Anand with an agonizing miss against Ding

by Venkatachalam Saravanan
8/25/2019 – The seventh round of the Sinquefield Cup followed the same pattern of the previous day – all draws and status quo continued in tournament standings, with another heartbreak for Vishy Anand who once again missed converting a clearly better position. Thus, Anand along with Caruana and Ding continue to lead the tournament jointly with 4 points. But other games almost didn't show the fighting content worthy of a top tournament, though most of them were decently fought out. IM VENKATACHALAM SARAVANAN reports all action from the venue. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

It’s a problem every player encounters when he stands better in a game: how to convert his plus into a full point? In this DVD the author answers this difficult question of chess strategy, considering both the psychological aspects of the realisation of an advantage and the technical methods.

All draws but multiple opening surprises

Carlsen and Nielsen

World Champion Magnus Carlsen stated after the sixth round that 'this is definitely the time to make a move', in the first of his two whites in succession. He had played six draws so far, retaining his long undefeated streak in classical games of 85 games.

Carlsen walked to the Saint Louis Chess Club with his second Peter Heine Nielsen and father Henrik. After striding down to the tournament room a minute late, Carlsen sat down to face Ian Nepomniachtchi's Gruenfeld in an original way.

It was obvious that Carlsen was trying to steer the game into irregular territory, where he had definitely come well-armed. Surprisingly, Carlsen has already employed the move once in a game against Caruana in 2012, but it would have been difficult anticipate for today's game. The stage was set.

Faced with an obvious surprise in the opening, Nepomniachtchi took a minute to think how best to respond to the surprise. His body language at the table was of someone struggling to recall analysis buried deep within his memory.

 
Carlsen – Nepomniachtchi, round 7
Position after 7.Qa4+

Working hard against an unexpected variation | Photo: V.Saravanan

But once he regained his composure, the moves came sure and fast, showing his thorough preparation level and confidence in going for a logical and bold continuation which might have had Carlsen's landmines strewn around.

 
Position after 10.0-0

10...b6 Nepo had employed 10...a6 in an earlier game here, but he whipped out his moves quite fast, indicating that he had alternatives ready for opening surprises as well. 11.a3 cxd4 12.cxd4 g4 13.d1:

 
Position after 13.Rd1

It looked like a clever piece of opening prep by Carlsen.

  1. He wanted to play for a win, but at the same time wanted to preserve a certain basic soundness to his position in terms of development & centre control.
  2. By employing a surprise in the opening, he psychologically tries to unsettle his opponent, thus aiming to take the mental upper hand.

But Nepomniachtchi showed his remarkable fighting spirit. After a 5-minute think, he picked up the gauntlet with 13...xf3 14.xf3 — a new move. Only 14.gxf3 has been played before 14...xd4 15.e5!?

Sacrificing a pawn and playing fast, Carlsen made it obvious that he was still in his preparations, and showed his determination to play for a win. However, Nepomniachtchi matched him in spirit and insight of the position.

 
Position after 17.Bh6

17...xa1 18.xd8 fxd8.

And though Carlsen kept fighting for another 16 moves, Nepomniachtchi kept the balance and forced a draw. A game which could have been a great fight, but negotiated with simplicity by black pieces.

Understandably, Carlsen was resigned and philosophical in the after-game comments,

What can I say? (Nepomniachtchi) defended perfectly. Nothing I could do there. I tried fairly but he seems very well prepared. I couldn't see anything to fight for an advantage.

There was another board where there seemed to be a bizarre opening treatment. 

 
Vachier-Lagrave – Mamedyarov, round 7
Position after 8.Nbd2

Here, Mamedyarov went with 8...e7 and after 9.d4 b6 10.b3 he again retreated the knight back with the puzzling 10...c6?! The whole idea looked too creative, and he ended up in a mildly worse position, which probably left MVL a little puzzled on the board.

Maxim Vachier-Lagrave trying to understand his opponent's puzzling idea | Photo: V.Saravanan

MVL definitely had a slight edge from thereon, but he missed his chances to treat the position better.

 
Position after 15...Bh5

16.c4 White had a better construction in 16.♘b5 with the idea of a2-a4, ♗c1-f4, ♕d1-d2 and ♖a1-d1

 
Position after 21...Bg6

Here, MVL had a great opportunity to apply pressure on black with 22.h4 ♝h7 23.h5! thus, not allowing Black to free up his pawns in the kingside as well as the light squared bishop. But he erred with 22.♔f2 ♝h7 23.h4 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.♖h1 ♞e5 and Black was en route to achieving equality.

Hikaru Nakamura surprised Levon Aronian by transposing from a Najdorf to the Dragon structure, and seemed to achieve easy equality with bold play against a tentative looking white setup. 

 
Aronian - Nakamura, round 7
Position after 12.Bh4

12...g5 13.♗g3 g4 14.f3 e6 15.f2 d5!? and after achieving this pawn break, there seemed to be not much of a way for White to proceed.

 
So – Karjakin
Position after 34.Rc6

The game hardly evinced any interest, though White was trying to exploit his symbolic advantage of having the pair of bishops, but Black found the correct time to equalize precisely.

