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Tan Zhongyi Knocks Out Kateryna Lagno In Women’s Candidates Quarterfinals

Tan Zhongyi Knocks Out Kateryna Lagno In Women’s Candidates Quarterfinals

GM Tan Zhongyi defeated GM Kateryna Lagno in Sunday’s tiebreak of their FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament quarterfinal. Tan won the first of four rapid games, after which the remaining three ended in draws. The 31-year-old Chinese GM will now face GM Aleksandra Goryachkina in the semifinal, which starts at 2 a.m. Pacific / 11:00 CET on …

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Infinite Fight: Lagno Overcomes Hou, Clinches WSCC Crown

Infinite Fight: Lagno Overcomes Hou, Clinches WSCC Crown

GM Kateryna Lagno defeated defending champion, GM Hou Yifan, in the final of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship on Friday. The determination and attacking styles of these two grandmasters made this match a riveting duel of minds with the result undecided until the very last game.  Blitz 5|1: Hou 4.5-4.5 Lagno  After …

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Fighting Spirit to the End: Lagno Defeats Vaishali

Fighting Spirit to the End: Lagno Defeats Vaishali

GM Kateryna Lagno defeated IM Vaishali R in the semifinals of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. Lagno’s experience faced off against Vaishali’s fighting spirit to produce a match of many dynamic battles.  Blitz 5|1: Lagno 6-3 Vaishali Lagno won the first game convincingly, gaining powerful pressure on the queenside and …

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Close Games, Overwhelming Lead: Lagno Outscores Agrawal

Close Games, Overwhelming Lead: Lagno Outscores Agrawal

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 …

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