Superbet Poland: Duda wins rapid section

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
5/24/2023 – Only two players finished the rapid section of the Superbet Poland event undefeated. One of them was Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the defending champion, who was the top scorer with 13/18 points. Levon Aronian also went nine rounds without a loss, as he goes into the blitz in sole second place with 12 points to his name. Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave both collected 11 points on the first three days of action. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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Carlsen wins two in a row


Find expert commentary — video and game annotations — by well-known coach and author IM Robert Ris at the end of the article.


Poland’s number one Jan-Krzysztof Duda is again impressing on home soil. The 25-year-old won the inaugural edition of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz tournament last year, and is now leading the standings in Warsaw. Duda was the top scorer in the nine rounds of rapid, as he collected 13/18 points. Last year, he finished the rapid in third place, two points behind then sole leader Vishy Anand. Duda would then excel in the blitz to claim the title.

Standing in second place is Levon Aronian, the only player other than Duda who went nine rounds of rapid without a loss. Aronian obtained 12 points, and stands a point ahead of Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

Like Duda proved last year, 18 rounds of blitz are more than enough to climb up the standings, which means fifth-placed Magnus Carlsen could still come from behind and win the event. The Norwegian scored his first two victories of the tournament on Tuesday, as he got the better of Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Kirill Shevchenko in rounds 7 and 8.

Carlsen was later interviewed by Cristian Chirila. According to his assessment of the tournament situation, it all comes down to the leader’s performance in the coming two days, while he also mentioned that playing a bit of online chess helped him to recover his form:

It really depends on Duda. He’s really strong, so if he has a great event, I don’t have a chance probably. But if he doesn’t, anyone can win. I’m happy that I’ve at least given myself a chance. I was playing some blitz online yesterday — I just wanted to win a few chess games, and after I won those I was thinking, yeah, I can actually still play chess.

The blitz is a double round-robin with nine rounds per day on Wednesday and Thursday. Wins are worth 1 point, unlike in the rapid (when they were worth double). Players will receive 5 minutes for the game, plus 2-second increments per move from the start.

Magnus Carlsen, Cristian Chirila

A smiling Magnus Carlsen being interviewed by Cristian Chirila | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Duda 1 - 0 Vachier-Lagrave

Round 8 saw Duda scoring a remarkable win over MVL. Out of a double-edged Queen’s Gambit Accepted, the Polish GM deviated from his own game against Anish Giri from the Superbet Classic in Romania.

Duda vs. Vachier-Lagrave

Duda had tried the forcing 14.b6 in Bucharest, which led to a 36-move draw. Now he went for the more ambitious 14.Nc4, which is better suited for a rapid encounter.

Soon after, he gave up his queen for a rook and a knight, while crucially keeping the initiative in the double-edged position.

Engines evaluate the position as balanced, but surely it is White who has easier play thanks to his activity — especially in a 25-minute game.

As the game progressed, Duda managed to consolidate his position, with a pair of rooks, a pair of bishops and a pair of passed pawns magnificently coordinated against the struggling queen, rook and knight MVL was trying to defend with. The Frenchman decided to give up an exchange on move 29.

29...Qf4 allows 30.Rxa2 Qxd4+, which gives Black nothing more than a harmless check. MVL played three more moves before throwing in the towel.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Wesley So in round 7 — MVL and So are sharing third place on 11/18 points | Photo: Lennart Ootes


Expert analysis by IM Robert Ris


Standings - Round 9 (win = 2 pts; draw = 1 pt)

