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  • #16
    New in Chess Classic

    April 25, 2021

    Preliminaries

    Day Two (continued)

    Round Ten


    Round 10

    Jones-Le 0-1
    Dominguez-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
    Vidit-Mamedyarov 0-1
    Radjabov-So 0.5-0.5
    Tari-Pragg 1-0
    Aronian-Duda1-0
    Christiansen-Firouzja 0-1
    Carlsen-Nakamura 0.5-0.5


    Round 10, April 25
    Jones, Gawain – Le, Quang Liem
    B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nd7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.Be3 Nh6 10.Bxh6 Rxh6 11.g3 Qa5 12.a3 O-O-O 13.Qc1 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.O-O Kb8 16.Nf4 Rxd4 17.Bxe6 Ne4 18.Nfe2 Rd6 19.b4 Qe5 20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22.Nf4 Bxh4 23.Re1 Qf3 24.gxh4 Rhg6+ 25.Kf1 Rgf6 26.Re8+ Kc7 27.Qe3 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qxa1 29.Re7+ Rd7 30.Rxd7+ Kxd7 31.Nd3 b6 32.Ne5+ Qxe5 0-1

    Round 10, April 25
    Vidit, Santosh – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
    E10 Queen’s Pawn game

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Ra7 9.a3 Qd8 10.h4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rd1 b5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e3 Nd7 16.g3 O-O 17.Bh3 Qf6 18.O-O Kh8 19.Ne2 g5 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Qc3 Kg8 22.Qxf6 Rxf6 23.Rc1 Kf7 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.exd4 Ke7 26.Rfe1 Kd6 27.Rc2 Nb6 28.b3 Rh7 29.Bg4 Rfh6 30.Kg2 Rh2+ 31.Kf3 Rf7+ 32.Ke3 Na8 33.Rec1 Rc7 34.Rc5 Rxc5 35.Rxc5 Nc7 36.Rc1 Ne8 37.Rc8 Nf6 38.Bf3 g4 39.Be2 e5 40.dxe5+ Kxe5 41.Rd8 Rh1 42.f4+ gxf3 43.Bxf3 Rb1 44.b4 Rb3+ 45.Ke2 Rxa3 46.g4 Ne4 47.Re8+ Kd4 48.Bxe4 dxe4 49.Re6 Rg3 50.Rxa6 Rxg4 51.Rc6 Rg2+ 52.Kd1 Rb2 53.Rd6+ Ke3 54.Rd5 Rxb4 55.Kc2 Ke2 56.Kc3 Rc4+ 57.Kb3 e3 58.Rxb5 Rc8 59.Re5 Kd2 60.Rd5+ Ke1 61.Re5 e2 62.Kb2 Rf8 0-1

    Round 10, April 25
    Tari, Aryan – Pragg, R.
    B23 Sicilian, Closed

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O f5 7.e5 a6 8.Bc4 e6 9.a4 d6 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.d3 Ne7 12.Ne5 Nec6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.a5 O-O 15.Be3 Bd4 16.Qe1 Bd7 17.Kh1 Rae8 18.Na4 Nb4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Qf2 Bxa4 21.Rxa4 Nc6 22.c3 Rd8 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.h3 Kg7 25.Raa1 e5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.cxd4 Qxd4 28.Qc2 Re7 29.Re2 Rde8 30.Rae1 Kf6 31.Rf1 h5 32.Re4 Qd6 33.Ref4 Kg7 34.Qc3 Qf6 35.d4 Nc6 36.Bd5 Re3 37.Qc5 Re2 38.b4 Rd2 39.Qc3 Ree2 40.Bf3 Rc2 41.Qa1 Red2 42.Rd1 Rxd1+ 43.Qxd1 Nxb4 44.d5 Qc3 45.Qd4+ Qxd4 46.Rxd4 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Nc2 48.Rc4 Kf6 49.d6 Ke6 50.Bxb7 Kxd6 51.Bxa6 Ra1 52.Rxc2 Rxa5 53.Bb7 Ke5 54.h4 Rb5 55.Bf3 Rb6 56.Kg3 Kf6 57.Rc6+ Rxc6 58.Bxc6 g5 59.hxg5+ Kxg5 60.Bf3 f4+ 61.Kh3 h4 62.Bd1 1-0

    Position after Black’s 59…Kxg5

    

    White wins in 21 moves

    Round 10, April 25
    Aronian, Levon – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
    D02 Queen’s Bishop game

    1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nh5 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Ne5 g6 10.g4 Ng7 11.h4 h5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Bf6 Rh7 14.g5 Qxb2 15.Rb1 Qxc3 16.Rh3 Qa5 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.Bxc6+ bxc6 20.Rb7+ Bc7 21.Be5 Ne8 22.Qc1 Qa6 23.Nb3 Kc8 24.Rxc7+ Nxc7 25.Qc5 Qc4 26.Qf8+ Kb7 27.Nc5+ Kb6 28.Bxc7+ Kb5 29.Qxa8 1-0

    Round 10, April 25
    Christiansen, Johan – Firouzja, Alireza
    B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

    1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 c4 8.Bc2 Qxd6 9.O-O g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Na3 cxb3 12.axb3 Nd5 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Ne3 Nf4 15.d4 O-O 16.g3 Nh5 17.Re1 Rd8 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Bb2 e6 20.c4 Nb4 21.Bb1 b6 22.Ba3 Bf8 23.Bb2 Bb7 24.d5 Bg7 25.Be5 Qe7 26.Qb2 exd5 27.cxd5 Nbxd5 28.Nc4 Qf8 29.Ng5 Ng4 30.Bxg7 Qxg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.h3 Ngf6 33.Ne5 Rf8 34.Bd3 Nb4 35.Rad1 Nxd3 36.Rxd3 Bd5 37.Nd7 Rfe8 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.f4 Nxd7 40.Rxd5 Nf6 41.Rd3 Re2 42.Nf3 Ne4 43.Ne5 Nc5 44.Rd8 Re3 45.Ra8 Nd3 46.Nc4 Rxg3+ 47.Kh2 Rf3 48.Rxa7 Rxf4 49.Nxb6 Rb4 50.Nc4 Rxb3 51.Nd6 Ne5 52.Re7 Kf6 53.Re8 Rb4 54.Kg3 Rd4 55.Nb5 Rd3+ 56.Kg2 g5 57.Rh8 Kg7 58.Re8 Ng6 59.Nc7 Nf4+ 60.Kf1 Rxh3 61.Ra8 Rf3+ 62.Kg1 g4 63.Ne8+ Kg6 64.Ra6+ Kg5 65.Nd6 Nh3+ 66.Kg2 Kh4 67.Ne4 Nf4+ 68.Kg1 h5 69.Ra2 Nh3+ 70.Kg2 f5 71.Nd6 Nf4+ 72.Kg1 Ne6 73.Ra5 Nd4 74.Rd5 Ne2+ 75.Kh1 Kh3 76.Rd1 g3 0-1

    Standings at the end of Day Two

    1 Carlsen 7
    2-3 Firouzja, Nakamura 6.5
    4-6 Le, Mamedyarov, Radjabov 6
    7-9 Tari, Aronian, So 5.5
    10 Vidit 5
    11-12 Dominguez, Pragg 4.5
    13-14 Duda, Karjakin 3.5
    15 Jones 3
    16 Christiansen 1.5

    Carlsen before #NewInChess R10: "In general the score is good. I feel like if I had played at the very top of my game, maybe could've won a couple more, but I think am in the lead so I am obviously am happy about how it's going.

    It's been a great day for Liem Quang Le! (4 out of 5)

    Carlsen remains undefeated in #NewInChess Classic after drawing Nakamura in round 10: "My day was a little bit worse than yesterday. I would've hoped to score half a point more, but still it's fine."

    Magnus is currently on course to win a 5th #ChessChamps Preliminary stage in a row, but with 1 day to go Aronian, Duda & Karjakin are among the players outside the Top 8 who would be knocked out!

    I can imagine Firouzja winning this whole thing, kid is a mad talent and finds wins easily even against the very best, probably the future world champion, no doubt!

    Come on, we want Rameshbabu in the finals, please
    omg, he's got some heavy schedule for the last 5:
    Aronian, Christiansen, Carlsen, Nakamura and Firouzja!

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    • #17
      New in Chess Classic

      April 26, 2021

      Preliminaries

      Day Three


      Rounds 11 and 12

      Round 11

      Nakamura-Jones 1-0
      Firouzja-Carlsen 0-1
      Duda-Christiansen 1-0
      Pragg-Aronian 0-1
      So-Tari 1-0
      Mamedyarov-Radjabov 0.5-0.5
      Karjakin-Vidit 1-0
      Le-Dominguez 0.5-0.5

      Round 12

      Jones-Dominguez 0-1
      Vidit-Le 0-1
      Radjabov-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
      Tari-Mamedyarov 0-1
      Aronian-So 0.5-0.5
      Christiansen-Pragg 0-1
      Carlsen-Duda 1-0
      Nakamura-Firouzja 0.5-0.5


      Carlsen arriving the venue in central Oslo fashionable late on a city bike, just a minute before the start of #NewInChess Classic day 3!

