international master divya deshmukh of nagpur emerged champion of the sharjah challengers 2024, the other day. in the final round, divya played out a draw against im leya garifullina to emerge winner. at the end of the ninth and final round, divya, who was seeded eighth in the competition, had a tie with russian im leya garifullina and iranian fifth seed sina movahed. however, on the basis of buchholz tie-break score of 47, divya emerged champion leya had 45 while sina had 41 buchholz tie-break score. di
Nagpur: International Master Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur emerged champion of the Sharjah Challengers 2024, the other day. In the final round, Divya played - Nagpur News
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There was no shortage of controversy on day 1 of the World Blitz Championships in Samarkand. A dispute regarding an alleged clock malfunction delayed the start of round 7 by close to an hour, while a 13-move draw featuring only knight moves between Daniil Dubov and Ian Nepomniachtchi resulted in both players losing a half point as their encounter, according to the Chief Arbiter, would “bring the game of chess into disrepute”. Meanwhile, Valentina Gunina got a 1½-point lead in the women’s tournament after finishing day 1 with an astonishing 8½/9 score. | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
For its December list FIDE has not yet rated the tournaments in St. Louis and Zagreb, so Alireza Firouzja's rating loss is still quite moderate. The 30 Elo-points Hans Niemann gained in the Tournament of Peace in Zagreb do not appear in the list either. But Carlsen remains the clear number one.