Levon Aronian elaborated on his previous day's tweet reply. He shared,
...I think serving more than two terms always leads to trouble. Because you know leadership is something that is very infectious. It's something you want to do forever. But no matter how good of a leader you are. You know eventually you are going to start developing those bad traits, that belonged to all of the leaders that stayed for too long. So it's my personal opinion and I think that when you make such decisions, lot of good things that you do, get undone... I don't like the decision and I am disappointed in FIDE, which I was not up to that moment.
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GM D Gukesh and GM Alexandr Predke played only two rated games against each other. Both occurred in 2019 and ended in draws.
Gukesh hadn't started using an engine until recently. So he plays humane moves like 24.Kg3 which is safe for the moment because it cannot be harmed for now. Of course, it will not stay like that for the rest of the game, as it is prone to future attacks.
The final mistake by Black was 33...h5?? Despite the white king seeming to be quite vulnerable, it's the e6-pawn which decides the fate of the game. 34.e7 Rxg4 35.e8Q+ Kh7 36.Bxf7 and White won the game in the next few moves.
Gukesh on his first win at the Chennai Grand Masters 2023 | Video: ChessBase India
Gukesh = Human AlphaZero - Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Gukesh handed Alexandr Predke his second consecutive loss of the event
Ukraine no.1 Pavel Eljanov vs India no.4 Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India
Pavel Eljanov and Arjun Erigaisi had a well contested draw
Levon Aronian - Pentala Harikrishna: 0.5-0.5
Harikrishna draws against Aronian to maintain lead | Video: ChessBase India
More than two terms always leads to trouble - Levon Aronian | Video: ChessBase India
GM Parham Maghsoodloo and GM Sanan Sjugirov have defeated each other once in Classical and Rapid games. Both took place in Hungary. Maghsoodloo, in search of his first win of the event, was determined to score one in this round.
I ate an ice cream so I was 99% sure that I would win — Parham Maghsoodloo | Video: ChessBase India
Parham's classy opening preparation in the Ragozin - Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
GM Parham Maghsoodloo - GM Sanan Sjugirov: 1-0
Round 4 in progress
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Gukesh unleashed - IM Sagar Shah's Chennai Grand Masters 2023 Round 4 summary | Video: ChessBase India
The Amazing Setup Tour of the Production of Chennai Grand Masters 2023 | Video: ChessBase India
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Replay the round-4 live commentary by IM Sagar Shah, Amruta Mokal with guest commentators GM Anish Giri and IM Sopiko Guramishvili | Video: ChessBase India
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 2720 | GM | Gukesh, D | 1 - 0 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | 2689 | 6 | PGN | ||
| 2 | 7 | 2691 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | ½ - ½ | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2727 | 5 | PGN | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2723 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ½ - ½ | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2696 | 4 | PGN | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2742 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 1 - 0 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2703 | 3 | PGN |
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2696 | 2,5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | GM | Gukesh, D | 2720 | 2,5 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2723 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2691 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2742 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2703 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2727 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | 2689 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2703 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | GM | Gukesh, D | 2720 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | 2696 | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2742 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 2727 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2723 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 2689 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2691 | 7 |
