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Karthikeyan follows his stunning queen sacrifice yesterday by beating Adhiban today!
Alireza Firouzja bounces back with a win to stay firmly in the hunt for World Cup qualification:
Results of #FIDEWomenCandidates Round 10:
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Kosteniuk 1-0 Gunina ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Lagno 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ A. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Tan Zhongyi ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ M. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Dzagnidze ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช

Goryachkina (8) is 2,5 points ahead of Lagno (5,5) with 4 rounds to go!
Forwarded from never lose hope
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2019 Women's Candidates. Round 10. Interview with Valentina Gunina.
Forwarded from never lose hope
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2019 Women's Candidates. Round 10. Kosteniuk tells about her victory over Gunina.
With 2 rounds to go Magnus Carlsen is now leading by 2 points from Levon Aronian!
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Wesley So's uninspired 16.d5 was the equivalent of Little Red Riding Hood asking the big bad wolf if he wants a piece of grandma.
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Vachier_Lagrave wins a nice armageddon game against Grischuk, striking with 22.Nc6!? and 26.Rxc4! to roll the pawns up the board!

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โšช๏ธ#236 (Strategy-White to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธAleksandrov,A (2599)
๐Ÿ”ธAbdulov,Or (2398)
๐Ÿ”ธBaku Open 2018
12.Nb5! [A strong intermediate move by Aleksandrov to exploit the awkward position of Black's bishop on a5.]

[12.Nce2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bxb5 dxe3 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Bxe3 Nc7 17.Bc4 Bd5 18.Rbc1 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 Ncd5 20.Bf2 Bb6 21.Bxb6 axb6ยณ; 12.exd4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Qd3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb8 16.Bd2 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5ยณ]

12...dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Qe2ยฑ

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โšซ๏ธ#236 (Endgame-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธAdly,A (2626)
๐Ÿ”ธAl Qudaimi,B (2430)
๐Ÿ”ธEmirates ch-Arab 2018