Chessable Masters: Caruana beats Nakamura, continues winning streak

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
4/6/2023 – Fabiano Caruana has yet to lose a match at the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. The US star finished undefeated to win Division II of the Airthings Masters, and has now reached the Grand Final of the Chessable Masters. On Wednesday, Caruana defeated Hikaru Nakamura by a convincing 2½-½ score in the final of the winners’ bracket. Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian won their matches in the losers’ bracket.
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Caruana finds mate-in-one

Ever since failing to enter Division I of the Airthings Masters, Fabiano Caruana has won eight matches in a row at the Champions Chess Tour. The former World Championship challenger won Division II of the series’ inaugural event, and has now reached the Grand Final of the Chessable Masters in Division I.

In the final of the winners’ bracket, he faced Hikaru Nakamura, and saw his famed opponent failing to foresee a mate-in-one in the third game of the day.

 
Nakamura vs. Caruana - Game #3

White has the upper hand with his passer on the d-file, but Black has plenty of defensive recourses. However, after 48...h5 49.gxh5 the black king finds itself without the escaping squares e6 and g6.

 

Nakamura missed this key factor and played 49...Be5, allowing 50.Rf8#. Checkmate.

Since Caruana had won the first game and the second encounter had been drawn, this put an end to the match.

 
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1.c4 3 Nf6 5 2.Nc3 2 e5 3 3.Nf3 2 Nc6 1 4.g3 1 Nd4 3 5.Bg2 3 Nxf3+ 2 6.Bxf3 0 Bb4 1 7.Qb3 16 a5 1 8.0-0 4 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3. Bc5 2 9.d3 27 9.Bxb7? Rb8 10.Qb5 Bd4-+ 9...0-0 4 10.Bg2 14 The position is equal. 10.Bxb7? Rb8 11.Qc2 11.Qb5? d6-+ 11...Bxb7-+ 10...d6 7 11.Qc2 7 h6 10
12.Na4N 18 Predecessor: 12.a3 c6 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Ba7 16.b5 Rc8 17.Ba3 Be6 18.e3 1-0 Dubov,D (2690)-Esipenko,A (2642) Wch Blitz Moscow 2019 (6) 12...Ba7 7 13.Bd2 28 c6 6 14.c5 21 d5 1:19 15.e4 5 Be6 19 16.h3 30 Bb8 17 16...Nd7!? 17.Nb6 1:30 Ra6 14 18.b4 8 axb4 2:45 19.Bxb4 1 Qe7 1
White must now prevent ...Rxb6. 20.Rfb1 23 Rd8 2 21.a4 10 d4 24 22.a5 15 Ne8 8 23.Rf1 2:02 Nc7 8 24.f4 3 exf4 4 25.gxf4 2 f6 0 26.Rae1 1:20 Nb5 2 27.e5 54 f5 1:51 28.Kh1 2:08 Bc7 3 And now ...Bxb6 would win. 29.Rb1 12 Kh8 40 30.Rb2 53 g5 38 31.fxg5 1:08 hxg5 0 31...Bxe5 32.Qe2 Bb8 33.Re1± 32.Qd1 1:19 White should try 32.Nc4= 32...Qh7 2:56 Strongly threatening ...Nc3. 32...Bxe5 33.Re2 Bf6 34.Rxf5= 33.Qe1 3 Repels Nc3 Rg8 1:05 34.Nc4 9 g4 46 35.Nd6 8 g3? 1
35...gxh3 36.Bf3= 35...Bd8! 36.Rf4 13 36.Bd2!± 36...Bd8 9 36...Nc3!? 37.Bxc3 37.Rxd4 Nd5= 37...dxc3 38.Qxc3 38.Rxb7 Qh6= 38...Rg4 39.Rxf5 Bxa5 40.Rf8+ Kg7= 37.Bd2 19 Bg5 1:21 38.Rf1 1 Qh6 30 Black cannot hold the game after this. 38...Bd5? 39.Kg1 Bxd2 40.Qxd2+- 38...Qh5 39.Nxf5+- 15 39.Nxb7? f4 40.Kg1 40.Nd6? Ra7-+ 40...Ra7 39...Qh7 5 39...Bxd2 40.Nxh6 Bxe1 40.Nd6? 5 40.Nxg3 Bh4 41.Be4 Rxg3 42.Bxh7 Rxh3+ 43.Kg2 Bxe1± 40.Bxg5 Threatening mate with Bf6+. Rxg5 41.Nxg3 40...Bxh3? 9 40...Raa8 41.Kg1 41.Qxg3? Bxd2 42.Qf2 Bg5-+ 41...Qxd3 42.Bxg5 42.Nxb7 Nc3+- 42...Rxg5 41.Nf7+ 18 41.Qxg3? is the wrong capture. Bxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Bh4 43.Nf7+ Qxf7 44.Rxf7 Rxg3+-+ 41...Kg7 0 42.Nxg5 0 White wants to mate with Rf7+. Bxg2+ 3 43.Kxg2 0       White threatens Rf7+ and mate. Qh2+ 4 44.Kf3 1 Threatens to win with Bc1. g2 14 45.Rg1 1 Rf8+ 1 46.Kg4 3 Nc7 6 Prevents Ne6+. 47.Rxb7 4 Kh6 1 48.Rxc7 5 Rxa5 6 Excellently played by Caruana! Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.33 1–0
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Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27681–02023A29Chessable Masters Div 1 20233.1
Nakamura,H2768Caruana,F2766½–½2023C77Chessable Masters Div 1 20233.2
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Carlsen beats So, Aronian knocks out Artemiev

