Rouen Open News Today

World number one beat Wang Xiyu 6-1, 6-4 to reach the third round

A number of high-profile tournaments took place around Christmastime both domestically and internationally. Between the holidays and coverage of FIDE's rapid and blitz world championships, it's time to catch up on some of the biggest names and news items from the previous month.  

In his new Game of the Week show, Merin van Delft takes a close look at the game that helped Alireza Firouzja to qualify for the Candidates 2024 in the very last minute: Firouzja's fine win against Gata Kamsky in the Rouen Open 2023, which Firouzja won with 7.0/7. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target="_blank">register a Premium account here</a>.

With the publication of FIDE's January rating list, the participants in the Candidates Tournaments in April have been practically finalised. Alireza Firouzja and Humyp Koneru qualify thanks to their ratings while Magnus Carlsen is formally qualified, but has already stated that he does not wish to play.

, Oct 23 (IANS) Belgium's Maryna Zanevska defeated No. 5 seed Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 7-6(6), 6-1 in 1 hour and 41 minutes in the final to win Rouen Open women's singles title and claim the first WTA 125 title of her career, here on ...