Elite chess explained, move by move
Dates
28 Mar — 16 Apr 2026
Location
Paphos, CY
Field
8 players
Format
Double round-robin
Time control
Classical
Rounds
14 · 14 played
Decisive
46%
Avg. rating
2520

Round 4 · 1 Apr 2026

Divya DeshmukhZhu

The Matchup

White
🇮🇳IND
2nd · 1.5

Divya Deshmukh

2509 Performance · 0.5 behind leader

Last 5 games½½½
World#12FIDE Standard world ranking from the latest monthly classical rating list before this tournament started. List: 2026-03-01.Elo2497Age20

India's Women's World Cup champion and fast-rising grandmaster, pairing fearless opening ambition with the tactical nerve to challenge the world's best.

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0–1Black wins
Black
🇨🇳CHN
3rd · 1.0

Jiner Zhu

2453 Performance · 1 behind leader

Last 5 games½½L
World#2FIDE Standard world ranking from the latest monthly classical rating list before this tournament started. List: 2026-03-01.Elo2578Age23

China's top-seeded grandmaster and former girl's world champion, valued for imaginative opening play and the initiative to stir complications against elite opponents.

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Head to head

Classical over-the-board (indexed)

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Key Moments


English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
BlackZhuCHN2578
WhiteDeshmukhIND2505
B
-0.2W

Classical factors on this position

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Checks, captures, and threats for the side to move

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The Moves

Other lines considered

From the crossroads before this move — engine and player perspectives.

Engine & players agree

Playable moves worth considering here.

Bd3f1d3
-0.5830%

MAIA 2200

PLAYER LIKELIHOOD30% would play this move

The Maia model estimates how often 2200-rated players choose this move from this position.

Threatening
More active pieces for White
f4Critical

Black king under attack

Less active pieces for White
Bc4f1c4
-0.6312%

MAIA 2200

PLAYER LIKELIHOOD12% would play this move

The Maia model estimates how often 2200-rated players choose this move from this position.

Threatening
More active pieces for White
Bg5e3g5
-0.8912%

MAIA 2200

PLAYER LIKELIHOOD12% would play this move

The Maia model estimates how often 2200-rated players choose this move from this position.

Attacking
Defending
Needs defense on qd8
Threatening
Board structure
Outpost · Bg5
Bg5 is active
Qe8+!Critical

Loses piece activity

White controls d4, e4, e5White has holes on a2, b3, c2, d2

Hard to spot

Qd2d1d2
-0.185%

MAIA 2200

PLAYER LIKELIHOOD5% would play this move

The Maia model estimates how often 2200-rated players choose this move from this position.

Threatening
Ng5f3g5
-0.5110%

MAIA 2200

PLAYER LIKELIHOOD10% would play this move

The Maia model estimates how often 2200-rated players choose this move from this position.

Threatening
Board structure
Outpost · Ng5
Ng5 is active (outpost, king-zone pressure)