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The FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 will take place in Madrid, June 16 – July 7. It will be an 8 player double round robin with some of the world’s top Grandmasters. The winner will qualify for the World Championship match later this year. The World Championship Match between the reigning World Champion and the Challenger, the winner of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, will consist of 14 games. The player who scores 7.5 points or more wins the Match, and no further games are played.

Vidit Gujrathi talks to Kaja Snare after a good first day of the Charity Cup 2022 participants ( Charity Cup 2022 live / Charity Cup 2022 video ) He talks about the Meltwater Championships experience and the coming Chess Olympiad 2022

Vietnamese star Liem Quang Le and the teenage American Hans Niemann set the pace on day 1 of the Charity Chess Cup 2022 as more than $17,000 was donated to UNICEF. The two underdogs both racked up three wins and a draw to finish unbeaten on 10/12 points.

GM Andrey Esipenko is entering the Berlin FIDE Grand Prix 2022. GM Dmitry Andreikin withdrew from the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix due to personal reasons. GM Esipenko enters the Berlin Grand Prix as the highest rated eligible player in the December 2021 list. Recent article about GM Esipenko and how the young chess talents are advancing here

Stockfish, the strongest open source chess engine and current reigning champion of TCEC, leads the Premier Division of the Top Chess Engine Championship. After round 28, Stockfish has 19,5/28 (11 wins, 17 draws) and is clear first. Second position is for Komodo with 18,5/28 (10 wins, 1 loss, 17 draws), while Lc0 is third with 17,5/28 (8 wins, 1 loss, 19 draws).

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2023 is going to take place October 23 to November 5, 2023 in Isle of Man. Royal Hall of the Villa Marina in Douglas will host the 159 players – 109 in the open section and 50 in the women section. FIDE Grand Swiss is returning to the island after having to be moved from Douglas to Riga on its 2021 edition due to the strict travel restrictions affecting the Isle of Man during that period.

The Serbian Championship – Semi-final is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 17–23 March 2022 in Paracin, Serbia. Four players will qualify for the Serbian Chess Championship 2022 which will be played in December 2022.

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Anna Rudolf is one of the ten influencers taking on Judit Polgar in a world record attempt this weekend. Anna was very excited about the games and tweeted, “This Sunday I’ll be playing against the strongest female chess player of all time. Oh and btw this is all part of a world record attempt. I don’t know how about you but I don’t hold any and it would look pretty sick on a CV. Join on Sunday to play against Judit and be part of a world record”. The games of Judit Polgar vs The World start at March 20th 14:00 CET / 17:00 GST / 9 a.m.

A fantastic chess weekend is ahead of us.

The games of Judit Polgar vs The World start at March 20th 14:00 CET / 17:00 GST / 9 a.m. ET and can be followed on the Chess Connects us / Live commentary / US Chess Girls board .