      Magnus Carlsen is facing Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai this November, but first up he's facing Alireza Firouzja right now!

      Round 11, April 26
      Nakamura, Hikaru – Jones, Gawain
      B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, Rauser variation

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qb6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.c4 Nf4 16.g3 e5 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Ne6 19.Bd3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Nxd8 21.Re1 f6 22.f4 Nf7 23.Be4 Bd7 24.Nc5 Be8 25.Bg2 Rd8 26.Kc2 Rd6 27.Bh3 Kg7 28.Kc3 h5 29.Nd3 g5 30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Nxe5 g4 32.Nxf7 Bxf7 33.Bg2 Bg6 34.Re2 a5 35.Rd2 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 c5 37.Kc3 Kf6 38.a3 Ke5 39.b4 axb4+ 40.axb4 cxb4+ 41.Kxb4 Kd4 42.c5 Be8 43.c6 Bxc6 44.Bxc6 Ke3 45.Kc3 Kf2 46.Kd4 Kg1 47.Ke3 Kxh2 48.Kf4 Kh3 49.Bd7 1-0

      Round 11, April 26
      Firouzja, Alireza – Carlsen, Magnus
      D12 QGD, Slav

      1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qc2 g6 8.h3 Be6 9.c5 Bg7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.f4 b6 12.f5 gxf5 13.cxb6 c5 14.Bxf5 Qxb6 15.Na4 Qb5 16.Bd3 Qb8 17.O-O Qg3 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 e6 20.Rf3 Qe1+ 21.Rf1 Qg3 22.Rf3 Qh4 23.Rf4 Qh5 24.Bd3 c4 25.Be2 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Nc3 O-O 28.h4 Nh5 29.Rf2 Ng3 30.Bd1 Rab8 31.Kh2 Nf5 32.Kh3 Nd6 33.g4 f5 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Rg2 Kh7 36.b3 Rfc8 37.bxc4 Rxc4 38.Ne2 Bh6 39.Bb3 Rc7 40.Bd2 Nf6 41.Rc1 Rxc1 42.Nxc1 Nde4 43.Nd3 Ng4 44.Re2 Nxd2 45.Rxd2 Bxe3 46.Re2 Rb6 47.Nc5 Kg6 48.Kg3 Kf7 49.Nd7 Rb4 0-1

      Round 11, April 26
      Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Christiansen, Johan
      A58 Benko Gambit Accepted

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.Nxd5 Be7 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.Bf4 d5 10.e3 O-O 11.Nf3 Nxa6 12.Be2 Bf5 13.O-O Qb7 14.Be5 Ne4 15.Qb3 Qxb3 16.axb3 Nb4 17.Rfd1 f6 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Bc3 Na2 20.Ra1 Nexc3 21.bxc3 Bc2 22.b4 c4 23.Nd4 Bb3 24.Bf3 Rd8 25.Ne2 g5 26.Kf1 Kf7 27.Ke1 Ke6 28.Nd4+ Kd6 29.Kd2 Rc8 30.Bg4 Ra8 31.Bf5 h5 32.Bb1 Ra3 33.Nb5+ 1-0

      Round 11, April 26
      Pragg, R. – Aronian, Levon
      D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 c5 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.Nd4 Bh7 15.Qb4 Qxc5 16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.O-O Ne5 18.Be7 Qxb4 19.cxb4 Nc3 20.Bf3 Rc4 21.b5 Rac8 22.Bb4 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Bd3 24.Rfe1 Nxb5 25.Rxc4 Bxc4 26.Nf5 Re8 27.a4 Nc7 28.Rc1 Re6 29.h4 Ne8 30.a5 Kh7 31.Kh2 Rc6 32.Nd4 Rc7 33.Rb1 Ba6 34.Kg3 Nf6 35.Kf4 Nd7 36.e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 Nc5 38.Ke3 Nd3 39.Bd6 Rc3 40.Kd2 Rc4 41.Kxd3 Rb4+ 42.Kc2 Rxd4 43.e5 Rxh4 44.Kd2 Ra4 45.Ke3 g5 46.Bb4 Kg6 47.Ke4 Ra2 48.Bc5 Rxa5 49.Bxa7 Bb5 50.Bd4 Bc6+ 51.Kd3 Kf5 52.Bc3 Rxe5 53.Bxe5 Be4+ 0-1

      Final Position

      

      Round 11, April 26
      So, Wesley – Tari, Aryan
      D02 Queen’s Bishop game

      1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Bxb1 6.Qxb1 Bb4+ 7.Kd1 Bd6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 Be7 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.exd5 g6 14.Qe4 Bd6 15.Ne5 Kg7 16.f4 a6 17.Bd3 Rd8 18.Rf1 Nd7 19.Kc2 Qe7 20.Qf3 Nf6 21.Bc4 Qe8 22.Rae1 Qa4+ 23.Kb1 Rf8 24.Qd3 Qa5 25.g4 Nxd5 26.f5 g5 27.f6+ Kh8 28.Qh3 Nxf6 29.Qxh6+ Nh7 30.Bd3 f5 31.Ng6+ 1-0

      Round 11, April 26
      Karjakin, Sergey – Vidit, Santosh
      B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.Nf2 Ba6 13.Kf3 Ne7 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qd6 Qb6 17.b3 c5 18.Rd1 Bb7+ 19.Ke3 Kf7 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Rxd7 Bc6 22.Rd2 Ra3 23.Nd3 Rd8 24.Rg1 Be4 25.Nc1 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Nc6 27.Kc3 Ra8 28.g3 Nb4 29.a4 Rd8 30.Be2 Bc2 31.Bh5+ Ke7 32.Bf3 Rd7 33.h4 Rd8 34.Rf1 Rd7 35.Rf2 Bd1 36.Bg2 g6 37.Rd2 Rxd2 38.Kxd2 Bc2 39.h5 Kf7 40.Bf3 gxh5 41.Bxh5+ Ke7 42.Bf3 h6 43.Kc3 Kd7 44.Kb2 Kc7 45.Na2 Nxa2 46.Kxa2 Bd3 47.Ka3 Bf1 48.Bh5 Bd3 49.a5 b5 50.cxb5 Bxb5 51.b4 cxb4+ 52.Kxb4 Ba6 53.Kc5 Bc8 54.Be2 Bb7 55.Bc4 Bc8 56.a6 1-0

      Round 12, April 26
      Jones, Gawain – Dominguez, Leinier
      C53 Giuoco Piano

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.a4 c5 15.dxc5 Qxe5 16.cxb6 c5 17.O-O d4 18.Bd2 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Qe6 20.Re1 Qxb6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qd5+ Qf7 23.Qxa8 Bb7 24.Qxf8+ Qxf8 25.Re6 h6 26.Rae1 Qf4 27.Re7 Bc6 28.R7e6 Qxa4 29.h3 Qb4 30.R1e3 Bd5 31.Rd6 Bf7 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rd7 Bg6 34.b3 a5 35.Ra7 Bc2 36.Kh2 h5 37.Kg1 Bxb3 38.Rg3 Qd4 39.Rxa5 Bf7 40.Rf3 Bg6 41.Ra7 c4 42.Raa3 Qd1+ 43.Kh2 Qd6+ 44.Kg1 Bd3 45.Ra5 c3 46.Rxh5+ Kg8 47.Ra5 c2 48.Ra8+ Kh7 49.Rc8 Qe6 50.Rc5 Qe7 51.Rc8 Qb7 52.Rc5 Be4 53.Rfc3 Bxg2 54.Rxc2 Be4 55.Rc1 Qf7 56.R1c3 Qd7 57.Re3 Qd1+ 58.Kh2 Qh1+ 59.Kg3 Qg2+ 60.Kf4 Bg6 61.Rf3 Qh2+ 62.Ke3 Qd6 63.Rc3 Bh5 64.Ke4 Qd2 65.Rce3 Qd6 66.Rg3 Qf6 67.Ref3 Qc6+ 68.Ke3 Qc3+ 69.Ke4 Qc4+ 70.Ke3 g5 71.Kd2 Bxf3 72.Rxf3 Qf1 73.Rf5 Kg6 74.Rf8 Kg7 75.Rf5 Kh6 76.Rf6+ Kh5 77.Rf8 Qc4 78.Rf3 Kh4 79.Re3 Qf1 80.Rf3 Qc4 81.Ke1 Qc1+ 82.Ke2 Qb1 83.Rg3 Kh5 84.Re3 Kg6 85.Rg3 Qh1 86.Rf3 Kg7 87.Rg3 Kf6 88.Rf3+ Ke5 89.Re3+ Kf4 90.Rg3 Qb1 91.Rf3+ Ke4 92.Rg3 Qb5+ 93.Ke1 Qa6 94.Re3+ Kf4 95.Rg3 Kf5 96.Rf3+ Kg6 97.Rg3 Kh5 98.Re3 Kh4 99.Rg3 Qb5 100.Re3 Qb1+ 101.Ke2 Qg1 102.Ra3 Qc1 103.Re3 Qc4+ 104.Ke1 Qa6 105.Rg3 Qa1+ 106.Ke2 Qh1 107.Re3 Qg1 108.Rd3 g4 109.hxg4 Qxg4+ 110.Ke1 Qb4+ 111.Ke2 Qc4 112.Kd2 Qb5 113.Rg3 Qe5 114.Kd1 Qe4 115.Kd2 Qe6 116.Kd1 Qa2 117.Ke1 Qb1+ 118.Ke2 Qh1 119.Ke3 Qf1 120.Kf3 Kh5 121.Ke3 Qd1 122.Rg2 Qb3+ 123.Ke2 Qc2+ 124.Ke3 Kh4 125.Rg3 Qd1 126.Rg2 Kh3 127.Rg3+ Kh2 128.Rf3 Kg2 129.Rf4 Qb3+ 130.Ke4 Qe6+ 131.Kd4 Kf1 132.Kd3 Qe5 133.Re4 Qf5 134.f4 Kf2 135.Kd4 Kf3 136.Re5 Qxf4+ 137.Kd5 Qb4 138.Ke6 Qc4+ 139.Kf5 Qf7+ 0-1

