Chessable Masters: Nakamura knocks out Carlsen

by Klaus Besenthal
4/7/2023 – Division I of the Chessable Masters saw the losers’ bracket semifinal taking place on Thursday, a match that Magnus Carlsen won by a 2-0 score against Levon Aronian. So Carlsen moved on to the losers’ final, where Hikaru Nakamura, who had lost the winners’ bracket final to Fabiano Caruana, was already waiting for him. Carlsen and Nakamura drew twice before Carlsen lost the final Armageddon game — following an unfortunate mouse-slip. In the Grand Final, Nakamura will once again face Caruana.

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Chessable Masters

Division I

Our in-house endgame expert GM Karsten Müller annotated the dramatic sudden-death game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura:

 

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Division II

In Division II, Nodirbek Abdusattorov won 3-0 against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to reach the Grand Final. Vachier-Lagrave in turn went on to beat Anish Giri in the losers’ bracket, so he will meet Abdusattorov again in the Grand Final.

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Division III

In Division III, the Grand Final was played on Thursday. Iran’s Amin Tabatabaei defeated Russia’s Alexey Sarana to claim first place.

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Topics: Chessable Masters 2023, Hikaru Nakamura
Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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4/7/2023 – The knockout phase of the Chessable Masters is taking place on April 3-7. Three Divisions (with 8, 16 and 32 players respectively) are being played concurrently. Each knockout tournament includes winners’ and losers’ brackets. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are among the participants in Division I. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 17.00 CEST (11.00 EDT, 20.30 IST)
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4/5/2023 – Day 2 of the Chessable Masters saw Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana advancing to the winners’ bracket final in Division I, thanks to victories over Wesley So and Vladislav Artemiev, respectively. In the losers’ bracket, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored wins to remain in contention for first place. In Division II, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vladimir Kramnik are set to face each other in the next phase.

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