The losers’ bracket saw two top-notch matches ending with wins for the rating favourites. Magnus Carlsen got the better of Wesley So by a 1½-½ score after winning their first encounter with the black pieces. Meanwhile, Levon Aronian knocked out Vladislav Artemiev by drawing the Armageddon game with black.

Much like Carlsen, Aronian won the first game with black. However, he played badly with white in the next encounter. For the Armageddon, the US representative surely wanted to get the black pieces as he bid 7 minutes and 30 seconds to get draw odds.

A tense struggle saw Aronian getting the draw he needed in a game that ended with him having only 3 seconds on his clock — the kind of finish that called for a big celebration.

Aronian will face Carlsen in a match to decide who gets to face Nakamura in the losers bracket final.

Carlsen v So / Aronian v Artemiev

 
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1.e4 17 c5 5 2.Nf3 2 Nc6 2 3.Bb5 6 e5 1 4.0-0 18 Bd6 8 5.d4 43 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 Nge7 8.d4 c4 9.Bc2 Ng6 10.dxe5 Be7 11.Nd4 Ngxe5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Qh5 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 1-0 So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2847) FTX Crypto Cup KO rapid 2021 (3.22) 5...Nxd4 5 6.Nxd4 1:28 B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6. cxd4 7 7.c3 1 Bc5 3:00 8.b4 12       White has compensation. The position is equal. Bb6 4
9.a4N 2 9.Bb2!? Predecessor: 9.Bb2 a6 10.Ba4 dxc3 11.Nxc3 Bd4 12.Rb1 Ne7 13.Ne2 Bxb2 14.Rxb2 Qb6 15.Qc1 1-0 Najer,E (2648)-Samusenko,M (2469) RUS-chT 28th 2021 (5.2) 9...a6 21 10.Bd3 4:58 Nf6 7 11.a5 42 Ba7 1 12.b5 44 axb5 1:28 13.Na3 10       dxc3 35
Hoping for ...b4. 13...Qxa5? 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.cxd4+- 15.Nxb5 Nxe4 16.Rxa7 Rxa7± 14.Nxb5 5 Nd6+ is the strong threat. Bc5 1 Repels Nd6+ 15.Bg5 3:02 0-0 5 16.Nxc3 7 h6 1 17.Bxf6 13 Qxf6 2 18.Nd5 13 Qd8 2 19.Qd2 28 d6 1 20.Rfb1 8 Ra7 6 21.Kh1 15 Be6 12 22.Bc4 3 Qh4 27 23.f3 9 Rfa8 3 24.Ra2 18 Qd8 8 25.h3 35 25.Rab2 25...Rxa5-+ 1:02 26.Rxb7? 6 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Kh2 26...Rxa2 10 27.Bxa2 0 Qh4 1:52 28.Kh2 12 Kh7 30 29.Rb2 10 Ra3 44 30.Rb3 13 30.Qe2 30...Ra7? 55 30...Bxh3 ( -> ...Bc8#) 31.gxh3 Bf2 31.Rb1? 1 31.Bb1 31...Bf2 43       A strong pair of Bishops. 32.Rf1 4 Bg3+ 30 33.Kh1 7 Bf4 8 34.Qf2 10 Qxf2 2 35.Rxf2 0 Bxd5 0 36.exd5 0       Endgame KRB-KRB Bg3 6 37.Bb1+ 12 g6 2 38.Ra2 0 Rc7 14
39.Rc2 4 Inhibits Rc1+. Rb7 1 40.Ba2 1 h5 11 41.Kg1 1 Kh6 1 42.Kf1 1 Kg5 2 43.Ke2 4 f5 0 44.Kd3 14 Ra7 7 45.Bc4 5 Ra3+ 3 46.Rc3 4 Ra1 1 47.Rc2 6 Kf4 6 48.Re2 4 Ra3+ 8 49.Kc2 1 e4 4 50.fxe4 0 fxe4 0 51.Bb5 1 Ra5 6 52.Bc6 10 g5 26 53.Kc3 4 Ke5 6 54.Rb2 5 54.Kb4 Rc5 55.Be8 54...Rc5+ 4 55.Kd2 2 Bf4+ 2 56.Ke2 1 h4 4 aiming for ...Ra5. 57.Ra2 4 Rc1 4 58.Rb2 1 58.Ba4 58...Bg3 5 59.Ke3? 3 59.Kd2 was the only defense. Bf4+ 60.Ke2 59...Re1+ 5 60.Re2 1 Bf4+ 1 61.Kf2 0 Ra1 12 Threatens to win with ...g4! 62.Rb2 1 Ra3 8 63.Ke2 2 Be3 2 64.Rb8 2 64.Rc2 was necessary. 64...Bc5 2 Black is clearly winning. 65.Rb2 12 Ra1 0 66.Kd2 8 66.Bd7 Kxd5 67.Rd2+ Ke5 68.Rd1 Ra2+ 69.Rd2 66...Rg1 2 White got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.30 0–1
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So,W2761Carlsen,M28520–12023B30Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.1
Artemiev,V2701Aronian,L27450–12023A29Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.1
Carlsen,M2852So,W2761½–½2023B51Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.2
Aronian,L2745Artemiev,V27010–12023B22Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.2
Artemiev,V2701Aronian,L2745½–½2023D02Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.3
 

