All games of #GrandPrixFIDE ended in draws today.

🇺🇸 Nakamura 1/2-1/2 Dubov 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Grischuk 1/2-1/2 So 🇺🇸
🇨🇳 Wei Yi 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Svidler 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek 🇵🇱

Another 'long' game tomorrow, May 21. If still tied, tiebreaks on Wednesday.
https://worldchess.com/tournament/28

The legendary Nona Gaprindashvili is amused by Wesley So's cheeky request for 1.Na3 as her ceremonial first move for Alexander Grischuk while the latter shrugs it off: "Whatever."

Magnus Carlsen: "Daniil [Dubov] is capable of coming up with incredible concepts.

Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and the Dragon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oNuCzFgUw&feature=youtu.be&t=181

Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke of his passion for chess at the opening of the Arnold Chess Classic games in Johannesburg, South Africa.


https://www.chess.com/news/view/arnold-schwarzenegger-i-used-to-play-chess-in-the-gym

World Youth U14, U16, U18 Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will be held September, 10-14 in Salobreña, Spain.

You can get more information by writing to info wyrbcc2019.com

Nakamura's dramatic draw vs. Dubov sees 21-year-old Vladislav Artemiev enter the Top 10 for the first time!

⚪️#219 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Grandelius,N (2678)
🔸Hector,J (2501)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo SWE 2018

26.e5!? [Putting pressure on Black's knight and activating the bishop on g2.]

[26.f4! with the idea of e5 would be more precise: 26...Bb7 27.e5! Rfc8 28.Qb4 dxe5 29.Nc7 Qe7 30.Bxb7 Rxb7 31.Rac1 exf4 (31...Rcxc7? 32.bxc7 Rxb4 33.c8Q++–) 32.Re1 Qd6 33.Qxc5+–; 26.Re1!? Kh8 27.Rad1 Nd7 28.Qb4 Qh6 29.f4 Bb7 30.Ne7 Ba8 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.Rxd6+–]

26...Qxe5 27.Re1 Qh5 28.Qf4±

⚪️#219 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸El Jawich,A (2264)
🔸Masrahi,Abdulrahman A (1903)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

36.Bd3! [36.a4?! g5! 37.Bd3 (37.axb5 Rxh6µ) 37...Ke6 38.axb5 Rxh6 39.Rc1 cxb5 40.Rc5 Ng6 41.Bg3 Nxg3 42.Rxg3 b4 43.Rb5 Ne7³; 36.hxg7? Ne6 37.Bd3 Rh5 38.Bb8 Rxg7 39.Rxg7+ Nfxg7 40.Rg2 Rh8-/+]

36...Ke6 37.hxg7 [37.e4! dxe4 38.Bb1!! Ne7 39.Rxg7 Rhxg7 40.Rxg7 Rh8 (40...Rxg7 41.hxg7 Nfg6 42.Ba2+ Kf5 43.Bd6 Kg5 44.g8Q Nxg8 45.Bxg8+–) 41.Bxe4+–]

37...Nd7+– 38.Rg6? [38.a4 Rh3 (38...bxa4?? 39.e4! dxe4 40.Bc4++–) ]

38...Ne7 39.Rh6 Rhxg7 40.Rxg7 Rxg7=/+

½–½

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Ganguly,S (2615)
⚫️Fridman,D (2633) )
🔸1-0

20.Qb2? [A wrong decision by strong Indian GM that allows his opponent to complete his development. He could have seized a large advantage by exploiting the black king's position.]

[¹20.Nxe6! fxe6™ (20...Bxe3 21.Nf4!+–) 21.Bxc5! △Q×e6 21...Qxc5 22.Qxe6+ Qe7 23.Bxd5! Qxe6 24.Bxe6 Kd8 25.Rfd1+ Kc7 26.Rac1+±]

20...0–0 21.Rfc1 Nd7?!+/= [¹21...Rac8! 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.b4 d4! △Rc2 25.Bxd4 Rc2 26.Qxc2 Qxd4=/+]