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Hans Niemann currently plays the US Chess Championship 2022 where he had a perfect start winning his round 1 game against Christopher Yoo.

The Norwegian government broadcasting company NRK yesterday revealed that the President of the Norwegian Chess Federation IM Joachim Birger Nilsen cheated online during the Pro Chess League played on chess.com in 2016/2017 season. Nilsen confessed he received outside help from a person who was hidden in the room while he played. 

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The 2022 U.S. Chess Championship and the US Women’s Chess Championship 2022 are concurrently held from 5-20 October in Saint Louis Chess Club.

The youngest players in each section, 12-year-old Alice Lee and 15-year-old Christopher Yoo, scored key upsets in Round 2 of the U.S. Chess & U.S. Women’s Chess Championships. Christopher Yoo defeated reigning champion GM Wesley So while Alice Lee defeated WGM Begim Tokhirjonova to reach 2-0. 

Christopher Yoo has officially entered the Junior top 20 rating list three months ago after a fantastic performance at the US junior chess championship. Today, he managed to defeat with the black pieces the reigning US champion Wesley So (replay the game here).

Ivan Sokolov, the coach of the Olympiad gold medalists and author of Winning chess middlegames, shares his opinion on cheating in chess in view of the ongoing Hans Niemann – Magnus Carlsen case (scroll down for full timeline of events)

Vladislav Artemiev is the winner of Chess Stars 2022. Artemiev collected 18,5 points – 12 from the blitz games and 6,5 from the rapid – to claim the gold medal in the event. In his first official event after the FIDE ban expired, Sergey Karjakin secured the second place with 17 points – 12 from the blitz and 5 from the rapid.