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Golden Games! Jun vs Deshun 2011
After six rounds of intense struggles, the participants of the #WomenGrandPrixFIDE in Lausanne will rest during #WomensDay.
On Saturday, Alina Kashlinskaya beat Marie Sebag to catch up with Aleksandra Goryachkina in the lead!
https://t.co/Q9BVYUiwTb?amp=1
On Saturday, Alina Kashlinskaya beat Marie Sebag to catch up with Aleksandra Goryachkina in the lead!
https://t.co/Q9BVYUiwTb?amp=1
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Lausanne GP: Kashlinskaya catches Goryachkina
Round six's three decisive results produced important changes in the standings table. Alina Kashlinskaya beat Marie Sebag with the white pieces and caught up with Aleksandra Goryachkina on 'plus two', while Harika Dronavalli — who was co-leading until round…
Alina Kashlinskaya defeated Marie Sebag with an energetic play with White. With 4/6 she may be one of the leaders after this round.
📸 David Llada #WomenGrandPrixFIDE
📸 David Llada #WomenGrandPrixFIDE
Standings of #WomenGrandPrixFIDE going into a free day:
1-2. Goryachkina, Kashlinskaya - 4/6
3-5. Harika, Dzagnidze, Abdumalik - 3½
6-8. A. Muzychuk, M. Muzychuk, Cramling - 3
9. Ju Wenjun - 2½
10-12. Stefanova, Kosteniuk, Sebag - 2
Round 7 is on March 9. https://wgp2019.fide.com
1-2. Goryachkina, Kashlinskaya - 4/6
3-5. Harika, Dzagnidze, Abdumalik - 3½
6-8. A. Muzychuk, M. Muzychuk, Cramling - 3
9. Ju Wenjun - 2½
10-12. Stefanova, Kosteniuk, Sebag - 2
Round 7 is on March 9. https://wgp2019.fide.com
Unity Chess Club
27-year-old Ukrainian Grandmaster Stanislav Bogdanovich and Alexandra Vernigora were found dead in a Moscow flat, apparently after inhaling laughing gas (nitrous oxide). RIP
An already very sad story is still not over. GM Stanislav Bogdanovich's mother needs support to bring the body of her son to his hometown and bury him here. Feel free to help and/or retweet this.
https://www.chess.com/blog/Mikhail_Golubev/gm-stanislav-bogdanovichs-mother-needs-urgent-support
https://www.chess.com/blog/Mikhail_Golubev/gm-stanislav-bogdanovichs-mother-needs-urgent-support
Chess.com
GM Stanislav Bogdanovich's Mother Needs Urgent Support
A message by Sergey Tkachenko was published today in the Odessa Region Chess Federation FB group. (You can see the screenshot on the bottom here.) Mariya Bogdanovich, mother of grandmaster Stanislav Bogdanovich who died suddenly in Moscow, Russia on March…
#OnThisDay 95 years ago the world-class Soviet grandmaster Efim Geller was born. A Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions, Geller had an overall plus score against four World Champions, including one that would have celebrated his 77th birthday tomorrow. Guess who!
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🎂 Revisiting Efim Geller's classic on his birthday! This is one such game where Efim Geller sacrificed almost ALL his pieces.