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Alexandra Kosteniuk, Sara Khadem and Bela Khotenashvili all finished the European Women’s Blitz Championship with 10/13 points. Kosteniuk, who entered the final round with a 1-point advantage and lost to Khadem with white, had the best tiebreak score, and thus grabbed the gold medal. The 11-round rapid championship will take place on Saturday and Sunday. | Photos: European Chses Union ....
In round 6 of the Women's Grand Prix in Nicosia Dinara Wagner from Germany won against Oliwia Kiolbasa from Poland and now shares the lead with Kateryna Lagno, Harika Dronavalli and Tan Zhongyi. Alexandra Kosteniuk scored the second win of the day and her first win in the tournament. She defeated Nana Dzagnidze. | Fotos: Mark Livshitz ....
ChessBase Magazine Extra #208 offers, among other things, almost an hour of video training: Ivan Sokolov presents 6.g3 as a surprise weapon against the Sicilian Four Knights. And Nico Zwirs examines the move 5.b5 in the Vienna Variation of the Queen's Gambit - an absolutely fashionable variation that leads to very dynamic play! "The brilliancy" is contributed by David Navara, who highlights his Black win with the Berlin Defense against Alexei Shirov. In addition, the "Lucky bag" with 59 annotated games - including contributions from Anish Giri and Kirill Shevchenko - holds a colorful mix of analyses and suggestions. ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect supplement to ChessBase Magazine. Available as a single issue or by subscription (6 issues per year). Available as download or on DVD. ....
Round six saw a shake-up of the standings after two crucial games ended decisively, with GM Levon Aronian swiftly beating GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in just 25 moves, and GM Leinier Dominguez winning a hair-raising and heart-breaking battle against the local hero GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac. The remaining games. ....