Interview with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, G1 |

The leader has changed at the #WomenGrandPrixFIDE in Skolkovo!
Kateryna Lagno defeated Ju Wenjun while Koneru Humpy won against Valentina Gunina.

Top standings with 2 rounds to go:
1. Koneru - 7
2. Ju - 6½
3. Goryachkina 6
4. Lagno - 5½

Website: https://wgp2019.fide.com

Kateryna Lagno is the first player to defeat Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun in Skolkovo, allowing Humpy Koneru to take the lead!

The Early Life Of Pal Benko‎

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-early-life-of-pal-benko

«The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It is the most absorbing of occupations. The least satisfying of desires. A nameless excrescence upon life...»
H.G. Wells

📷Brando, Chaplin & Loren

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"Chess is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game."

🔸 Paul Morphy

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rather rare photo. The genius of chess was not often seen among the family ... with wife Angelina and daughter Zhanna

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Solving with Nunn

https://en.chessbase.com/post/43rd-world-chess-solving-championship-vilnius-2019

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 1

Return Games of Round 4 of FIDE World Cup Played in Khanty-Mansiysk

Nikita Vitiugov qualified for quarterfinals.
Update for Team USA: Jeffery Xiong and Leinier Dominguez win on demand to force playoffs tomorrow at the #FIDEWorldCup while Wesley So is out after a draw.

https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/372/

There are 5 tiebreaks at #FIDEWorldCup tomorrow:
🇨🇳 Ding - Alekseenko 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇵🇱 Duda - Xiong 🇺🇸
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov - Radjabov 🇦🇿
🇻🇳 Le - Aronian 🇦🇲

Vachier-Lagrave, Yu and Vitiugov are already in the quarterfinals.

Today 18-year-old Jeffrey Xiong struck back brilliantly against Jan-Krzysztof Duda by using 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, a relic opening system first analyzed in the late 1400s and early 1500s by pioneers such as Luis Ramírez de Lucena and Ruy López de Segura.

Xiong, Jeffery - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof

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FIDE World Cup 2019 round 4-2