FIDE

The International Chess Federation.

Proper noun

  1. The International Chess Federation.
    • “You're pretty good at this game,” Lee said.¶ “Got an Elo rating over twenty-six hundred.”¶ “Elo? What's that?”¶ “The FIDE uses it to rank players.”¶ “FIDE?”¶ “Fédération Internationale des Échecs,” Cam said, speaking...
    • A necessary condition for a game to be rated by FIDE is that it shall be played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess. - 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2025, page 2:

Origin

Borrowed from French FIDE, from French Fédération Internationale des Échecs (“International Chess Federation”).