Grand Swiss 8: Firouzja climbs to world no. 4
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Alireza Firouzja overtook Ian Nepomniachtchi on the live rating list to move up to world no. 4 after sacrificing his queen to beat Krishnan Sasikiran. The 18-year-old leads the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss by a full point with just three rounds to go, but he faces the challenge of Black against Fabiano Caruana in Round 9. Fabi is one of 10 players in joint 2nd place, after he beat Nils Grandelius with the black pieces. Lei Tingjie won again and is now a point clear of 2nd placed Elisabeth Paehtz in the race for a single Women’s Candidates spot.
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Grand Swiss 8: Firouzja climbs to world no. 4
Alireza Firouzja is doing something we've not seen in the world of chess in a long, long time. At just the age of 18, he's World No.5 as per the live ratings
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Grand Swiss: Lei Tingjie takes the lead in the women's section
Grand Swiss 8: Firouzja climbs to world no. 4
Grand Swiss 9: Caruana takes down Firouzja
