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  • Magnus Carlsen ‘willing to play Hans Niemann in future events’ after settlement

    World No 1 Magnus Carlsen has stated that he’s keen to play towards American chess participant Hans Niemann sooner or later after accepting the outcomes of a probe from Chess.com which acknowledged that there’s “no determinative evidence” that Niemann cheated in his recreation towards Carlsen on the Sinquefield Cup final 12 months.

    “I acknowledge and understand Chess.com’s report, including its statement that there is no determinative evidence that Niemann cheated in his game against me at the Sinquefield Cup. I am willing to play Niemann in future events, should we be paired together,” Carlsen, who lately gained the FIDE World Cup, was quoted as saying in a launch revealed by Chess.com on Monday.

    “I am pleased that my lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com has been resolved in a mutually acceptable manner, and that I am returning to Chess.com. I look forward to competing against Magnus in chess rather than in court,” Niemann stated on his half.

    Niemann might be allowed to play in all occasions through Chess.com, and might be handled no otherwise from every other participant, the portal stated.

    The on-line portal, Carlsen and World No 2 Hikaru Nakamura had been sued by Niemann final 12 months and all events had been in negotiations since June to resolve their points. Chess.com stated that Magnus, Hans, Hikaru Nakamura and the portal itself “all have their own opinions about the events surrounding the controversy, and they agree they should each be able to talk openly about their views”. However, Chess.com added that they’ve resolved their points and indicated that each one litigation had ended.

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    On September 4 final 12 months, Niemann had shocked Carlsen on the Sinquefield Cup following which Carlsen had withdrawn from the match. Per week later, the then world champion had stop a recreation towards the American at a web-based occasion after making only one transfer. Carlsen had adopted that up by posting a press release during which he stated he believed the 19-year-old “has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted.” Niemann has beforehand admitted to dishonest when enjoying on-line chess when he was 12 and 16, however has denied ever dishonest over the board.

    In the aftermath of the allegations, Chess.com had privately closed Niemann’s account and revealed an investigative report about Hans Niemann’s play. His account has now been reinstated, the portal stated within the assertion.

    Niemann had then filed a federal lawsuit towards the now-dethroned world champion, Chess.com and others looking for $100 million (£89m). He accused the defendants of libel, slander and illegal boycott, and tortious interference with Niemann’s enterprise.

  • In Baku, India on the backfoot: Magnus Carlsen eliminates D Gukesh; homeboy Nijat Abasov makes Vidit Gujarathi pay for expensive slip-up

    India’s hopes of three gamers reaching the semifinal of the FIDE World Cup at Baku had been crushed on Wednesday, as Magnus Carlsen eradicated Gukesh D and residential favorite Nijat Abasov inflicted a surprising victory on Vidit Gujrathi.

    However, India could have not less than one participant within the semifinal as R Praggnanandhaa fought brilliantly to beat compatriot Arjun Erigaisi within the second recreation to take their match to tie-breakers, which can be performed on Thursday.

    The silver lining for India is that the winner of the sport between Praggnanadhaa and Erigaise will qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament after five-time world champion Carlsen confirmed he is not going to vie for a spot on the World Championship remaining for the second consecutive time.

    Magnus Carlsen succeeds in securing the draw he wanted to eradicate Gukesh, regardless of being a pawn down within the endgame, and can now face the native star of the #FIDEWorldCup, Nijat Abasov, within the semifinals.

    📷 Stev Bonhage pic.twitter.com/HiW8YzXYxD

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 16, 2023

    “Under the current format (of the World Championships) there is absolutely no chance. I think everybody should operate under the assumption that I will not play at the Candidates and that everybody else who’s in the semifinals is qualified for the Candidates,” mentioned Carlsen after reaching the semifinal the place he’ll tackle Abasov.

    The top-three finishers of the FIDE World Cup will qualify for the Candidates Tournament, whose winner will problem present champion, China’s Ding Liren.

    Gukesh challenges

    After dropping with white items on Tuesday, Gukesh knew that he must provide you with one thing out of this world to carry out the inconceivable– beat Carlsen in an over-the-board Classical chess recreation. He did put the Norwegian beneath stress, forcing him into time hassle briefly however Carlsen had all of the solutions to attract the sport thereby successful the match.

