New in Chess Classic Knockout /Finals
April 24-May 2, 2021
It is the fifth leg on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
Day 1 : NEW IN CHESS Classic Finals Magnus Carlsen leads, Aronian-Mamedyarov 3rd place match is tied..
GAME 4 slips away from Nakamura..Down in Day 1 by 2 points
28. f3 Nd5…
Game4 Nakamura – Carlsen 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Bd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. g3 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Bc2 Qe6 18. Kg2 a4 19. a3 Ne5 20. Bb1 Qe7 21. Be1 Rad8 22. Ba2 Ned7 23. Qc2 Be5 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Ne2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qa7 27. Rc1 Ne6 28. f3 Nd5 29. Qxc6 Nxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qb8 31. Bf2 Bxb2 32. Bxe3 Bxc1 33. Bxc1 Rc8 34. Qe4 Qd6 35. Be3 Qd1+ 36. Ng1 Qc2 37. Qd5 Rd8 0-1
Slug -Fest for the bronze.. 2-2
Game 3 Mamedyarov – Aronian 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bf5 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qf4 h6 14. h4 a5 15. a3 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Rd3 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Bxb7 Rd8 24. Be3 e4 25. Rc1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxe2 27. Rxc7 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nc4 29. g4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bxg4 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 f4 0-1
Game 4 Aronian- Mamedyarov 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Nbd7 7. a5 c5 8. c4 b6 9. axb6 Qxb6 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Ra3 a6 12. d5 Ng4 13. Qc2 Nde5 14. Nd2 f5 15. e3 Qd8 16. Ne2 g5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nf3 h6 19. b3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rxa6 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. Bb2 Re8 25. e4 Bc8 26. Raa1 fxe4 27. fxg5 Nxg5 28. h4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Rae1 Ng4 31. Nf4 Ngf2+ 32. Kh2 Ng4+ 33. Kh1 Nhf2+ 34. Kg1 Bb7 35. Re2 e3 36. Nd5 Qf7 37. Ne4 Bxd5 38. Nxd6 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Qe6 40. Rfxf2 Nxf2 41. Rxe3 Qxd6 0-1