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1.d4 10 d5 7 2.c4 3 c6 1 3.Nf3 5 Nf6 3 4.Nc3 4 dxc4 8 5.a4 46 e6 3 6.e3 12 c5 3 7.Bxc4 1 cxd4 2 D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6. 8.Nxd4 5 Bc5!? 8       A promising side line. 9.0-0 7 0-0 4 The position is equal. 10.Qe2 53 Nbd7 1:42 11.Rd1 21 Qe7 1:29 12.Nf3 59 b6 24
13.e4N 36 Predecessor: 13.h3 Bb7 14.e4 Rfc8 15.Bd3 Bb4 16.Na2 Bd6 17.Nc3 ½-½ Lenic,L (2624)-Beliavsky,A (2603) Vidmar Memorial 20th 2016 (1) 13...Bb7 51 14.e5 2:57 Ng4 1:07 15.Bg5 2 f6 2:40 15...Qe8= was preferrable. 16.Bb5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ngxe5 16.exf6 25 Ndxf6 1 17.Qxe6+ 4:41 17.Rd7 is interesting. Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 17...Qxe6 3 18.Bxe6+ 0 Kh8 1 19.Rd2 24 Bxf3 4:16 20.gxf3 1 Ne5 0 21.Kg2 6 Rae8 1:49 22.Bf5 17 Nh5 50 22...Nxf3 simplifies 23.Kxf3 Re5 24.Bxf6 Rxf5+ 25.Kg2 R5xf6 26.Ne4 Rg6+ 23.Bg4 23 A strong pair of Bishops. Nf6 6 24.Bh3 56
24.Bxf6= gxf6 25.Nd5 24...Nxf3! 5       Remove Defender, Decoy 25.Kxf3 7       Ne4+ 1 26.Kg4 0 Hoping for Nxe4. Nxd2 7 Black has more active pieces. 27.Bxd2 2 Rxf2 1 But not 27...Bxf2 28.Rf1= 28.Rd1 22 h5+ 10 28...Bd6 29.Kxh5= 19 Rd8 3 Prevents Bd7. White must now prevent ...Rxh2! 30.Be1 56 Rxd1 2 31.Bxf2 1 Rd2 4       Black is not holding back 32.Bxc5 1 bxc5 2 33.Be6 11 Rxh2+ 1 34.Kg6 2 Rxb2 1 35.Ne4 0
35.Kf5= remains equal. 35...c4! 5 ...Rc2 is the strong threat. 36.Bxc4 2 36.Kf5 Ra2 36...Rb4! 1 Wards off Bb5 37.Nd6 0       37.Nd2 37...Rb6! 2 Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.11 (very precise) Weaker is 37...Rxa4 38.Kg5 0–1
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Carlsen,M2852Artemiev,V27010–12023D16Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.1
Nakamura,H2768Fedoseev,V2674½–½2023B10Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.1
Caruana,F2766Le,Q2728½–½2023C65Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.1
So,W2761Aronian,L27450–12023D50Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.1
Aronian,L2745So,W27610–12023D37Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.2
Le,Q2728Caruana,F2766½–½2023D33Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.2
Artemiev,V2701Carlsen,M28520–12023A15Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.2
Fedoseev,V2674Nakamura,H2768½–½2023C47Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.2
Carlsen,M2852Artemiev,V27010–12023A11Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.3
Nakamura,H2768Fedoseev,V26740–12023B10Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.3
Caruana,F2766Le,Q2728½–½2023C65Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.3
So,W2761Aronian,L2745½–½2023D41Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.3
Aronian,L2745So,W27610–12023D02Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.4
Le,Q2728Caruana,F2766½–½2023D38Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.4
