{"id":26950,"date":"2024-05-12T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T01:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=26950"},"modified":"2024-06-04T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T11:31:57","slug":"superbet-poland-rapid-blitz-day-4-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/superbet-poland-rapid-blitz-day-4-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz: Day 4 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Day 4 of the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the first day of blitz action, as the\u00a0incoming leader Wei Yi continued his dominance in the event, scoring 7.5\/9 to extend his lead over Magnus Carlsen and the rest of the field.\u00a0Wei Yi sits at the top with 20.5 points, which includes five straight wins at the end.\u00a0<\/p>

Magnus Carlsen had an up-and-down day but\u00a0managed to finish\u00a0it in the second position on 18 points, scoring 6\/9.\u00a0<\/p>

The rest of the field is fighting for third place, with Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi sitting on 14.5 and 14 points, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>

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Wei Yi started the day with a loss but bounced back in Round 11, defeating Vincent Keymer.\u00a0<\/p>

Wei Yi – Vincent Keymer<\/strong>
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In this position the Chinese GM found\u00a0very a\u00a0strong sequence\u00a017. Bxf6! \u00a0Qxf6 18. Ng4!<\/strong>\u00a0and after\u00a018…Qf4 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kh7 21. Nh2 Ne5 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. f4<\/strong>\u00a0his\u00a0two rooks prevailed over Black\u2019s queen |\u00a01-0<\/strong>, 30 moves.\u00a0<\/p>

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Facing\u00a0Magnus Carlsen in Round 4 of blitz Wei found himself in a precarious situation\u00a0as the\u00a0world #1 outplayed him in a sharp endgame with a pawn race. Unluckily for Magnus,\u00a0playing on the increment he\u00a0let the victory slip away.\u00a0<\/p>

Wei Yi – Magnus Carlsen<\/strong>
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Black has an extra rook but White\u2019s passers are quite dangerous. The best way to stop them was 54\u2026Rh8 (54\u2026Re6 was also very strong) with the idea of 55. c7 f4 56. b5 Re3 57. c8Q Rxc8 58. Rxc8 f3, winning.<\/p>

Instead Magnus played\u00a054\u2026Rb1?<\/strong>\u00a0but after\u00a055. c7 Rh8 56. b5 Rc8 57. Ka6 Ke5 58. b6 f4 59. b7 Rxc760. Rxc7 Rxb7 61. Rxb7 f3 62. Rxf7 Ke4<\/strong>\u00a0the opponents split the point |\u00a0\u00bd-\u00bd<\/strong>, 65 moves.\u00a0<\/p>

After this lucky escape, Wei strung together five wins, although\u00a0not without\u00a0some luck (he lost against Giri but turned the tables and won).\u00a0Praggnanandhaa tried to stop the leader in Round 11, essaying the double-edged King\u2019s Indian, but Wei was up to the challenge.<\/p>

Wei Yi –\u00a0Praggnanandhaa R<\/strong>
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20. g4! e4 21. Nxe4!\u00a0<\/strong>White sacrificed a piece but quickly returned material with interest after \u00a021… fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qf7 23. Ng5 Qf8 24. Nxh7 Qg8 25. gxh5<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a01-0<\/strong>, 30 moves<\/p>

Magnus started the day with a victory over Kirill Shevchenko but then suffered two losses in Rounds 2 and 3.\u00a0The second one, at the hands of Nodirbek Abdusattorov, was particularly disappointing as Magnus\u00a0simply\u00a0blundered a deadly pin in an overwhelming position.\u00a0Carlsen roared back to finish the day with three straight wins.\u00a0<\/p>

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The final\u00a0one\u00a0was against Arjun Erigaisi, who made a crucial mistake in a long queen endgame.\u00a0<\/p>

Arjun Erigaisi – Magnus Carlsen<\/strong>
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White could have maintained the balance with a precise 88. Qg2! or 88. Qe4+\u00a0with the same idea. Instead, Arjun played\u00a088. Qb1+<\/strong>, but after\u00a088\u2026Ka4!<\/strong>\u00a0White ran out of checks.\u00a089. Qc4 g2 90. Qd7+ Kh6<\/strong>\u00a0and Arjun\u00a0resigned as the only check 91. Qd3+ is met\u00a0with 91\u2026Qb3.\u00a0<\/p>

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Check out\u00a0the\u00a0Day\u00a04 Recap Video<\/a>\u00a0by IM Kostya Kavutskiy<\/p>

