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Goryachkina is currently #8 rated women in the world.
She won her first gold medal at the girls under 10 world championship in 2008.
In 2013, she finished 2nd in Russian U19 Open championship competing with boys.
She is 2-times Russian Women’s Champion (2015, 2017).
In 2018 Goryachkina became a grandmaster.
She has a slight fear of darkness and closed space.
She likes detective series and movies.
The last free day at #FIDEWomenCandidates: a large simultaneous display on 50 boards took place on pedestrian Bauman street. Children and senior players faced GMs Alisa Galliamova, Sergey Shipov, and Evgeny Miroshnichenko.
Congratulations to Vladislav Artemiev on winning the Poikovsky tournament after squeezing out a 6-hour win over Fedoseev in the final game! At 2760.6 he's now world no. 11 on the live ratings
Indian prodigy GM Nihal Sarin wins the Asian Blitz Championship in Xingtai, China 🇨🇳

14 year old Nihal Sarin scored an impressive 8/9 to win Gold, a full point ahead of his rivals.
Congratulations to Le Quang Liem on winning the Asian Continental Championship and returning to the 2700 club!
⚫️#238 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gasanov,E (2502)
🔸Aleksandrov,A (2599)
🔸Baku Open 2018
18...a5!? [18...Qh5! The most precise move that clears the h6 square for the Black's rook. 19.Rd3 Rae8 20.h4 Rh6 21.Kf1 Ree6 22.Ng1 Qxh4 23.f4 Bxe2+ 24.Qxe2 Qh1 25.g3 Rh2 26.Qf3 Qxf3+ 27.Nxf3 Rxb2–+; 18...Rg6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bf5 21.Bf3 Re8 22.Rd4 Qg5 23.a5 b5µ]

19.Kh1 [19.Ne5 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Rxe5-/+]

19...Rf6–+

1–0
⚪️#238 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Al-Shamsi,Ousha (1429)
🔸Jalloul,M (1874)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018