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Magnus Carlsen during the Grenke Chess Classic 2019. Image © Georgios Souleidis, http://www.grenkechessclassic.de

Magnus Carlsen Takes Grenke 2019 by Storm, Wins With 7.5/9

April 30, 2019 John Lee Shaw

It was just last November, that Magnus Carlsen had us chess fans banging our heads against a wall. Alright, maybe you rose above the befuddlement of his rather lack lustre World Title defence against Fabiano Caruana, dear reader, and in that case I take my hat off to you. The […check it out!]

Month: April 2019

Magnus Carlsen Takes Grenke 2019 by Storm, Wins With 7.5/9

Radoslaw Wojtaszek Wins Biel 2020

Tata Steel 2020, Rd 10: Carlsen Wins Again. Caruana Retains Lead After Beating Firouzja

The World Champion stamps some authority in this game, against the player many are tipping to be a future challenger and successor. The other games are drawn, Caruana leads. The Challengers group sees a 3-way tie at the top.

Fabiano outplays Vishy in the endgame to take the point, he leads with Alireza Firouzja on 5.5/8. Artemiev collapses against Carlsen, who notches up a rather comfortable point. Duda and Kovalev also win. Eljanov remains in the lead of the Challengers, which sees 4 games decided.

Tussle of the 'born in the 2000s' goes the way of the Iranian as his American opponent falters. Points also go to Caruana and van Foreest. Vishy Anand survives against Magnus Carlsen. Things largely unchanged in the Challengers as Sarin beats Saduakassova, Eljanov still at the top of the standings.

2018's World Championship rivals, are again not to be separated. Anish Giri recovers his point from round 5, at the cost of Vladislav Kovalev, while Daniil Dubov sees Vladislav Artemiev strategically wanting. The Challengers group sees 3 decided games, Eljanov leads.

Round 5 takes place away from Wijk aan Zee, at the stadium of football team, PSV Einhoven. It sees Firouzja take his 3rd win in 5 games, notching up a performance rating of 2854 so far. Xiong suffers at the hands of Anand. The Challengers group sees 6 of the 7 games decided.

Ukranian GM shows fine form, drops a single point from events combined

World Champion takes the only point of the round, defeating Karjakin in 'throwback'.

In a very one-sided game, the player who gave the chess world 'My System', demonstrates his strategic superiority and notches up a very fine and instructive miniature.