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The October 2019 edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication… Read More »
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Jeffery Xiong’s Cinderella run has come to an end in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Xiong lost Tuesday to Teimour Radjabov in the second leg of their… Read More »
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It has been 13 days since the first moves were played at the 2019 FIDE World Cup. 120 of the 128 competitors have been eliminated, and the eight… Read More »
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Jeffery Xiong is through to the quarterfinals at the 2019 FIDE World Cup, defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda Sunday in the third round of tiebreaks by a… Read More »
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Faced with must-win games, Leiner Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong rose to the challenge. Dominguez defeated Alexander Grischuk, while Jeffery Xiong… Read More »
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UPDATED - all three games annotated by IM John Watson!
After yesterday’s Rest Day, the only one on the 2019 FIDE World Cup schedule,… Read More »
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After Wednesday’s dramatic tiebreak round, Leinier Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong join Wesley So as the three American players advancing to the fourth… Read More »
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Leinier Dominguez, Wesley So, and Jeffery Xiong are through to the third round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup. There So meets India’s Santosh Gujrathi… Read More »