The starting games of the Round 3 of FIDE World Cup were played in the Ugra Chess Academy on September 16. Seven encounters resulted in victories.
The biggest upset of the day was Kirill Alekseenko's (Russia) beating the higher-rated Pentala Harikrishna (India).
Ju Wenjun leads with 4.5 points. Tuesday is a rest day.
Results of the 6th round
2487 GM Cramling Pia 0 – 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2560 2491 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 0 – 1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2545 2479 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 1 ...TIL that the physical rigors of competitive chess are so hard that grandmasters have begun to train like soccer players.
FIDE World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships (under 14, 16 and 18 years old categories) finished in Salobrena, Spain. 178 players from 22 countries, including 1 GM, 5 IMs, 12 FMs, 1 WIM, 12 WFMs participated in the chess forum in Granada.
Ju Wenjun and Gunina lead with 3.5 points.
Results of the 5th round
2479 IM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ – ½ GM Ju Wenjun 2576 2502 GM Gunina Valentina ½ – ½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2491 2545 GM Lagno Kateryna 1 ...
Fifteen tie-breaks were played on September 15 in the second round of the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk.
The overwhelming majority of matches ended after rapid games.
Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan) defeated Nihal Sarin (India)...
