It was indeed a fitting end to a fine event.

CLO Digital Editor John Hartmann reports from the Saint Louis Chess Club on the final day of the 2019 U.S. Junior, Girls, and Senior Championships...

Happy Birthday to one and only
GM Judit Polgar!🎂

Grandmaster at 15, the strongest female player of all time, Judit Polgar is now an Honorary FIDE Vice President and a tireless chess promoter.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeats MVL in his formerly trusty Gruenfeld Defense in the opener of the #FIDEGrandPrix! 👏

#FIDEGrandPrix MVL bounces back to beat Mamedyarov in the second game of their match.

Tiebreaks to decide the winner of #Riga #GrandPrixFIDE.

Biel tournament round 2 ( Classical + rapid games ) : Leko 14 , Shankland 13 points.

Master Tournament

http://chess-results.com/tnr457115.aspx?lan=0&art=1&turdet=YES

⚫️#262 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Moroni,L (2559)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

20...Ba6!? [Exchanging the black bad bishop with the opponent's good one makes Black's task easier to obtain equality.]

[20...Qd8 21.e4 c5 22.e5 Nh5 23.Bb5 Nf4 24.Rd2 c4 25.Qd1 Nf8 26.Ne1²; 20...c5 21.Qb2 Kg8 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Rd2²]

21.Bxa6 R8xa6 22.Nd2 Ne4? [¹22...Qd8=]

23.Ndxe4 dxe4 24.Qc4+/= [24.Reb2!?]

1–0

⚫️#262 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

40...Kf7?? [40...Rxb4! 41.Kc3 Bc5 42.Nf6 Rb8 43.h7 Rh8 44.Kd2 Kf7 45.Ke2 Kg7 46.Rb1 Bb6 47.Rh1 Bd8 48.Rb1 Bb6 49.Rc1 Ra8 50.Rc6 Rd8=; 40...f4?? 41.exf4 e3+ 42.Ke2 Rxf4 43.Nf6 Rf2+ 44.Kd3 Rd2+ 45.Ke4 Rh2 46.b5 Kf7 47.Ng4 Rh4 48.Kf4 Rh3 49.Rf1 Rh5 50.Ke4+ Ke7 51.Nf6 Rh2 52.Kf3 Bd4 53.Ne4 Bb6 54.Re1+–]

41.Nf6 f4 42.exf4 e3+ 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kf3 Bd4 45.Rh1 Bxf6 46.gxf6 Rc8 47.h7 Rh8 48.Ra1 Kxf6 49.Rxa7 g5 50.fxg5+ Kxg5 51.Kxe3 Kf5 52.Kd4 Rb8 53.b5

1–0