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IM Zhansaya Abdumalik, of Kazakhstan, increased her lead to a full point over the field in round eight of the Gibraltar leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix

Round 7: Black is more than OK After another exciting day’s play and four decisive results, round seven of the Gibraltar leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix at the Caleta Hotel on 29 May 2021 ended with Zhansaya Abdumalik of Kazakhstan in the lead on 5½, Mariya Muzychuk in second place on 5, and Kateryna Lagno of Russia and Gunay Mammadzada of Azerbaijan in joint third on 4½. In the race for the two places in the Candidates’ tournament, it was a good day for Humpy Koneru, watching from afar in India, and Kateryna Lagno, but a bad one for the other contenders, Nana Dzagnidze and Ann...

After round five of the Gibraltar leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix played at the Caleta Hotel on 26 May 2021, two players share the lead on 4/5 points

€29.90 Ju beats Yu Women’s world champion Ju Wenjun, much like in December last year, decided to participate in the open section of the national championships instead of entering the women’s tournament as the rating favourite. Until round 10, the player from Shanghai had been struggling, having scored eight draws and suffered two defeats up to that point. A win in the last round against the eventual champion, however, allowed her to finish in the pack sharing 5th-10th places on 5/11 — thanks to that win, she also ended the event with a rating gain.  Yu Yangyi, who wo...

Vijay Tagore | May 3, 2021, 11:59 IST Ian Nepomniachtchi (in picture) earned the right to challenge reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen by ...Read More When Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates Chess last week, there was renewed hope that a Grandmaster from Russia, traditionally a powerhouse in the game of black and white squares, has a chance, after a long time, to be crowned world champion, when the world title clash is held at the end of the year in Dubai. But a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ban and subsequent Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling has thrown cold water ...