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Magnus Carlsen maintained the leadership of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup as he drew the 2nd round game against Levon Aronian. The game finished in an uneventful draw, without many chances for any of the players to seek for a better result. In the post-game interview, Carlsen explained that he used the same variation in the Candidates Tournament 2013 against Aronian, adding some improvements in yesterday’s game.

The ninth annual Sinquefield Cup is also the fifth and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2022. Eight Tour players: Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Leinier Dominguez, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are joined by wildcards Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann for a classical chess event which will be played in 9 round-robin rounds.

The 22nd edition of the Dubai Chess Open is currently ongoing at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club and eight rounds have been already played. More than 180 players from 35 countries fight for the total prize fund of 50.000$, and with only one round to go, Indian grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged as the sole leader of the event.

19-year-old USA grandmaster Hans Niemann yesterday scored his first ever victory against a player who is rated 2750+. He defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the 2nd round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, and after a wild game, showed a perfect technique in the Queens endgame in the end. In the post-game interview, Niemann was surprised with his well play in the time trouble: “You can be surprised with yourself when you’re going down on time.

Happy birthday to Arjun Erigaisi! Chessdom.com wishes him a bright future and beautiful games on the chess board! The 19-year-old Indian grandmaster joined the 2700 club last month, after an outstanding performance at the Chess Olympiad 2022.

American Rapper and record producer, Sir Robert Bryson Hall known professionally as Logic, yesterday paid a visit to the 2022 Sinquefield Chess Cup. The American Rapper who has released seven studio albums and received two Grammy Award nominations was spotted playing chess against Robert Thomas, a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the St. Louis Blues who also visited the tournament yesterday. Both of them enjoyed watching the chess elite in the action and gave a short interview. See the videos below

7-year-old Kushal Jakhria is the youngest English player to reach a 2000 national rating! With two victories and one draw at the Leyland Open U2200, Kushal crossed the 2000 ECF national rating, breaking the age record of Abhimanyu Mishra who became the youngest US player to get the rating of 2000. Mishra crossed this rating barrier at seven years, six months and 22 days, later becoming the youngest grandmaster ever. Jakhria broke this record by nearly two months, getting the national rating of 2000 at seven years and five months.

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen had a perfect start at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. He defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi taking the early lead in the event as the only player who delivered a victory in the Round 1 (Replay the game here).

The final leg of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour series of tournaments – the Sinquefield Cup kicked off yesterday in Saint Louis, USA. Only one game of the first round finished with a decisive result. It was World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen who delivered a victory against Ian Nepomniachtchi taking the early lead in the event. Day 2 brings interesting encounters and one of them is the match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alireza Firouzja.

The 2022 Sinquefield Cup kicked off yesterday in Saint Louis, USA. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen had a perfect start and defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi taking the early lead in the tournament. (Replay the game here)
Carlsen today meets Levon Aronian and has Black pieces.