When Pia Cramnling played her first Chess Olympiad with Sweden (Buenos Aires 1978), none of her rivals at the #WomenGrandPrixFIDE had been born yet.
That will give you some perspective about her place in the history of our sport.
That will give you some perspective about her place in the history of our sport.
#FIDEWorldCup players who advanced to R3:
Firouzja 🇮🇷, Harikrishna 🇮🇳, Wang 🇨🇳, Xu 🇨🇳, So 🇺🇸, Vidit 🇮🇳, Karjakin 🇷🇺, Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺, Tomashevsky 🇷🇺, Andreikin 🇷🇺, Duda 🇵🇱, Mamedyarov 🇦🇿, Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷, Nisipeanu 🇩🇪, Aronian 🇦🇲, Artemiev 🇷🇺, Le🇻🇳.
15 tiebreaks tomorrow!
Firouzja 🇮🇷, Harikrishna 🇮🇳, Wang 🇨🇳, Xu 🇨🇳, So 🇺🇸, Vidit 🇮🇳, Karjakin 🇷🇺, Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺, Tomashevsky 🇷🇺, Andreikin 🇷🇺, Duda 🇵🇱, Mamedyarov 🇦🇿, Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷, Nisipeanu 🇩🇪, Aronian 🇦🇲, Artemiev 🇷🇺, Le🇻🇳.
15 tiebreaks tomorrow!
Nakamura got a consolation draw from a game in which he was dead lost, but he's been knocked out of the 2019 #FIDEWorldCup by Nisipeanu!
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Refusing a safe play strategy, Dieter Nisipeanu takes the fight to Hikaru Nakamura with extremely sharp play (17...Qd5 18.b3 c4! 19.Rxd4 Qa5!).
A brilliant win for 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja, who will play Ding Liren or Movsesian in Round 3 of the #FIDEWorldCup!
37.exd6 with 30 seconds on its clock... this guy is gonna be good! #FIDEWorldCup
https://t.co/bUnvB8UVHk?amp=1
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Fantastic play by 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja (37.exd6!!). If he wins this, the game will surely be a strong candidate for the brilliancy prize.