Weekly Chess News! #10

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Stefanova Wins Knockout: 2022 FIDE Chess.com WSCC, Qualifier 2

Former Women's World Champion and GM Antoaneta Stefanova won the second qualifier of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship. She defeated WIM Mobina Alinasab in an incredibly hard-fought final match. IM Karina Ambartsumova won the Swiss tournament on the previous day. 

101 players competed in this second and last qualifier event, which was open to all women with FIDE titles. The WSCC round of 16 begins on Monday, June 13.

Duda Wins 2022 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland

The Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour, concluded today with the crowning of GM Jan Krzysztof Duda, who won his final game in a nail-biting finish where any one of four contenders could have taken the top spot. His winning score of 24 points was enough to edge out the field by half a point and claim the $40,000 prize for first.

Tiebreakers were narrowly avoided when GM Levon Aronian drew with GM Fabiano Caruana in the final round. GM Viswanathan Anand also recovered well to join Aronian in second, while Caruana finished in fourth (with a 102-point gain in his FIDE blitz rating!). 

Despite being outrated by more than 100 points even to the second-lowest seed, it must be mentioned that IM David Gavrilescu's performance in the blitz portion is to be commended, his 6.5/18 equalling that of super-GMs Richard Rapport and Radoslaw Wojtaszek.

Rapid Chess Championship Bots Are Here 

You probably know that the biggest online rapid event for elite players, the Rapid Chess Championship, is happening right now, don't you? But have you ever wondered how you'd stack up against some of the grandmasters playing in the event? Well, now you can put yourself to the test and challenge three new RCC bots on their Play Computer page! 

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