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Radjabov Wins FIDE Chess World Cup, Vachier-Lagrave Comes 3rd
Teimour Radjabov won the $110,000 first prize at the FIDE World Cup after beating Ding Liren (who earned $80,000) in the 5+3 games of today’s final tiebreak. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came third ($60,000) as he beat Yu Yangyi ($50,000) in both rapid games. The FIDE World Cup has been won by Levon Aronian (2005), Gata Kamsky (2007), Boris Gelfand (2009), Peter Svidler (2011), …
Ding, Radjabov Reach FIDE Chess World Cup Semifinals
Both Ding Liren (China) and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) won their white games on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup. Ding knocked out Alexander Grischuk (Russia) who went astray in time trouble, while Radjabov came out on top in a complicated Gruenfeld against Jeffery Xiong (U.S.). You can follow the games here as part of our live …
