Image Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto
Magnus Carlsen winning against Levon Aronian
There were three decisive games in the 7th round of GRENKE Chess Classic 2019. Carlsen, Caruana, and Meier did the honors of bringing in the point. This puts Magnus Carlsen in the lead by a full point followed by Fabiano Caruana in second place with two rounds to go. Anand appears to be losing energy and dropped his game to Georg Meier.
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.27”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon (ARM)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “75”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.27”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Rc8 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bh5 17. c4 Nd7 18. Rfc1 b6 19. a4 a5 20. Qf2 Qd6 21. Be3 Bg6 22. Qd2 f6 23. Qb2 Rc7 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Qa3 Rd8 26. Rc3 f5 27. Re1 e4 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Nxe4 Qe5 31. Rce3 Rcc8 32. h3 Qc7 33. Nd2 Re8 34. Re7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Qd8 36. Qe3 Rc7 37. Re6 Rc5 38. Qb3 1-0
Final Position
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[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.27”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano (USA)”]
[Black “Naiditsch, Arkadij (AZE)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “65”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.27”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. O-O b5 8. a4 c6 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nxc3 cxd4 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qe7 15. Nbxd4 Na5 16. Qb5 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Bc3 18. Rac1 a6 19. Qe5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Qxa5 Nd5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. e3 Qf6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qb4 Bb2 26. Rc2 h5 27. Qb7 Rf8 28. Qxa6 h4 29. Qc4 h3 30. Qg4 Rd3 31. b4 Rb3 32. Qxh3 Ra8 33. b5 1-0
Final Position
Image taken from the official tournament site – see URL at post end.
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.27”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan (IND)”]
[Black “Meier, Georg (GER)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.27”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Rhe1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 c4 16. Be4 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Kg7 19. c3 b5 20. g4 Qd6 21. Rf1 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxh2 23. d5 Qd6 24. Qd4+ e5 25. Qxa7 Rc5 26. Qb7 e4 27. Rf5 e3 28. Kc1 b4 29. Qxb4 Rb8 30. Qa4 Rcb5 31. Qa7 R8b7 32. Qxe3 Rxb2 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxg2 35. Rd4 Rg1+ 36. Kc2 Rgb1 0-1
Final Position
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