Congratulations to Anish Giri Verified account on winning his 1st supertournament!

Round 7 of the GRENKE Chess Classic. It rains in Baden-Baden, it is a good idea to watch chess today.

Note that Anish Giri won the #ReykjavikOpen two years ago on April 27 as well, which is King's Day in The Netherlands. After King of Reykjavik, he is now King of Shenzhen! 🔸👑🇳🇱

#ShenzhenMasters

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Even with increments, Carlsen bullies Aronian on the clock and on the board to move to +4 in #GRENKEChess and a 2867.7 live rating!

Time for some updates on Carlsen's performance in 2019:
🥇 Performance rating: 2925
🎖 Score: 74,1 % (+14 =15 -0)
🏆 Performance with white: 3016 (+8 =5 -0)
🏅 Performance with black: 2860 (+6 =10 -0)

Leading by 1 point with 2 games to go. Caruana second

GM Fabiano Caruana won in the seventh round of the GRENKE Chess Classic against GM Arkadij Naiditsch #GRENKEchess.

Georg Meier after His Win Against Anand | GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 chess interview

🔸12th Kings Rapid 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Nisipeanu,LD (2674)
⚫️Parligras,M (2645)
🔸1-0

24.Nxe4! [Exchanging the pieces favors the side playing against the isolated pawn.]

24...Rxe4 [24...dxe4?! 25.f5 Rh6™ 26.g3 Qc6 27.Rc1 Qd7 28.Qg4 f6 29.Kg2+/=]

25.Qf3 Qf5 26.Rf2 h5 27.Rfd2 Bb4 28.Rd3! Rc6? [28...h4! 29.Kh1 h3 30.gxh3 Re7 31.Ba1! △R×d5 31...Qe4 32.Qxe4 Rxe4 33.Rc1+/=]

29.Bxg7! [The coordination of White's pieces causes this beautiful combination.]

29...Kxg7? [¹29...Bc5 30.Be5 Qg4 31.Rf1±]

30.Rxd5 Qh7 31.Rxh5 Rh6 32.Qg4+! Kf8 33.Rd8+! Ke7 34.Qh4++–

⚪️#201 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Iljiushenok,I (2533)
🔸Maletina,Tatiana (2270)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

20.Bxc6 [Temporarily keeping the light-squared bishop on the board, would give White better chances to put more pressure on the opponent's camp. 20.Bc4! Rd8 21.0–0 Kc8 22.a4 Bd5 23.f5 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Bd6 25.Nf2 Bc7 26.Nxe4±; 20.c4? Nb4 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.0–0 f5 23.Be3 Bg7 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.a3 Nd3µ]

20...Qxc6 21.f5+/=