11/11/2022 0 Comments Kasparov chess games![]() ![]() The United States, who won gold in 2016, silver in 2018, and will be a favourite again in 2022, fielded only second line grandmasters this week.Īt the end of the group stage on Friday night, Kazakhstan, China, India, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, USA and Poland qualified for Monday’s quarter-finals. In 2018 Poland went close to causing a major upset, while England finished fifth. The format, teams of six players of whom three must be female and two must be under-20 juniors, favours Russia and China as the strongest nations in women’s chess.īy contrast the traditional four-board open and women’s Olympiads, scheduled to be revived post-pandemic at Moscow 2022, are more competitive. The veteran’s comeback coincides with the relaunch of his Kasparovchess website, aimed at ambitious and improving players and where the legend’s efforts to regain his old spark in St Louis can be watched on Friday evening.įide’s 150-nation online Olympiad is heading for its climax this week as 40 teams battled in four all-play-all groups from which the top two qualify for next week’s quarter-finals. There was just the ninth and final round, where he was due to meet France’s world No 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, still to come late on Friday night. The 13th world champion capped a fine night with a sixth-round draw against the world No 2, Fabiano Caruana, then continued where he left off in round seven on Friday evening with a sparkling 24-move victory with the black pieces against his training partner and eight-time Russian champion Peter Svidler.Īn early eighth-round draw by repeated position against the five-time US champion Hikaru Nakamura put Kasparov at least temporarily at the top of the table with 5/8. Kasparov’s fifth-round game reached a level ending in which he outwitted the world No 5, Levon Aronian, who is in process of transferring from Armenia to the US, and scored by delicate finessing with king, rook and g pawn against king, bishop and f pawn. ![]() In Thursday night’s fourth round he won in fine attacking style in 24 moves against the 2018 US champion, Sam Shankland. Unlike Zagreb, defeat did not derail Kasparov but inspired him to a cameo replay of his long ago legend. But in round three nemesis struck, again in the shape of Mamedyarov, who calmly gained material and was a safe two pawns up when Kasparov resigned. The former world champion opted for a cautious style with fixed pawn chains more reminiscent of his old foe Anatoly Karpov than of the sharp attacks that fans used to admire. It began promisingly for Kasparov as he drew his first game, and should have won the next against Wesley So, the unofficial world champion at this format who crushed Magnus Carlsen 13.5-2.5 two years ago in Oslo. ![]()
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