---
title: "WORLD CHESS PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b54a6237-d944-51b8-ac76-e2498d49bc08
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b54a6237-d944-51b8-ac76-e2498d49bc08
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10589323
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WORLD CHESS PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10589323`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b54a6237-d944-51b8-ac76-e2498d49bc08  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b54a6237-d944-51b8-ac76-e2498d49bc08  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **WORLD CHESS PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:213800BKR3RT23F9DN71` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f84f45b0-39f0-5fe1-844d-f70df3d4990f

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Ilya Merenzon** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91b9b7d8-e571-52b7-982f-a9172346df2e
- **Matvey Shekhovtsov** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24a073fc-971c-4fa9-9fb2-1ba7b7303368
- **Matvey Shekhovtsov** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9260eb3f-3050-51c9-847e-d08ad214e4d6
- **Ilya Merenzon** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/356ee99f-1d2a-4fe5-b158-3471a1fd8981

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WORLD CHESS EVENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ede2e9a1-8a75-5edc-afd1-0568b68022d0
- **WORLD CHESS EVENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ede2e9a1-8a75-5edc-afd1-0568b68022d0

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **4-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `10589323`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 2017-01-30
- **Registered office:** Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74909

### Officers

- [MSP CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d2da21a-87b8-4034-9199-5be1c8f929b3) — corporate secretary · appointed 2022-01-01
- COLLETT, Richard Henry — director · British · appointed 2023-04-06
- FIRESTONE, Jamison Reed — director · British · appointed 2020-08-10
- MERENZON, Ilya — director · Israeli · appointed 2017-01-30
- SHEKHOVTSOV, Matvey — director · Russian · appointed 2017-01-30
- SHEKHOVTSOV, Matvey — secretary · appointed 2017-01-30 · resigned 2022-01-01
- CHALYKH, Ekaterina — director · Russian · appointed 2020-08-24 · resigned 2022-04-13
- RAFFERTY, Neil Martin — director · British · appointed 2023-04-06 · resigned 2023-04-06
- RAFFERTY, Neil Martin — director · British · appointed 2023-04-06 · resigned 2026-05-11
- WOOLFMAN, Graham Jeffrey — director · British · appointed 2023-04-06 · resigned 2025-02-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Ilya Merenzon — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2017-01-30
- Matvey Shekhovtsov — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2017-01-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10589323
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10589323

---

_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WORLD CHESS PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b54a6237-d944-51b8-ac76-e2498d49bc08 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b54a6237-d944-51b8-ac76-e2498d49bc08._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._