2022 U.S. National Championships – Day 1 Recap
by WGM Sabina Foisor The 2022 U.S. Senior, U.S. Junior, and U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships kicked off today at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The event features 20 top junior and 10 top senior players in the country. The combined prize fund for all the events amounts to over $130,000. Along with winning the title, […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 14 Recap
Ian Nepomniachtchi seals the tournament victory with a rocky draw against Jan-Krzysztof Duda, putting a historical Candidates score 9,5 points out of 14 in the books. Ding Liren beats Hikaru Nakamura in a rollercoaster of a game to claim the second place. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen is in talks with FIDE about adjusting the World Championship […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 13 Recap
Ian Nepomniachtchi makes a comfortable draw with the white pieces against Rapport and clinches the tournament victory with one round to spare. Thus, he also becomes challenger for the title of World Champion! Hikaru Nakamura scored an important point against Duda and is in second place right now. The fight for second place continues, as […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 12 Recap
Two rounds to go and two-point lead for Ian Nepomniachtchi. There were three draws, including the notorious Berlin draw featured in the central game Nepomniachtchi–Nakamura, and one decisive game, where Radjabov crushed Ding Liren with black pieces in just 26 moves. After the 12th round Ian Nepomniachtchi needs only half a point to guarantee his […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 11 Recap
Ian Nepomniachtchi scores another win with the black pieces after Firouzja spends the whole night playing hyper bullet chess online. The former challenger was close to even extending his 1.5-point lead, but Ding Liren managed to prolong his winning streak to 3 games in a row, beating Fabiano Caruana in a nerve-wracking endgame. Round 11 […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 10 Recap
While Nepomniachtchi seems to be cruising towards the tournament victory, increasing his lead by another half a point after yet another bloody day in the 2022 FIDE Candidates, race for the second place becomes wide open. With Magnus Carlsen seriously considering his retirement from World Championship matches, stakes for the three candidates tied for second […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 9 Recap
Round 9 before the third rest day of the tournament turned out to be the bloodiest round of all thus far. All games except the most high-stakes one, Caruana–Nepomniachtchi, ended with a decisive result. Great news for Ian Nepomniachtchi, as he managed to keep his 1-point lead, stopping for the moment his greatest rival. The […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 8 Recap
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 8 Recap A tense day in Madrid — Hikaru Nakamura took down Fabiano Caruana in an epic battle, while the leader of the tournament, Nepomniachtchi secured his lead with a quick draw. Everything is still open, though, and we might even have more players re-entering the race for […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 7 Recap
One more round and we reached the middle of the FIDE Candidates Tournament. Ian Nepomniachtchi scored another victory with the black pieces after Rapport overpushed, refusing a move repetition early in the game. Fabiano Caruana stays in the race as he won a full point against Teimour Radjabov. We’re just halfway through, yet the whole […]
Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates 2022 Round 6 Recap
A bloodbath was on the boards in today’s round — dynamic, fighting games and eventually two decisive results. After winning their games, Nepomniachtchi and Caruana separate themselves from the rest of the field even further. With Teimour Radjabov squeezing water out of stone and blundering the win away just one move before the time control, […]