Artemiev,V2701Carlsen,M28520–12023A49Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.4
Fedoseev,V2674Nakamura,H27680–12023B30Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.4
Caruana,F2766Le,Q27281–02023C65Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.5
Artemiev,V2701Carlsen,M28521–02023B26Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.5
Fedoseev,V2674Nakamura,H2768½–½2023A25Chessable Masters Div 1 20231.5
Nakamura,H2768So,W2761½–½2023C65Chessable Masters Div 1 20232.1
Artemiev,V2701Caruana,F2766½–½2023B44Chessable Masters Div 1 20232.1
Caruana,F2766Artemiev,V2701½–½2023C67Chessable Masters Div 1 20232.2
So,W2761Nakamura,H27680–12023C54Chessable Masters Div 1 20232.2
Nakamura,H2768So,W2761½–½2023B51Chessable Masters Div 1 20232.3
Artemiev,V2701Caruana,F27661–02023C48Chessable Masters Div 1 20232.3
Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27681–02023A29Chessable Masters Div 1 20233.1
Nakamura,H2768Caruana,F2766½–½2023C77Chessable Masters Div 1 20233.2
Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27681–02023B30Chessable Masters Div 1 20233.3
Carlsen,M2852Le,Q2728½–½2023B45Chessable Masters Div 1 202351.1
Fedoseev,V2674Aronian,L2745½–½2023C48Chessable Masters Div 1 202351.1
Aronian,L2745Fedoseev,V26741–02023B10Chessable Masters Div 1 202351.2
Le,Q2728Carlsen,M2852½–½2023D34Chessable Masters Div 1 202351.2
Le,Q2728Carlsen,M2852½–½2023E05Chessable Masters Div 1 202351.3
So,W2761Carlsen,M28520–12023B30Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.1
Artemiev,V2701Aronian,L27450–12023A29Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.1
Carlsen,M2852So,W2761½–½2023B51Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.2
Aronian,L2745Artemiev,V27010–12023B22Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.2
Artemiev,V2701Aronian,L2745½–½2023D02Chessable Masters Div 1 202352.3
Carlsen,M2852Aronian,L27451–02023A28Chessable Masters Div 1 202353.1
Aronian,L2745Carlsen,M28520–12023B13Chessable Masters Div 1 202353.2
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023B10Chessable Masters Div 1 202354.1
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H2768½–½2023E46Chessable Masters Div 1 202354.2
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H27680–12023A28Chessable Masters Div 1 202354.3
Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27680–12023E36Chessable Masters Div 1 2023100.1
Nakamura,H2768Caruana,F27660–12023C77Chessable Masters Div 1 2023100.2
Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27680–12023E36Chessable Masters Div 1 2023100.3
Nakamura,H2768Caruana,F27661–02023B21Chessable Masters Div 1 2023100.4
Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27680–12023A28Chessable Masters Div 1 2023101.1
Nakamura,H2768Caruana,F27660–12023B21Chessable Masters Div 1 2023101.2
Caruana,F2766Nakamura,H27680–12023A23Chessable Masters Div 1 2023101.3
 

