{"id":53499,"date":"2021-11-24T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53499"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:24:18","slug":"fide-releases-collection-of-9000-nfts-on-the-everscale-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/fide-releases-collection-of-9000-nfts-on-the-everscale-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDE releases collection of 9,000 NFTs on the Everscale blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Chess Federation (FIDE) released a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Everscale blockchain (<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/free-ton-renamed-to-everscale\">former Free TON<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The event is timed to the world chess championship, which will take place on 26 November in Dubai under FIDE&#8217;s auspices. Tokens can be purchased on the ChessNFT site.<\/p>\n<p>The collection consists of 9,000 digital items in token form: 8,400 common, 480 rare, and 120 unique. The sale of one NFT costs $100 and can be paid for with Everscale tokens, Ethereum, or by card. The platform also plans to sell NFT bundles featuring memorable moments from matches of the current championship.<\/p>\n<p>The minted token is instantly transferred to the owner&#8217;s address. Secondary trading of items from the FIDE collection will take place on the marketplace that will launch on the ChessNFT site. In addition, trading of &#8216;chess&#8217; tokens will take place on the NFT marketplace Grand Bazar, operating on the Everscale blockchain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;With the help of NFTs, we can not only digitize the works of the greatest masters but also immortalize them through exclusive ownership rights and the value of collecting,&#8221; said FIDE&#8217;s marketing director Marco Verdoya.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The plan to launch ChessNFT <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/fide-to-launch-nft-marketplace-chessnft-on-the-free-ton-blockchain\">was known<\/a> in early November. At that time, federation president Arkady Dvorkovich noted that FIDE&#8217;s entry into the NFT market would \u201cbring a new experience and opportunities for chess players around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Everscale blockchain was chosen as the basis for the platform for its \u201cability to process transactions at a global level\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A gallery based in Saint Petersburg <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/st-petersburg-gallery-launches-nft-platform-on-the-free-ton-blockchain\">launched<\/a> its own NFT platform on the Everscale blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Chess Federation (FIDE) released a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Everscale blockchain (former Free TON).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"3","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1777,1213,828],"class_list":["post-53499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-everscale","tag-nft","tag-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"3","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53501,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53499\/revisions\/53501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}