30...Qc3? [In the opposite-colored bishop position, Black probably thought that he will be able to hold the game by exchanging the queens. But it would have been better to keep the position.]
[30...Ra8+/= △Qa7]
31.Qxc3! bxc3 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxc3± Rb4 34.Rc7 [△Be6]
34...Kf8 35.Rc8+ Ke7 36.Ra8 a4 37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.bxa4 Ke8 39.a5 Bd8 40.a6 Bb6 41.f4! f6 42.f5 Kf7 43.fxg6+ Kxg6 44.Bf5+ Kg7 45.Kf3 h6 46.Kg4 Bc5 47.Bd7 Kg6 48.Be8+ Kg7 49.Kf5 Kf8 50.Bh5 Ke7 51.Be2 Kf7 52.a4 Bb6 53.a5 Bc5 54.Bh5+ Ke7 55.Kg6 Be3 56.Be2 [The moral of the game is 'not all opposite colored bishop endgames are drawn!'] 1–0
[30...Ra8+/= △Qa7]
31.Qxc3! bxc3 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxc3± Rb4 34.Rc7 [△Be6]
34...Kf8 35.Rc8+ Ke7 36.Ra8 a4 37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.bxa4 Ke8 39.a5 Bd8 40.a6 Bb6 41.f4! f6 42.f5 Kf7 43.fxg6+ Kxg6 44.Bf5+ Kg7 45.Kf3 h6 46.Kg4 Bc5 47.Bd7 Kg6 48.Be8+ Kg7 49.Kf5 Kf8 50.Bh5 Ke7 51.Be2 Kf7 52.a4 Bb6 53.a5 Bc5 54.Bh5+ Ke7 55.Kg6 Be3 56.Be2 [The moral of the game is 'not all opposite colored bishop endgames are drawn!'] 1–0
Magnus Carlsen played Caro-Kann defence against Peter Svidler. Carlsen has played his final rated game before WC match v Caruana. He is now only 2.4 points ahead of Caruana.
In mid-October 2018, dozens of social media accounts started circulating the claim that Barron Trump had been awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster.
The tweets pushing this rumor also made several other outlandish claims: Some held that Barron Trump had an IQ of 146; others maintained that Barron’s father Donald Trump studied under chess legend Bobby Fischer and was himself one of the most celebrated chess players of all time. Many of these tweets were also accompanied by the accusation that the mainstream news media was ignoring the many chess-related accomplishments of the Trump family.
If Barron Trump were truly awarded such a title at the age of 11, it would have been newsworthy not only because he is the son of a president, but also because he would have been the youngest person to ever achieve that honor. As of this writing, Sergey Karjakin holds the record for youngest Chess Grandmaster, having been awarded the title in 2003 at the age of 12 years and 7 months.