Generation Cup: Carlsen and Arjun reach the final

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
9/24/2022 – Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi moved on to the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup after beating Vincent Keymer and Le Quang Liem, respectively. The match between Arjun and Le went to tiebreaks, while Carlsen got a 3-1 victory over Keymer. A 2-set match will decide the winner of the tournament.
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Arjun beats Le in close match

For Arjun Erigaisi, things started well in his semifinal match against Le Quang Liem, as he safely held a draw with black and then won his first game with the white pieces. A draw in game 3 meant Arjun only needed a draw with white to reach the final. But Le is known for his prowess in rapid chess, and managed to score in a must-win situation with the black pieces.

 

In the ensuing blitz tiebreakers, Arjun won both games to advance to the 2-day final match against Magnus Carlsen. Arjun is in a run of good form and might realistically upset the world champion — he finished clear second in the preliminaries.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Bd7 9.Ne5 Bc6 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bb2 Nd5 12.a4 Qd6 13.Qc1 Rfd8 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qc2 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Bc6 Nc4 19.Bb5 Na3 20.Qxc7 Nxb5 21.axb5 Rxb5 22.a4 Rbd5 23.e3 Qc5 24.Rac1 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 Ra5 26.Rb1 Rxa4 27.Rbb7 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 g6 30.h4 h5 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Kg1 Kg8 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Kg1 Kg8 35.Kg2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Le,Q2728Erigaisi,A2725½–½2022E06Julius Baer GenCup KO1
Erigaisi,A2725Le,Q27281–02022C53Julius Baer GenCup KO2
Le,Q2728Erigaisi,A2725½–½2022E04Julius Baer GenCup KO3
Erigaisi,A2725Le,Q27280–12022B08Julius Baer GenCup KO4
Le,Q2728Erigaisi,A27250–12022E06Julius Baer GenCup KO5
Erigaisi,A2725Le,Q27281–02022A40Julius Baer GenCup KO6

Carlsen beats Keymer

In the final round of the prelims, Carlsen had defeated Vincent Keymer with the white pieces, but only after surviving a clearly worse position and turning the tables in the endgame. In their semifinal match, Keymer continued to impress his famed opponent. The German star collected draws in the first two, hard-fought games.

But facing Carlsen in a 4-game match is incredibly difficult. The world champion upped the pressure in game 3, when he got a remarkable win after converting a minor-piece endgame a pawn to the good. GM Karsten Müller analysed the instructive ending.

 

Carlsen also won the fourth game, when, like Le, Keymer was forced to score to keep the match going. It was a 41-move battle which featured plenty of imbalances.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.c5 Qxb3 9.axb3 Be7 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.b4 g5 12.Be3 a6 13.h4 g4 14.Nd2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.b5 Nfd7 17.Nb3 Be6 18.0-0 0-0 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Bxh6 Rfb8 21.Nd4 Rxb2 22.e4 Bxc5 23.Nxc6 d4 24.Na4 Rc2 25.Nxc5 Nxc6 26.Nxd7 Bxd7 27.e5 Re8 28.Rfd1 Nxe5 29.Rxd4 Bc6 30.Rd6 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Nf3 32.Rdxa6 Ree2 33.Rf1 Ne1+ 34.Kg1 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Ne1+ 36.Kg1 Nf3+ 37.Kg2 ½–½
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Carlsen,M2861Keymer,V2693½–½2022D02Julius Baer GenCup KO1
Keymer,V2693Carlsen,M2861½–½2022D37Julius Baer GenCup KO2
Carlsen,M2861Keymer,V26931–02022A07Julius Baer GenCup KO3
Keymer,V2693Carlsen,M28610–12022A15Julius Baer GenCup KO4

Generation Cup 2022

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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