On Wednesday the second Women's Grand Prix Tournament of the 2022-23 Series was ceremonially opened at the Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Hotel in Munich. Twelve top players are fighting to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. The first round will start at 15.00 CET. | Photos: David Llada/FIDE
GM Arjun Erigaisi leads with 6.5/9 while GM Mariya Muzychuk scored eight points from nine rounds to lead the women's section after the first day of Tata Steel Chess India Blitz.
"Chess has often been used as a metaphor for the conduct of war. ’Gambit‘, ’zugzwang‘, ’checkmate’, ’stalemate‘ are all chess terms which are often heard when describing events in the social sphere, especially in the realm of politics, diplomacy and warfare," writes Milan Dinic in the March 1st issue of the British Chess Magazine. The young Editor offers a lively commentary on how the war in Ukraine has affected chess all over the world. This issue also includes an interview with veteran Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky.
At the end of 2013, a match facing chess legends from the 20th century against young female talented players was organized in Podebrady, the Czech Republic. A 20-year-old Alina Kashlinskaya was the top scorer in the winning team of the Snowdrops, while Boris Gulko and Iossif Dorfman were the strongest for the Oldhands.
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