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Ju Wenjun retains crown, Fabiano Caruana laps field in momentous chess week https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/29/ju-wenjun-retains-crown-fabiano-caruana-laps-field/

Ju Wenjun retains crown, Fabiano Caruana laps field in momentous chess week
Ju Wenjun retains crown, Fabiano Caruana laps field in momentous chess week

It was a momentous week in which one world champion (barely) retained her title and one world championship hopeful made a (bold) statement that he's ready for another run for the crown.

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