    The 17-year-old Gukesh, seventh on this planet in stay FIDE scores, ought to take solace from that he challenged Carlsen with black items. At one level, with Carlsen having to make 11 strikes in as many minutes, it regarded like Gukesh would possibly simply pull off an unlikely victory however Carlsen managed to battle again regardless of being a pawn down within the endgame. Ultimately, the gamers determined to name it a draw after 59 strikes.

    Vidit’s error prices him dearly

    It took only a single error from 28-year-old Vidit to destroy his semifinal possibilities. Playing towards the lesser-rated Abasov, he erred on the seventeenth transfer by selecting to fortress on the queen’s facet. Abasov took full benefit and launched a calculated assault on the castled king, introduced a second queen on the board, and off the subsequent flip, checkmated the Indian to finish the competition in 44 strikes.

    Watch the interview 👇https://t.co/pEk8ak92A9

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 16, 2023

    India’s solely world champion Viswanathan Anand mentioned that the 97th-ranked Abasov benefitted from enjoying at house. “Always a tragedy for a player when a great tournament comes to an end like this, but Abasov on the other hand continues his sensational run! Playing at home has inspired him!” tweeted Anand.

    Abasov too mentioned he didn’t count on to return to this point within the match and the consolation of time gave him the benefit. “I didn’t expect to come this far before the tournament obviously. My play was decent today. It was a nice queen-side attack. Vidit didn’t expect that my pawns will be so quick. And I had a nice advantage on time, that gave me extra chances,” he mentioned.

    Irina Krush: “He is sportsmanlike; very nice, Vidit!”
    Irene Sukandar: “What a gentleman!”
    Vidit Gujrathi performs 43…Bxg8 and permits his opponent, Nijat Abasov, to finish the sport with checkmate. #FIDEWorldCup pic.twitter.com/kjwelzhWfn

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 16, 2023

    Abasov gained’t get any such possibilities towards his subsequent opponent Carlsen although and must make optimum use of the 2 relaxation days. Carlsen, then again, appeared extraordinarily assured of his possibilities within the last-four.

    “I am happy to be in the semifinals not playing the very very top guys. Of course, it will not be easy… I don’t think I have to do anything too unusual; play my game, and hopefully, it will be fine. Now I know for sure that I will play two more matches, so I might as well try to win the tournament!” he mentioned.

    Pragg’s push

    Playing with black items and needing a win to remain in rivalry, Praggnanandhaa seized benefit on the thirty eighth transfer however Erigaisi made him grind it out for the victory. He saved the battle alive however couldn’t forestall Praggnanandhaa from changing certainly one of his two additional pawns right into a queen on the seventy fifth flip and resigned.

    Praggnanandhaa does it! In a must-win state of affairs after yesterday’s loss to his pal Arjun Erigaisi, he manages to strike again and take the match to tiebreaks! #FIDEWorldCup

    📷 Anna Shtourman pic.twitter.com/Hu0o5I4VYY

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 16, 2023

    The duo are in a extremely advanced place and as Praggnanandhaa admitted, it’s troublesome to play towards your greatest pal within the quarterfinal of such an enormous match. “Even yesterday we went for a walk, but… we were discussing chess but not our game in particular. So yeah it’s definitely harder to play your friend,” Praggnanandhaa mentioned.

    The winner of the Erigaise-Praggnanandhaa conflict will play Fabiano Caruana within the semifinal. Caruana dominated his American compatriot Leinier Dominguez Perez to win in 94 strikes.

  • Magnus Carlsen makes rookie mistake throughout Bullet Chess Championship

    Recently-dethroned world champion Magnus Carlsen turned up in Barcelona for the Bullet Chess Championship not too long ago, solely to be taught that the occasion was not an over-the board match. He ended up taking part in his video games on Day 1 of the Championship from his resort room with one other participant, Eric Hansen, who had made the identical rookie mistake.

    “We both made the same mistake. We thought the Bullet Chess Championship was an over-the-board tournament. So we showed up here in Barcelona ready to play and now have to face each other on the screen,” says the World No 1 in a video shot in a Barcelona resort room the place he’s accompanied by Canadian Grandmaster Hansen.

    “It’s better in person. Hope you watch,” chimes in Hansen.

    The Bullet Chess Championship is a one-minute chess match, which began on Monday and can run until Friday.

    Besides Carlsen and Hansen, this yr’s competitors can even see gamers like Hikaru Nakamura (the defending champion), Anish Giri and Alireza Firouzja competing for the title.

