Norway Chess Women: Assaubayeva secures title with a round to spare (opens in new tab)

Bibisara Assaubayeva secured the Norway Chess Women title with a round to spare after drawing her classical game against defending champion Anna Muzychuk. The Kazakh grandmaster, unbeaten on a plus-three classical score, has gained 15.2 rating points in Oslo and climbed to fifth place in the women's live rankings. Zhu Jiner climbed to second place after beating Divya Deshmukh with black in the day's only decisive classical game. | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza