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1409

tournaments this month

47 today

716623

players

274 online now

Best today

Parvathy Krishna

32 years, IND

Rapid

1032

Blitz

1158

Bullet

992

October Update

Watch Armageddon, where world’s strongest grandmasters compete under immense time pressure. Sign up and join here.

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FIDE Online Arena rating is the online rating recognized by FIDE. So you don’t have to travel the world and participate in official offline tournaments to get and improve it. Instead, play online and participate in FOA-rated single games and online tournaments. When and wherever you want.

Before

Becoming FIDE Grandmaster

You had to participate in officially organized over-the-board tournaments to play for FIDE rating and get a formal FIDE title. It was not enough to play great chess to become a FIDE Grandmaster: you also needed to participate in dozens of tournaments around the world yearly, thus spending enormous time and money.

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Becoming Arena International Master

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