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FTX Crypto Cup - Day 1
In the second round, our in-house endgame expert Karsten Müller noticed an interesting rook ending Alexander Grischuk missed a study-like save against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The second round also saw the much-anticipated game between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian went for a Sicilian. At first, everything went according to plan, with Carlsen giving up a pawn for initiative. However, a blunder on move 21 by Nepo resulted in him losing an exchange, which should have been enough to lose the game.
But sometimes even world champions struggle to convert their advantages into victories. The endgame, which looks fairly simple at first sight, becomes more and more difficult and is suddenly no longer so easy to win. Karsten Müller shows in his analysis how it could still have been done.
The implacable Carlsen starts out a slight favorite to retain his crown in the 12-game November match in Dubai, but the always talented Nepomniachtchi has embraced a new work ethic and fighting attitude at the board in recent years and has surged to third in the FIDE world rankings. Pundits say he has a genuine chance to take down the champ.
In what appears to be a first in the history of chess, we have a game between the two finalists played way back when both were still waiting for their voices to change at the Spanish tournament 19 years ago. Nepo took the game and the Under-12 European title over Carlsen on tiebreaks. (Remarkably, French star GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who came in second in the Candidates’ tournament last month, was in the same Under-12 field, while fellow candidates and now GMs Fabiano Caruana of the U.S. and Ding Liren of China were competing in the Under-10 section.)
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Carlsen 3 - 1 Aronian
The second semifinal mini-match between Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian started with two draws, before game 3 turned the tide in Carlsen’s favour. Playing white, Aronian left the opening with a rather harmless position, and he never found a way to create problems for his famed opponent.
So in the fourth game, Aronian desperately needed a win, which is never good at this level and even more difficult when the opponent is Carlsen. Aronian attacked vehemently from the start, but in the end that only led to Carlsen managing another unchallenged win.
These DVDs are about Understanding Middlegame Strategies. In the first DVD dynamic decisions involving pawns are discussed. The second DVD deals with decision making process concerning practical play.
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