{"id":26944,"date":"2024-05-11T01:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T01:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=26944"},"modified":"2024-06-04T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T11:29:55","slug":"superbet-poland-rapid-blitz-day-3-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/superbet-poland-rapid-blitz-day-3-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz: Day 3 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Day 3 of Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the conclusion of the rapid segment. Chinese #2 Wei Yi continued his fantastic run to grab the lead at the tournament’s halfway mark. Wei Yi netted 5\/6 (rapid wins count as two points and a draw\u2014one in this format) on the third day and came out on top with 13 points. The world #1 Magnus Carlsen netted 4\/6, making two draws and scoring just a single win. He is trailing the leader by one point. \u00a0<\/p>

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa kept his third position after drawing all three games on Day 3.\u00a0<\/p>

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Going into the tournament’s next stage, the players will have two days of blitz in a double round-robin format (18 games in total).<\/p>

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Round 7<\/strong><\/p>

One of the most peaceful rounds in the competition saw four draws and just a single victory, which Wei Yi pulled off against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.\u00a0<\/p>

The Chinese GM seized the initiative in a rare line of Vienna Hybrid early on and achieved a much better position with his dark-squared bishop dominating the opponent’s knight. Playing in the last seconds on the clock, Wei made a crucial mistake in a winning queen endgame, but Nodirbek immediately returned the\u00a0favor.<\/p>

Wei Yi – Nodirbek Abdusattorov<\/strong>
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White just captured Black’s pawn with\u00a049.gxh5?<\/strong>\u00a0allowing 49\u2026Qd5+ with some drawing chances. Abdusattorov, however, snatched a pawn with\u00a049\u2026Qxb4?<\/strong>\u00a0but\u00a0it failed to\u00a050. Qg4+!\u00a0<\/strong>After forced queen exchange Wei got a winning endgame as his a-pawn\u00a0contains\u00a0two black pawns on the\u00a0queenside.\u00a051\u2026Qxg4 52. hxg4 Kf7 53. g5 \u00a01-0<\/strong><\/p>

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After this\u00a0victory\u00a0Wei Yi became the sole leader for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>

Round 8<\/strong><\/p>

Trying to catch up with the leader, Magnus Carlsen took a somewhat risky approach on the black side of the Anglo-Indian against Vincent Keymer and found himself in an inferior position. However, the world #1 gradually righted his ship and took full advantage of the opponent’s blunder in a roughly equal position.\u00a0<\/p>

Vincent Keymer – Magnus Carlsen<\/strong>
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White has just played\u00a028. Qa4??\u00a0<\/strong>Magnus almost immediately spotted\u00a028\u2026Nf3+!\u00a0<\/strong>and after\u00a028…\u00a0Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxe2 32. Qa7+ Kh6 33. Qd4 Qf3+<\/strong>\u00a0Vincent capitulated.\u00a0<\/p>

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However, Wei Yi chalked up his fifth straight win in the tournament to preserve the one-point margin over Magnus.\u00a0Gukesh D sacrificed a pawn on the white side of the Sicilian and got sufficient compensation\u00a0but soon made a\u00a0committed a serious inaccuracy on move 13. Wei managed to consolidate his position,\u00a0traded\u00a0the queens\u00a0and converted\u00a0his extra pawn in an endgame.\u00a0<\/p>

All other games in Round 8 were drawn.<\/p>

Round 9\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Wei’s hot run ended in the day’s final round after Praggnanandhaa comfortably drew with him on the black side of the English Opening.\u00a0<\/p>

Facing Anish Giri with white Magnus did not achieve much in the Giuoco Piano. Moreover, with his 17th move, he got into trouble, missing\u00a0a nice\u00a0tactic.\u00a0<\/p>

Magnus Carlsen – Anish Giri<\/strong>
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After spending some time Magnus played\u00a017. Be3?\u00a0<\/strong>but Anish correctly reacted with\u00a017\u2026Nxe4!\u00a0<\/strong>winning a pawn after\u00a018. Nxe4 Bf5 19.\u00a0Nfd2 d5!<\/strong>\u00a0Unfortunately for him, Giri did not demonstrate accuracy at the critical juncture of the game allowing Magnus to liquidate into a drawish endgame and save a point.\u00a0<\/p>

