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Magnus Carlsen and Liem Quang Le, the two form horses, both put in dominant performances today to storm into the semi-finals of the Charity Cup. Carlsen clinched a 2.5-0.5 victory over the young American hope Hans Niemann to go through to the next stage of the UNICEF fundraiser with a game to spare.

In an interview with Dina Belenkaya, Anish Giri was politically correct on the case of Karjakin. “This is unprecedented situation […] Always in such decisions you have sides that say it is not harsh enough and sides that say it is too harsh.

The International Chess Federation FIDE banned yesterday Sergey Karjakin from all its events. As Karjakin decided not to appeal, this means he will not be able to participate in Candidates Chess 2022.

After the third double round robin of the Top Chess Engine Championship S22 Premier Division KomodoDragon has reduced the distance with Stockfish to just half a point. The open source chess engine Stockfish is still in the lead with 28,0/42 (14 wins, 28 draws, 0 losses), while KomodoDragon is second with 27,5/42 (15 wins, 25 draws, and 0 losses). Follow TCEC live: Official website / TCEC Twitch TV

A frantic end to the Charity Cup’s Prelim stage saw Indian teen Praggnanandhaa narrowly miss out on a place in the knockout as Magnus Carlsen and Liem Quang Le sailed through. Pragg, the wonderkid from Chennai, had put himself in pole position to qualify with a stunning penultimate round win over World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk was quoted by Sports.ru on the decision of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban Sergey Karyakin for six months.

Hikaru Nakamura analyses his game with Levon Aronian from round 1 from the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin 2022 and comments on his ban in Twitch.

PUMA Brand Ambassador and Premier League star Christian Pulisic will be scoring in a very different game on Wednesday – chess. The American will face-off against a 10-year-old app version of the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in a very special Play Magnus Charity Chess Challenge for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

National Champion Arjun Erigaisi began the tournament campaign in style beating Manigandan S S. at the start of the 19th Delhi International Grandmasters Chess tournament

The International Chess Federation FIDE banned yesterday Sergey Karjakin from all its events. As Karjakin decided not to appeal, this means he will not be able to participate in Candidates Chess 2022.