Daniil Dubov

FIDE has asked its Constitutional Commission whether tournaments played inside Russia during the Chess Federation of Russia's suspension can be raided, a spokesperson told World Chess.

Daniil Dubov won both individual titles.

A women's team from occupied Donetsk played the team events over a Ukrainian protest.

The Russian Federation has been suspended since June 10, 2026, for failing to comply with a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling.

He was just writing about trends that are going in that direction, you know, like, click-baited titles and so on so yeah benji porto was it was a guest on the show as well as you know yeah

i saw that yeah i watched i watched that and and yeah it goes deeper than that to me um because it also i've mentioned a couple times i'm getting less interested in chess news and that's part of the reason is there's just so much scandal so much name calling so many cheating accusations like now um you And Daniel Dubov apparently is going to play Hans Niemann in a blitz match.

Hans Niemann is in Moscow to play in the Aeroflot Open.

And, you know, Dubov is based in Moscow.