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The 2024 US Chess Championship starts today at St. Louis, USA. The open section is with the participation of the whole US Olympic team which won the silver medals – reigning US Chess Champion Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian (silver board medal from the Olympiad), Ray Robson.

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. See the full Christopher Yoo story here

The WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 LIVE takes place from 14th to 18th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Arjun Erigaisi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Game 2 of the Finals of the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024.

Arjun Erigaisi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, WR Chess Masters Cup 2024

Kirill Shevchenko has sparked #Toiletgate2 after allegedly being caught cheating with a phone at the Spanish Team Chess Championship. Now the FIDE Fair Play Commission comments on the incident. See how the story developed so far and the FIDE Fair Play Commission comments.

Kirill Shevchenko’s alleged phone cheating case so far

Isle of Wight Masters is proposing a solution to OTB cheating in chess, a shortcut to stop chess cheating. “Due to phonegate, the Isle of Wight Masters has decided detonate a tactical EMP at the start of each round.”

Kirill Shevchenko made one of the worst possible moves for a chess player – he was caught with a phone at the ongoing Spanish Team Chess Championship. The arbiter of the event Oscar Bruno de Prado Rodriguez comments, “I firmly believe and in light of the evidence gathered throughout the investigation that this player has made use of the mobile phone during the game”

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.

The WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 LIVE takes place from 14th to 18th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Arjun Erigaisi Game 1 of the Finals of the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Arjun Erigaisi, WR Chess Masters Cup 2024

The world’s top chess players battle it out at the WR Chess Masters Cup! In an iconic five-star location, 16 of the brightest stars of our sport will gather to compete for the title in an innovative format. The tournament will be played as a knockout, two games a day with a fast time control.

The WR Chess Masters Cup is set to take place from October 14th to 18th, 2024, at the prestigious Langham Hotel in London. As the second edition of the WR Chess Masters series, this event will feature 16 elite players competing in a knockout tournament.

The WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 LIVE takes place from 14th to 18th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from the Semifinals tiebreaker of the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024.

Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave tiebreaker, WR Chess Masters Cup 2024