Fabiano Caruana Well – That’s It ! Fabiano Caruana wins the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin – by a full point ! Caruana also won his final game against Alexander Grischuk and that game was the single decisive game of the Final Round. Once again Fabiano played the… Continue reading
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov The tournament leader and the runner-up both won their games, the only decisive games, in the penultimate round of the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin. Prior to this round Fabiano Caruana had 7 points and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had 6.5 points. With them both winning their games… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis There were two decisive games in the 12th round of the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin. The most important one involved Sergey Karjakin defeating the tournament leader Fabiano Caruana. It was a victory that knocked Caruana out of the exclusive lead and… Continue reading
Sergey Karjakin Sergey Karjakin notched the single decisive game in round 11 of the Candidates 2018 in Berlin. It was at the expense of Levon Aronian who unfortunately is in last place; shocker; Aronian was one of the top favorites entering this tourney. The game was a long… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik executed the only decisive game in the 10th round of the Candidates 2018 in Berlin. As long or as short as the other games were, they all looked like they were headed for a draw. Even Kramnik versus… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Sergey Karjakin Sergey Karjakin soundly defeated Vladimir Kramnik in the 9th Round of the Candidates 2018 in Berlin. Kramnik was deflated; he really needed a good game here; he avoided the press conference at the conclusion of the game. I think Kramnik… Continue reading
Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. Alexander Grischuk’s Win Over Vladimir Kramnik There was a single decisive game in Round 8 of the Candidates Tournament of 2018 in Berlin. Alexander Grischuk pushed Pawns forward on move 8. They looked very over extended, flimsy, weak, etc. In hindsight if… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. There were two decisive games in the 7th round of the Candidates 2018 tournament in Berlin. The most important was yet another win from Fabiano Caruana. At the expense of Levon Aronian, this victory once again places Fabiano in the lead… Continue reading
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov In Round 5 all games were drawn. In Round 6 Vladimir Kramnik once again played the Black side of a Semi-Tarrasch against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Fischer used to like this as well, considering the Carlsbad Pawn formation to be “boring”. Black has less space, but he effects piece… Continue reading
Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Caruana is now in the lead by a half point. He played the Black side of a Petrof Defense against Vladimir Kramnik. Admittedly Kramnik made some errors towards the end, but he was at a disadvantage anyway, and bad games often have a way of… Continue reading
