the FIDE website in the hope that I might be able to look up children's FIDE IDs before a tournament on Saturday to get the live broadcast working, or shall I just give up and forget about it until tomorrow?

[Ian Thompson]

It's a shame that serious users can no longer access all of the information they need.

Also a shame that the "Other Tournaments" listing has been replaced by a list of what looks like all events registered for FIDE rating. At the very least it needs the ability to either select only tournaments (or to filter out leagues) and preferably only one entry per tournament, not one entry per section of each tournament. In Europe in December, for example, 22 out of the first 25 entries are various divisions of various leagues, which are probably of no interest to anyone (as players in those leagues will probably use a league website to get information about them).

[Ian Thompson]

It's a shame that serious users can no longer access all of the information they need.

ChessBase point out that the old site can still be accessed from https://old.fide.com/. However, I tried a few links from this site and they all went to a page on the new site, so not much use.

[NickFaulks]

It's a shame that serious users can no longer access all of the information they need.

ChessBase point out that the old site can still be accessed from https://old.fide.com/. However, I tried a few links from this site and they all went to a page on the new site, so not much use.

After experimenting and with some help from Elista, it turns out that most of the things you need can indeed be accessed on the new site if you know where to look. The disdain in which the developers, whoever they may be, hold those who need to use the FIDE site is still clear to see.

[Adam Raoof]

Is it too much to ask them to add the actual fide ID numbers to the initial search results?

[Roger de Coverly]

Is it too much to ask them to add the actual fide ID numbers to the initial search results?

How to really annoy organisers without effort.

If the ECF ever revamps its own grading/rating website, it should whisper in the ears of the developers that displaying codes would be a "good thing".

If when entering a tournament, you are asked to quote your ECF grading code and FIDE rating code, both are available at the ecfgrading site, but not the FIDE rating.

[Alex Holowczak]

Is it too much to ask them to add the actual fide ID numbers to the initial search results?

Hear, hear.

[Mick Norris]

Presidential Board decisions

The joint bid of Shanghai (China) and Vladivostok (Russia) to hold Women's World Championship match in January of 2020 has been approved. Thanks to the consolidated effort of two cities the guaranteed prize fund of the match reached €500,000 (2.5 times as much comparing to the previous classical World Championship match in the spring of 2018). The match will be played in both participants’ native countries, thus ensuring full equality for the opponents.

The bid of Yekaterinburg (Russia) to hold FIDE Candidates Tournament in the spring of 2020 has been approved. Yekaterinburg is known for its long chess traditions – it is sufficient to recall that in 2006 the city hosted the knockout Women’s World Championship; the local team has won the European Chess Club Cup. FIDE expects the highest level of organization of the upcoming event.

I assume that means a Russian wildcard

[Leonard Barden]

Presidential Board decisions

The bid of Yekaterinburg (Russia) to hold FIDE Candidates Tournament in the spring of 2020 has been approved. Yekaterinburg is known for its long chess traditions – it is sufficient to recall that in 2006 the city hosted the knockout Women’s World Championship; the local team has won the European Chess Club Cup. FIDE expects the highest level of organization of the upcoming event.

I assume that means a Russian wildcard

The point has already been made:

Fide has announced Ekaterinburg, the former Sverdlovsk, as its venue for the 2020 candidates. In earlier years the host city was only settled after all eight players were known, and the successful organisers would then choose a wildcard.

This early decision means that Russia’s top three, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, and Sergey Karjakin, have the wildcard in reserve as insurance against failing to qualify via other routes. Pairing rules ensure that players from the same country meet in an early round, but the venue is still a negative for Ding and especially for Caruana, who is qualified for the candidates as the defeated 2018 challenger but has not played in Russia since 2015.

[Paul Cooksey]

I'd think Artemiev probably has a decent wildcard chance too, depending on who the sponsor is.