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After a record-setting Season 22, defending champion Stockfish once again dominated its rivals in TCEC Season 23’s Premier Division, taking a 1-point lead at the half-way mark. The high-bias book – reaching as high as +2 opening evals at book exit – meant it was always hairy for the engines defending inferior positions, but Stockfish time and again drew with Black while winning with White.

If you’re looking to master your openings with flare, FIDE Master Kamil Plichta is the perfect instructor for you. “The Polish Powerhouse” is an opening theoretician and blitz specialist. No matter what the opening, it seems FM Plichta can come up with original, aggressive lines that are sure to challenge opponents with ferocious piece activity and square control.

19-year-old Awonder Liang crushed Levon Aronian today in the fifth round of the US Chess Championship. Awonder successfully surprised Aronian by playing the Scotch gambit and achieved the completely winning position after only 16 moves of play (Replay the game here).

Hans Niemann drew against Leinier Dominguez in the fifth round of the US Chess Championship. Hans seemed to be in trouble after the opening, but managed to convert the position into a very drawish endgame with an exchange down (Replay the game here).

FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship over-the-board final will take place in the Berjaya Reykjavik Natura Hotel, Iceland, from 25-30 October 2022. The overall prize fund of the final in the Icelandic capital amounts to a whopping 400,000 USD and eight players will have a shot at the 150,000 USD first prize and the FIDE Fischer Random World Champion title.

The participants are:

After announcing the warming up of “the 2022 Disrespect Championship”, Fabiano Caruana defeated Hans Niemann in the fourth round of the US Chess Championship yesterday (Replay the game here).

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The 2022 U.S. Chess Championship and the US Women’s Chess Championship 2022 are concurrently held from 5-20 October in Saint Louis Chess Club.