Division II: Kramnik’s mobile gambit

The most anticipated match of the winners’ bracket in Division II was an eventful confrontation. Vladimir Kramnik, who is also playing the Armageddon series in Berlin, had technical difficulties and had to face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from his mobile phone. MVL won game 1, to which followed a game in which Kramnik got winning chances but ended up hanging his queen due to a mouse-slip (or its equivalent on a mobile phone).

MVL, true to his nature, allowed Kramnik to checkmate him in 5 moves, and thus had a 2-1 advantage going into game 4. In a perfectly holdable position, though, MVL disconnected and lost on time, which meant an Armageddon would follow.

At that point, the Frenchman decided to leave the match, as he later explained that he had connection problems throughout. Kramnik talked to the organizers to inform them that he decided to ‘resign’ the match. MVL explained what happened on Twitter.

Thus, the ever-respectful Vachier-Lagrave moved on to the next phase in the winners’ bracket, while Kramnik was moved down to the losers’ bracket. MVL’s rival is rising star Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while Kramnik is set to face Yu Yangyi.

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1.d4 5 d5 8 2.c4 0 c6 1 3.Nc3 1 Nf6 1 4.Nf3 1 e6 3 5.Qd3 1 Bb4 18 6.e3 39
D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6. 6...0-0N 16 Predecessor: 6...dxc4 7.Qxc4 Nd5 8.a3 Qa5 9.Bd2 b6 10.Qb3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bd6 12.c4 Qh5 13.Be2 Qg6 0-1 Sabikun Nahar,T (1537)-Omnia Binta Yusuf,L (1439) BAN-ch (Women) 2021 (8) 7.a3 41 Be7 6 8.Be2 6 The position is equal. b6 5 9.0-0 27 Ba6 16 10.b3 4 c5 1 11.Rd1 28 Nbd7 56 12.a4 36 cxd4 14 13.exd4 3 Bb4 10 14.Bf4 19 dxc4 1:04 15.bxc4 1 Bxc3 9 16.Qxc3 3 Nd5 1 17.Qd2 33 Nxf4 4 18.Qxf4 0 Rc8 9 19.Rac1 35 Qc7 20 20.Qe3 25 Rfd8 10 21.h4 24 21.Ng5 keeps more tension. Bb7 22.Bh5 g6 23.Bf3 21...h6 26 22.h5 45 Bb7 11 23.Ne1 1:10       Nf6 2:56 24.Nd3 12 Bc6 9 25.Ra1 25 Qb7 27 26.g3 1:37 Qc7 4 26...Bh1? 27.f3± 27.Ne5 8 Ba8 5 28.a5 32 bxa5 19 28...Qb7 29.Bf3 Qc7 30.axb6 axb6 31.Ra4= 29.Qa3 6 Nd7 2:24 29...Ne4!? 30.Qxa5 50 Qxa5 49 31.Rxa5 0 Nxe5 1 32.Rxe5 3 Kf8 32 33.Ra5 3 33.f3± 33...Rc7 2 34.f3 34 Bc6 1:16 34...Rcd7!= remains equal. 35.Rc5 36 Hoping for d5. Rdc8 4 36.Ra1 11 Against Ba4 36.Kf2± 36...Be8 20 36...Rd7!= 37.Rxc7± 3 Rxc7 0       Endgame KRB-KRB 38.Kf2 2 Ke7 14 39.Ke3 12 Bc6 38 40.Bd3 5 Kd7 2 41.g4 10 Kc8 11 42.Be4 1:05 42.f4 42...Bxe4 19 43.fxe4 0 Don't play 43.Kxe4 Rxc4 44.Rxa7 Rc7= 43...Rxc4 1 44.Rxa7 1 KR-KR Rc7 21 Black should try 44...Rc3+ 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kg3 Rc3+ 47.Kf4 Rc1 45.Ra8+! 2 Kd7 2
46.Rg8 1 e5? 33      
46...Rc1± 47.d5!+- 34 47.Rxg7 Rc3+ 48.Kd2 exd4± Weaker is 47.dxe5 Ke6 47...Rc3+? 7       47...Ke7± is tougher. 48.Ke2 3 Ke7 14 49.Rxg7 4 Rh7 would be deadly. Ra3? 5 49...Rc2+ 50.Ke3 Rc3+ 51.Ke2 Rc2+ 52.Kd3 Rg2 50.g5 15 hxg5 2 51.Rxg5 0 Kd6 3 52.Rf5 5 Rh3 3 53.Kf2 4 Not 53.Rxf7 Rxh5 54.Rf8 Kc5± 53...Kc5 4 54.Rxe5 14 Kd4 2 55.Re8 1 Intending d6 and mate. Rxh5 4 56.d6 1 Rh2+ 4 57.Kg3 2 Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.43 1–0
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Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Dreev,A26061–02023D43Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Abdusattorov,N2731Giri,A27681–02023C47Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Yu,Y2729Kramnik,V27530–12023B96Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Keymer,V2699Meier,G26131–02023C01Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Praggnanandhaa R2691Le,T25421–02023B29Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Chigaev,M2632Oparin,G2667½–½2023C50Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Sadhwani,R2627Erigaisi Arjun2701½–½2023C50Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Lazavik,D2544Dubov,D2708½–½2023D74Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.1
