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Susan Polgar published an amazing picture of Richard Rapport, where the resemblance with the lead singer of Nirvana Kurt Cobain is striking!

Hikaru Nakamura uploaded his R3 recap of the game against 19-year-old Alireza Firouzja in which he faced a piece sacrifice and the slightly worse endgame. He then explained the video was a tiny bit late as he needed to respond to FIDE on their complaints about the dress code: “They want us all to look like it’s 1970’s at the IBM headquarters. It’s hot, we’re all neat, tidy and comfortable for long games.

The Silver Lake Chess Festival 2022 takes 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
– Blitz FIDE rated tournament

The top board games can be followed live daily on Chessdom.com:

Hikaru Nakamura recaps his game against World No 3 Alireza Firouzja who yesterday celebrated his 19th birthday. Nakamura was surprised with Firouzja’s 1.d4 as he expected 1.e4 instead. Firouzja sacked a piece and transposed to a slightly better endgame with winning chances, but Hikaru managed to escape with a draw.

Candidates R3 recap by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich

Replay R3 games:
Ding Liren – Richard Rapport 1/2-1/2
Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1/2-1/2
Teimour Radjabov – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2

The FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 broke interesting records even before it started and now we can see chess is booming in Madrid. Isabel Garcia de la Cruz @IsaGeller shared photos of people waiting in line to see their chess idols. “Madrid is already breathing chess” explained the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of FIDE David Llada seeing chess legends walking down Madrid’s streets.

The FIDE World School Chess Championship 2022 takes place from June 10-19, 2022, at the Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall Hotel & Convention Center, Panama City, under the auspices of FIDE and the Panama Chess Federation. The First Lady of Panama Yazmin de Cortizo paid a visit to the event which gathered around 600 children from more than 30 countries.

The second Global Exchange Forum, organized by FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess and Chess24, took place on June 18th, focusing on the topic “How is harassment defined, guidelines and support to report cases”. Kristine Marie Ganz, Secretary-General from the Norwegian Chess Federation hosted the event and Marco Biagioli, a lawyer and FIDE legal expert, was the guest speaker.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Daniil Yuffa and IM/WGM Elisabeth Paehtz, in collaboration with Worldchess.com.

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar and GM Jan Gustafsson, in collaboration with Chess24.com. Round 3 pairings (follow the links for each game)Ding Liren – Richard Rapport / Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Teimour Radjabov