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This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar and GM Jan Gustafsson, in collaboration with Chess24.com. Round 4 pairings (follow the links for each game) Richard Rapport – Hikaru Nakamura /  Ian Nepomniachtchi – Alireza Firouzja / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Teimour Radjabov / 

In 2022 Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana celebrate their 20-year-long chess rivalry anniversary. Their first encounter happened back in 2002 at the U10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion, Crete. Back then the non-rated Ding Liren defeated Caruana.

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

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa and IM/WGM Elisabeth Paehtz, in collaboration with Worldchess.com. Round 4 pairings (follow the links for each game) Richard Rapport – Hikaru Nakamura /  Ian Nepomniachtchi – Alireza Firouzja / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Teimour Radjabov /

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Alejandro Ramirez and GM Yasser Seirawan, in collaboration with Saint Louis Chess Club and Today in Chess Candidates edition. Round 4 pairings (follow the links for each game) Richard Rapport – Hikaru Nakamura /  Ian Nepomniachtchi – Alireza Firouzja / 

The Stepan Avagyan Memorial takes place June 20-28, 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. The format is a round-robin among 10 players and the participants are a very interesting mixture of young starts and local talents.

The 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament players come back today to the Palacio Santona chess battlefield after yesterday’s first free day at the tournament. Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi had the pleasure to head into the resting day leading the crosstable on plus one.

Polish Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda used the first resting day of the Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 to take a walk in Madrid. He shared the photo on his official Twitter account from El Retiro Park which hides the best place for playing chess.

The 1st Caplin Menchik Memorial takes place from Saturday 18th to Sunday 26th June 2022 at the MindSports Centre, London. It’s a 10-player all-play-all, one game per day, with WIM & WGM norm opportunities. The tournament is taking place thanks to the generous support of Caplin Systems, who also support the Hastings Congress. The tournament has also received financial support from the English Chess Federation, The Chess Trust, and the Friends of Chess.

Arjun Erigaisi is now the highest rated 18 year old player in the world! Erigaisi recently played the French team championship Top 16, where he gained +0,7 ELO . The real reason for gaining the highest rating spot in the U18 list is not anyone losing or gaining ELO, rather Hans Niemann turning 19 years old today. But have no doubt, Arjun Erigaisi has a bright future ahead.