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FIDE Open World Cup: Carlsen, 15 others advance to Round 5

Monday, July 26, 2021

THE playing cast keeps getting smaller at the FIDE Open World Cup at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi, Russia, and after Round 4 hostilities ended, only 16 of the original 206-player field remain to compete for two slots in the 2022 FIDE Candidates tournament.

World champion Magnus Carlsen led the 16 grandmasters who advanced to the next round after eliminating their Round 4 foes. Besides Carlsen, the other Round 5 qualifiers are Alexander Grischuk (2778), Sergey Karjakin (2757), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2749), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2738), Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2726), Andrey Esipenko (2716), Peter Svidler (2714), Sam Shankland (2709), Vladimir Fedoseev (2696), Etienne Bacrot (2678), Haik M. Martirosyan (2632), Vasif Durarbayli (2625), M. Amin Tabatabaei (2613), Kacper Piorun (2608), and Velimir Ivic (2582).

Tabatabaei and the Serbian prodigy Ivic produced the surprise upsets of the round. The 18-year old Iviv eliminated Dmitry Andreikin (2724), while Tabatabaei ousted Pentala Harikrishna (2730).

Tabatabaei,MA (2613)-

Harikrishna,P (2730) [D27]

Krasnaya Polyana (4.1) 2021

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.0-0 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.e4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Qd3 0-0 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.a4 Qf4 16.f3 Rad8 17.Qe3 Qxe3+ 18.Bxe3 Bb4 19.Na2 Be7 20.b3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rc8 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.b4 Bd7 25.a5 Ne8 26.Kf2 Nc7 27.Bc5 Bxc5+ 28.bxc5 Kf8 29.Nb4 Ke7 30.Ke3 Bb5 31.Bxb5 Nxb5 32.c6 bxc6 33.e5 Nc7 34.Kd4 Kd7 35.Kc5 f6 36.Nxc6 Nd5 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Nb8+ Kc7 39.Nxa6+ Kb7 40.Nb4 Ne3 41.a6+ Ka7 42.Kd6 e5 43.Ke6 Nxg2 44.Kxf6 Nh4 45.Nc6+ Kxa6 46.Nxe5 Ng2 47.Kg7 Kb6 48.Kxh7 Kc5 49.Kg6 Kd4 50.Kf6 Ke3 51.Kf5 Kd4 52.f4 Kd5 53.Ng6 Ne3+ 54.Kg5 Ke6 55.h4 Nc4 56.h5 Nd6 57.Ne5 1-0

Ivic,V (2582)-

Andreikin,D (2724) [B46]

Krasnaya Polyana (4.4) 2021

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd3 d5 8.Qg3 h5 9.h4 d4 10.Nb1 Nf6 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bf4 c5 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.0-0-0 Bd5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Nh6 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Nc4 Nf5 19.Qd3 Be7 20.g3 0-0 21.f3 Rfd8 22.g4 Nxh4 23.Bg3 Nxf3 24.gxh5 Bg5+ 25.Kb2 Bh6 26.Rdf1 Ng5 27.Bf4 Qe4 28.Rhg1 Qxd3 29.cxd3 Nh3 30.Bxh6 Nxg1 31.Rxg1 Kh7 32.Bxg7 Rg8 33.h6 1-0

Karjakin,S (2757)-

Artemiev,V (2704) [B12]

Krasnaya Polyana (4.4) 2021

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 a6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Nb3 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nxc5 Nxc5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd4 Ne7 13.f4 0-0 14.c3 Rc8 15.Qe1 Be4 16.Rd1 Nc6 17.g4 Qe7 18.Qg3 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.g5 hxg5 22.fxg5 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 e5 24.h4 a5 25.h5 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Nxf8 27.g6 Qf6 28.Bg5 Qe6 29.a4 c5 30.Bd8 Qd7 31.Qg5 Qh3 32.Kf2 Qh2+ 33.Ke1 Qh1+ 34.Bf1 Bd3 35.Qg2 Qxg2 36.Bxg2 e4 37.Bxa5 Ne6 38.Bb6 Nf4 39.Bf1 e3 40.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 41.Ke2 Nxb2 42.a5 Nc4 43.Bc7 Na3 44.a6 Nb5 45.Bb6 Nxc3+ 46.Kxe3 d4+ 47.Kd3 Na4 48.Ba5 1-0

Grischuk,A (2778)-

Korobov,A (2683) [C88]

Krasnaya Polyana (4.3) 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.d3 d6 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4 16.Nc3 Nxc2 17.Qxc2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Rc8 19.a3 Qc7 20.Rad1 h6 21.Qd3 Qb7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.e5 Be7 24.exd6 Bd8 25.Re7 Bxe7 26.dxe7 Rfe8 27.Qxd7 Rxe7 28.Qf5 Rce8 29.Nd5 Re6 30.Ne3 Qc7 31.Qd5 Rc6 32.Qd2 Rc8 33.Nd5 Qd6 34.Nh4 Rc2 35.Qd3 Qc5 36.Qg3 Rc1 37.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38.Kh2 Rd8 39.Qe5 g6 40.Nf6+ Kf8 41.Nh7+ Kg8 42.Nf6+ Kf8 43.Nd5 Kg8 44.Nxg6 1-0

Carlsen,M (2847)-

Wojtaszek,R (2691) [E47]

Krasnaya Polyana (4.4) 2021

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nge2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Nf4 Bd6 12.Be3 Bxf4 13.Bxf4 Qf6 14.Be3 Nb4 15.Bb1 Bf5 16.Qb3 Bxb1 17.Raxb1 Qd6 18.a3 Na6 19.Rbc1 Qd7 20.Bf4 Rac8 21.Qg3 f6 22.h4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.b4 b5 26.h5 Qd7 27.Qf3 h6 28.Qc3 Qf5 29.g3 Qd7 30.Qc2 Kf8 31.Qh7 Nc7 32.Bxh6 Qg4 33.Be3 Ne6 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Qc8 Qe4 36.Qd7+ Kg8 37.Qxa7 Ng5 38.Bxg5 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kh2 fxg5 41.Qb8+ Kf7 42.Qc7+ Kf6 43.Qd6+ Kf7 44.Qg6+ Qxg6 45.hxg6+ Kxg6 46.g4 Kf6 47.Kg3 Ke6 48.Kf3 1-0

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