Grand Swiss 7: Firouzja powers towards Candidates

18-year-old Alireza Firouzja pounced on an endgame error by Evgeniy Najer to score the only win on the top 10 boards and regain the sole lead with just four rounds of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss to go. The main action came among the players on 3.5 points, needing a win to get back in contention, as 12 of the 15 games were decisive, including Andrei Volokitin taking down Levon Aronian. In the women’s event Lei Tingjie won again to reach 6/7, with only Elisabeth Paehtz within half a point after what she described as “the tournament of my life”.

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