      Position after 107.Re3

      

      Round 12, April 26
      Vidit, Santosh – Le, Quang
      E10 Dzindzikhasvili Defence

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Ra7 9.a3 Qd8 10.h4 h6 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Qe7 14.O-O-O Bb3 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.Re1+ Kd8 17.Bd3 Nd7 18.Bf5 g6 19.Bh3 a5 20.g3 Nf6 21.Ne5 Re8 22.Re3 a4 23.Rhe1 Ra5 24.Nxa4 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Bxa4 26.exf6 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Rc5+ 28.Rc3 Rd5 29.b3 Bd7 30.Bg2 Rb5 31.Rd3 Ke8 32.Bd5 Be6 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.g4 g5 35.h5 Rd5 36.Rc3 c6 37.Kc2 Kf7 38.f3 Kxf6 39.Rc4 Ke5 40.Re4+ Kd6 41.f4 c5 42.a4 b6 43.Kc3 gxf4 44.Rxf4 Rg5 45.Rf6 Rxg4 46.Rxh6 Rh4 47.Rh8 Kd5 48.h6 Rh3+ 49.Kc2 Kd4 50.h7 Rh2+ 51.Kd1 Kc3 52.b4 c4 53.a5 Kb2 54.Rc8 c3 55.axb6 Rxh7 56.Ke2 c2 57.Kd2 Rd7+ 58.Ke3 c1=Q+ 59.Rxc1 Kxc1 60.Ke4 Rb7 0-1

      Round 12, April 26
      Tari, Aryan – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
      B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

      1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.h3 g6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5 9.Bf4 Qd7 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Nf3 Rg8 12.Rg1 e6 13.Nc1 Ne4 14.Nd3 f6 15.Qe2 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.g4 f4 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.Rge1 Rge8 21.c4 Na5 22.c5 Qc7 23.g5 Nxg5 24.Nxg5 fxg5 25.Qg4 Nc6 26.Ne5 h6 27.Nxc6+ bxc6 28.Rxe6 Qh7+ 29.Kc1 Rc8 30.Qe2 Rxe6 31.Qxe6 Qh8 32.Rd3 Qe8 33.Qd6+ Ka8 34.Kd2 Rb8 35.b3 Rb7 36.Qxh6 Re7 37.Qxg5 Qd8 38.Qg4 Qa5+ 39.Kc2 Qxa2+ 40.Kc3 Qa1+ 41.Kc2 Qa2+ 42.Kc3 Kb7 43.Rd2 Qa1+ 44.Kc2 Qa2+ 45.Kc3 Qa1+ 46.Kc2 f3 47.h4 a5 48.h5 Ka7 49.Qc8 a4 50.bxa4 Qxa4+ 51.Kc3 Rb7 52.Rc2 Rb3+ 53.Kd2 Qb4+ 54.Kd1 Rb1+ 55.Rc1 Qxd4+ 0-1

      (to be continued)
      Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 26th April, 2021, 04:21 PM.

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      • #18
        New in Chess Classic

        April 26, 2021

        Preliminaries

        Day Three


        Rounds 13 and 14

        Round 13

        Firouzja-Jones 1-0
        Duda-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
        Pragg-Carlsen 0.5-0.5
        So-Christiansen 1-0
        Mamedyarov-Aronian 0.5-0.5
        Karjakin-Tari 0-1
        Le-Radjabov 0.5-0.5
        Dominguez-Vidit 0.5-0.5

        Round 14

        Jones-Vidit 0-1
        Radjabov-Dominguez 0.5-0.5
        Tari-Le 0.5-0.5
        Aronian-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
        Christiansen-Mamedyarov 0-1
        Carlsen-So 0.5-0.5
        Nakamura-Pragg 0.5-0.5
        Firouzja-Duda 0-1


        Round 12, April 26
        Christiansen, Johan – Pragg, R.

        B30 Sicilian Defence

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.Nd5 Be6 10.a3 O-O 11.Nfe3 Bg5 12.c3 Nb6 13.Ba2 Ne7 14.h4 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Bxa2 16.Rxa2 f5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.Qe2 Qf6 20.c4 Nd7 21.Rh3 Rf8 22.b4 Qe6 23.Rg3 e4 24.Bb2 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.dxe4 Rxf2 27.Qxf2 Qxe4+ 28.Qe2 Qb1+ 29.Qd1 Qxa2 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.Rf3 Re8+ 32.Kd1 h6 33.Qxd6 Qe2+ 34.Kc1 Qxc4+ 35.Kd1 Qe2+ 36.Kc1 Qe1+ 37.Kc2 Qe4+ 38.Kb3 cxb4 39.Rf8+ Rxf8 40.Qxf8+ Kh7 41.axb4 Qxg2 42.Qc5 Qf3+ 43.Kb2 Qg2+ 44.Ka3 Qh3+ 45.Kb2 Qxh4 46.Qf5+ Kg8 47.Qc8+ Kf7 48.Qxb7+ Qe7 49.Qd5+ Kg6 50.Qd3+ Kg5 51.Qg3+ Kf6 52.Qf3+ Ke6 53.Qe4+ Kd6 54.Qd4+ Kc6 55.Qc4+ Kb6 56.Qd4+ Kb5 57.Qd3+ Kb6 58.Qd4+ Kb7 59.Qd5+ Kb8 60.Qg8+ Kc7 61.Qc4+ Kd7 62.Qb5+ Ke6 63.Qe2+ Kf7 64.Qc4+ Kf6 65.Qf1+ Ke5 66.Qe2+ Kd6 67.Qa6+ Kd5 68.Qd3+ Ke6 69.Qe2+ Kd7 70.Qb5+ Kc8 71.Qc6+ Qc7 72.Qe8+ Kb7 73.Qb5+ Qb6 74.Qd7+ Kb8 75.Qe8+ Kc7 76.Qe7+ Kc6 77.Qe4+ Kd6 78.Qg6+ Kd5 79.Qf5+ Kd4 80.Qf4+ Kd3 81.Qf1+ Ke4 82.Qg2+ Kf5 83.Qf3+ Ke6 84.Qe4+ Kf6 85.Qf4+ Ke7 86.Qe5+ Kf8 87.Kb3 a6 88.Ka3 Kg8 89.Qd5+ Kh8 0-1

        Final Position

        

        Round 12, April 26
        Carlsen, Magnus – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
        B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.g4 a5 15.a4 hxg4 16.fxg4 b5 17.Bxb5 Nxg4 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.h4 e4 20.h5 Nde5 21.h6 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Qf4 Nfg4 24.Nd4 f5 25.Rh3 Qe7 26.Ne6 Rfc8 27.Kb1 Rab8 28.Rb3 Qh4 29.Qd2 Qh2 30.Qxa5 Qxc2+ 31.Ka2 Ra8 32.Qe1 Rc4 33.Rd4 Rxd4 34.Nxd4 Qc5 35.Ne6 Qa7 36.Rc3 Nd3 37.Bxd3 exd3 38.b3 Qf2+ 39.Qxf2 Nxf2 40.Rc7 Ng4 41.Kb2 Nxh6 42.Kc3 Ng4 43.Kxd3 Rb8 44.Kc3 Ne3 45.Rg7+ Kh8 46.Rxg6 Nxd5+ 47.Kb2 Re8 48.Nd4 f4 49.Rxd6 Nb4 50.Kc3 Na2+ 51.Kc4 Re3 52.Rf6 Rc3+ 53.Kb5 Nc1 54.Rxf4 Nxb3 55.Nxb3 Rxb3+ 56.Rb4 Ra3 57.a5 Kg7 58.a6 Kf6 59.Ra4 Rb3+ 60.Kc4 1-0

