9/13/2020 – With a run of three consecutive wins Levon Aronian has taken the lead on the second day of the 20+10 online tournament "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX". At this tournament, organized by the Saint Louis Chess Club, the Armenian grandmaster, with his now 4.5/6, has a half-point-lead on Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura. Former world champion Garry Kasparov, on the other hand, is towards the bottom of the standings after an underwhelming second matchday.
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"2020 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX"
In this tournament, which is played in Fischer Random mode, the arrangement of the pieces on the back rank is always determined just before the start of the game - the players do not have time for preparation. It is entirely up to them how they deal with the unusual and unique starting positions.
Standings after Day 2
4. Round
Before the round, Starting position no. 777 was determined:
Garry Kasparov lost a piece against Fabiano Caruana - he probably had a slip-up with his mouse:
Ahead of round 5, position Nr. 476 was determined:
In this round Magnus Carlsen lost his lead after a defeat against Wesley So. In the end, the world champion could no longer mitigate the pressure on b2 and his poorly positioned knight on a4 and ended the game with an unmotivated queen move:
The big result of the round! Reigning Chess960 World Champion Wesley So defeats World Champion Magnus Carlsen with the black pieces and leapfrogs him in the standings #Chess9LXpic.twitter.com/KSCC14PdQ6
Levon Aronian was able to separate himself from his co-leaders So and Dominguez: The Armenian won against Dominguez, while So only drew against Caruana. Magnus Carlsen also quickly got back on track with his victory over Alireza Firouzja. Hikaru Nakamura made it into the pursuer's group behind Aronian with a win against Garry Kasparov.
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