Grandelius-Gukesh Gukesh chose the Berlin Defence in the Ruy Lopez. Grandelius found a surprise bishop sacrifice on h7 that forced the black king to g6. Both players could have tried for a win at some stage, but it would have been very risky. Instead, it ended in a draw by …
A very exciting round, all four games had a winner! Gukesh-Keymer Keymer opted for the Ruy Lopez, and Gukesh soon applied some pressure with the white pieces. However, it was not until Keymer allowed 22.Bxh6 that things got real bad for black. In the complications that followed, Gukesh made no …
Pairings round 3, Saturday May 6th GM Peter Svidler – GM Arjun Erigaisi GM Jorden Van Foreest – GM Boris Gelfand GM Vincent Keymer – GM Mishra Abhimanyu GM Nils Grandelius – GM Gukesh D
Gelfand-Erigaisi Erigaisi chose an extremely sharp variantion in the Catalan and seemed to be well prepared, playing very fast. Gelfand made a terrible mistake, allowing 20…Rxc1, followed by Bxd2 or Qxd2 and Nf3+. This cost him a piece and the game. Svidler-Mishra Svidler went for the Moscow variation (Bb5+) in …