Anand, Caruana and Ding continue to lead

by Venkatachalam Saravanan
8/24/2019 – Vishy Anand missed a great opportunity to finish off Anish Giri while holding the upper hand — many times during the game — to settle for a heart-breaking draw in the sixth round. He continues to share the lead with 3½ points along with Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren after another all-draw round at the Sinquefield Cup. Caruana versus Vachier-Lagrave was a fantastic fight from a razor sharp Sicilian Najdorf, showing the depth of the players' opening preparation and boldness. Other games contained relatively less fighting content. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

The Classical Sicilian The Classical Sicilian

This DVD offers Black a complete repertoire against all weapons White may employ on move six. The recommended repertoire is not as risky as other Sicilians but still offers Black plenty of counter-play.

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Anand's heartbreak against Giri

It was obvious that Anand vs Giri had undercurrents in the opening from the way it developed. Anand paused for a couple of minutes after Giri's 2...e6 itself, which might have been be an indication that he wasn't really expecting it on this day. Further on, when Giri played 5...c6 which he has employed relatively recently (though only once), it couldn't have been a total surprise for Anand.

 
Anand – Giri, round 6
Position after 5...Nc6

Anand hasn't faced this position for a decade, having employed mainly 6.♘db5 here, which could also lead to the Sveshnikov. However, he took another minute to think and played 6.a3, which came across as a move to sidestep the opponent's opening preparation rather than a prepared reply. This too he has employed in the past but not regularly (remember, it's been a decade!) and it was obvious that this game between two of the best theoreticians of our time might just be an 'original' fight.

But both the players seemed to conduct the early middlegame erratically.

 
Position after 10...b5

11.b4?! comes across as anti-positional 11...a5?! seems like aiming to punish the anti-positional with a flawed tactic! 12.b1 axb4 13.axb4 d5.

Giri described the whole plan as wrong later on, in his inimitable way:

I think it was my own fault — I did a terrible thing in the opening. I played the Sicilian, which is a good thing. But then I switched to playing French, which was a disaster. You should never play French!

Anish Giri — a disastrous French Defence that wasn't | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

14.e5 e8? A puzzling place for the knight. 14...♞g4 intending 15...♛b6+ was called for 15.xb5 and white looked better. After further inaccuracies by Giri, Anand's advantage grew sumptuously.

 
Position after 19...Nc7

Anand took about ten minutes for his move here which was surprising, while Giri kept circling the arena. Commenting on the game at the Kingside Diner (adjacent to the Saint Louis Chess Club) for a live audience after his own game finished, Hikaru Nakamura was extremely surprised:

Vishy is taking a long time, but after 20.♘3d4 white should be clearly better here. The move is screaming to be played, I'm shocked that he hasn't played it immediately — he should play this one minute!

Nakamura called white's pieces as 'placed like in a dream', and delighted the audience to wonderful variations. 

When Anand finally played 20.c3?! Alejandro Ramirez declared that they 'didn't understand the move at all — why help Black get his pieces back to better squares?!' Analysis illustrated the complicated tactics for the audience.

After the further 20...c6 21.d3 a4 22.e3?! [22.♘3d4! was still possible] it was obvious that Anand was handling the position strategically, which disappointed Cristian Chirila, who said, “Vishy is taking it slow in a position which requires quick measures!”

However, Giri's play too lacked precision, and he again got himself into a nearly-lost position.

 
Position after 23.Bb6

23...d7?

[Black's best chance of survival was to play the unorthodox 23...g6 24.♘h6 ♚g7 25.♕d2 and white will still have to find his way through, though he is better].

24.xc7 xc7 25.xd5 and, as Anand remarked after the game, “my pawn structure is broken, he has got counter play, but still it's a pawn”. At this point, Caruana — in his post-game interview — predicted that Vishy would win the game.

Anand | Photo: V. Saravanan

However, entering an endgame which was still better for him, Anand was down to his last 10 minutes, visibly nervous on the board and played erratically to allow Giri to escape with a draw.

The post-game interview wasn't long or energetic.

'You were cooking something today, but the punch didn't land'. A tired and disappointed Anand nodded his head in affirmative and said, “Yeah, basically”.

You seem disappointed?' A lone “Yeah”, which clearly expressed his feeling at that point.