Giri,A2768Abdusattorov,N2731½–½2023D32Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Kramnik,V2753Yu,Y2729½–½2023C42Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Dubov,D2708Lazavik,D2544½–½2023C67Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Erigaisi Arjun2701Sadhwani,R26271–02023A28Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Oparin,G2667Chigaev,M2632½–½2023E71Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Meier,G2613Keymer,V26991–02023A04Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Dreev,A2606Vachier-Lagrave,M27360–12023D27Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Le,T2542Praggnanandhaa R26910–12023E49Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Dreev,A2606½–½2023B40Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Abdusattorov,N2731Giri,A27681–02023A13Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Yu,Y2729Kramnik,V27531–02023B96Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Keymer,V2699Meier,G26131–02023C01Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Praggnanandhaa R2691Le,T25421–02023B29Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Chigaev,M2632Oparin,G26670–12023C50Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Sadhwani,R2627Erigaisi Arjun2701½–½2023C50Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Lazavik,D2544Dubov,D2708½–½2023D78Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.3
Kramnik,V2753Yu,Y27291–02023C42Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.4
Dubov,D2708Lazavik,D2544½–½2023C67Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.4
Erigaisi Arjun2701Sadhwani,R2627½–½2023B06Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.4
Oparin,G2667Chigaev,M26321–02023E67Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.4
Meier,G2613Keymer,V26991–02023B51Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.4
Dubov,D2708Lazavik,D25440–12023C65Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.5
Keymer,V2699Meier,G26131–02023E48Chessable Masters Div 2 20231.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Praggnanandhaa R26911–02023C83Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.1
Abdusattorov,N2731Erigaisi Arjun2701½–½2023C45Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.1
Oparin,G2667Kramnik,V27530–12023D46Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.1
Lazavik,D2544Keymer,V26991–02023E04Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.1
Kramnik,V2753Oparin,G2667½–½2023C54Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.2
Keymer,V2699Lazavik,D25440–12023D37Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.2
Praggnanandhaa R2691Vachier-Lagrave,M27360–12023E24Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Praggnanandhaa R26911–02023B22Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.3
Abdusattorov,N2731Erigaisi Arjun27010–12023D45Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.3
Oparin,G2667Kramnik,V2753½–½2023E06Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.3
Lazavik,D2544Keymer,V26990–12023E08Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.3
Kramnik,V2753Oparin,G26671–02023E11Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.4
Erigaisi Arjun2701Abdusattorov,N27310–12023D00Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.4
Keymer,V2699Lazavik,D2544½–½2023D37Chessable Masters Div 2 20232.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Kramnik,V27531–02023B23Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.1
Abdusattorov,N2731Lazavik,D25441–02023E06Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.1
Kramnik,V2753Vachier-Lagrave,M27360–12023B86Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.2
Lazavik,D2544Abdusattorov,N27311–02023D27Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Kramnik,V27530–12023A00Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.3
Abdusattorov,N2731Lazavik,D25441–02023E06Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.3
Kramnik,V2753Vachier-Lagrave,M27361–02023A00Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.4
