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Alireza Firouzja is back as the sole leader in the Open Event, as Lei Tingjie wins the inaugural Womens Grand Swiss

Alireza Firouzja and Lei Tingjie have a full-point edge over their closest chasers in the open and women’s sections of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss taking place in Riga. Both sole leaders won in round 8, with Firouzja beating Krishnan Sasikiran and Lei scoring her third consecutive victory by defeating Alina Kashlinskaya. Rating favourite Fabiano Caruana joined a 10-player chasing pack in the open section, and will face Firouzja on the top board in Friday’s ninth round. | Photo: Anna Shtou...

Both sections of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss have sole leaders going into round 8 (out of 11). Alireza Firouzja made the most of a slight edge in an endgame against Evgeniy Najer to reclaim the sole lead in the open section, while Lei Tingjie got the better of Nino Batsiashvili to collect her fifth victory of the event. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

After six rounds, the participants of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss will get a rest day on Tuesday. In the open section, five players are tied atop the standings on 4½/6 points, with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Krishnan Sasikiran (pictured) the latest to have joined the leading pack. Among the women, Lei Tingjie reclaimed sole first place by beating Jolanta Zawadzka. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

49-year-old Alexei Shirov and 44-year-old Evgeniy Najer caught Alireza Firouzja in Round 5 of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss after the 18-year-old ...

After kicking off the event with three straight wins, Alireza Firouzja drew a game for the first time at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on Sunday. The youngster nonetheless kept the sole lead, as none of his closest chasers got to score a win — Evgeniy Najer almost managed, but failed to find a killer shot. Meanwhile, among the women, Chinese star Lei Tingjie beat Valentina Gunina to climb to sole first place. | Photo: Anna Shtourman

Alireza Firouzja has won a 7th game in a row — counting the last four rounds of Norway Chess — to take the sole lead in the Grand Swiss and move wi...

Sam Shankland and David Anton were big name casualties on Day 1 of the San Fermin Banter Blitz Cup as they lost their first round matches to Vahap ...

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Fittingly, GM Magnus Carlsen is the top seed of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Day 3: Carlsen Moves Into Top Spot Eight players advanced to the knockout stage of the 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational on Monday, headlined by early leaders GMs Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri, who held their top two positions entering the day but switched places. Carlsen enters the quarterfinals as the top seed. How to watch? The games of the Magnu...