Sinquefield Cup: Confessions of the World Champion

by Venkatachalam Saravanan
8/19/2019 – Whenever we see the pairing of Anand vs Carlsen, it is expected to be nothing short of spectacle. It did not disappoint this time either. Carlsen kept things interesting in both game and his choice words at the confession booth. Mamedyarov and Nakamura had a sharp game which fizzled out to a draw. Caruana missed a good opportunity against Nepomniachtchi. All games in round two ended up in a draw. IM VENKATACHALAM SARAVANAN reports from the venue. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

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Anand maintains lead as all games drawn

What promised to be a spectacle of bloodbath turned into a let down in the second round of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis. About half an hour into the round, commentator Grandmaster Maurice Ashley proclaimed in his inimitable way, “there is a sizzle today!” aptly capturing the mood in all the games at that point. Indeed, they evoked lots of interest.

The biggest attraction of the round was the game between the pair who fought two world championship matches between them — Anand and Carlsen. Carlsen arrived a couple of minutes late for the game, as Anand sat sipping his tea. Once they started playing, it was obvious that this was a day when both of them were going to play a full-fledged battle. The game featured intriguing opening choices aimed at surprising each other, and had just entered a complex phase. 

 
Anand – Carlsen, round 2
Position after 8...d6

Isn't the Rossolimo Attack supposed to keep the position closed? What was Anand's intention in opening up the position with d2-d4, after playing the Rossolimo?! (Not to mention giving up the Bishop early in the game for the Knight!)

Anand explained after the game:

This morning, I was telling my second, 'We should check all the sidelines in the Rossolimo'. I said 4...bxc6 is a possibility, though (Carlsen) had never played before — he had always been taking (on c6) with the d-pawn...And then I got absorbed in all the other things I had to check, and I forgot to check this! (Now) I (felt) slightly exposed (when he played 4...bxc6 on the board) because he is targeting my game with Shakh (Mamedyarov) from Norway (2019) and Boris (Gelfand) in Amsterdam (2019). I had not really revised (that variation), so the question is should I go in for something and basically ask him what he prepared today morning?! And then I realised that there is this idea 5.d4, which is quite interesting, (following) with taking on c5 and continuing with a2-a3 and b2-b4.

Anand

Vishy Anand — opening intricacies | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

 
Position after 4...bxc6

This was the position Anand was discussing from his earlier games with Mamedyarov and Gelfand continuing with 5.0-0 ♝g7 6.♖e1 here. That explains why he had gone for the unusual continuation of 5.d4 in spite of having given up his bishop already, and confidently violating the middlegame principle we all learn at school: do not open the position when you have knights and your opponent has the bishops, and do not close the position when you have bishops and your opponent has knights!

But Carlsen continued calmly, and left the spectators puzzled with an unorthodox plan.

 
Position after 9.♖e1

Carlsen's 9...f6 was intriguing, to say the least — count for yourself the number of positional principles thus violated! However, Carlsen had one more shock (though a pleasant one) for the spectators — he went into the confession booth and acknowledged that he was delaying castling which was not really ideal, but expressed it in a jolly way,

I think the general rules for opening play is that if you are one move away from castling you are pretty much always fine. If you are three moves away from castling, you are never fine, and if you are two moves away from castling, it could go either way! So, right now I am two moves from castling, let's see how it goes!

It also meant that he was in quite a relaxed mood, and wasn't really feeling any concern about his position.

Later, asked about the confession on the basics of castling quickly in the opening, if this was a rule they wrote in the Norwegian children's book or something?, a smiling Carlsen said, "I recently thought (it) up myself! But I think it makes perfect sense. That's the point".

Magnus Carlsen was in a relaxed mood | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Sergey Karjakin and Ding Liren were involved in a 'sharp' Marshall Attack game, and went deep into their preparation to enter a complex ending pretty early. We emphasize on the sharpness part of the opening because, at the highest levels of chess nowadays, due to deep opening preparations, even ultra-sharp openings have been analysed — and concluded to lead to drawn positions. Considering that, Karjakin's prepared novelty seemed to have caught Ding in some trouble. 

 
Karjakin – Ding, round 2
Position after 23.Ra5

Karjakin's last move, 23.a5 seemed to be an improvement over So – Ding, from Candidates 2018 which had continued with 23.Qxf5. After Ding's 23...xf3 24.xf3 e8?! (24...b4 looked better) 25.b4! Karjakin seemed to have taken over the initiative.

