W dniach 15 – 30 sierpnia 2019, w Saint Louis (USA), odbył się superturniej Sinquefield Cup z udziałem:
Niespodziewane zwycięstwo odniósł Ding Liren.
W barażu Chińczyk pokonał mistrza świata Magnusa Carlsena w stosunku 3:1. W rapidzie padł wynik remisowy, lecz w blicach Ding Liren wygrał obie partie.
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov wins the Riga FIDE Grand Prix
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov stands as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga. He beats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a nerve-wracking tie-break thanks to a win in the last Armaggedon game. With this victory in the second leg of the Grand Prix Series, he earns 24,000 euros and shares the lead with Alexander Grischuk in the overall standing with 10 points.
Final, overall result:
Mamedyarov – Vachier-Lagrave 5 – 4
Text by Press Officer Yannick Pelletier; Photo courtesy: World Chess
Aktualny stan
Naszych arcymistrzów czekają jeszcze następujące boje:
The FIDE Grand Prix organized by World Chess in Riga welcomed a very special guest at the start of the tie-break matches on Wednesday. Football legend Māris Verpakovskis kicked off the day by playing 1.d4 in the game between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The Azeri Grand Master was delighted to see the star who had spent two seasons at the FC Baku.
This first rapid game was rather shaky, as Mamedyarov got a significant advantage before blundering inexplicably with 29.h5. Two pawns were gone, but Duda’s king proved vulnerable enough for white to reach a draw by perpetual check. The Pole started the second encounter in typical “Mamedyarov style”, by pushing his g pawn very early on. Indeed, the Azeri has won several brilliant games in different openings with the idea Rh1-g1, followed by g2-g4-g5. Was this strategy too provocative from Duda? His opponent commented afterwards that he knew precisely how to react, and that the key was not to be scared of the white attack. Mamedyarov simply centralized his forces, convincingly repelled the aggressive attempts of his opponent, and cashed in the whole point to qualify to the semi-final.
Źródło: Text by Press Officer Yannick Pelletier; Photo courtesy: World Chess
Jedyna porażka!
Runda 2 (baraże):
So – Karjakin 3,5 – 2,5
Mamedyarov – Duda 1,5 – 0,5
Yu Yangyi – Grischuk 0,5 – 1,5
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The young Jan-Krzysztof Duda managed to knock out Petr Svidler. The Russian praised his opponent in the post-match interview, saying that he had fully deserved victory on this day. “I thought that my chances were favourable in the first game, but Jan-Krzysztof understood the position much better. I even had to be careful”. After this draw, Duda took the initiative early on in the second rapid game and broke his opponent’s resistance in the endgame.
Peter Svidler – Jan-Krzysztof Duda: klasyczne partie ½:½, ½:½ i baraż ½:½, 0:1
Źródło: Text by Press Officer Yannick Pelletier; Photo courtesy: World Chess
Runda 2
Karjakin – So
Duda – Mamedyarov
Grischuk – Yu Yangyi
Topalov – Vachier-Lagrave
