Wesley So of the Philippines won the International Chess Federation
(FIDE) Grand Prix in Berlin today, with Hikaru Nakamura of the United
States and Richard Rapport of Hungary securing places in the
Candidates Tournament.
Mohamed al-Mudahka was elected as the president of the Qatar Chess Federation (QCF) by acclamation at its General Assembly meeting, in the presence of all
Azerbaijani chess player Shakhriyar Mammadyarov took second place at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament in Wageningen (Netherlands).. In the 13th round, Mammadyarov played a draw with the American chess player Fabiano Caruana. As