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The Croatian Team Chess Championship 2024 held in Veli Losinj, concluded in victory for team SK Mornar. The team members Ivan Saric, Dmitrij Kollars, Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Jadranko Plenca, Julijan Plenca, Ante Saric achieved a total of 35.5 points in 9 rounds of play. Second place goes to SK Petar Sedlar Pepe with a total of 33.5 points, while third place is for team SK Zagreb with a combined total of 32 points.

German Women Rapid Chess Championship 2024 concludes in victory for WGM Kateryna Dolzhykova. Dolzhykova scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds of play, with better tiebreakers than second place winner WGM Hanna Marie Klek, who also scored 7.5 points. Third and fourth place WFM Tetyana Kostak and Lepu Coco Zhou, respectively, each with 6 points. Check the final standings for all 22 participants below.

The Brazilian Rapid Chess Championship 2024 has concluded in victory for GM Renato R. Quintiliano. Quintiliano scored 7 points, the same as the respective second, third and fourth place winners FM Lucas Do Valle Cardoso, GM Yago De Moura Santiago and FM Charles Gauche, but was ahead on tiebreakers. The Rapid event in Manaus is a prelude to the Manaus Chess Open 2024.

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”

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” Developing story

Kirill Shevchenko has sparked #Toiletgate2 after being caught cheating with a phone at the Spanish Team Chess Championship. See the full developing story here

Jose Antonio Garcia Domingo, team captain and delegate of Silla, the team Kirill Shevchenko played for, commented that he is “not sure in the innocence of Kirill Shevchenko”

Kirill Shevchenko has sparked #Toiletgate2 after being caught cheating with a phone at the Spanish Team Chess Championship. See the full developing story here

Here is a collection of reactions on the Kirill Shevchenko phone case

Kirill Shevchenko’s alleged phone cheating case so far

The 2024 US Women Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Carissa Yip – Jennifer Yu from round 3 of the US Women Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Women Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Megan Lee – Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova from round 3 of the US Women Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 US Women Chess Championship takes place from 11th to 24th October and games will be daily live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis and video commentary.

This is the game Atousa Pourkashiyan – Tatev Abrahamyan from round 3 of the US Women Chess Championship 2024.