Sinquefield Cup video highlights, part 1

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8/30/2018 – One of the chief draws of any Grand Chess Tour event is the extensive and high-quality coverage on the Saint Louis Chess Club YouTube Channel. The Sinquefield Cup was no exception. Here we've pulled out a number of the interviews and bonus material you may have missed over the past 10 days. Break out the popcorn and kick back!
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.

Bonus material and interviews

Below you can browse a number of embedded clips or link directly to others. All content is from the Saint Louis Chess Club's extensive and expanding channel on YouTube, indexed here for convenient review.

Autograph signing

Caruana: "I think the last few months I've generally won tournaments in which Magnus is playing".

Carlsen: "I didn't mean to trash talk. I meant to just state something factual".

The transition from rapid to classical chess

So: "In blitz and rapid after a tough loss it's much easier to come back."

Round 1

Confessional visit from Anand, and interviews with House of Staunton and the Houston Rockets.

Confessional Booth visits

Viswanathan Anand discusses moves 14-21

 
Nakamura vs Anand
Position after 14.Bb5

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14...Rc8 15.Rc1 h6 16.b4 Re8 17.Bd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 d4

Cristian Chirila

The Count’s Corner with GM Cristian Chirila discussing the game Mamedyarov vs So

Interviews

Games of Round 1

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Kh8 8.Nc3 C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack Ng8 9.Nd5 f5 10.h3 fxe4 10...Nf6 11.Ng5 Nxd5 12.Nxh7 Nf6 13.Nxf6 g6 14.Nd5 f4 15.c3 Kg7 ½-½ (34) Kryvoruchko,Y (2703)-Maghsoodloo,P (2615) Sharjah 2018 11.dxe4 Nf6 LiveBook: 6 Games 12.a5 a6 13.Ra3 Be6N Predecessor: 13...Nxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.Bd3 Nd7 1-0 (35) Howell,D (2593)-Pavlidis,A (2322) Vung Tau 2008 14.Nxf6 Bxc4 15.Nd5 Bb5 16.Be3 Qd7 17.Nd2 Nd8       18.c4 Bc6 19.Qg4 Ne6 20.b4 Rae8 21.Nf3 Bd8 22.h4 h6 23.h5 Nd4 24.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Bxd7 26.Kg2 Rf7 27.Rh1 Ref8 28.Bc1 c6 29.Nb6 Be6 ...Bxb6 is the strong threat. 30.Rd1 Bxb6 31.axb6 Rf6 32.Rad3 Bxc4 32...Rd8= 33.Rxd6 Rxf3 34.Be3 R3f7
And now ...Be2 would win. 35.R1d2 Kh7 36.Rd7 Rxd7 37.Rxd7=       Endgame KRB-KRB Rf7
38.Rc7! Be6 Better is 38...g6 39.Bd2± g6 39...Kg8± 40.Bc3+- g5 Weaker is 40...gxh5 41.Bxe5 Kg8 42.f4 41.Bxe5 Kg8 42.f3 Bb3 42...Rxc7± 43.bxc7 c5 43.Kf2 Be6 44.Ke3 Kf8 45.f4 45.Bd4+- 45...gxf4+± 46.Bxf4 Ke8 47.Bxh6 Threatens to win with Bg5. Bg4 48.Bf4 aiming for h6. Bxh5 49.Rc8+ Kd7 50.Rh8 Bg4 51.Bc7 51.Rg8± Bh5 52.Ra8 51...Rf3+ 51...c5!= 52.Kd4 Rh3 53.Rb8 53.Rg8 with more complications. Be2 54.e5 Ke6 55.Rg6+ Kf7 56.Rf6+ 53...c5+ 54.bxc5 54.Kxc5 Ke6 55.Bd6 55.Rxb7 Be2= 55...Rc3+ 56.Kd4 54...Kc6= 55.Bd6 Bd7 56.Ke5 Rh6 57.Rg8 a5 58.Kf4 a4 59.Ra8 Rh4+ 60.Ke3 Kb5 61.e5 Bc6 62.Kd3 The position is equal. Rh3+ 63.Kd2 Rh2+ 64.Kd3 Rh3+ 65.Kd2 Rh2+ 66.Kd3 Rh3+ 67.Kd2 Precision: White = 52%, Black = 65%. ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Caruana,F2822Grischuk,A2766½–½2018C556th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20181
Mamedyarov,S2801So,W27801–02018D306th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20181
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Carlsen,M2842½–½2018B306th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20181
Nakamura,H2777Anand,V2768½–½2018D376th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20181
Aronian,L2767Karjakin,S27731–02018C676th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20181

