Singapore To Host The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship

The aforementioned event is by far the strongest chess tourney on the local chess calendar. With 34 titled players inclusive of 11 GMs, last year’s edition had 188 players contesting for the 25000 dollars prize fund.

The biggest upset came in Rd 1 when NTP trainee Leah Rice, spotting a 931 Elo deficit, outslugged Indonesian GM Novendra Priasmoro in the Scandinavian Defence after both sides traded tactical blows throughout. After netting the exchange, the 2023 Australian Open Ladies champion was able to keep whittling the pieces down until Novendra ran out of ways to complicate.