Новости за 13.05.2017

Hou Yifan Is Sole Winner in Round 1 of Moscow Grand Prix

The 2017 Grand Prix – a four-tournament series to select two players for the 2018 Candidates tournament – resumed on Friday with Round 1 of the second tournament, which is being held in Moscow.

Hou Yifan of China, the only woman in the series, was also the sole winner. She beat Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, gradually outplaying him from a nearly level position arising out of a peculiar variation of the Queen’s Gambit.

Vimpelkom and PhosAgro to sponsor 2017 FIDE Moscow Grand Prix

World Chess and FIDE today announced that PhosAgro and Vimpelkom, two of Russia’s largest and best-known companies, have become official partners to the Moscow Grand Prix.

The commercial partnerships were announced at a press conference this morning at the Telegraph Building in Moscow, the venue for the Grand Prix.

Ilya Merenzon, Chief Executive of World Chess, said: “I am delighted to unveil Vimpelkom and PhosAgro as partners to the Grand Prix.