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It’s time to pack our bags and head to Chongqing! The challenger, GM Lei Tingjie, was able to protect her one-point lead in the match and take her 3½-2½ advantage back to her hometown after holding GM Ju Wenjun to a draw in the final game of the Shanghai portion of the match.  

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News Flash! 2022 US Chess Absolute Championship! Correspondence Chess Master Tim Corkum (WI) is the 2022 US Chess Absolute co-champion. Corkum won on tiebreaks over CCM John Walton (WA). Both finished with a score of 7½ points, with 3 wins and 9 draws.  They split the point in their game. This is Corkum’s first Absolute championship. Play began March 1, 2022. The tournament continues but there are no others that can catch the champion.

Game 3 of the World Championship match saw Ding Liren comfortably holding a draw with the black pieces. The game lasted 30 moves and a bit over 3 hours. Ian Nepomniachtchi thus kept his 1-point lead on the scoreboard, a lead he gained thanks to a remarkable win in Monday’s second game. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

Day 2 of the American Cup saw the end of the first stage of the Champions Bracket, with several matches (Caruana-Robson, So-Shankland, Aronian-Dominguez) all decided in a rapid playoff. Meanwhile Nakamura was able to draw the second classical game after winning yesterday, relegating Sevian to the Elimination Bracket. In the Women’s Section, favorites Krush, Lee, and Tokhirjonova all managed to win their second games despite only needing a draw, while Paikidze defeated Zatonskih in convincing f...

The just-concluded WR Masters tournament was one of those rare events where the winner and the runners-up can all be happy with the result.

Round 7 was a major turning point at the WR Chess Masters in Düsseldorf. Levon Aronian, who had a full-point lead and seemed to be cruising to victory, lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi, while Dommaraju Gukesh got the better of Andrey Esipenko. Thus, Gukesh and Aronian are now sharing the lead with 4½ points each. Wesley So and Nepomniachtchi stand a half point back with two rounds to go. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Viktor Kortschnoi was one of the greats in chess. He played twice for the World Championship and only narrowly failed to win the title. His fighting spirit and his passion for chess is legendary. On the new Masterclass Fritztrainer "Viktor Kortschnoi" you can follow his long career game by game and in the remastered Fritztrainer "Kortschnoi: My Life for Chess" you can watch how the master presents his best games himself. Christian Höthe has taken a look at the two Fritzt...

Tan Zhongyi defeated Aleksandra Goryachkina in the fourth game of their Women's Candidates semifinal in Khiva, Uzbekistan. In doing so, Tan qualified for an all-Chinese final vs. Lei Tingjie.

The second game of the Women’s Candidates semifinal in Khiva between Aleksandra Goryachkina and Tan Zhongyi ended in a draw. As in game one, the Queen’s Gambit Declined appeared on the board, this time with Tan Zhongyi marshalling the white pieces. The Chinese player did not gain any advantage and the game ended in a draw on move 40. | Photo: Timur Sattarov/ FIDE