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Magnus Carlsen is the Charity Chess Cup 2022 champion after winning a thrilling final against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. This makes it perfect 3 out of 3 titles this year for Carlsen, after he won earlier Tata Steel Chess and Airthings Masters.

Magnus Carlsen continued with his amazing performance in the Charity Cup final. After defeating 2,5:0,5 Duda yesterday, he started the second days of the final with a beautiful game , sacrificing the knight on e4.

Five games out of eight ended with decisive results in Round 4 of the final stage of the Fide Grand Prix Series. In a crucial game for the overall Grand Prix standings, Hikaru Nakamura defeated Levon Aronian and caught up with him. Grigoriy Oparin outplayed Andrey Esipenko and took the lead in Pool A, leaving Levon and Hikaru half a point behind.

The 7th Rapid Chess Championship of the Francophonie was organized this year on March 19 & 20 jointly by the Lyon Olympique Echecs and the Francophone Chess Association (AIDEF) in partnership with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, in the premises of the magnificent Hotel of Region, informs the ECU official website. It brought together 169 participants from 13 countries, including 8 Grand Masters, 11 International Masters and 8 FIDE Masters, which is the record participation of the tournament and testifies to an exceptionally high level.

Magnus Carlsen is on the brink of winning a second Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event in a row after a near-flawless performance in the first match of the Charity Cup final. The World Champion and reigning Tour Champion was at his imperious best as he dispatched Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda in just three games.

FIDE Grand Prix Berlin 2022 is the final leg of the Grand Prix series that will determine the participants in the Candidates Chess 2022. With Richard Rapport practically qualified after winning the Belgrade Grand Prix, just one spot is available for grabs.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda, one of the 8 players to compete in the Candidates Chess 2022, is in the finals of the Charity Cup 2022. He is going to meet Magnus Carlsen at the finals and celebrated it tweeting “Is there something better then two days practice with world champion and get paid for that?” Indeed, it can hardly get better!

Polish star Jan-Krzysztof Duda reached his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour final today with a gritty win over the in-form Liem Quang Le. The 23-year-old World Cup winner will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the Charity Cup finale after the overall Tour leader dispatched Ding Liren, of China. Duda has built a reputation as Carlsen’s “nemesis” having ended the world No.1’s record 125-game unbeaten streak and knocking him out of the World Cup in December.

Chinese Chess Association will start a series of qualifing tournaments for the 19th Asian Games at end of this month, informed the chess journalist Liang Ziming. All top players are required to play including Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi, Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie.

The players from the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin give their opinion on the case of Sergey Karjakin. In a series of interviews by Dina Belenkaya, they share their thoughts on the ban and the whole situation around the Karjakin case.