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A Tale Of 2 Comebacks: 6 Winners Top Trials 9-14 Of Olympic Esports Series

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The Trials Phase of the Olympic Esports Series 2023 concludes with the following players qualifying for the next stage: GMs Shant Sargsyan, Christopher Yoo, Oleksandr Bortnyk, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Maksim Chigaev, and 17-year-old IM Yahli Sokolovsky. As Caissa would have it, two of the above winners initially lost in one final before ultimately winning another later …

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Comebacks and Near-Perfection On Display Tuesday

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GM Dmitry Andreikin won the late Titled Tuesday event on August 9 with a nearly perfect 10.5/11 score, after GM Alexey Sarana had staged an improbable comeback in the early tournament. GM Hikaru Nakamura rode a 9/9 start to a tie for first (second on tiebreaks) in the day’s first tournament. A 10.5/11 score is …

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Blunders and Comebacks: Oslo Esports Cup Day 2

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GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa emerged as the sole and unbeaten leader of the Oslo Esports Cup after day two with six points, followed by GM Anish Giri with four points. Behind him stand GMs Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden van Foreest, and Le Quang Liem with three points. At the end of the line, we find GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda with …

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