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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.

Chessdom continues with the daily presentation of teams from the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. After visiting South America and Paraguay and the team with the highest combined ELO India, it is time to go to our friends from Japan.

New York! Manhattan! Wall Street! And Chess! All good news, all combined in the World Rapid & Blitz 2024. Yesterday FIDE announced that for the first time the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will take place North America, in Manhattan, New York. All good news, right? But the timing is a disaster. FIDE has introduced an extra rest day and the competition extends until New Year’s Eve.

The Menchik Memorial Challengers Tournament 2024 is a 10-player round-robin, held from the 30th of August to the 3rd of September in London, United Kingdom. It is valid for WGM norms and includes Julia Antolak, Elmira Mirzoeva, Aleksandra Lach, Andreea Novratescu, Machteld Van Forest, Kamila Hryshchenko, Ruqayyah Rida, Zoe Varney, Anusha Subramanyan.

The Akiba Rubinstein Memorial took place on 17-25 August in Polanica Zdroj, Poland. It was won by Vincent Keymer, after a stunning 6,0/7 start, which secured him the title. The tournament was the 60th anniversary of the festival and included multiple chess tournaments and side events. Chessdom spoke to the chief organizer, Aleksander Sokolski.

“This is the closest the ratio of men’s to women’s teams has ever been in the history of the Chess Olympiads,” says Dr. Zoltán Polyánszky, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation.

India is heading as 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.

Throwback: Narayanan keeps Asian Junior title

For the first time the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will take place North America. The 2024 edition of the World Rapid will be in Manhattan, New York, December 26-31, 2024. This is a changed compared to previous editions, as the event used to finish December 30.

David Llada summarizes the problem, “I hope the conference on finance touches on the topic of “how to improve your credit scores”, because booking a room in Manhattan during New Year’s Eve will probably require getting a loan.”