BOSTON — Bruce Cassidy didn't mince words or hide behind the secrecy of playoff hockey.
The Boston Bruins coach telegraphed the most important matchup of the Stanley Cup Final on the morning of Game 1.
The final match between Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi is underway, and game 1 is in the books as a draw. Nepomniachtchi played a (seemingly) risky line of the Gruenfeld, but as he was better prepared he was the one trying to push for an advantage from early on...
One version is mine, the other is GM Leonid Kritz's. Hopefully there's something in the former that isn't in the latter! The ChessLecture announcement is reproduced below:
The race for the Women's World Championship title will take off in Kazan with a renewed Candidates Tournament, the strongest female event ever held, which features a record prize fund of 200.000 euros. From May 29th to June 19th...
