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Lithuanian speaker of the Seimas (the parliament of Lithuania), Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen holds Grandmaster and Women Grand Master chess titles!

During the meeting with the speaker of the Armenian parliament, Viktorija showed us a photo, proving that chess and politics often go together!

Read more: ECU Secretary General -“We should be proud of Women chess players”

Italian Chess Federation teams dominated the Mitropa Chess Cup 2021 topping both Open and Women’s sections!

Three teams tied for the first place in Open section after 8 played rounds: Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Eventually, Italy and Slovakia scored in the last round to tie for the top. One board point difference decided that gold goes to Italy, while Slovakia came second!

Accedia Chess Masters 2021 is going to start this May 15th in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event is organized by Chess Club Elit and Chess Club En Passan, and will be a 262 players over-the-board event with 11 GMs and 29 titled players.

Top seeded are GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Ivan Salgado, and GM Boris Chatalbashev. Top seeded women player is WGM Adriana Nikolova.

Nicaragua Youth Chess Championships 2021 concluded a few days ago and Youth National Champions of sections U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 were announced.

After 6 played rounds in each category, the Winners are:

U10 – Matus Acevedo Ariadna Lucia
U12 – Aleman Martinez Verania Monserrat
U14 – Cantero Randy Jose
U16 – Vanegas Lopez Natanael
U18 – Mondragon Meynard Jhofran David

The European Hybrid Qualification Tournament 2021 for the FIDE World Cup will take place from 22nd-30th May through Tornelo online platform. The total prize fund for the event is 32 000 eur.

Abhimanyu Mishra is on the way to become the youngest GM in history. The twelve year old boy from New Jersey is about to break the record if he grabs the GM title before September 5th. Mishra’s race is against Sergey Karjakin, who currently holds the title of the youngest GM taking it with 12 years and 7 months, back in 2002.

List of the top 10 youngest Grandmasters in the World

The famous chess youtuber Agadmator is startarting his previews on the Nepo – Carlsen 2021 match. In a video titled “Does Nepo stand a chance against Magnus”, Agadmator analyses a key game in Nepo’s career vs Peter Leko.

Koivisto, the open source chess engine by Kim Kåhre and Finn Eggers, is the sole leader of TCEC S21 QL after round 2. Consecutive wins vs Invictus and Bagatur give Koivisto 2,0/2.

Koivisto – Invictus (QGD) 1-0

Bagatur – Koivisto (Slav defence) 0-1

ClassicAra is the new co-leader of TCEC S21 QL. After five rounds ClassicAra (live ELO 3338) has collected 4,5/5 and has joined Koivisto at the top of the standings.

Ian Nepomniachtchi is getting ready to challenge Magnus Carlsen at every aspect. Back in 2013 Carlsen made the symbolic kick-off at a Real Madrid game. Today Nepo followed suit with a symbolic kick-off in Spartak Moscow’s game.