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The tenth edition of the much-anticipated FIDE World Cup kicked off on Sunday in Baku. The 50 top seeds in the open and the 25 top seeds in the women’s section received byes and will join the fray on Wednesday. The remaining 234 contenders (156 in the open and 78 in the women’s) played their first classical encounters, though. There was no lack of surprises on the first day of action, with 14-year-old Ediz Gurel from Turkey (the youngest participant in the open) stunning Velimir Ivic in brilliant style. | Photo: chess.com / Maria Emelianova
Ecuadorian chess player Martha Fierro won the ‘Queen’s Chess Festival’, organized by the International Women’s Chess Commission. This was confirmed by the
International Chess Grandmaster on its social networks, this June 27, 2021.
Martha Fierro, Ecuadorian chess player.
“I won ‘Queen’s Chess Festival’, grandmasters, IM,WIM from all continents participated,” the tricolour wrote.
The first thing was to win the first stage to qualify as a representative of America, said the chess player. He then played the final against representatives of the other continents. The tournament was held electronically.
Second place went to
place was Qianyun Gong of Singapore.
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La ajedrecista ecuatoriana Martha Fierro ganó el ‘Queen’s Chess Festival’, organizado por la Comisión International de Ajedrez Femenino. Así lo confirmó la
Gran Maestra Internacional de Ajedrez en sus redes sociales, este 27 de junio del 2021.
“Gané ‘Queen’s Chess Festival’, participaron Grandes Maestras, IM,WIM de todos los continentes”, escribió la tricolor.
Lo primero fue ganar la primera etapa para clasificarse como representante de América, contó la ajedrecista. Luego, disputó la final contra representantes de los demás continentes. El torneo se realizó de manera telemática.
El segundo lugar fue para
Olga Zimia, de Italia, y tercera