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On Thursday, May 19, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation based in New York, held its first-ever awards dinner at the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge. Presented in partnership with ICC, the 2022 Chess Service Awards honored four women who have made a lifetime contribution to growing scholastic chess.
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England’s National Chess Library is made up of around 7,000 books from a number of collections left to the BCF, including Harry Golombek’ s personal collection, which forms the core of the library. The library was housed in Hastings...
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The Las Vegas Chess Festival 2022 commences today and includes the National Open, the US Women’s Open, International Youth Championship and many side events. The famous chess streamer and the women’s grandmaster...
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Hikaru Nakamura won the FIDE Grand Prix series of events and therefore qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 which kicks off in less than 10 days in Madrid. Before taking part in the FIDE Grand Prix...
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Aryan Tari defeated Magnus Carlsen in the 7th round of Norway Chess. Tari chose to play a solid line as White in the game with classical time control, then winning an Armageddon to score a victory against the reigning World Chess Champion.
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The Indian chess star Arjun Erigaisi attracted lots of attention after showing impressive results on the international chess scene. He recently won Delhi Chess 2022 and the MPL Indian Chess Tour first leg, performing as the top seed in Menorca Chess Open 2022.
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The Women Chess Conference Prague 2022 will be held from 25th-27th August in Prague’s Hotel Don Giovanni, during the European Women’s Chess Championship 2022. The Conference is open to all ECU federations (representatives...
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The 7th round of Norway Chess 2022 brought interesting matches that finished with two decisive games with classical time control and three Armageddons. Magnus Carlsen maintained the sole lead in the event despite a loss he suffered against his compatriot Aryan Tari.
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The first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay will be carried out at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, India as FIDE today announced a new tradition of institutionalizing the Chess Olympiad Torch Relay.
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EDINBURGH BICENTENARY FIDE RATED BLITZ 1st June to the 5th June 2022 (5 day event) – FIDE Open Blitz Time-Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move This event was one of three events held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Edinburgh Chess Club.
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World Champion Magnus Carlsen scores a #TweetOftheDay with a direct call for support for Andrii Baryshpolets and his deputy Peter Heine Nielsen. More on the Baryshpolets campaign: Interview with Andrii...
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Hikaru Nakamura is gunning for the title at Candidates Chess 2022, entering as winner of the Grand Prix and is one of the rating favorites. However, this will not be the only feat that we can expect from Nakamura.
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A host city of two Chess Olympiads, Thessaloniki will now be the center of European chess attention this summer. Between July 11 and July 23 – after the Candidates Chess 2022 and right before the Chess Olympiad 2022 ...
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The Prague Chess Festival 2022 will take place 7-17 June. It will consist of a Masters 10 player round robin event, Challengers and Futures tournaments. Live: Prague Chess 2022 Masters and Prague Chess...
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After a one-year break, the closed tournament Challengers is coming back. The winner shall receive not only a trophy and a cash prize but also the right to attend the prestigious Masters tournament in the following year.