        Round 13, April 26
        Firouzja, Alireza – Jones, Gawain
        C99 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, main line

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.b4 g5 13.c5 Nf6 14.a4 Kh8 15.a5 Rf7 16.Nf2 h5 17.Kh1 Bf8 18.g3 Ng6 19.c6 bxc6 20.dxc6 a6 21.Rg1 Rg7 22.gxf4 gxf4 23.b5 axb5 24.Bxb5 Nh7 25.Bd2 Ng5 26.Nd5 Nh4 27.Be2 Bh3 28.Bc3 Bg2+ 29.Rxg2 Nxg2 30.Qd3 Ne6 31.Bf1 Qh4 32.Qe2 Ne3 33.Bh3 Ng5 34.Bd7 Nxe4 35.Nxe4 Nxd5 36.Be1 Qd8 37.Bf2 Be7 38.Be6 Nf6 39.a6 Qe8 40.a7 Qxc6 41.Rb1 Nd7 42.Qd3 Qa4 43.Qd5 Rxa7 44.Bxa7 Qxa7 45.Bxd7 Bf8 46.Qe6 Rxd7 47.Qxd7 Qa2 48.Rg1 Qe2 1-0

        White mates in 3

        Round 13, April 26
        Pragg, R. – Carlsen, Magnus
        E10 Queen’s Pawn game

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nc6 6.h3 b6 7.cxb6 cxb6 8.Bf4 Ne4 9.e3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb1 g6 15.Qxb6 Rfb8 16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.dxc5 Rc8 18.e4 Ne7 19.Ne5 Bb5 20.exd5 Bxd3 21.Nxd3 Nxd5 22.Rab1 Rc7 23.Rb3 Nf6 24.Rfb1 Ne4 25.Rb7 Rac8 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Rb4 Nxc3 28.Rc4 Nd5 29.Ra4 Rc6 30.Ra5 f6 31.f4 h6 32.Kf2 g5 33.g3 gxf4 34.gxf4 Kf7 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.Ke4 Nc3+ 37.Ke3 Nd5+ 38.Ke4 Nc3+ 39.Kd4 Nd5 40.Ra4 Kf5 41.Nb4 Nxb4 42.Rxb4 Rc8 43.Rb6 e5+ 44.fxe5 fxe5+ 45.Kd5 e4 46.c6 e3 47.Rb1 e2 48.Re1 Rd8+ 49.Kc5 Rd2 50.c7 Rc2+ 51.Kb6 Rb2+ 52.Ka7 Rc2 53.Kb7 Rb2+ 54.Kc6 Rc2+ 55.Kd6 Rd2+ 56.Ke7 Rc2 57.Kd7 Rd2+ 58.Kc6 Rc2+ 59.Kb6 Rb2+ 60.Ka7 Rc2 61.Rxe2 Rxc7+ 62.Kxa6 Rc3 63.Rh2 Kf4 64.a4 Kg3 65.Rh1 h5 66.h4 Rb3 67.a5 Rb2 68.Ka7 Rb5 69.a6 Rb2 70.Ka8 Rb5 71.a7 Rb2 72.Rc1 Kxh4 73.Rc7 Kg3 74.Rb7 Ra2 75.Kb8 h4 76.Rg7+ Kf3 77.a8=Q+ Rxa8+ 78.Kxa8 h3 79.Rh7 Kg2 80.Rxh3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

        Position after White’s 75.Kb8

        

        Round 13, April 26
        So, Wesley – Christiansen, Johan
        A45 Queen’s Pawn game

        1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nh5 3.Bc1 Nf6 4.Bf4 Nh5 5.Bc1 d5 6.e4 g6 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O c6 13.Na3 Qc7 14.Re1 Rd8 15.c3 Nd7 16.Bg5 Nf8 17.Bc4 Be6 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.Nc4 Bf6 22.g4 Ng7 23.Nce5 Qd5 24.c4 Qd6 25.Bf4 Qb4 26.Rc1 Qa5 27.a3 c5 28.dxc5 Qxc5 29.b4 Qc8 30.c5 Rd5 31.h3 Ne8 32.c6 bxc6 33.Nxc6 Qd7 34.b5 g5 35.Bg3 Ng7 36.a4 h5 37.Nb4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rc8 39.Rxc8+ Qxc8 40.Nxd5 exd5 41.Ne5 Qc1+ 42.Kg2 Qa1 43.Qf3 Qxa4 44.Qxd5+ Kh7 45.Qd3+ Kg8 46.Qd5+ Kh7 47.f3 Qc2+ 48.Bf2 Qb2 49.Nc4 Qa2 50.Nb6 Qc2 51.Nd7 Qc7 52.Qc6 Qf4 53.Qe4+ Qxe4 54.fxe4 Ne8 55.e5 Nc7 56.exf6 exf6 57.Nxf6+ Kg6 58.b6 axb6 59.Bxb6 Ne6 60.Ne4 Nf4+ 61.Kf3 Ne6 62.Be3 Kh6 63.Kg3 Kg6 64.Kh3 Nc7 65.Bxg5 Nd5 66.Bd2 Ne7 67.Kg3 Nc6 68.Bc3 Ne7 69.Nd6 Nd5 70.Bd4 Ne7 71.Kh4 Nd5 72.Nc4 Nf4 73.Ne5+ Kh7 74.Bb2 Ng2+ 75.Kh5 Nf4+ 76.Kg5 Ne6+ 77.Kf6 Nf4 78.g5 Nd5+ 79.Kf7 Nf4 80.Nd7 Ng6 81.Nf8+ 1-0

        Round 13, April 26
        Karjakin, Sergey – Tari, Aryan
        C50 Giuoco Piano

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Bb5 Qb8 10.Nf1 Qa7 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Ne7 13.a4 h6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Ng6 16.g3 Rfe8 17.Qb3 Qc5 18.Rad1 b6 19.d4 Qc6 20.d5 Qd7 21.Nfd2 Qh3 22.Ne3 Ng4 23.Nxg4 Qxg4 24.Qc4 Re7 25.Qe2 Qh3 26.Nc4 f5 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Qe4 Rf7 29.Qxf5 Rxf5 30.Na3 Raf8 31.Rd2 e4 32.Rxe4 Ne5 33.Kg2 Nf3 34.Rd1 Rh5 35.h4 g5 36.Nc4 gxh4 37.g4 Rg5 38.Rd3 Ne1+ 39.Rxe1 Rxg4+ 40.Kh3 Rxc4 41.Rg1+ Kh7 42.Re3 Rf7 43.Rg4 Rxg4 44.Kxg4 Rxf2 45.Re7+ Kg6 46.Rxc7 Rxb2 47.Re7 Rf2 48.c4 h5+ 49.Kh3 Rf4 50.Re6+ Kf5 51.Rxd6 Rxc4 52.Rxb6 Rxa4 53.Rb5 Ke5 54.d6+ Kxd6 55.Rf5 Ra1 56.Kh2 Kc6 57.Re5 a4 58.Re4 Kb5 59.Re5+ Kc4 60.Re4+ Kb3 61.Re3+ Kc2 62.Re4 a3 63.Re2+ Kd3 64.Rf2 Ke3 65.Rc2 Rd1 0-1

        Round 14, April 26
        Jones, Gawain – Vidit, Santosh
        B40 Sicilian

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.b3 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Re1+ Be7 10.Na4 Be6 11.Bb2 d4 12.Ba3 b6 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.Bxa6 Qc7 15.c3 dxc3 16.dxc3 O-O 17.Bb2 Bd6 18.Bb5 Rfe8 19.c4 Bg4 20.Qd3 Nb4 21.Qc3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Nxa2 23.Qe3 Bf4 24.Qe2 Nb4 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Qe4 Rd8 27.g3 f5 28.Qxf4 Qxf4 29.gxf4 Bxf3 30.Nxb6 Nd3 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Bxe8 Bd1 33.Ba4 Nxf4 34.Nd7 Nd3 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nd5 f4 37.Kg2 Kg6 38.Nc3 Bc2 39.f3 Nc1 40.Kf2 Bxb3 41.Bxb3 Nxb3 42.Na4 Kf5 43.Ke2 Ke5 44.Kd3 Kd6 45.Nc3 f5 46.Ne2 Ke5 47.Kc3 Na5 48.Nc1 Nc6 49.Nb3 Kd6 50.Kc2 Ne5 51.Nd2 Kc6 52.Kc3 Kb6 53.Kc2 Ka5 54.Kb3 Nc6 55.Kc3 Ne5 56.Nb3+ Kb6 57.Nd2 h6 58.Kc2 Nc6 59.Nb3 Ne5 60.Nd2 Ng6 61.Kd3 Nh4 62.Kc3 Ng2 63.Kc2 Ka5 64.Kc3 Ne1 65.Nb3+ Kb6 66.Nd2 Kc6 67.Kb2 Kd6 68.Kc1 Ke5 69.Kd1 Nd3 70.Nb3 Kd6 71.Nd2 Ke7 72.Kc2 Ne5 73.Kd1 Kf6 74.Ke2 Ke6 75.Kd1 Nc6 76.Nb3 Kd6 77.Kc2 Nd8 78.Nc1 Ne6 79.Nb3 Kc7 80.Kd3 Kd7 81.Ke2 Ke7 82.Kf2 Kf6 83.Kg2 Ke5 84.Kh3 Ng5+ 85.Kg2 Kd6 86.Nc1 Nf7 87.Nb3 Ne5 88.Nd2 Kc6 89.Kh3 Kb6 90.Kh4 Ka5 91.Kh5 Kb4 92.Kxh6 Kc3 93.Nb1+ Kxc4 94.h4 Nxf3 95.h5 Kd3 96.Kg6 Ne5+ 97.Kxf5 f3 98.Kxe5 f2 0-1

