GM Wesley So won week 25 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in a hard-fought finals that culminated in an armageddon playoff. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Oleksandr Bortnyk made it to the semifinals. GMs Sam Sevian, Hans Niemann, Jose Martinez, and Benjamin Bok finished in the quarterfinals. Participating in the …
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week 17 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. He defeated GM Jeffery Xiong in the final blitz tiebreaker. GMs Levon Aronian and Olexandr Bortnyk made it to the semifinals. GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Alexey Sarana, Klementy Sychev, and Subramaniyam Bharath finished in the quarterfinals. Participating in the event were 56 competitors—now …
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The reigning Women’s World Blitz Champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, defeated IM Irene Sukandar in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Though the players scored evenly in the first blitz segment, as the time controls grew shorter, Assaubayeva’s advantage grew. In the bullet portion, Assaubayeva was stunningly quick and accurate―even when she had …
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