Nakamura and Firouzja a half point back
The New in Chess Classic is the fifth event of the Champions Chess Tour, and it is very likely that it will be the fifth event in which Magnus Carlsen wins the preliminary stage. The world champion is currently the sole leader with a 7/10 score. On Monday, five more rounds will be played to decide which eight players move on to the knockout stage.
Usual suspects Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja are sharing second place a half point behind Carlsen. Three players are tied on 6 points, including Le Quang Liem, who was the strongest performer on day 2 of the competition.
Some big names are in real danger of being eliminated, with Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Sergey Karjakin needing a massive performance on day 3 to finish the preliminaries in the top half of the standings table.
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Carlsen kicked off the day playing black against his compatriot Aryan Tari. The latter managed to survive a tough middlegame, but faltered in the endgame with queen and bishop versus queen and knight.
Tari vs. Carlsen - Round 6
Tari mistakenly offered a queen trade with 48.Qg4, and Carlsen went on to score a 66-move win. Karsten Müller analysed the endgame from this point on. Don’t miss his instructive annotations.
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nh6 8.h3 Nf5 9.Bf2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 h4 11.Bd3 e6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Ne2 a5 14.a4 Na6 15.c3 Kf8 16.b3 Rc8 17.Kh2 Nc7 18.Rfb1 Kg7 19.b4 Ra8 20.Be1 Qd7 21.bxa5 Rhb8 22.Nc1 Rxa5 23.Nb3 Ra7 24.Nc5 Qd8 25.a5 Nb5 26.Qe2 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Qxa5 28.Bxb5 cxb5 29.Rxb5 Qa7 30.Bf2 b6 31.Qb2 Bd8 32.Rb4 Rc8 33.Nd3 Qa6 34.Ne1 Qf1 35.Qd2 Ra8 36.Rb1 Ra3 37.Nc2 Qxb1 38.Nxa3 Qe4 39.Nb5 Be7 40.Na7 g5 41.Nc6 Kg6 42.Nxe7+ Nxe7 43.fxg5 Nf5 44.Qd1 b5 45.Qg4 Qc2 46.Qf3 Qd2 47.Kg1 Qxg5 48.Qg4? 48.Kh2 Kh6 49.Qg4= 48...Qxg4 49.hxg4 Ng3 50.Kh2 50.Bxg3 hxg3 51.Kf1 Kg5 52.Ke2 Kxg4 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.Kf3 Kf5 55.Ke3 55.Kxg3 Ke4 56.Kg4 Kd3 57.Kg5 Kxc3 58.Kf6 b4 59.Kxf7 b3 60.Kxe6 b2 61.Kd7 b1Q 62.e6 Kxd4-+ 55...f6 56.exf6 Kxf6 57.Kf4 e5+ 58.dxe5+ Ke6 59.Kxg3 d4 60.cxd4 b4-+ 50...Ne2 51.Be1 51.Bxh4 Nxc3 52.Be7 Na2-+ 51...Kg5 52.Kh3 Nf4+ 53.Kh2 Kxg4 54.Bd2 Ne2 55.Be1 b4 55...Ng3 56.Kg1 Kf4 57.Kf2 Ke4 58.Bd2 Kd3 56.cxb4 Nxd4 57.Bf2 Nb5 58.Be1 58.Kg1 d4 59.Kf1 Kf4 60.Ke2 Kxe5 61.Bxh4 Kd5 62.Kd3 e5-+ 58...d4 59.Bd2 Kf5 60.Kh3 Kxe5 61.Kxh4 Kd5 62.Kg5 e5 63.Kf6 e4 64.Kxf7 e3 65.Bc1 Ke4 66.g4 d3 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Tari,A | 2639 | Carlsen,M | 2847 | 0–1 | 2021 | B06 | New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021 | 6.7 |
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Le Quang Liem also kicked off the day with a win, as he beat 15-year-old Praggnanandhaa with the white pieces.
Considered a master of prophylaxis, Petrosian sensed dangers long before they actually became acute on the board. In his prime, Petrosian was almost invincible. Let our authors introduce you into the world of Tigran Petrosian. Le vs. Praggnanandhaa - Round 6
This was the right time to castle for Black, but Pragg was more ambitious and continued with 17...Ne5. Le immediately grabbed the initiative with 18.Nh3 Qh6 19.f4 Ng6 20.Rf1
There followed 20...Bd7 21.Rg5 Ne7 22.Nf2 and the youngster tried to unravel with 22...e5
After 23.Rxe5 f6 there was no looking back. Le went on to get the win seven moves later
The Indian prodigy lost to Leinier Dominguez in the next round, but managed to recover lost ground by beating former sole leader Teimour Radjabov in round 9. Radjabov blundered the game away in one move.
On this DVD GM Nick Pert shows you typical mistakes by 1800-200 players. Themes as when to exchange pieces, how to convert an advantage, passive pieces, anticipating your opponents plan, openings and pawn structure are shown throughout the DVD. Praggnanandhaa vs. Radjabov - Round 9
30...Ra8 loses to 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxd8+ Kh7 33.e7 and White will get a second queen.
Standings after Round 10
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