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Vaclav Finek is the European Youth Chess Champion U14. Playing on home soil in Prague and starting as a clear rating favorite, Vaclav Finek left no chance to his opponents finishing top of the table with 8,0/9. Second place is for his compatriot Bayarjavkhlan Delgerdalai, while third is Felix-Antonio Ilinca.

Final standings

Varvara Matskevich is the European Youth Girls Champion U12. Varvara Matskevich won the title with the fantastic 8,5/9 points and crossed the 2000 ELO mark. Second and third with 7,0/9 are two players from Turkey – Zeynep Duru Sahin and Senem Gul Bassari.

Final standings

Wiktor Golis is the European Chess Champion U12. In a dramatic finish, Wiktor Golis won the gold medal, finishing with the same points as Tyhran Ambartsumian and Antoni Radzimski, but better tiebreak.

Final standings

Svitlana Russieva is the European Youth Girls Champion U10. With a score of 7,5/9 she won the gold medal half a point ahead of Yuefan Chen and Lila Rzadkowska. The win brought Svitlana Russieva additional 116 ELO points.

Final standings

Ali Poyraz Uzdemir is European Youth Chess Champion U8. He scored 8,0/9, half a point more than silver medalist Boris Kolodziejczyk. The bronze medal is for the top seeded Marc Llari.

Final standings

With the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary approaching, the host nation hopes for not only organizing a good competition, but also winning a medal. In the open section Hungary is ranked 9th, while in the women section the team is seeded 14th.

With the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary approaching, the host nation hopes for not only organizing a good competition, but also winning a medal.

Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024: Live blog / Participants open / Participants women / Official song

Chessbase India interviewed Arjun Erigaisi, the top board of India for the upcoming Olympiad in Budapest. “The Olympiad will be very exciting for sure. Last Olympiad China was missing and also Maxime-Vachier Lagrave will be back,” says Erigaisi. He continues, “Last Olympiad we were scattered between two teams, now we have one perfect team, so our chances for gold are even higher.”

See the full interview in the video below and read more about team India here

The famous streamer IM Levy Rozman aka GothamChess will meet the legendary GM Pia Cramling in Stockholm. The match titled The Battle of Generations will take place from October 28 to November 2. It will consist of 4 classical games, 6 rapid games, and 12 blitz games.

GothamChess , coached by Arturs Neiksans, had a wonderful performance at Spilimbergo 2024.

The Chess Olympiad 2024, which is breaking participation records both in the Open and Women sections, will start this September in Budapest. The opening ceremony of the event will be on the 10th of September in the capital of Hungary.