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All results in round 6 of the Berlin Grand Prix favoured Hikaru Nakamura, as he won pool A and secured a spot in the Candidates Tournament after beating Andrey Esipenko with the black pieces. The four players who could have leapfrogged the US grandmaster in the overall standings of the series had they also reached the semis were knocked out on Monday — i.e. Levon Aronian (also from pool A), Leinier Dominguez, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Anish Giri. The one other player who made it to semis was Amin Tabatabaei, who got a convincing victory over Giri to win pool D. | Photos: World Chess

Senate Republicans are proposing U.S. sanctions against China should it provide a financial safe haven to Russian firms.

Senate Republicans are proposing U.S. sanctions against China should it provide a financial safe haven to Russian firms.

The West has agreed an onslaught of sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but resistance from key EU nations fearful of severing their power sources has resulted in them holding off on deploying the “financial nuclear weapon” of banishing Moscow from the SWIFT banking transfer system.

The West has agreed an onslaught of sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but resistance from key EU nations fearful of severing their power sources has resulted in them holding off on banishi…