FIDE Grand Prix, Berlin 3-17 February 2022

[Christopher Kreuzer]

As far as I am concerned, Chessbomb was the best and now it has been dismantled. I probably won't bother to watch at all.

There is still https://nxt.chessbomb.com/, as pointed out by Roger de Coverly in another thread.

Yes, but that appears to only have current and upcoming events. If an event has just finished, and people are still talking about the games, how do you get to them on that site?

[JustinHorton]

That's for sure, but how do you get on with Chess24 on a phone?

[IM Jack Rudd]

Apparently the position after 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O is super dangerous and needs a ten-minute think.

(Grischuk, of course; who else?)

[LawrenceCooper]

Apparently the position after 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O is super dangerous and needs a ten-minute think.

(Grischuk, of course; who else?)

Ten minutes was quite a brief think if the thought process was trying to find a way to inject some life into the position without taking too many liberties.

[IM Jack Rudd]

I'd forgotten just how terrible comments sections get when Nakamura is playing. Especially when he's winning, which he is at the moment.

[JustinHorton]

Apparently the position after 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O is super dangerous and needs a ten-minute think.

To be fair, it is if Black plays 6...c5

[Mick Norris]

chess.com round 2 report

In the post-game interviews, the format of the event—where a preliminary group stage selects only one player from each group to advance to the knockout stages—is mentioned often. It is becoming increasingly obvious that almost all the players feel the importance of fighting for the top place in their respective groups, auguring well for the fighting spirit in the tournament.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Fedoseev-Wojtaszek repeats the opening line from Shirov-Dominguez yesterday. I approve of this.

[Mick Norris]

Grischuk, Alexander vs Nakamura, Hikaru

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7

I assume this position is straightforward as Grischuk only took 12 minutes over dxc5

[LawrenceCooper]

Grischuk, Alexander vs Nakamura, Hikaru

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7

I assume this position is straightforward as Grischuk only took 12 minutes over dxc5

Black could be forgiven for thinking that Re1 made dxc5 less likely

[LawrenceCooper]

Going into the last round:

Pool A: Esipenko with white needs to beat Nakamura to win the group. A draw is enough for Nakamura.

Pool B: Fedoseev (3) v Rapport (2.5) & Oparin (1.5) v Wojtaszek (3)

Pool C: Aronian has won the group with a round to spare.

Pool D: So (3.5) v Harikrishna (2) Dominguez (3) v Shirov (1.5)

[Mick Norris]

Impressive results from Aronian so far; he's up to number 4 on the live ratings, US no 1 ahead of Caruana and So

[IM Jack Rudd]

Oooh, a reversed Blumenfeld in Oparin-Wojtaszek.

[NickFaulks]

But why would you spoil it with 5.b5?

[LawrenceCooper]

Nakamura somehow survived against Esipenko to win Group A whilst Wojtaszek-Rapport & So-Dominguez play-off tomorrow to decide Groups B & D.