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Tan wins her match vs Lei, secures the 3rd place in the FIDE Women's World Cup and qualifies to Candidates-2026. Impressive game today - and a stunning consistency in every KO event she plays. Bravo!

Tan misses a very beautiful, tho quite a complex way to win the game, and now it is likely to be drawn. Try solving it? Black to play and win

30mins to the final classical game of the finals at the FIDE Women's World Cup in Batumi. Three weeks of gruelling battles come to an end - or maybe there will be a tie-break tomorrow? Humpy or Divya? And arguably not less importantly, who would get the third spot to…

Final match Koneru - Divya at the Women's World Cup started - as well as the match for the 3rd place - and a quaification to Candidates between Lei and Tan. Do not miss it. Follow at official FIDE channels!

Congrats to Alex Fishbein for winning US Seniors. We are long-time virtual friends, but met only briefly in 1990ies. Later we connected when Alex kindly offered to translate my novel "Champions' spirit" - yet to be published in English. What's curious is how players age…

I've listened to Mr. Büttner's interview, and it was rather shocking. Such a complete change of paradigm. Gloves are off - now they are just making a show, and "players should adapt". Which is OK. But imagine, it had a status of the World Championship? Leaving aside a clear…

Humpy!!! An old friend and one of the very few universally respected players makes it to the final, beating the no.1 seed Lei! Humpy also secures her place in the Candidates-2026! Sorry for Lei who had a tremendous tournament run - but she still can make it to Candidates - her…

Congrats to Divya! She prevails over former Women's World Champion Tan and makes it to the final of @FIDE_chess Women's World Cup - as well as qualifies to Candidates-2026. Bravo!

Semi-finals time in Batumi! Lei vs Humpy Tan vs Divya China vs India. The broadcast starts in 2.5 hrs on @FIDE_chess Not to be missed!

FIDE World Cup - 2025 to take place in India! Read all the details on the FIDE website.

Happy International Chess Day! The game that turned into the biggest life passion. The vocation, if you wish. Thanks to my parents, introducing me to it back in the day, thanks to the great teachers and coaches, who helped me to preserve this passion and improve. Thanks to the…

Quarterfinals time! Four Indians, three Chinese and a local hero in the Battle of Batumi. Lei - Dzagnidze Divya - Harika Koneru - Song Tan - Vaishali Broadcast starts in 2.5 hours - I'll be joining Almira for the first hour. Tune in!

All four Indian players make it through tie-breaks. Quite a feat! Congrats to Humpy, Divya, Harika and Vaishali! At the same time, kudos to Zhu Jiner, Kosteniuk, Lagno and Kamalidenova, who had an excellent run, and were just a bit short to make it to quarterfinals. See you…

Tie-breaks at FIDE Women's World Cup start in 5 min. Curiously, all four matches have an Indian player. Don't miss! Zhu Jiner vs Divya Humpy vs Kosteniuk Lagno vs Harika Vaishali vs Kamalidenova. The live broadcast and a commentary on @FIDE_chess channels only.

Tie-breaks for the round 3 of the FIDE Women's World Cup in Batumi start in 20 minutes. Six matches. I will join Almira to comment on the first games. Tune in! Live broadcast at @FIDE_chess

I wonder why the vast majority of those who claim they "grow the game" don't bother to cover Women's World Cup? Like, at all. Nearly all the top female players take part. So many young talents. Representatives of 46 countries. FIDE is ready to share the footage. Where are you,…