  • Ian Nepomniachtchi: World Championship defeat made me lose my proper to have some relaxation

    Over the previous few days, Ian Nepomniachtchi has swapped his trademark pink shirts and darkish blazers that he religiously wore for his World Chess Championship battles in opposition to Ding Liren for a lemon inexperienced jersey of the Balan Alaskan Knights. Gone too, is the strained expression on his visage that the World Chess Championship had pressured upon him. Currently in Dubai competing within the inaugural version of the Global Chess League, Nepo is comfortable.

    After 14 exhausting classical video games, the destiny of the World Championship was sealed by a tie-breaker. Once once more, Nepo skilled heartbreak in opposition to Ding in what was a merciless deja vu from two years in the past, when he had misplaced to Magnus Carlsen.

    “Of course, there’s always relief after it’s over, but it’s not the sort of relief you really want,” Nepomniachtchi advised The Indian Express. “In my case, (what the defeat did) was sort of made me lose my right to have some rest, finally. Some 10 years ago I wasn’t really focussed on my chess career. I was just enjoying myself. But as soon as I started knowing the taste of a World Championship, it’s sort of difficult to stop until you get it. I should keep on doing things.”

    Balan Alaskan Knights’ icon participant Ian Nepomniachtchi competes on the Global Chess League. (Photo: GCL)

    But within the quick aftermath of the bruising defeat, Nepo confesses he quickly misplaced the style for chess.

    “After the World Championship, I had back-to-back tournaments in Bucharest. I wanted to skip it, but unfortunately, the organisers did not agree. It was a sort of torture, which was unnecessary, both for Ding and me. But after that, I just didn’t touch any chess for a month,” reveals the Russian GM.

    “Here (at the GCL) as well, I’m trying not to pay too much attention to preparation. Just come and play. Be remotely fresh-minded. It’s not working perfectly so far, but I guess it’ll help during the World Cup (in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 30 July to 24 August). Maybe by then, I’ll get back to my normal routine or preparation. But before that, I needed some time to recharge and rest from chess.”

    A chess participant’s ‘normal routine’ making ready for the World Championship is an all-consuming, obsessive grind. Carlsen selected to abdicate his shot at defending his throne citing the fatigue this form of preparation brings about. Nepo reveals he spent six months working for the conflict in opposition to Ding.

    “You must construct your schedule for no less than half a yr (earlier than the World Championship). For half a yr, you’re selecting your tournaments, planning camps, constructing your staff (of trainers or seconds), and dealing on chess and the bodily half. That’s fairly a busy time. It may very well be mentioned that for half a yr you aren’t residing your regular life. Everything is form of relying in your particular schedule.

    “The physical bit shouldn’t be too much. Your body should be prepared to sustain some prolonged pressure for several hours. That’s the point! I did a lot of cardio,” he says.

    While no Indian has been part of World Championship battles since Viswanathan Anand in 2014, the nation has seen the emergence of a younger bunch of GMs, significantly 17-year-old Gukesh D, who’s wanting more likely to make the lower for the Candidates Tournament for the subsequent World Championship cycle.

    Asked if he had any recommendation to offer to younger Indian prodigies from his personal World Championship expertise, the tremendous GM says: “It’s hard to give advice because the scene has changed drastically from the situation 15 years ago when I was a teenager myself. Compared to me, these young Indians are stronger already. They work way more professionally than I did. As for me, I was always trying to find some balance between chess and normal, routine life, you know hobbies and education and so on. But times are different now and (players are) pushing barriers at a younger stage by skipping school and other things which bring really fast results.”

    While speaking concerning the Indian conveyor belt of teenage GMs, he has a word of warning. “Producing so many GMs yearly is nice, but we should also understand that not everyone will become elite players. Having said that, if this momentum doesn’t stop, it will get more and more promising. There’s still time before chess will be completely destroyed by computers. So there is still time for the next generation to shine.”

    At the GCL, Nepo has performed six speedy chess video games over the previous 4 days. That’s extra chess video games than he has performed over the course of your complete month earlier than he landed in Dubai. But the 32-year-old, who says he’s a ‘big fan’ of staff competitions, thinks the GCL has an “unexpectedly light schedule” for a speedy match. He factors out that on the World Rapid Championship, they play 5 video games a day whereas most speedy invitational occasions have them enjoying no less than three video games a day.

    “I would say playing one or two rapid games in a day is something I am not used to. But on the contrary, when you play five games a day you have some sort of warm-up. If the first game is not going well, or you’re not focused, you can pick yourself up for the rest of the games. This is not something I’m really used to,” he says.

