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It is quite unlikely that either GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) or IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) will be able to defend their respective titles in the Open and Women section. While MVL is at 6.5/12, Bibisara 6/9 can still catch up if she accelerates on the final day and hope everything goes her way.
Will anybody be able to catch Nakamura? | Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes
Magnus Carlsen would certainly like to claim another World title before the year ends | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Round 1: Kovalev - Carlsen: 0-1
Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2830) played a hyperbullet match against GM Vladislav Kovalev (2556). The new World Rapid champion arrived late as he got stuck in traffic and had to rush towards his board. Despite the clock ticking down towards zero, he did not forget to shake his opponent's hands and sit down before his making first move 1...e6.
Magnus Carlsen arrives 2.30 mins late for a 3 minute game | Video: ChessBase India
Vladislav Kovalev might have lost the game against Magnus Carlsen but he has earned a huge amount of respect from the chess universe | Photo: Amruta Mokal
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL, 2773) had a study-like finish in the opposite color bishop endgame against GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2586). 61.b5 forced Black to take with his pawn cxb5 62.Bb4 Kf7 63.Kd7 Kf6 64.Ke8 and now Black had to move the king down the board Kf5-g4 to get a draw. 64...Ke6 had the opposite effect as Black's g7 and g6 will inevitably fall.
Aravindh Chithambaram needs to seize his opportunities more | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Round 3: Pranav - Niemann: 1-0
In the third round, GM Pranav Venkatesh (2440) defeated GM Hans Niemannn (USA, 2632) to move to 3/3.
GM Pranav Venkatesh vs GM Hans Niemannn - Round 3 | Video: ChessBase India
GM Pranav Venkatesh 6/12 | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Round 4: Carlsen - Tomashevsky: 1-0
Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2830) defeated Evgeny Tomashevsky (2698) for the second time in four days. This time the color was reversed and the world no.1 opted for Anti-Berlin where he scored a fine victory. Black did not even get an opportunity to develop his queenside rook and bishop.
Nakamura - Nihal: 1-0
When it comes to over-the-board Blitz games, GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2909) showed GM Nihal Sarin (2702) that the youngster still has a lot of catching up to do.
It is universally known that GM Hikaru Nakamura has tons of respect for GM Nihal Sarin | Photo: Amruta Mokal
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FIDE World Blitz Round 1-12 Open and 1-9 Women - Live Commentary by GM Alexander Shabalov and WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili | Video: FIDE
Shahid AhmedShahid Ahmed is the senior coordinator and editor of ChessBase India. He enjoys covering chess tournaments and also likes to play in chess events from time to time.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3, White sidesteps mainline theory and steers the game into less explored, strategically rich positions.
In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for.
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