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Less than two months from now, the World Championship match facing Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi will kick off in Astana. Wadim Rosentsein, the main sponsor of the WR Chess Masters and a supporter of Nepo, decided to use the same time control in the German event as in the coming match. Rosenstein told Sagar Shah:
This time control should add to Ian Nepomniachtchi’s practical preparation before the most important match of his life while not hurting any of the other participants, as I’m sure some of them will play in the world championships in the nearest future.
Master Class Vol.10: Mikhail Botvinnik
Our experts show, using the games of Botvinnik, how to employ specific openings successfully, which model strategies are present in specific structures, how to find tactical solutions and rules for how to bring endings to a successful conclusion
This factor will surely serve Nepo well, although he is also dealing with the usual restriction of not being able to show his opening preparation in full before the match. For now, Nepo has drawn all four of his games in Düsseldorf. After splitting the point with Wesley So from the black side of a Catalan, the Russian quipped:
The tournament is great, my play is not.
After the rest day, Nepo will get two whites in a row — against Gukesh and Andrey Esipenko — before meeting current sole leader Levon Aronian in round 7. To reach the top of the standings, Aronian won twice with white and drew twice with black on the first four days of action. The 40-year-old is set to face an in-form Anish Giri on Tuesday.
As for round 4, all games finished drawn for the first time in the event. A couple of hours into the day, this outcome did not seem all that likely, though, as Gukesh and Vincent Keymer had a double-edged position on the board, while Giri had obtained a long-term advantage against Esipenko out of the opening.
Frederic Friedel has been keeping an eye on prodigious players for years now (find here the latest update) | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Making the right decisions in chess - Fundamentals
In a total of 6 chapters, we look at the following aspects: the right decision based on tactical factors, decisions in exchanges and moves, complex and psychological decisions in longer games and in defence.
Jan Gustafsson, Anish Giri’s second, looks on as Gukesh analyses | Photo: Lennart Ootes
The London System with 2.Bf4 Reloaded
Over the last couple of years nearly all the world's elite grandmasters have been employing the London System, and on this DVD Simon Williams shows what we can learn from their practice. The "Ginger GM" takes a look at all the latest developments whilst teaching you all the basics that you need to know in order to play this opening with success.
Two stylish grandmasters — Andrey Esipenko and Anish Giri | Photo: Lennart Ootes
