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Gary Kasparov’s books “How life imitates chess” are bestsellers. But today another great imitation was pointed out by Max Farberov: it is Hans Niemann who imitates Eminem! Eminem’s “If you had one chance, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it?” becomes “You get one chance… but of course you can get many more chances if you’re really good” in the video of Hans Niemann. See the full video by Hans Niemann here

Team India comes as one of the rating favorites at the Chess Olympiad 2024. The combined ELO of the India open and women’s team is the highest of the Olympiad.

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Football and chess – at first glance, two different worlds. But many football coaches and players recognize surprising parallels. Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca are two prominent examples of football coaches who are inspired by chess and incorporate their chess insights into their football work.

Hans Niemann is going to play Magnus Carlsen this September in Paris as part of the SCC tournament.

Le Quang Liem will be on board 1 for Vietnam at the Chess Olympiad 2024. He will arrive in Budapest with the highest ELO in his career – 2741! Despite a clear deflation in the 2700 club, Le Quang Liem successfully achieved his personal best this month of August.

Unanswered letters for more than 3 months, delegations scattered in different hotels, lack of communication by FIDE officials, last minute change of regulations and conditions, unexpected extra costs. These are just a small part of the issues experienced by the teams of the upcoming Chess Olympiad 2024. The Secretary General of the Croatian Chess Federation Alojzije Jankovic comments, “It’s not a big deal to check with previous Olympiad organizers […] it’s not something new.”

The new Chairman of the Ukrainian Chess Federation is Alexander Kamyshin. The new chairman was elected at the 12th Congress of the Federation. The delegates made the decision unanimously. Alexander Kamyshin succeeds the previous president was Viktor Kapustin.

The European Youth Chess Championship 2024 has just finished in Prague, Czech Republic. The Ukranian players were a special highlight of the event.

Timothe Razafindratsima is the European Youth Chess Champion U18. Timothe Razafindratsima won the gold medal by finishing with 7,5/9, half a point ahead of competition. Arsen Davtyan is second, while third place is for Sohan Belkaid.

Final standings

Noga Orian is the European Youth Girls Champion U18. Noga Orian started as top seeded and finished the event at sole first with 7,5/9. The second place is for Izabela Tokarz, edging on tiebreak Mariia Manko.

Final standings