![]() ![]() ![]() Karjakin made a joke of it on Twitter, using the hashtag “saynoto2900” and adding “learned some tricks from the world champion” in reference to Carlsen’s three previous games with the identical sequence. Sergey Karjakin, who narrowly lost his 2016 world title match with Carlsen, responded in their 10th-round game, which was drawn by repetition in 16 moves and 15 minutes’ play after a Berlin Ruy Lopez sequence played many times before. The player who will be most worried about Dubov’s withdrawal is Sweden’s Nils Grandelius, who sat opposite the infected Russian for seven hours on Wednesday, as several reader comments below have reminded us.Ĭarlsen’s 2900 ambition, stated so publicly, was an open invitation to spoiler responses. Giri, who was in second place half a point behind Carlsen with three rounds left, was well beaten in round 11 by his compatriot Jorden van Foreest, who won Wijk 2021 and has put in a solid performance this year. If the 2018 Carlsen v Caruana world title match reunion is a draw, Carlsen may win Wijk on 9/13 but will still lose a rating point or so as his declared target to set an all-time 2900 rating record is already looking difficult to achieve. The 25-year-old Hungarian is a creative tactician who has been hovering on the fringes of the world top 10 for some time and now has his chance for a break-through if he can defeat Andrey Esipenko and Giri in the final two rounds. Rapport had a bloodless victory in the 11th round due to Dubov’s withdrawal.
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