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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Men vs. Women in chess: game WGM Julia Antolak - CM Jacenty Ciechanski (1-0)

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WGM Julia Antolak (2399) - Jacenty Ciechanski (2192), Warsaw Open A 2022 19.07.2022  90'/40 + 30' + 30' Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "Warsaw Open | A"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2022.07.19"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Antolak, Julia"] [Black "Ciechanski, Jacenty"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2399"] [BlackElo "2192"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Yeltcki"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,45,25,16,71,43,82,67,62,42,33,37,46,56,68,29,36,32,45,-10,34,30,17,-7, 5,0,100,118,116,101,137,104,102,52,49,75,117,138,120,101,143,134,184,199,149, 451,572,1017]} 1. e4 {[%eval 33,0]} c5 {[%eval 32,0]} 2. Nf3 {[%eval 0,0]} d6 { [%eval 0,0]} 3. d4 {[%eval 3,0]} cxd4 {[%eval 13,0]} 4. Nxd4 {[%eval 29,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 31,0]} 5. Nc3 {[%eval 18,0]} a6 {[%eval 0,0]} 6. Bg5 {[%eval 0,0]} e6 { [%eval 17,0]} 7. f4 {[%...
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Samuel Sevian wins FTX Road to Miami - Prelims (10-14.07.2022)

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FTX Road to Miami is the 5th of 9 events on the $1.6 million 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place on chess24 from July 10-17.  The top two are guaranteed a place in the 2nd Major, the FTX Crypto Cup, which will feature World Champion Magnus Carlsen and be played in person in Miami from August 15-21.  The 16-player field will be cut in half by the 4-day round-robin Prelims. The total prize fund is $150,000, with $750 for a win and $250 for a draw in the Prelims.  The quarterfinals and semi-finals are 1-day, 4-game matches, while the final will feature two such matches over two days. The players have 15 minutes for all their moves, plus a 10-second increment starting from move 1.  In the Prelims there are 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. If a tiebreak is required the players will play two 5+3 games and then, if needed, a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. No draw offers are allowed ...
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Kosma Pacan-Milej wins Najdorf Memorial 2022 (Warsaw Chess Festival)

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Game: Pacan Milej - Fiszer at the bottom of the page Kosma Pacan-Milej wins Najdorf Memorial 2022 (+6 =3) Congratulations! Temp: 90'/40 + 30' + 30'' 9 round Najdorf Memorial 2022 - final standing P Tit Name Fed. ELO Ran Sco. CBch Bch. W 1 FM Pacan-Milej, Kosma POL 2412 2300 7.5 49.50 54.00 6 2 GM Jarmuła, Łukasz POL 2452 2600 7.0 50.00 54.50 6 3 IM Noe, Christopher GER 2505 2450 7.0 49.00 53.00 5 4 k++ Chomczyk, Marek POL 2290 2300 7.0 44.50 48.00 6 5 GM Sriram, Jha IND 2361 2600 7.0 41.00 44.00 6 6 GM Romanishin, Oleg M UKR 2404 2600 6.5 46.50 49.50 5 7 GM Golubka, Petro UKR 2378 2600 6.5 45.00 49.50 6 8 I+ Kutowski, Marcel POL 1961 2100 6.5 40.00 42.50 6 9 IM Sarkar, Justin USA 2346 2450 6.0 49.50 53.00 5 10 k Musiał, Tomasz POL 2131 2200 6.0 44.00 47.00 5 11 CM Fiszer, Bartosz POL 2228 2200 6.0 43.50 46.50 5 12 k Backiel, Hubert POL 2045 2200 6.0 42.00 44.50 4 13 k++ Sowul, Bartosz POL 2283 2300 6.0 38.50 42.00 5 14 I++ Celiński, Kamil POL 1876 2100 6.0 35.50 39.00 5...
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