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The first round of classical chess at the Biel Grandmaster Tournament GMT had it all: the players with the black pieces were victorious in three of the four games. Of the top 3 in the standings, only Esipenko was able to score and thus takes the top spot in the intermediate ranking due to his draw against Keymer. In the open tournaments MTO and ATO there were also quite a few surprising results and it shows that the favourites have to be very careful of their challengers.

The big guns struck back in the FTX Road to Miami today as the tournament’s established stars overcame the youngsters. Levon Aronian, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wei Yi and Richard Rapport all clinched semi-final places in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event.

It meant heartbreak for the young Americans Jeffery Xiong and Sam Sevian while India’s teen sensation Arjun Erigaisi also went out along with the more established Anish Giri.

European Senior Chess Championship 2022 concluded yesterday in Lublin, Poland. The event took place from 4th-14th July, 2022, being played in two age categories 50+ and 65+, with separate prizes for female players.

The Closing Ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening, with Chief Arbiter Tomasz Delega announcing the Winners. Paweł Zaskalski – Vice President of the Polish Chess Federation joined the awarding ceremony.

A two times British Champion and prolific author GM Matthew Sadler explains the Engine’s Opening Repertoire! In the latest video published on the Silicon Road Youtube Channel, GM Matthew Sadler dives into Komodo Dragon’s repertoire against 1.d4 Nf6 followed by g6. Openings covered in the video are: King’s Indian Classical, King’s Indian Makogonov, 8.Rb1 Grunfeld and Benko Gambit.

The FTX Road to Miami reached its elimination day yesterday and the field was cut in half. The event continues today with the knock-out phase and one of the quarter-final matches features the encounter between World No 9 Anish Giri and World No 15 Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

The 27th edition of the annual Pacific Coast Chess Open will take place from 15-17 July at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton. The event will feature six rating sections: Premier (2000+), U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500 and U1200, with a guaranteed prize fund of 25.000$.

With the Master Tournament MTO and the Amateur Tournament ATO, the two big tournaments of the Biel Chess Festival began yesterday, filling the large hall of the Congress Centre with life.

The 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, set to start on the 29th of July, will be the most prominent chess gathering of the year. The historical participation records are updated with 189 teams registered for the Open and 162 in the Women’s section.

Hotshot rookie Sam Sevian reigned supreme in the FTX Road to Miami’s prelim stage as the $150,000 esports event now heads into its knockout phase.

Tanitoluwa Adewumi is making headlines these days, having won the 2022 Summer New York Invitational.