No doubt the composition of the podium of the 86th Tata Steel Chess Tournament reflects the geography of chess superpowers changes over the very last few years as old superpowers decline and new ones emerge. And so hats off to China’s 韦奕 (Wéi Yì) (first prize), India’s Dommaraju Gukesh (second prize), and Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov (third prize). Photo © Jurriaan Hoefsmit. |
I'm glad that the chinese chess prodigy is back.
ReplyDeleteI hope that he becomes even greater than Ding!
丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) apparently said not too much time ago that the day will come when 韦奕 (Wéi Yì) will them all, but -- I guess -- considering that the two are best friends one will never want to leave the other too far behind...
ReplyDelete* will surpass them all
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