[ad_1] Koneru Humpy erred fatally from an equal position in the fourth game of the tie-breaker and lost to Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine in the FIDE Women’s Candidates chess tournament at Monte Carlo on Sunday. The tie-breakers had to be employed as the scores were level at 2-2 at the end of four classical games. […]
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[ad_1] China’s Lei qualifies for the semifinals at the expense of Anna’s younger sister Maria China’s Lei qualifies for the semifinals at the expense of Anna’s younger sister Maria A draw would have taken her into the semifinals, but Koneru Humpy lost to Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk in the fourth and final classical game in the […]
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[ad_1] Humpy needs only a draw in the last game; Lei in similar situation in the other quarterfinal Humpy needs only a draw in the last game; Lei in similar situation in the other quarterfinal Koneru Humpy and Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine played out a second successive draw in the FIDE Women’s Candidates chess tournament […]
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[ad_1] Lei Tingjie leads Maria, Anna’s younger sister, by same margin in the other quarterfinal Lei Tingjie leads Maria, Anna’s younger sister, by same margin in the other quarterfinal Koneru Humpy missed a chance to post what could have been a second win in two days before she drew with Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk in the […]
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[ad_1] Ever since she made her Olympiad debut, way back in 2004, Dronavalli Harika wanted to be part of an Indian women’s team that climbed the podium. When she had the best chance of realising that dream, she wasn’t going to miss it — even if that meant being taken to the labour room straight […]
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[ad_1] Young stars can now afford to dream of making it big in chess, which was not the case earlier Young stars can now afford to dream of making it big in chess, which was not the case earlier ‘Thambi’, the mascot of the 44th Chess Olympiad, greeted me soon after I landed at the […]
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