Elier Miranda wins 2023 Cuban Championship
GM Elier Miranda is the new champion of Cuba. A total of 12 chess players, representing seven provinces, participated in the National Absolute Championship, which took place at the Sports Museum in the city of Holguin from February 02-12, 2023. The 2022 champion, Yasser Quesada, skipped the 2023 edition. With most of the participants closely rated, one […]
Alexandra Kosteniuk wins Women’s Grand Prix Munich
By IM Michael Rahal (Munich, Germany) Despite losing to Chinese phenomenon Zhu Jiner, former Women’s World Champion and winner of the 2021 World Cup Alexandra Kosteniuk added another tournament victory to her list of achievements by winning the Munich International Tournament this afternoon, the second event of the 2022-2023 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix. In addition […]
WGP Munich: Narrow escape for Kosteniuk
By IM Michael Rahal (Munich, Germany) Humpy Koneru, India’s number one female player, missed the opportunity of a lifetime this afternoon in the tenth round of the Munich Women’s Grand Prix. In a must-win situation, Humpy ground down her opponent Alexandra Kosteniuk with the Black pieces in a spectacular performance, only to misplay a queen […]