Thus, for the second time in the tournament (as against Wesley So), Anand missed his chances to score a win through complicated tactical means in the middlegame as well as the endgame. This may mean that he is not in his best of form tactically. Or this may mean nothing too — wins for white were found only with the help of engines, and other players too have failed to score wins requiring such precise calculation in this tournament! Only the coming rounds will tell about Anand's form.

Giri too didn't seem to be putting up the best of defence, committing many mistakes for a player of his calibre, which questions his form. His play in this game was similar to the one against Ding Liren which he lost — resorting to active play probably when solid defensive moves were called for.

Caruana vs the Najdorf

Fabiano Caruana has been delighting the chess world with the range of his new ideas in this tournament. And Vachier-Lagrave is easily one of the best authorities of the Sicilian Najdorf ever, and their principled clash in a sharp battle simply delighted everyone.

Modern chess opening preparation doesn't necessarily follow only games played between humans; it pays to follow correspondence chess too. Especially when you are playing cutting edge sharp opening variations, like the Najdorf, and especially the variation employed by Vachier-Lagrave. 

 
Caruana – Vachier-Lagrave, round 6
Position after 20...Qxg5

All this has been played before in a correspondence game from 2017, which continued with 21.♕e2. Queen and two rooks and four pawns but with a weak king for white, against queen, a bishop and a knight and seven pawns for black, who has somewhat non-coordinating pieces — a glorious imbalance!

We can assume that Caruana had this position well-researched, as he came up with 21.c4 quickly over the board, once again showing his amazing opening preparation. Caruana felt that his opponent probably missed it in his preparations, as the position otherwise 'looks good for black'.

After 21.c4 it is quite tricky, as I want to play 22.♖b4. If he doesn't find counterplay against my king, I will start to attack him. It is not (really) winning for white — it's a very complicated position.

Fantastic fighting spirit!

MVL had seen the position with the double exchange sacrifice in his home research too, but decided to spend some time over the board to figure out what was going on! He was gladdened and proud with 'another day at the office for the Najdorf'.

Yes, I did check these lines with the double exchange sacrifice, and 30 minutes before the round it was on my computer! I took some time in the game to feel what was going on, but couldn't remember what to make of it!

Hence, MVL spent 33 minutes for 21...♛h4, after which Caruana took another 30 minutes for 22.♕e1. What followed was a 'very complicated endgame' as Caruana opined.

 
Position after 23...Bh6

24.d1 and Caruana said 'I saw this and I was very happy'. It indeed looked like a good ending for White, but extremely difficult (even for the engines?) to look at avoiding the prejudice of the cushion of a double exchange.

After a forced sequence of moves, it reached a point where white had to give up one exchange.

 
Position after 28.Kg2

28...d7 29.xd5 The only way to fight for an advantage. 29.♖d6 d4 gives a pawn armada for black in the centre.

29...xb6 30.cxb6 xb6 and in the resultant endgame, MVL found a simple construction to achieve a draw.

 
Position after 31.Rd7

31...a5!

Not getting distracted by material, black creates a passer on the a-file, keeps his bishop and h-pawn guarded, and confidently marches towards the draw.

32.xf7 h6 33.f2 c6 34.e2 b5! ultimately achieving the draw. A short but intense fight!

Hikaru Nakamura played a simple looking Rossolimo setup against Magnus Carlsen and seemed to get a small edge from the opening but seemingly let a subtle moment pass him quickly.

When one uses a chess engine for anlaysing, the common perception is that openings are the only area where it is useful. But following is one of those instances when the engine points out a curious possibility, and by going along with its analysis, you understand the crux of its thought process, and ultimately understand the position itself better.

 
Nakamura – Carlsen, round 6
Position after 13...bxc5

In this position, Nakamura continued 14.♘c4 which is perfectly fine, at least for looks. But this was where white could play for a minute advantage by playing precisely.

14.♖b1! The idea is not just to occupy an open file — keep watching: 14...0-0 15.♕c1! The point. The white queen has to come out immediately, but where is it going? 15...♝a6 16.♕b2 Keep watching! 16...a4 17.♕c3!

 
Analysis
Position after 17.Qc3

An unlikely position for the white queen in a typical middlegame, but it has its uses, keeping black's weak pawns on the queenside and centre under watch.

Nakamura went with a similar plan, but only after doubling his rooks on the f-file rather than keeping a watch on the b-file. When I pointed to him the possibility of bringing the queen to c3 after the game, he admitted that the engine's line does indeed looks interesting, but he liked his knight going to c4 too. “But the point is, even after I get my queen to c3 in the line (you say), it is not clear what white would do afterwards — probably the whole line isn't much for white”.

