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...He drew all six games with the heavyweight trio of Caruana, Nakamura, and Nepomniachtchi, playing actively while avoiding excessive risks....
...However, that left Spassky still effectively two up, as he retained the title in the event of a tied series, and game four was a clear success for him, as his well prepared formation as Black drew the fangs...
...Oleg Verbytski, 10, from the Charlton club whose young players have a fine reputation, is rated only 1771 but won or drew against 2000+ opponents in every game apart from a narrow defeat by an IM....
...Back in London 1980, Nigel Short was also 14 when he played in the Phillips & Drew Kings. He finished last, but 13 years later challenged Garry Kasparov for the world title....
...Only Germany of the top seeds began well, as England, after narrowly beating Georgia 2.5-1.5 in their opening match, drew 2-2 against the Czech Republic in round two....
...They drew their individual game, and were level on the first tiebreaker, but Adams was fractionally ahead, 77 to 76.5, on the second tiebreaker based on the scores of opponents played....
...In the final round of the closing blitz tournament, she drew against Dana Reizniece-Ozola, the four-time Latvian women’s champion, former finance minister of Latvia, and current managing director of Fide...
...The world No1 chose 1....Nd2+ and only drew. How could he have won? Click here for solution...
...Leonard Snoeks, the partner of a city planner, turned on the speaker he had strapped behind his seat, the size of an ’80s boombox....
...Hikaru Nakamura, the popular streamer and five-time US champion, drew against Mittens with some difficulty. Mittens can be easily accessed....
...Last year’s event drew 12,000 for an evening of Tchaikovsky, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin....
...In the game, Black chose 1...Rxa4 and only drew. Click here for solution...
...Discounting tie-breaks, he won 14 games, drew nine, and had a solitary loss to Vietnam’s Lê Quang Liêm....
...The Greenwich teenager won six games, drew two, and lost only to the top seeded four-time Ukraine champion, Anton Korobov....
...The title favourites are London’s top club Wood Green and Manx Liberty, who both have a touch of class and drew 4-4....
...and only drew. Click here for solution...
...According to Try, Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry drew up plans for sleek Modernist buildings — too radical for the local planning authorities....
...Kellie Leonard, who served as chief diversity and inclusion officer since the job’s inception in 2018, was leaving the company, he said....
...The 30-year-old Muscovite gained a winning lead this afternoon in the 13th and penultimate round when he drew in a favourable position against France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave while his Dutch rival Anish...
...His reasoning was that if his rival drew, it would be a long game tiring out Karjakin for the mandatory two-game speed play-off....
...After the first three rounds on Monday, So was the clear leader with a maximum 3/3, while Nakamura drew all three games for 1.5/3....
...The Russian legend, now 57 and ranked in the all-time top two alongside Carlsen, experienced both the highs and lows of internet chess as he drew from a lost position against the Norwegian, defeated the...
...Giri stood better in the remaining games, but faltered at decisive moments and drew all three, leaving Carlsen a 2.5-1.5 winner.His next event, starting July 21, is the Legends of Chess, where eight of the...
...The US drew 2-2 in Sunday’s final, but China were placed first due to better overall performance. China is at the top of the women’s game, and fielded both the World No1 and the reigning champion....
...The world champion seemed out of contention when he drew his first seven games in the 13-round event, then he struck form and kept in the running for the decisive final rounds this weekend....
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