Daniil Dubov draws his game against Vidit Gujrathi; as a result, Levon Aronian secures victory in pool C and is the first player to reach the semi-finals, with a round to spare!

"TEAM MAGNUS" — Daniil Dubov after facing Vidit Gujrathi at the R5 of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022

Andrey Esipenko has won and overtaken Hikaru Nakamura, for now, but Hikaru is on course to win as well and go into their last-round clash with draw odds! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-prix-2022-leg-1-all-groups/5/1/2

Leinier Dominguez wins an important game with Black against Pentala Harikrishna, closing in on pool D leader Wesley So, who drew against Shirov; he is now only half a point behind.

Pool C already has a winner, Levon Aronian, while Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So are also strong favourites to win pools A & D respectively; but pool B remains wide open before the last round!

⬇️ Standings ⬇️

"My Toughest Opponent Is Myself", — Richard Rapport after Round 5 of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022

FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A

FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool B

FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool C

FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool D

"I Once Beat Hikaru Nakamura On His B-day, Do Not Tell Him"— GM Wesley So | R5 FIDE Grand Prix 2022

Qualification or Valentine’s Day: Win-Win | Leinier Dominguez | R5 FIDE Grand Prix 2022

A smiling Ulf Andersson, pictured after his triumph at the international tournament in Gothenburg, July 1971. The 20-year-old Swede shared 1st-2nd place with Vlastimil Hort, ahead of World Champion Boris Spassky, thereby scoring a GM norm.

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At the Havana olympiad 1966 Fischer had a winning position against Spassky, but the game ended in a draw. The story goes that after the game Fischer pointed out an "improvement", but Spassky quickly refuted it. After that Fischer was so upset that he said: He got embarrassed.

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On Feb 10, 1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

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Player of the Day! David Bronstein ✨

Kramnik and Kasparov.

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