    Another factor he’s not used to? Feeling completely happy after a private defeat. On Monday, whereas he misplaced his battle in opposition to five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, his staff Balan Alaskan Knights edged previous Carlsen’s SG Alpine Warriors.

    “I was quite delighted that our team won,” the ‘icon player’ for the Knights says with a disarming smile.

  • Magnus Carlsen: ‘We’re at starting of chess revolution in India which began with Vishy Anand’

    Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen believes that India is barely at the beginning of a ‘chess revolution’. The nation has seen an explosion in grandmasters in recent times, with the numbers rising from simply 20 earlier than 2010, to 82 within the final 13 years.

    What’s much more heartening for Indian chess is that there are at the moment 9 Indians within the prime 100 spots of the FIDE classical chess rankings: Viswanathan Anand (World No 9), Gukesh D (No 13), Vidit Gujrathi (26), Arjun Erigaisi (30), Pentala Harikrishna (32), R Praggnanandhaa (47), Nihal Sarin (53), SL Narayanan (85) and Aravindh Chithambaram (100). Out of them, gamers like Gukesh, Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa and Sarin are nonetheless of their teenagers.

    “It’s awesome to see both the interest in chess (from the general public and media in India) and also the huge amounts of young Indian players that are taking over the chess scene. I think we’re just at the beginning of a chess revolution that started with Viswanathan Anand becoming a grandmaster and eventually winning the world championship. What we’re seeing now, it’s only going to get better. India is producing GMs at a higher level than ever before. Especially a player like D Gukesh is breaking into the world’s elite at an early age. I think he’s going to be the trend rather than the exception. I think they have a lot to look forward to,” mentioned Carlsen after his aspect, SG Alpine Masters, had misplaced to the Balan Alaskan Knights within the Global Chess League.

    “It is a strange feeling. The two out of the six matches I have won, my team has lost”@MagnusCarlsen talks about his journey thus far on the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League @SGAlpineWarrior#GlobalChessLeague #GCL #TheBigMove #GCLonJioCinema pic.twitter.com/JRY7ViTQmO

    — Tech Mahindra Global Chess League (@GCLlive) June 26, 2023

    Carlsen is teammates with Gukesh, Arjun and Praggnanandhaa within the GCL and has been spending lengthy hours over meals speaking chess positions.

    “All three of them are actually good. I’m simply letting them do their factor after which reply any query that they may have. But I feel they’re actually good. Most of the time they don’t want my inputs.

    “The three Indian prodigies in the team, they’re really interesting to talk to when it comes to chess. They calculate extremely well. Pragg has shown in the Champions Chess tour online that he is extremely good at rapid chess… that’s when he’s at his best. The chess that he’s playing here suggests that he is taking even further steps. It’s been really impressive to see.”

    Despite the defeat, the Alpine Masters are on prime of the GCL standings with the Ganges Grandmasters with 12 match factors.

    “It’s strange that I have won two games out of six, and those are the only games we have lost. I think I played a decent game and showed decent technique. As for the others, they’ve done extremely well so far. Especially Pragg, who won again on the last board. He’s just doing amazing. The women’s boards as well have performed super well. It’s an unfortunate result, but we keep going,” mentioned the world no 1, who added that he now appears to be like on the TV screens throughout his personal recreation to see the place of his teammates’ boards to resolve whether or not he ought to struggle for a win or accept attracts.

    On being requested how he was having fun with the workforce occasion, he mentioned: “I did not think so much about the format of the event in terms of the scoring. But it’s really good. There are many boards with different strengths. But the teams are overall fairly equal. This means every match is going back and forth. The last few days, teams were choosing to play white but then black was doing well. Then today it was a massive comeback from the players with the white pieces. I think the format is really good, it inspires fighting chess and exciting matches. For me, I think this is the way forward.”

    After the five-time world champion determined to forfeit his proper to defend his crown, China’s Ding Liren grew to become the world champion. When requested how completely different his life had grow to be after letting go of the throne, he mentioned, “The thing people don’t realise is that my life isn’t so different now than it used to be. I’m still playing tournaments, preparing for them, travelling around, I enjoy it immensely. This is what I was doing before I started playing in the world championship. And this is what I plan on continuing to do for a while.”

    He was additionally requested who he noticed taking on the mantle as an all-time nice after him.

