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Fagernes International Chess 2024 is organized by IO Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with Sotra Sjakklubb. 61 strong players participate in the GM group, including Rinat Jumbayev, Krishnan Sasikiran, Frode Ukedal, Titas Stremavicius, Elham Amar, etc.

The tournament will count towards the Norwegian Grand Prix cycle (Norges Grand Prix 2024-2025) class M. Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com in cooperation with Lichess

Silicon Road: Great Engine Games! This is the new video by GM Matthew Sadler, covering Leela-Caissa from TCEC Swiss 7

GothamChess vs GM Pia Cramling match was announced back in August, with venue in Stockholm and dates October 28 to November 2. Now GothamChess and Anna Cramling reveal more details of the match.

Pia vs Gotham will be in Svarta Hästen Chess Bar in Stockholm, Sweden. It will be 4 classical games, 6 rapid games, and12 blitz games. On the day after the match there will be a large fan event in Stockholm.

Abdulla Aripov, the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, is the new President of the Uzbekistan Chess Federation. He succeeds Alisher Sadullaev, who was President since May 2022. Sadullaev will now take the position of Deputy of Aripov.

GM Vidit Gujrathi fights back from a close-to-lost position and creates a completely winning position against GM Abdusattorov – but he falls short on time! This is one of the stories of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League day 2. It was provoked by the lack of increment, just like the dirty flagging of Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen.

Torquay Weekend Chess Congress is taking place 25 to 27 October, 2024. The venue is the lovely Hampton by Hilton hotel, who have offered us an excellent extra 15% off their best rates for players staying at the venue. It is 5 round Swiss tournament with GM Keith Arkell and CM Kenneth Hobson as top seeded.

Organizers are Chessville Ltd and ChessEngland.com and signup for the event continues

Milton Keynes Rapid Chess 2024 is taking place from 05 to 06 October in England. Milton Keynes Rapid is a 6-round Swiss weekender with 20 minutes + 5 sec time control. The event has an open section and sections U1800, U1600 , and U1300.

Organizers are Milton Keynes Chess and ChessEngland.com

Silicon Road: Great Engine Games! Entrenched squares! This is the new video by GM Matthew Sadler, covering Leela-Ethereal TCEC Swiss 7

Alireza Firouzja dirty flags Magnus Carlsen in day 2 of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. In a time scramble, Firouzja opted for 80…Nh4 winning on time instead of winning the queen. Carlsen lost on time since there is technically sufficient material to checkmate still on the board. Taking the queen would have been a draw.

The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) today announced the 2024 U.S and World Chess Halls of Fame inductees. Members of both Halls of Fame are chosen for their impact on the sport and have included players, authors, journalists, scholars, organizers and supporters of the game.