Day 5\u00a0of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz continues Sunday, May 12th, with live commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, and IM Nazi Paikidze starting at 6:00 AM CDT.\u00a0<\/p>

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

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Day 4 of the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the first day of blitz action, as the\u00a0incoming leader Wei Yi continued his dominance in the event, scoring 7.5\/9 to extend his lead over Magnus Carlsen and the rest of the field.\u00a0Wei Yi sits at the top with 20.5 points, which includes five straight wins at the end.\u00a0 Magnus Carlsen had an up-and-down day but\u00a0managed to finish\u00a0it in the second position on 18 points, scoring 6\/9.\u00a0 The rest of the field is fighting for third place, with Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi sitting on 14.5 and 14 points, respectively.\u00a0 Wei Yi started the day with a loss but bounced back in Round 11, defeating Vincent Keymer.\u00a0 Wei Yi – Vincent Keymer In this position the Chinese GM found\u00a0very a\u00a0strong sequence\u00a017. Bxf6! \u00a0Qxf6 18. Ng4!\u00a0and after\u00a018…Qf4 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kh7 21. Nh2 Ne5 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. f4\u00a0his\u00a0two rooks prevailed over Black\u2019s queen |\u00a01-0, 30 moves.\u00a0 Facing\u00a0Magnus Carlsen in Round 4 of blitz Wei found himself in a precarious situation\u00a0as the\u00a0world #1 outplayed him in a sharp endgame with a pawn race. Unluckily for Magnus,\u00a0playing on the increment he\u00a0let the victory slip away.\u00a0 Wei Yi – Magnus Carlsen Black has an extra rook but White\u2019s passers are quite dangerous. The best way to stop them was 54\u2026Rh8 (54\u2026Re6 was also very strong) with the idea of 55. c7 f4 56. b5 Re3 57. c8Q Rxc8 58. Rxc8 f3, winning. Instead Magnus played\u00a054\u2026Rb1?\u00a0but after\u00a055. c7 Rh8 56. b5 Rc8 57. Ka6 Ke5 58. b6 f4 59. b7 Rxc760. Rxc7 Rxb7 61. Rxb7 f3 62. Rxf7 Ke4\u00a0the opponents split the point |\u00a0\u00bd-\u00bd, 65 moves.\u00a0 After this lucky escape, Wei strung together five wins, although\u00a0not without\u00a0some luck (he lost against Giri but turned the tables and won).\u00a0Praggnanandhaa tried to stop the leader in Round 11, essaying the double-edged King\u2019s Indian, but Wei was up to the challenge. Wei Yi –\u00a0Praggnanandhaa R 20. g4! e4 21. Nxe4!\u00a0White sacrificed a piece but quickly returned material with interest after \u00a021… fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qf7 23. Ng5 Qf8 24. Nxh7 Qg8 25. gxh5\u00a0|\u00a01-0, 30 moves Magnus started the day with a victory over Kirill Shevchenko but then suffered two losses in Rounds 2 and 3.\u00a0The second one, at the hands of Nodirbek Abdusattorov, was particularly disappointing as Magnus\u00a0simply\u00a0blundered a deadly pin in an overwhelming position.\u00a0Carlsen roared back to finish the day with three straight wins.\u00a0 The final\u00a0one\u00a0was against Arjun Erigaisi, who made a crucial mistake in a long queen endgame.\u00a0 Arjun Erigaisi – Magnus Carlsen White could have maintained the balance with a precise 88. Qg2! or 88. Qe4+\u00a0with the same idea. Instead, Arjun played\u00a088. Qb1+, but after\u00a088\u2026Ka4!\u00a0White ran out of checks.\u00a089. Qc4 g2 90. Qd7+ Kh6\u00a0and Arjun\u00a0resigned as the only check 91. Qd3+ is met\u00a0with 91\u2026Qb3.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0the\u00a0Day\u00a04 Recap Video\u00a0by IM Kostya Kavutskiy Day 5\u00a0of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz continues Sunday, May 12th, with live commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, and IM Nazi Paikidze starting at 6:00 AM CDT.\u00a0 Photos: courtesy of Grand Chess Tour Official website:\u00a0grandchesstour.org\/tours\/2024\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26952,"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-26950","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\/26950","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=26950"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26955,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26950\/revisions\/26955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26950"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=26950"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=26950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}