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After losing to Hans Niemann in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, Magnus Carlsen decided to withdraw from the event. Two weeks later he refused to play against Niemann and resigned his game in the Julius Baer Generation Cup after only two played moves.

The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Chess Club Cup will simultaneously take place from 2nd – 10th October in Mayrhofen, Austria. The event sets a new participation record with 87 registered teams: 70 in the open section and 17 in the Women’s event.

The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the 7th event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place from 18-25 September on chess24.com. The event featured 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum, but the field got cut in half yesterday as the preliminary stage of the event concluded.

The 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022 starts tomorrow and will take place from 25th September – 2nd October 2022 in the Principality of Liechtenstein with the support of the European Chess Union.

Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi will play the finals of the Julius Baer Generation Cup! The exciting semi-final matches between Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer, and Arjun Erigaisi and Le Quang Liem were played today on chess24.com.

The sixth round of the Astana Women’s Grand Prix proved to be one of the most exciting, with four decisive games and two hard-fought draws. Tomorrow will be a well-deserved rest day and play will resume on Sunday.

After Hans Niemann defeated the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, Carlsen decided to withdraw from the tournament without detailed explanations. Rumors that Magnus Carlsen suspected Niemann was cheating started spreading

The top eight players of the Julius Baer Generation Cup continued their competition in the event in the quarterfinals which were played yesterday on chess24.com. Magnus Carlsen, Le Quang Liem, Vincent Keymer and Arjun Erigaisi qualified for the semi-finals which will be played tomorrow as two four-game rapid matches.

Semi-finals pairings:

The Superfinals of the 75th Russian Chess Championship and the 72nd Russian Women’s Chess Championship  simultaneously took place in Cheboksary from 10-23 September.

The FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) banned Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin from taking part in FIDE events for six months. EDC found Sergey Karjakin guilty of breach of article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics on March 21st, 2022 and the 6-month ban expired yesterday. Sergey Karjakin appealed to FIDE’s decision, but his appeal got dismissed by the Appeal Chamber of the EDC.