Brahami and Nassr win 2021 Africa Junior Championship
FM Lamine Brahami and WIM Lina Nassr, both of Algeria, are the proud winners of the 2021 Africa Junior Chess Championship. The event held in the Liberian capital of Monrovia from December 29, 2021 to January 4, 2022 saw FM Brahami Lamine score 8 points out of 9 rounds to take his maiden African title. WIM Lina Nassr won the Ladies section by a […]
Tata Steel Masters: Duda, Vidit and Van Foreest take the lead
After the rating favourites Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri drew their games, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vidit Gujrathi and Jorden van Foreest jumped on the opportunity to grab the lead in the tournament. The World Champion made a comfortable draw against Andrey Esipenko with black pieces on the move 21. Probably after last year defeat at the hands of the Russian youngster, Magnus opted not to take […]