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18-year-old Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin has won the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid with a round to spare. Arjun Erigaisi beat Nihal in the final round...

There has been little change at the top of the FIDE world rankings. Magnus Carlsen leads ahead of Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The best woman player is Hou Yifan and the best juniors are Alireza Firouzja and Zhu Jiner.

Day 2 of the Tata Steel India Chess event once again finished with sole leaders in both tournaments. In the open, Nihal Sarin climbed to sole first place after scoring 2½ out of 3 points, while among the women, Nana Dzagnidze could have lost her last two games of the day, but instead drew both times and is still in sole first place with three rounds to go. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

The Tata Steel Chess India event kicked off on Monday in Kolkata. Each of the two tournaments has a sole leader with 3 out of 3 after the first day of rapid chess. In the open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has taken the lead, while among the women, Nana Dzagnidze tops the standings with six rounds to go in the rapid section of the event. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

At 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday (11 a.m. CET) Pool B of the Women’s Candidates tournament kicked off in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Aleksandra Goryachkina gained an advantage against Alexandra Kosteniuk, but gave it away in time trouble. The game between Tan Zhongyi and Kateryna Lagno also ended in a draw. | Photos: Xushnud Baltaev / FIDE

Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura top a line-up packed full of Indian prodigies as the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz begins today in the Nationa...

Following three draws, Lei Tingjie beat Anna Muzychuk in the final encounter of the Women’s Candidates semifinals in Monte Carlo. The 25-year-old will face the winner of Pool B, a similar 4-player knockout set to kick off on November 28 in Uzbekistan. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

It was a tiebreak that was worthy of the importance and drama that had led up to it. While Humpy Koneru and her fans will lament how it ended, the fact is the tiebreak was incredibly entertaining and had a bit of it all. Even the quiet start was crucial in setting up the very dramatic third and fourth games. Don't miss out on the report! | Photo: Michal Walusza

The Petroff has never had a reputation for decisive games, so deliberately entering into one in a must-win situation would seem not a little mad, yet for Ana Muzychuk at least her persistence paid off when she broke her higher rated opponent's resistance with a brilliant exchange sacrifice. Here sister was not so fortunate and Lei Tingjie won their match. | Photo: Michal Walusza

Once more both the Muzychuk sisters tried their best to break through to match equality, and once more the games ended in draws. Still, there was a lot more to the story than the game result. Ana Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru followed the tense Sevian-Niemann game for 18 moves, while Mariya Muzychuk came 'oh, so close!' to sealing a dramatic win over Lei Tingjie. Read the tale of the tape. | Photo: Michal Walusza