Arjun bounces back
Indian prodigy Arjun Erigaisi has yet to draw a game in Malmö, at the 28th edition of the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament. The 19-year-old beat Boris Gelfand in the first round and then lost two games in a row, first against Nils Grandelius and then against Peter Svidler. In Sunday’s round 4, the youngster stopped the bleeding by taking down his compatriot Dommaraju Gukesh with the white pieces.
Arjun is now the only player with a fifty-percent score in the 8-player single round-robin. Svidler and Abhimanyu Mishra are the co-leaders of the event, with 3/4 points each. Gukesh and Grandelius stand a half point back with +1 scores.
Mastering these tactical motifs is essential to deepen your understanding of the game and become a better player. After all, you neither want to overlook the given chances by your opponent, nor blunder yourself!Abhimanyu’s status as co-leader is truly remarkable. The youngest-ever GM in history is the clear underdog in Malmö — with a 2550 Elo rating, he stands 110 points below Grandelius (the second-lowest rated player in the field) in the world ranking. The 14-year-old grabbed consecutive wins over Jorden van Foreest and Vincent Keymer in rounds 3 and 4, and shared on Twitter (referring to his win over the Dutchman):
I’m happy to get my first win against a Super GM in a classical time control. There were multiple wins in online rapid and draws in classical earlier. Looking forward to five more fighting games.
Abhimanyu will play black against Gukesh in Monday’s fifth round.
Peter Svidler is sharing the lead with Abhimanyu Mishra | Photo: David Llada
Arjun 1 - 0 Gukesh
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Ba4 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.h3 g5 12.Bg3 c6 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Kh1 Bc7 16.d4 b5 17.a4 a5 18.Re1 Rb8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Nf1 b4 21.Ba4 Rf8 22.Rc1 bxc3 23.bxc3 23...exd4? 23...Rb2 24.Bc2 Bb6 25.Ne3 a4 26.Qd3 a3 27.Ra1 Qa8 24.cxd4 Rb4 25.d5! Bc8 26.Qc2? 26.Nd2!+- 26...Bb6 27.e5 dxe5 28.Bxe5 Bd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.Bb3 Nxd5 31.Qc6 Nf4 32.Qxh6 Bf5? 32...Bxh3! 33.Re5 33.gxh3? Rd6-+ 33...Bxg2+ 34.Kh2 Nh3 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg6+= 32...Rd6? 33.Bxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxc8 Rxh6 35.Rxd8+ Rf8± 33.Rc6! Rd3? 33...Be4? 34.Ng3 Bxg2+ 35.Kh2 Bxc6 36.Nf5 Ne6 37.Rxe6 1–0 
Avoiding mistakes in the opening and even learning from mistakes is a valuable tool to improve your chess. Ruslan Ponomariov, former FIDE World Champion, demonstrates basic patterns that will help you navigate through the game more easily.
Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: David Llada
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