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All Decisive Games: Wagner Beats Top Seed, Tan Bests Kosteniuk

All Decisive Games: Wagner Beats Top Seed, Tan Bests Kosteniuk

Every single game of the first round of the Nicosia FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022-2023 ended decisively. With imaginative and fearless play, GM Tan Zhongyi defeated her fellow women’s world champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. WGM Dinara Wagner‘s determination scored her an astonishing upset vs. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, the top seed and the second highest woman …

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Flash Report: So, Nakamura, Sarin, Giri Victorious in Highly Decisive Matches

Flash Report: So, Nakamura, Sarin, Giri Victorious in Highly Decisive Matches

This is flash report. Full report coming soon. GMs Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Nihal Sarin, and Anish Giri advanced to the semifinals on Thursday at the Chess.com Global Championship Finals.  So displayed the extensive range of his abilities, outplaying GM Dmitry Andreikin in attacking, ending, and complex strategic positions to win the match in just …

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Candidates Day 1: Half decisive, half drawn

Candidates Day 1: Half decisive, half drawn

Credits: Stev Bonhage / FIDE The first day of the Candidates Tournament in Madrid has concluded with an action-packed first day. Daily, Lichess is providing a broadcast of the games played in real-time. We also have a selection of annotated games by GM Nijat Abasov and video recaps by WGM-elect Jesse February, further below.  https://youtu.be/xnZALocNklA …

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