FIDE World U7-U17 Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026 Egypt: Registration continues - FIDE

FIDE, in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess & Mind Games Club, invites all FIDE member federations to participate in the World Junior U20 Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026. Each federation can register an unlimited number of players. The championships will be held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, from November 1 (arrival) to November 7 (departure), 2026. The winners of the World Junior Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 and the top 10 players on the starting list (5 Rapid + 5 Blitz for the open section and 5 Rapid + 5 Blitz for the girls’ section) are entitled to free full-board accommodation in a double room. FIDE member Federations should proceed with the registration of their participants. Please note that eligible players must be born on or after January 1, 2006. The official registration link: https://juniorrapidandblitz2026.fide.com  Email: juniorrapidblitz@fide.comInvitation, regulations, schedule (PDF)The deadline for registration, hotel reservations and receipt of all applicable payments has been extended to October 27, 2026.

East Region OPP are reporting over 1500 charges have been laid over the course of Operation Impact, an enforcement blitz targeting unsafe driving behaviours. Over the Thanksgiving weekend between October 9 and 12, officers across the East Region OPP were on the hunt for unsafe drivers, with a focus on the “Big Four” causes of road deaths. The “Big Four” are impaired driving, distracted driving, speeding, and driving without a seat belt. Across the East Region, speeding was the most common charge with 843 charges laid. Seat belt charges came second at 83 charges laid. Distracted and impaired driving were tied for third with 33 charges each.

Israeli settlers have attacked European diplomats, including a French mayor, near the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The delegation was visiting Palestinian olive harvesters on Saturday when the Israeli attackers confronted the group. The attack comes a day after settlers assaulted a US journalist north of Ramallah. In Saturday’s incident, the settlers targeted Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. “A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle damaged,” Prevot said, linking the attack to what he called Israel’s “illegal settlement policy” and pledging to push for further European Union sanctions. French mayor Bernard Baudoux, who was assaulted, told the AFP news agency that the violence suggests that “there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government” towards settler violence. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah, said the settlers surrounded the diplomats’ vehicles, pelted them with stones and smashed their windows.

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