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PBG Alaskan Knights scored a much-needed win over Triveni Continental Kings. Apart from Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov also played fantastic chess to beat Wei Yi. Zhongyi Tan won a time scramble against Alexandra Kosteniuk. IM Alina Kashlinskaya completely decimated GM Valentina Gunina. Only Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Nihal Sarin suffered losses. However, they will have one last match against American Gambits tomorrow before they play the finals on Saturday.
Hikaru Nakamura scored the first win of the match by hunting Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's king. Harika Dronavalli drew with Elisabeth Paehtz. Peter Svidler shared the point with Yangyi Yu. Vidit Gujrathi lost on time from a winning position against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Raunak Sadhwani scored the sole win for his team, upGrad Mumba Masters, against Jonas Buhl Bjerre.
Hikaru Nakamura mentioned in the post-game interview that this was the best game he played in this tournament. He found some really good moves like 22...Nc5+ instead of d5. 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Ne4 Ke7 25.Rhd1 and 25...Ra8! was the best move he found in the game, he revealed, sacrificing his c5-pawn.
The world no.2 believes that 28.b4? was the critical mistake made by his opponent. 28...Rd8 29.Ke4?? is losing for White as 29....Re2 dropped the e3-knight and it became just a matter of time before Black won the game.
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Nakamura's masterclass in the Accelerated Dragon - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Hikaru Nakamura, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
"I just don't see any world where Gukesh doesn't win" - Hikaru Nakamura | Video: ChessBase India
World no.2 Hikaru Nakamura denied a hat-trick to World Blitz 2021 champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Vidit Gujrathi got a substantial advantage against Jan-Krzysztof Duda when he went 31...e4? 32.Qxf5. However, in time trouble, Vidit fumbled big time. His decisive advantage turned to equal, and then he went on to lose on time in a position that was nonetheless lost.
Vidit Gujrathi suffered a painful loss against Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Jonas Buhl Bjerre played ambitiously against Raunak Sadhwani. First he sacrificed an exchange - 8...Rxh4 9.gxh4 Ng4 10.d3 Bd6 11.e3 Qxh4+ 12.Kd2 - and then he decided to sacrifice his knight with Nxe3 13.Qe1 Qh3. Instead, computers suggest trading the queens wth Qxe1+ 14.Rxe1 Nf5 to keep things in balance. The lack of developed/active pieces played a crucial role in Black's attack fizzling out.
Raunak Sadhwani scored a hat-trick when he defeated Jonas Buhl Bjerre
upGrad Mumba Masters - American Gambits: 0-3 (6-11) | Photo: Official site
Richard Rapport struck first against Parham Maghsoodloo. He scored a beautiful win, sacrificing his bishop first and then his rook. Arjun Erigaisi drew with R Praggnanandhaa. Magnus Carlsen defeated Vishy Anand. Yifan Hou and Kateryna Lagno scored wins over R Vaishali and IM Nurgyul Salimova respectively. Volodar Murzin scored the sole win for Ganges Grandmasters in their losing effort against Alpine SG Pipers.
Magnus Carlsen made a few pawn sacrifices in his game against Vishy Anand. The best one has to be the final one: 38.g6!, a move which gave White the decisive advantage. 38...fxg6 39.Rg1 Ra3 40.Rxg6+ and White won in the next few moves as the threat of checkmate became inevitable.
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He saw it 10 moves before anyone else did - Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Magnus Carlsen capitalized on Vishy Anand's passive defence
The game between R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi had an explosive start. However, it petered out to a draw.
The best friends R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi threw a lot of punches at the beginning, although it all ended peacefully
Richard Rapport made a beautiful bishop sacrifice: 18.Bxe6! fxe6 19.Nxe6 Qb6 20.a5 Qc6 21.c3 Rc8 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Qc4 24.Qf5 Nf8 25.Qh5+ Neg6 26.Rxf8+! Bxf8 27.Qxg6+ Kd7 28.d5 and White checkmated in the next five moves.
Richard Rapport scored a beautiful win over Parham Maghsoodloo
Alpine SG Pipers - Ganges Grandmasters: 3-0 (13-5) | Photo: Official site
Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored the first win for his team against Wei Yi. Anish Giri defeated Alireza Firouzja convincingly. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost to Teimour Radjabov. IM Alina Kashlinskaya won against GM Valentina Gunina. Zhongyi Tan won on time against Alexandra Kosteniuk in a time scramble. Nihal Sarin also suffered a loss against Javokhir Sindarov.
Anish Giri made a nice practical exchange sacrifice with 38.Rxe5 Kxe5. He explained it very nicely in the post-game interview that the motif was there for quite some time. Black gave up his a-pawn to stop White's passed c-pawn. Giri played spectacularly to create chances and eventually went on to win the game.
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.
Anish Giri calls the arbiter against Alireza Firouzja, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
"I knew that I'd have to still try to hang in there" - Anish Giri after winning against Firouzja | Video: ChessBase India
Anish Giri was determined to score a win and he was successful
Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored a fine victory over Wei Yi
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov blundered in the final moments and lost to Teimour Radjabov
Zhongyi Tan won a time scramble in the rook ending with an extra knight against Alexandra Kosteniuk in a battle of the former women's world champions
IM Alina Kashlinskaya scored an emphatic victory over GM Valentina Gunina
White needed to follow through correctly in a sharp position: 29.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 30.Kf1 Rcd2 which is a computer line which is extremely difficult to spot. Nihal played 29.Kh1? Rxb2-+ and it was over for White as he did not have enough compensation for the lost piece.
Nihal Sarin suffered his second consecutive loss at the event
PBG Alaskan Knights - Triveni Continental Kings: 3-0 (12-8)
From a chess player to a chess team owner - Prachura P P | Video: ChessBase India
American Gambits beat upGrad Mumba Masters | Video: ChessBase India
Anand Mahindra meets Vishy Anand | Video: ChessBase India
SG Alpine Pipers beat Ganges Grandmasters | Video: ChessBase India
Revealing Modern Grandmaster Secrets Vol. 1 & 2
This isn’t just another chess tutorial—it’s your all-access pass to the strategies, insights, and techniques that define modern grandmaster play.
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PBG Alaskan Knights has advanced to the finals | Photo: Official site
Ganges Grandmasters vs upGrad Mumba Masters from 1 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST
American Gambits vs PBG Alaskan Knights from 3:30 p.m. local time, 8:45 p.m. IST
Alpine SG Pipers vs Triveni Continental Kings from 5 p.m. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST
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4 GP (3+1) |
A player wins the Game with Black Pieces |
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3 GP |
A player wins the Game with White Pieces |
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1 GP |
Draw |
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0 GP |
Defeat |
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3 MP |
The team that scores more Game Points |
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1 MP |
If both teams are level on Game Points |
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0 MP |
The team that scores lesser Game Points than the opponent |
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