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Nurgyul Salimova and Aleksandra Goryachkina go into tiebreak of FIDE Women's World Cup Final

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After five and a half hours of intense play, the second game of  FIDE Women's World Cup Final between Nurgyul Salimova and Russia's Aleksandra Goryachkina ended, like the first one, in a draw. The winner of the World Cup will be determined on Monday in a rapid chess tie-break.

The twenty -year-old grandmaster Salimova qualified for the final after eliminating the 9th seed Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine.




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