44th Chess Olympiad: Magnus Carlsen is back in Chennai, hottest hub of chess in the world now

With the International Chess Federation barring Russia for the war in Ukraine and China pulling out due to Covid concerns, Carlsen only has the US’ Fabiano Caruana for company at the top.

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