Sabbatical

While “over the board” chess tournaments around the world gave its way to virtual surrogates due to the pandemic, most professionals — and women especially — ended up being systematically excluded from the possibility of holding their own in the ranking list, and finally, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) has ruled that, from November 2020 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, the allowed period of inactivity is increased from one year to two years.