Round 1 recap and ChessBase round-up show

Round 2

Interviews

Grischuk discusses his games against Caruana and Mamedyarov

Games of Round 2

 
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1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.d4 dxc4 8.Ne5 Nc6 A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxc6 Qe8 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Qa4 c5 LiveBook: 13 Games 13.dxc5N Predecessor: 13.Qxc4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15.Qh4 Qe6 16.0-0 ½-½ (51) Moiseenko,A (2648)-Karjakin,S (2774) Almaty 2016 13...Qxc5 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Rd1 Nd5 16.Bd4 Rd8 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.0-0 Bh3 20.Rfe1 Rd7 21.Bc3 Re8 22.Rd4 Qg5 22...h6 with more complications. 23.e4 Qd8 24.f3 dxe4 25.Rexe4 Rxd4 26.Bxd4 Re6 23.Qd2 Qxd2 23...Qd8 seems wilder. 24.Qf4 Be6 25.e4 dxe4 26.Rdxe4 Rd1 24.Rxd2 Be6 25.Red1 Rde7 26.f3 h5 27.Kf2 f6 28.Rd4 Kh7 29.R1d2 Bf7 30.h3 a6 31.Rf4 Kg8 32.Bd4 Kh7 33.Bc3 Kg8 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kh7 36.Rf5 Rb7 37.Rfxd5 Bxd5 38.Rxd5       Endgame KRR-KRB Kg6 39.Rc5 Rh8 40.Kg3 Rb6 41.Rxc4 Rh1 42.Rc7 Rc1 With the idea ...Rxb2! 43.Rd7 Rc6 44.a4       Rg1+ 45.Kf2 Ra1 45...Rh1= remains equal. 46.a5!± Ra4 47.Kg3 Rac4 48.Ra7 Re6 49.e4 Rc8 50.Rd7 Rec6 51.f4       R8c7 52.f5+ Kh7 53.Rd8 Rc8 54.Rd3 Re8 55.Rd4 Rc7 56.Kf4 Rce7 Black should play 56...Rec8! 57.Rc4 Kh6 58.Kf3 Strongly threatening e5! Rd7
58...Rd8 59.Bd4 59.e5!±       59...Kh7 60.b4 Rd6 61.Ke3 Kh6 62.Rc1 Threatening mate with Rh1+. Kh7! 63.Bb6 Rd7 64.Bc5 64.Rc6± 64...Red8 64...Kg8= 65.Rh1+ Better is 65.g5!± 65...Kg8= 66.Kf4 Re8 67.Re1 g5+ 68.fxg6 Kg7 69.g5 Threatens to win with Rh1. Kxg6 70.gxf6 Kxf6 71.Rh1 Rf7 72.Ke3 Rh6+ is the strong threat. Ke6 73.Rh4 Rf6 74.Rh7 aiming for Ra7. Rf7 75.Rh5 Kd7 76.e5       Rf1 77.Ke4 And now Rh7+ would win. Kc6?       77...Re1+= and Black is okay. 78.Kd5 Rd1+ 79.Kc4 Rc1+ 80.Kd4 Rd1+ 81.Kc3 Re6 78.Rh6++- White is clearly winning. Kb5
78...Kc7 79.Rxa6 Re1+ 80.Kf3 Kd7 79.Rb6+! Kc4 80.e6 Re1+ 81.Kf5 Rf1+
82.Ke5! Re1+ 83.Kf6 Rf1+ 84.Kg7 Ra8 85.e7 Re1 86.Kf7 Re4 87.Rd6 Rh8 88.Rxa6 Precision: White = 58%, Black = 47%. 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2842Karjakin,S27731–02018A136th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20182
Caruana,F2822Aronian,L2767½–½2018D116th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20182
So,W2780Nakamura,H2777½–½2018E326th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20182
Anand,V2768Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2018B966th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20182
Grischuk,A2766Mamedyarov,S2801½–½2018C176th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20182

