Day 4: Dominguez catches up with the leaders
It was another exciting round as Leinier Dominguez joined the leaders thanks to a spectacular victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, while Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So drew their game to remain on a ‘plus two’ score. Meanwhile, Darius Swiercz scored his first victory in the event, defeating Jeffery Xiong, as did both Sam Shankland and Richard Rapport, bouncing back from yesterday’s losses with nice wins over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Peter Svidler. Dominguez – […]
Elina Danielian wins European Women’s Championship
GM Elina Danielian (Armenia) came out on top at the European Women’s Championship. It is the greatest success in Elina’s distinguished career. The 11-round over-the-board Swiss tournament took place in Iasi (Romania), known as the country’s cultural capital. Danielian was coming into the final round, sharing first place with IM Iulija Osmak (Ukraine). Both leading contenders for the title […]