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Hans Niemann filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court (Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division).

Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi will play a tiebreak match tomorrow to determine the second semi-finalist of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament. The match ended in a tie 2-2 after four draws, although it seemed that Lagno had good chances to prevail.

Aleksandra Goryachkina booked her seat for the semi-finals of the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2022/2023 after defeating her compatriot Alexandra Kosteniuk in the Round 1 of the Pool B tournament. Goryachkina drew the last game of the match, taking the overall 2.5-1.5 victory. (Day 5 report)

Elite chess tournaments require strict arbitration and anti-cheating measures to ensure fair play and Khiva is not an exception. Chief arbiter Husan Turdialiev (from Uzbekistan) and Fair Play officer Bojana Bejatovic (Macedonia) have years of experience to draw from.

Before the round, all players are scanned at the entrance – mobile phones, watches, pens, and any unnecessary items are prohibited in the venue. Additional scans can be performed after the game if required.

Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin announced today on his official Telegram account that he will join the race in the upcoming elections for President of the Russian Chess Federation. Karjakin, who was earlier this year banned for 6 months from FIDE competitions, publicly criticized the leadership of the Russian Chess Federation as well as FIDE.

The 51st UAE National Day Rapid is taking place from 3–4 December 2022 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one. It is a 10-round Swiss tournament Farrukh Amonatov, Viorel Iordachescu, A.R. Saleh Salem, Igor Miladinovic, Efstratios Grivas, Walter Arencibia Rodriguez, A. Moussa Othman, Alexander Zubarev, Eduard Kanter, Ali Farahat, etc.

The Women’s Romanian National Rapid Team Championship – Open held on December 3rd in Sebeș, Romania.Time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 15-second increment beginning from move one.It is a 8-round Swiss tournament with CSU ASE Bucuresti ( Irina Bumlmaga, Elena-Luminita Cosma and Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu) , ACS Arnia Chess IT ( Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Daria-Ioana Visanescu and Denisa-Andreea Bucur) , CSM Bucuresti ( Corina-Isabela Pep

The Romanian National Rapid Team Championship – Open held on December 3rd in Sebeș, Romania.Time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 15-second increment beginning from move one.It is a 8-round Swiss tournament with CSU ASE Superbet ( Constantin Lupulescu, Vlad-Cristian Jianu, Mircea-Emilian Parligras and David Gavrilescu) , CSM Unirea Alba Iulia I ( Mihnea Costachi, George Ileana, Tudor-Vlad Sfarlog, Radu Tampea and Andrei Negrean) , CS Universitatea de Vest ( Lucian-Costin Miron, Lucian-Ioan Filip, Adrian-Simion Secheres, Iust

The Women’s Candidates Pool B is underway in Khiva, Uzbekistan. After three played games the result in the match between Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi is tied 1.5-1.5.

The Women’s Candidates Pool B is underway in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Aleksandra Goryachkina took lead in the match against Aleksandra Kosteniuk as she prevailed in the third round.