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2724

1
GM
2768
1

2
GM
2700
1

3
GM
2853
½

4
GM
2745
½

5
GM
2670
1

6
GM
2760
½

7
GM
2684
½


9
GM
2745
½

Ø 2741
13/9
2724
13.0
9
54.00
2907
2
GM
GM
2745


2
GM
2684
1

3
GM
2768
1

4
GM
2700
½

5
GM
2853
½

6
GM
2745
½

7
GM
2670
1

8
GM
2760
½

9
GM
2724
½

Ø 2738
12/9
2745
12.0
9
48.00
2863
3
GM
GM
2760

1
GM
2700
1

2
GM
2853
½

3
GM
2745
1

4
GM
2670
½

5
GM
2684
1

6
GM
2724
½


8
GM
2745
½

9
GM
2768
½

Ø 2737
11/9
2760
11.0
9
43.50
2817
4
GM

1
GM
2745
½

2
GM
2768
½

3
GM
2700
1

4
GM
2853
½

5
GM
2745
½

6
GM
2670
½

7
GM
2760
1

8
GM
2724
0

9
GM
2684
1

Ø 2739
11/9
2742
11.0
9
43.50
2819
5
GM
GM
2853

1
GM
2670
0

2
GM
2760
½

3
GM
2724
½


5
GM
2745
½

6
GM
2768
½

7
GM
2700
1

8
GM
2684
1

9
GM
2745
½

Ø 2726
10/9
2853
10.0
9
41.50
2769
6
GM
GM
2745

1
GM
2684
1

2
GM
2670
½

3
GM
2760
0

4
GM
2724
½


6
GM
2745
½

7
GM
2768
½

8
GM
2700
½

9
GM
2853
½

Ø 2738
9/9
2745
9.0
9
37.00
2738
7
GM

1
GM
2853
1

2
GM
2745
½

3
GM
2684
½

4
GM
2760
½

5
GM
2724
0


7
GM
2745
0

8
GM
2768
0

9
GM
2700
½

Ø 2747
7/9
2670
7.0
9
30.50
2667
8
GM
GM
2768

1
GM
2724
0


3
GM
2745
0

4
GM
2684
½

5
GM
2700
0

6
GM
2853
½

7
GM
2745
½

8
GM
2670
1

9
GM
2760
½

Ø 2736
7/9
2768
7.0
9
29.50
2656
9
GM
GM
2700

1
GM
2760
0

2
GM
2724
0


4
GM
2745
½

5
GM
2768
1

6
GM
2684
½

7
GM
2853
0

8
GM
2745
½

9
GM
2670
½

Ø 2743
6/9
2700
6.0
9
23.00
2618
10
GM

1
GM
2745
0

2
GM
2745
0

3
GM
2670
½

4
GM
2768
½

5
GM
2760
0

6
GM
2700
½

7
GM
2724
½

8
GM
2853
0


Ø 2745
4/9
2684
4.0
9
16.50
2525
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.e4 27 c5 2 2.Nf3 6 Nc6 2 3.Bb5 4 g6 7 4.Bxc6 5 bxc6 15 5.d4 2 cxd4 29 6.Qxd4 6 B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6. f6 3 Black is weak on the dark squares 6...f6 scores better than 6...Nf6. 7.Qa4 18 Bg7 2:31 8.c4 35 White has an edge. Qb6 57 9.0-0 24 Nh6 48      
10.Be3N 4:31 Predecessor: 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Re1 Nf7 12.Be3 Qb7 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Rb8 15.Rxa7 Rxb3 16.Na4 ½-½ Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Radjabov,T (2758) FIDE World Cup 2019 (6.1) 10...Qxb2 4:15 11.Nbd2 2
aiming for Rab1. 11...Qb7 1:00 12.Rab1 17 Qc7 3:10 12...Qa6!? 13.Qb3 Qa5 13.Bb6 1:06 Qf4 10 14.h3 13 14.Bxa7? Qc7 15.Bb6 Qxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Rxa4-+ 14...Nf7 2:36 15.Qa5 2:13 15.Bxa7 0-0 16.Qa3 Qc7 15...Ne5 0 16.Rfe1 44 c5 7:30 17.Bxc5± 1:49 17.Bxa7? loses. Nc6-+ 17...Nc6 1 18.Qa3 12 Qc7 12 19.Rec1 3:08 White is much more active. The black rooks are badly placed. 19.e5± 19...d6 50 20.Be3 6 Be6 3 21.Nb3 36 0-0 37 22.c5 4      
Black must now prevent cxd6. 22...d5 33 This move loses the game for Black. 22...Qd7± might work better. 23.Nfd4+- 16 Bf7 32 24.Nxc6 13 Qxc6 1 25.Nd4 10 Qc8 53 26.exd5 1:08 Bxd5 3 26...f5 was worth a try. 27.Nc6 Bf6 27.c6 1 f5 1:10 28.Qxe7 1:32 Rb7 is the strong threat. Rf7 9 28...f4 was called for. 29.Qd6 20 Be4 12 30.Rb7 36 Rxb7 16 30...Bf8 31.Qe5 Bg7 31.cxb7 3 Qxb7 1 32.Rc7 24 Qd5 33 Repels Ne6 33.Qe7! 40 White mates. Qe5 2 34.Ne6 4 34.Rxa7? perishes. Rxa7 35.Qxa7 f4       Deflection 36.Bxf4 Qxd4 37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.Qc7+ Ke6 39.Qc8+ Kf7 40.Qc7+ Ke6-+ 34...Qa1+ 8 35.Bc1 14 An entertaining game by Rapport. Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.41
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Carlos 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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