{"id":32941,"date":"2025-03-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=32941"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:14:54","slug":"fide-launches-first-digital-museum-dedicated-to-chess-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/fide-launches-first-digital-museum-dedicated-to-chess-history\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDE launches first digital museum dedicated to chess history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A first-of-its-kind digital museum dedicated to chess provides global access to FIDE\u2019s archive, offering researchers and chess fans a curated look into the game\u2019s evolution<\/i><\/b><\/p>

As part of its 2024 centenary celebrations, FIDE has unveiled an online museum tracing chess history from ancient times to modern tournaments. The Open Chess Museum<\/a><\/strong> endorsed by FIDE aims to become the world\u2019s largest repository of chess artifacts, showcasing valuable items from every corner of the world and every era of chess history.<\/span><\/p>

For the first time, a full historical record of chess is freely available online\u2014featuring rare, never-before-seen materials ranging from hand-annotated scoresheets to championship medals and personal artifacts of top players. The project also aims to highlight lesser-known facts and stories from the game\u2019s past.<\/span><\/p>

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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich said the project offers \u201ca closer, in-depth perspective on chess\u201d and reflects \u201cFIDE\u2019s broader push towards digital engagement with the public.\u201d<\/span><\/p>
\u201cChess is one of the oldest and richest sports in history. Over centuries, countless books have been written about the game, the players, the events. Much of this is now available online\u2014but what\u2019s missing is a central, official reference point telling the full story of chess. The FIDE Online Chess Museum is exactly that: a place where you can find key information about the most significant events and the people who shaped the game,\u201d said Dvorkovich.<\/span><\/p>
\u201cWe hope the chess community\u2014and those curious about the game\u2014see the value in the resources now freely available to explore and enrich the sport,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>
Visitors navigate the museum through five thematic sections. The \u201cCollection\u201d segment includes photographs, handwritten letters, Olympiad posters, commemorative pins, and personal belongings from famous players\u2014alongside historical documents and autographs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The history section begins with a visual timeline showing all the key stages in the history of chess, up to 1913 and the first steps to create an international chess organization.<\/span><\/p>\n
A dedicated segment traces FIDE\u2019s history from early international efforts in 1913 to its evolution into the sport\u2019s global authority. This part features high-quality photos and scans of documents based on which the chess world is organized and governed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The \u201cWorld Champions\u201d part includes detailed biographies, annotated games, and key publications chronicling the careers and legacies of the game\u2019s greatest players.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The project marks a milestone in chess historiography and signals FIDE\u2019s renewed commitment to public engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n
Following up on FIDE\u2019s slogan \u2013 <\/span>the game is just beginning \u2013 <\/span><\/i>the Open Online Chess Museum aims to be a constantly evolving project. FIDE is inviting other collectors, galleries, national federations, clubs and players to join in and have their collections and artifacts also featured on the museum\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n
The museum is free to access via the website museum.fide.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A first-of-its-kind digital museum dedicated to chess provides global access to FIDE\u2019s archive, offering researchers and chess fans a curated look into the game\u2019s evolution As part of its 2024 centenary celebrations, FIDE has unveiled an online museum tracing chess history from ancient times to modern tournaments. The Open Chess Museum endorsed by FIDE aims to become the world\u2019s largest repository of chess artifacts, showcasing valuable items from every corner of the world and every era of chess history. For the first time, a full historical record of chess is freely available online\u2014featuring rare, never-before-seen materials ranging from hand-annotated scoresheets to championship medals and personal artifacts of top players. The project also aims to highlight lesser-known facts and stories from the game\u2019s past. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich said the project offers \u201ca closer, in-depth perspective on chess\u201d and reflects \u201cFIDE\u2019s broader push towards digital engagement with the public.\u201d \u201cChess is one of the oldest and richest sports in history. Over centuries, countless books have been written about the game, the players, the events. Much of this is now available online\u2014but what\u2019s missing is a central, official reference point telling the full story of chess. The FIDE Online Chess Museum is exactly that: a place where you can find key information about the most significant events and the people who shaped the game,\u201d said Dvorkovich. \u201cWe hope the chess community\u2014and those curious about the game\u2014see the value in the resources now freely available to explore and enrich the sport,\u201d he added. Visitors navigate the museum through five thematic sections. The \u201cCollection\u201d segment includes photographs, handwritten letters, Olympiad posters, commemorative pins, and personal belongings from famous players\u2014alongside historical documents and autographs. The history section begins with a visual timeline showing all the key stages in the history of chess, up to 1913 and the first steps to create an international chess organization. A dedicated segment traces FIDE\u2019s history from early international efforts in 1913 to its evolution into the sport\u2019s global authority. This part features high-quality photos and scans of documents based on which the chess world is organized and governed. The \u201cWorld Champions\u201d part includes detailed biographies, annotated games, and key publications chronicling the careers and legacies of the game\u2019s greatest players. The project marks a milestone in chess historiography and signals FIDE\u2019s renewed commitment to public engagement. Following up on FIDE\u2019s slogan \u2013 the game is just beginning \u2013 the Open Online Chess Museum aims to be a constantly evolving project. FIDE is inviting other collectors, galleries, national federations, clubs and players to join in and have their collections and artifacts also featured on the museum\u2019s website. The museum is free to access via the website museum.fide.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[371],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[358],"class_list":["post-32941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fide-news","tag-chess-museums","sticky-post-sticky"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32941"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33046,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32941\/revisions\/33046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32941"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=32941"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=32941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}