Σκακιστικά νέα

GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Christopher Yoo join the tie for first in the U.S. Championship with critical victories. In the U.S. Women’s Championship, FM Alice Lee and WIM Megan Lee reached 2.5 to narrow down the leaderboard. 

Christopher Yoo scored his second consecutive victory in the US Chess Championship as he defeated Elshan Moradiabadi in today’s third round. Yoo joined the live studio for the post-game interview, analyzing the beautiful game he converted into a victory.

After comfortably drawing his Round 3 game against Jeffery Xiong with black pieces, Wesley So joined the live studio of the US Chess Championship to share his insights on the game. Wesley seemed satisfied with the result and explained that the game went pretty smoothly for him.

The President of the Norwegian Chess Federation Joachim Nilsen resigned from his position today, one day after he admitted to cheating on chess.com.

After 19-year-old American grandmaster Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, the World Chess Champion decided to withdraw from the event.

The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Chess Club Cup are simultaneously taking place from 2nd – 10th October in Mayrhofen, Austria with participation of 87 teams and world-top chess players.

Hans Niemann currently plays the US Chess Championship 2022 where he had a perfect start winning his round 1 game against Christopher Yoo.

The Norwegian government broadcasting company NRK yesterday revealed that the President of the Norwegian Chess Federation IM Joachim Birger Nilsen cheated online during the Pro Chess League played on chess.com in 2016/2017 season. Nilsen confessed he received outside help from a person who was hidden in the room while he played. 

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.