The FIDE World Championship for People with Disabilities takes place November 5-13, 2021 on tornelo. The format is a nine-round Swiss. The time control is 45 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment per move, starting from move one.
1st
Marcin Molenda
2nd
Varvaglione, Antonio
3rd
Ilia Lipilin
280 players
from 17 countries
The 1st round of the 4th FIDE World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities started on November 05. This year the championship, organized by Dresdner Schachfestival e.V. under the auspices of FIDE, is held online due to continuous Covid-19 restrictions across the world.
Despite the change of the format, 255 players from 46 countries decided to participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament with 45 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1, and contest for the titles of "World Chess Champion among Disabled 2021" in the individual ranking and "World Chess Team Champion among Disabled 2021" in the team competition.
| Date | Event | Los Angeles | New York | Reykjavik | London | Paris | Moscow | New Delhi | Beijing |
| Friday, November 5, 2021 | Round 1 | 5:00 | 8:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Saturday, November 6, 2021 | Round 2 | 5:00 | 8:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Sunday, November 7, 2021 | Round 3 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Monday, November 8, 2021 | Round 4 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | Round 5 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | Round 6 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Thursday, November 11, 2021 | Round 7 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Friday, November 12, 2021 | Round 8 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| Saturday, November 13, 2021 | Round 9 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |