Chessable Masters: Carlsen, Ding, Praggnanandhaa and Giri qualify for the semifinals

by André Schulz
5/24/2022 – In the quarterfinals of the Chessable Masters, Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Anish Giri beat their opponents quite confidently. In the duel of talents, Praggnanandhaa won 2.5-1.5 against Wei Yi. | Photos and pictures: Play Magnus Group

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The Chessable Masters 2022, part of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, has reached the knockout stage. The top eight from the preliminary met in the quarterfinals to decide in four-game rapid matches who qualified for the semifinals.

Anish Giri is in particularly good form in this tournament. After winning the preliminary he had to play Aryan Tari, second in the Norwegian rankings behind Carlsen, and won without much trouble. Giri won the first two games and secured his place in the semifinals with a draw in game three.

Interview with Giri

The match between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ding Liren took a similar course. Ding Liren, currently the world number two, won the first two games, and after losing the third drew the fourth game to win the match.

In his match against David Anton from Spain, Magnus Carlsen won the first game and drew the second. In game 4 Carlsen played 1.f4 to try the Bird Opening, but the game quickly transposed into structures of the Modern Defence or the Closed Sicilian. Carlsen won it with his unique endgame technique and moved on to the next round.

 

In the fourth match of the quarterfinals Wei Yi faced Praggnanandhaa. As a youngster the Chinese had made rapid progress and had topped the junior rankings for many years. His results prompted many to see a potential challenger for Carlsen in him. However, after his quick rise to the top, Wei Yi stagnated in his development, and he still has to make it to the very top. However, at the age of 22 Wei Yi has definitely not yet reached the end of his development.

But in the match against the 16-year-old Praggnanandhaa Wei Yi was quickly on the defensive. He lost the first two games but then won the third game and thus needed a win in the fourth game to force a tiebreak. However, game four ended in a draw and Praggnanandhaa advanced to the semifinals.

Karsten Müller took a look at an interesting endgame which occurred in this match:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Ngf6 6.0-0 e5 7.Nf5 a6 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Ncxe4 12.Nxg7+ Bxg7 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Nxe4 Ke7 15.f4 Ke6 16.f5+ Ke7 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bh4 a5 19.Rd5 Ra6 20.Rxe5+ Kd8 21.Rc5 Re8 22.Rd1+ Bd7 23.Nd6 Rb6 24.Nxe8 Kxe8 25.Re5+ Kf8 26.Re2 Bc6 27.Rd8+ Ne8 28.f6 Bh8 29.c4 Ra6 30.b3 b5 31.c5 Ra7 32.Bg3 Bxf6 33.Bd6+ Be7 34.Rc8 Bxd6 35.cxd6 Bd7 36.Rd8 Bc6 37.Rc2 Rd7 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8 39.Rxc6 Rb7 40.Kf2 Kd7 41.Ra6 a4 42.Ke3 axb3 43.axb3 b4 44.Kd4 Rb5 45.Ra7+ Kxd6 46.Rxf7 Rh5 47.h3 Rh4+ 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Re7+ Kd5 50.Kf3 Kd4 51.Rc7 Kd3 52.Rc6 h5 53.Rc5 Kd2 54.Kg3 Rd4 55.h4 Re4 56.Rxh5 Kc3 57.Kf3 Rd4 58.g4 Kxb3 59.Rb5 Kc4 60.Rb8 Rd3+ 61.Kf4 Rd4+ 62.Kf5 Rd5+ 63.Kf6 Rd4 64.Kf5 Rd5+ 65.Ke6 Rb5 66.Rc8+ Rc5 67.Rf8 b3 68.Rf1 All rook endings are drawn But over the board this can be very difficult: Rc6+? This check just forces the king where it wants to go anyway. The direct 68...b2 draws, e.g. 69.g5 Kb3 70.Rb1 70.g6 Rc1 71.Rf8 Re1+ 72.Kd5 b1Q 73.Rb8+ Kc2 74.Rxb1 Rxb1 75.h5 Rb5+ 76.Ke6 Rxh5= 70...Rc1 71.Rxb2+ Kxb2 72.g6 Re1+ 73.Kf7 Rf1+ 74.Kg8 Rh1 75.g7 Rxh4 76.Kf7 Rg4= 69.Kf7 Kd5 70.g5 Ke5 71.Kg7 b2 72.Rb1! Neccessary prophylaxis. The direct 72.g6?? runs into Rc1-+ 72...Rb6 73.g6 Kf5 74.Kh7! 74.h5? Kg5= 74...Rb7+ 74...Rxg6 is refuted by 75.Rf1++- 75.g7 Kf6 76.Rf1+ Ke5 77.Kh8 Rb4 78.Rh1 Of course not 78.g8Q?? Rxh4+ 79.Qh7 Rxh7+ 80.Kxh7 Kd4= But 78.h5 wins as well due to Rh4 79.Kg8 Rxh5 80.Kf7+- 1–0
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Praggnanandhaa R2642Wei,Y27271–02022B51MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1

In the semifinals Giri will play against Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen will play against Ding Liren - the world's number one against the world's number two.

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1.f4 0 g6 0 2.e4 26 d5 14 3.d3 3 Bg7 53 4.Nf3 2 c5 28 5.Be2 31 Nc6 10 6.0-0 2 B06: Modern Defence. e6 42 7.c3 49 Nge7 7 8.Be3 13 The position is equal. b6 35 9.Qc2 3:48
9...Ba6N 1:21 Predecessor: 9...0-0 10.Nbd2 Ba6 11.Rfe1 Qc7 12.e5 Rfd8 13.Bf2 Rac8 14.Bf1 Bb7 15.g4 Qd7 1-0 (57) Kovalev,V (2648)-Yoseph,T (2455) Chess.com INT 2020 10.a4 15 Rc8 58 11.Rd1 1:57 0-0 3:09 11...Nd4!? 12.Bxd4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Nc3 dxe3 12...cxd4 12.Na3 3
12.Bf2= 12...Nd4! 1:02 13.Bxd4 1:28 Don't blunder 13.cxd4? cxd4 14.Qb1 dxe3 13...cxd4 0 14.c4 47 Qc7 1:32 15.Qd2 22 dxe4 14 16.dxe4 3 Rfd8 46 17.Bd3 29 e5 34 17...Bb7 18.Nb5= 6 Qb8 54 19.Nxe5 2:04 Bxe5 3 20.fxe5 0 Nc6 29 21.Nd6 4 Rc7! 1:15 22.Qg5 5 b4! is the strong threat. Rcd7 1:28 22...Re7= keeps the balance. 23.b4 1:41 White is much more active. 23.a5!± Strongly threatening axb6. Bb7 24.axb6 axb6 25.c5 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 26.e6 fxe6 25...bxc5 26.Bb5 23...Nxe5 16 24.Qxe5 31 Threatens to win with c5. Rxd6 14 25.c5 33 bxc5 30 26.bxc5 3 Rc6 37 27.Qxb8 2 Rxb8 0 28.Bxa6 1 Rxa6 0 29.Rxd4± 1       Endgame KRR-KRR Rc6 10 30.Rc1 2 Rbc8 22 31.Rd5 2 Kf8 12 31...Rb8 32.Kf2 3 32.Rd7! 32...Ke7 1 33.g4 26 h6 21 Black should play 33...Rb8 34.h4 1 34.Ke3± 34...Rb8! 3 35.g5 2 hxg5 3 36.hxg5 0 Ke6 6 Prevents Re5+. 36...Rb4± 37.Ke3+- 18 Rb3+? 20 37...Rb4 was worth a try. 38.Rf1 Rc7 38.Kd4 3 Black must now prevent Re5+. Rb4+ 13 39.Rc4 13 Rb1 3
40.Re5+! 36 Kd7 2 41.Kd5 50 White should try 41.Rc2± 41...Rd1+? 34       41...Ra6= 42.Rd4 2 Rxd4+ 2 43.Kxd4 0 KR-KR Ra6 3 44.a5 1:01 44.Rd5+ Ke7 45.Ke5 44...Kd8 32 45.Kd5 1:36 And now c6 would win. Rxa5 6
46.Kd6 1 Rb5 20 47.Re7 18 Rxc5 19 48.Rxa7 7 Rc8 8 49.Rxf7 18 Ke8 3 Against Rf8+ 50.Rf6 33 Ra8 11 51.Ke5 5 Ra5+ 9 52.Kf4 1 Rb5 9 53.Rxg6 3 Kf7 6 54.Ra6 11 Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.25 (precise) 1–0
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Carlsen,M2864Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022B06MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Ding,L2806Mamedyarov,S27701–02022D85MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Mamedyarov,S2770Ding,L28061–02022D41MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Giri,A2761Tari,A26541–02022D02MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Wei,Y2727Praggnanandhaa R26421–02022A21MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Anton Guijarro,D2691Carlsen,M2864½–½2022B22MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Tari,A2654Giri,A27610–12022B51MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Praggnanandhaa R2642Wei,Y27271–02022B51MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20221.1
Carlsen,M2864Ding,L2806½–½2022D02MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20222.1
Ding,L2806Carlsen,M28641–02022D11MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20222.1
Giri,A2761Praggnanandhaa R26420–12022C54MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20222.1
Praggnanandhaa R2642Giri,A2761½–½2022A49MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20222.1
Ding,L2806Praggnanandhaa R26420–12022A29MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20223.1
Praggnanandhaa R2642Ding,L28060–12022D35MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20223.1
Ding,L2806Praggnanandhaa R2642½–½2022D41MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20223.2
Praggnanandhaa R2642Ding,L2806½–½2022A30MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20223.2
Ding,L2806Praggnanandhaa R26421–02022E46MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20223.3
Praggnanandhaa R2642Ding,L2806½–½2022D38MCCT Chessable Masters-KO 20223.3

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