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.
Peter Svidler said about that: ''First time that happened was Tilburg '94, then there was a long pause - but it appears the trend is back on''.
46.gxf5! [White has a huge spatial advantage. After the opponent's forced reply, he will obtain a protected passed pawn in the center.]
[46.g5 Bd7 47.Rh1 Kd8 48.h5 Ke7 49.hxg6 hxg6 50.Rh7+ Rf7 51.Rh6 Rfg7 52.Ra2 Rb8+–; 46.Ra1 fxg4 47.Rxg4 Kd8 48.Nb6! Nxb6 49.cxb6 Bd7 50.Ra7 Bc8 51.b5 cxb5 52.Rg1! Ke7 53.Rc1 Rd8 54.Bxb5 Rg7 55.Rc7+ Kf8 56.Ra8+–]
46...exf5 47.b5! [White is playing on both sides of the board. Black is really suffering due to the lack of space and cannot hold his position for a long time.]
47...cxb5 48.Nc3 Bc6 [48...b4 49.Nxd5+ Kd8 50.Nxb4+–]
49.Nxb5+ Bxb5 50.Bxb5 Rf7 51.h5 Kd8 [Black could not have held the pawn with 51...Rfg7 due to 52.Bd3!]
52.hxg6 hxg6 53.Rxg6 Rxg6 54.Rxg6 Nc7 55.Bd3 Ne8 56.Bc2 Rh7 [56...Ng7 57.Bb3 Rd7 58.Bxd5 Rxd5 59.Rxg7+–]
57.Bxf5 1–0
[46.g5 Bd7 47.Rh1 Kd8 48.h5 Ke7 49.hxg6 hxg6 50.Rh7+ Rf7 51.Rh6 Rfg7 52.Ra2 Rb8+–; 46.Ra1 fxg4 47.Rxg4 Kd8 48.Nb6! Nxb6 49.cxb6 Bd7 50.Ra7 Bc8 51.b5 cxb5 52.Rg1! Ke7 53.Rc1 Rd8 54.Bxb5 Rg7 55.Rc7+ Kf8 56.Ra8+–]
46...exf5 47.b5! [White is playing on both sides of the board. Black is really suffering due to the lack of space and cannot hold his position for a long time.]
47...cxb5 48.Nc3 Bc6 [48...b4 49.Nxd5+ Kd8 50.Nxb4+–]
49.Nxb5+ Bxb5 50.Bxb5 Rf7 51.h5 Kd8 [Black could not have held the pawn with 51...Rfg7 due to 52.Bd3!]
52.hxg6 hxg6 53.Rxg6 Rxg6 54.Rxg6 Nc7 55.Bd3 Ne8 56.Bc2 Rh7 [56...Ng7 57.Bb3 Rd7 58.Bxd5 Rxd5 59.Rxg7+–]
57.Bxf5 1–0