Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
When the games are running, clicking on the above link will take you to our live broadcast. It is free and open to all – as a Premium Account member you have access to the Live Book, Chat, chess engine analysis – all in your browser, on a notebook, tablet or even your smartphone. And the Let's Check function will show you what the most powerful computers in the world think of the current position, as each move is being played.
|
You can also click the "+" icon at the bottom right of the broadcast window to increas the number of boards. There are other functions there: you can download PGNs of the running games and even start an engine by clicking the robot button. Note that you can view moves and statistics in the opening (with the Live Book switched on) and even analyse on the boards while the games are being broadcast, by moving pieces and using the engine – best in multiple line mode. Is there a better way to follow the games? |
It may interest you to know that you can use the same broadcast service above on your blog or web site.
It is simply a matter of copying and pasting a line or two of code. Try it out: instructions are here.
By Nisha Mohota and Albert Silver
The top board game between So Wesley and Magnus Carlsen started with 1.e4 e5 and to the delight of the fans, it was not a Berlin! A complicated Ruy Lopez middlegame arose that ended in a draw after 39 moves. Kramnik, true to his style, decided to stay solid against the most adventurous player of the tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The peace treaty was signed after 30 moves.
Of the top boards, the one game that truly entertained from end to end was the encounter between Anand’s former second Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Anish Giri. The sharp Sicilian Najdorf with its many complications and kings on two different sides of the board kept the fans guessing about the outcome. Once the smoke had settled, Ganguly’s attack had been diffused and Giri was a pawn up and poised to win. However, a dramatic Houdini act by Ganguly allowed him to somehow escape his fate, and they drew after 65 moves.
An example of another dramatic result was 17-year-old IM Vignesh (2422 FIDE) whose victories over Bartel Mateusz (2620) and Wei Yi (2730) rocketed him to the upper echelons of the standings. He had a chance to further his glory as he achieved a completely winning position against Chinese star GM Hou Yifan, but it was not to be and she escaped with a draw, leaving him with only a 2789 performance.
Wei Yi - Stefan Bromberger
The Chinese sensation GM Wei Yi showed his class today! He sacrificed his queen
against Stefan Bromberger with 22.Re6! and after 22...Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1,
left the German completely paralyzed due to the mate threat, and squeezed him to death.
Dmitry Jakovenko - Viktor Bologan
It’s not often that one gets to mate a strong GM! Jakovenko-Bologan started as an interesting Slav game
where, in a difficult position, the latter blundered into a checkmate by playing 27...Rxd5?? here.
Jakovenko must have enjoyed mating his strong opponent by 28.Re8 mate!
Carlsen leads with 5.0/6 and is followed by a pack of thirteen players on 4.5/6.
Select games from the dropdown menu above the board
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Res. | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. |
| 1 | 4 | So Wesley | 2775 | 4 | ½-½ | 4½ | Carlsen Magnus | 2834 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Kramnik Vladimir | 2796 | 4 | ½-½ | 4 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2748 | 7 |
| 3 | 30 | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2648 | 4 | ½-½ | 4 | Giri Anish | 2784 | 3 |
| 4 | 34 | Swiercz Dariusz | 2646 | 4 | ½-½ | 4 | Karjakin Sergey | 2766 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | Li Chao B | 2750 | 3½ | ½-½ | 4 | Yu Yangyi | 2736 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2664 | 3½ | 0-1 | 3½ | Harikrishna P. | 2743 | 9 |
| 7 | 10 | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2737 | 3½ | 1-0 | 3½ | Bologan Viktor | 2654 | 27 |
| 8 | 36 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2642 | 3½ | ½-½ | 3½ | Vitiugov Nikita | 2724 | 13 |
| 9 | 14 | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2723 | 3½ | 0-1 | 3½ | Sjugirov Sanan | 2646 | 33 |
| 10 | 62 | Al-Sayed Mohammed | 2520 | 3½ | 0-1 | 3½ | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2710 | 17 |
| 11 | 18 | Ni Hua | 2693 | 3½ | 1-0 | 3½ | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2644 | 35 |
| 12 | 52 | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2589 | 3½ | ½-½ | 3½ | Matlakov Maxim | 2684 | 21 |
| 13 | 22 | Hou Yifan | 2683 | 3½ | ½-½ | 3½ | Vignesh N R | 2422 | 102 |
| 14 | 43 | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2622 | 3½ | 0-1 | 3 | Korobov Anton | 2713 | 15 |
| 15 | 8 | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2744 | 3 | ½-½ | 3 | Lu Shanglei | 2618 | 47 |
| 16 | 16 | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2710 | 3 | 1-0 | 3 | Esen Baris | 2562 | 53 |
| 17 | 44 | Bartel Mateusz | 2620 | 3 | ½-½ | 3 | Howell David W L | 2688 | 20 |
| 18 | 48 | Hamdouchi Hicham | 2597 | 3 | ½-½ | 3 | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2663 | 25 |
| 19 | 26 | Dubov Daniil | 2655 | 3 | 0-1 | 3 | Lin Chen | 2532 | 57 |
| 20 | 28 | Khismatullin Denis | 2654 | 3 | ½-½ | 3 | Xu Jun | 2526 | 59 |
| 21 | 63 | Harika Dronavalli | 2513 | 3 | 0-1 | 3 | Akopian Vladimir | 2648 | 29 |
| 22 | 56 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2542 | 3 | 0-1 | 3 | Khairullin Ildar | 2647 | 31 |
| 23 | 66 | Yuffa Daniil | 2504 | 3 | 1-0 | 3 | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 37 |
| 24 | 38 | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2638 | 3 | 1-0 | 3 | Gagare Shardul | 2470 | 78 |
| 25 | 79 | Xu Yinglun | 2470 | 3 | 1-0 | 3 | Piorun Kacper | 2637 | 39 |
| 26 | 40 | Grandelius Nils | 2632 | 3 | 1-0 | 3 | Wang Yiye | 2438 | 92 |
| 27 | 124 | Raja Harshit | 2325 | 3 | 0-1 | 3 | Naroditsky Daniel | 2628 | 41 |
| 28 | 42 | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2626 | 3 | ½-½ | 3 | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | 2319 | 126 |
| 29 | 12 | Wei Yi | 2730 | 2½ | 1-0 | 2½ | Bromberger Stefan | 2521 | 60 |
| Day | Round | Time | English | German |
| Sat 26 December | Round 6 | 3 PM | Mihail Marin | Thomas Luther |
| Sun 27 December | Round 7 | 3 PM | Simon Williams | Sebastian Siebrecht |
| Mon 28 December | Round 8 | 3 PM | Daniel King | Sebastian Siebrecht |
| Tue 29 December | Round 9 | 12 PM | Yasser Seirawan | Sebastian Siebrecht |
LinksThe games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
|
