After six of eleven rounds, Frederik Svane leads the field in the Junior World Championship. The only German player in the open has the best tiebreak in a group of four players with 5.0/6. | Photo: Tournament page
Vidit Gujrathi kept the sole lead at the Tata Steel Masters going into the first rest day of the event, as round 4 saw 2 out of 7 games ending decisively. Praggnanandhaa inflicted Nils Grandelius’ third defeat to bounce back to a 50% score, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov got the better of Jan-Krzysztof Duda with the white pieces. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vidit Gujrathi and defending champion Jorden van Foreest (pictured, right) all won with white on Saturday to take the early lead at the Tata Steel Masters tournament. It was an action-packed day, especially during time trouble, with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Fabiano Caruana failing to find winning continuations while hurried by the clock. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
After kicking off the event with three straight wins, Alireza Firouzja drew a game for the first time at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on Sunday. The youngster nonetheless kept the sole lead, as none of his closest chasers got to score a win Evgeniy Najer almost managed, but failed to find a killer shot. Meanwhile, among the women, Chinese star Lei Tingjie beat Valentina Gunina to climb to sole first place. | Photo: Anna Shtourman
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Ju beats Yu
Women’s world champion Ju Wenjun, much like in December last year, decided to participate in the open section of the national championships instead of entering the women’s tournament as the rating favourite. Until round 10, the player from Shanghai had been struggling, having scored eight draws and suffered two defeats up to that point. A win in the last round against the eventual champion, however, allowed her to finish in the pack sharing 5th-10th places on 5/11 thanks to that win, she also ended the event with a rating gain.
Yu Yangyi, who won the 2020 edition with an 8/11 score, got his second consecutive title after collecting 7 points in the same number of rounds as last year. The lineup was slightly stronger this time around.