World Chess Championship 2016 7th game

The 7th game ended in a draw as well and the score is 3.5-3.5. Playing Black, Carlsen missed 15…f5 (which could have given him a really good game) and 16…Rb8. In the opposite color B + Rooks endgame though Karjakin didn’t manage to make use of the extra pawn.

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) 1st round

Pogonina-Girya (Photo taken from the official site)

Pogonina-Girya (Photo taken from the official site)

Batsiashvili, Gunina and Girya won their first games.

Results of the 1st round

GMGunina Valentina25251 – 0IMJavakhishvili Lela2461
IMSkripchenko Almira2455½ – ½GMKosteniuk Alexandra2555
IMKhademalsharieh Sarasadat2435½ – ½GMHarika Dronavalli2543
IMBatsiashvili Nino24891 – 0GMKhotenashvili Bela2426
WGMPogonina Natalija24920 – 1WGMGirya Olga2450
GMZhukova Natalia2448½ – ½GMJu Wenjun2580

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)

Players, arbiters, officials (Photo taken from the official site)

Players, arbiters, officials (Photo taken from the official site)

This prestigious event started yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Pairings of the 1st round

GMGunina Valentina2525IMJavakhishvili Lela2461
IMSkripchenko Almira2455GMKosteniuk Alexandra2555
IMKhademalsharieh Sarasadat2435GMHarika Dronavalli2543
IMBatsiashvili Nino2489GMKhotenashvili Bela2426
WGMPogonina Natalija2492WGMGirya Olga2450
GMZhukova Natalia2448GMJu Wenjun2580

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