Grand Swiss 9: Caruana takes down Firouzja

Fabiano Caruana beat Alireza Firouzja on demand to catch the 18-year-old with just two rounds of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss to go. The victory also allowed David Howell to join them in a 3-way tie for 1st after Anton Korobov’s attempt to exploit his opponent’s time trouble backfired completely. 10 players, including Fabi’s Round 10 opponent Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, are half a point behind. Meanwhile Lei Tingjie beat Alexandra Kosteniuk to reach an amazing 8/9 and needs just one draw in the next two rounds to be certain of the Candidates spot.

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