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On Monday, the Chinese Team Championship, a round-robin tournament with 12 teams, ended in Fuling, which is a district of Chongqing. The team of Hangzhou Bank, in which Hou Yifan played on the first women's board, won both the Championship and the subsequent Rapid Championship. | Photos: Chinese Chess Federation
Citing personal reasons, Dmitry Andreikin withdrew from the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix. Andrey Esipenko (pictured), who also played in the first leg as a replacement, stepped in. The tournament is set to take place in Berlin, with two spots in the Candidates still up for grabs, albeit it is highly unlikely for Richard Rapport not to get one of those after his victory in Belgrade. | Photos: World Chess
Only Wang Hao and 19-year-old Vietnamese player Tran Tuan Minh have a perfect 3/3 after the opening weekend of the HDBank Masters in Vietnam, wit...
Due to the ongoing pandemic the Asian Individual Hybrid Chess Championship 2021 was played online. From 21 to 29 May 82 players from 15 countries battled in a hybrid tournament for the title, a place in the FIDE World Cup 2021, and the pitfalls of online play. After nine rounds the 19-year old Grandmaster Shamsiddin Vokhidov from Uzbekistan and IM Tin Jingyao from Singapore shared first with 7.0/9 each, but Vokhidov won the tournament on tiebreak. Top seed Parham Maghsoodloo from Iran finished tenth and suffered from power failures.
18.Kb1 Better than 18.b3 Qa3+ 18...Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qxc4 20.Rc1 That was White's idea. Black now has to live with an exposed king and shattered pawn structure. 20...Qa6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Nxe5 Be6 23.b3 Bd5 24.Qf4 Another idea was 24.Nd3!? Rd8 25.Nc5 24...Re8 25.f3 Kb7?! Invites the white knight to settle down on c5 with check – and a possible fork. 25...Qb5!? with the idea Bxb3 offered better chances. 26.Nd7 Qd3+ 27.Rc2 27.Ka1?! Kc8 28.Nc5 Qe3= 27...Qb5 27...Qd1+ 28.Kb2 a5 29.Nc5+ Kb8 was a better try. 28.Nc5+ Kb8 29.a4 Re1+ 30.Kb2 Qf1 31.Qf6 Stronger was 31.Qb4+ Kc8 32.Qb7+ Kd8 33.Qxa7 e.g....