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Investor Relations \u00b7 London Stock Exchange \u00b7 CHSS

600 million play chess.

The only official FIDE platform. Listed in London as CHSS.

\n The investment case\n Buy CHSS\n

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FIDE Commercial Partner

The only official platform.

FIDE governs chess for 200 nations. World Chess is its commercial partner \u2014 the single platform where players earn ratings and titles recognized by FIDE and compete in official tournaments online.

\n Why it matters\n Buy CHSS\n

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The credential moat

One platform issues ratings recognized by FIDE. A structural advantage \u2014 not a network effect.

200National federations. One official online platform.

The India window

Fifty million watched Gukesh become World Champion at 18. A billion players. Smartphones everywhere.

\n $\"Chess$ \n

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The Investment Case

Six reasons.

The official platform of a 200-nation sport \u2014 and the only place on earth its ratings and titles are recognized.

The official platform

World Chess is the official online home of the game: one place to play, rank, and compete under FIDE's name.

Official FIDE partner

Recognized by FIDE

Ratings and titles recognized by FIDE exist nowhere else online. A competitor can build a board. It cannot grant a title.

The only recognized platform

Company news \u203a

A product worth paying for

A modern platform to play and improve \u2014 analysis, ratings, live tournaments \u2014 built to turn a vast free audience into subscribers.

Subscription engine

Broadcast to 150 countries

The World Chess Show makes elite chess watchable \u2014 produced in-house, carried in 150 countries. Television that feeds the platform.

The media flywheel

Watch the show \u203a

Official merchandise

World Chess designs and sells the official sets and boards of the World Championship. A branded-goods business, not a gift shop.

Official championship gear

Visit the shop \u203a

One flywheel

Platform, titles, broadcast, and products are one system. Every championship sends players to the platform; every subscriber funds the next event.

One integrated system

\n Buy CHSS\n Talk to the CEO\n

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Meet the CEO

Ilya Merenzon. Built the FIDE partnership in 2012, took the company public in London, grew the platform from zero to over a million users.

\n CEO on LinkedIn \u203a\n

\n $\"Ilya$ \n

The opportunity

The world's most undercommercialised major sport \u2014 at the moment it finds its largest audience.

1.04MRegistered users across 100+ countries

Comparable: WSOP brand sale \u2248 $500M \u00b7 PDC darts media model

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London Stock Exchange \u00b7 Ticker CHSS \u00b7 No minimum

Buy CHSS.

Available through any UK stockbroker. Search the ticker CHSS.

Hargreaves Lansdown

UK's largest platform

View CHSS \u203a

Interactive Investor

Flat-fee investing

View CHSS \u203a

Trading 212

Commission-free

Search CHSS \u203a

\n View CHSS on the London Stock Exchange \u203a\n

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Market Data \u00b7 CHSS \u00b7 London Stock Exchange

Live, and on the record.

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LSE \u00b7 CHSS

World Chess Plc

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52-week range

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Volume

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Shares in issue

~1.09bn

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Board & leadership.

CEO

Ilya Merenzon

NED \u00b7 Interim Chair

Jamison Firestone

COO

Matvey Shekhovtsov

CFO

Richard Collett

Meet the board & leadership \u203a

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Governance & capital.

World Chess Plc operates the platform worldchess.com, licenses chess clubs, manufactures and sells chess merchandise, organises tournaments, and promotes and manages players \u2014 reinventing chess for 21st-century fans and consumers.

Governance

As a company with a Standard Listing, World Chess is not required to comply with the UK Corporate Governance Code. The Directors are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and, so far as is practicable given the Company's size and nature, adopt and comply with the QCA Code.

Share capital & registration

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Ticker	CHSS \u00b7 Main market, LSE
Incorporation	England & Wales
Company number	10589323
ISIN	GB00BF0GML13
SEDOL	BF0GML1
Nominal value	GBP 0.0001
Shares in issue	1,089,806,579

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Downloads

Documents.

2026

\n Notice of AGMPDF \u00b7 Jun 2026\n Annual Report 2025PDF \u00b7 Apr 2026\n Notice of General MeetingPDF \u00b7 Mar 2026\n

2025

\n Notice of AGMPDF \u00b7 Jun 2025\n Annual Report 2024PDF \u00b7 Apr 2025\n

2024

\n Annual Report 2023PDF \u00b7 2024\n

2023

\n Notice of AGMPDF \u00b7 Jun 2023\n Annual Report 2022PDF \u00b7 2023\n ProspectusPDF \u00b7 Mar 2023\n

Media

\n Press image bankCleared photo assets \u2197\n

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Advisers.

Corporate Adviser

ALBR Capital

David Coffman \u00b7 +44 (0)20 7399 9400

dc@albrcapital.com

Auditor

PKF Littlejohn LLP

Legal Adviser

Marriott Harrison LLP

Registrar

Link Group

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No gatekeepers.

CEO

Ilya Merenzon

merenzon@worldchess.com

Investor Relations

Matt Shekhovtsov

ms@worldchess.com

Corporate Adviser

ALBR Capital

dc@albrcapital.com

World Chess Plc is incorporated in England and Wales (company number 10589323). Its shares are traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CHSS. This page is for information only and does not constitute investment advice. The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invest.

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