Grand Swiss winner, Candidate & late Jerusalem GP replacement Wang Hao has played & stayed unbeaten in all 21 rounds of the Chinese League so far (beating Andreikin, Malakhov, Naiditsch, Li Chao...). In tomorrow's last round he plays Harikrishna!

A very fighting 4th round at the #WomenGrandPrixFIDE in Monaco!

Cramling defeated Paehtz, Zhao Xue won against Gunina, Goryachkina took an upper hand on Harika, and Anna Muzychuk is about to win against Lagno

Zhao Xue defeats Valentina Gunina to score her first win in Monaco!

Interview with Pia Cramling | 2019 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Monaco | Round 4 |
"For me, it's very important to be happy, to have energy, to relax between the games", strongest Swedish female player Pia Cramling talks about her way to be inspired with ideas in chess. She's also touching other interesting topics! #WomenGrandPrixFIDE

SEA Games: Eugene Torre wins first gold for chess team

https://t.co/46DvaslHKd

MVL escaped unscathed against Ding while Carlsen managed to defeat Aronian with the white pieces #GCTFinals

🔸TCh-SWE Elitserien 2018–19
🔸Round 2
⚪️Shirov,A (2639)
⚫️Brynell,S (2398)
🔸1-0

17.Nf5! [A well-calculated move by Shirov.]

17...Rf8 [17...exf5? 18.e6 Bd6 19.exd7+! △Q×d5 19...Qxd7 20.Qxd5 fxg4 21.Bxd6 Ne7 22.Qxc4+ Nc6 23.Qb3±]

18.Nxg7! [△N×e6]

[18.Nd6+!? Bxd6 19.exd6 △Qd4 19...Qc5 20.Be5 Nf6 21.Bf3‚]

18...Rxf4 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kb8 21.Bxd5 b6™ 22.g3! [Clearing the g2–square for the white bishop in order to keep the bishop on the long diagonal.]

[22.Qa4? Ne7! △Bc5 23.Qxa3 Nxd5=/+]

22...Rf8 23.Qa4 Ne7 24.Bg2! Bc5 25.Qxa6+–