Gunina, Lagno Strike Back To Force Tiebreaks

Gunina, Lagno Strike Back To Force Tiebreaks

Colin_McGourty
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GMs Kateryna Lagno and Valentina Gunina struck back against IM Vantika Agrawal and GM Nana Dzagnidze, respectively, to take their 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup round-three matches to tiebreaks. Four more matches will be decided Monday, while 10 play...

Awatramani, Chiu Dominate Bughouse Championship

Awatramani, Chiu Dominate Bughouse Championship

NM CoachJKane
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NMs Isaac Chiu and Janak Awatramani dominated the 2025 Chess.com Community Bughouse Championship, although they didn't have the highest FIDE ratings in the field. They won two matches decisively against the second-place team of FM Richard Zheng an...

14-Year-Old Kaliakhmet Eliminates GM Batsiashvili

14-Year-Old Kaliakhmet Eliminates GM Batsiashvili

NM AnthonyLevin
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12 matches go to tiebreaks in round two of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup. In a fighting second game of classical chess, we saw six win on demand. Notably, 2023 World Cup winner GM Aleksandra Goryachkina staved off elimination for at least anothe...

Dark Horse Priyanka Eliminates Hungary's No. 1

Dark Horse Priyanka Eliminates Hungary's No. 1

NM AnthonyLevin
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The first set of players have been eliminated from the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup, and 11 players advanced through tiebreaks into an even more challenging round two. The advancing players are WIM Priyanka K, WIM Anahita Zahedifar, IM Klaudia Kulo...

Le Wins Leon Masters; Oro Impresses Vs. Anand

Le Wins Leon Masters; Oro Impresses Vs. Anand

Colin_McGourty
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Vietnamese GM Liem Le has won the 2025 Leon Masters after denying Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand an 11th title by winning their final match 3-1. Le beat local hero GM Jaime Santos in the Semifinals, while Anand defeated 11-year-old Arg...

11 Matches Go To Tiebreaks

11 Matches Go To Tiebreaks

NM AnthonyLevin
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After game two of the first round in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup, 52 players are confirmed for round two. Those who won their matches will enjoy a rest day on Tuesday, while we will see 11 pairs of players fighting for their spots in round two...

Jumpy Start For Favorites At FIDE Women's World Cup

Jumpy Start For Favorites At FIDE Women's World Cup

IM VSaravanan
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The first day of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup wasn't the star-studded affair that it should have been, as the top 21 seeds received a bye to proceed directly to the second round. So, it was a low-key start for the event with 107 participants fr...