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This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa, IM Elisabeth Paehtz and the special guest GM Peter Svidler, in collaboration with Worldchess.com.

After nine played rounds at the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament, Ian Nepomniachtchi maintained the sole lead with 6.5 points and a full point advantage over Fabiano Caruana who is second with 5.5 points. Hikaru Nakamura and Ding Liren tie for third place with 4.5 points, each, and seems that no one can disturb Nepo’s first position. After yesterday’s free day, the event continues today at 15:00 CEST with the 10th round.

The best female chess player of all times GM Judit Polgar does a daily broadcast of the FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 together with GM Jan Gustafsson. During the 9th round, Judit shared interesting thoughts on Nepomniachtchi’s games and compared him to the chess legend Garry Kasparov: “I remember when I was a kid, and I was looking Kasparov’s games, you could find quite a few games where people lost in a way that people wouldn’t lose against other strong grandmasters the same way.

The 3rd Stepan Avagyan Memorial took place June 20-28, 2022 in Jermuk, Armenia. The event was played as a 10-player round-robin tournament with an interesting mixture of young stars and local talents.
Read more: International Chess Events in Armenia / GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi is the Winner of Teplice Open 2022

The 1st Caplin Menchik Memorial took place from Saturday 18th to Sunday 26th June 2022 at the MindSports Centre, London, as a 10-player round-robin tournament.

The 34th edition of the International Chess Tournament “Open Pula 2022” will took from 18-26 June at Park Plaza Histria Hotel in Pula, Croatia. More than 150 players from 25 countries participated in the event which was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, featuring the prize fund of 6.250 euros.

Serbian Chess Federation organizes the International Open Chess Championship of Serbia, called “Serbia OPEN 2022” from June 28th – July 6th. The event takes place in Novi Sad, Master Centre, with participation of 267 players in the Masters event (for players rated 2100+) and 133 players in the Amateurs event (for players rated U2200).
Read more: IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh wins Silver Lake Open 2022

Anish Giri today celebrates his 28th birthday anniversary presenting us another marvelous recap of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022. Giri analyzed the exciting R9 games focusing on the crucial game between the leaders Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

19-year-old chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja scored his first Candidates victory yesterday after winning an exciting game against Richard Rapport. In the post-game interview, Alireza commented on three brilliant moves from the game joking with chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer Daniel Rensch: “I hope I don’t get banned again“.

A 16-year-old youngster from Teheran IM Bardiya Daneshvar emerged as the winner of the 55th Iranian Men’s Final Chess Championship and took his maiden national title.