weekly news - 3 (21-March-2020)

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hello chess players , 
This is weekly news 3  , I will try to cover all news related to chess (International and Indian). 
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS 

1.Events cancelled
2. Candidates started -  Finally candidates 2020 started without Teimur Radjabov and he is replaced by MVL . Ding and Caruana are clear favorite of this event . here are some interesting things happened in candidates tournament 
  • Ding lost 2 games consecutly and comeback with beating Caruana - Ding lost two consecutive game with his country mate Wang Hao and MVL in first 2 rounds but in 3rd round he defended position well and beat his rival Caruana Fabiano - here is game link of Ding - Caruana game https://live.followchess.com/#!fide-candidates-2020/1715197261

COVID 19 is not serious issue for FIDE

3. Grandmaster Levon aronian wife undergoes surgery after serious accident -  chess player Arianne Caoili, the wife of leading Armenian chess player Levon Aronian, remains in a grave but stable condition after suffering serious injuries in a car crash.

As situation is getting worse day by day due to Corona virus , most tournament are cancelled . So I will also stop this weekly news for few weeks . I will update once I started again .
Thank you for reading ! 

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