Of the 100 chess stories returned by our favorite news source for the month of June, 12 stories were about the Cairns Cup.
The sole chess960 story was:-
- 2024-06-23: Duda Scores 9/9, Caruana Misses Out As Eight Qualify For Chess960 Finals (chess.com; Colin_McGourty) • 'GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda tops the eight-player lineup for the Finals of the 2024 Chess.com Chess960 Championship after finishing the first qualifier on a perfect 9/9 score. He'll be joined for the knockout event by GMs Vladimir Fedoseev, Raunak Sadhwani, Christopher Yoo, Denis Lazavik, Andrew Hong, Sam Sevian, and Benjamin Bok. GM Fabiano Caruana played all eight qualifiers, but the stars never aligned in his favor as he finished second an incredible four times.'
For the report on the finals, see Fedoseev Wins 2024 Chess960 Championship With Queen Sac In Final (chess.com; AnthonyLevin). For the record of the full tournament, see Chess.com Chess960 Championship 2024 (chess.com).
