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After a round with five draws, in which a couple of players missed rather big winning chances, the fourth day of action in Bucharest saw two games ending decisively at the Superbet Chess Classic. Fabiano Caruana and R Praggnanandhaa scored full points with white in their games against Bogdan-Daniel Deeac and Anish Giri, respectively.
Caruana had started the event with a win over Alireza Firouzja in a topsy-turvy game. The US star then failed to make the most of a clear advantage against Wesley So, and signed a rather quick draw with black against Nodirbek Abdusattorov. His convincing win over Deac, the rating underdog in Bucharest, allowed him to grab the sole lead as the only player with a +2 score. In a 34-move game, Caruana was better prepared than his Romanian opponent, obtained an early advantage and skilfully converted it into a full point.
Tied for second place are Indian prodigies Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa. While Gukesh scored in the first round and then collected three draws in a row, Pragg kicked off the event with three draws and then scored his first win of the event. The 18-year-old from Chennai defeated Anish Giri with the white pieces in a tense-filled game lasting 80 moves on Saturday.
In Sunday’s fifth round, the last one before the rest day, Caruana will play black against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Pragg will also have the black pieces, against So, while Gukesh will play white against the ever-dangerous Abdusattorov — their dramatic confrontation in the last round of the 2022 Olympiad is one to remember!
Results - Round 4
Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3
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.
Ian Nepomniachtchi | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Analysis by Klaus Besenthal
Attack like a Super Grandmaster
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM†with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.
Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Analysis by Klaus Besenthal
A Supergrandmaster's Guide to Openings Vol.1 & 2
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
Praggnanandhaa v. Giri | Photo: Lennart Ootes
