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Ding Liren (who reached 100 consecutive games without defeat this year!) won our 5 best game of 2018 as he defeated Jan-Krzystzof Duda in a sacrificial and critical game at the Olympiad. 🔥⚔️🔥

Congrats to GM Ju Wenjun on her confident victory in the World Women's Rapid Championship. She won 8 and drew 4 games to finish a full point ahead of the runner-ups.

Ju Wenjun

🔹 FIDE World Rapid-ch Women 2018, St. Petersburg
🔹 PGN format

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Congrats to Daniil Dubov on becoming the 2018 World Rapid Champion. He took clear 1st place with 11/15 points and no single loss.

Daniil Dubov

Daniil Dubov won World Rapid Champion tittle while he had missed his grand father, Eduard Dubov, last week. Eduard Dubov was a well-known arbiter and mathematician, tragically passed away in Moscow at the age of 80. Honorary member of FIDE, author of Soviet rating system, Eduard Dubov made a significant contribution to the development of chess in Russia and abroad. Our deepest condolences...

🔹FIDE World Rapid-ch Open 2018, St. Petersburg
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Daniil Dubov, Ju Wenjun Win World Rapid Chess Championships

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
⚫️Vaibhav,Suri (2597)
🔸1-0

31.Ra2?! [Wojtaszek covers the second rank. However, This move was unnecessary and he missed a golden opportunity to win material.]

[31.Nb7+! Kd7 32.Rxc6 Kxc6 33.Nd8+ Kd7 34.gxh6! h7 34...gxh6 35.Nxf7 Rb2+ 36.Kf3 h5 37.Ra5 Ke7 38.Ng5 Rb6 39.Ne4 a6 40.Rxh5+–]

31...Ke7 32.f4 h5 33.Rac2 Nd6 34.Ra2 Rc7?! [Black didn't manage to find the correct defence.]

[34...a6! would be correct: 35.Rxa6?! (35.Rca1²) 35...Rxa6 36.Nxa6 Rb2+ 37.Kf3 Nf5 38.Nc5 Rh2 39.Ra1 Rh3+ 40.Kf2 Rxe3=]

35.Rca1±

1–0

⚪️#107 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Khoroshev,Nikita (2416)
🔸Al-Aqrabi,Saleh (2158)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi