2025 Cairns Cup: Round 8

June 18, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, ten of the world’s best female chess players compete in the fifth Cairns Cup, a classical round robin event (players below). Join GM Yasser Seirawan, IMs Nazi Paikidze & Almira Skripchenko, and WGM Katerina Nemcova for the move-by-move.

2025.06.18
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ROUND 8 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Alice Lee (4.5) vs. Harika Dronavalli (4)
Bibisara Assaubayeva (3.5) vs. Carissa Yip (4.5)
Alina Kashlinskaya (4) vs. Nana Dzagnidze (3)
Koneru Humpy (4.5) vs. Nino Batsiashvili (2)
Tan Zhongyi (2.5) vs. Mariya Muzychuk (2.5)

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