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International Master Rolando Nolte and Grandmaster Joey Antonio pulled off key results Friday, Dec. 16, to seize a share of the lead after seven rounds of the MCPL’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival in General Santos City. Joey Antonio seizes share of the lead after seven rounds

Nineteen players are sharing first place on 3 out of 3 points in the main event of the Sunway Sitges Festival. Kushal O, a 17-year-old Indian player with an 1801 Elo rating, is among the leaders, as he stunned players in the 2250-2500 rating bracket on the first three days of competition. Big guns Yu Yangyi, Hans Niemann and Jorden van Foreest (pictured) are also sharing the lead. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Day 3 of the World Team Championships saw four teams leaving the competition as the preliminaries came to an end in Jerusalem. South Africa and the Netherlands did not make it through in Pool A, while Israel and the United States were eliminated in Pool B. Poland barely qualified, after tying in match points and individual points with Israel — a better tiebreaker score allowed the Polish team to move on. | Photo: Mark Livshitz

With both the number one and number two in the world (Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren), five top 10 players and a total of eight top 20 players, the Masters of the jubilee edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament has a very strong field of participants. The 85th edition promises to be a wonderful battleground, because a number of great talents are also present to compete with these world class players. The tournament will take place from 13 to 29 January 2023 in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.

China finished in first place in Pool A of the World Team Championship with an undefeated nine points. There was a three-way tie for second between France, Spain, and Ukraine...

Last week the 25th Hoogeveen Chess Festival celebrated chess again - with matches and tournaments. Local hero Lucas von Foreest won his match against Luke McShane and Daniel Dardha from Belgium won his match against Max Warmerdam. The Open finished with a "Final Four" finale which was won by Robert Hovhanissyan. Frans Peeters reports. | Photos: Frans Peeters

This week Robert Ris will have a look at the good old Scotch Gambit, which was seen in the games Liang-Aronian (US Championship) and Mamedov-Anand (European Club Cup). In both games, Black got into some serious trouble, with Aronian even getting blown off the board! | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target="_blank">register a Premium account here</a...

This week Robert Ris will have a look at the current state of the good old Dilworth Variation in the Open Ruy Lopez. The material imbalance of two minor pieces vs a rook and pawn (or two) leads to fascinating play with chances for both sides. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target="_blank">register a Premium account here</a>.

Plenty of action was seen in the world of elite chess last week, with top tournaments in Biel, Dortmund and Zagreb. GM Karsten Müller has been paying close attention to the games, and has shared with us a number of instructive endgame positions. Unmissable! | Photo: Lennart Ootes

The 2022 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz the 3rd stage of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour has come to an end