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A frantic end to the Charity Cup’s Prelim stage saw Indian teen Praggnanandhaa narrowly miss out on a place in the knockout as Magnus Carlsen and Liem Quang Le sailed through. Pragg, the wonderkid from Chennai, had put himself in pole position to qualify with a stunning penultimate round win over World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk was quoted by Sports.ru on the decision of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban Sergey Karyakin for six months.

Hikaru Nakamura analyses his game with Levon Aronian from round 1 from the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin 2022 and comments on his ban in Twitch.

PUMA Brand Ambassador and Premier League star Christian Pulisic will be scoring in a very different game on Wednesday – chess. The American will face-off against a 10-year-old app version of the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in a very special Play Magnus Charity Chess Challenge for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

National Champion Arjun Erigaisi began the tournament campaign in style beating Manigandan S S. at the start of the 19th Delhi International Grandmasters Chess tournament

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.

Levon Aronian was interviewed by Dina Belenkaya after round 1 of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin. He is one of the players who can qualify for the Candidates 2022 and has sharply increased his chances after defeating Hikaru Nakamura at the start of the event (replay Aronian – Nakamura here).

Grandmaster, National Champion and someone who is training his sights to battle with the best – Arjun Erigaise starts as the top seed and hot favorite for the crown in the 19th edition of the Delhi International open chess tournament 2022 that kickstarts at the Tivoli Garden resorts here. Defending champion of 2020, Grandmaster and five times Commonwealth Champion, Abhijeet Gupta is also back in the fray and starts as the third seed behind Pavel Ponkratov, who has just won Guwahati Open

Magnus Carlsen is now clear second and within striking distance of the first place in Charity Cup 2022. Le Quang Liem is still the sole leader after three days of solid performance, while Jorden Van Foorest rushes into third.

European Youth Team Chess Championships 2022 will take place from 11 July (arrivals) to 19 July (departures) in the Conference Hall of the 5 stars Lazart Hotel in Thessaloniki which will host also the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2022 from 19 July to 23 July 2022.

The European Youth Team Chess Championships (EYTCC) will include four (4) separate competitions, an open competition and a girl’s competition in categories U12 and U18. The playing members of the teams shall not have reached the age of 12 or 18, depending on the category, by 1st January 2022.