Niemann obtains clear victory over Bacrot in Paris

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
8/25/2024 – Hans Niemann clearly defeated Etienne Bacrot in the blitz section of their match in Paris to end the 5-day contest with a 15-point edge over the Frenchman. This was Niemann's third consecutive match victory in the "Hans Niemann against the world" series. Thanks to his remarkable performances, Niemann climbed to the 17th spot in the classical live ratings list. | Photo: Frans Peeters
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A 9-3 win in blitz

Hans Niemann played 3 multi-format matches throughout August. True to his nature, the intrepid 21-year-old dubbed his series of matches "Hans Niemann against the world". Remarkably, the US grandmaster obtained clear victories in all 3 matches. He started with the strongest opponent, Anish Giri, in Utrecht before facing Nikita Vitiugov and Etienne Bacrot in London and Paris respectively.

After losing his match in Utrecht, the ever-witty Giri shared on X:

Particularly remarkable was Niemann's performance in classical chess, where he scored 11½ points in 18 games, with only 1 loss (in his first game against Giri). The performance in slow games gained Niemann 22 rating points, allowing him to climb to the 17th spot in the live ratings list - surpassing the likes of Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Levon Aronian and Richard Rapport.

After beating Bacrot by a 9-3 score in the blitz section of their match, Niemann hinted on X that there might be more matches to come.

Amid the multitudinous online events organised lately - at times with complicated formats - the head-to-head, over-the-board format in stylised venues adds variety to the elite chess ecosystem. It was a nice change of pace after the (much welcomed) online chess boom which emerged after the 2020 pandemic.

Etienne Bacrot, Hans Niemann

A crowd of chess fans followed the games closely at the Blitz Society Bar in the French capital | Photo: Frans Peeters

Vladimir Kramnik

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik watching the games from a comfy spot | Photo: Frans Peeters  

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Games 1-6 classical; games 7-12 rapid; games 13-24 blitz

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1.e4 3 c5 1:44 2.Nf3 6 d6 1:56 3.d4 6 cxd4 9 4.Nxd4 3 Nf6 9 5.Bd3 4 Nc6 56 6.Nxc6 1:28 bxc6 12 7.0-0 13 The position is equal. g6 2:10 8.b3 7 Bg7 1:02 9.Bb2 7 0-0 14 10.Nc3 3 Qa5 2:56 11.Qd2 3:42 Ba6 9:24 12.Rad1 5:12 Rfe8 2:08 13.Na4 13:48 Qxd2 1:27 14.Rxd2 2 Bb5 59 15.Nc3 1:55 a6 44 16.Re1 2:33 Nd7 42 17.Nd1 3:21
Hoping for Bxg7. 17...Bxd3 45 18.cxd3 1:02 a5 2:00 19.Bxg7 6 Kxg7 13 20.Nb2 13 c5 1:08 21.f4 3:55 Nb6 43 22.e5 8:38 d5 4:24 23.Rc1 10:31 Rec8 15 24.Rdc2 32 a4 1:06:10 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 axb3 0 27.axb3= 1:11       Endgame. KRN-KRN Ra2 0 28.Na4 6:58 Nxa4 0 29.bxa4 3 Rxa4 0 30.Rxd5 7:13 Rxf4 0 KR-KR 31.d4 20 e6 0 32.Rd8 15 g5 0 33.g3 7:18 Rf3 0 34.g4 7:01 Rd3 0 34...Rf4!? 35.h3 h5 36.gxh5 Rh4= 35.Kg2 1:54 Rd2+ 0 36.Kg3 9 Rd3+ 0 37.Kg2 5 Rd2+ 0 An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless) . OK: White=11 Black=16 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H2711½–½2024B55Hans Niemann vs The World 31.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024B48Hans Niemann vs The World 32.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H2711½–½2024C67Hans Niemann vs The World 33.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024B48Hans Niemann vs The World 34.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H2711½–½2024C67Hans Niemann vs The World 35.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024B48Hans Niemann vs The World 36.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H2711½–½2024C67Hans Niemann vs The World 37.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024B48Hans Niemann vs The World 38.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27111–02024B22Hans Niemann vs The World 39.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26770–12024B48Hans Niemann vs The World 310.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27110–12024B51Hans Niemann vs The World 311.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E2677½–½2024C42Hans Niemann vs The World 312.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27110–12024B51Hans Niemann vs The World 313.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024B51Hans Niemann vs The World 314.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27110–12024B51Hans Niemann vs The World 315.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27110–12024B50Hans Niemann vs The World 316.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024C54Hans Niemann vs The World 317.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27110–12024B50Hans Niemann vs The World 318.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26770–12024C00Hans Niemann vs The World 319.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H27111–02024B50Hans Niemann vs The World 320.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E26771–02024B67Hans Niemann vs The World 321.1
Bacrot,E2677Niemann,H2711½–½2024B51Hans Niemann vs The World 322.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E2677½–½2024C11Hans Niemann vs The World 323.1
Niemann,H2711Bacrot,E2677½–½2024C11Hans Niemann vs The World 324.1

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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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