After the first six rounds on Day 1 Carlsen and Kosteniuk lead their respective sections:
1 Carlsen, Magnus 4
2= Bu, Dubov, Mamedyarov 3½
5= Xiong, Svidler 3
7= Korobov, Le, Quang Liem, Grischuk 2½
10 Anton Guijarro 2
1 Kosteniuk 5½
2 Tan, Zhongyi 4
3= Lei, Tingjie, Lagno, Sebag, Stefanova 3½
7 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 2½
8= Paehtz, Elisabeth, Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2
10 Cori T., 0
Day 1 report by ChessBase
Carlsen called the opening in Round 1 in a tweet and Svidler took up the challenge...
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter, FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial 2020 round 01
½ - ½
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Context for Carlsen-Svidler: Previous Game
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That Carlsen game looked almost logical at times, which is slightly worrying.
I may be being incredibly stupid, but 49.Nc2+ looks like a move.
I may be being incredibly stupid, but 49.Nc2+ looks like a move.
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if you'd also got 37...Bf3 0-1 without reading the chessbase article we'd have been really impressed!
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I still haven't read the Chessbase article - maybe tomorrow...
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TWIC report with results
Grischuk also played in the Chessbrah May Invitational which was won by FirouzjaMagnus Carlsen won the Open event by a full two points from Daniil Dubov who had a bad final day but did at least hold on to second place in the final round. Although Carlsen wasn't at his very best it was good enough to win comfortably in the end. Favourite Kateryna Lagno won the women's event after an Armageddon blitz tie-break against Lei Tingjie. The next event is on Tuesday with the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge: May 19 - June 3.
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