Six players still with chances
Since sole leader Fabiano Caruana only has a +2 score with one round to go at the Superbet Chess Classic, no fewer than six players still have chances of winning the event on Friday. Standing a half point behind the leader are Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Alireza Firouzja, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ian Nepomniachtchi — standing a half point further back — still have outside chances of claiming the title.
For MVL or Nepo to win the tournament, Caruana would need to lose his game with black against Anish Giri and neither of the players belonging to the chasing trio should score more than a half point — i.e. the game between Pragg and Firouzja must end in a draw.
As per the Grand Chess Tour regulations, in case of a tie for first place — a likely scenario given the tournament situation — a rapid and blitz (if necessary) playoff will take place once the ninth round is over on Friday.
Remarkably, all round-9 games are pertinent to the fight for first place:
- Anish Giri v. Fabiano Caruana
- Praggnanandhaa v. Alireza Firouzja
- Wesley So v. Gukesh
- Ian Nepomniachtchi v. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac v. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Players in bold have chances to win the event.
Standings after round 8
Results - Round 8
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.
Alireza Firouzja | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Firouzja ½ - ½ Nepomniachtchi
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.
Ian Nepomniachtchi | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Standings after round 8
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