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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.
Opening package: 1.b3 and Black Secrets in the Modern Italian
Wesley So published two new opening DVDs: 1.b3, the so called Nimzo-Larsen-Attack, for White and his black secrets in the modern Italian. Get them in a package and save money!
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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 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.
Le Quang Liem also kicked off the day with a win, as he beat 15-year-old Praggnanandhaa with the white pieces.
Master Class Vol.13 - Tigran Petrosian
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.
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
Glad that things went extremely well for me today. I need to keep it up tomorrow! https://t.co/siKPZp9JBB
— Liem Le (@LiemChess) April 25, 2021
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.
Typical mistakes by 1800-2000 players
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.
30...Ra8 loses to 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxd8+ Kh7 33.e7 and White will get a second queen.
