World Chess Cup 2023 begins!
Updated: 2023-07-30 14:14:47
The World Cup tournament will start tomorrow and all of the world’s biggest stars will assemble in Baku, Azerbaijan for the massive knockout tournament. Just about everyone will be there including representatives nominated by smaller federations. There are a lot of headliners including Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura (wildcard), Fabiano Caruana, and many of the top …
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A few weeks ago, Fidel Corrales Jimenez won the 2023 World Open with an undefeated 7.5/9 beating out eight others (including GM Hans Niemann) by a half-point. A strong performance was put in by 17-year-old IM Justin Wang who earned a GM norm in the pack of players ending on 7/9. The World Open is …
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With an expanded vision, The Gift of Chess has appointed Susan Namangale as its Global Head. Russell Makofsky‘s vision to distribute chess sets in the New York area was part of a local initiative called The Gift of Chess. Since its inception in 2021, the mission added the incarcerated and most recently a global initiative. …
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Brewington Hardaway (Twitter) In a span of seven months, Brewington Hardaway secured three norms for the title of International Master. His last one came at the 2023 World Open where he scored a strong 6/9 including a key win over GM Illia Nyzhnyk. “Brew” earned his first IM norm and the FM title in January …
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2023 World Chess Championship Shanghai/Chongquing, China (July 4th-24th) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 pts. Ju Wenjun ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ Lei Tingjie ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 5½ Official Site: …
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