Today's a rest day in Riga, so a good chance to check out the story so far, with MVL hitting the front in Round 6 while Caruana had a somewhat lucky escape!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/grand-swiss-6-mvl-sasikiran-catch-the-leaders

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When you're giving a simul and one of the guys looks kind of familiar!
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-i-m-hoping-this-time-there-will-be-fewer-draws
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22-year-old Hungarian Benjamin Gledura is now on a perfect 5/5!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/5/3/1
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18-year-old Alireza Firouzja is looking more and more like the chosen one!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/etcc-4-5-firouzja-storms-to-world-no-3

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Happy 50th birthday to the World's No 26 Michael Adams! who joins Vishy Anand as the only other 50+ player in the 2700+ club!
The 7-times and current British chess champion Adams was World Championship Candidate for several times. Currently he represents English team in ETCC2021.
https://chess24.com/en/read/players/michael-adams
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https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-india-2021-rapid/9/1/1
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Alireza Firouzja reaches 6.5/7 and 2798.9, and wins the match for France, with a beautiful temporary queen sac! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/7/4/1
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Alireza Firouzja survives the test of his endgame skills and the game against Alexander Grischuk ends in stalemate — with France beating reigning champions Russia! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/8/2/1
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4 draws in Azerbaijan-Ukraine gives the chasing pack a chance to catch the leaders before tomorrow's final round of the European Team Championship: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/8/1/1
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Congratulations to the Russian women's team on winning the European Women's Team Championship with a round to spare — their 4th win in a row, and a 7th in 8 Championships! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-womens-team-championship-2021/8/1/1
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