Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Dommaraju Gukesh were among the players who advanced to round 4 after two classical games at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. The biggest upset of the round was achieved by Javokhir Sindarov, who knocked out Maxime Vachier-Lagrave by winning with black on Sunday. In the women’s section, world champion Ju Wenjun was inches away from being eliminated however, she not only survived, but ended up winning against Ulviyya Fataliyeva. | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
Kosteniuk suffers shock defeat at FIDE World Cup in Baku
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The inaugural edition of the <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/tagged?tag=Global%20Chess%20League%202023">Global Chess League</a> took place last month in Dubai. The Triveni Continental Kings, led by Levon Aronian, emerged victorious. GM Karsten Müller followed the games closely, looking for interesting positions to analyse. Find here four instructive endings, two featuring rising star Praggnanandhaa and two featuring endgame wizard Magnus Carlsen! | Photo: Maria Emelianova
Shocking results were seen on the fifth day of action at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. In the open, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov were knocked out by players in the 2500-2600 rating band Vahap Sanal and Tin Jingyao (pictured) respectively while sixth seed Wesley So barely escaped with a draw to take his match against Emre Can to tiebreaks. In the women’s section, Yan Tianqi and Maili-Jade Ouellet surprisingly won on demand to even the score against Alexandra Kosteniuk and Irina Krush. | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova