St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019 Day 2: Carlsen loses twice
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St. Louis Rapid and Blitz 2019 Day 2: Carlsen loses twice
Levon Aronian continues to lead the rapid tournament after two days and six rounds. On Day 2, World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost twice and is therefore far off the lead. It's the next leg of the Grand Chess Tour, IM VENTKATACHALAM SARAVANAN reports on the…
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Final moments of Caruana-Carlsen #STLRapidBlitz
Caruana: "Regardless of where the win is a win against Magnus is something special"
Caruana: "Regardless of where the win is a win against Magnus is something special"
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In a very uncharacteristic fashion, Magnus Carlsen seems surprised by Levon Aronian's 19...Qe7 and, superficially, goes in for the obvious 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Nh4. But Aronian had seen 23...Re4+! from afar. On a better day, Carlsen spots these things even in a banter blitz session.
Levon Aronian after beating Magnus: "Whenever I see the cheapo in a position I sit there and pray! ...You have to mix bad moves and good moves, that's what Larsen said, and I managed to do that perfectly - that's my secret" :)
Aronian on Carlsen: "You can't always maintain your form. He was doing it perfectly and now it's not the end of the world - he can still win the tournament - but this is the sign that maybe it won't go as smooth for the rest of the year"
Aronian on Carlsen: "You can't always maintain your form. He was doing it perfectly and now it's not the end of the world - he can still win the tournament - but this is the sign that maybe it won't go as smooth for the rest of the year"
Aronian's 4 wins in #STLRapidBlitz has made him gain 55 rating points and jump 31 places on the 2700 chess
rapid list, but he is *still* only 16th. #GrandChessTour
rapid list, but he is *still* only 16th. #GrandChessTour
22.Rab1!? [A Karpovian move! White start preparing the b2–b4 pawn advance, in order to open the b-file and attack on the black pawn on b7.]
[22.h4 e6 23.h5 g5= 24.Ra3 exd5 25.cxd5 Kg8 26.b4 Be5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Bxc5 Bf4 29.Be3„; 22.Ra2 e6 23.b4 exd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.Bd4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Qd4 Bb5 28.f3² /=]
22...e6 23.b4 exd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.Bb6? [25.Bd4 Bb5 26.Bxg7 Rxg7 27.Qd4 Rge7 28.f3 Re5 29.Ne4±]
25...c3 26.Qa2? Qc8 27.Ne2 Bf5–+
0–1
[22.h4 e6 23.h5 g5= 24.Ra3 exd5 25.cxd5 Kg8 26.b4 Be5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Bxc5 Bf4 29.Be3„; 22.Ra2 e6 23.b4 exd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.Bd4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Qd4 Bb5 28.f3² /=]
22...e6 23.b4 exd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.Bb6? [25.Bd4 Bb5 26.Bxg7 Rxg7 27.Qd4 Rge7 28.f3 Re5 29.Ne4±]
25...c3 26.Qa2? Qc8 27.Ne2 Bf5–+
0–1
47...Rxa5+! [47...Rg8 48.a4 g5 49.Ra6 Kh7 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.a5 h5 52.Ra6+ Kh7 53.gxh5 g4=; 47...Rb8+ 48.Kc5 Rc8+ 49.Kb4 g5=]
48.Kxa5 g6! 49.Kb6 h5 50.gxh5 gxh5 51.a4 h4 52.a5 h3 53.a6 h2 54.Ka7 h1Q 55.Kb8 Qb1+ 56.Ka8 Qe4+ 57.Kb8 Qe5+
0–1
48.Kxa5 g6! 49.Kb6 h5 50.gxh5 gxh5 51.a4 h4 52.a5 h3 53.a6 h2 54.Ka7 h1Q 55.Kb8 Qb1+ 56.Ka8 Qe4+ 57.Kb8 Qe5+
0–1