It was a day of narrow escapes in round eight of the Nicosia FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022-2023. WGM Dinara Wagner maintained her lead, navigating her way out of a close call vs. IM Polina Shuvalova, who prepared a shrewd psychological surprise for the tournament leader. GMs Harika Dronavalli and Tan Zhongyi continue to chase Wagner, …
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Ian Nepomniachtchi leads 5.5:4.5 with just four games of the 2023 FIDE World Championship match to go after Ding Liren was unable to convert an extra pawn into a win in Game 10. Ding in fact did well to reach that superior endgame, since he confessed that Ian’s 9th move had come as a “total …
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GM Levon Aronian nearly extended his lead with a win on Wednesday in the WR Chess Masters 2023, but GM Wesley So escaped the danger and drew the game. With draws in all five games of round six, leaving the order of the standings unchanged, Aronian remains in the lead by one point. GM R …
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The FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship continued on Monday with a showdown between the world’s number-one ranked woman player, GM Hou Yifan, against the U.S. women’s chess champion, IM Carissa Yip, which Hou won in a 21.5-5.5 drubbing with a dominant display across all formats. Hou barely found herself in a worse position, …
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The second seed, GM Kateryna Lagno, defeated WGM Vantika Agrawal in the third round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship on Friday. While many of the games were closely fought, Lagno managed to gain a substantial lead in the match by being difficult to defeat in disadvantageous positions and …
Close Games, Overwhelming Lead: Lagno Outscores Agrawal Read More »
The second day of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour, continued today with outstanding results by GM Viswanathan Anand and GM Richard Rapport. The pair surged ahead of the field after they scored 2.5/3 and 3/3, respectively, during Friday’s three games. Anand very nearly kept his …
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