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The Schedule of the tournament: There will double round robin time control event with 60 minutes and five seconds delay. This will be followed by six rounds of Rapid chess (15 minutes + 5 seconds delay) and finally there will be twelve rounds of 3 minutes + 2 seconds delay blitz on the final day.
The most exciting game of the first round was definitely the battle between Veselin Topalov and Fabiano Caruana
Caruana has just played his knight to b6, attacking the bishop on c4. Can you guess what Topalov played? The Bulgarian gave up his bishop and played the unbelievable 13.Qg3!!??!
Anand cannot really believe that Topalov has given up an entire piece
Nor can Hikaru Nakamura!
It wouldn't be incorrect to say that Topalov played like Mikhail Tal. He took his opponent into the deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the road leading out was only wide enough for one! Fabiano was winning on many occasions, and for a player of his calibre it wasn't difficult to defend. But he was unable to and the game ended in Topalov's favour.
The game between Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand ended in a draw
| White | Result | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Topalov,Veselin | 1 - 0 | Caruana,Fabiano |
| Anand,Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Nakamura,Hikaru |
Vishy Anand was rock solid with the black pieces against Veselin Topalov and the game ended in a draw
Caruana and Nakamura also split the point
| White | Result | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Nakamura,Hikaru |
| Topalov, Veselin | ½ - ½ | Anand,Viswanathan |
Standings after day one
The official commentary is being done by GM Yasser Seirawan and IM Tania Sachdev along with...
...GM Alejandro Ramirez (right), who is seen here interviewing the grandmaster and economist Kenneth Rogoff
One of the brilliant initiatives taken by the commentary team is that anyone can make a phone call to the commentators and ask any question that they have. It gives you a unique opportunity to speak to great chess players and ask them questions about chess which have always been on your mind. The live commentary can be followed here and the phone number to call is 314-361-5465. The live broadcast begins at 1 p.m. local time in Saint Louis.
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