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Bibisara Assaubayeva won the third Norway Chess Women tournament in her first appearance, finishing on 16½ points after securing the title with a round to spare. The final day produced three decisive classical games for the first time in the event, with women's world champion Ju Wenjun beating Assaubayeva, while Zhu Jiner and Anna Muzychuk defeated Humpy Koneru and Divya Deshmuk...

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the fourteenth edition of Norway Chess after beating Vincent Keymer in the final round, completing an impressive run of four consecutive classical victories. The 20-year-old from Chennai overtook Wesley So, who drew Alireza Firouzja in classical play and won the Armageddon decider to finish second. Firouzja took third place, while Magnus Carlsen cli...

Do you know this feeling? You often emerge from the opening with a good – or even advantageous – position, only to fail to convert your edge because you do not fully understand the resulting positions and choose the wrong middlegame strategy. Jochen Schwarz, a club player from Bremen, wants to improve in this area. To do so, he has enlisted Ivan Sokolov – through his video serie...

Bibisara Assaubayeva secured the Norway Chess Women title with a round to spare after drawing her classical game against defending champion Anna Muzychuk. The Kazakh grandmaster, unbeaten on a plus-three classical score, has gained 15.2 rating points in Oslo and climbed to fifth place in the women's live rankings. Zhu Jiner climbed to second place after beating Divya Deshmukh wi...

Three players will enter the final round of Norway Chess with chances of taking the title after an etnertaining penultimate round in Oslo. Wesley So remains the sole leader, but only half a point ahead of Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, who scored a third consecutive classical win by beating Gukesh Dommaraju. Alireza Firouzja stayed in contention by defeating Vincent Keymer in Armage...