Round 2 recap and ChessBase round-up show

Round 3

    Carlsen during Round 3

    Interviews

    Wesley So revealed he wasn't feeling well in the first two rounds, but righted the ship in the third round.

    Carlsen had difficulty sleeping after his marathon second-round game. The players of the only decisive game on the day, Grischuk and Nakamura, did not make an appearance after their game went over six and a half hours.

    Games of Round 3

     
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    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 5...Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Ne5 Rb8 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qxc6+ Qd7 14.Bxd5 ½-½ (28) Aronian,L (2764)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger 2018 6.e5 D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Be3 0-0 LiveBook: 15 Games 11.Nc3 Rb8N Predecessor: 11...Bb7 12.Na4 Na5 13.Bd2 ½-½ (51) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Grachev,B (2654) Sochi 2017 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qc2 Na5 14.Rad1 h6 15.Nd2 Qd7 16.f4 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qc3 Rb5 19.Nxc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Rxb2 22.d5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Qf5 24.a4 Rfb8 25.Rb5 c5 26.Rxb8+ Rxb8 27.Qd5 Avoid the trap 27.Bxc5? Rc8-+ 27...Rd8 28.Qc4 Rb8 29.Qd5 29.Bxc5? Rc8-+ 29...Rd8 30.Qc4 a5 31.h3 Don't blunder 31.Bxc5? Rc8-+ 31...h5 32.Rc1 Don't go for 32.Bxc5? Rc8-+ 32...Rd3 33.Kf2 Qg6 34.g3 The position is equal. Qf5 35.Rb1 Ra3 36.Rb3 Rxb3 37.Qxb3 Qxh3 Strongly threatening ...Qh2+. 38.Qb8+ Kh7
    Threatens to win with ...Qh2+. 39.Qc7 Qe6 40.Qxa5 h4 41.gxh4 Bxh4+ 42.Ke2 Qc4+ 43.Kd2 Qa2+ 44.Kd1 Qb1+ 45.Ke2 c4 46.Qc3 Qe4 47.Kd1
    Qc2 is the strong threat. 47...Qf3+ 48.Kc1 Bg3 49.Qd2 c3 50.Qd4 Be1 Hoping for ...Qe2. 51.Qd3+ g6 52.Kc2 Qg2+ 53.Kd1 Qh1 White must now prevent ...Bd2+. 54.Kc2 Qc6 55.Kd1 Bg3 56.Qd4 Qf3+ 57.Kc2 Be1 aiming for ...Qe2+. 58.Qd3 Qc6 59.Kd1! Bg3 60.Qd4 Qf3+ 61.Kc2 Precision: White = 84%, Black = 81%.     ½–½
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    WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
    Mamedyarov,S2801Caruana,F2822½–½2018D376th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20183
    Vachier-Lagrave,M2779So,W2780½–½2018C676th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20183
    Nakamura,H2777Grischuk,A27660–12018C506th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20183
    Karjakin,S2773Anand,V2768½–½2018C806th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20183
    Aronian,L2767Carlsen,M2842½–½2018C506th Sinquefield Cup GCT 20183

    Round 3 recap and ChessBase round-up show

    Continued in part 2...

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