The first day of Aimchess Rapid

The first four rounds of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour stage took place (victory – 3 points, draw – 1 point). Standings after the 4th round: 1. N. Abdusattorov – 10 (12), 2-6. S. Mamedyarov, M. Carlsen, J-K Duda, V. Keymer, R. Rapport – 7, 7. D. Gukesh – 6, 8-10. G. Vidit, A. Erigaisi,…

Festival in the Netherlands

Tomorrow the festival starts in Hoogevene, the program of which includes open (Swiss, 9 rounds, 104 players, 6 grandmasters), six-game matches L. Van Foreest – Mcshane (England) and Warmerdam – Dardha (Belgium). Starting list

URS universal ranking published

The UR (universal rating, taking into account performances in all competitions – classic, rapid and blitz) for October 2022 has been published. World Ten: Carlsen (Norway) 2846, Nakamura (USA) 2805, Firouzja (France) 2801, Ding Liren (China) 2800, Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2789, So 2784, Caruana (both US) 2780, Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2775, Duda (Poland) 2766, Aronian (USA) 2764….

Interfax-Kazakhstan: World Chess plans to raise 8 million euros

World Chess Plc, a commercial partner of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), plans to conduct an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange and thus raise up to 8 million euros. Its shares will start trading in November under the ticker CHSS. The number of shares to be placed and their price are not…

FIDE approves new composition of the Management Board

FIDE Council voting approval of the proposal presented by its President, Arkady Dvorkovich. The full list of members and positions will be as follows: Chairman of the Management BoardFIDE President, Mr Arkady Dvorkovich Deputy Chair of the Management BoardMrs Dana Reizniece-Ozola Board Members:  FIDE Deputy PresidentMr Viswanathan Anand  FIDE TreasurerMrs Zhu Chen FIDE Chief Executive…

Round 8 played at US Champs

In the eighth round, Robson beat Moradiabadi, Xiong was stronger than Yoo. Aronian – Niemann, So – Swiercz, Lenderman – Dominguez, Sevian – Caruana, Liang – Shankland played in a draw. Standings after the 8th round: 1. Caruana – 6, 2. Robson – 5.5, 3-7. Dominguez, Xiong, Sevian, Swiercz, Liang – 4.5, 8. Shankland –…

Completed tournament in Egypt

The winners of the 6th El Khayari Matrouh Open 2022 were determined. The winner was Adham Fawzy, who scored 8 out of 9. Mohamed Ezat and Moheb Ameir were half a point behind. Final standings