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• Leonard Barden, Armageddon approaches for Carlsen and Caruana after 10 draws out of 10, The Guardian, November 23, 2018

The world women’s championship, a 64-player knock-out, went to a final tie-break on Friday. China’s 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn), who kept her crown with a 5–3 score against Russia’s [Ekateryna Lagno], is ranked No. 2 behind 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), who is working for a masters degree from a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. FIDE is changing the format of the women’s event, so that 居 (Jū) will keep her title until 2020 and then meet the winner of an eight-player candidates. [Read more].

Banksy’s “Waiting in vain... at the door of the club” is seen on a roll-down security gate covering the main entrance to Larry Flint’s Hustler Club on October 24, 2013 in New York City, United States. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images.