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Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi, who drew against Wei Yi today to win the Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE & qualify for the Candidates!
Ian Nepomniachtchi won Jerusalem Grand Prix after defeating Wei Yi 1,5-0,5 in the final match and qualified to the Candidates Tournament 2020. 🏆
Congratulations to Anton Korobov on taking clear first place in the Sunway Sitges tournament, with 8.5/10 and around 2850 performance!
Could there be a better couple of commentators for #SunwaySitges than Anna Rudolf and Daniel King? We're glad to have them here, and we hope everyone's enjoying them as much as we are! (besides that, we get the bonus, which is to see how nice they are away from cameras too!)
Final standings of #GrandPrixFIDE series 2019:
1️⃣ Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺 - 20 points (qualified to the Candidates)
2️⃣ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺 - 19 points (qualified to the Candidates)
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 - 16
4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 - 10

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Wijk aan Zee, January 1972 - the drawing of lots for the Hoogovens tournament.
#1 L to R: Lajos Portisch, Vasily Smyslov, Kick Langeweg, Jan Timman, Hein Donner.

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#2 Vasily Smyslov.

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"The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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At the Dutch blitz championship, Weesp (Nord-Holland), 5th June 1971. 19-year-old Jan Timman is pictured in play against, and later receiving the 1st prize from, the ex-World Champion Max Euwe.

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