Grandmaster Levon Aronian (right) plays real fine chess in the
Sinquefield Cup. In the 4th round yesterday he beat GM Wesley So as
black.Aronian sacrificed a piece early on and got a strong attack which
he converted, He now has 3 points and shares the lead with GM Veselin
Topalov who played a draw against GM Alexander Grischuk with black.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen is half a point behind the leaders after
drawing GM Anish Giri as black in a Sveshnikov-sicilian which lasted 31
moves.The games Caruana-Anand and Vachier-Lagrave-Nakamura ended
in draws. Read more about the 4th round in ChessBase and check
Sjakkfantomet who comments the game Giri-Carlsen. Follow the 5th round
live tonight at 20.00 in ChessBomb. The games will be Topalov-Caruana,
Carlsen-So, Aronian-Grischuk, Anand-Vachier-Lagrave and Nakamura-Giri.
Photo:Austin Fuller

World Champion Magnus Carlsen (left) won again in Sinquefield Cup in
St.Louis. Magnus had the white pieces against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
Magnus pushed in an English game and obtained an advantage in the
endgame which he converted. Magnus has 2 points and is half a point
behind the leader GM Veselin Topalov who played a solid draw as black
against GM Vishy Anand.GM Wesley So beat GM Alexander Grischuk.
The games Aronian-Giri and Nakamura-Caruana ended in draws.
After the 3rd round Topalov leads with 2,5 points.Then Carlsen, Giri and
Aronian follows on 2 points. Read the round report at ChessBase and
check Sjakkfantomet who has analysed the game Carlsen-Vachier-Lagrave.
In the 4th round the games will be Grischuk-Topalov, Giri-Carlsen, Caruana-
Anand, Vachier-Lagrave-Nakamura and So-Aronian. Follow the games live
from 8 p.m. (20.00 Norwegian time) at ChessBomb.
Photo:Organizer

Fortuna Leipzig verantaltet wieder ein Blitz Grand Prix. Das Turnier
beginnt heute um 19 Uhr in Karinas Treff in der Rotfuchsstraße (Leipzig
Paunsdorf). Auf dem Bild sehen wie Hartmut Didt (links) gegen Stefan Göttert.

Her er løsningen på mandagsnøtta.Ibramigov-Potapov:1.-Dg5! 0-1.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen beat GM Fabiano Caruana in the 2nd
round of the Sinquefield Cup in St.Louis. It was a really exciting Ruy Lopez
game where both players spent much time. In the 40th move Caruana
blundered in big timetrouble with only one second left for the last move.
He immediately resigned. A very important win for Magnus who has 1 point
of 2. Ex worldchampion Veselin Topalov leads with 2 points after having
beaten GM Hikaru Nakamura as white.GM Alexander Grischuk beat GM
Vishy Anand and has 1 point. The games Giri-So and Vachier-Lagrave-
Aronian ended draw. Both these players have 1,5 points and share 2nd
place with 1,5 Points.Read more about the 2nd round in ChessBase.
Sjakkfantomet has a fine round report where he analyses the game
Caruana-Carlsen. Follow the 3rd round live at 20.00 in ChessBomb.
Photo:Organizer

Der  30.Schwarzacher Open hat begonnen. GM Vitaly Kunin (rechts) – hier
im Spiel gegen IM Kristian S.Holm – hat 2,5 Punkten nach 3 Runden.
Der Russische GM Denis Yevseev führt mit 3 Punkten. Der 4.Runde
läuft jetzt.

Annonsørinnhold

20 bestselgere som garanterer nytelse

Mandagsnøtta.Ibragimov-Potapov, russisk
superliga 2015. Svart trekker og vinner.
Løsningen kommer tirsdag.

GM Levon Aronian (t.v.) har hatt noen tunge år som sjakkspiller. I 1.runde
av Sinquefield Cup meldte han seg dog på med en seier mot GM Fabiano
Caruana. Partene diskuterte en Lf4-variant i damegambit. Caruana
undervurderte etter hvert angrepssjansene til armeneren og gikk ned i
flammer etter noen timers spill. Den største overraskelsen i denne runden
var dog at vår verdensmester Magnus Carlsen fortsetter å spille langt under
parti. Med hvit mot GM Veselin Topalov burde vår mann kunne legge et
visst press, men etter noen unøyaktigheter med 10.Sa3?! (feil plan) og
17.e5?! overtok Topalov initiativet og kjørte partiet. Magnus hadde allerede
gitt en offiser og måtte satse på en svindel i bulgarerens tidsnød. I gjensidig
tidsnød holdt Topalov hodet kaldt og Magnus kunne bare gi opp etter 40
trekk med offiser over. En marerittstart for Magnus som virker fullstendig
ute av form. Fra denne runden tar vi ellers med at Nakamura, Giri og
Vachier-Lagrave hentet hjem seire. Særlig imponerende var det å se åssen
franske Vachier-Lagrave feide over So som som ble for grådig i åpningen.
2.runde spilles i dag kl.13 lokal tid (20 norsk tid). Der får vi partiene Caruana-
Carlsen, Topalov-Nakamura, Grischuk-Anand, Vachier-Lagrave-Aronian og
Giri-So. Det store spørsmålet er om Magnus kan riste av seg fiaskoen fra
1.runde og slå Caruana. Da må Magnus trolig hente frem siciliansken sin
og satse på at offensivt spill skal gjøre susen. Følg med live fra kl.20 på
ChessBomb. Les også Sjakkfantomets runderapport og kikk innom ChessBase.
Foto:arrangøren

Leonard Richter from SG Leipzig impressed in the last round of the ZMDI-
Open by beating the Hungarian GM Ivan Farago. Leonard had a very good
tournament also beating Filiz Osmanodja and ending up with 6 points after
9 rounds. Richter  ended up in 18th place.GM Michael Roiz from Israel won
the tournament with 7 points, having more Sonnenborn Berger points then
GM Sergey Grigoriants.GM Viacheslav V.Zakhartsov from Russia was third
with 6,5 points.

GM Alexander Zubarev (right) won Apolda Open which finished today
in the small town in Thüringen. Zubarev scored 6,5 points in 7 rounds.
Robert Kreyssig from SG Leipzig made a good result with 5,5 points
and he earned 6 elopoints.He was number 9. IM Heiko  Machelett from
Erfurter SK made a dispointing result wth 5,5 pints and 11th place. Heiko
dropped to many draws against lower rated players and lost 7 elopoints.