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The International Chess Forum Moscow Open 2022 kicked off yesterday and will be played from the 14th to the 20th of July in the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Center. The program includes open tournaments for men and women, stages of the Cup of Russia, as well as stages of the Children’s Cup of Russia.

Grandmaster Olexandr Bortnyk will play against all members in today’s Immortal Game Ambassador Tournament. The event starts at 3 PM UTC and is accessible to everyone for free! Join the event here and total prize fund of $1000.

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The 27th edition of the annual Bradley Chess Open will take place from 15-17 July at Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The event will be played in 5 sections: Major (for players rated 1900+), Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under 1200, with a guaranteed prize fund of 15.000$.

In the first part of the interview, Margaret Murphy talked about the intervention of a FIDE Vice President into the internal affairs of a recognized national chess federation. Despite the three months ban by the FIDE Ethics Commission, the (now former) FIDE official Nigel Short continued to publish unproven accusations on his Twitter feed.

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$.