Nils Grandelius resigns and Fabiano Caruana moves to the group in joint 2nd place, a point behind Alireza Firouzja!
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David Howell beats Esipenko to join a group of 10 players on 5.5/8, a point behind Firouzja!
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FIDE Grand Swiss 2021|Riga

FIDE Grand Swiss Women|Riga

Czech grandmaster Vlastimil Jansa (b. Prague, 1942; co-author, with Vlastimil Hort, of the famous training book 'The Best Move'), pictured with the young David Navara.

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Mikhail Tal during a 30-board simultaneous display in Miass in late 1977 (Miass City Museum Archive).

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Daily chess puzzle
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Chess in the desert

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Calling the game "super important" but also "a total mess," Fabiano Caruana defeated Alireza Firouzja to catch his opponent in first place of the #GrandSwiss2021 alongside David Howell. In the women's section, Lei Tingjie is almost there! Round 9 report:

"It was complicated but I felt like my moves were always easier. He was clearly quite uncomfortable - he was burning time and probably not finding the best defence."

Mariya Muzychuk beat Elisabeth Paehtz and Zhu Jiner defeated Natalija Pogonina. It means that Lei Tingjie is two points ahead of the field and she needs just one draw in the last two rounds to become the clear winner of the Women's #GrandSwiss2021.

Top standings in the Women's #GrandSwiss2021 with two rounds to go:

1. Lei Tingjie (🇨🇳 2505) - 8/9
2-6. Paehtz (🇩🇪 2475), M. Muzychuk (🇺🇦 2536), Zhu (🇨🇳 2455), Harika (🇮🇳 2511), Javakhishvili (🇬🇪 2446) - 6

Tomorrow the top clashes in the 10th round are Alireza Firouzja vs. David Howell and Vachier_Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana!

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Round 10 Pairings

1. Alireza Firouzja (6.5) - (6.5) David Howell
2. Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (6) - (6.5) Fabiano Caruana
3. Vitiugov Nikita (6) - (6) Oparin Grigoriy
4. Shirov Alexei (6) - (6) Yu Yangyi
5. Predke Alexandr (6) - (6) Anton Guijarro

Kasparov visits Baku Pioneer's Palace, where he started his chess career. You may recognize at least one more person on this photo. Spring'1984

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