Amid all the Sturm und Drang a world champion losing a game and quitting the tournament after just three rounds; a voluble rising American star now shadowed by accusations of cheating at the highest level; rule changes that strongly implied something fishy was going on; even a social media flame war over weird accents they did manage to play the 9th Sinquefield Cup and produce an over-the-board winner.
The second day of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour, continued today with outstanding results by GM Viswanathan Anand and GM Richard Rapport. The pair surged ahead of the field after they scored 2.5/3 and 3/3, respectively, during Friday's three games. Anand.
The first round of this year's edition of the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania saw only one win. GM Wesley So defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a nice positional game, while the other four games ended in draws after varying amounts of battle and tension. Round two will begin on Friday,
The 2022 Candidates Tournament, which will produce the challenger for the next world chess championship match, will take place in June-July 2022 in Madrid, Spain. As the organizing sponsor of this prestigious tournament, Chess.com signed an agreement on Monday