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May the Best Player Win is a new book by Kyla Zhao, released worldwide from Penguin Random House this month. Described as a family-friendly version of The Queen’s Gambit, this novel explores the universal themes of gender bias and the pressure to succeed, and how those can affect our passion and self-belief. May the Best Player Win has received rave early reviews from several New York Times-bestselling authors.

Alexander Donchenko won the 2024 edition of the German Blitz Chess Championship. With 25.5/29 and a win over GM Roven Vogel (24.5/29) in the last round, he secured the title! IM Ilja Schneider came third with 21.5/29 points.

Margarita Novikova is German Women Blitz Chess Champion 2024. With 17.5/21 she is 1.5 points ahead of Steffi Arnhold and Kateryna Dolzhykova.

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The Japan Team Chess Championship 2024 is taking place 28-29 September in Tokyo. The Japan Championship is a 6-round team event with time control 30 min + 30 sec. There are a total of 247 players in the event, with the top rated player being the Olympic players of Japan – FM Mirai Aoshima, IM Shinya Kojima, IM Ryosuke Nanjo, CM Thanh Tu Tran (who won a GM norm at the Olympiad).

The Romanian Team Chess Championships 2024 aka Campionatul National pe Echipe Masculine Superliga is a 9-teams round-robin event. The tournament is organized by FR Sah & CS Tinerii Maestri Bucuresti and takes place in 28th of September to the 6th of October in Constanţa, Romania. Top players include Kirill Shevchenko, Leon Luke Mendoca, Chopra Aryan, Nikolas Theodoru, Adam Kozak, V Pranav, Constantin Lupulescu, Alexander Motylev, etc. Scroll down for the full team composition of the Romanian Team Chess Championships 2024.

The Slovenian Team Chess Championship takes place from 27th of September to 13th of October in Grosuplje, Slovenia. Top players are Vladimir Fedoseev, Ivan Saric, Alexandr Predke, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Jonas Buhl Bjerre, Ante Brkic, Luca Lenic, Samvel Ter-Shakayan, Anton Demchenko, Robert Markus, etc. Scroll down for the full participants list and team composition.

The Slovenian Team Chess Championship is a 10-team round-robin with classical time control 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move.

The German Blitz Chess Championship 2024 takes place this September 28 in Weissenhorn, Germany. A total of 30 players participate in the open section with GM Alexander Donchenko, GM Roven Fogel, Martin Heider, FM Vadim Lavrinenkov, and IM Leandro Costa as top seeded.

Live games from the German Blitz Chess Championship will be broadcast on Chessdom, in cooperation with Lichess

Rose Atwell is the wild card 2024 US Women Chess Championship which starts October 11 in Saint Louis. Rose Atwell is only 15 years old but is considered one of the top talents in US chess. She started playing chess only seven years ago and already has a dream come true – to be part of the US Chess Championships.

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

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 year’s edition of the 2024 US Women Chess Championship will be one more clash of youth vs experience as the legendary Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih are going to clash with medal winning youngsters Carissa Yip and Alice Lee and will card Rose Atwell.

The nation’s top chess players are set to compete in America’s most prestigious events – the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.