Chess Jeffery Xiong aims to emulate Bobby Fischer after beating No ٢ seed

حوالي ٦ سنوات فى The guardian

The 18-year-old knocked out Anish Giri at the World Cup but faces a battle to make the final and reach the 2020 world title candidates
Jeffery Xiong eliminated Anish Giri, the No 2 seed from the Netherlands, at the $1.6m World Cup in Siberia this week and the Texan, 18, now has an outside chance to emulate the legendary Bobby Fischer by becoming a world title candidate as a teenager.
The 128-player knock-out at Khanty-Mansiysk reaches its round of 16 this weekend, and the chess superpowers Russia, USA and China provide more than half the survivors. Continue reading...

ذكر فى هذا الخبر
شارك الخبر على