Tingjie had her game face on yesterday! 😄

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It's begun again! 👀

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Lei Tingjie wins her first game of this Candidates! 🥳

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📷: Michał Walusza
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Meanwhile on the 1½/2 boards, Song Yuxin is facing only-slightly-older GM Raja Rithvik (2532), who is stuck in the Hou Yifan pairing system! 😱

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Tan Zhongyi plays the Greek Gift (!!) and is headed for a third win!!!

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UPDATE: Vaishali didn't find the saving Re3 (!), and is now completely lost! 😱

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SHOCKING DECISION!
Vaishali plays the Botez Gambit Declined (!!): she didn't take Lei Tingjie's queen! She needed to take it! 🤯

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Lei Tingjie won on demand with Black against Tan Zhongyi to stay in control of the Candidates! 🤯
Tan Zhongyi could have taken a repetition early in the game! 😮

📷: Michał Walusza
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Thalia Cervantes is playing at another level in Formentera! 🤯

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We had another fantastic ECU-WICF Advocacy Training Session sponsored by the ECU Women's Commission today!

If you want to sign up for Advocacy Training feel free to sign up at: womeninchess.com/become-an-advo…!

I wrote a halfway Candidates recap/preview! Go read it before it becomes out-of-date tomorrow! 😅

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Anna-Maja draws with GM Tomas Sosa (2562) in 112 moves (!!) over nearly six hours! 🤯

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Sagar Shah learned Chinese just to interview the current leader Tan Zhongyi! 😁

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A look of relief for Lei Tingjie 😅, who finally has a winning position (!!) after Humpy blundered a pawn in time trouble! 🤯

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White to move? 🤔

Andrea Botez was very close to getting her first 2200+ win yesterday in Formentera!

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White to move?! 🤔

Vaishali blunders a tactic, but Lei Tingjie doesn't find it! 😱

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Lei Tingjie is posing some threats for Vaishali, especially on the clock! 😱

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Happy Birthday to Nandhidhaa PV (!!), who did just complete her 8th IM norm (!!) in Menorca, and second in a row! 🥳🎉🎂

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📷: via Nandhidhaa PV
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Only two things can happen: Either Vaishali loses this (!), or Anna Muzychuk squanders a winning advantage for a THIRD (!!!) game in a row! 🤯

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