World Champion Tigran Petrosian in play during the 11th game of his first title match v. Boris Spassky, at the Estrada Theatre in Moscow, 4th May 1966.
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Aleksandra Kosteneuk and Marya Muzychuk become semi-finalists of WWCC2018 and qualifiy to the forthcoming Women’s Candidate Tournament of the 2019-2020 cycle.
An amazing moment as Zhansaya Abdumalik could have claimed a draw by the 50-move rule but instead resigned, since mate was unavoidable!
Headlines: Vachier-Lagrave awarded Shenzen Masters win after three-way tie: As tournaments go, this was an odd one: with nine draws and one win, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the Shenzhen Masters with a mere 5½ points from 10 games.