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Argentine football manager and former football player Diego (El Cholo) Simeone is spotted playing chess with his son Giovanni Simeone at a beautiful sandy beach. ESPN World sports news tweeted about the vacation of Simeone’s family and how they spend it playing the game which requires full concentration. However, something is seriously wrong. The board is set wrong and Diego is missing his King on the board.

Fabiano Caruana yesterday won his R7 Candidates 2022 game against Teimour Radjabov to continue trailing the leader Ian Nepomniachtchi by half a point. While Caruana played “the most difficult game he played in a long time“, Nepo defeated Rapport much simpler, as Rapport refused to repeat the moves for a draw and went into a clearly worse position which shortly after fell apart.

The Silver Lake Chess Festival 2022 took place from 19-26th June, 2022, at the Silver Lake “Sports hall” and “Great hall” of Danubia Park Hotel. The Organizing Committee prepared a rich programme for all ages and playing levels: Open “A” tournament (for players rated over 2100 FIDE), Open “B” tournament (for players rated under 2200 FIDE) and Blitz FIDE rated tournament.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar, GM Jan Gustafsson and GM David Howell, in collaboration with Chess24.com.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa and WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian, in collaboration with Worldchess.com.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Cristian Chirila, in collaboration with Saint Louis Chess Club and Today in Chess Candidates edition.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal, in collaboration with Chessbase.

Richard Rapport was devastated after a tough loss he suffered in the 7th round of FIDE Candidates 2022 playing against Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Petroff line chosen by Nepo was a known theoretical draw where Black sacrifices a Rook to hunt the perpetual check. However, Rapport decided to refuse the threefold repetition and go on into a clearly worse position.

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 is just halfway through, yet the whole tournament has reduced to a two-horse race now. There’s a massive 1.5-point gap between the first two players and the rest of the field, and it does not seem like anybody except for Caruana can stop Nepomniachtchi’s run.
Read more: FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 – R7 recap

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