Sergey Karjakin with deep preparation | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Vachier-Lagrave had shown his aggression by playing quite sharp from the opening phases in the first round itself, and he continued with the same spirit in the second round too.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 0-0 9.h3 Kh8 10.d4 Ng8 11.b4!? A prepared pawn sacrifice by MVL exd4 12.cxd4 Nxb4 13.Nc3 13.a5 pointed out by So after the game, was worth considering 13...a5 14.Bf4?! Doesn't look like an ideal position for the bishop, it doesn't have a role here anyway. This was the position apparently trolled by Magnus Carlsen in the Confession Booth! 14.Na2 could have been considered 14...f6 15.Qb3 Ne7 16.Rad1 c6 17.Bc1 d5 18.exd5 Bf5 19.dxc6 Bc2 20.cxb7 Offering the queen! Rb8 Declining the queen! 20...Bxb3 21.bxa8Q Qxa8 22.Bxb3 and white has adequate play for the queen, but there is plenty of play left 21.Qa3 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 Nf5 22...Rxb7 23.Nb5 Ned5 24.Nd2 with definite compensation for the exchange 23.Nb5 Nd6 24.Bf1 Nxb5 25.axb5 Rxb7 26.Bd2 Nc2 27.Qa4 Though black has a token advantage here, the game petered out into a draw Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Bxd4 30.Bxa5 Bb6 31.Bxb6 Rxb6 32.g3 g6 33.Rd7 Rfb8 34.Bc4 R8b7 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Bd5 Rxb5 37.Bxb7 Rxb7 38.Kg2 h5 39.h4 Ra7 40.Rc8 Rb7 41.Rd8 Ra7 42.Rc8 Rb7 ½–½
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Vachier-Lagrave,M2778So,W2776½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.5

MVL in an ultra-aggressive mood | Photo: Justin Kellar / Grand Chess Tour

At this point, Magnus Carlsen stole the thunder, when he once again appeared in the Confession Booth, to talk about... MVL's position!

I forgot one thing last time (in the confession booth), which is to congratulate Maxime on playing some really classical positional chess, apart from the fact that he sacrificed a pawn. So, as a kid you are taught that the perfect setup for your pieces is Bishops on f4 & c4, Knights on c3 & f3, and then pawns on e4 & d4 because then you control the maximum amount of central squares. He already has a rook on e1, he just misses the rook on d1 for perfect positional harmony, at least the way we are taught as kids.

Now, we leave it to the reader to conclude whether this was out of a general sense of fun or trolling the Frenchman!

Anish Giri's Italian Game against Levon Aronian was another deep theoretical battle where the Armenian had a prepared improvement for the Dutchman in the opening phase.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 0-0 8.Nbd2 Ba7 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Be3 d4!? A new move, but judging by GIri's speed of reply, he seemed to have come well armed The only move seen here before has been 15...Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Rd8 17.b5 Ne7 18.c4 d4 was a recent game Shankland - Leko from Biel Masters 2019 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Qxc7 Qxd3 20.Qxb7 Qd8 21.Red1 and it was not clear if Black had equalised, but it was obvious that the audience were in for a fascinating clash Qb8 22.Qxb8+ Rxb8 23.f3 Rxb4 24.Ne3 g6 25.a5 Rb5 26.Rdb1 Rc5 27.Rb6 Reaching this position after fairly uneven play, Giri seemed to be doing the best what he does: press on with a minute advantage in a favourable ending Kf8 28.Ra2 h5 29.h4 Nd7? 29...Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Rc3= 30.Rb7 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Nc5 32.Rb8+ Re8 33.Rb6 Re6 34.Nd5 Rxb6 35.axb6 Rb1 36.Ra5 Nd7 36...Rb5 37.Rxb5 axb5 38.g4 Ke8 with a slightly better ending for white, but probably Aronian didn't want to risk it here 37.Rxa6 Rb2 38.Kg1 Kg7 39.Kh2 Kf8 40.Kg3 Kg7 41.Kh3 Kf8 42.g4 hxg4+ 43.fxg4 Nc5 44.Ra8+ Kg7 45.g5 Nxe4 46.Rd8 Kh7 47.Rb8 Rb5 48.b7 Rb2 49.Ne7 Nd6 50.Ng8 Ne4 51.Ne7 Nd6 52.Nd5 Ne4 53.Ne7 53.Ne3 was the only way to continue f6! 54.gxf6 Nf2+ 54...Nxf6?? 55.Rf8 55.Kg3 Ne4+ 56.Kh3 56.Kf3 Nxf6 57.Rf8 e4+ 58.Kf4 Nh5+= 56...Nf2+ 57.Kg2 Ne4+ 58.Kf1 Nxf6 59.Rf8 Rxb7 60.Rxf6 Kh6 61.Re6 Kh5 62.Ng2 Rb5 and black should be able to hold the draw ½–½
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Giri,A2779Aronian,L2765½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.4