        Round 14, April 26
        Christiansen, Johan – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
        B12 Caro-Kann

        1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Bd3 Bxc5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Rxg2 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Qb6 13.O-O-O Qxe3+ 14.Kb1 Qxf3 15.Rhf1 Rf2 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.Ne4 Qe3 18.Nf6+ Kd8 19.Qxf7 Nbc6 20.h4 Kc7 21.c4 Kb6 22.h5 Ka7 23.c5 Nxe5 24.Qxe7 Nxd3 25.Qd6 Nxc5 26.h6 Ne4 27.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Ka1 b6 29.Qe7+ Bb7 30.Qg7 Qf3 31.Rb1 Qf8 32.Qg6 Qg8 33.Qf6 d4 34.Qxd4 Qg6 35.a4 Qxh6 36.a5 Rc8 37.Qxb6+ Ka8 38.Re1 Rc1+ 39.Ka2 Bd5+ 40.Ka3 Qf8+ 41.b4 Rxe1 42.Qxa6+ Kb8 43.Qb6+ Bb7 44.a6 Qf3+ 45.Ka4 Ra1+ 46.Kb5 Qd3+ 47.Kc5 Rc1# 0-1

        Round 14, April 26
        Firouzja, Alireza – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
        D02 Queen’s Pawn, London System

        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d5 9.Nbd2 g5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g4 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.Be2 h5 14.a4 cxd4 15.exd4 Rc8 16.Qb1 Bh6 17.b4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Qxd4 19.Ra2 Qc3 20.Qd1 Qxb4 21.O-O O-O 22.Bb5 Bxb5 23.axb5 Qxb5 24.Nb3 Rc4 25.Rxa7 Rfc8 26.Ra1 Bg7 27.Rb1 Rb4 28.Rc1 Rc6 29.Rb1 Rb6 30.Nd2 Qd3 31.Rxb4 Rxb4 32.Nb1 Qxd1 33.Rxd1 b5 34.f4 Bd4+ 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Na3 Bb6 37.Rc1 Rb3 38.Rc6 Bd8 39.Nc2 Bf6 40.Kf2 Rc3 41.Rxc3 Bxc3 42.Ke2 b4 43.Kd3 Kf6 44.Nd4 Be1 45.Ne2 b3 0-1

        It's almost all decided with a round to spare - only Tari & Dominguez could potentially climb into the qualifying spots for tomorrow's quarterfinals, but they both need a win and for other results to go their way!

        (to be continued)

        Comment


        • #19
          Rd 11 Magnus totally dominated Firoujza (ouch). Wesley So nice game against Tari.
          Rd 13 Tari cracked the great defender. It was fun to watch So manipulate his opponent in the endgame.
          Rd 15 Levon Aronian toying with Le Quang Liem. Very impressive! Dominguez lovely endgame play.
          Last edited by Hans Jung; Monday, 26th April, 2021, 07:24 PM.

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          • #20
            Praggnanandhaa did well in his first outing against the big boys.

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            • #21
              New in Chess Classic

              April 26, 2021

              Preliminaries

              Day Three


              Round Fifteen


              Round 15

              Duda-Jones 1-0
              Pragg-Firouzja 0.5-0.5
              So-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
              Mamedyarov-Carlsen 0.5-0.5
              Karjakin-Christiansen 1-0
              Le-Aronian 0-1
              Dominguez-Tari 1-0
              Vidit-Radjabov 0.5-0.5


              Round 15, April 26
              Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Jones, Gawain
              E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Ne8 14.Nb5 h6 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.a5 bxa5 17.Bxa5 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Ba6 19.Bb4 Bxb5 20.cxb5 f5 21.Nd2 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf5 23.Bc3 Qe7 24.Nc5 Qh4 25.Nd7 Nf6 26.Nxb8 Ne4 27.Be1 Rxb8 28.Qc4 Nd4 29.f3 Qf4 30.fxe4 Qe3+ 31.Bf2 Nxe2+ 32.Kf1 Qf4 33.Qxe2 Qxh2 34.Rd3 g5 35.Rh3 Qf4 36.Rf3 Qh2 37.Bg1 Qh5 38.Rf5 Qxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Rxb5 40.g4 Rb4 41.Kf3 Rb8 42.Be3 Bf8 43.Rc1 Rb7 44.Ke2 Be7 45.Rff1 1-0

              Round 15, April 26
              Pragg, R. – Firouzja, Alireza
              D12 QGD Slav

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd2 e6 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.Nh4 Be4 9.f3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd5 11.g3 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 b5 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O Rd7 16.Rfd1 O-O 17.Be1 Qb6 18.Bf2 Rfd8 19.Ng2 Nc6 20.Ne1 Ne5 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Nxd1 h5 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Qc6 26.e4 Nd7 27.Kg2 Bxf2 28.Nxf2 Qc7 29.Qa3 Qc2 30.Qd6 Nf8 31.Qxa6 Qxb2 32.a4 bxa4 33.Qxa4 e5 34.h4 g6 35.Qa7 Kg7 36.Qe3 Ne6 37.f4 exf4 38.gxf4 Qd4 39.Qxd4+ Nxd4 40.Nd3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

              Round 15, April 26
              So, Wesley – Nakamura, Hikaru
              C20 King’s Pawn game

              1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Ke7 3.Ke1 Ke8 4.Ke2 Ke7 5.Ke1 Ke8 6.Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

              Round 15, April 26
              Karjakin, Sergey – Christiansen, Johan
              A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation

              1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 f6 8.Nc3 Qf7 9.fxe5 fxe5 10.O-O Nf6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.e4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 c5 15.Qa4 d4 16.e5 Bxe5 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Rxe5 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 b6 21.a4 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Qxe8 23.Qxe8 Nxe8 24.Re1 Kf7 25.b4 Nd6 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Re5 Rc8 28.Kf2 g6 29.Kf3 Rc6 30.g4 Nc4 31.Re4 Nb6 32.a5 Nd5 33.Rc4 h5 34.gxh5 gxh5 35.Bd4 Nc7 36.Rxc5 Ne6 37.Rf5+ Ke8 38.Bxa7 Rxc2 39.Rxh5 Ra2 40.Bb6 Kf7 41.h4 Kg6 42.Re5 Kf6 43.Re2 Ra3+ 44.Re3 Ra4 45.Re4 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Kf5 47.Rc4 Nf4+ 48.Kd2 Nd5 49.Kc2 Rh3 50.Kb2 Ke6 51.Bc5 Kd7 52.a6 Kc6 53.Bf2+ Kb5 54.Rc5+ 1-0

              Round 15, April 26
              Le, Quang Liem – Aronian, Levon
              D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qc2 a6 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.f4 Bd6 14.Rae1 b5 15.Be2 Bb7 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Qd7 18.e4 Rad8 19.h3 Rfe8 20.Re2 b4 21.Nb1 Qb5 22.Bc1 Nxe4 23.Kh2 Nf6 24.Rff2 Qh5 25.Rf3 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nd2 Re1 29.Nb3 a5 30.Bd2 Rd1 31.Be3 Nd5 32.Bf2 a4 33.Nc5 Bxf4+ 34.g3 Be5 35.Nxa4 Rd2 36.a3 Bxb2 37.Nxb2 bxa3 38.Nc4 a2 39.Nxd2 a1=Q 40.Nb3 Qd1 41.Kg2 Nf6 42.Nc5 Qd5 43.Be3 Nh7 44.h4 Nf6 45.Bg1 Ng4 46.Nd3 c5 47.Bxc5 Nh2 48.Kxh2 Qxf3 49.Nf4 Qg4 50.Nh3 Qe2+ 51.Bf2 f6 52.Kg2 Kf7 53.Nf4 Qe4+ 54.Kg1 Qf5 55.Kg2 g5 56.hxg5 Qxg5 57.Kg1 Qg4 58.Kg2 g5 59.Nh3 Kg6 60.Ng1 Qe4+ 61.Kf1 Kf5 62.Ne2 Qd3 63.Ke1 Kg4 64.Ng1 f5 0-1