    “I don’t look at ‘who after me’, yet. I was asked this question 11 years ago. It was a friend of my father who asked me what I was going to do in 15 years when ‘someone who’s better than you comes along.’ I said that’s not going to happen. I’m still fighting,” he mentioned.

  • Pravin Thipsay writes: After an thrilling draw inside the final recreation, Nepo can have the sting in tie-breaker

    A tie after 14 thrilling, high-octane video video games of the World Chess Championship is possibly the exact consequence. Would it have been a bitter victory had Ding Liren gained the final word recreation and the match? Playing with white gadgets, he had the profit nevertheless Nepo was prepared. With a entice 90 strikes, it was merely most likely probably the most thrilling match of this Championship.

    The icing on the cake now could possibly be that we’re in for a Super Sunday! Tie-breakers are going to be gratifying if Game 14 was any indication of what’s going to return. It was excellent the way in which through which Ding carried out for a win on Saturday. He’s very clear about the way in which through which he needs to play, and that’s to assault. It’s truly inside the true spirit of the sport. We’re seeing such vigorous play after a variety of a very long time. (Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay has been analysing video video games of the World Chess Championship for The Indian Express. You can study his analysis of Game 13, Game 12, Game 11, Game 10,  Game 9, Game 8, Game 7, Game 6, Game 5, Game 4, Game 3, Game 2, and Game 1.)

    Nepo replied to Ding’s Queen Pawn opening with Nimzo Indian Defence nevertheless Ding chosen a not typically carried out choice on switch 5, a switch he had chosen in opposition to Praggnanadhaa effectively closing yr. However, Nepo decided to vary on switch 7 with a central Pawn break. On switch 9, Ding made an particularly unusual switch invented by Donchenko and nevertheless clearly, Nepo was successfully prepared for it. With a novelty on switch 10, a logical Pawn alternate inside the centre, Nepo had little drawback in equalising.

    Instead of choosing a strategic path with a Pawn advance inside the centre, Ding initiated a rash assault in opposition to Nepo’s King on switch 12 and offered a Knight on switch 13. Nepo precisely evaded capturing the Knight and centered on safeguarding his place. On switch 15, it turned clear that the assault didn’t have quite a bit steam, so Ding exchanged Queens to attain a drawish ending on switch 18. In order to create some issues, Ding offered a Bishop alternate on switch 19, a uncertain alternative that made some worthwhile potentialities only for the opponent!

    On switch 9, Ding made an particularly unusual switch invented by Donchenko and nevertheless clearly, Nepo was successfully prepared for it. On switch 9, Ding made an particularly unusual switch invented by Donchenko and nevertheless clearly, Nepo was successfully prepared for it. (FIDE/ Anna Shtourman)

    Though Nepo had an increased hand inside the ending, Ding succeeded in creating some issues and imprecise threats.

    Nepo guarded in opposition to the threats effectively and by switch 36, he looked to be all set to win the World Crown. By activating his Rook further on switch 36, the Russian might have retained his profit nevertheless his protected Pawn switch gave Ding ample time to organise a worthwhile defence.

    With an excellent Pawn sacrifice on switch 18, no matter excessive time trouble, Ding compelled a theoretically drawn Rook Ending. Nepo tried his biggest to make the most of his additional Pawn nevertheless Ding defended very exactly and the game was lastly drawn after 90 strikes.

    The players actually carried out glorious Chess from switch 38, with out a single inaccurate switch. And that’s truly one factor. Nepo did press laborious for the ultimate 50 strikes nevertheless the Russian Proverb “All Rook endings are drawn!” turned out to be very applicable inside the recreation.

    It’s going to be a tough Sunday for the players and the one who reveals further vigour, vitality and better presence of ideas will emerge because the model new world Champion.

    Tie-breakers are all about having fun with shortly and we’ve seen the kind of trouble Ding has gotten into. It’s nearly 1/4th of the time the players have been consuming now. For me, that mainly locations the pressure on the Chinese Grandmaster.

    It undoubtedly feels that by the use of approach, Nepo has been good collectively together with his preparation. He’s very clear collectively together with his approach and when since they now have merely 25 minutes each for a recreation, it undoubtedly offers him the sting.

    It must be decided inside the first tie-break itself which might have 4 Rapid video video games with time administration of 25 Min plus an increment of 10 seconds after every switch.

