ChessKid Cup: Caruana wins Loser's Bracket and advances to Grand Final

ChessKid Cup, Day 4

In the semi-final against Moussard, Caruana was the clear favourite, but it was Moussard who took a 1-0 lead with White in the opening game. But in the second game Caruana equalised with White and so the Armageddon game had to decide.

Caruana had Black and managed to secure a draw and victory in the match without much trouble.

The games of the match

In the final of the Loser's Bracket Caruana then met Jorden Van Foreest. After two draws this match also saw an Armageddon tiebreaker. Caruana had White and won with a convincing positional performance.

The games of the match

Games Division I

Games Division II

Games Division III

Brackets

Division I

Division II

In the Grand Final of Division II Vladimir Fedoseev meets Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

Division III

Alan Pichot and Pentala Harikrishna will battle it out in the Division III Grand Final.

Live commentary Day 4 - with Tania Sachdev, David Howell, James Canty III and Daniel Naroditsky

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