Hikaru Nakamura with Cristian Chirila, delighting the audience with his analysis | Photo: V.Saravanan

Essentially, the game was a defensive achievement for Carlsen's opening preparation. But he has gone through the tournament without a win for six rounds.

When is the 'magic' going to come back Magnus?

It is hard to say! There was just (with emphasis) nothing in the position. There was no magic for black there, no squares to take. I am going to have two whites in a row now — this is definitely the time to make a move.

We are definitely glad if he does!

Magnus — time to make a move with that messy hair too | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

In an interesting aside, Magnus Carlsen threw the first pitch at the Saint Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rookies baseball match on rest day, which the world champion said was an 'embarrassing' incident.

Magnus Carlsen embarrassed by the occasion and couldn't handle the limelight! | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Probably tongue in cheek, he said,

I got very nervous...The home-plate seemed far away! I have been practising the last week, and was bowling so well. But when I went there, I couldn't handle the limelight!

Think about it — Magnus Carlsen claims he couldn't handle the limelight.

The rest

Two of the other games weren't as colourful, though there were moments of interest. 

 
Nepomniachtchi – Ding, round 6
Position after 23...Qb6

'Nepo' deserves our praise for taking up the gauntlet and fight on with 24.♖d1!? here, when 24.♕e2 or 24.♖b1 would have preserved equality. The game continued 24...xb2 25.f6 xc3 26.fxg7 when there was all the justification to expect a full-fledged fight. But both sides traded minor mistakes in the ending and the game petered out into a draw.

 
Karjakin – Aronian, round 6
Position after 22...Rc3

White is a healthy pawn up but made a curious mistake to squander the advantage away. 23.a4? after which Aronian held the game with 23...c4.

Instead, 23.♕b2 preserves the pawn but it is not clear how white can make progress. But interesting was 23.♖fe1!? With the point 23...♜xa3 24.d6! ♜d7

 
Analysis
Position after 24...Rd7

25.g4! An unusual and insane concept! White exploits black's weakened king and gains a decisive advantage.

Karjakin – missing the insane | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

The game which raised a lot of eyebrows was the one which finished in around an hour's play and just 14 moves.

 
Mamedyarov – So, round 6
Position after 10...h5

11.♘ge2 Aiming to attack the bishop with 12.♘f4.

11...f5 No thank you! 12.g3 Attacking your bishop anyway 12...g6 I go back — I don't have a choice! 13.ge2 Am going to do it again 13...♝f5 I don't have a choice! And then they did it once more to settle for a Draw!

Surprisingly, Maurice Ashley was a tad combative with his questions to Mamedyarov after the game,

'Shakhriyar! Help us understand — a lot of players are going to say — 14 moves, and such a quick draw! What happened here?'

...It is not nice to agree for a draw in 14 moves. But I just want to relax — I slept very bad (yesterday). I don't think my position is good — a draw is a good result. If we (had) played this game in another round, I (would have) play(ed). But today, a draw is good.

'You had a rest day yesterday!'

For me it was not (a) rest day! I slept very bad. Also (So) surprised me (with) this line... I just want to ...draw!

'You also had the white pieces!'

For me it is not a big difference — when I want to play I (can) play with white (or) black. But when I am not in a very good mood and feel not very good ...(it's) not important (I am) white or black. Draw is (a) good result.

Mamedyarov – difficult times at Saint Louis | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Mamedyarov explained that he wasn't feeling optimistic about making it to London for the finals anyway, as he doesn't feel his chances to be in top four are any good.

At the same time, there are spectators in the tournament hall everyday, paying $10 for a daily ticket. Just saying.

Round up show by GM Daniel King

Round 6 games annotated by V. Saravanan

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 Anand paused here, for about a couple of minutes, as if he didn't expect this opening from Giri 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 Giri has played this position relatively recently, which means the opening variation isn't a total surprise. Anand hasn't faced this position for a decade (!), having employed mainly 6.Ndb5 here, which could also lead to the Sveshnikov. However, he took another minute to think and played 6.a3 Be7 7.f4 d6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Bd3 a6 10.0-0 b5 11.b4?! Comes across as anti-positional 11.Qe1 11.Kh1 11...a5?! seems like aiming to punish the anti-positional with a flawed tactic! 11...Bb7 with the idea of 12...Rc8 12.Rb1 axb4 13.axb4 d5 14.e5 Ne8?! A puzzling place for the knight 14...Ng4 15.Nxb5 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxf2 18.Nd6 with compensation for white 15.Nxb5 Ba6 15...Nxb4 16.Rxb4! 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Rxb4 Qb6+ 16...Bxb4 17.Bxh7+ Kh8!? 18.Be3 and white has more than compensation for the exchange 16.Nbd4 Nxb4 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.f5!± exf5 19.Nxf5 Nc7? 19...Qd7 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7± 20.c3 20.N3d4! Bc5 20...Ne6 21.Qg4 g6 20...Rg6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Nf5 21.c3 Nc6 22.Bh6! 22.Qg4 g6 23.Qg3 22...g6 22...Ne7 23.Bxg7 22...Bxd4+? 23.cxd4 gxh6 24.Qg4+ Qg5 25.Nxh6+ 23.Nd6!+- 20...Nc6 21.Qd3 Ra4 22.Be3? 22.N3d4!? Nxe5 23.Qg3 Ng6 24.h4 24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Rb7 Rc4 26.Nf5 Qc5+ 27.Be3 Qc6 28.Rb6 Qd7 29.Rd6 Qe8 24...Bf6 24...h5 25.Rb7 25.h5± 22...Re4?! 22...Ne6 23.Bb6? 23.Rfd1 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 24.Qxe4 dxe4 25.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bxd8 27.fxe4 24...Rxe5 25.Bd4 Bf6 23.Rb6!? Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Bd4± 23...Qd7? 23...Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Bd4 Bf6 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Rb7 23...g6! 24.Nh6+ Kg7 24.Bxc7 Qxc7 24...Qxf5 25.Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Rf4 25...Re2 26.N3d4 26.N5d4 Nxd4 27.cxd4± Rd8 28.Qb7 28.Rb7 28...Qxb7 29.Rxb7 Kf8 30.g3? 30.Rc1! g5 31.h3 h5 32.e6! fxe6 33.Ne5+- 30...Rf5 31.Kg2 f6 32.Re1 fxe5 33.dxe5 33.Nxe5 'Made more sense' - Anand 33...h5 34.e6 g5 35.Re2 Rd6? 35...Rdd5! 36.h3? 36.Rb8+ Rd8 37.Rxd8+ Bxd8 38.Nd4 Rf6 39.Re5+- 36...g4 37.hxg4 hxg4 38.Nh4 38.Ne5 Rxe6 38...Rg5 38...Bxh4?? 39.gxh4 39.Ra7 39.Rf2+ Ke8 40.Rf5 Rg8 41.Rh5 Rxe6 41...Bxh4? 42.gxh4+- g3 42...Rxe6 43.Ra5 43.e7 Rd2+ 44.Kf3 g2 45.Rb8+ 42.Nf5 Bf8 39...Ke8 40.Ra4 Rd3 41.Ra8+ 41.Ree4 Bd6 42.Rxg4 Rxg3+ 41...Rd8 42.Ra1 Rdd5 42...Rd3 43.Rf2 Bd8 44.Ra8 Ke7 45.Re2 Rc5 46.Ra6 Ra5 47.Rc6 Rad5 48.Rf2 Rd6 49.Rxd6 Kxd6 50.Rd2+ Rd5 51.Rxd5+ Kxd5 52.Nf5 Kxe6 53.Ne3 Bc7 54.Nxg4 Bxg3 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Anand,V2756Giri,A2779½–½2019B457th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.3
Caruana,F2818Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.1
Nakamura,H2743Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Ding,L2805½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.2
Karjakin,S2750Aronian,L2765½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.6
Mamedyarov,S2764So,W2776½–½2019D207th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.5

Standings after round 6

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2805

1
GM
2776
½

2
GM
2750
½


4
GM
2743
½

5
GM
2779
1


7
GM
2756
½

8
GM
2882
½

9
GM
2818
1

10
GM
2765
½

11
GM
2764
½

12
GM
2882
½

13
GM
2882
½

14
GM
2882
1

15
GM
2882
1

Ø 2808
9.5/15
2805
9.5
15
3.5
58.25
2903
2
GM
GM
2882

1
GM
2779
½

2
GM
2756
½

3
GM
2818
½

4
GM
2764
½

5
GM
2750
½

6
GM
2743
½


8
GM
2805
½

9
GM
2765
½

10
GM
2776
1


12
GM
2805
½

13
GM
2805
½

14
GM
2805
0

15
GM
2805
0

Ø 2782
7.5/15
2882
7.5
15
1.5
45.50
2782
3
GM
GM
2756


2
GM
2882
½

3
GM
2765
½

4
GM
2776
½


6
GM
2779
½

7
GM
2805
½

8
GM
2818
½

9
GM
2764
½

10
GM
2750
½

11
GM
2743
½

Ø 2785
6/11
2756
6.0
11
34.75
2821
4
GM

1
GM
2764
½

2
GM
2805
½

3
GM
2743
½


5
GM
2882
½

6
GM
2765
½

7
GM
2776
½


9
GM
2779
½

10
GM
2756
½

11
GM
2818
½

Ø 2785
6/11
2750
6.0
11
34.50
2821
5
GM

1
GM
2750
½

2
GM
2743
½


4
GM
2882
½

5
GM
2765
½

6
GM
2776
½


8
GM
2779
½

9
GM
2756
½

10
GM
2818
½

11
GM
2805
½

Ø 2784
5.5/11
2764
5.5
11
32.25
2784
6
GM

1
GM
2756
0

2
GM
2818
½

3
GM
2764
½

4
GM
2750
½

5
GM
2743
1

6
GM
2805
½

7
GM
2882
½

8
GM
2765
1

9
GM
2776
1


11
GM
2779
0

Ø 2783
5.5/11
2774
5.5
11
31.00
2783
7
GM
GM
2779

1
GM
2882
½

2
GM
2765
½

3
GM
2776
½


5
GM
2805
0

6
GM
2756
½

7
GM
2818
½

8
GM
2764
½

9
GM
2750
½

10
GM
2743
½


Ø 2783
5.5/11
2779
5.5
11
30.25
2783
8
GM
GM
2818

1
GM
2743
½


3
GM
2882
½

4
GM
2765
1

5
GM
2776
½


7
GM
2779
½

8
GM
2756
½

9
GM
2805
0

10
GM
2764
½

11
GM
2750
½

Ø 2779
5.5/11
2818
5.5
11
29.75
2779
9
GM

1
GM
2818
½

2
GM
2764
½

3
GM
2750
½

4
GM
2805
½


6
GM
2882
½

7
GM
2765
½

8
GM
2776
½


10
GM
2779
½

11
GM
2756
½

Ø 2786
5/11
2743
5.0
11
29.75
2750
10
GM

1
GM
2765
½

2
GM
2776
½

3
GM
2805
½

4
GM
2779
½

5
GM
2756
½

6
GM
2818
½

7
GM
2764
½

8
GM
2750
0

9
GM
2743
½


11
GM
2882
0

Ø 2783
5/11
2778
5.0
11
28.50
2747
11
GM
GM
2765


2
GM
2779
½

3
GM
2756
½

4
GM
2818
0

5
GM
2764
½

6
GM
2750
½

7
GM
2743
½


9
GM
2882
½

10
GM
2805
½

11
GM
2776
½

Ø 2784
4.5/11
2765
4.5
11
27.25
2719
12
GM
GM
2776

1
GM
2805
½


3
GM
2779
½

4
GM
2756
½

5
GM
2818
½

6
GM
2764
½

7
GM
2750
½

8
GM
2743
½


10
GM
2882
0

11
GM
2765
½

Ø 2783
4.5/11
2776
4.5
11
26.25
2718
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bg4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Bb2 0-0 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2746)-Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019 6...Bg4 7.a3 Bc5 8.b4N Predecessor: 8.0-0 a5 9.h3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nb5 Nh5 13.Nfxd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 1-0 (57) Jurcik,M (2466)-Karas,M (2170) Slovakia 2015 8...Bb6 9.Be3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Na4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 0-0 14.0-0 Re8 15.Nc3 a5 16.b5 c6 17.Rab1 d5 18.Na4 Qe7 19.bxc6 The position is equal. bxc6 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nb6 Rad8 22.Rb5 Qxa3 23.exd5 e4 24.dxe4 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Rxe4 26.Rxa5 Rb4 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Nxa8 Nxd5=       Endgame KRN-KRN 29.Rd1
Strongly threatening Nc7. 29...Rb8! 30.Rxd5 Black must now prevent Nc7. Rxa8 KR-KR 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.Kf3 h6 33.Kf2 Ra2+ 34.Kf3 Ra8 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kf3 Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 85%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2882Giri,A2779½–½2019A287th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.1
Nakamura,H2743Caruana,F2818½–½2019C807th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.2
Ding,L2805So,W2776½–½2019A147th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.3
Aronian,L2765Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019A487th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Anand,V27560–12019A217th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.5
Karjakin,S2750Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019B017th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20191.6
Anand,V2756Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.1
Caruana,F2818Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.2
Karjakin,S2750Ding,L2805½–½2019C897th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.3
Giri,A2779Aronian,L2765½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778So,W2776½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.5
Mamedyarov,S2764Nakamura,H2743½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20192.6
Aronian,L2765Anand,V2756½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.1
Carlsen,M2882Caruana,F2818½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.2
Ding,L2805Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019D857th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.3
So,W2776Giri,A2779½–½2019E067th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.4
Nakamura,H2743Karjakin,S2750½–½2019E107th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.5
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C787th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20193.6
