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Similar to above, players 9 and 10 are seeded with player 9 choosing their opponent from players 11 and 12. The winners play a match for 9th place, while the losers finish in a joint 11th place. Afterwards, the four players are required to perform commentary for the knockout stage. Refusal to do so results in a 50% reduction of their prize ...
In 2014 Gergana Peycheva won European School Chess Championships in G11 age group. [1] Gergana Peycheva twice won Bulgarian Women's Rapid Chess Championships: 2019 [2] and 2022. [3] Gergana Peycheva played for Bulgaria in the Women's Chess Olympiad: In 2022, at second board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+3, =5, -1). [4]
In 2019, Thybo won the Aarhus Chess House GM tournament with 7/9 points. [10] From February to July 2020, Thybo was ranked as the 2nd-best chess player in Denmark. [11] As of July 2022, he is the 6th-highest-ranked active Danish player, including a peak rating of 2604 that was achieved in November 2021. [12] [13]
In 2014–15, four top 10 players (Carlsen, Anand, Topalov and Aronian) didn't participate, with the small prize funds and organizational uncertainty being the usual reasons given. [2] [3] [4] The winner of the Grand Prix (and sometimes lower finishers) gets entry to the Candidates Tournament. The winner of the women's cycle is directly ...
The 2024 World Blitz Chess Championship was the 4th edition of the annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament.
Daniel Cawdery is a South African chess player who was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 2014 (Candidate Master title in 2008 and FIDE Master title in 2013).. He won the 2015 and 2022 South African Chess Championship, [1] [2] and has played for the South African Chess Olympiad team in 1998, [3] 2006, [4] 2008, [5] 2012, [6] 2016, [7] 2018 [8] and 2022.
Andrew Tang (born November 29, 1999) is an American chess grandmaster. He is also a popular streamer, known online for his speed chess skills especially in bullet (one minute), hyperbullet (30 seconds), and ultrabullet (15 seconds) time controls as well as for playing speed chess blindfolded.
Liu scored an even more impressive result the following day in round 2 by drawing Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov, the third highest rated player in the United States at the time. [5] Two weeks after the conclusion of the eventful tournament, "Elliott Liu Day" was proclaimed by the city of San Diego on April 25, 2006.