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Day 4 of the World Chess Armageddon is over with Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerging victorious against Gukesh and Humpy Koneru, securing their spots in the semifinals. The losers will have another opportunity to prove their mettle as they go head-to-head with Richard Rapport and Wesley So, respectively, in Monday’s matches at 19:00 CEST. | Photos: Max Avdeev / World Chess

In the eighth round of the Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia, five of the six games ended drawn. Only Bibisara Assaubayeva scored a full point, as she got the better of Bela Khotenashvili. Dinara Wagner retained the lead with her draw against Polina Shuvalova. Olga Milko, Business Development Director of sponsor Freedom Finance Europe, played the ceremonial first move. | Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz

In round 6 of the Women's Grand Prix in Nicosia Dinara Wagner from Germany won against Oliwia Kiolbasa from Poland and now shares the lead with Kateryna Lagno, Harika Dronavalli and Tan Zhongyi. Alexandra Kosteniuk scored the second win of the day and her first win in the tournament. She defeated Nana Dzagnidze. | Fotos: Mark Livshitz

Wesley So posted his third straight draw, this time against World Championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi to remain at joint second after four rounds of the WR Chess Masters in Dusseldorf, Germany Sunday, Feb. 19. Wesley So is currently at joint second after four rounds in the WR Chess Masters

The highlight of Day 3 was R Praggnanandhaa playing himself out of trouble to win a match that at one point seemed to have gotten away from him.

The India A Team ranked second beat Greece with a 3-1 score, Team B trounced Switzerland 4-0 and Team C beat Iceland 3-1 at 44th Chess Olympiad underway in Chennai.

, July 31 (IANS) All the six Indian Teams in fray in both sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad being played here won their matches to maintain a clean slate.The India A Team ranked second beat Greece with a 3-1 score, Team B trounced Switzerland ...

The India A Team ranked second beat Greece with a 3-1 score, Team B trounced Switzerland 4-0 and Team C beat Iceland 3-1 at 44th Chess Olympiad underway in Chennai.

In one of the most exciting finals in recent years, Israeli GM Boris Gelfand won the blitz tiebreak against big favourite Viswanathan Anand to grab the Leon Masters title. No draws were seen in the final match between the living legends, as highly strategic games were featured from beginning to end. | Photos: Official site

Vishy Anand won the last game of the semifinal to knock out Jaime Santos. Anand will face the winner of the semifinal between Boris Gelfand, another living legend who has already won the Magistral twice, and the young Russian GM Andrey Esipenko in Sunday’s final. | Photos: Official site