St. Petersburg's central Catherine Garden is occupied by chess players tonight! Vladimir Kramnik takes on young talents, while the king of blindfold play Timur Gareev gives a simultaneous exhibition.
#FIDEWomenCandidates Round 6 results:
🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk 1-0 Gunina 🇷🇺
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 1-0 Kosteniuk 🇷🇺
🇬🇪 Dzagnidze 0-1 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 0-1 Lagno 🇷🇺
Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the event with 5/6, standing 1,5 ahead of Dzagnidze and Lagno.
🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk 1-0 Gunina 🇷🇺
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 1-0 Kosteniuk 🇷🇺
🇬🇪 Dzagnidze 0-1 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 0-1 Lagno 🇷🇺
Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the event with 5/6, standing 1,5 ahead of Dzagnidze and Lagno.
Anna Muzychuk wins her first game at #FIDEWomenCandidates against Valentina Gunina. Her sister Mariya also has a superior position vs Alexandra Kosteniuk and is likely to win today.
Magnus Carlsen wins his first classical game, against Grischuk, and is now the sole leader of #NorwayChess after 3 rounds!
A crushing win by Carlsen:
✅ Takes the lead in #NorwayChess
✅ Extends unbeaten streak to 62
✅ Scores 17th win of 2019
✅ 2019 rating performance 2936
#NorwayChess
✅ Takes the lead in #NorwayChess
✅ Extends unbeaten streak to 62
✅ Scores 17th win of 2019
✅ 2019 rating performance 2936
#NorwayChess