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 …
Pairings round 2, Friday May 5th GM Arjun Erigaisi – GM Nils Grandelius GM Gukesh D – GM Vincent Keymer GM Mishra Abhimanyu – GM Jorden Van Foreest GM Boris Gelfand – GM Peter Svidler