8/26/2024 – Alireza Firouzja is still the sole leader after round 6 of the Sinquefield Cup. Sharing second place are Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, as the latter joined his compatriot in the chasing pack after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi with black on Sunday. Caruana took advantage of a perplexing mistake by Nepo, who played a game-losing blunder on move 18 out of a Sicilian Dragon. All remaining games finished drawn, though D. Gukesh and especially Anish Giri were close to getting full points. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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A Dragon slip-up
Earlier this year, Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi played one of the most dramatic and consequential chess games of the current World Championship cycle. In the final round of the Candidates, Caruana failed to convert his advantage into the win that would have gained him the right to face D. Gukesh in a rapid tiebreaker to decide the winner of the all-important event - the game lasted 109 moves. Once the draw had been agreed, Nepo told Caruana, "I'm very sorry", to which the American replied, "My fault".
Now, in round 6 of the Sinquefield Cup, Nepo made a baffling mistake out of a Sicilian Dragon, allowing Caruana to play a couple of good-looking sacrifices to get a devastating attack. Nepo could not believe what he had just done, as demonstrated by his gestures in the clip shared by Olimpiu Di Luppi on X.
Ian Nepomniachtchi after Fabiano Caruana's 18...Nxe4!! in the sixth round of the Sinquefield Cup, a Sicilian Dragon. pic.twitter.com/l03JhA2b6v
Only 7 moves after the blunder, Nepo resigned the game. This was Caruana's second win of the event. The US star is now sharing second place with Wesley So, a half point behind sole leader Alireza Firouzja, who safely held So to a draw with the black pieces on Sunday.
Much later in the day, Anish Giri and Gukesh kept trying to convert advantages into wins in their games against Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave respectively. In the end, both encounters finished drawn.
There are 3 more rounds to go in the all-play-all tournament. Firouzja will play white against world champion Ding Liren - who has so far drawn all his games - in Monday's seventh round.
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.
Wesley So happily posing for photos with chess fans on a beautiful sunny day in Saint Louis | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Nepomniachtchi 0 - 1 Caruana
At this point, Fabiano Caruana had it all figured out - Ian Nepomniachtchi is probably trying to deal with negative emotions before the game inevitably ends with a win for his opponent | Photo: Lennart Ootes
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
Dommaraju Gukesh on his way to the Saint Louis Chess Club next to second Grzegorz Gajewski | Photo: Lennart Ootes
In Calculation Training – Sharpen Your Game! a total of 73 examples have been selected, the vast majority containing multiple questions, and more than 160 questions of varying difficulty.
Carlos Alberto ColodroCarlos 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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The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
The Hyper-Accelerated dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
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