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The Menchik Memorial Challengers Tournament 2024 was a 10-player round-robin, held from the 30th of August to the 3rd of September in London, United Kingdom. Andreea Navrotescu stunned everyone with a perfect 9,0/9 score. Chessdom had the pleasure to talk to Andreea about her success, her goals, and upcoming tournaments.

A few days after imitating Eminem, today Hans Niemann intoned Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous “I will be back”.

Magnus Carlsen dominated the long awaited match against Hans Niemann, winning the encounter 17.5-12.5. After the match, Niemann said, “There is no excuse for defeat. I will be back stronger. Thanks to all my fans, I promise you all, I’m determined to do whatever it takes to become the best player in the world.”

Babur Tolbaev, the President of the Chess Federation of Kyrgyzstan, is among the candidates for FIDE Ethics Commission chairman. He is competing for the position with Daniel Florea, Yolander Persaud, and Johan Sigeman.

Magnus Carlsen dominated the long awaited match against Hans Niemann, winning the encounter 17.5-12.5. After the 5+1 segment the battle was already decided with Carlsen leading 7-2.

GM Magnus Carlsen qualified for the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Semifinals, live in Paris on September 6, after defeating GM Arjun Erigaisi with a 12-9 score. He will play live GM Hans Niemann in the next match, the first time they will meet for a game in-person since 2022. GM Hans Niemann has surged to number 16 in the world on the live rating list after a series of matches he’s organized entitled “Hans Niemann Against The World.”

Here is an interview with Magnus Carlsen by GothamChess on various topics.

GothamChess brought the first image of the 4 players at Speed Chess Championship 2024 together. In a modern studio, Carlsen, Niemann, Nakamura, and Firouzja are preparing for the show. Tarjei Svensen speculates this can be the second most seen chess event of the year and it might very well be. Especially if Chess.com’s alleged base of 180 million users gets activated. Numbers lower than “in the millions” will be regarded as failure.

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The Chess Olympiad is the largest and most important team event in the FIDE calendar. It involves serious organizational effort both on local and on international level. This effort is increasingly difficult, as the number of participants is growing. The Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest breaks the participation record.

More about Chess Olympaid 2024 : Chess Olympiad 2024 live games / Live blog / Participants open / Participants women / All news about Chess Olympiad 2024 / On Twitter/X here

GM Magnus Carlsen qualified for the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Semifinals, live in Paris on September 6, after defeating GM Arjun Erigaisi with a 12-9 score. He will play live GM Hans Niemann in the next match, the first time they will meet for a game in-person since 2022. GM Hans Niemann has surged to number 16 in the world on the live rating list after a series of matches he’s organized entitled “Hans Niemann Against The World.”