Magnus Carlsen leaves Sinquefield Cup amid Niemann chess ‘cheating’ furore - The Guardian


The chess world is in turmoil after the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, pulled out of a major tournament for the first time in his career with frenzied speculation over whether an opponent cheated.

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Oskemen Open 2025 - July 20 (arrival) – July 30 (departure)

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Oskemen Open 2025  — the premier chess tournament of East Kazakhstan! Dates: July 20 (arrival) – July 30 (departure), 2025 We warmly invite players from around the world to take part in this exciting international event! The championship features three FIDE-rated tournaments: ▪️ Masters ▪️ Challengers ▪️ Open Tournament Format: • 9 rounds, Swiss system • Time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move Total Prize Fund: $100,000 Apply by June 20, 2025: https://opencups.kazchess.kz
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Men vs. Women in chess: game Klara Szczotka (14 years!) - FM Rudolf Michal (1-0)

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Game Klara  Szczotka (1760) - Michal Rudolf (2361),  Warsaw Open 19.07.2022. 90'/40 + 30' + 30' Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "Warsaw Open | A"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2022.07.24"] [Round "8.20"] [White "Szczotka, Klara"] [Black "Rudolf, Michal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "1760"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Yeltcki"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,25,26,18,-17,3,2,30,30,37,36,20,26,24,15,35,27,34,21,56,-3,9,-13,5, -25,1,-5,-26,-10,35,6,-9,-24,5,-27,11,17,58,45,59,25,151,151,139,143,133,114, 109,116,142,99,116,111,103,101,132,120,170,178,224,244,453,452,485,507,502,470, 484,524,520,537,543,535]} 1. d4 {[%eval 0,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 23,0]} 2. c4 { [%eval 34,0]} e6 {[%eval 23,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 5,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 25,0]} 4. e3 { [%eval 0,0]} O-O {[%eval 21,0]} 5. Bd2 {[...
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Alireza Firouzja wins Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis, 2022.08.29 - 2022.08.31

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Blitz double round-robin, 5+2 blitz. Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis, 2022.08.29 - 2022.08.31 P Player Rtng Score Fi Na Ca Ar Ne Ma Xi Va Do Sh 1: Firouzja, Alireza 2793 15.0 / 18 XX =1 =1 =1 1= 11 =1 1= 11 11 2: Nakamura, Hikaru 2760 14.0 / 18 =0 XX 11 10 =1 == 11 11 11 11 3: Caruana, Fabiano 2783 11.0 / 18 =0 00 XX 1= == =1 01 =1 11 11 4: Aronian, Levon 2775 9.0 / 18 =0 01 0= XX 1= 10 1= 0= 10 1= 5: Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2766 9.0 / 18 0= =0 == 0= XX 1= 1= == 10 =1 6: Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2759 8.5 / 18 00 == =0 01 0= XX 00 1= 11 11 7: Xiong, Jeffery 2691 8.0 / 18 =0 00 10 0= 0= 11 XX == 10 1= 8: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2760 8.0 / 18 0= 00 =0 1= == 0= == XX 11 == 9: Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2754 4.0 / 18 00 00 00 01 01 00 01 00 XX == 10: Shan...
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Chess Olympiad 2022 Chennai - Teams-Composition TOP-6

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Photo: FIDE / Lennart Ootes   Chess Olympiad 2022 Chennai - Teams-Composition TOP-6   1. United States of America (USA) RtgAvg:2771 Captain: Donaldson, John Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID Games 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2783 USA 2020009 0,0 2 GM Aronian Levon 2775 USA 13300474 0,0 3 GM So Wesley 2773 USA 5202213 0,0 4 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2754 USA 3503240 0,0 5 GM Shankland Sam 2720 USA 2004887 0,0   2. India (IND) RtgAvg:2696 Captain: Narayanan, Srinath Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID Games 1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2714 IND 5029465 0,0 2 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2720 IND 5007003 0,0 3 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2689 IND 35009192 0,0 4 GM Narayanan S.L. 2659 IND 5058422 0,0 5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2638 IND 5004985 0,0   3. Norway (NOR) RtgAvg:2692 Captain: Haarr, Jon Kristian Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID Games 1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2864 NOR 1503014 0,0 2 GM Tari Aryan 2672 NOR 1510045 0,0 3 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2638 NOR 1503707 0,0 4 GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2593 NOR 15...
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