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The pairings are out for Round 1 of the Riga #FIDEGrandPrix, that starts tomorrow!
The #FIDEGrandPrix semifinalists:
MVL v Grischuk & Mamedyarov v So. #GrandPrixFIDE
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeats MVL in his formerly trusty Gruenfeld Defense in the opener of the #FIDEGrandPrix! 👏
#FIDEGrandPrix MVL bounces back to beat Mamedyarov in the second game of their match.

Tiebreaks to decide the winner of #Riga #GrandPrixFIDE.
An exciting first day at Hamburg #FIDEGrandPrix with 4 decisive games.

GMs MVL, Topalov, Svidler, and Duda score a victory in the first of the two classical games.
Vachier-Lagrave starts the Hamburg #FideGrandPrix quarterfinals with a victory against Topalov and will need a draw with white pieces tomorrow to advance to the semifinals.

The 3 other games end in draws.

🇧🇬 Topalov 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷
🇷🇺 Grischuk ½-½ Navara 🇨🇿
🇷🇺 Dubov ½-½ Svidler 🇷🇺
🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi ½-½ Duda 🇵🇱

Games:https://worldchess.com/tournament/hamburg2019/9.Round-2-Game-1/Topalov-Vachier-Lagrave
The Candidates hopes of #FIDEGrandPrix top seed Ding Liren & Dmitry Andreikin look to be over after they were forced to pull out of the first event in Berlin. Radek Wojtaszek & Andrey Esipenko are the replacements, with Levon Aronian now the top seed!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/fide-grand-prix-in-turmoil-as-players-forced-to-pull-out
Round 4 #FIDEGrandPrix

Follow the games and watch the broadcast at https://chessarena.com/broadcasts/13604
Richard Rapport advances to the semifinals of Berlin #FIDEGrandPrix to face off with Nakamura after winning the tiebreak against Radosław Wojtaszek 1.5-0.5.
Rapport (2784.6, World Rapid #5 ↑2) beats Wojtaszek 1.5-0.5 on tie-breaks and will meet Nakamura in the #FIDEGrandPrix semi-finals https://2700chess.com/games/wojtaszek-rapport-r1-berlin-ger-2022-02-11