              Round 15, April 26
              Dominguez, Leinier – Tari, Aryan
              C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Kg2 Be6 14.h3 h5 15.f3 Be7 16.Bf4 a5 17.a4 Rd8 18.b3 Rd7 19.Ne4 b6 20.Ng5 Bc5 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rxd7 Kxd7 23.Rd1+ Kc8 24.Bg5 b5 25.gxh5 Rxh5 26.Rd8+ Kb7 27.f4 Rh7 28.h4 g6 29.Kf3 Rg7 30.Kg4 Be7 31.Rd7 Bf6 32.Rxg7 Bxg7 33.h5 gxh5+ 34.Kxh5 Kc8 35.Kg6 1-0

              Standings after the Preliminaries

              1 Carlsen 10.5
              2-3 Nakamura, Mamedyarov 9.5
              4-5 So, Aronian 9
              6-8 Firouzja, Le, Radjabov 8.5
              _________

              9 Dominguez 8
              10-13 Tari, Vidit, Pragg, Duda 7
              14 Karjakin 6.5
              15 Jones 3
              16 Christiansen 1.5

              Knockout Pairings

              Carlsen-Radjabov
              Aronian-So
              Mamedyarov-Firouzja
              Le-Nakamura

              Comment


              • #22
                Can anyone explain game one of the Wesley So - Levon Aronian series to me? specifically Wesley's 20.Re2? Im really confused. Then it seems Levon went on to give Wesley a shellacking in game 2. But game 3 was Levon just having fun? (although I did find Ka5!!) That opening line was just too sharp for me.

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                • #23
                  When is a pin not a pin? In game 4 after Levon played 18.Rxd6!! Lovely Levon, just lovely!

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                  • #24
                    Re2 mouseslip probably. Re3 was the intended move with a small edge to white I think.

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                    • #25
                      Yes, of course, mouse slip. Thanks!

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                      • #26
                        New in Chess Classic

                        April 27, 2021


                        Quarterfinals

                        Day One

                        Round 1, April 27
                        Carlsen, Magnus – Radjabov, Teimour
                        D53 QGD

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 c6 8.Rc1 Nd7 9.h4 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b4 a6 13.h5 g5 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.a3 Nf6 16.Ne5 Ng4 17.Nxg4 Bxg4 18.Qc2 O-O 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 a5 21.O-O axb4 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Rb1 Qe7 24.Rb6 Ra7 25.Rfb1 Rd8 26.Ng3 Qc7 27.Qc2 Rda8 28.Nf5 Ra1 29.Qb2 Rxb1+ 30.Qxb1 Ra7 31.g4 Bf8 32.Kg2 Qd7 33.Kf3 Qc8 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Kf3 Qc8 36.Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

                        Round 2, April 27
                        Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus
                        D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 c6 8.Rc1 Nd7 9.h4 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b4 a6 13.h5 g5 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.a3 Nf6 16.Ne5 Ng4 17.Nxg4 Bxg4 18.Qc2 O-O 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 a5 21.O-O axb4 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Rb1 Qe7 24.Rb6 Ra7 25.Rfb1 Rd8 26.Ng3 Qc7 27.Qc2 Rda8 28.Nf5 Ra1 29.Qb2 Rxb1+ 30.Qxb1 Ra7 31.g4 Bf8 32.Kg2 Qd7 33.Kf3 Qc8 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Kf3 Qc8 36.Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

                        Round 3, April 27
                        Carlsen, Magnus – Radjabov, Teimour
                        C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bf1 Re8 12.Qc2 Bc7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.a4 Nh5 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Be3 Nf4 18.Qd1 Qf6 19.Kh2 Rad8 20.Qf3 Nd3 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.Nd2 Red8 24.Nf1 a5 25.g4 Bb3 26.Ra3 Be6 27.Raa1 Bb3 28.Ra3 Be6 29.Raa1 Bb3 1/2-1/2

                        Round 4, April 27
                        Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus
                        E10 Queen’s Pawn game

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 cxd6 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Bd3 e5 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bc4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Ne5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qe3 Qd4 18.Qe2 Qc5 19.Rac1 Qb4 20.b3 Red8 21.f3 h6 22.Qe3 Rd4 23.Ne2 Rd7 24.Red1 Rad8 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Qc3 Qc5+ 27.Kf1 Qd6 28.Qe3 Qb4 29.Qc3 Qd6 30.Qe3 Qb4 31.Qc3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

                        Final Score Carlsen-Radjabov 2-2

                        This was always going to be a tough match, and it remains level! Teimour Radjabov dictated much of the play, with Magnus having to escape a lost position in Game 2

                        Magnus Carlsen thinks this may be the first day he made 4 draws on the Tour: "I was just way, way off today and I'm thrilled with the result!"
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                        Round 1, April 27
                        So, Wesley – Aronian, Levon
                        D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 a6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Na5 9.Qc2 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1 Rc8 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bd3 Nxd4 18.Qa4 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Re2 Bxe2 21.Bxe2 g6 22.Nf3 Kg7 23.h4 e5 24.Rd1 e4 25.Nd2 Qb6 0-1

                        Position after White’s 20.Re2

                        

                        A mouse-slip from Wesley So, who gets off to the worst possible start against Levon Aronian!

                        Round 2, April 27
                        Aronian, Levon – So, Wesley
                        D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                        1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxb2 7.Rb1 Qc3 8.Bb5 g6 9.e4 Bg7 10.Be5 Qa5 11.exd5 a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.d6 O-O 14.dxe7 Re8 15.O-O Qxc5 16.Re1 Bf5 17.Bd4 Qd5 18.Rb3 c5 19.Re5 Qd7 20.Bxc5 Ne4 21.Rd3 Qb7 22.Nxe4 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qxe4 24.Rd8 Kg7 25.f3 Qxc2 26.Qd4 f6 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Nc4 Qb1+ 29.Kf2 Qxa2+ 30.Kg3 Qe2 31.Qd8 Qe1+ 32.Bf2 Qc1 33.e8=N+ Kh6 34.Qxf6 Rxe8 35.Nd6 Qc7 36.Bb6 Qb8 37.Bd4 1-0

                        Aronian successfully promotes to a knight, avoiding the pitfalls of autoqueening and mate-in-1! Levon went on to take a 2:0 lead in today's match

                        Round 3, April 27
                        So, Wesley – Aronian, Levon
                        A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

                        1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.d4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.c4 Qd8 12.Qb3 Be4 13.Qxb7 Rc8 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.e6 Be7 16.exf7+ Kf8 17.Qa6 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Bb5 Rc2 20.Ba5 Qc8 21.Qxc8+ Rxc8 22.O-O Kxf7 23.a4 a6 24.Bd7 Rc4 25.Bf5 Bb4 26.Bxb4 Rxb4 27.Bd3 Bc4 28.Rab1 Rxa4 29.Rb7+ Kf6 30.Rb6+ Ke5 31.Re1+ Kd5 32.Be4+ Kc5 33.Rc6+ Kb5 34.Rc7 Rb4 35.Rc1 Be2 36.f3 Rb8 37.Kf2 d3 38.R7c5+ Kb6 39.Rc6+ Ka5 40.Ra1+ Kb5 41.Rcxa6 Rb2 42.Ke3 Bf1 43.Bc6+ Kc4 44.Rxf1 Re2+ 45.Kf4 Rxg2 46.Rc1+ Rc2 47.Raa1 Kd4 48.Rxc2 dxc2 49.Be4 Rf8+ 50.Kg3 Ke3 51.Rc1 Rxf3+ 52.Bxf3 Kd2 53.Rxc2+ Kxc2 54.Be4+ Kc3 55.Bxh7 Kd4 56.Kf4 1-0

                        Round 4, April 27
                        Aronian, Levon – So, Wesley
                        D46 QGD, Semi-Slav

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.dxc5 Rac8 15.a3 Nxc5 16.Nxc5 a5 17.axb4 axb4 18.Rxd6 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Qxd6 20.Ne4 Rxc2 21.Nxd6 Rd8 22.b3 Kf8 23.Nc4 Rd3 24.Bb2 Rxb3 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Bd1 Rbc3 27.Bxc2 Rxc2 28.Na5 1-0

                        Levon Aronian on Wesley So's mouse slip in the first game: "I accept such things with humility and respect towards the chance, so I take it!"

