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← Zur aktuellen AusgabeSindarov's cushion grows; British Champs sets record
Candidates Tournament
Sindarov's two-point lead feels heavier now.
Continuing the story from yesterday, the Uzbek extended his advantage after drawing with Esipenko in Round 8 while Caruana stumbled to Nakamura in a double-rook endgame [Quelle: ChessBase]. Caruana's 28…h5? instead of the more forcing 28…Rab2 allowed White to seize the seventh rank and eventually decide. Giri's methodical 46-move victory over Praggnanandhaa—with a dominating centralized knight and an unstoppable passed pawn—tightened the scrum behind Sindarov.
Six rounds left, but his dangerous Black games against Caruana and Giri loom.
British Championships
Britain's oldest open just broke its own ceiling.
The 112th British Chess Championship opened on August 1 with over 1,750 entries—a tournament record—and the largest prize fund in its history [Quelle: British Chess Championships]. The nine-round Swiss at the University of Warwick features top seeds Luke McShane (2597), Michael Adams (2622), and Shreyas Royal (2502), but 11-year-old prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan (2303)—the highest-rated woman in the field—is drawing chess fans and curiosity in equal measure. Round 5 saw Adams and McShane continuing their steady work through the middle rounds.
Watch whether a youth breakthrough crashes the top boards.
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