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Awonder Liang is the winner of the 2024 Illinois Chess Open. He collected 6,5/7 to win the strong open ahead of IM Alexander Velikanov, Jonathan Kogen, FM Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts, FM Spencer George Lehmann, CM Avi Harrison Kaplan, etc.

The 2024 Illinois Chess Open is a 7-round Swiss, held during Labor Day weekend from the 31st of August to the 2nd of September in Lisle, Illinois (Chicago area), USA.

India has long been dubbed to be one of the favorites for the gold of the Chess Olympiad 2024. Captained by Srinath Narayanan and Abhijit Kunte, Indian teams boast a strong bid both in the open and women sections. The two teams have the highest combined ELO of the Chess Olympiad 2024. Now both the open and women teams are sole leaders of their respective sections.

The world is praising the performance of Gukesh in the Chess Olympiad 2024, where he is going strong with the team of India and has earned perfect 4,0/4 points. The chess community considers him a favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore.

Legendary chess player Vasyl Ivanchuk, who is currently making headlines at the Chess Olympiad, has signed a letter against the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federationresolution to restore the full membership rights of RCF.

Festival Internazionale di Scacchii Grand Hotel Adriatico took place 9-15 September in Italy. The event is a 9 round Swiss and players are divided into four different groups. The top group of Grand Hotel Adriatico Chess Festival was won by GM Daniel Alsina, who scored 6,5/9. With the same points is IM Konstantin Kavutskiy, but finished second with worse tiebreak.

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Two years ago Arjun Erigaisi joined the 2700 ELO club. He competed for the India A team at the 44th Chess Olympiad.

China defeated Spain in round 5 of the Chess Olympiad 2024. Ding Liren held Shirov to a draw with the black pieces and Wei Yi scored the winning point. For Ding Liren this is a fourth consecutive draw at the Olympiad. So far he has lost 4,4 ELO points.

FIDE President Dvorkovich and the Chess Federation of Russia won their appeal against the FIDE Ethics Commission.

“It’s all about the squeeze!” says GM Matthew Sadler. After publishing a Budapest Gambit series in honor of the coming Chess Olympiad 2024, now GM Sadler is once again analyzing the top chess engines.

In a dramatic round 5 of the Women Chess Olympiad 2024, two of the top favorites for the gold medals of the competition China and USA – lost their matches.

China lost 2,5-1,5 against the team of Armenia, with IM Lilit Mkrtchian winning with black on board 1. USA managed to draw on three boards, but again the key game was on board 1, where WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul defeated IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova.