12/24/2015 – It was one of the most entertaining days at the Qatar open with some great masterpieces of contrasting nature for the fans. While Magnus Carlsen won a brilliant attacking game against the Chinese GM Li Chao to emerge as the sole leader with 4.5/5 points, Vladimir Kramnik displayed his usual endgame expertise to squeeze out a win from what looked like a completely drawn position. Express report.
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Magnus Carlsen was in his element today! In a Grunfeld with 3.f3 that led
to a sharp middlegame in which White wanted to attack on the kingside and
Black on the queenside. Magnus first played some quiet defensive moves but
then sacrificed his a-pawn with 17.h4 – the beginning of a very smooth
attack. A few moves later he had blown open Li Chao’s kingside. Finally,
Li had to give his queen not to get mated. After Carlsen had parried all
counterthreats and the dust had settled he was winning.
After 17.h4!, the fans were glued to their
computer screens and treated to a fine attacking display by Carlsen.
Carlsen won in 36 moves to become the first
sole leader of the tournament.
He enters the rest day with 4.5/5.
The clash of the two elite players, Anish Giri
and Wesley So ended in a fighting draw after 62 moves
The clash on board three between Maxim Matlakov and Vladimir Kramnik seemed
to be heading towards a draw after the opening and the beginning of the
middlegame. However, Kramnik showed what he is very good at – squeezing
out a win from a very slight edge. He kept posing small problems to his
opponent and reached a promising queen ending in which he sacrificed a pawn
to push his passed d-pawn that finally helped him win!
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov continued to play exciting and entertaining chess.
With his novelty 10.b4 he created a complicated and unbalanced position.
Objectively, this was anything but sound but after his opponent Denis Khismatullin
missed a couple of good opportunities to win or to get a clear advantage
Mamedyarov finally managed to turn the tables and won in 38 moves.
The final position in the game Nikita Vitiugov
vs. Zhang Zhong game. Black to move resigned
because he cannot parry White's threat against g7. A picturesque finish!
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