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Magnus Carlsen today gave his second interview after his withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup 2022 and resignation to Hans Niemann after only two played moves.

The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix began in 2009-2011 as a series of six chess tournaments exclusively for women, forming part of the qualification cycle for the 2011 Women’s World Chess Championship. Subsequent Women’s Grand Prix series were held in 2011-2012 and 2013-2014.

Fabiano Caruana yesterday evening joined the C-squared podcast where he extensively spoke about his recent tournaments in Saint Louis, but also commented on the Carlsen – Niemann controversial case which every day gets new developments. Caruana shared his insights on the case, adding that he had a personal experience with a cheater who was exonerated based on Kenneth Regan’s analysis.

The Carlsen – Niemann case that started with Magnus Carlsen’s withdraw from the Sinquefield Cup 2022 is generating huge attention worldwide. On Chessdom.com more than 2 million page views on the case related articles so far, but 56 articles later (scroll down for a chronological list) there are more questions than answers as to why Carlsen and Niemann have this conflict.

The Carlsen – Niemann case that started with Magnus Carlsen’s withdraw from the Sinquefield Cup 2022 is generating huge attention worldwide. On Chessdom.com more than 2 million page views on the case related articles so far, but 56 articles later (scroll down for a chronological list) there are more questions than answers as to why Carlsen and Niemann have this conflict.

Ethereal and Berserk are the promoting engines from League One of the premier computer chess event – the Top Chess Engine Championship. Ethereal crushed its way through the division with a 30/44 score, 3.5 points ahead of Berserk, who in turn finished 1.5 points ahead of League Two winner Minic.

Anish Giri did not qualify for the Julius Baer Generation Cup Knockout stage due to unfortunate results in the last round of the prelims. Giri won his last game against Arjun Erigaisi to score 21 points and it was almost certain he will take the seat for the Knockout.

The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the 7th event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place from 18-25 September on chess24.com. The event featured 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum, but the field got cut in half yesterday as the preliminary stage of the event concluded. The top eight players advanced to the Knockout stage which will be played over the next four days on chess24.com.

After Hans Niemann defeated the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, Carlsen decided to withdraw from the tournament without detailed explanations. Rumors that Magnus Carlsen suspected Niemann was cheating started spreading

The fourth round of the Astana Grand Prix was no less exciting than any of the previous rounds, even though only two games had a decisive result. After a third of the tournament has been played, pre-event favourite Aleksandra Goryachkina shares the lead with up-and-coming talent Zhu Jiner: both of them are still undefeated.