Meltwater Finals: Carlsen secures victory with a round to spare

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
11/20/2022 – Magnus Carlsen won a sixth match in a row to secure victory at the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals in San Francisco. The world champion, who had already won the year-long series, defeated Praggnanandhaa by a 2½-½ score. All remaining matches were also decided after three games, with Wesley So, Arjun Erigaisi and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov getting clear match victories on Saturday.
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Carlsen dominates the field

Magnus Carlsen has done it again. His dominance of the online series organized by the Play Magnus Group continues, as he not only secured a third consecutive title with a tournament to spare, but also managed to win the last major of the year, the Finals in San Francisco — and again, with a round to spare.

In round 6, Carlsen defeated Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu by a 2½-½ score. The Norwegian won the first two games and drew the third to grab 3 match points for the standings. 

Game 2 saw the champion making the most of his h-pawn in a knight endgame, here analysed by GM Karsten Müller — Pragg missed a surprising recourse to save a draw!

 
 
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1.e4 0 c6 0 2.d4 0 d5 11 3.e5 1 Bf5 1 4.h4 1 h5 8 5.Bd3 2 Bxd3 0 6.Qxd3 0 e6 1 7.Nf3 5 Qa5+! 2:14 7...Qa5+ scores better than 7...Ne7. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation. 8.Nbd2 3 Nh6 22 9.0-0 4 Nf5 1 The position is equal. 10.Nb3 0 Qb5 5 11.Qd1 4 c5 7 12.dxc5 1:28 Bxc5 2 13.a4 3 Qc6 4 14.Nxc5 3 Qxc5 1 15.c3 0 Nc6 1:05 16.Re1 44 Rd8 0 17.Bg5 1:12 Rd7 22 18.Rc1 1:09
18...d4N 5:52 Predecessor: 18...Qb6 19.Nd4 Ncxd4 20.cxd4 Rc7 21.Rc3 Kd7 22.Qd3 Rhc8 23.Rec1 Qxb2 24.Rxc7+ Rxc7 0-1 (65) Fier,A (2583) -Vazquez,G (2545) Mexico City 2022 19.b4 4:10 Qb6 0 20.b5 42 dxc3 13 21.Qb3 37 Nce7 1:22 22.Rxc3 46 0-0 6 23.Qc2 1:55 Nd5 1:33 24.Rc4 4 Rc7 0 25.Nd2 2:06 Rfc8 8 26.Rxc7 12 Rxc7 3 27.Qd1 6 Qd4 30 28.Qxh5 43 28.a5!= keeps the balance. 28...Qxa4 0 29.Ne4 14 Qxb5 13 Active counter play! 30.Rd1 1:25 30.Bd2 30...Rd7? 2:00 30...Rc4 31.Qe2 Qc6 31.Qg4 54 31.Rc1= Rc7 32.Rxc7 Nxc7 33.Nd6 31...Kf8 14 32.Qh5 16
32...Kg8 3 Prevents Qh8+. 33.Qg4 32 Nb6 23 Pair of Knights! 33...a5 34.Bf6? 35       34.Nf6+= and White has nothing to worry. gxf6 35.Bd2+ Kh8 36.Qh5+ Kg8 37.Qg4+ Kh8 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Qg4+ 34...Rxd1+-+ 7 35.Qxd1 1 Intending Qd8+ and mate. Nd7 16 35...gxf6 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.exf6+ Kh7 38.Ng5+ Kg6 39.Qg8+ Kxf6 40.Qxf7+ Ke5 41.Qxe6+ Kd4 42.h5= 36.Qc1? 33 36.g4 Qd5 37.Qxd5 exd5 38.Nc3 36...Qc6? 8 Worse is 36...Nxf6 37.exf6 Qd7 38.Qf4= 38.fxg7 Qd4= 36...Qb4 37.Qd1 37.Qc8+? Nf8-+ 37...gxf6 38.exf6 Qd4 39.Qxd4 Nxd4 37.Qf4 1 37.Qxc6 was the only defense. bxc6 38.Bd8 37...gxf6 13 38.exf6 1 38.Nxf6+ Nxf6 39.exf6 38...Kh7? 28 38...Qd5-+ 39.Qg5+ Kf8 39.Qg4? 16       Now White is beyond hope. 39.Ng5+ Kg8 40.Ne4 39...Qc1+ 9 40.Kh2 1 Qh6 0 41.Ng5+ 24 Kg8 2 Wrong is 41...Kg6? 42.Ne4+ Kh7 43.Ng5+ Kg6 44.Ne4+ Kh7-+ 42.Nxe6+ 8 Qg6 1 43.Qc4 13
Hoping for Qc8+. 43...fxe6 0 44.Qxe6+ 1 Qf7 1 45.Qxf5 1 Nxf6 0 46.g4? 25 46.f3 keeps fighting. 46...Nd5 8 White must now prevent ...Qxf5. 47.Qg5+ 0 Kh7 1 48.Kg1 16 a5 6 49.Qd2 7 Qe6 14 50.Qxa5 14 50.Qd4 b5 51.h5 50...Qxg4+ 1 51.Kf1 0 Qe4 25 Threatens to win with ...Qc4+. 52.Qd8 19 Nf4 5 53.Qc7+ 11 Kh6 2 54.Qb6+ 10 Kh5 4 55.Qa5+ 8 Qd5 16 Weighted Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.46 0–1
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Praggnanandhaa R2678Carlsen,M28590–12022Meltwater CCT Finals 20226.1
Carlsen,M2859Praggnanandhaa R26781–02022Meltwater CCT Finals 20226.2
Praggnanandhaa R2678Carlsen,M2859½–½2022Meltwater CCT Finals 20226.3
 