    (Pravin Thipsay is an Indian Grandmaster and a recipient of the Arjuna Award)

    Moves (Game 14): 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ng5 h6 13.h4 Qc7 14.Be2 Rd8 15.Rc1 Nf8 16.Nge4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxc2 18.Rxc2 Bd7 19.Bb4 Bxb4+ 20.axb4 Bc6 21.Nc5 Bxg2 22.Rg1 Bd5 23.e4 Bc6 24.b5 Be8 25.Nxb7 Rd4 26.Rc4 Rd7 27.Nc5 Rc7 28.Rc3 Rac8 29.b4 Nd7 30.Rcg3 Nxc5 31.bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Bd3 Rd8 34.Ke2 Rc3 35.Rg8+ Ke7 36.R1g3 e5? 37.Rh8! Rd6 38.b6!! Rxb6 39.Rxe8+! Kxe8 40.Bb5+! Rxb5 41.Rxc3 Kd7 42.Rf3 Ke7 43.Rc3 a5 44.Rc7+
    Kf6 45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Ra6 Rb2+ 47.Kf3 Ra2 48.Kg3 h5 49.Ra8 Ra1 50.Kg2 a4 51.Ra5! f6 52.Kf3 a3 53.Ra6 Kf7 54.Ke3 Ke8 55.Ke2 Ke7 56.Kf3 Ra2 57.Ke3 Ra1 58.Ke2 Kf7 59.Kf3 Ra2 60.Ke3 Ke7 61.Kf3 Kd7 62.Rxf6 Rb2 63.Ra6 Rb3+ 64.Kg2 Kc7 65.f4!! [Only move to draw.] 65…exf4 66.e5! Kb7 67.Ra4 Kc6 68.Ra6+ Kb5 69.Ra7 Kb6 70.Ra8 Kc5 71.Ra6 Kb5 72.Ra7 Kb6 73.Ra8
    Kc6 74.Ra6+ Kd7 75.Kf2 Ke7 76.Kg2 Re3 77.Kf2 Rg3 78.Kf1 Rc3 79.Kf2 Re3 80.Kg2 Kd7 81.Kf2 Kc7 82.e6 Kd8 83.Ra7 Ke8 84.Kg2 Rxe6 85.Rxa3 Rg6+ 86.Kf2 Rg4 87.Ra5! Rxh4 88.Kf3 Ke7 89.Rf5 Ke6 90.Rxf4 Rxf4+ Game drawn by settlement.

  • Pravin Thipsay writes: Not pushing exhausting for win is possibly Vladimir Kramnik’s have an effect on on Nepo

    There had been tales that former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik helps Ian Nepomniachtchi in his battle in opposition to Ding Liren on the 2023 World Chess Championship. While we don’t know if it’s actually true, we’re capable of see that Nepo has been having fun with quite loads like Kramnik throughout the closing two Games.

    Game 11 on Monday was the second consecutive sport throughout which Nepo didn’t really seem like all in favour of going for a win. Mind you, this time he was having fun with with White. (Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay has been analysing video video games of the World Chess Championship for The Indian Express as a result of the start of the event. You can also study his analysis of Game 10,  Game 9, Game 8, Game 7, Game 6, Game 5, Game 4, Game 3, Game 2, and Game 1.)

    That begs the question: why should he push for a win? He has a comfortable lead of 1 degree (6-5) and there are merely three video video games to go on this title battle. He may very well flip right into a world champion this week.

    Not pushing exhausting for a victory is possibly Kramnik’s have an effect on on him. The Soviet faculty of thought is that it’s harder to win than to draw a sport, so why push for a win if you don’t should?

    Kramnik would’ve instructed him to play it protected. Even when Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov to win the World Championship in 2000, he had additional attracts than wins. He gained merely two video video games throughout the 16-game match and that was enough for him to triumph 8.5-6.5. The key half proper right here is that he didn’t lose a single match. Interestingly, it was the first time since 1921 {{that a}} defending champion misplaced his crown with out profitable a single sport throughout the Championships.

    That’s positively the leaf Nepo has taken out of Kramnik’s information, if he has realized one thing from him all through these couple of weeks. He’s going to proceed sustaining it simple.

    That’s what he did on Monday. He knew that occurring the assault often exposes the safety that Ding will surely pounce on. So why should he take a risk and lose with White?

    He is conscious of that he merely should maintain it tight and even when he loses one sport, the match will go into tie-breakers and I do contemplate that he’ll in all probability be considerably higher prepared for that state of affairs than Ding.

