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Anish Giri drew against reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in a blitz game that was played in Madrid’s Park El Retiro. Anish didn’t do well in the opening and faced many troubles, but he managed to escape and turn the tables with a beautiful mating idea. Magnus had better time control and flagged the Dutch number one, but without enough material on the board, the game finished in a draw. (See the video with Giri’s analysis of the game below)

The 50th Annual World Chess Open took place from June 30th to July 4th at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown. The event is played in 8 sections, with a total prize fund of more than 100.000$ and participation of more than 1500 players.

The world’s top chess stars will be flying to Florida this summer for the biggest esports chess tournament ever held on US soil. The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour will hold its second Major of the season, the FTX Crypto Cup 2022, in Miami from August 15 to 21. The FTX Crypto Cup will offer the Tour’s largest prize fund so far this year: $210K plus an additional $100K tied to the price of bitcoin provided by leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Chessdom.com will cover live daily the 2022 edition of the FTX Crypto Cup. The event starts with a qualifier, including the Candidates 2022 participants Jan Krzysztof Duda, Teimour Radjabov, and Richard Rapport, as well as Anish Giri, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Sakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian, Wei Yi, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Samuel Sevian, Aryan Tari, Jeffery Xiong, Arjun Erigaisi, Sam Shankland, Hans Niemann, and Ju Wenjun.

Teimour Radjabov seems to be in a good mood after yesterday’s victory over Richard Rapport and overall 3rd place in the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament. He first entertained the fans with a tweet announcing his first chess conference after three years, and then asked a question we were all thought about: “I asked Ding directly, what is the right way to pronounce?

FIDE Director-General Emil Sutovsky yesterday joined the live studio of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 and spoke about his impressions from the Candidates, the venue, the upcoming World Chess Championship Match, negotiations with Magnus Carlsen, the new format of the Women’s Candidate Chess Tournament, different time-controls of different events and importance of online chess.

Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 R14 recap

Ian Nepomniachtchi seals the tournament victory with a rocky draw against Jan-Krzysztof Duda, putting a historical Candidates score 9,5 points out of 14 in the books. Ding Liren beats Hikaru Nakamura in a rollercoaster of a game to claim the second place.

Round 14 results:
Richard Rapport – Teimour Radjabov 0-1

Hikaru Nakamura lost the last round of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 finishing the event in shared third place with 7.5 points. Nakamura needed a draw against Ding Liren to clinch silver and get the chance to participate in the World Chess Championship Match since Magnus Carlsen considers to retire from it.

Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi secured the trophy at the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament with a round to spare. Nepomniachtchi is the second player ever who managed to win the Candidates Tournament two consecutive times, repeating Vasily Smyslov’s feast from 1956.

Ian Nepomniachtchi won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 with a round to spare, thus becoming the challenger in the World Chess Championship Match which will be played next year. The reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen should be the defender of the title, but Magnus was repeatedly saying he is considering his retirement from the World Chess Championship Matches.