Fide Grand Swiss IOM/FINAL
Wang Hao qualifies for the 2020 Candidates !
Wang wins the FIDE Grand Swiss on tie-breaks over Fabiano Caruana, defeating GM David Howell in the final round..
Rd11 Wang, Hao – Howell, David W L 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 c6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxb7 Rxa2 17. Rxa2 Bxa2 18. Qa4 Bd5 19. Rd1 Bxb7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f4 Bxb2 22. Qa7 Rd7 23. Qxb6 Ba1 24. Qb5 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bh1 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Bc5 h5 28. Bf8+ Kf6 29. Qe7+ Kf5 30. Qxf7+ Bf6 31. Be7 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. Qxf6+ Kg4 34. Qxg6+ Kh3 35. f5 Bd5 36. f6 Kg2 37. Qc2+ 1-0
Wang Hao Wins @FIDE_chess @Chesscom Grand Swiss, Qualifies For Candidates
Wang Hao defeated David Howell today and edged out Fabiano Caruana on tiebreak to win #iomchess and qualify for the 2020 Candidates' Tournament! Final report:https://t.co/25VCRzJesu
— ChesscomNews (@ChesscomNews) October 22, 2019
Listed below are Wang’s opponents and Results
FINAL RANKING TOP 15
Rd11 Alekseenko, Kirill – Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2 -1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Ra1 Ree8 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Ng6 18. c4 c6 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Rad8 21. axb5 axb5 22. d4 Bb8 23. Ba5 Bc7 24. Bb6 Ra8 25. Rad1 Qc8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. d5 Ra4 28. dxc6 Ra6 29. Rd6 Rxc6 30. Qd2 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qb6 32. Qb4 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rc2 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nfxd2 Nf4 36. Nc4 Qc6 37. Nxe5 Qc2 38. Nd2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qe1 40. Qd4 Ne2 41. Ndf3 Nxd4 42. Nxe1 Kf8 43. f3 Ke8 44. N1d3 Nd7 45. Nxd7 Kxd7 46. e5 Ke6 47. f4 Nc6 48. Kg3 f6 49. Kg4 fxe5 50. fxe5 b4 51. Kf4 b3 52. Nc5+ Kd5 53. Nxb3 Nxe5 54. Kf5 Kxd6 55. Nd2 Nd3 56. Kg6 Ke5 57. ½-½
Kirill Alekseenko 🇷🇺 becomes eligible for a wild card in #FIDECandidates 2020 as the best non-qualifying player from the Grand Swiss!
His tiebreak (opponents' rating minus the lowest) is better than that of other contenders for this spot. #IOMchess #chess pic.twitter.com/WdYgMBJGVk
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) October 21, 2019
Nakamura and Caruana play to a draw on board 1 : Fabiano leads 7 to 6, with 35 draws over Hikaru in Classical play.
Aronian – Carlsen play to a draw on board 2 : Magnus leads 16 to 7, with 39 draws over Levon in Classical play.
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Magnus Carlsen on his 101-game unbeaten streak:
"I feel like 100 is kind of a magic number – never thought I’d get there!" #c24live #IOMChess pic.twitter.com/O3t03A69kE— chess24.com (@chess24com) October 21, 2019
