Congratulations to Koneru Humpy on winning the Women's Grand Prix in Skolkovo after drawing against Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun in the final round!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-womens-grand-prix-2019-skolkovo/11/1/1

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.

#FIDEWorldCup: Xiong Knocks Out Duda; Radjabov Eliminates Mamedyarov

Another dramatic tiebreak day is over, and the 18-year-old Jeffery Xiong is still in the mix! Our report is up:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-fide-chess-world-cup-round-4-tiebreaks

FIDE World Cup's Fourth Round ends in Khanty-Mansiysk

https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/378/

Results of Round 4 tiebreaks at #FIDEWorldCup:
🇨🇳 Ding 2-0 Alekseenko 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Grischuk 1,5-0,5 Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Xiong 3,5-2,5 Duda 🇵🇱
🇦🇿 Radjabov 2,5-1,5 Mamedyarov 🇦🇿
🇦🇲 Aronian 2,5-1,5 Le 🇻🇳

The winners join Vitiugov 🇷🇺, Yu 🇨🇳 and Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 in the quarterfinals.

18-year-old Jeffrey Xiong made it into the quarterfinals of the #FIDEWorldCup after knocking out Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an exciting blow-for-blow match.

Interview with Jeffery Xiong | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

Other moves were winning too but 52...Bd5 - Levon Aronian's stylish solution - is the kind of move chess players with a heightened sense of artistry will never ignore.

Interview with Levon Aronian | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

Teimour Radjabov 🇦🇿 is another quarterfinalist of #FIDEWorldCup. He knocked out his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after winning the second 10-minutes game of their tiebreak.

Radjabov's road to the quarters: Ziska (2533), Sjugirov (2662), Yuffa (2577), Mamedyarov (2767).

Interview with Teimour Radjabov | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

The #FIDEWorldCup quarterfinals, look like this:

🇨🇳 Ding Liren - 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk
🇷🇺 Nikita Vitiugov - 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi
🇺🇸 Jeffery Xiong - 🇦🇿 Teimour Radjabov
🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian

Congrats Trent Alexander-Arnold on the long-awaited goal while Liverpool FC took down Chelsea FC 2-1!

We're glad that there is a devoted chess fan among the Reds 😉

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-fc-trent-alexander-arnold-england-magnus-carlsen-chess-world-champion-a8574621.html

We've had a poll about the best game of Rounds 1-2 at #FIDEWorldCup. The game Firouzja-Dubov won with big margin! The next poll (R3-4) will open up tomorrow.

Details about the brilliancy prize:
https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/313/