Tahsin had participated in various chess tournaments abroad, accompanied by his father GM Zia, who passed away while playing a chess match in August last year. Ever since, the chess prodigy has been facing financial constraints in participating in overseas tournaments.
Announcing the change in policy world chess boss Arkadi Dvorkovitch said: "I took the decision to trial an approach to provide more flexibility to FIDE officials in judgements regarding the suitability of the attire."
The Norwegian was fined $200 for wearing jeans before Chief Arbiter Alex Holowzsak disqualified him for repeated violation.
Neer not only claimed the national chess championship but also became the country’s youngest International Master.
Hundreds of fans crowded the arrivals area of Chennai airport, cheering alongside banks of television cameras as Gukesh made his way out of the airport after victory in taking the World Chess Championship title.
Gukesh was just seven when he watched compatriot Viswanathan Anand lose the world chess title in November 2013 to challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway -- a match that fired up his dream to bring the crown back to India.
The 18-year-old became "the YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION in history", said the International Chess Federation in a post on social media platform X, after Ding resigned in a thrilling endgame that had been expected to end in a draw.
Ding's victory put both players at six points apiece, with only two more games to go in the classical format chess at Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa.
Five players shared the lead in Category A of the Saif PowerTec 2nd International Rating Chess Tournament at the close of the sixth
IM Minhazuddin Ahmed slipped from the top of category A of Saif PowerTec 2nd International Rating Chess Tournament after drawing
FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman drew with GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib in the Category A fourth round game of the SAIF PowerTec 2nd
FIDE Master Sheikh Nasir Ahmed earned his second International Master norm at the 40th Open International Barbara Dell Villis Category
FIDE Master Sheikh Nasir Ahmed is just half a point away from achieving his first International Master norm after he beat Span's IM
While the grandmasters of Bangladesh failed to earn laurels from the Commonwealth Chess Championship in India, it was unheralded veteran Hanif Mollah and young Manon Reja Neer who brought some solace to the nation.
Both GM Ziaur Rahman and GM Abdullah Al Rakib were held to draws in the eighth and penultimate round of the Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi yesterday.
GM Ziaur Rahman and GM Abdullah Al Rakib shared the third position along with nine other players with five points at the end of the 7th
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman extended his winning streak in the Commonwealth Chess Championship to three games when he beat Indian
FIDE Master Fahad Rahman and Jannatul Ferdous slipped to the second position from top in their respective groups of the
