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After beating Denis Lazavik by the smallest of margins, Magnus Carlsen complimented his young opponent’s play, noting that the 17-year-old is likely to become a top player after gaining some more experience.
Carlsen had won the first game and seen Lazavik bouncing back in game 3. Nerves played a big role in game 4, as the contenders entered a sharp queen endgame with only seconds on their clocks (and 2-second increments per move).
At this point, after Lazavik’s 47.e6+, the engines give a 0.00 evaluation. However, eight moves later, the youngster cracked under pressure and faltered with 55.Qe5
Allowing the queen trade gives Black a winning pawn endgame. Instead, 55.Kh6 would have kept the game going — surely a very difficult move to find under the circumstances.
Carlsen will now get two rest days before playing the Grand Final on Wednesday. Lazavik will face either Ian Nepomniachtchi or Alireza Firouzja, who both won their quarter-final matches in the losers’ bracket on Sunday.
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
While Firouzja defeated Jose Martinez 1½-½ after scoring in his game with the white pieces, Nepomniachtchi saw Vladimir Fedoseev tying the score after Nepo had won the first game, thus taking the match to Armageddon. Nepo won the decider with the white pieces to remain in contention.
GM Karsten Müller analysed the first game of the exciting Fedoseev v. Nepo match.
Right after beating Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev was defeated by Levon Aronian in the semi-finals of the winners’ bracket. Nakamura, by the way, was knocked out of the competition, as he was defeated by Rauf Mamedov in the losers’ bracket.
Facing Aronian in the final of the upper bracket will be Vincent Keymer, who beat Benjamin Bok in a thrilling match that went to sudden-death. Keymer played a nice final move with white in the Armageddon.
Bok resigned the game — and the match — after 26.Ne6+, with a discovered attack against the black queen on d6.
Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1 and 2
In this two-part course the emphasis will be on typical pawn-structures.
Alexey Sarana and Alexander Grischuk advanced to the final of the winners’ bracket in Division III after beating David Paravyan and Eltaj Safarli respectively. Five draws — including one with black in Armageddon — allowed Grischuk to reach the final.
Paravyan, Safarli, Bardiya Daneshvar and Oleksandr Bortnyk remain in contention in the losers’ bracket.
In this video course, twenty-nine examples with multiple questions are presented in the interactive format, which is ideal for a range of playing strengths. Step by step you will be taken through the complex positions.
