In the early morning of November 6, Beijing time, the 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament ended its ninth round in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Chinese women's chess player Lei Tingjie defeated the world champion Kostenyuk, the first 9 rounds of 7 wins and 2 unbeaten, currently accumulated 8 points, 2 points ahead of the second group, as long as in the remaining two sets to withstand the pressure to remain undefeated, you can win the championship and win the qualification for the world championship candidate competition, and the current women's world champion is Chinese chess player Ju Wenjun. In the men's group, Iranian prodigy Alireza Firuzia, American Caruana and David scored 6.5 points, Yu Yangyi accumulated 6 points to follow, and the men's group form was very anxious, but the men's champion and runner-up two entered the World Championship Candidates Tournament.
The women's group Lei Tingjie played with Kostenuk in the carokang defense, and Kostenyuk walked out of the change at the beginning of the game, but the later calculation was wrong, failed to withstand the disadvantage of the situation, and was completely won by Lei Tingjie. Another Chinese chess player, Zhu Jin'er, is also currently outnumbered, finishing third with six points. In the men's two Chinese chess players competition, Yu Yangyi and Zhou Jianchao won the opponents in this round, Yu Yangyi accumulated 6 points with victory, only 0.5 points away from the First Group, whether he could qualify for the candidacy, let us continue to look forward to.