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So keeps on winning

A subpar start did not stop Wesley So from showing his class in San Francisco, as the inaugural two losses were followed by four convincing wins that have allowed the US grandmaster to climb to sole second place with a round to go.

Much like against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on Friday, So scored three wins in a row to take down Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the penultimate round of the event.

Talking to Tania Sachdev, So was as humble as ever, noting that he has played four tournaments in less than two months, and that he cannot explain why he is winning so much!

 
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1.d4 0 Nf6 0 2.c4 5 e6 0 3.Nf3 2 d5 5 4.g3 1 dxc4 5 5.Bg2 1 c5 0 6.0-0 0 Nc6 2       7.Qa4 0 Bd7 2 8.Qxc4 3 b5 5 9.Qd3 10 c4 39 10.Qd1 3 Rc8 0 11.a3 37 11.Bf4 is the recent fashion. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3. Na5 1:32
12.Nc3N 1:16 Predecessor: 12.Nbd2 Bc6 13.b4 cxb3 14.Nxb3 Nc4 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 Bd6 17.Bb4 0-0 18.Qd3 a5 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 0-1 (47) Eising,J (2355)-Glienke,M (2300) Germany 1987 12...Bc6 49 13.Bg5 40 Black has an edge. Be7 35 14.e3 1:24 Nb3 1:42 15.Rb1 4 0-0 2 15...a5!? 16.Ne5 3:51 16.Nd2= 16...Bxg2 32 17.Kxg2 0 Nd5 19 18.Bxe7 14 Qxe7 0 19.Qc2 58 19.Nxb5 Qb7 20.e4 Qxb5 19...Qb7 3:06 20.Nf3 2:21 20.Kg1 20...Rfd8 1:28 20...Nf6! 21.Rfe1 a5 21.Rbd1 50 a5 38 21...Nf6 seems wilder. 22.h4 a5 23.a4 b4 22.e4 1:01 22.Qe4 22...Ne7 1:01 Black is more active. Black should play 22...Nf6 And now ...b4 would win. 23.e5 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.exf6 b4 26.axb4 axb4 23.Rfe1 22 h6 0 23...b4!? 24.Ne2 Qb6= 24.a4 1:38 bxa4 18 25.Nxa4 15 Nc6 20 Hoping for ... Nb4. 26.Nc5 43 Nxc5 1:05 But not 26...Nbxd4?! 27.Nxd4 Nxd4 28.Nxb7= 28.Rxd4 Qb4= 27.dxc5 0 Qb4 20 28.Rxd8+ 1:57 Nxd8 54 29.Re3 17 Rxc5 9 30.Rc3 27 Nc6 0 31.Qd2 15 Ne5 1:39 32.Nxe5 17 Rxe5 0       Endgame KQR-KQR 33.Qd8+ 19 33.Qd4 Rc5 34.h4 33...Kh7 8 34.Qd4 5 Rc5 21       35.Rf3 2
35...Rc7 8 36.h4 20 a4 0 36...Rb7 37.e5 Qxb2 38.Qe4+ Kg8 39.Qxc4 Ra7 40.Qc8+ Kh7 37.g4? 15 37.Ra3 37...Rb7-+ 49 38.e5 11 Qxb2 12 39.Qe4+ 1 39.Qxc4 Qb4 40.Qxb4 Rxb4 41.Rxf7 Rxg4+ 42.Kh3 39...Kg8 9 40.Qxc4 21 Rb4 7 Inferior is 40...a3 41.Rxa3 Rb8 42.Qc7= 41.Qc8+ 3 Kh7 1 aiming for ...Qb1. 42.Rxf7 4 42.Qc3 Qb1 43.Qd3+ Qxd3 44.Rxd3 42...Rxg4+ 23 43.Kh3 2 Qd4 59 44.Qxe6 2
44...Rg6! 4 Stronger than 44...Rxh4+ 45.Kg3 Qe4 46.Rf8= 45.Qf5 14 Qd1? 2 45...Qc4-+ and Black stays clearly on top. ( -> ...Qf1+) 46.Qf3 a3 46.Qe4? 7       46.Qf3 Qf1+ 47.Kh2 46...a3 12       47.Qf3 40 Qf1+ 6 48.Kh2 2 Qg1+ 8 49.Kh3 31 a2 4 Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.40 0–1
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Arjun convincingly beats Le

