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Vice-President of the Chess Federation of Russia Sergey Smagin commented the explosive speech of the 16-th world champion Magnus Carlsen, who opposed the return of Russian and Belarusian to international tournaments in full status. Smagin said, “Carlsen is the strongest chess player in the world at the moment, without a doubt.

Faustino Oro is an Argentinian chess prodigy. He has been dubbed the “Messi of chess”. In 2023, when he was nine, he received a rating of 2300 , becoming the youngest chess player to attain the FM title. Faustino Oro earned his IM title which he earned in June 2024 at the age of 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, breaking the record of Abhimanyu Mishra. (Mishra is still the youngest GM)

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech.

The Asian continental meeting during the FIDE Congress in Budapest decided that the Asian Continental Chess Championship will take place November 20-30, 2024.

The gold medal at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai was decided in one game: the duel between rising stars Dommaraju Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. And we come to a similar showdown at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Gukesh and Abdusattorov will play on board 1 in the India – Uzbekistan clash.

The UK Blitz Championships 2024 will follow the format used in previous years’ events. There will be eight regional one-day qualifier events at locations across the country (scroll down to see the list) starting this Saturday, 21st September.

Top players for the London qualifier include Ameet Ghasi, Eldar Gasanov, Han Yichen, Peter Roberson, Stanley Badacsonyi, Shreyas Royal, Maciej Czopor, etc.

Chessdom.com will cover the events with live games and reports

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech. In the women category G.O.A.T is Judit Polgar.

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech. In the women category G.O.A.T is Judit Polgar.

The FIDE 100 awards ceremony took place at the Chess Olympiad 2024. Magnus Carlsen was selected G.O.A.T in the male category and blew up the hall with his speech. In the women category G.O.A.T is Judit Polgar.

The awards took place tonight in Budapest and the Judit Polgar received the award for the best woman player in history! Watch her acceptance speech

Upon receiving the award the FIDE 100 award, Magnus Carlsen said, “I still think that Garry Kasparov has had a better chess career than I have. I understand why I got this award, but he was more deserving. I would say, at least in Garry’s [Kasparov’s] honor, I am sure that he would take the opportunity to advice against reinstating the Russian and Belarusian Chess Federations, so that is what I would do as well.”