                        Final Score Aronian-So 3-1
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                        Round 1, April 27
                        Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Firouzja, Alireza
                        D15 QGD Slav Accepted

                        1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 e6 9.O-O Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Ne4 15.Bd4 bxc4 16.bxc4 Qa5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.f3 Ng5 19.Rfc1 O-O 20.Rxc6 Ne6 21.Bc3 Qb5 22.Qxb5 axb5 23.a3 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Bb4 d4 26.exd4 Nxd4 27.Rd1 Rc4 28.Kf2 g5 29.Rd3 Rc2+ 30.Kg3 Rc4 31.Kf2 Rc2+ 32.Ke3 Nc6 33.Rd2 Rc4 34.Bd6 Ra4 35.Rb2 Na5 36.Rxb5 Nc4+ 37.Kd3 Nxa3 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Kc3 Nc4 40.Kb3 Nxd6 41.Kxa4 Nc4 42.Rb5 Ne3 43.g4 h6 44.Rb2 Nd5 45.Kb5 Nf4 46.Kc4 Ne6 47.Kd5 Nf4+ 48.Ke4 Ne6 49.Rb6 Nf4 50.h4 Ng2 51.hxg5 hxg5 52.Rb2 Nf4 53.Kf5 Ne6 54.Rd2 1-0

                        Round 2, April 27
                        Firouzja, Alireza – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
                        C80 Ruy Lopez, open

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Qd7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Bc2 Bf5 14.h3 Rfe8 15.Nb3 Bg6 16.Nbd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 c5 18.Ne2 d4 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bb4 21.Rf1 Bc5 22.Nf3 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Qc7 24.Qc1 Ng3 25.Rf2 Rc8 26.Qe1 Bxc2 27.Rc1 Ne4 28.Rfxc2 Qxc2 29.Rxc2 Rxc2 30.Nd4 Rc5 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qa5 h5 33.Nf3 g5 34.Kf1 Rec8 35.Nd4 Rf8+ 36.Ke2 e5 37.Qb6 Ng3+ 38.Kd3 e4+ 39.Kd2 Rf2+ 40.Kd1 Rf1+ 41.Kd2 Rf2+ 42.Kd1 Rf1+ 43.Kd2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

                        Round 3, April 27
                        Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Firouzja, Alireza
                        E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.Rc1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Nb5 Nc6 13.O-O Na5 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Bd5 Bd7 16.c4 Bc6 17.Qa4 b6 18.Qa3 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.Nc3 Rad8 21.h3 Qg6 22.e4 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nc4 24.Qb4 Nd6 25.f3 f5 26.Re1 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Nf5 28.Rc6 Qf7 29.d6 Qd5 30.Rc7 Nxd6 31.Nf6+ gxf6 32.Qg4+ Kh8 33.Rxd7 Rg8 34.Qh4 Rg6 35.Kh1 Qxa2 36.Rg1 Nf5 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rd7+ Kh8 39.Qe1 Qc4 40.g4 Ng7 41.Qe4 Qxe4 42.fxe4 Ne6 43.Rxa7 Ng5 44.Kg2 Nxe4 45.Rd1 Rg7 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.Rdd8 f5 48.Rh8+ Kg6 49.Rab8 fxg4 50.Rxb6+ Nf6 51.hxg4 Kg5 1/2-1/2

                        Round 4, April 27
                        Firouzja, Alireza – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
                        D42 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 h6 12.Bb1 Nde7 13.Qd3 Ng6 14.Be3 b6 15.Qe4 Bb7 16.Qg4 Nce7 17.Bc2 Rc8 18.Rad1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nd5 20.Bc1 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Qd5 22.Be4 Qxa2 23.Bxh6 Nh4 24.Qg4 Nf5 25.Bd2 g6 26.g3 Nd6 27.Bd3 Qd5 28.h4 Bg7 29.Re2 e5 30.Bb1 exd4 31.cxd4 Qxd4 32.Qxd4 Bxd4 33.Bh6 Bg7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Bxg6 Nb5 36.Bf5 Rc5 37.g4 Nc3 38.Red2 Nxd1 39.Rxd1 Rxf5 40.gxf5 Rh8 41.Rd4 a5 42.Kg2 Ra8 43.f6+ Kg6 0-1

                        Final Score Mamedyarov-Firouzja 3-1

                        Alireza Firouzja, Liem Quang Le and Wesley So must all win on demand tomorrow to force a playoff for a place in the #NewInChess semi-finals!

                        (to be continued)

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                        • #27
                          New in Chess Classic

                          April 27, 2021

                          Quarterfinals

                          Day One (continued)


                          Round 1, April 27
                          Nakamura, Hikaru – Le, Quang Liem
                          D31 QGD, Janowski variation

                          1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 c5 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rc1 Rfc8 16.Qd2 Rab8 17.b3 Rc6 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.h3 h6 20.Bf3 a5 21.Nc3 Rd8 22.e4 d4 23.e5 Nd5 24.Nb5 Qb6 25.Nd6 a4 26.b4 Rb8 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.bxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 Qxc5 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxa2 32.Rxa4 Be6 33.f4 Rb2 34.Rd4 f5 35.Ra4 Kh7 36.Ra7 Kg6 37.h4 Rb4 38.Re7 Bd5 39.h5+ Kxh5 40.Rxg7 Rxf4 41.Ne8 Bxg2 42.Nf6+ Kh4 43.Kxg2 Ra4 44.e6 Ra2+ 45.Kf3 Ra3+ 46.Kf4 Ra4+ 47.Kxf5 Ra5+ 48.Kg6 1-0

                          Round 2, April 27
                          Le, Quang Liem – Nakamura, Hikaru
                          D37 QGD

                          1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Bxc5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Nc3 Nd5 15.a4 f6 16.Nxc4 Rb8 17.Rfc1 Ba6 18.Ne4 Rfc8 19.Kf1 c5 20.b3 Rc6 21.Ke1 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Ra8 23.Rcc1 Kf7 24.a5 f5 25.Nd2 bxa5 26.Nc4 Rca6 27.Ne5+ Ke7 28.Nd3 Rb6 29.Ra3 Nb4 30.Rxc5 Nxd3+ 31.exd3 Rab8 32.Rcxa5 Rxb3 33.Ra7+ Kf6 34.Rxb3 Rxb3 35.Ke2 Rb2+ 36.Kf3 Rb3 37.Ke3 Rb1 38.h4 Rb3 39.Rc7 e5 40.Rc6+ Kf7 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.Rc6+ Kf7 43.Rc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

                          Round 3, April 27
                          Nakamura, Hikaru – Le, Quang Liem
                          E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

                          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O 9.Nf3 b6 10.c4 Qh5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rfe1 Rfd8 14.a4 Rac8 15.a5 cxd4 16.exd4 Qg6 17.Qxg6 hxg6 18.Ng5 Nb8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Reb1 Nc6 21.Nf3 Ne7 22.Ne5 Nf5 23.Rxb6 Nxd4 24.Bf1 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Bc3 e5 27.Ra7 Rcc7 28.f4 Be4 29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Re8 Ne6 32.Bxe5 Ra7 33.g3 Ra2 34.Re7 Kg8 35.Bh3 Bf5 36.Bg2 f6 37.Bd6 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 Ra2+ 39.Kg1 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Kg1 1/2-1/2

                          Round 4, April 27
                          Le, Quang Liem – Nakamura, Hikaru
                          D37 QGD, Hastings variation

                          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O 9.Nf3 b6 10.c4 Qh5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rfe1 Rfd8 14.a4 Rac8 15.a5 cxd4 16.exd4 Qg6 17.Qxg6 hxg6 18.Ng5 Nb8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Reb1 Nc6 21.Nf3 Ne7 22.Ne5 Nf5 23.Rxb6 Nxd4 24.Bf1 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Bc3 e5 27.Ra7 Rcc7 28.f4 Be4 29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Re8 Ne6 32.Bxe5 Ra7 33.g3 Ra2 34.Re7 Kg8 35.Bh3 Bf5 36.Bg2 f6 37.Bd6 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 Ra2+ 39.Kg1 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Kg1 1/2-1/2

                          Final Score Nakamura-Le 2.5-1.5

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                          • #28
                            Kudos to Radjabov for excellent play. His style reminds me alot of Peter Lekos style.

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                            • #29
                              Wow - Shak dominating Firoujza - nice games!