    It was possibly with this thought that he chosen the tried and examined Ruy Lopez Spanish opening in Game 11. But Ding is conscious of that he has to try one factor out of the sector in an effort to attract diploma and offers himself a possibility at profitable. The Chinese replied with the variation he had chosen throughout the fifth sport, displaying that he had prepared one factor greater.

    Sensing that Ding was capable of play a elaborate sport, Nepo went for a quieter alternative on switch 8, making it clear that he was going to play one factor very like Game 5, nonetheless at a loads slower tempo.

    Ding went for a a lot much less versatile alternative on switch 8, thereby forcing the positional course of the game. Unlike sport 5, Ding positioned his Queen Bishop on the fitting sq. this time. Nepo tried to make some headway with a novelty (new switch) on switch 15 nonetheless Ding replied with a sharp aggressive switch, attempting to create initiative on the Queen side on the value of weakening his place.

    Nepo did get a slight positional profit nonetheless on switch 19, he decided to simplify points by opening up the place. The subsequent twenty strikes had been almost pressured nonetheless pretty simple. The players claimed a draw after a ‘three-fold repetition’ of the final word place.

    Nepo made it clear that he isn’t going to go for double-edged battles as long as he is primary. And we’re seeing a extremely matured Nepo proper right here. He’s not going to crumble as he did in opposition to five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen in 2021. He’s prepared, and by no means making impulsive choices.

    Let’s not neglect there’s quite loads utilizing on Ding too. Being the first Grandmaster from China to compete for the World crown, there’s really a great deal of stress on him. He has two video video games with White and that’s what I imagine might probably be decisive. He has to go all-out in Game 12 on Wednesday if he wishes a direct win or will he depart the most effective for closing throughout the 14th sport?

    In the Candidates to qualify for this Championship, he gained throughout the closing sport (accomplished second behind Nepo). But that was solely the Candidates. There’s far more at stake proper right here and he positively can’t afford to attend.

    (Pravin Thipsay is an Indian Grandmaster and a recipient of the Arjuna Award)

    Moves (Game 11)

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 Na5

    [Less flexible option.] 9.Ba2 c5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bg5 0–0 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 g6 14.Qd2 Bg7 15.Ng5! [New Move.] 15…c4?! 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ne3 Bh6 18.Rad1 Rb8 19.dxc4?! 19…Nxc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rxb2 25.Rxe6

    Rxc2 26.Rxa6 Ra2 27.Rc6 Rxa3 28.Rxc4 Rxe3 29.Kf2 Ra3 30.Rc5 Ra2+ 31.Kf3 Ra3+ 32.Kg4 Ra2 33.Kh3 Re2 34.Rxe5 Kf7 35.Kg3 Kf6 36.Re8 Kf7 37.Re5 Kf6 38.Re8 Kf7 39.Re5

    Game drawn by the rule of ‘threefold repetition.

  • World Chess Championship: Of an exhilarating showdown and the which means of happiness

    “A draw between these two would be like a sensation,” remarked Grandmaster Daniil Dubov after Game 6 of the 2023 World Chess Championship between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren ended with the Chinese GM drawing stage with the Russian at 3-3.

    It was a contest that stretched out for 4 hours and however held the world’s consideration. Unlike numerous its predecessors, the 2023 contest has already delivered 4 decisive results in six video video games predominant eight-time US Women’s Champion Irina Krush, who was inside the commentary discipline for FIDE with Dubov, to match it to a boxing bout.

    “The final positions are so beautiful. It’s disturbing how beautiful this stuff is. Aesthetically! It is incredible from a chess point of view, it’s so satisfying,” Grandmaster Anish Giri acknowledged on chess.com as he analysed Game 6.

    A cursory look on the most recent historic previous of World Championship battles illustrates merely how unusual getting 4 results in six video video games has been. In the 2021 battle between Magnus Carlsen and Nepo, the first six video video games yielded just one victory. Carlsen’s skirmishes with Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin featured no wins inside the first six video video games.

    In fact, going once more to Viswanathan Anand taking on Garry Kasparov in 1995, no contest has seen so many wins inside the first six video video games: 2014 Carlsen vs Anand had three wins, 2013 Carlsen vs Anand had two, Anand vs Boris Gelfand had none, Anand vs Veselin Topalov had three, as did Anand vs Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik vs Topalov had two (and a forfeit), Kramnik vs Peter Leko had two, Kramnik vs Kasparov had one and Kasparov vs Anand had none.

