Superbet Classic 2023 R5: Firouzja beats Ding Liren, now World no.2 again - ChessBase India

World no.4 Alireza Firouzja became the first person to beat Ding Liren after he became the 17th world champion. This win also returned Firouzja to the World no.2 position in the live ratings. The Chinese made a tiny inaccuracy in the queen vs rook and bishop with few pawns endgame. Firouzja seized his opportunity and won it comfortably. He is now at shared second place with Wesley So and Richard Rapport at 3/5 each, a half point behind the tournament leader, Fabiano Caruana 3.5/5. The former World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored his first win of the event against Ian Nepomniachtchi. MVL and Anish Giri are now at 50% score.

Firouzja Defeats A World Champion For 1st Time

Superbet Classic 2023 R8: Duda beats Firouzja, helps Caruana

Fabiano Caruana wins Superbet Chess Classic 2023 - ChessBase India

Nepomniachtchi Beats Firouzja: 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania

Superbet Classic 2023 R5: Firouzja beats Ding Liren, now World no

Magnus Carlsen returns to action at Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2023

Superbet Chess Classic 3: Ding thwarts Nepo again

Superbet Classic 5: Firouzja world no. 2 after beating Ding

Superbet Classic 2023 R3: Ding Liren is still daunting for

Grand Chess Tour 2019 comes to India from 20-27 November

ChessBase India on X: Alireza Firouzja defeats the reigning World

Superbet Classic: So beats Firouzja with black