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Berlin, the capital of Germany, will be the main host of the 2022 Grand Prix Series. The Series, a part of the World Chess Championship circuit, will run from February to April in a bespoke-designed chess arena. The city was chosen by World Chess, the gaming company that organizes the Series in partnership with FIDE, as well as by chess fans from around the world. | Photos: World Chess
Chess tournaments in Dortmund, Germany, have a long and illustrious tradition. In 2021, the Sparkassen Chess Trophy continued this tradition. Vishy Anand won a "No Castling" match against Vladimir Kramnik, Pavel Eljanov won the "Deutschland Cup". Now, the organizers released a video that reviews highlights of this year's tournament. In a personal statement during the award ceremony, Carsten Hensel, former manager of Kramnik, and driving force behind the organisation of the tournament, had already explained why Dortmund 2021 was a real highlight for him.
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Hybrid chess is not a fundamentally new invention. When Bobby Fischer was not allowed to travel to Cuba in 1965, he instead made his moves at the New York Marshall Chess Club, which were then telegraphed to Havana. The radio tournament of 1945 featured arbiters overseeing Soviet and American teams, as well. Of course, back in the day there were no computers that would have been able to provide players with useful tips.
And this is not the only thing that is different nowadays. Due to Covid-19, numerous countries do not currently allow two people from different households to sit at a distance of less than six feet from each other for several hours. In hybrid chess, the players are not in the same room. Instead, each one of them has their own chess workplace. The arbiters can oversee all moves and time limits on their computer, while also being able to ensure that neither of the players are running other software parallel to the game platform and video c
Wanted: World Chess champion Magnus Carsen s next challenger
The next challenger to titleholder Magnus Carsen at the next World Chess Championship is to be determined at an event in Yekaterinburg. This comes with the COVID-19 pandemic having led to a surge in interest in chess.
The next challenge to Magnus Carlsen will have to get past 7 opponents in Yekaterinburg
The second round of the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Federation (FIDE,) which was interrupted in March 2020, is set to begin on Monday, with eight grandmasters to sit across the board from each other to determine who will play Magnus Carlsen for the world title in November and December.