34...d1! 35.e2 — if 35.♖xb6 ♞d4 (threatening ...f7-f5) 36.♖b7 ♚f8 37.f4 f5 38.♖b8+ ♚g7! achieving equality — 35...d4 36.xe6 fxe6 37.c3 f6 with equality.

 
Giri – Caruana, round 7
Position after 15...h6

Already, White doesn't have much in this position. But just when everyone was expecting a plan like 16.g4 to gain space on the kingside, White unexpectedly played 16.xb8?! It is extremely difficult to understand this capture. If White's idea was to force an ending with a good knight versus bad bishop, he never even got an ounce of a chance in further course of the game. The game never reached any heights of excitement afterwards.

Finally, we come to the game which won't give the former world champion any pleasant feelings, considering the fact that it is coming after many missed opportunities in the sixth round. 

Anand reaching the tournament hall along with Indian GM Sandipan Chanda, his second for this event | Photo: V.Saravanan

 
Anand – Ding, round 7
Position after 8...c6

A quiet position arising out of a Bogo-Indian, familiar to both players. Ding has played 9.♗f4, 9.♖d1 and 9.c1 in the past here, and he sprang a mild surprise with 9.a4​:

 
Position after 12.Nd3

When the former world champion played 12...e5 here, it looked like a committal decision, but still, White didn't seem to have much of an opening advantage any more, the position being objectively equal.

 
Position after 16...Ra6

In a perfectly level-looking position, Ding sprang a surprise with 17.h3? This looked like a provocation, more than anything, hoping for 17...g5 18.♘xd5 ♞xd5 19.♕xc8 ♛xc8 20.♖xc8 ♜xc8 21.♗xd7 with a wild position, but Anand simply continued with 17...c6 18.b3 b6 and Peter Svidler felt that 'Ding is in significant amount of trouble here'. White was suddenly staring down the barrel, as his kingside had been weakened, which unfortunately both the players did not realize, now or later. Alejandro Ramirez was shocked by the way Ding played immediately after the opening phases — recklessly — instead of the subtle strategic play he is known for. “We were singing his praises and the guy does this!”, Ramirez said.

 
Position after 18...Nb6

19.xa5?? Played instantly, which was guessed by Cristian Chirila as a kind of false bravado, “When Ding blunders, he plays instantly!” At this point, Magnus Carlsen was in the studio after his game, and he opined 'Ding is busted!'

19...xh3 20.xh3 c8 21.g2 

 
Position after 21.Kg2

21...xc1 Black is clearly better after this, but he missed an imaginative way of generating an attack against the white king with 21...♞c4!! with the straight point that the obvious 22.♗b4 is met with 22...♞g4! with the idea of 23...♜h6 and black is completely winning.

22.xc1 xc1 23.xb6

Vishy Anand looked extremely tense after gaining a winning position against Ding Liren | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

 
Position after 23.Bxb6

Anand is an exchange up just for a pawn, and he is considerably better. Further he played 23...e3! 24.f3 h5! tightening the screws, and he seemed to be well on his way to an easy win.

 
Position after 26.gxh4

26...♛c6? “Looks strange to me” said Nakamura about the move.

This position was analysed by many of the participants of the tournament (who came to the studio to analyse their own games) as well as commentators including Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler, Cristian Chirila and Alejandro Ramirez, all of whom found the winning move 26...♞e4!! at varying speed. Especially striking was the analysis of Nakamura who found the move in about 20 seconds of thinking out loud. The underlying point is that, white cannot capture 27.fxe4 ♜xe4 28.♕xd5 ♜xh4 29.♔f3 ♛h1+ winning. If white doesn't capture the knight, for example against 27.♕xd5, he continues 27...♞d2 28.♗xd2 exd2 and he wins in a variety of ways.

Nakamura had an interesting insight about Anand's play here, telling that:

Vishy would have found the move 26...♞e4!! in about two minutes in the 90s, when he was the 'Speed Demon' and 'Tactical Monster'. I think the nature of the game has changed, because of computers. You don't have the crazy attacking games (anymore). The game (of chess) has petered out (tactically), as everyone understands each other's ideas, and it is really hard to create significant imbalances.

That's an unorthodox way of justifying why even top players miss their tactics nowadays?

Once he missed this, Anand slowly allowed Ding to crawl back into the game missing a few more chances to win, and though it was a long fight, he almost never achieved a winning position after the queens were exchanged. Even though he had more than 50 minutes on his clock, Anand looked visibly nervous and lacked decisive play to finish off the game.


