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The next round of the Armageddon series starts on 12 June at the World Chess Club in Berlin. With Richard Rapport, Maxime-Vachier Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Michael Adams, Jorden Van Foreest and the three German players Vincent Keymer (pictured), Matthias Blübaum and Alexander Donchenko. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
FIDE has published its new world ranking list. In June 2023, Magnus Carlsen is the only player with an Elo rating above 2800 and leads the world rankings by almost 70 points. The best young players, Firouzja, Gukesh, Abdusattorov and Erigaisi, are steadily improving.
Dinara Wagner grabbed a full point in the final round to win the Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia, the last event of the 2-year series. Wagner, the lowest-rated player in the field, played enterprisingly from the get go to beat Bella Khotenashvili with black. Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina both drew with white to secure spots in the next edition of the Women’s Candidates. | Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz
FIDE and the Georgian Chess Federation are organizing a match between top Ukrainian players Mariya and Anna Muzychuk and local stars Nino Batsiashvili and Meri Arabidze. The games will take place at the Hotel Legend in Batumi, Georgia, on June 5-11. Each of the matches will consist of six classical games. | Photos: International Chess Federation
After a week of intense and exciting blitz matches, the Armageddon Women's Week in Berlin came to an end on Sunday. In the final, Bibisara Assaubayeva beat Humpy Koneru. The organisers, World Chess, measured the players' heart rates during the games: The highest was 173 beats per minute. | Photos: World Chess