Similarly to So, Arjun Erigaisi had a disappointing start — losing three matches in a row — and bounced back with a series of consecutive victories. The 19-year-old from Telangana climbed to fourth place on Saturday by beating Le Quang Liem, and is set to face Pragg in the all-Indian matchup of the last round.

In the second game against Le, Arjun was two pawns down in a queenless position, but his opponent’s king was much too vulnerable on h8.

 
Arjun vs. Le - Game #2

White wins immediately with 38.Rd8+ Nxd8 39.Rxd8+ Re8 40.Nxe8 Kg8 and the final move further restricts the king’s ability to escape — 41.Nd6+

 

A devastating discovered check. Mate is coming next move.

 
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16...Qb6!?N 6       An interesting novelty. Predecessor: 16...Nb6 17.f4 Qc7 18.g4 0-0-0 19.g5 Nh5 20.Bf3 d4 21.Ne2 Bd6 22.exd4 c4 1-0 (65) Tin,J (2552)-Laurusas,T (2561) Chennai 2022 17.g4 36 d4 58 18.Ne4 0 0-0 33 19.h4 2:06 Nxe4 5:27 20.Qxe4 0
20...Nf6! 1       21.Qc2 58 21.Qxe7? Rfe8 22.Qxe8+ Rxe8-+ 21...Nd5 1:28 Strongly threatening ...Nb4. 22.h5 1:51 22.Qe4 Nf6 23.Qc2 23.Qxe7? Rfe8-+ 23...Rfd8 22.exd4!= Nb4 23.dxc5 22...Nb4 3:01 Black is more active. Don't play 22...Nxe3 23.Bxe3 dxe3 24.hxg6± 23.Qe4 9 Rae8 1 23...Qa5? 24.a3 Qb6 25.Qxe7+- 24.hxg6 0 fxg6 50 25.Bd3 3:40 Kf7 2:06 25...Rf6! aiming for ...Re6. 26.g5 Re6 26.exd4 52 26.Qf4+= Kg8 27.Qe4 27.Qh2? Qe6-+ 26...c4! 9       Black attacks. 27.Bc2 1:09
27...Bg5! 39 Prevents Qf4+. 28.Bxg5 5 Rxe4 1 Dancing on a razor blade. 29.Bxe4 0 A strong pair of Bishops. Qd6 52 30.d5! 13 a5 39 31.Be3 46 Better is 31.Rd4! 31...Re8 45 32.Bd4 0 Nd3 2 32...Nxd5? 33.Be3! Rd8 34.Rxd5 Qxd5 35.Bxd5++- 33.Rh7 31 Rg8 1 34.Be3 1:06 34.Rhh1 34...Qe5-+ 48 35.Bxd3 8 Threatens to win with Be4. cxd3 0 36.Rxd3 5 Rd8 3 37.Bd4? 1:49       This move loses the game for White. 37.Rh1 37...Qe1+ 17 38.Kc2 1 Qe2+ 26 39.Rd2 3 Qc4+ 0 40.Kb1 42 Qf1+ 0 41.Kc2 1 Rc8+ 23 42.Bc3 3
42...b4! 2       Pin 43.Rxg7+ 2 Kf8 1 44.d6 19 bxc3 6 45.Rc7 0 cxd2 7 46.Rxc8+ 1       Endgame KQ-KR Kf7 0 47.Kxd2 1 Qf2+ 6 48.Kc1 7 Qg1+ 59 49.Kc2 3 Qh2+ 30 50.Kc1 34 Qxd6 0 51.Rc3 2 Kf6 8 52.a3 1:07 Ke5 0 53.Kc2 5 Kf4 16 54.Kc1 4 g5 7 55.Kc2 1 Qe6 8 56.a4 0 Qa2 11 57.Kc1 48 Qa1+ 9 58.Kc2 1 Qxa4+ 1 59.Kb1 1 Qd1+ 29 60.Ka2 1 Qxf3 16 61.Rxf3+ 2 Kxf3 0 62.Ka3 5 Black mates. Kxg4 1 KPP-KP 63.Ka4 1 Kf5 1 64.b4 0 axb4 0 65.Kxb4 1 Ke4 2 66.Kc3 3 Ke3 1 Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.05 (flawless) 0–1
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Le,Q2728Erigaisi Arjun27180–12022Meltwater CCT Finals 20226.1
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Le,Q2728Erigaisi Arjun2718½–½2022Meltwater CCT Finals 20226.3
 