Anish Giri in a theoretical battle against Aronian | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

By this time, the other two games seemed to be developing as direct and open confrontations.

 
Caruana – Nepomniachtchi, round 2
Position after 15.exd5

A typical position from a Najdorf where both sides were poised for a violent kingside attack. The most interesting place at this point was the Kingside Diner, the restaurant next to the tournament hall, where Grandmasters Alejandro Ramirez and Cristian Chirila have a live interactive commentary sessions with the audience. Everyone was treated to a violent attacks and bold sacrifices at this point, the position being ripe for tactical play.

Ramirez and Chirila enjoying at the players' expense | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

But without doubt, the most inspired performance of the round came from Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who showed original home preparation in a well-known position from the Queens Gambit, and initiated ambitious play from the start against Hikaru Nakamura. 

 
Mamedyarov – Nakamura, round 2
Position after 10...Be7

A very common position, existing since 1994, where 11.g4 has been the established mainline with its own twists and turns. Here, Mamedyarov unexpectedly came up with 11.g1!? immediately infusing life into the position. But more than anything, his opponent went into hilariously surprising contours.

Thus, when the Sunday crowd had eagerly settled down, further course of the games was disappointing for the expectation levels of the spectators.

The biggest drama was seen in the following game:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.g4 b5 9.g5 Nfd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bxb6 Qxb6 13.Qf3 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nd7 16.0-0-0 a5 17.Kb1 a4 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Bd3 b3 20.cxb3 axb3 21.a3 Ra4 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 0-0 24.Rhg1 Qa7 25.h5 g6 26.Rd3 Rb8 27.hxg6 hxg6
28.Qg2?? For a moment white allows a tactical blow, but it was overlooked by both the players 28.Rxb3?? Rxb3 29.Qxb3 Rxe4 28.Rg4 Supporting the Bishop on e4 and threatening Rxb3 Qa6 29.Rxb3 Rxb3 30.Qxb3 Rd4 with compensation 28...Bf8?? Black misses his opportunity 28...Rxa3! Curiously, shown the position after his own game, Wesley So immediatley came up with this sacrifice! So, the spectators may not necessarily be wrong in following chess with engines after all! 29.bxa3 Qxa3 30.f4 Qa7! The point - black actually doesn't have a quick win here, but the black pawn at b3 makes sure that he has a winning advantage 31.fxe5 31.Rf1 exf4 31...b2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Qa4 34.Bh1 34.Re3 Qd4+ 34.Re1 Qb4+ 34...exf4 with a winning position 32.Rxf4 Bf8 31...b2 32.Rdd1 Qa1+ 29.f3 Rc4 30.Rh1 Qc7 30...Rc2 31.Rd2 31.Qh2 Bg7 32.Qe2 Bf8 33.Qh2 Bg7 34.Qe2 Bf8 35.Qh2 Bg7
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Caruana,F2818Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.2

On pointing out that he missed this crucial 'shot', Nepomiachtchi — who turned up for the second round with a different and more common haircut than we saw on Saturday — admitted that he missed out the crucial idea 30...♛a7 after the sacrifice 28...♜xa3. “It hurts! I was calculating ♜xa3 literally each move — may be now ♜xa3 works? May be now? But the position was extremely unclear to calculate clearly”, said Nepomniachtchi after the game. 

Ian Nepomniachtchi on missing a sacrifice | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Thus, all the games deceiving the disappointed spectators, only Giri soldiered on after winning a pawn against Aronian, but couldn't make any headway.


