Proceedings of the International scientific and practical conference ― Safiye Ali Forum: Women, Science & Society‖ (July 8-10, 2025) / OP website: www.naukainfo.com. - Istanbul, Turkey, 2025. — 57 p.

47 pawn to become the strongest piece gave players an additional incentive to fight to the end. The new version of chess quickly gained popularity, and already in the 18th century, not only aristocrats but also ordinary people were interested in it, playing in specially equipped cafes. Methods and organization of the research. The presented research is based on existing programs, developments and methods used in domestic sports science. The study was conducted by collecting information on the problematic topic, systematizing the obtained data, analyzing, and also conducting a cognitive synthesis, as a result of which a conclusion and recommendations were drawn. Research results and their discussion. Chess was officially recognized as a sport in 1999 by the International Olympic Committee. Firstly, during this period, international tournaments and championships began to be actively held, which required unification of rules and organization of competitions at a professional level. Secondly, in 1924, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded, which played a key role in recognizing chess as a sport. In addition, recognizing chess as a sport simplified the organization of tournaments, attracting sponsors, and developing a professional chess community [2]. Today, chess is recognized as a sport more in 100 countries around the world. An important step was the recognition of FIDE by the International Olympic Committee, which officially secured the status of chess as a non-Olympic sport [4]. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the growing popularity of the Internet and online games, electronic tournaments, or online tournaments, began to actively develop. But with the development of new technologies, many problems and restrictions, scammers and cheaters appeared. In order to win a sum of money, people changed, used hints, did not turn on cameras, downloaded viruses and much more. Because of this cheats, many organizers refuse online tournaments, not wanting to invest their money and devalue the legendary game. However, people still believe