Velammal Nexus School wins the World School Chess Tournament at Expo 2020
293 teams and 2,637 players from 53 countries took part in the biggest online competition ever, the World School Chess Tournament
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293 teams and 2,637 players from 53 countries took part in the biggest online competition ever, the World School Chess Tournament
Vincent Keymer and Awonder Liang made it into the semifinals of the Julius Baer Challengers Tour Finals after beating Leon Mendonca and Nodirbek Abdusattorov respectively. Keymer, who finished the preliminary stage — consisting of four tournaments — atop the overall standings table, had to work hard to take down Mendonca.
Vincent Keymer will take on his key rival Praggnanandhaa in the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour semi-finals after coming from behind to defeat L...
Praggnanandhaa and Christopher Yoo advanced to the semifinals of the Julius Baer Challengers Tour Finals after knocking out Volodar Murzin and Lei Tingjie respectively. While Pragg obtained a commanding 3-0 victory, Yoo was inches away from losing more than once in a match that was decided in blitz tiebreaks. The other two quarterfinal matches will be played on Friday.
Praggnanandhaa will face Vincent Keymer or Leon Mendonca in Saturday’s semi-finals of the Challengers Chess Tour after powering to a 3:0 victory ov...