Aleksandra Kosteniuk 🇷🇺 is the winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Monaco!

Our congratulations to the frontrunners! 👏
🥇 Alexandra Kosteniuk
🥈 Humpy Koneru
🥉 Aleksandra Goryachkina

https://wgp2019.fide.com

The last round of FIDE Women Grand Prix starts in beautiful Monaco!

India's Narayanan. S. L (2626) wins the elllobregat Open in Spain with 7/9 points undefeated.

He finished ahead of a strong field featuring GMs Bartel (2634), Lagrade (2655), Karthikeyan (2611), and others.

Congratulations!

Not the most exciting start to the Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE quarterfinals, with 4 draws in 20, 23, 8 and 18 moves!

VI Sunway Sitges International Round 2

For the second year in a row, Chucky has a slow start in Sitges: today's draw in the first round won't allow for many more errors. The tournament is long (10 rounds) and will end in a playoff, but players who look out of the window to enjoy the views may regret it...

🔸Tournament of Peace 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Amin,B (2709)
⚫️Kozul,Z (2612)
🔸1-0

34...gxh5? [Missing a golden opportunity to create a mating net around the white king.]

[34...Rxd5! 35.cxd5 Bh4! A very nice maneuver. 36.Nc4 (36.Kh3 Bg3 37.hxg6 hxg6! △Rc1 38.Nxg6+ Ke8 39.Nxf4 Bxf4–+) 36...Re7! △Bg3 37.Re6 (37.g4 Bg3+! 38.Kg1 Re1+ 39.Kg2 Re2+ 40.Kf1 f3–+) 37...Rxe6 38.dxe6 Ke7 39.hxg6 hxg6 40.Ne5 g5 41.Nd3 Kxe6 42.Nc5+ Kd5 43.Nxb7 Bf2–+]

35.Rh6 [¹35.Rxd8+! △Rh6 35...Bxd8 36.Rh6 Kg7 37.Rxh5 Kf6 38.Nd3=]

35...Rxd5 36.cxd5 Kg7? [Now the white strong passed pawn and the aggressive position of his pieces have made the position difficult for Black. Therefore, Black should have played for equality with:]

[36...Bg5! △h6 37.d6 Rc5 38.Rxh5 Rxe5 39.Rxg5 Rd5 40.d7 Ke7 41.Rg7+ Kd8 42.Rxh7 Rxd7 43.Rh5=]

37.d6! Rc5™ 38.Nd7! [△d×e7]

38...Rc8 39.dxe7 Kxh6 40.Nf6 Kg5 41.e8Q Rxe8 42.Nxe8+–

Lajos Portisch being interviewed by Aleksandr Roshal in the hotel 'Moskva' during the very strong international tournament (won by Karpov) that took place in the Soviet capital in April 1981.

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