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Yonge-Dundas Square is a public square located in the heart of downtown Toronto. Canada, Ontario.


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Budapest Gambit (game: Merario Alarcon Andres - Moncada Rodriguez Cristobal)

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Game: Merario Alarcon Andres - Moncada Rodriguez Cristobal (1-0) Budapest Gambit - A52, Sevilla Open 2022 Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "Sevilla Open"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2022.07.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Merario Alarcon, Andres"] [Black "Moncada Rodriguez, Cristobal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,30,19,31,14,-14,23,5,17,11,11,28,11,-15,58,51,33,23,25,38,50,57,36,49, 68,67,121,116,158,199,171,157,427]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. c5 Be5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O-O b6 1-0
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Samuel Sevian wins FTX Road to Miami - Prelims (10-14.07.2022)

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FTX Road to Miami is the 5th of 9 events on the $1.6 million 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place on chess24 from July 10-17.  The top two are guaranteed a place in the 2nd Major, the FTX Crypto Cup, which will feature World Champion Magnus Carlsen and be played in person in Miami from August 15-21.  The 16-player field will be cut in half by the 4-day round-robin Prelims. The total prize fund is $150,000, with $750 for a win and $250 for a draw in the Prelims.  The quarterfinals and semi-finals are 1-day, 4-game matches, while the final will feature two such matches over two days. The players have 15 minutes for all their moves, plus a 10-second increment starting from move 1.  In the Prelims there are 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. If a tiebreak is required the players will play two 5+3 games and then, if needed, a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. No draw offers are allowed ...
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Norway Chess 2023 - after round 3

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  Norway Chess is a 10-player round-robin featuring Top 5 stars Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura taking place in Stavanger, Norway from 30 May to 9 June.  Each of the 9 rounds consists of a classical game where a win is worth 3 points and a loss 0. If the players draw they play an Armageddon game, where the winner earns 1.5 points and the loser 1 point.  No draw offers are allowed before move 30. The classical time control is 2 hours for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move only after move 40.  For Armageddon White (the same player who had White in the classical game) has 10 minutes to Black's 7, with a 1-second increment from move 41. Black wins if the game ends in a draw. A tie for 1st place will be decided by two 3+2 blitz games followed, if necessary, by a 5 vs. 4-minute Armageddon game. Official website
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We know all the results of the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025

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The FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 quarterfinals have concluded, and we have all the results for you! If you've been following our predictions, you'll see they were quite accurate. Get ready for more excitement tomorrow, as the second sets of the quarterfinals begin. The battles on the board are sure to be captivating! Koneru,H -  Song,Y  1-0 Dzagnidze,N -  Lei,T  0-1 Vaishali,R -  Tan,Z  1/2-1/2 Divya Deshmul -  Dronavalli,H  1/2-1/2
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