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Riga #GrandPrixFIDE Day 2 results:
Giri ½-½ Karjakin
Harikrishna ½-½ So
Duda ½-½ Svidler
Dubov 0-1 Mamedyarov
Grischuk ½-½ Vitiugov
Yu Yangyi ½-½ Aronian
Topalov ½-½ Nakamura
Navara ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave

Vachier_Lagrave & mamedyarov advanced to R2. 6 tiebreaks on July 14!
Happy Birthday to Ian 'Nepo' Nepomniachtchi

who turns 29 today! 🥳 🎉

Currently #6 in the world with 2775, Russian GM is the overall leader of #GrandPrixFIDE after winning the leg in Moscow.
13-year-old Javokhir Sindarov wins the 2019 Uzbekistan Championship with impressive 10/12 points undefeated. Congrats on a convincing victory!
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BREAKING NEWS: Grandmaster Igors Rausis is under investigation for cheating
Sergey Karjakin and Yu Yangyi eliminated Anish Giri and Levon Aronian in Armageddon (Yu had Black in the final game)!
FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Round 2 pairings:

🇷🇺 Karjakin - So 🇺🇸
🇵🇱 Duda - Mamedyarov 🇦🇿
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Yu 🇨🇳
🇧🇬 Topalov - Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷

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⚪️#257 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Guliev,Sarh (2354)
🔸Suleymanli,Aydin (2313)
🔸Baku Open 2018
16.Ra3! [Guliev correctly transfers the rook to the kingside, which is where all the action is taking place.]

[16.f5 Na6 17.Qf3 c4 18.Ra3+–; 16.Qf3 Qe7 17.Kh1 Rc8 (17...c4) 18.Nb1 Re8 19.N1c3 Na6 20.f5±]

16...Na6 17.Raf3 [17.Rh3! Nc7 18.Nc3 Nd7 (18...f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Qh5 Qd7 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Nf3 Bd4+ 23.Nxd4 Qxh7 24.Ne6+ Nxe6 25.Rxh7 Nd4 26.Rxb7 Rab8 27.Rh7 Nc4 28.Nb5 Nxb5 29.axb5 Rxb5 30.Rh5 Nxb2 31.Rxf5+±) 19.Nc4 Ra6 20.Qf3+–]

17...c4 18.b3+/=

1–0