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The Grand Chess Tour announced today the players selected to compete in the full 2024 tour. Joining the likes of Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are three rising stars who had not been ‘regulars’ in the tour previously: Gukesh D (pictured), Praggnanandhaa R and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. The first event of the series kicks off on May 6 in Warsaw, Poland. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour
The road to Toronto for the 2024 Candidates Tournament is getting shorter and shorter. Some of the candidates were active in Wijk aan Zee. Thorsten Cmiel took a look at their games. Who is in good form and who is struggling? | Photos: Jurriaan Hoefsmit & Lennart Ootes – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
Ashwath Kaushik became the youngest player ever to beat a chess grandmaster in a classical tournament game, beating Jacek Stopa, 37, in the fourth round the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland
The extensive supporting programme of the Freestyle tournament in Weissenhaus also included boxing training for the players and anyone interested. The training took place under the guidance of Denno Probst and his team from Chessboxing Cologne. Fabiano Caruana was not the only one to have fun. | Photos: Chessboxing Cologne