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Magnus Carlsen is on the brink of winning a second Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event in a row after a near-flawless performance in the first match of the Charity Cup final. The World Champion and reigning Tour Champion was at his imperious best as he dispatched Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda in just three games.

FIDE Grand Prix Berlin 2022 is the final leg of the Grand Prix series that will determine the participants in the Candidates Chess 2022. With Richard Rapport practically qualified after winning the Belgrade Grand Prix, just one spot is available for grabs.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda, one of the 8 players to compete in the Candidates Chess 2022, is in the finals of the Charity Cup 2022. He is going to meet Magnus Carlsen at the finals and celebrated it tweeting “Is there something better then two days practice with world champion and get paid for that?” Indeed, it can hardly get better!

Polish star Jan-Krzysztof Duda reached his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour final today with a gritty win over the in-form Liem Quang Le. The 23-year-old World Cup winner will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the Charity Cup finale after the overall Tour leader dispatched Ding Liren, of China. Duda has built a reputation as Carlsen’s “nemesis” having ended the world No.1’s record 125-game unbeaten streak and knocking him out of the World Cup in December.

Chinese Chess Association will start a series of qualifing tournaments for the 19th Asian Games at end of this month, informed the chess journalist Liang Ziming. All top players are required to play including Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi, Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie.

The players from the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin give their opinion on the case of Sergey Karjakin. In a series of interviews by Dina Belenkaya, they share their thoughts on the ban and the whole situation around the Karjakin case.

Magnus Carlsen and Liem Quang Le, the two form horses, both put in dominant performances today to storm into the semi-finals of the Charity Cup. Carlsen clinched a 2.5-0.5 victory over the young American hope Hans Niemann to go through to the next stage of the UNICEF fundraiser with a game to spare.

In an interview with Dina Belenkaya, Anish Giri was politically correct on the case of Karjakin. “This is unprecedented situation […] Always in such decisions you have sides that say it is not harsh enough and sides that say it is too harsh.

The International Chess Federation FIDE banned yesterday Sergey Karjakin from all its events. As Karjakin decided not to appeal, this means he will not be able to participate in Candidates Chess 2022.

After the third double round robin of the Top Chess Engine Championship S22 Premier Division KomodoDragon has reduced the distance with Stockfish to just half a point. The open source chess engine Stockfish is still in the lead with 28,0/42 (14 wins, 28 draws, 0 losses), while KomodoDragon is second with 27,5/42 (15 wins, 25 draws, and 0 losses). Follow TCEC live: Official website / TCEC Twitch TV