2022 U.S. National Championships – Day 4 Recap
by WGM Sabina Foisor Round 4 brought another exciting day of chess at the 2022 U.S. Senior, U.S. Junior, & U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships. The day was filled with convincing chess, but also lucky saves, double-blindness and turning around results. A sole leader has emerged in each one of the events. In the Senior Championship, […]
2022 U.S. National Championships – Day 3 Recap
by WGM Sabina Foisor Day 3 was certainly the most exciting day so far in the 2022 U.S. Senior, U.S. Junior, & U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships. Although the Senior Championship saw a peaceful day with only one decisive game, the Girls’ and Junior Championships brought unexpected and heartbreaking results. GM Maxim Dlugy joined GM’s Larry […]
2022 U.S. National Championships – Day 2 Recap
by WGM Sabina Foisor Day 2 brought another exciting day of chess at the 2022 U.S. Senior, U.S. Junior, & U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships. Compared to Round 1, many more games were drawn. The Senior Championship (or the Legends’ event, as the commentators like to call it) had the most decisive games this round with […]
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 […]