Tata Steel Challengers - Round 9

Top Clash | Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Tata Steel Chess 2022

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, le roi sans couronne des échecs

Le Français Maxime Vachier-Lagrave courait depuis longtemps après un titre de champion du monde d'échecs. Enfin sacré en blitz, il vise maintenant le trône de Magnus Carlsen. http://ow.ly/U3nj50HCAWh

For a 2nd day in a row the women win 6.5:3.5 in Gibraltar, with Irene Sukandar the one player on 2/2! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/gibraltar-battle-of-the-sexes-2022/2/1/5

GIBCHESS battle of the sexes.
23 January - 3 February 2022.
Playing Venue: Gibraltar Garrison Library.

Event website: https://gibchess.com

Chess-results: http://chess-results.com/tnr607112.aspx?lan=2&flag=30
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round 2.

Battle of the Sexes 2022

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🔗 Irene Sukandar (@irene\_sukandar)

'It could be interesting to play chess once again without computers influence' - Jan-Krzysztof Duda

#GibChess Battle of the Sexes - 24 January - 3 February 2022 - Introduction

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6?! Aditya Mittal vs Daniel Dardha |Sunway Sitges 2021 Blitz

Loek or Hans, Who comes back from 1 sec several times to finish an intense blitz with a checkmate

Round 2 report of the #GibChess Battle of the Sexes tournament by John Saunders - another amazing day for Team Pia, defeating Team Sabino by 6.5-3.5 at Gibraltar Garrison Library

https://gibchess.com/bos-2022-round-2

👏Congratulations to GM Hikaru Nakamura for coming back and taking first 🏆 in January's last #TitledTuesday 👏!

Starting next week, there will be two Titled Tuesdays each time!

Read more ➡️ https://www.chess.com/news/view/titled-tuesday-doubles-tournaments-and-triples-prizes

Fridrik Olafsson, the legendary Icelandic grandmaster and former FIDE president, was born on this day in 1935.
He was the first top-class chess player from this small nation, which would later grow to become a noteworthy chess power; he is immensely respected in his homeland.

Fridrik won the Icelandic Championship 6 times, was twice the Nordic Champion, and participated in several top events, including a Candidates tournament (1959) and 2 Interzonals. He succeeded Max Euwe as FIDE President in 1978, and served in this post until 1982.
Happy birthday!🎂🎉

Russia's No 12 Alexey Sarana turns 22 years old today!

In July 2019, Sarana won the Russian Championship Higher League qualifying for the Superfinals of the Russian men's Chess championship for the 2nd year in a row.

Magnus Carlsen was already getting ready for a possible 2-horse race with Anish Giri when he joked about his rival's free point against Daniil Dubov! Round 9 report:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/tata-steel-9-carlsen-teases-giri-as-both-win