Champions Showdown Chess 9LX: Carlsen and Nakamura share first place

by André Schulz
9/14/2020 – Before the third and final day of the Champions Showdown Chess 9LX Online Tournament Levon Aronian was sole first but he scored only 1.0/3 from his last three games, and that allowed Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura to pass the Armenian and to share first place. On Tuesday, September 15, Nakamura and Carlsen will continue they rivalry in the Rapid & Blitz tournament.

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Shared win for Carlsen and Nakamura

At the end of the St. Louis Champions Showdown in Chess 9LX (or Chess960) Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura both had 6.0/9 points and shared first place. They also shared the prize-money for first and second place, and each received 31,250 US dollars.

After day 1 of the tournament Magnus Carlsen and Leinier Dominguez shared first place. Day 2 was the day of Levon Aronian: he scored 3 out of 3 and took the lead. After six rounds he had 4.5 points and was half a point ahead of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So.

But on the third and final day of the tournament Aronian could not defend his lead. He drew against Kasparov and Carlsen but lost against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Carlsen and Nakamura both scored 2.0/3 on the final day and managed to pass Aronian.

Tournament senior Garry Kasparov once again showed that he can still keep up with the world's best players. In round 1, at the beginning of the tournament, the 57-year old 13th World Champion taught the 17-year old Alireza Firouzja a lesson and Kasparov also drew his game with World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

Kasparov's win against Firouzja, however, remained his only one and in the course of the tournament Kasparov suffered no less than three defeats: against Caruana, Aronian and Nakamura. In the last round Kasparov tried to win an endgame with rook and bishop against rook against Vachier-Lagrave but after 123 moves the game ended in a draw.

In the end Kasparov finished on place eight – but he had fun.

Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian shared third place. Caruana revealed that he played from Germany. On Wednesday, September 16, he will play live in Germany, in the Schachbundesliga Championship tournament, in which eight of the best Germans teams will play live in Karlsruhe to compete for the title of German Team Champion.

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1.g3 d5 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nb3 f5 5.f3 Nc7 6.Qf2 Ne6 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.0-0-0 Nb6 9.Kb1 Qf6 10.Bc1 Nc4 11.Rge1 0-0 12.Qg1 f4 13.gxf4 Nxf4 14.e3 Nh3 15.Qg3 Qg5 16.Rf1 Qxg3 17.hxg3 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 Bg7 20.Rde1 g5 21.Bg2 Bf5 22.Nd4 Bxd4 23.exd4 g4 24.b3 Nd6 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.Re5 h5 27.Kb2 Kg7 28.Bxd6 Rxd6 29.Nd1 Re6 30.Ne3 Rxe5 31.dxe5 Kg6 32.c4 d4 33.Nxf5 Kxf5 34.Re1 h4 35.Be4+ Ke6 36.f5+ Kxe5 37.Bd5+ Kf6 38.Bxf7 Kxf7 39.Re2 hxg3 40.Rg2 Kf6 41.Rxg3 Kxf5 42.c5 Kf4 43.Rd3 g3 44.Rxd4+ Ke3 45.Rh4 Nf2 46.Rh7 g2 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Firouzja,A2728Kasparov,G28120–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20201.1
Svidler,P2723So,W27700–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20201.2
Dominguez Perez,L2758Nakamura,H27361–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20201.3
Aronian,L2773Caruana,F2835½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20201.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Carlsen,M28630–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20201.5
Kasparov,G2812Carlsen,M2863½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20202.1
Caruana,F2835Vachier-Lagrave,M27781–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20202.2
Nakamura,H2736Aronian,L2773½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20202.3
So,W2770Dominguez Perez,L2758½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20202.4
Firouzja,A2728Svidler,P2723½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20202.5
Svidler,P2723Kasparov,G28121–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20203.1
Dominguez Perez,L2758Firouzja,A27281–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20203.2
Aronian,L2773So,W2770½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20203.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Nakamura,H27360–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20203.4
Carlsen,M2863Caruana,F28351–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20203.5
Kasparov,G2812Caruana,F28350–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20204.1
Nakamura,H2736Carlsen,M2863½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20204.2
So,W2770Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20204.3
Firouzja,A2728Aronian,L27730–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20204.4
Svidler,P2723Dominguez Perez,L2758½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20204.5
Dominguez Perez,L2758Kasparov,G2812½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20205.1
Aronian,L2773Svidler,P27231–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20205.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Firouzja,A27280–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20205.3
Carlsen,M2863So,W27700–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20205.4
Caruana,F2835Nakamura,H27360–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20205.5
Kasparov,G2812Nakamura,H27360–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20206.1
So,W2770Caruana,F2835½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20206.2
Firouzja,A2728Carlsen,M28630–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20206.3
Svidler,P2723Vachier-Lagrave,M27780–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20206.4
Dominguez Perez,L2758Aronian,L27730–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20206.5
Aronian,L2773Kasparov,G2812½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20207.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Dominguez Perez,L27581–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20207.2
Carlsen,M2863Svidler,P27231–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20207.3
Caruana,F2835Firouzja,A27281–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20207.4
Nakamura,H2736So,W2770½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20207.5
Kasparov,G2812So,W2770½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20208.1
Firouzja,A2728Nakamura,H27360–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20208.2
Svidler,P2723Caruana,F2835½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20208.3
Dominguez Perez,L2758Carlsen,M2863½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20208.4
Aronian,L2773Vachier-Lagrave,M27780–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20208.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Kasparov,G2812½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20209.1
Carlsen,M2863Aronian,L2773½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20209.2
Caruana,F2835Dominguez Perez,L27581–02020Champ Showdown 9LX 20209.3
Nakamura,H2736Svidler,P2723½–½2020Champ Showdown 9LX 20209.4
So,W2770Firouzja,A27280–12020Champ Showdown 9LX 20209.5

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Translation from German: Johannes Fischer

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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