Aleksandra Goryachkina is the 2020 Russian Women's Champion!
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She defeated Polina Shuvalova in the Armageddon game following two draws in the rapid playoff. This is Goryachkina's third title after 2015 and 2017.
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📷: V. Barsky #CFR #WomenInChess

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

Sunway Sitges Open R4: Nino Batsiashvili beats Karen Grigoryan, Korobov suffers a loss

photos 12-16 Round 4:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a996dr61j4gc4o5/AAA_hwSCAeJy0w8RalGqatFfa/12-16%20Round%204?dl=0

Batsiashvili, Nino (GEO) - Grigoryan, Karen H. (ARM)

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Sunway Sitges 2020 round 04

Clutch Draw Eliminates Hess At U.S. Championship Online Qualifier

https://www.chess.com/news/view/us-championship-online-qualifier-round-5

1985, 4.5-1.5. The Cologne doctor, of course, could not resist future of "The Great and Terrible Harry". Ulf Andersson failed to cope with this task little later, and then 12th world champion ... It seems that Boris Spassky was not accidentally in this photo!

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

The draw by stalemate looks like a spot of discontinuity in the otherwise harmonious universe of values. To save a game by letting yourself be so completely humiliated as not being able to make a move looks rather undeserved.

🔸 Mihail Marin

@UnityChessClub

From ‘O Rei’ Pelé, to Garry Kasparov. Brazil 1996.

(This book is a first edition in Russian of “The Test of Time”, also signed by Kasparov on Nov 9th, 1985 - a memorable date!)

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

A fine shot of a young Nigel Short.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Linares, March 4th 2000. Kasparov - Leko was a draw; I remember Peter ended that year with positive score against Kasparov (½, ½, 1)

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)