Nakamura thinks Carlsen would skip the Candidates even if he earns a spot.
FIDE has opened a new route to the Candidates, in the faster formats Carlsen says he prefers. According to ChessBase Nepal, Nakamura doesn’t think it will bring him back.
Kazakhstan won Olympiad silver. Back home, it felt different.
Alua Nurman says her unbeaten team was told there’s no state award for the medal, because the Chess Olympiad isn’t on Kazakhstan’s list of qualifying competitions.
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The full story- Olympiad silver for Kazakhstan’s women
- 2nd
- matches lost in Samarkand
- 0
- match points, second only to China
- 18
- state award for the medal, Nurman was told
- ₸0
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Caruana was mid-interview. Then came the Abdusattorov crowd.
WFM Adriana Palao of ChessFam had the US top board talking after round 7 in Samarkand, until fans and cameras chasing Uzbekistan’s hero swept through.
China won Olympiad gold without its biggest stars.
No Ju Wenjun. No Lei Tingjie. No Tan Zhongyi. No Hou Yifan. A young Chinese team went unbeaten in Samarkand and took the Women’s Olympiad anyway.
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