10/21/2022 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the 2022 Aimchess Rapid online tournament after beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in what somewhat unexpectedly turned out to be a hard-fought final match. After getting a clear victory in the first set, Duda got a superior position in Friday’s first game. Shakh first managed to turn the tables in that game and then scored 1½ points in the next two encounter to take the match to tiebreaks. Duda won back-to-back blitz games to secure overall victory.

10/21/2022 – In the final match of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament, Jan-Krzysztof Duda took the lead against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov by scoring a 3-1 victory in Thursday’s first set. Duda comes from winning the preliminaries and knocking out world champion Magnus Carlsen in the semifinals.

10/21/2022 – The Aimchess Rapid, the eighth and penultimate tournament of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, is taking place on October 14-21. Sixteen world-class players, including top streamers Eric Hansen and Daniel Naroditsky and world champion Magnus Carlsen, will battle it out for eight days. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CEST (12.00 ET, 21.30 IST)

10/20/2022 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov reached the final of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament after outscoring Magnus Carlsen and Richard Rapport in Wednesday’s semis, respectively. Duda and Shakh finished first and third in the preliminary stage, and enter the deciding match of the event as much-deserving finalists.

10/19/2022 – Three long-standing elite GMs defeated younger opponents in the quarterfinals of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament, as Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Richard Rapport knocked out Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh Dommaraju, respectively. The one exception to this rule was Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who got the better of Vidit Gujrathi. By reaching the event’s semifinals, Carlsen secured overall tour victory with one tournament to spare!

10/18/2022 – The final three rounds of the Aimchess Rapid preliminaries were played on Monday. Eight out of sixteen players moved on to the knockout, with Jan-Krzysztof Duda the top scorer in the single round-robin. Suspense regarding who would make it through was limited to two players, as Anish Giri and Vidit Gujrathi entered the fifteenth round with chances of getting the coveted eighth spot in the knockout. In the end, it was Vidit who advanced to the quarterfinals, mainly thanks to Arjun Erigaisi’s victory over Giri.

10/16/2022 – A day after Arjun Erigaisi beat Magnus Carlsen for the first time in his career, another (even younger) Indian prodigy managed to beat the world number one at the Aimchess Rapid online event. Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Carlsen with white to become the youngest-ever player to beat the Norwegian during his reign as world champion. Meanwhile, Jan-Krzysztof Duda had a great day and climbed to the sole lead. | Photo: Niki Riga / Gibraltar Chess Festival

10/16/2022 – Arjun Erigaisi was the top scorer on day 2 of the Aimchess Rapid. The Indian prodigy collected three wins and a draw and, in round 7, achieved his first-ever victory over world champion Magnus Carlsen. Thanks to his performance on Saturday, Arjun climbed to shared fourth place, two points behind sole leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are sharing second place a point behind the young Uzbek. | Photo: Amruta Mokal / 2022 Chess Olympiad

10/15/2022 – The first four rounds of the Aimchess Rapid online tournament were played on Friday. Nodirbek Abdusattorov was the top scorer, as he collected three wins and a draw for a 10/12 score (wins are worth 3 points, draws are worth 1 point). Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are sharing second place on 7/12.

10/11/2022 – Magnus Carlsen is the star of the Aimchess Rapid, the eighth and penultimate tournament of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour before the final tournament. But the field is strong and with reigning World Rapid Champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Germany’s Vincent Keymer and a trio of Indian wonderkids in Arjun Erigaisi, Gukesh D and Aditya Mittal, who qualified via the MPL Indian Chess Tour, Carlsen will face five strong and ambitious juniors. The tournament begins Friday, 14 October, 12:00 ET (16:UTC, 18:00 CEST, 21:30 ISTAm Freitag um 18 Uhr geht es los.