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The American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura seems unhappy with the security check procedure at the FIDE Candidates tournament 2022. Just a few minutes before the start of the 4th round, Nakamura’s wallet was scanned with a metal detector and he had to show all the credit cards in the wallet.

GM Maurice Ashley is a Jamaican-American chess player, author, and commentator. He traveled to FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 as a chess fan and joined the Saint Louis Chess Club broadcast with GM Alejandro Ramirez and GM Yasser Seirawan to share his experience from the trip. “Madrid is fantastic! The energy here is absolutely extraordinary and it’s just an incredible buzz in the city” said Ashley.

Two days ago the World celebrated Father’s Day – a holiday honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in society. Play Magnus Group for this occasion shared the photo of World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and his father. Carlsen shortly commented on the post putting the little heart above the photo. “Magnus putting a little heart to his father is the best thing you’ll see today on Twitter“, added David Martínez.

Nigel Short has announced his resignation as FIDE Vice-President with immediate effect. Since since October 2018, Nigel Short was serving as Vice-president of FIDE in the Arkadij Dvorkovich administration.

The announcement of Nigel Short comes at a strange moment, as he is currently playing the FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championships Acqui Terme (read more)

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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.