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                              • #30
                                New in Chess Classic

                                April 28, 2021

                                Quarterfinals

                                Day Two


                                Round 5, April 28
                                Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus
                                D39 QGD, Ragozin, Vienna variation

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 Qxc4+ 12.Kg1 Bd7 13.Rc1 Qb4 14.Bxg7 Rg8 15.Bf6 Rg6 16.a3 Qd6 17.e5 Qd5 18.f3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Bxc6 21.Kf2 Bd5 22.Rc1 Kd7 23.Rhd1 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Kxc8 25.Rd4 Rh6 26.Rh4 Rxh4 27.Bxh4 b5 28.Ke3 Kc7 29.Kd4 Kc6 30.Bd8 Bc4 31.Ba5 Bf1 32.g3 Be2 33.f4 Bg4 34.Bd8 h5 35.Ba5 Bf5 36.Bd8 a6 37.Ba5 Bg4 38.Bd8 Bf5 39.Ba5 Bg4 40.Bd8 Bf5 1/2-1/2

                                Round 6, April 28
                                Carlsen, Magnus – Radjabov, Teimour
                                E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qc2 e5 9.e3 Nc6 10.b4 O-O 11.Nf3 Re8 12.e4 a5 13.b5 Ne7 14.a4 Qc7 15.Ba3 Nd7 16.c6 bxc6 17.c5 Nf6 18.b6 Qb7 19.Bc4 Ng6 20.O-O Qd7 21.Ne1 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.f3 Nf4 24.Rd1 Raa8 25.Bc1 N6h5 26.g3 Ng6 27.Nd3 Nf6 28.Bg5 h5 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.f4 exf4 31.Nxf4 Qg4 32.Rxd4 h4 33.Qd1 Qg5 34.Qh5 Qe5 35.Rd7 hxg3 36.hxg3 Qxe4 37.Nxg6 Qe3+ 38.Kh2 Qe2+ 39.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 40.Kh3 fxg6 41.Rxf6 1-0

                                Round 7, April 28
                                Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus
                                E10 Queen’s Pawn game

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 b6 6.cxb6 cxb6 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bg3 Bb7 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Bh4 Be7 13.O-O Ne4 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ne2 Rxc1 16.Qxc1 Qd6 17.Qb1 Rc8 18.a3 a5 19.Ng3 Nf6 20.Ne5 g6 21.Rc1 Rc7 22.Rc2 Nd7 23.f4 Nf6 24.Qc1 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qd8 26.Ne2 Nf5 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.Nc3 Qc7 29.Qa4 Kf8 30.Qb5 Bc8 31.h3 Be6 32.Kh2 Kg7 33.Qc6 Qxc6 34.Nxc6 Ne8 35.b4 axb4 36.Nxb4 Nc7 37.Na4 Na8 38.Nc3 Nc7 39.Na4 Na8 40.Nc3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

                                Round 8, April 28
                                Carlsen, Magnus – Radjabov, Teimour
                                B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

                                1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bh4 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.Rhe1 Rd8 18.Be4 Bd7 19.Nb5 Rab8 20.Bf3 Ne7 21.Nd6 Bc6 22.c4 Rd7 23.b4 b6 24.Kb2 Rbd8 25.Kc3 a5 26.bxa5 bxa5 27.Bxc6 Nxc6 28.c5 Nb4 29.Kc4 Nxa2 30.Ra1 Nb4 31.Rxa5 Nc6 32.Ra6 Rc7 33.Nb5 Rcc8 34.Nd6 Rc7 35.Nb5 Rcc8 36.Nd6 Rc7 1/2-1/2

                                Magnus forces a draw and he’s through to a semi-final against Levon.

                                Match Result Day Two

                                Radjabov-Carlsen 1.5-2.5
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                                Round 5, April 28
                                Aronian, Levon – So, Wesley
                                D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nh4 Be7 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Be2 a6 13.h4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Kf1 Na5 16.Qc2 cxd4 17.exd4 Qc6 18.h5 Bd6 19.Be3 gxh5 20.Rxh5 Rxh5 21.Bxh5 g6 22.Bf3 Ke7 23.a4 Nc4 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Nxc4 bxc4 27.b3 Nb6 28.Be2 Qh8 29.Ke1 Qc8 30.bxc4 Nxc4 31.Bxc4 Qxc4 32.Kd2 Kf8 33.Qb1 Kg7 34.Qb6 Qa2+ 35.Kd3 Bh2 36.Qd8 Qb1+ 37.Kd2 Qb2+ 38.Kd3 Qb1+ 39.Kd2 Qf5 40.Ke2 Qc2+ 41.Bd2 Qe4+ 42.Be3 Qg4+ 43.Kd2 Qf3 44.Qe7 Qf5 45.Ke2 Kh7 46.Qf6 Qxf6 47.gxf6 Kg8 48.Kd3 Kf8 49.c4 Ke8 50.f3 Kd7 51.Bg5 Kc6 52.Bd2 Bc7 53.Bg5 Bg3 54.Kc3 Bf2 55.Bf4 Bh4 56.Be5 dxc4 57.Kxc4 Bg5 58.Kc3 Kd5 59.Kd3 Bh4 60.Kc3 Be1+ 61.Kd3 Ba5 62.Bf4 Bb6 63.Be5 Bd8 64.Kc3 Ba5+ 65.Kd3 Bb4 66.Bf4 Be1 67.Be5 Bf2 68.Kc3 Be1+ 69.Kd3 1/2-1/2

                                Round 6, April 28
                                So, Wesley – Aronian, Levon
                                A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

                                1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.exf3 e6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 c5 10.d3 Nc6 11.c4 Rc8 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.dxc4 Qe7 14.Bxc6 Rxc6 15.Qe2 Rd8 16.Rad1 b6 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Rd1 Rd6 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Qf3 Ne8 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qa8 Nc7 24.Nxc7 Qxc7 25.h4 h5 26.Qe4 Qd7 27.Qe5+ Kh7 28.Qb8 Kg7 29.Qe5+ Kh7 30.Qf6 Kg8 31.Qe5 Kh7 1/2-1/2

                                Round 7, April 28
                                Aronian, Levon – So, Wesley
                                D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 e6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Qa4 O-O 10.Qa3 Ne4 11.Nfd2 cxd4 12.Nxe4 Qxa3 13.Nxa3 dxe4 14.cxd4 Rb8 15.b3 c5 16.dxc5 Ba6 17.Rc1 Rfd8 18.Nc4 Rd5 19.Nd6 f5 20.f3 Bd3 21.Kf2 Kf8 22.g4 Ke7 23.Rhg1 g6 24.Rg3 exf3 25.Rxf3 Ba6 26.e4 Rd2+ 27.Kg1 Rxa2 28.exf5 gxf5 29.gxf5 exf5 30.Re1+ Kd7 31.Nxf5 Kc6 32.Rc1 Rd2 33.Ne7+ Kd7 34.Re3 Rf8 35.Ra1 Rff2 36.Rxa6 Rg2+ 37.Kf1 Rxh2 38.Rxa7+ Ke8 39.Nc6+ Kf8 40.Rf3+ Kg8 41.Ne7+ Kg7 42.Nd5+ Kg8 43.Nf6+ Kh8 44.Rxh7+ Rxh7 45.Nxh7 Kxh7 46.Rg3 1-0

                                Levon Aronian has knocked @Meltwater Champions Chess Tour leader Wesley So out of the #NewInChess Classic and may go on to play Magnus Carlsen in the semi-finals!

                                Match Result Day Two

                                Aronian-So 2-1
                                _________

                                Round 5, April 28
                                Firouzja, Alireza – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
                                D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                                1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxb7 Be4 7.Qxc7 Qxc7 8.Bxc7 Bb4+ 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.e3 Rc8 11.Bg3 Bd5 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rc1 Ke7 14.Kd1 Nb6 15.Ne5 Na4 16.Rc2 Nxb2+ 17.Rxb2 c3 18.Rb4 cxd2 19.f3 Rc1+ 20.Kxd2 Ra1 21.Kc2 Bxb4 22.axb4 Rc8+ 23.Kb2 Rcc1 0-1

                                Round 6, April 28
                                Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Firouzja, Alireza
                                A58 Benko Gambit Accepted

                                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 Bxa6 10.e5 Ng4 11.d6 exd6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Bg5 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Bg5 Qa5+ 16.Bd2 1/2-1/2

                                Round 7, April 28
                                Firouzja, Alireza – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
                                A15 English Opening

                                1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5 5.g3 dxc4 6.bxc4 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Qc2 Be7 9.a3 Qc7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.e3 O-O 13.d3 Rfd8 14.Rd1 a6 15.Nc3 b5 16.O-O b4 17.Na4 Rab8 18.h3 Ba8 19.Rd2 bxa3 20.Bxa3 Nb4 21.Bxb4 cxb4 22.Qb3 Qc7 23.d4 Ne4 24.Ra2 Bc6 25.Rfa1 Bf6 26.Nb2 Nxg3 27.Nd3 Nf5 28.Rxa6 Bxf3 29.Bxf3 Bxd4 30.exd4 Nxd4 31.Qd1 Qxc4 32.Ne5 Qc3 33.Bh5 g6 34.Ra7 Nc6 35.Nd7 Nxa7 36.Rxa7 Ra8 0-1

                                Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has been in brilliant form in the #NewInChess Classic so far, and he's now in the semi-final after knocking out Alireza Firouzja!

                                Match Result Day Two

                                Firouzja-Mamedyarov 0.5-2.5

                                (to be continued)

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