Round 2 round-up show

GM Daniel King covers the highlights of the second round


Round 2 games annotated by V. Saravanan
 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 0-0 9.h3 Kh8 10.d4 Ng8 11.b4!? A prepared pawn sacrifice by MVL exd4 12.cxd4 Nxb4 13.Nc3 13.a5 pointed out by So after the game, was worth considering 13...a5 14.Bf4?! Doesn't look like an ideal position for the bishop, it doesn't have a role here anyway. This was the position apparently trolled by Magnus Carlsen in the Confession Booth! 14.Na2 could have been considered 14...f6 15.Qb3 Ne7 16.Rad1 c6 17.Bc1 d5 18.exd5 Bf5 19.dxc6 Bc2 20.cxb7 Offering the queen! Rb8 Declining the queen! 20...Bxb3 21.bxa8Q Qxa8 22.Bxb3 and white has adequate play for the queen, but there is plenty of play left 21.Qa3 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 Nf5 22...Rxb7 23.Nb5 Ned5 24.Nd2 with definite compensation for the exchange 23.Nb5 Nd6 24.Bf1 Nxb5 25.axb5 Rxb7 26.Bd2 Nc2 27.Qa4 Though black has a token advantage here, the game petered out into a draw Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Bxd4 30.Bxa5 Bb6 31.Bxb6 Rxb6 32.g3 g6 33.Rd7 Rfb8 34.Bc4 R8b7 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Bd5 Rxb5 37.Bxb7 Rxb7 38.Kg2 h5 39.h4 Ra7 40.Rc8 Rb7 41.Rd8 Ra7 42.Rc8 Rb7 ½–½
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Vachier-Lagrave,M2778So,W2776½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.5
Caruana,F2818Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.2
Anand,V2756Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B007th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.1
Karjakin,S2750Ding,L2805½–½2019C897th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.3
Mamedyarov,S2764Nakamura,H2743½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.6
Giri,A2779Aronian,L2765½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.4

Standings after Round 2

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2756


2
GM
2882
½

Ø 2828
1.5/2
2756
1.5
2
1.00
3021
2
GM
GM
2882

1
GM
2779
½

2
GM
2756
½

Ø 2768
1/2
2882
1.0
2
1.25
2768
3
GM
GM
2805

1
GM
2776
½

2
GM
2750
½

Ø 2763
1/2
2805
1.0
2
1.00
2763
4
GM
GM
2779

1
GM
2882
½

2
GM
2765
½

Ø 2824
1/2
2779
1.0
2
1.00
2824
5
GM

1
GM
2765
½

2
GM
2776
½

Ø 2771
1/2
2778
1.0
2
1.00
2771
6
GM
GM
2776

1
GM
2805
½


Ø 2792
1/2
2776
1.0
2
1.00
2792
7
GM
GM
2765


2
GM
2779
½

Ø 2779
1/2
2765
1.0
2
1.00
2779
8
GM

1
GM
2750
½

2
GM
2743
½

Ø 2747
1/2
2764
1.0
2
1.00
2747
9
GM

1
GM
2764
½

2
GM
2805
½

Ø 2785
1/2
2750
1.0
2
1.00
2785
10
GM

1
GM
2818
½

2
GM
2764
½

Ø 2791
1/2
2743
1.0
2
1.00
2791
11
GM
GM
2818

1
GM
2743
½


Ø 2759
1/2
2818
1.0
2
0.75
2759
12
GM

1
GM
2756
0

2
GM
2818
½

Ø 2787
0.5/2
2774
0.5
2
0.50
2594
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

