China’s grandmaster Wei Yi wins ‘Wimbledon of Chess’

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THE HAGUE: Chinese language grandmaster Wei Yi claimed the Tata Metal Chess Event title for the primary time within the Netherlands on Sunday, beating Gukesh Dommaraju from India in a sensational tiebreak decider.

It was the 86th version of the celebrated chess event held at Wijk aan Zee, a village on the Dutch west coast.

Within the closing, the 24-year-old grandmaster Wei, sixteenth within the FIDE world rating, defeated Gukesh with a draw with the black items and a victory with white.

Within the thirteenth and closing common spherical of the event earlier on Sunday, Wei beat Vidit Santosh Gujrathi from India, defending champion Anish Giri from the Netherlands defeated compatriot Max Warmerdam, Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan overpowered German Alexander Donchenko, and Gukesh tamed Iranian Parham Maghsoodloo.

The outcomes meant 4 gamers completed on high on 8.5 factors: Wei, Gukesh, Giri and Abdusattorov.

Within the semifinals of the tiebreak, Wei beat Abdusattorov, and Gukesh defeated Giri.

Chinese language reigning world champion Ding Liren, ranked fourth within the FIDE world rating, the very best ranked participant current in Wijk aan Zee, completed eighth with six factors, and China’s Ju Wenjun, present and 4 instances ladies’s world champion, completed tenth with 4.5 factors.

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