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More than 200 kids taking part in Serbian Youth Chess Championship 2022

The 15th edition of the Serbian National Youth Chess Festival commenced today in Novi Sad with the Serbian Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2022.

1st “Mikis Theodorakis” international chess tournament in Chania

The 1st “Mikis Theodorakis” international chess tournament kicked off today in Chania, a city on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete.

The event takes place from April 25 to May 1 and it will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system. 73 players from 11 countries take part in the event fighting for the total prize fund of 2.600 euros.

Starting rank list of players:

Pragg is on fire at the Oslo Esports Cup

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is “having fun” after recording a third straight match-win today to continue his perfect start to the elite Oslo Esports Cup. India’s 16-year-old superstar-in-the-making is the only player with 9/9 points and has won the maximum $22,500 so far after he crushed Liem Quang Le with a game to spare. Pragg now faces World Champion Magnus Carlsen in Round 4. Beat Carlsen, as he did two months ago, and the youngster will be the hot favorite to win the first Major of the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour season.

What would Anish Giri do if he weren’t a professional chess player? His answer may surprise you…

Have you ever wondered what would Anish Giri do if he weren’t a professional chess player? Anish Giri answers 9 questions we all thought about:

Fabiano Caruana – Leinier Dominguez is the final in the Champions Bracket of the American Cup

GM Leinier Dominguez, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Irina Krush, and FM Alice Lee all advanced to the finals of the Champions Bracket today, after defeating their respective opponents in the semifinals, relegating them to the Elimination Bracket. While the finalists get a rest day tomorrow, the second round of the Elimination Bracket will feature the matches Aronian – So, Sevian – Robson, Tsolakidou – Tokhirjonova, and Nemcova – Abrahamyan as the players fight to avoid double-elimination.

International Chess Events in Armenia

The Chess Academy of Armenia and the Armenian Chess Federation organize four international chess events from June 6th – July 16th:

  • 13th Karen Asrian Memorial (6th-16th June, Yerevan, Armenia)
  • 1st International Youth Chess Festival (17th-26th June, Yerevan, Armenia)
  • Chess Summer Camp with renowned chess players and Grandmasters (29th June – 6th July, Aghveran, Armenia)
  • Stepan Avagyan International Open Chess Tournament (7th-16th July, Jermuk, Armenia)

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Praggnanandhaa shines in Oslo Esports Chess Cup R2

Teen sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa leads the Oslo Esports Cup after a stunning win over world number 10 Shakrhiyar Mamedyarov. The 16-year-old from Chennai blew away the oldest player in the field with two game wins to take the Round 2 match 2.5 to 0.5. It followed up Pragg’s impressive Round 1 match win over Jorden van Foreest and leaves him out in front as the only player with the maximum 6 tournament points.

Stockfish wins the TCEC Season 22 Superfinal by 19 points

At the time of the last article, Stockfish had already won the TCEC Season 22 Superfinal, but it was still pursuing two potential records: the record for the most decisive Superfinal, and an ‘undefeated’ Superfinal where it loses no openings. Unfortunately for Stockfish fans, Stockfish failed to break the first record – its final score of +19 is still eclipsed by the +20 margin of victory its younger self scored against Komodo in Season 12.

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