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The Goldmoney Asian Rapid is the seventh leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess and is being played from June 26 until July 4. Vladislav Artemiev and Levon Aronian meet in the finals after knocking out rating favourites Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen respectively.
In the knockout stage, each encounter will be decided over two days. On day, 1 there will be four rapid games, and if the match ends 2-2 it will simply be a draw. On day 2, another 4-game match will be held. If both matches are drawn, or the players have traded wins, then shortly after the second match there will be a playoff: two blitz games followed, if needed, by Armageddon.
The tournament features a $100,000 prize fund, with $30,000 for first place. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40.
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Replay all the games with machine commentary at the ChessBase Live Replay Page
Sagar Shah shows you on this DVD how you can use typical patterns used by the Master of the past in your own games. From opening play to middlegame themes.
Commentary by Daniel King and Tania Sachdev
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Aronian Levon | 2781 | 10,5 | 0,0 |
| 2 |
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GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2704 | 10,0 | 0,0 |
| 3 |
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GM | Ding Liren | 2799 | 9,5 | 0,0 |
| 4 |
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GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2847 | 9,0 | 0,5 |
| 5 |
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GM | So Wesley | 2770 | 9,0 | 0,5 |
| 6 |
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GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2729 | 8,0 | 2,0 |
| 7 |
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GM | Giri Anish | 2780 | 8,0 | 2,0 |
| 8 |
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GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2567 | 8,0 | 1,5 |
| 9 |
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GM | Firouzja Alireza | 2759 | 8,0 | 0,5 |
| 10 |
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GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2726 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 11 |
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GM | Svidler Peter | 2714 | 6,5 | 0,5 |
| 12 |
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GM | Gukesh D | 2578 | 6,5 | 0,5 |
| 13 |
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GM | Dubov Daniil | 2714 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 14 |
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GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2682 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
| 15 |
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GM | Adhiban B. | 2660 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
| 16 |
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GM | Hou Yifan | 2658 | 3,5 | 0,0 |