Mamedyarov defeats Giri 

Playing from Azerbaijan, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov bounced back from losing four matches in a row by beating an out-of-form Anish Giri. 

Shakh won twice with black, and found a remarkable move in game 3.

 
Giri vs. Mamedyarov - Game #3

Looking at this diagram, one might think that the black bishop has just captured a piece on b4, when in fact there was not even a pawn on that square — 25...Bb4 simply attacks the two adjacent pawns, since 26.cxb4 fails to 26...Nxb4, forking queen and rook (while also creating a discovered attack by the queen along the light-squared diagonal).

The position remained balanced after 26.Qc4, and only later on did Giri falter and lost the game, but this was nonetheless a good-looking tactical find by the ever-creative Azerbaijani.

 
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1.e4 0 e5 0 2.Nf3 1 Nc6 0 3.Bb5 1 a6 11 4.Ba4 2 Nf6 1 5.0-0 2 Nxe4 17 6.d4 0 b5 0 7.Bb3 0 d5 1 8.dxe5 2 Be6 1 9.Be3 13 Be7 0 10.c3 3 Nc5 6 11.Bc2 10 Nd7 3 12.Nd4 1 C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7. Ndxe5 3:25 13.Nxe6 1:45 fxe6 3
14.Qh5+N 2 White has an edge. 14.Nd2!? Predecessor: 14.Nd2 0-0 15.f4 Ng6 16.Qg4 d4 17.Bxg6 dxe3 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Ne4 e2 20.Rfe1 0-1 (66) Safarli,E (2694)-Mikhalevski,V (2508) Novi Sad 2016 14...g6 29 15.Qh3 3 Qd7 16 16.Bh6 3:59 16.f4= Nf7 17.Nd2 16...Nf7! 1:42 17.a4 1:54 b4 51 17...Nxh6 18.Qxh6 0-0-0 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd3 18.Be3 1:44 0-0 33 19.Nd2 2 Nd6 1:50 20.Nb3 1:32 Nf5 0 21.Nc5 26 Qd6 12 22.Nb7 5 Qe5 1:08       Black is pushing. 23.Rae1 18 Qf6 1:26 23...bxc3 24.Bh6 Qf6 25.Bxf8 Bxf8 26.Bxf5 26.bxc3 Rb8 26.Qxc3 Nfd4= 26...gxf5 27.bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qxc3 28.bxc3 e5= 24.Nc5 21 Qf7 1:15 24...bxc3 25.Nd7 Qh4 26.Qxh4 26.Nxf8 Qxh3 27.gxh3 Rxf8= 26...Bxh4 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.bxc3± 25.Bd3 2:13 25.cxb4= deserves consideration. Nxb4 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Nd7 25...bxc3 50 25...Nxe3? 26.fxe3 Qe8 27.Qxe6+ 27.Nxe6 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Qd7 27...Kh8 28.Nxa6 28.Qxd5 Rd8= 28...Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1+- 26.bxc3 2 Bd6 24 Of course not 26...Nxe3 27.fxe3 Qg7 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Qxc6 27.Nxa6 0 27.f4 27...Ne5 48 28.Bd4 1:57 28.Bb5 might work better. 28...Nd7 1:17 28...Nxd3-+ 29.Qxd3 Qe7 29.Be3 25 c6 42 30.Bg5 23 30.Nb4 30...Ne5 13 31.Be2 13 c5 0 31...Qd7 32.Be3 Qe7 32.Rb1 1:00 32.Bb5= remains equal. 32...c4 17 33.Rb6 1 Nd7 10 34.Rc6 0 Ne5 2 35.Rb6 0 Nd7 40 36.Rc6 0 Nb8 6 37.Nxb8 10 Bxb8 8 38.Bd1 30 Ba7 10 38...Bc7 39.Kh1 13
39.Bf4!= Bb8 40.Bxb8 Rfxb8 41.Re1 39...Qd7! 12 40.Ra6 0
40...Qc8 9 40...Rae8! aiming for ... Bxf2! 41.Bc1 Qb7 41.Ra5 8 Rf7 17 42.Bc2 31 Bc5 11 42...Qc7!? 43.Rb5 Qe5 43.Rxa8 9 Qxa8 0 44.Qg4 8 Qa7 8 45.Qe2 5 Ng7 14 46.f3 31 Bd6 5       47.Bh6 4 Qe7 3 And now ...Qh4 would win. 48.g3 19 Prevents Qh4. Nf5 17 48...Qf6= 49.Bd2 1 A strong pair of Bishops. 49.Bxf5 Rxf5 50.a5 49...Bc7 12 50.Kg2 5 50.Ra1!? 50...Qd6 9 ...Nxg3! is the strong threat. 51.f4 16 51.Bxf5!? Rxf5 52.Rb1= 51...Re7 7 52.Qf3 3 d4 7       Threatens to win with ...d3. 53.Be4 7 d3 3 54.Ra1 15 Ba5 4 55.Rb1 24 Kg7 0 Black is much more active. 55...Nd4 56.Qd1 Nb3 57.Rxb3 cxb3 58.Qxb3 Kf7 56.Rb5 6 56.Qf2!= 56...Nd4! 0 57.cxd4 25 Bxd2 0 58.Bxd3 0 cxd3 5 59.Qxd3 0 Bb4 54 60.d5 24 e5 17 Prevents Qd4. 61.fxe5 4 Rxe5 1 Strongly threatening ...Bc5. 62.Qd4 0 Prevents Bc5. Be1 8 63.a5 21 Qf6 3 63...Kg8!? 64.a6 Re2+ 65.Kf1 Rxh2 64.Rb7+? 3       Loses the game. 64.Qb2!= 64...Kh6-+ 2 65.Qf4+? 21 65.Qb2 Qf5 66.Qc1+ g5 67.Qc6+ Kh5 68.Qc4 65...Qxf4 2 66.gxf4 0 Rxd5 11       Endgame KRB-KR 67.a6 1 Ra5 0 68.a7 2 68.Rb6 only move. 68...Bc3 0 69.Rd7 2 Bb4 3 70.Rf7 53 Bc5 14 71.f5 1 Rxa7 40 72.fxg6 2 hxg6 0 73.Rf6 6 Ra2+ 0 74.Kg3 2 Bd4 14 75.Re6 2 Kg5 14 76.Re4 2 Bf6 13 ( -> ...Ra3+) 77.h3 4 Ra3+ 3 78.Kg2 3 Kf5 1 79.Rg4 30 Black mates. Be5 3 80.Rh4 7 g5 21 81.Rh6 16 Ke4 0 Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.24 (precise) 0–1
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Giri,A2764Mamedyarov,S27410–12022Meltwater CCT Finals 20226.3
 

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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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