Lazavik,D2544Abdusattorov,N27311–02023E11Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.4
Abdusattorov,N2731Lazavik,D25441–02023E11Chessable Masters Div 2 20233.5
Abdusattorov,N2731Vachier-Lagrave,M27361–02023D78Chessable Masters Div 2 20234.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Abdusattorov,N27310–12023B33Chessable Masters Div 2 20234.2
Abdusattorov,N2731Vachier-Lagrave,M27361–02023D38Chessable Masters Div 2 20234.3
Giri,A2768Sadhwani,R2627½–½2023D50Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.1
Dubov,D2708Meier,G26131–02023D03Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.1
Chigaev,M2632Yu,Y2729½–½2023C43Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.1
Dreev,A2606Le,T25421–02023D37Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.1
Yu,Y2729Chigaev,M26321–02023B30Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.2
Sadhwani,R2627Giri,A2768½–½2023B51Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.2
Meier,G2613Dubov,D27081–02023C68Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.2
Le,T2542Dreev,A2606½–½2023D12Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.2
Sadhwani,R2627Giri,A27680–12023C54Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.3
Meier,G2613Dubov,D2708½–½2023B31Chessable Masters Div 2 202351.3
Erigaisi Arjun2701Yu,Y27291–02023D00Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.1
Keymer,V2699Dreev,A26061–02023D15Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.1
Praggnanandhaa R2691Dubov,D2708½–½2023D02Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.1
Oparin,G2667Giri,A2768½–½2023E51Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.1
Giri,A2768Oparin,G26671–02023C83Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.2
Yu,Y2729Erigaisi Arjun27011–02023B76Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.2
Dubov,D2708Praggnanandhaa R2691½–½2023E04Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.2
Dreev,A2606Keymer,V26990–12023D03Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.2
Erigaisi Arjun2701Yu,Y27290–12023D13Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.3
Praggnanandhaa R2691Dubov,D27081–02023A11Chessable Masters Div 2 202352.3
Giri,A2768Praggnanandhaa R26911–02023D41Chessable Masters Div 2 202353.1
Keymer,V2699Yu,Y2729½–½2023A30Chessable Masters Div 2 202353.1
Yu,Y2729Keymer,V2699½–½2023B13Chessable Masters Div 2 202353.2
Praggnanandhaa R2691Giri,A27681–02023D02Chessable Masters Div 2 202353.2
Giri,A2768Praggnanandhaa R26911–02023A08Chessable Masters Div 2 202353.3
Yu,Y2729Keymer,V26991–02023D04Chessable Masters Div 2 202353.3
Kramnik,V2753Yu,Y27291–02023C01Chessable Masters Div 2 202354.1
Lazavik,D2544Giri,A27681–02023D11Chessable Masters Div 2 202354.1
Giri,A2768Lazavik,D25441–02023E25Chessable Masters Div 2 202354.2
Yu,Y2729Kramnik,V27531–02023C65Chessable Masters Div 2 202354.2
Giri,A2768Lazavik,D25441–02023C65Chessable Masters Div 2 202354.3
Yu,Y2729Kramnik,V27531–02023C78Chessable Masters Div 2 202354.3
Giri,A2768Yu,Y2729½–½2023D31Chessable Masters Div 2 202355.1
Yu,Y2729Giri,A2768½–½2023C65Chessable Masters Div 2 202355.2
Yu,Y2729Giri,A27680–12023D12Chessable Masters Div 2 202355.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Giri,A2768½–½2023C67Chessable Masters Div 2 202356.1
Giri,A2768Vachier-Lagrave,M27360–12023D27Chessable Masters Div 2 202356.2
Abdusattorov,N2731Vachier-Lagrave,M27361–02023D78Chessable Masters Div 2 2023100.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Abdusattorov,N27311–02023C42Chessable Masters Div 2 2023100.2
Abdusattorov,N2731Vachier-Lagrave,M27361–02023D78Chessable Masters Div 2 2023100.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2736Abdusattorov,N2731½–½2023C42Chessable Masters Div 2 2023100.4
 

Division III: Tabatabaei and Sarana in the Grand Final

The whole double-elimination knockout in Division III lasts four days, unlike the other two divisions, which last five days. Amin Tabatabaei and Alexey Sarana reached the Grand Final.

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