Aimchess US Rapid: Carlsen and Artemiev reach the final

by Klaus Besenthal
9/4/2021 – Magnus Carlsen and Vladislav Artemiev emerged victorious from their semifinal duels at the Aimchess US Rapid on Friday. While the world champion beat Levon Aronian in the second set, Artemiev only went through after beating Alireza Firouzja in Armageddon. | Photo: Alina l’Ami
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Carlsen wins convincingly

In the first set of the match between Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian on Thursday all four games ended in a draw. On Friday, they fought tenaciously. Carlsen won games 1 and 4.

Endgame expert Karsten Müller was most interested in game 3, however. In the rook ending a pawn down, Aronian proved to be a great defender.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2 Nxa4 14.Bxa4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nd7 16.Ng3 Re8 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nf8 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.h4 h6 21.Qc2 Rac8 22.Ra5 d5 23.e5 c5 24.dxc5 d4 25.b4 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Bxh4 27.Qf5 Bxg3 28.Qxd7 Nxd7 29.fxg3 Nxe5 30.Ra3 Nc4 31.Rd3 Red8 32.Re4 a5 33.bxa5 Nxd2 34.Rxd2 Rxc5 35.Rexd4 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 Rxa5 37.Kg2 Ra2+ 38.Kh3 g6 39.g4 Kg7 40.Kg3 Ra5 41.Rc4 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.Rc6 f6 44.Rc8 Ra4 45.Rc5 Kg6 46.Rb5 h4+ 47.Kh3 f5 48.Rc5 Kg5 49.Rb5 Ra3 50.Kg2 Ra2+ All rook endings are drawn And Levon Aronian demonstrates excellent defensive technique: 51.Kh3! Only like this. After 51.Kg1? Kf4 52.Rb4+ Kxf3 53.Rb3+ Kg4-+ h- and f-pawn win as White's king is cut off on its back rank. 51...Rf2 52.Rb3 Here even 52.f4+?! Rxf4 53.Rb8 draws. 52...Kf4 53.Rb4+ Of course not 53.Kxh4?? Rh2# 53...Kxf3 54.Kxh4 f4 55.Rb3+ Aronian aims for a nice defensive set up. The standard 55.Kh3 draws as well. 55...Kg2 56.Kg4 f3 57.Ra3 Now Black can not break free. Rb2 57...Rf1 is met by 58.Rb3 f2 59.Rg3+ Kh2 60.Rh3+= with perpetual check. 58.Rxf3 Rb4+ 59.Rf4 Rxf4+ 60.Kxf4 ½–½
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Aronian,L2782Carlsen,M2847½–½2021C88Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.2

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.Bd2 b4 11.Bg5 Na5 12.Ba2 h6 13.Bh4 d6 14.Nbd2 c5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 a5 18.g3 g6 19.h4 h5 20.Nd2 Bg7 21.Nf1 Bh6 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.Ne3 Ra7 24.Nd5 Kg7 25.Rf1 f5 26.exf5 Rxf5 27.Qe2 Bc6 28.Rae1 Qa8 29.Ne3 Bf3 30.Qd2 d5 31.Ba2 Rf8 32.c3 d4 33.cxd4 exd4 34.Qc2 dxe3 35.fxe3 Rc7 36.Qc4 Bg4 37.Rxf8 Qxf8 38.d4 Kh7 39.e4 Bg7 40.Rf1 Bxd4+ 41.Kg2 Qc8 42.Rf7+ Rxf7 43.Qxf7+ Bg7 44.e5 Qf5 0–1
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Aronian,L2782Carlsen,M28470–12021C88Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.1
Carlsen,M2847Aronian,L2782½–½2021B23Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.2
Aronian,L2782Carlsen,M2847½–½2021C88Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.3
Carlsen,M2847Aronian,L27821–02021B92Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.4

Artemiev and Firouzja go to tiebreaks

In the Armageddon decider of the other semifinal, Alireza Firouzja had the black pieces and a single oversight cost him the game. A draw would have been enough for him, though according to the rules he entered this game with 4 against 5 minutes on his clock, a crucial factor in these encounters — especially when there is no increment.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.c4 0-0 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Be2 Na5 10.Qa4 Nxc4 11.Nxc4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.0-0 c5 15.Rfd1 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bg6 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.f3 Nd6 19.Qb4 Qg5 20.f4 Qf6 21.Nf3 Nf5 22.Kf2 Bh5 23.g3
Firouzja, who only needed a draw to reach the final, found some attacking chances. However, he "forgo" to capture the f3-knight before pushing his central pawn. 23...e5? 23...Bxf3 24.Bxf3 e5 was the way to do it. 24...g5 was also playable. 24.fxe5 Qe6 25.g4 Bxg4 26.Qxg4 Rxd1 27.Bxd1 g6 28.Bb3 Qb6 29.Qe4 Rd8 30.e6 Kf8 31.Qe5 a5 32.Rc7 1–0
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Artemiev,V2704Firouzja,A27591–02021Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.2
 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Ba4 exd4 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.cxd4 0-0 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Re1 Na5 12.Bc2 b4 13.Na4 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Nc5 Nc6 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.Rxe8 Qxe8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Ba4 Rd8 21.d5 Ne5 22.Qf6 Kg8 23.Kf1 Nec4 24.h4 Nb6 25.Bb3 Qf8 26.Na6 Rc8 27.Rc1 Qg7 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Nxb4 a5 30.Na6 a4 31.Bd1 a3 32.bxa3 Ra8 33.Be2 Nxd5 34.Nxc7 Nxc7 35.Rxc7 Kf6 36.Rxd7 Ke6 37.Rc7 Rxa3 38.Bd1 h6 39.Bb3+ Ke5 40.Re7+ Kf6 41.Rd7 Ra6 42.f4 g5 43.fxg5+ hxg5 44.hxg5+ Kxg5 45.Kf2 Kf4 46.g3+ Kg4 47.Kg2 Kg5 48.Kf3 Rc6 49.Kg2 f5 50.Rd8 Ne4 51.Rg8+ Kf6 52.Rf8+ Kg5 53.Rg8+ Kf6 54.g4 fxg4 55.Rxg4 Ke5 56.Kf3 Nd2+ 57.Ke2 Nxb3 58.axb3 Rc3 59.b4 Kd5 60.b5 Rb3 61.Rh4 Rxb5 62.Rh5+ Kc4 63.Rxb5 Kxb5 ½–½
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Firouzja,A2759Artemiev,V2704½–½2021C67Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.1
Artemiev,V2704Firouzja,A27590–12021E54Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.2
Firouzja,A2759Artemiev,V27040–12021B18Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.3
Artemiev,V2704Firouzja,A2759½–½2021A07Aimchess US Rapid KO 20212.4
Firouzja,A2759Artemiev,V2704½–½2021C60Aimchess US Rapid KO 20213.1
Artemiev,V2704Firouzja,A2759½–½2021A05Aimchess US Rapid KO 20213.2
Artemiev,V2704Firouzja,A27591–02021A45Aimchess US Rapid KO 20213.3

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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