Friday, May 31, 2024

Summer on the Steppe

The dice is cast, the stage is set, the carpet was rolled out before her, and 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the queen of chess, will take the stage of the 2nd FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, August 1–6, 2024.

The nine who will defend the WR’s “team champ” title are listed as pictured above, top to bottom, left to right: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Magnus Carlsen, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi, Vincent Keymer, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wadim Alexandrowitsch Rosenstein, Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk, and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. Playbill: FIDE.

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