FIDE and ISCF announce dates for African and American Continental Stages of the World Schools Team Championship 2026

FIDE and ISCF announce dates for African and American Continental Stages of the World Schools Team Championship 2026 FIDE and the International School Chess Federation (ISCF) are pleased to announce the dates for the African and American Continental stages of the World Schools Team Championship 2026 (WSTC 2026). As part of the global WSTC cycle, […]
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Speaker: Dana Reizniece
Dana Reizniece Latvia Deputy Chair, FIDE Management Board / Woman Grandmaster (WGM), Latvian Women’s Olympic Chess Team member / Former Minister of Economics and Finance of Latvia / CEO, ALTUM (Latvian development finance institution) Dana Reizniece is Deputy Chair of the FIDE Management Board and former Minister of Finance and Economics of Latvia. A Woman Grandmaster […]
World Schools Team Championship 2025: Registration is open

World Schools Team Championship 2025: Registration is open May, 17 2025 FIDE and the International School Chess Federation (ISCF) invite all FIDE member federations to participate in the World Schools Team Championship 2025 (WSTC). The competition will take place in Washington, D.C./Alexandria, USA, from August 2 (arrival) to August 7 (departure), 2025. Each team must […]
World Schools Team Championship Returns – this time in the USA!

World Schools Team Championship Returns – this time in the USA! May, 6 2025 Following the resounding success of its inaugural edition in Kazakhstan, the FIDE World Schools Team Championship is back — and it’s set to be bigger and more global than ever before! The 2025 edition of this landmark scholastic event will take […]