Round up show by IM Lawrence Trent


Round 7 games annotated by V Saravanan

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 c5 8...0-0 9.Be3 c5 10.Rc1 Nb6 11.Qd1 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 with an unclear position in Carlsen - Caruana, Tal Memorial 2012 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Nb6 10...a6 11.Qa3 Qc7 12.e5 b6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.h4 Bb7 with a wild position in Riazantsev - Nepomniachtchi, Berlin World Rapid 2015 11.Qa3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bg4 13.Rd1 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 A novelty 14.gxf3 has been played before 14...Bxd4 15.e5 From the speed with which he played it, Carlsen seems to have come well armed for the game Nc4 16.Qb4 Rc8 17.Bh6 Bxa1 18.Rxd8 Rfxd8 19.e6 Ne5 20.exf7+ Nxf7 21.Be3 Bd4 22.Qxe7 Re8 23.Qa3 b6 24.Bd5 Rc5 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Qxa7+ Re7 27.Qa6 27.Qa3 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Rce5 27...b5 28.h3 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Rce5 30.Qb6 R7e6 31.Qb7+ Re7 32.Qb6 R7e6 33.Qb7+ Re7 34.Qb6 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2882Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019D857th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.3
Ding,L2805Anand,V2756½–½2019A407th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.1
Aronian,L2765Nakamura,H2743½–½2019B707th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.6
So,W2776Karjakin,S2750½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.5
Giri,A2779Caruana,F2818½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.2

Standings after round 7

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2805

1
GM
2776
½

2
GM
2750
½


4
GM
2743
½

5
GM
2779
1


7
GM
2756
½

8
GM
2882
½

9
GM
2818
1

10
GM
2765
½

11
GM
2764
½

12
GM
2882
½

13
GM
2882
½

14
GM
2882
1

15
GM
2882
1

Ø 2808
9.5/15
2805
9.5
15
3.5
58.25
2903
2
GM
GM
2882

1
GM
2779
½

2
GM
2756
½

3
GM
2818
½

4
GM
2764
½

5
GM
2750
½

6
GM
2743
½


8
GM
2805
½

9
GM
2765
½

10
GM
2776
1


12
GM
2805
½

13
GM
2805
½

14
GM
2805
0

15
GM
2805
0

Ø 2782
7.5/15
2882
7.5
15
1.5
45.50
2782
3
GM
GM
2756


2
GM
2882
½

3
GM
2765
½

4
GM
2776
½


6
GM
2779
½

7
GM
2805
½

8
GM
2818
½

9
GM
2764
½

10
GM
2750
½

11
GM
2743
½

Ø 2785
6/11
2756
6.0
11
34.75
2821
4
GM

1
GM
2764
½

2
GM
2805
½

3
GM
2743
½


5
GM
2882
½

6
GM
2765
½

7
GM
2776
½


9
GM
2779
½

10
GM
2756
½

11
GM
2818
½

Ø 2785
6/11
2750
6.0
11
34.50
2821
5
GM

1
GM
2750
½

2
GM
2743
½


4
GM
2882
½

5
GM
2765
½

6
GM
2776
½


8
GM
2779
½

9
GM
2756
½

10
GM
2818
½

11
GM
2805
½

Ø 2784
5.5/11
2764
5.5
11
32.25
2784
6
GM

1
GM
2756
0

2
GM
2818
½

3
GM
2764
½

4
GM
2750
½

5
GM
2743
1

6
GM
2805
½

7
GM
2882
½

8
GM
2765
1

9
GM
2776
1


11
GM
2779
0

Ø 2783
5.5/11
2774
5.5
11
31.00
2783
7
GM
GM
2779

1
GM
2882
½

2
GM
2765
½

3
GM
2776
½


5
GM
2805
0

6
GM
2756
½

7
GM
2818
½

8
GM
2764
½

9
GM
2750
½

10
GM
2743
½


Ø 2783
5.5/11
2779
5.5
11
30.25
2783
8
GM
GM
2818

1
GM
2743
½


3
GM
2882
½

4
GM
2765
1

5
GM
2776
½


7
GM
2779
½

8
GM
2756
½

9
GM
2805
0

10
GM
2764
½

11
GM
2750
½

Ø 2779
5.5/11
2818
5.5
11
29.75
2779
9
GM

1
GM
2818
½

2
GM
2764
½

3
GM
2750
½

4
GM
2805
½


6
GM
2882
½

7
GM
2765
½

8
GM
2776
½


10
GM
2779
½

11
GM
2756
½

Ø 2786
5/11
2743
5.0
11
29.75
2750
10
GM

1
GM
2765
½

2
GM
2776
½

3
GM
2805
½

4
GM
2779
½

5
GM
2756
½

6
GM
2818
½

7
GM
2764
½

8
GM
2750
0

9
GM
2743
½


11
GM
2882
0

Ø 2783
5/11
2778
5.0
11
28.50
2747
11
GM
GM
2765


2
GM
2779
½

3
GM
2756
½

4
GM
2818
0

5
GM
2764
½

6
GM
2750
½

7
GM
2743
½


9
GM
2882
½

10
GM
2805
½

11
GM
2776
½

Ø 2784
4.5/11
2765
4.5
11
27.25
2719
12
GM
GM
2776

1
GM
2805
½


3
GM
2779
½

4
GM
2756
½

5
GM
2818
½

6
GM
2764
½

7
GM
2750
½

8
GM
2743
½


10
GM
2882
0

11
GM
2765
½

Ø 2783
4.5/11
2776
4.5
11
26.25
2718
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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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%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
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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