The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Rd3 Day 2
Ding Liren moves to 3rd place defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2points) .. in the Tie Break.
Game 1 Draw Game 2 Draw Game 3 Draw Game 4 Draw
G/5 Ding – Vachier-Lagrave 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qa4+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qxb2 14. Ne5 b5 15. Qa5+ Ke8 16. Qc7 1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi won his match against Anish Giri. (3 points)
Game 1 Draw Game 2 Nepomniachtchi Game 3 Draw Game 4 Draw
G/2 Nepomniachtchi – Giri 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Qc2 Ndb4 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qd1 Nd4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Rxb2 16. Rb1 Qb8 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 Qb6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Qc1 Rb8 25. Qxc7 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 f6 27. Qxa7 Qb6 28. Qf7 Qc5 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Qd7 Qa3 31. Qe6 f5 32. h4 h6 33. Qc4 Kh7 34. h5 Rf6 35. Bd5 Qc3 36. Qb5 Qc8 37. Bf3 Qa6 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. a4 Ra6 40. Qf7 Rd6 41. Qe7 Rd8 42. Bc6 Kh8 43. Kh2 Rc8 44. Qe6 Qa6 45. Bd7 Qxe6 46. Bxe6 Re8 47. Bxf5 Rxe2 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Bd7 g6 50. hxg6 Kg7 51. Be8 Ra3 52. Bb5 Kxg6 53. f4 Ra1 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. g4 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rg1 57. Ba6 Ra1 58. Bc4+ Kf6 59. Bb5 Rg1 60. a5 Rxg4 61. a6 Rg7 62. Bc6 Ra7 63. Bb7 h5 64. Kxd4 h4 65. Kc5 h3 66. Kb6 Rxb7+ 67. axb7 h2 68. b8=Q h1=Q 69. Qe5+ Kf7 70. Qe4 Qh6+ 71. Kc7 Qg7 72. Qe5 Qg3 73. d4 Qb3 74. f5 Qc4+ 75. Qc5 Qa4 76. Qd5+ Kf6 77. Qc6+ 1-0
We're 3 rounds down, 4 to go in the preliminary stage of the #MagnusInvite, and it's Magnus Carlsen who leads ahead of Hikaru Nakamura and now Ding Liren.
Tomorrow we have Carlsen vs. MVL and Firouzja vs. Caruana: https://t.co/gb3YNf7o6V #c24live pic.twitter.com/chWKo8RqUk— chess24.com (@chess24com) April 23, 2020