Check out\u00a0Day\u00a03 Recap Video<\/a>\u00a0by IM Kostya Kavutskiy<\/p>

Day 4 of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz continues Saturday, May 11th, with live commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, and IM Nazi Paikidze starting at 6:00 AM CDT.<\/p>

Photos: courtesy of Grand Chess Tour<\/p>

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Day 3 of Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the conclusion of the rapid segment. Chinese #2 Wei Yi continued his fantastic run to grab the lead at the tournament’s halfway mark. Wei Yi netted 5\/6 (rapid wins count as two points and a draw\u2014one in this format) on the third day and came out on top with 13 points. The world #1 Magnus Carlsen netted 4\/6, making two draws and scoring just a single win. He is trailing the leader by one point. \u00a0 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa kept his third position after drawing all three games on Day 3.\u00a0 Going into the tournament’s next stage, the players will have two days of blitz in a double round-robin format (18 games in total). Round 7 One of the most peaceful rounds in the competition saw four draws and just a single victory, which Wei Yi pulled off against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.\u00a0 The Chinese GM seized the initiative in a rare line of Vienna Hybrid early on and achieved a much better position with his dark-squared bishop dominating the opponent’s knight. Playing in the last seconds on the clock, Wei made a crucial mistake in a winning queen endgame, but Nodirbek immediately returned the\u00a0favor. Wei Yi – Nodirbek Abdusattorov White just captured Black’s pawn with\u00a049.gxh5?\u00a0allowing 49\u2026Qd5+ with some drawing chances. Abdusattorov, however, snatched a pawn with\u00a049\u2026Qxb4?\u00a0but\u00a0it failed to\u00a050. Qg4+!\u00a0After forced queen exchange Wei got a winning endgame as his a-pawn\u00a0contains\u00a0two black pawns on the\u00a0queenside.\u00a051\u2026Qxg4 52. hxg4 Kf7 53. g5 \u00a01-0 After this\u00a0victory\u00a0Wei Yi became the sole leader for the first time.\u00a0 Round 8 Trying to catch up with the leader, Magnus Carlsen took a somewhat risky approach on the black side of the Anglo-Indian against Vincent Keymer and found himself in an inferior position. However, the world #1 gradually righted his ship and took full advantage of the opponent’s blunder in a roughly equal position.\u00a0 Vincent Keymer – Magnus Carlsen White has just played\u00a028. Qa4??\u00a0Magnus almost immediately spotted\u00a028\u2026Nf3+!\u00a0and after\u00a028…\u00a0Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxe2 32. Qa7+ Kh6 33. Qd4 Qf3+\u00a0Vincent capitulated.\u00a0 However, Wei Yi chalked up his fifth straight win in the tournament to preserve the one-point margin over Magnus.\u00a0Gukesh D sacrificed a pawn on the white side of the Sicilian and got sufficient compensation\u00a0but soon made a\u00a0committed a serious inaccuracy on move 13. Wei managed to consolidate his position,\u00a0traded\u00a0the queens\u00a0and converted\u00a0his extra pawn in an endgame.\u00a0 All other games in Round 8 were drawn. Round 9\u00a0 Wei’s hot run ended in the day’s final round after Praggnanandhaa comfortably drew with him on the black side of the English Opening.\u00a0 Facing Anish Giri with white Magnus did not achieve much in the Giuoco Piano. Moreover, with his 17th move, he got into trouble, missing\u00a0a nice\u00a0tactic.\u00a0 Magnus Carlsen – Anish Giri After spending some time Magnus played\u00a017. Be3?\u00a0but Anish correctly reacted with\u00a017\u2026Nxe4!\u00a0winning a pawn after\u00a018. Nxe4 Bf5 19.\u00a0Nfd2 d5!\u00a0Unfortunately for him, Giri did not demonstrate accuracy at the critical juncture of the game allowing Magnus to liquidate into a drawish endgame and save a point.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0Day\u00a03 Recap Video\u00a0by IM Kostya Kavutskiy Day 4 of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz continues Saturday, May 11th, with live commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, and IM Nazi Paikidze starting at 6:00 AM CDT. Photos: courtesy of Grand Chess Tour Official website:\u00a0grandchesstour.org\/tours\/2024\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[46,228,155],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-26944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-grand-chess-tour","tag-poland","tag-rapid-blitz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26944"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26949,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944\/revisions\/26949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26944"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=26944"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=26944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}