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Humpy Koneru keeps leading FIDE WGP leg in Skolkovo. Decisive round is ahead.
In round 10, #WomenGrandPrixFIDE leader Koneru Humpy made a draw with Kateryna Lagno.

Top standings before the final day:
1. Koneru - 7½/10
2. Ju - 7
3. Goryachkina - 6½
4. Lagno - 6

In the last round, Koneru has White against Ju, and Goryachkina has White against Cramling.
Pia Cramling could not find 35.b4 and deciding that she was losing the knight, surrendered in a draw position
Grigory Levenfish and Mikhail Tal. USSR, 1957?

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"Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player. In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory, are caused by either impatience, complacency, exhaustion, or all of the above."

🔸 Pal Benko

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AP footage of 1966 WCC match between Petrosian and Spassky.
Petrosian won with 12.5/11.5.

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Humpy scored an impressive and unbeaten 8/11.

Koneru takes home a glittering trophy and a huge prize of 15,000 Euros (INR 12 Lacs) and 160 Women's Grand Prix points.
Ju Wenjun and Aleksandra Goryachkina are half a point behind.