    “I think I played one of my worst games ever. Every move was bad. My whole game contained inaccuracies. Bad day!” acknowledged Nepo in an reliable analysis of Game 6.

    This Nepo vs Ding contest seems to be impressed by the phrases of Bobby Fischer, who as quickly as acknowledged that chess was beautiful on account of “one day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.”

    The Russian challenger, though, was understandably in no mood to take courses from the sport, admire the wonderful thing about it or relish how rather a lot historic previous they have been making on the board. “Ask me this question some other day,” he acknowledged when requested about his feelings about being a part of such a spectacular contest. He repeated the an identical reply for an extra question.

    His opponent was further forthcoming. When requested what had led to the spate of outcomes between them, a perked up Ding quipped: “Maybe the reason is we’re not as professional as Magnus (Carlsen).”

    He punctuated that cheeky reply with the widest smile he has possibly summoned since landing in Astana, an indicator that his happiness ranges had been spiking off the chart.

    An American and a Russian stroll into the commentary discipline

    Speaking of happiness ranges, American GM Krush, who was inside the commentary discipline with Russia’s Dubov, had requested Nepo after his win in Game 5 to cost how joyful he was between one and 10 on the press conference on Saturday. To this, Nepo had replied: “More than five and less than 10.”

    With Ding having overwhelmed time trouble in Game 6, he took his sweet time to ponder his forty first switch. Krush took the possibility to ask Dubov why his compatriot had been so obscure and deflective in his response.

    “What (number were you looking for)? Like 6.74?” he acknowledged in his trademark deadpan mannequin.

    “I don’t think it was about him trying to hide it. Sometimes there are questions you don’t expect and you don’t know what to say,” the Russian added, giving a super clarification about how completely totally different cultures would perceive the an identical question in one other method.

    Then, unwittingly, Dubov demonstrated the cultural gap as a result of the duo wandered proper right into a dialog over the which means of happiness and the way in which it meant varied issues for varied of us.

    “We have food, our health is there, we have some money,” acknowledged Dubov, venturing into an ideological which means of the phrase happiness.

    Meanwhile, Krush tried to lighten the mood barely by talking of how the self-heating marble floor inside the bathroom at her lodge room in Astana made her joyful.

    Dubov continued: “If you look at the situation worldwide, you’re lucky to have some basic things. We’ll have dinner (food on the plate). Sometimes, we just don’t value how lucky we are that we can just sit here and play our favourite game.”

    It might be going that on the end of Sunday, on the very least Ding Liren had an understanding of how lucky he was. As for Nepomniachtchi, let’s merely ask him this question one other day.

  • Watch: Magnus Carlsen screams in frustration as last chess occasion as world champion ends on account of mouse slip

    Magnus Carlsen was left seething after a mouse slip eradicated him from the Chessable Masters, his last event as a result of the World Champion, on Thursday.

    In a video posted on Twitter by Chess dot com, the Norwegian can be seen screaming in frustration and even slamming his palm on the desk after a mouse slip induced him to drop his queen which induced him to lose the Armageddon sport throughout the on-line occasion to Hikaru Nakamura. The American, within the meantime, can be seen celebrating after confirming a spot throughout the Division I final in direction of GM Fabiano Caruana, who defeated him as quickly as on Wednesday.

    Intending to play 63.Qxb6, Carlsen unintentionally dropped his queen on f6. Nakamura immediately pounced on the error and took it out alongside together with his king.

    With a spot throughout the final on the street, Carlsen and Nakamura had confronted off in two quick video video games, every of which have been drawn, sooner than they clashed throughout the Armageddon play-off.

    🤯 @MagnusCarlsen mouse slips and can get eradicated from the #ChessableMasters in armageddon! @GMHikaru is PUMPED! pic.twitter.com/5I4IYGKvo0

    — Chess.com (@chesscom) April 6, 2023

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    “It was a wild game, but I came out on top,” Nakamura knowledgeable presenter IM Tania Sachdev afterwards.

    Talking regarding the last moments of the battle and his celebration, Nakamura added: “He can’t win every match. I know he’s the greatest player of all time but he cannot win every match. Just like somebody cannot get lucky every single time. It was just nice for a change to have something going my way.”

    Before the blunder, there was some extent when Nakamura was seen taking a nap as Carlsen was mulling his subsequent switch.

    😴 @GMHikaru takes a nap whereas @MagnusCarlsen picks his switch. pic.twitter.com/VeFHo0iLxH

    — Chess.com (@chesscom) April 6, 2023

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