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From 26th October to 3rd of November 2022 the 20th edition of the Capechecs chess festival took place in Cap d’Agde in France. A total of 879 players fought in the different tournaments, from the famous Cap Echecs Trophy to various open tournaments for players of all strength. The Trophy was won by GM Laurent Fressinet after a narrow final against GM Luca Moroni, and the Open was won by GM Maxime Lagarde ahead of 49 grandmasters from 32 nations. | Photos: Pierre Textoris

Praggnanandhaa is the fifth-youngest Grandmaster in history, behind Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D, and Javokhir Sindarov.

REYKJAJVIK  (Iceland), Apr 12:  Young Indian Grandmaster R Pragganandhaa on Tuesday won the prestigious Reykjavik Open chess tournament here with 7.5 points from nine rounds. The 16-year-old Pragganandhaa defeated compatriot GM D Gukesh in the final round to emerge sole winner. Praggnanandhaa turned things around in the all-Indian battle after his opponent blundered when he appeared to be losing. The highly-rated Indian remained unbeaten through the nine rounds and finished with wins over Matthieu Cornette (France) and Gukesh in the […]

Thanks to back-to-back wins in Sunday’s double round, Max Warmerdam climbed to sole first place at the Reykjavik Open. The Dutch grandmaster defeated Simon Williams and Johann Hjartarson to become the only player to go into Monday’s round 8 with a 6/7 score. Five players stand a half point behind — Pouya Idani, Praggnanandhaa, Mads Andersen, Matthieu Cornette and Tania Sachdev. | Photo: Thorsteinn Magnusson

€29.90 A convincing victory In our last report, after round 8, Ivan Cheparinov and Jules Moussard were sharing the lead on 6½ points. The co-leaders faced each other in the penultimate round and shared the point after 40 moves. That same day, Jaime Santos joined them atop the standings thanks to a fine strategic effort that gave him a win over top seed Anton Korobov. Thus, three players entered the last round sharing first place. Santos had the black pieces against Moussard, and the players decided to call it a day early on by repeating the position three times before reach...