Let’s start with good news: our Alexandra Goryachkina won the match against Tan Zhongyi and reached the final.
The duel ended with a score of 1.5:0.5 in favor of the Russian chess player.
In the first game of the semifinals, Alexandra beat the Chinese with black pieces, and the game that took place the next day ended in a draw on move 66. The Russian played with white pieces.
Goryachkina’s opponent in the decisive match will be the winner of the tiebreaker between the Bulgarian Nurgyul Salimova and the Ukrainian Anna Muzychuk. The decisive match will take place today.
In men, Magnus Carlsen and Dommaraju Gukes tied and, after winning with a score of 1.5:0.5, the Norwegian grandmaster advanced to the semifinals. His opponent will be Nijat Abasov, who defeated Santos Vidit in the second game with white and won the match with a score of 1.5: 0.5.
The third semifinalist was Fabiano Caruana, who beat Leinier Domínguez in the second game.
But Rameshbabu Pragnanandha rallied in the match with Arjun Erigaisi, and now the Indian grandmasters will have to determine who is the strongest in a tiebreaker. In the first game, Erigaisi will have the white pieces.
