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20 of the world’s best young male and female chess players will compete on chess24 from June 10-13 in the Gelfand Challenge, the second event on th...

A draw with Mariya Muzychuk in the last round of the Gibraltar Women’s Grand Prix was enough for Kateryna Lagno to secure a spot in the next edition of the Women’s Candidates Tournament. The one scenario in which the Russian would have failed to qualify was not so far from happening, as Muzychuk did not go for the most trying continuation nearing the end of the game while Nana Dzagnidze had a superior position against Valentina Gunina at some point in their lengthy encounter. | Photo: John Saunders

Thanks to back-to-back wins in rounds 7 and 8, Zhansaya Abdumalik is now leading the standings of the Women’s Grand Prix in Gibraltar by a full point over closest pursuers Gunay Mammadzada and Mariya Muzychuk. Mammadzada is making a strong impression on the Rock, as she collected three consecutive victories in rounds 6-9, coincidentally over the three Russian participants. <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar-women-gp-2021-live">Follow the games of round 9 live with commentary</a>. | Photo: David Llada

General May 22, 2021 | 1:33 PMby Colin McGourty Gibraltar hosts final Women’s FIDE Grand Prix The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix was supposed to end in Sardinia in May 2020, but then the pandemic intervened. It was rescheduled for Gibraltar, then postponed from January, but it finally begins Saturday May 22nd, with the players competing for two places in this year’s Women’s Candidates Tournament. Aleksandra Goryachkina is uncatchable in first place, but already has a spot in the Candidates. The leaders in the race are Humpy Koneru and Alexandra Kosteniuk, but neither ...

  White has got a desired position out of the opening, and he just needs to capitalize on it. Black seems to be getting into quite an uncomfortable position after 10.f5 or 10.h5. The game continued with 10.h5 Bh7 11.g5 hxg5 12.fxg5 Nfd7 13.g6 Bg8 14.exd5 exd5, and we get the following position:   This looks like a position which White should win. Find out the correct plan for White to continue here. The game went on with 15.Qe2+ Qe7 16.Qxe7 Kxe7 17.Nh3 Rxh5 and White’s advantage evaporated as Black managed to equalize.   32.Nh4. Find out why it is a mistake and what White should have ...