All games

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bg4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Bb2 0-0 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2746)-Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019 6...Bg4 7.a3 Bc5 8.b4N Predecessor: 8.0-0 a5 9.h3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nb5 Nh5 13.Nfxd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 1-0 (57) Jurcik,M (2466)-Karas,M (2170) Slovakia 2015 8...Bb6 9.Be3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Na4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 0-0 14.0-0 Re8 15.Nc3 a5 16.b5 c6 17.Rab1 d5 18.Na4 Qe7 19.bxc6 The position is equal. bxc6 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nb6 Rad8 22.Rb5 Qxa3 23.exd5 e4 24.dxe4 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Rxe4 26.Rxa5 Rb4 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Nxa8 Nxd5=       Endgame KRN-KRN 29.Rd1
Strongly threatening Nc7. 29...Rb8! 30.Rxd5 Black must now prevent Nc7. Rxa8 KR-KR 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.Kf3 h6 33.Kf2 Ra2+ 34.Kf3 Ra8 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kf3 Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 85%.
½–½
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Carlsen,M2882Giri,A2779½–½2019A287th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.1
Nakamura,H2743Caruana,F2818½–½2019C807th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.2
Ding,L2805So,W2776½–½2019A147th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.3
Aronian,L2765Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019A487th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Anand,V27560–12019A217th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.5
Karjakin,S2750Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019B017th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.6
Anand,V2756Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.1
Caruana,F2818Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.2
Karjakin,S2750Ding,L2805½–½2019C897th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.3
Giri,A2779Aronian,L2765½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778So,W2776½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.5
Mamedyarov,S2764Nakamura,H2743½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.6
Aronian,L2765Anand,V2756½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.1
Carlsen,M2882Caruana,F2818½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.2
Ding,L2805Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019D857th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.3
So,W2776Giri,A2779½–½2019E067th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.4
Nakamura,H2743Karjakin,S2750½–½2019E107th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.5
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C787th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.6
Anand,V2756So,W2776½–½2019C427th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.1
Mamedyarov,S2764Carlsen,M2882½–½2019D457th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.2
Caruana,F2818Aronian,L27651–02019C657th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.3
Nakamura,H2743Ding,L2805½–½2019C887th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.4
Giri,A2779Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019D867th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.5
Karjakin,S2750Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019D717th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.6
So,W2776Caruana,F2818½–½2019A207th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Anand,V2756½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.2
Carlsen,M2882Karjakin,S2750½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.3
Ding,L2805Giri,A27791–02019D387th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Nakamura,H27431–02019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.5
Aronian,L2765Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C427th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.6
Caruana,F2818Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Ding,L2805½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.2
Anand,V2756Giri,A2779½–½2019B407th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.3
Nakamura,H2743Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.4
Mamedyarov,S2764So,W2776½–½2019D207th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.5
Karjakin,S2750Aronian,L2765½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.6
Ding,L2805Anand,V2756½–½2019A407th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.1
Giri,A2779Caruana,F2818½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.2
Carlsen,M2882Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019D857th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.4
So,W2776Karjakin,S2750½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.5
Aronian,L2765Nakamura,H2743½–½2019B927th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.6
Caruana,F2818Anand,V2756½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.1
Carlsen,M2882Ding,L2805½–½2019E217th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.2
Karjakin,S2750Vachier-Lagrave,M27781–02019D867th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Aronian,L27651–02019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.4
Nakamura,H2743So,W2776½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.5
Mamedyarov,S2764Giri,A2779½–½2019D437th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.6
Ding,L2805Caruana,F28181–02019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.1
Anand,V2756Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.2
So,W2776Nepomniachtchi,I27740–12019A047th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.3
Giri,A2779Karjakin,S2750½–½2019A297th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.4
Aronian,L2765Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Nakamura,H2743½–½2019B107th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.6
Aronian,L2765Ding,L2805½–½2019C587th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Vachier-Lagrave,M27780–12019A347th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.2
Karjakin,S2750Anand,V2756½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.3
Carlsen,M2882So,W27761–02019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.4
Mamedyarov,S2764Caruana,F2818½–½2019E327th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.5
Nakamura,H2743Giri,A2779½–½2019D387th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.6
Ding,L2805Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019D717th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Carlsen,M28820–12019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.2
Caruana,F2818Karjakin,S2750½–½2019A297th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.3
Anand,V2756Nakamura,H2743½–½2019C677th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.4
Giri,A2779Nepomniachtchi,I27741–02019D837th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.5
So,W2776Aronian,L2765½–½2019E067th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.6
Carlsen,M2882Ding,L2805½–½2019D437th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201912.1
Ding,L2805Carlsen,M2882½–½2019E037th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201913.1
Ding,L2805Carlsen,M28821–02019A137th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201914.1
Carlsen,M2882Ding,L28050–12019C847th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201915.1

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Saravanan is an IM from Chennai, the southern-most state of Tamil Nadu, India. He has been an active chess player in the Indian circuit, turning complete chess professional in 2012, actively playing and being a second to strong Indian players. He has been consistently writing on chess since late 1980s and is a correspondent to national newspapers and news channels.

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