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Re: 8th Altbox Norway Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:08 am
by Mick Norris
TWIC round 9 report as Carlsen wins the tournament
Round 9 of 10 Standings: 1st Carlsen 19.5 2nd Firouzja 15.5 3rd Aronian 14.5 4th Caruana 14 5th Duda 9.5 6th Tari 2.5
Final Round 10 pairings Friday 16th 4pm BST: Carlsen-Aronian, Firouzja-Duda and Caruana-Tari.
Firouzja, Alireza vs Carlsen, Magnus
Re: 8th Altbox Norway Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:03 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Most people who saw that game at almost any point before the last few moves, and later heard that "Carlsen won", would have presumed that meant he bagged the Armageddon encounter after an "inevitable" draw.
Remarkable, in more ways than one.
Re: 8th Altbox Norway Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:33 pm
by Mick Norris
Pete Doggers
I'm getting used to the wooden screen.
—Magnus Carlsen
Re: 8th Altbox Norway Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:43 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Not so used to it that he didn't lose a second game, though. What was his last previous "classical" loss with the White pieces?
Re: 8th Altbox Norway Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:01 am
by Leonard Barden
Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:43 pm
Not so used to it that he didn't lose a second game, though. What was his last previous "classical" loss with the White pieces?
Nepomniachtchi, December 2017, London Classic.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1899460
36...Qa4!
Re: 8th Altbox Norway Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:25 am
by Mick Norris
TWIC final round report
If Firouzja had held the endgame against Carlsen yesterday he would have even won the event. Nevertheless this looks like a breakthrough result for Firouzja.
Today it was announced by FIDE that the Candidates tournament will not be resumed in November but postponed until the Spring.
Final Standings: 1st Carlsen 19.5pts, 2nd Firouzja 18.5pts, 3rd Aronian 17.5pts, 4th Caruana 15.5pts, 5th Duda 9.5pts, 6th Tari 3.5pts.
Carlsen, Magnus vs Aronian, Levon
Pete Doggers