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Luigi Maggi is re-elected President of the Italian Chess Federation at the elections for the President and members of the federation’s council that were held at the General Assembly of the federation.

The 92nd Ukrainian Chess Championship and the 82nd Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship is taking place from 14 to 22 December in Lviv, Ukraine.

127 players compete in the Open championship and 33 players take part in the Women’s competition. The events are played in rounds, Swiss system, with the total prize fund of 14 000 eur. The top seeds are GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko (UKR, 2570) in Open and WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (UKR, 2330) in the Women’s event. Scroll down for the participants lists.

18-year-old Indian wonderkid Gukesh D is the new FIDE World Champion and the 18^th in the line of champions, the youngest ever in history. In an unexpected turn of events, when it seemed that the final game was going to end in a draw and the tiebreaks were unavoidable, the champion Ding Liren made a huge mistake. The final result of the match is 7.5-6.5 for the challenger.

18-year-old Indian wonderkid Gukesh D is the new FIDE World Champion and the 18^th in the line of champions, the youngest ever in history. In an unexpected turn of events, when it seemed that the final game was going to end in a draw and the tiebreaks were unavoidable, the champion Ding Liren made a huge mistake. The final result of the match is 7.5-6.5 for the challenger.

The World Chess Championship 2024 – Gukesh vs Ding Liren is a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. Game 14 takes place December 12 and Gukesh and Ding Liren will be on Chessdom.com, with live video, games commentary, analysis and more.

The World Chess Championship 2024 – Gukesh vs Ding Liren is a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. Game 13 takes place December 11 and Gukesh and Ding Liren will be on Chessdom.com, with live video, games commentary, analysis and more. Gukesh will have the white pieces with the score being equal 6-6.

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The World Chess Championship 2024 – Gukesh vs Ding Liren is a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. Game 12 takes place December 9 and Gukesh and Ding Liren will be on Chessdom.com, with live video, games commentary, analysis and more. Ding Liren will have the white pieces after yesterday’s win by Gukesh.

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Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia) is the gold medalist of the European Rapid Chess 2024. Fedoseev collected 9,5/11, half a point ahead of competition. Second on tiebreak is Anton Korobov (Ukraine), the third position is for Jobava Baadur (Georgia).