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Anna Muzychuk 🇺🇦 is the Blitz Champion, WR Women’s Chess Tour, Europe leg 🏆

She stormed through the bracket and denied Bibisara Assaubayeva a second title in a row with a 2.5-1.5 win in the Final ⚡️

That’s a wrap on Saint-Tropez. Next stop:
The Grand Final in Rosenstein Palace, Stuttgart on November 22-23.

Rapid Champion Bibisara Assaubayeva Bibisara Asaubayeva 🇰🇿🏆

Battled through Armageddon in both the QF and SF, then closed it out clean in the Final with a 2-0 win over Mariya Muzychuk.

Champion of the WR Women’s Chess Tour, Europe Leg in Saint-Tropez, France 🇫🇷

Blitz kicks off tomorrow. Same players, same venue ⚡️

From the Mayor’s office to the newsstands 🇫🇷
Saint-Tropez is talking about WR Women’s Chess Tour.

WR Women’s Chess Tour, Africa Leg complete — and it’s a sweep! 🏆

IM Mai Narva takes the Blitz title too, beating Jiner Zhu 3–2 in the final Armageddon. Rapid and Blitz champion, same city, same week 🇲🇿

Onto the next stop:
WR Women’s Chess Tour, Europe Leg
Saint-Tropez, France 🇫🇷
25-26 August.

Day 1 done, and we have our Rapid champion! 🏆

IM Mai Narva fought through a stacked bracket to beat GM Jiner Zhu 1.5–0.5 in the final and take the title in Maputo.

Congratulations, champion! 🇪🇪

WR WOMEN’S CHESS TOUR • RAPID
AFRICA LEG • MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE 🇲🇿

Un momento histórico para la representación latinoamericana en el arbitraje de ajedrez.

Orgullosos de contar con representantes de América Latina al frente del equipo arbitral, garantizando el juego limpio en el WR Women’s Chess Tour — Americas Leg en Punta Cana:

🇪🇨 Árbitra Principal — IA Dynaryn Menéndez García (Ecuador)
🇩🇴 Segundo Árbitro — IA Ismael Soto Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)
🇵🇷 Árbitra — NA Omayra Aybar Portes (República Dominicana)

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A milestone moment for representation in Latin American chess officiating.

Proud to have women from Latin America leading the arbiter team, and keeping the games fair at the WR Women’s Chess Tour — Americas Leg in Punta Cana:
🇪🇨 ⁠⁠Chief Arbiter — IA Dynaryn Menéndez García (Ecuador)
🇩🇴 Second ⁠⁠Arbiter — IA Ismael Soto Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)
🇵🇷 Arbiter — NA Omayra Aybar Portes (Dominican Republic)

Bughouse Open Championship 2026 lands in Quezon City on August 29, now with a ₱620,000 prize fund on the line.

📍 MICE Center, Quezon City, Philippines
⏱️ 5+0 bughouse
🏆 ₱100,000 to the champion team, plus category prizes for junior, youth, senior, female, mixed, school and NCFP-affiliated teams

Registration and full details:
https://wr-chess.com/events/bughouse-open-championship-2026-quezon-city