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Hans Niemann has challenged three top players in an event branded as Hans Niemann vs the World series. After defeating Anish Giri in Utrecht, and later Nikita Vitiugov in London, now Niemann faces Etienne Bacrot from the 20th to the 22nd of August in Paris, France.

Bacrot – Niemann, game 1

XXV Open Internacional de Sants – Ciutat de Barcelona and will feature 650 players (participants list). The tournament is not only massive, but also boasts strong participation, with the A group having 16 GMs and 140 titled players, coming from 52 countries! Live daily on Chessdom

Gukesh – Ding Liren is the World Chess Championship match 2024, that will start this month of November in Singapore. Gukesh and Ding Liren have played a total of three classical games. The first two were in editions of Tata Steel Masters and finished with wins by Ding Liren. The third game happened during the Sinquefield Cup 2024 , where Ding Liren had advantage, but forced a draw.

Hans Niemann has challenged four top players in an event branded as Hans Niemann vs the World series. This is a 6-round match between GMs Hans Moke Niemann and Anish Giri, held on the 11th of August in Utrecht, Netherlands. Games will be daily live on Chessdom.

Anish Giri – Hans Niemann, game 2

In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. The podcast In Good Company is part of Norges Bank Investment Management , a podcast about our investments. We are transparent about how the fund is invested. In this podcast, you to get a deeper insight into the companies the fund is invested in. His guest this August was Magnus Carlsen. HT for the video @Syonnain

Gukesh and Ding Liren are the two contenders for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024. The event will take place in Singapore and will be a 14 games match. Until Sinquefield Cup, Ding and Gukesh had two games, both won by Ding Liren. Their third encounter was a draw, in round 1 of the Sinquefield Cup

Hans Niemann has challenged three top players in an event branded as Hans Niemann vs the World series. After defeating Anish Giri in Utrecht, and later Nikita Vitiugov in London, now Niemann faces Etienne Bacrot in Paris.

The World Youth Chess Championship 2024 is scheduled to take place in Floripa, Brazil, 28 October – 10 November. The event will be for U14, U16, and U18 categories, boys and girls respectively.

Keith Gregory, ECF Awards Committee Chair, has announced the 2024 awards of the English Chess Federation. “This year saw many strong entries and the Awards Committee took on a tough task in reviewing and voting on them all,” says Gregory and continues, “I was delighted to find that clear winners emerged across all the categories, and I did not have to use my casting vote.”

ECF Awards 2024

President’s Award for Services to Chess – John F Wheeler; Malcolm Pein

Four players are sharing the lead at the FIDE Women Chess Grand Prix before the rest day. Mariya Muzychuk, Nana Dzagnidze, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and Stavroula Tsolakidou lead with 3,0/5 each. Games from FIDE Tbilisi Women Grand Prix 2024 will resume on Tuesday and will be live on Chessdom.