Anand,V2756So,W2776½–½2019C427th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.1
Mamedyarov,S2764Carlsen,M2882½–½2019D457th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.2
Caruana,F2818Aronian,L27651–02019C657th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.3
Nakamura,H2743Ding,L2805½–½2019C887th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.4
Giri,A2779Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019D867th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.5
Karjakin,S2750Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019D717th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20194.6
So,W2776Caruana,F2818½–½2019A207th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Anand,V2756½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.2
Carlsen,M2882Karjakin,S2750½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.3
Ding,L2805Giri,A27791–02019D387th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Nakamura,H27431–02019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.5
Aronian,L2765Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C427th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20195.6
Caruana,F2818Vachier-Lagrave,M2778½–½2019B907th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Ding,L2805½–½2019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.2
Anand,V2756Giri,A2779½–½2019B407th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.3
Nakamura,H2743Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.4
Mamedyarov,S2764So,W2776½–½2019D207th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.5
Karjakin,S2750Aronian,L2765½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20196.6
Ding,L2805Anand,V2756½–½2019A407th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.1
Giri,A2779Caruana,F2818½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.2
Carlsen,M2882Nepomniachtchi,I2774½–½2019D857th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.4
So,W2776Karjakin,S2750½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.5
Aronian,L2765Nakamura,H2743½–½2019B927th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20197.6
Caruana,F2818Anand,V2756½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.1
Carlsen,M2882Ding,L2805½–½2019E217th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.2
Karjakin,S2750Vachier-Lagrave,M27781–02019D867th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Aronian,L27651–02019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.4
Nakamura,H2743So,W2776½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.5
Mamedyarov,S2764Giri,A2779½–½2019D437th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20198.6
Ding,L2805Caruana,F28181–02019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.1
Anand,V2756Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019C547th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.2
So,W2776Nepomniachtchi,I27740–12019A047th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.3
Giri,A2779Karjakin,S2750½–½2019A297th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.4
Aronian,L2765Carlsen,M2882½–½2019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Nakamura,H2743½–½2019B107th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20199.6
Aronian,L2765Ding,L2805½–½2019C587th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2774Vachier-Lagrave,M27780–12019A347th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.2
Karjakin,S2750Anand,V2756½–½2019D377th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.3
Carlsen,M2882So,W27761–02019C507th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.4
Mamedyarov,S2764Caruana,F2818½–½2019E327th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.5
Nakamura,H2743Giri,A2779½–½2019D387th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201910.6
Ding,L2805Mamedyarov,S2764½–½2019D717th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2778Carlsen,M28820–12019B317th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.2
Caruana,F2818Karjakin,S2750½–½2019A297th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.3
Anand,V2756Nakamura,H2743½–½2019C677th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.4
Giri,A2779Nepomniachtchi,I27741–02019D837th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.5
So,W2776Aronian,L2765½–½2019E067th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201911.6
Carlsen,M2882Ding,L2805½–½2019D437th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201912.1
Ding,L2805Carlsen,M2882½–½2019E037th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201913.1
Ding,L2805Carlsen,M28821–02019A137th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201914.1
Carlsen,M2882Ding,L28050–12019C847th Sinquefield Cup GCT 201915.1

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Saravanan is an IM from Chennai, the southern-most state of Tamil Nadu, India. He has been an active chess player in the Indian circuit, turning complete chess professional in 2012, actively playing and being a second to strong Indian players. He has been consistently writing on chess since late 1980s and is a correspondent to national newspapers and news channels.

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