Meltwater Champions Chess Tour - Round 6
The four regular games between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri had all ended in draws. To break the tie, two blitz games had to be played. The World Champion won the first game and drew the second, which put the match 2-1 in his favor in the overall standings.
The blitz game Carlsen won, was a tough one, because the World Champion decided to fight Giri's queen with three minor pieces. Although it was only a blitz game, there were some nice moves, such as the world championly 23. ... Lc8! and the consolidation of the black position following Giri's 24.g5, which would lead to a perfect interplay of the minor pieces:
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Be3 Nxd4 8.a4 8...Nxb5?! 9.Bxb6 axb6 10.Nd2?! 10.Qd3! 10...Nd6 11.e5 Ndf5 12.Ne4 12.Nc4 Nd5 13.Qf3 12...Nc6 13.g4 Nh4 14.f4 h5 15.h3?! 15.g5= 15...hxg4 16.hxg4 d5 16...g5! 17.Nxg5 Bc5+ 17.exd6 Ra5 18.c4 f5 19.b4 Nxb4 20.d7+ Bxd7 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.Qxd6 Nc6 23.Rad1? 23.Qc7! 23...Bc8! 24.g5 Ng6 25.Rf2 Kf7 26.Qc7+ Nce7 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Qxd8 Rxa4 29.Qc7 e5 30.fxe5 Be6 31.Qxb7 Rxc4 32.Qxb6 Nxe5 33.Re2 Rc6 34.Qe3 N5g6 35.Kh2 Bc4 36.Rb2 Re6 37.Qf3 Re4 38.Rb7 Be6 39.Kg1 Rg4+ 40.Kh2 Rxg5 41.Rb6 Bd5 42.Qe3 Rg2+ 43.Kh3 Rg4 44.Kh2 f4 45.Qd4 Rg5 46.Rd6 f3 47.Rd7 Rf5 48.Qg4 Be6 49.Rd1 Ne5 50.Qh4 f2 51.Kg2 Bd5+ 52.Kf1 Bc4+ 53.Kg2 f1Q+ 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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Giri,A | 2777 | Carlsen,M | 2855 | 0–1 | 2021 | B30 | Meltwater CCTF 2021 | 6.5 |
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After losing the first two games against Teimour Radjabov, Wesley So managed to bounce back with a win in game 3, but he still had the fourth game ahead of him, which he had to win, if he wanted to score this round.
Such a must-win-situation is usually not very helpful, which proved itself here once more, as So lost quickly:
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bg3 d6 9.a4 Nh7 10.Nc3 Ng5 11.Nd2 Ne6 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.Nf3 Ne7 14.h4 Bf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.d4 g5 18.Nh2 gxh4 19.Re1 Kh8 20.e5 Qg5 21.Nf3 Qg4 22.exd6? 22.Kh2! Ng5 23.Nxg5 Qxg5 24.Qf3 22...h3 23.Bf1 hxg2 24.Be2 Ng5 25.d5 25.Nxg5 Qh4! 26.Kxg2 Qxg5+ 25...Qh5 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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So,W | 2778 | Radjabov,T | 2763 | 0–1 | 2021 | C50 | Meltwater CCTF 2021 | 6.4 |
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Wesley So now has to be careful not to be overtaken by Teimour Radjabov in the standings
Round 6 Results

Standings after Round 6

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