International Social Chess Foundation

09/22/2026

Congratulations to everyone competing in the 2026 Chess Olympiad!

Hopefully everyone has tuned in to watch the games! There is some incredible gameplay going on at the FIDE event!

09/20/2026

Congratulations to all players competing in this years Chess Olympiad!

Tune in to watch the games chess lovers! ♟️🏆

PHILIPPINES AT #32 AFTER ROUND 4!

Four rounds down, and the Philippine Women’s Team sits at 32nd place with 6 match points in the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan!
Up front, USA, China, Poland, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Serbia are all on 8 points, setting up an intense battle as the Olympiad moves deeper into the tournament.
🇵🇭 6 points. Round 5 awaits.
The Filipinas are still in the fight!
LabanPililpinas!

09/18/2026

Congratulations Team Poland on your victory at the FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities! 🥳

Team Poland won the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities! 🏆️

Congratulations to the gold medallists IM Marcin Molenda, IM Paweł Piekielny, IM Aleksander Czerwoński, Julia Salamon, and Andrzej Migala! 🥇

Silver went to Team Cuba, while Team Uzbekistan 1 took bronze.

Replay the games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/3rd-fide-chess-olympiad-for-people-with-disabilities-2026/round-7/wdxEbFu2

📷 Mark Livsh*tz / FIDE

09/14/2026

Good luck to all the players at the FIDE Chess Olympiad!

Tune in to watch live onSeptember 16th through 27th on YouTube!

🔥 The FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 is almost here!

♟️ Rounds 1–10 start at 15:00 local time (UTC+5), while the final round begins at 11:00.

We’ve listed the start times for a few cities around the world 🌍
❗️ Check the image to see when the action begins in your timezone!

Watch the live broadcasts 👇
https://youtube.com//streams

♟ FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026
📍 Samarkand 🇺🇿
🗓 Game days: September 16-27

09/12/2026

Thank you to Jonathan Chen for speaking about his Infinite Chess program for children with autism at our World Youth Leadership Forum!

Link to article: https://www.fide.com/beyond-the-board-the-inaugural-world-youth-leadership-forum-unites-global-minds/

Link to Website: https://soc.fide.com/infinite-chess

09/10/2026

Thank you to Florent Vogtlin, President of the Chess Club in Muttenz, Switzerland for sharing about the advancements of his program at our World Youth Leadership Forum!

Florent Vogtlin is on the right and Andre Vogtlin is on the left.

Read more: https://www.fide.com/beyond-the-board-the-inaugural-world-youth-leadership-forum-unites-global-minds/

09/08/2026

Thank you to Alejandra Zavala from El Salvador for speaking about the Chess for Freedom program, which is an initiative to help rehabilitate inmates through chess.

Link to article: https://www.fide.com/beyond-the-board-the-inaugural-world-youth-leadership-forum-unites-global-minds/

Link to website: https://chessforfreedom.fide.com

09/06/2026

ISCF congratulates FIDE’s top young potential players 🙌! Potential future leaders in Social Chess?

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