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After the last of the 9 rounds of the Manaus Chess Open 2024 in Manaus, Brazil, two GMs – Rafael Leitao and Alexandr Fier had amassed a total of 7.5 points. GM Rafael Leitao had superior tiebreakers and second place was for Fier. Two people also had the 7 points and were vying for third place, but tiebreakers placed GM Alejandro Hoffman ahead of GM Gabriel Flom. The final standings and replays of the games in the Manaus Chess Open 2024 are available below.

GM Aleksey Grebnev won the Asian Juniors Chess Championship 2024 tournament in Tagaytay city, Philippines. The young GM scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds of play, ahead of second place winner IM Munkhdalai Amilal with 7 and third place IM S Aswath. The final standings for all 32 participants in the Asian Juniors Chess Championship 2024 are available below.

After losing his game of round 5 from the US Chess Championship, GM Christopher Yoo destroyed his scoresheet, stormed out of the playing hall, “and struck a videographer from behind”. The Saint Louis chess club and the organizers of the US Championship did not approve of the reaction of Christopher Yoo and expelled him from the US Championship.

Carissa Yip is having an exceptional performance at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. At this moment she has perfect 7,0/7! As Carissa Yip herself defined it on Twitter/X, “I am in my Fabi era”, referencing the strongest performance seen at a US Championship by Fabiano Caruana.

After losing his game of round 5 from the US Chess Championship, GM Christopher Yoo destroyed his scoresheet, stormed out of the playing hall, “and struck a videographer from behind”. The Saint Louis chess club and the organizers of the US Championship did not approve of the reaction of Christopher Yoo and expelled him from the US Championship.

Whatever we say about the state of the European chess it will be little. The continent has never had a more stable and clear calendar, with a ton of exciting events (from Corporate Championship to Youth events and Women dedicated events).

After losing his game of round 5 from the US Chess Championship, GM Christopher Yoo destroyed his scoresheet, stormed out of the playing hall, “and struck a videographer from behind”. The Saint Louis chess club and the organizers of the US Championship did not approve of the reaction of Christopher Yoo and expelled him from the US Championship.

Radnicki Chess 2024 will take place from December 2nd to December 22nd in Kragujevac, Serbia. Chess club Radnicki (Kragujevac) and Hotel Sumarice organize six closed Round Robin tournaments:

GM Radnicki 1 and IM Radnicki 1 from December 2nd to 8th

GM Radnicki 2 and IM Radnicki 2 from December 9th to 15th

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Ray Robson – Hans Moke Niemann from round 7 of the US Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Levon Aronian – Wesley So from round 7 of the US Chess Championship 2024.