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The world’s top two chess stars go head-to-head starting Thursday at the Chessable Masters, the fourth leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen will face Ding Liren, who returns having regained his second spot in the world ranking. The field also includes two of the most promising rising stars in the chess world, Praggnanandhaa and Abhimanyu Mishra.

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Rating favourites Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Le Quang Liem all won their quarterfinal matches at the Charity Cup. Out of the four, only Le needed four games to defeat David Navara, as the remaining three winners of the day managed to knock out their opponents after only three encounters. | Photo: Alina l’Ami

The final day of the Charity Cup preliminaries had its fair share of drama, with half the players getting knocked out of the competition after 15 rounds. Praggnanandhaa and Richard Rapport did not make the cut, with Pragg missing winning chances before losing his last game of the prelims against David Anton. Anton, who came from scoring wins in the two previous rounds, climbed all the way up to fourth place thanks to this victory and will face Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the quarterfinals. | Photo: Al...

With three rounds to go, Le Quang Liem is still the sole leader of the preliminaries at the Charity Cup. The Vietnamese stands three points ahead of second-placed Magnus Carlsen and has already secured a spot in the knockout stage. On day 3, Jorden van Foreest was the highest scorer, as he collected three wins and a draw. Moreover, the Dutchman had a superior position in the one game he drew, against Carlsen. | Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021

The first four rounds of the Charity Cup left Le Quang Liem and Hans Niemann sharing the lead on 10/12 points (a win is worth 3 points, a draw is worth 1 point). Remarkably, the 18-year-old Niemann defeated Chinese star Ding Liren in the third round. After the loss, however, Ding bounced back brilliantly, getting the better of Magnus Carlsen to end the day on 9/12, a point behind the leaders. | Photo: Crystal Fuller

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Thanks to a final-round victory over Armenia, Ukraine got their first gold medals at the open section of the European Team Championships. France came second after beating Azerbaijan, with Alireza Firouzja beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to climb to second place in the world ranking and become the youngest ever player to cross the 2800-rating barrier. Poland finished in third place. | Photos: ECU Press

18-year-old Alireza Firouzja will be the 2804-rated world no. 2 when the official FIDE rating list is published on December 1st, beating Magnus Car...

Azerbaijan and Ukraine are sharing the lead after seven rounds in the open section of the European Team Championships. While Azerbaijan defeated the Netherlands on Friday, Ukraine inflicted Russia’s first loss of the event. The best individual performer in Slovenia, Alireza Firouzja, scored his sixth win of the tournament and is now 1.1 Elo points away from reaching the 2800 rating barrier. In the women’s section, the defending champions of Russia still have a perfect score. | Photos: ECU Pr...