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Caruana's pieces form a box with rooks doubled on the B file and two bishops on the D file counter balanced by Keymers awesome knight on e5. Caruana would love to take the knight but cant because he would give up the two bishops and the resulting position although wrecked for Black would not offer enough winning chances.
In the masters interesting game between Van Foreest - Giri (intense rivalries these Dutch players!) From a dry Queen's Gambit Van Foreest sacked an exchange and revealed his attacking intentions. Giri plays Rb6, Rc6, Rg6, and Rg7 plugging the gap in his kings position and defending his kingside weaknesses. Old fashioned defence that also strangely (because of the semi-open G file) keeps his rook active.
Its nice sometimes to watch good defenders working squares. Interesting to see Wesley So defend against Magnus in the endgame in a task that most players would find thankless. Wesley successfully trades queen and goes into an endgame with knight and bishop simplifying step by step. Also Maghsoodloo against Pragga 17.Nf5 must be wrong but its a pleasure to see how Black takes the intiative and counter with d5 and build a strong pawn formation. Really enjoyed the finish in the Maghsoodloo game.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Friday, 27th January, 2023, 07:33 PM.
Rd 11 in the masters the game between first and second in the standings Giri - Abdusattarov was a draw. Abdusattarov still leads by half a point over Giri with two rounds to go.
After round 10 Carlsen inches closer with a win. Its still Abdusattorov in the lead a half point ahead of Giri and a point ahead of Carlsen and So. Still a very tight field with 3 rounds to go.
Rd 10 challengers Big win for Donchenko. Actually his opponent just fell apart in a good middlegame position. Back to tie for first with Donchenko and Yilmaz.
He has not played in an important tournament in 6 months since the Sinquefeld Cup which he won handily. We don't see him playing chess anywhere. Don't know what he is doing.
Abdusattarov is very impressive. He held the draw against Keymer while having an horrible position to defend for 4 hours. Great tenacity. The kid is good in defense and offense. Maybe a future world champion. Too early to say but he surely is one of the top contenders right now. What a talent. Does anybody knows what's happening to Firouza ? Alireza is showing some Fischer's resemblance, good for chess, very bad in character.
Big upsets. L'Ami who was having a bad tournament had a key upset win over the leader Donchenko. In the masters Vincent Keymer who was in last place looks like he will upset Abdusattarov.
Very resourceful play and a bit lucky by Abdusattorov. It means he will keep his half point lead over Giri after 9 rounds.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Tuesday, 24th January, 2023, 04:47 PM.
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