Wesley
Predke
1/2
1/2
Mamedyarov
Dubov
1/2
1/2
Nakamura
Esipenko
1/2
1/2
Aronian
Oparin
1/2
1/2
Aronian
Nakamura
1
0
Esipenko
Oparin
1/2
1/2
Keymer
Mamedyarov
1/2
1/2
Dubov
Dominguez
0
1
Predke
MVL
1
0
Shankland
Wesley
1/2
1/2
Giri
Yangyi
1/2
1/2
Vitiugov
Tabatabaei
1
0
Salgado
Fedoseev
0
2
Final result
Alekseenko
Krasenkow
0.5
1.5
Final result
Artemiev
Studer
1.5
0.5
Final result
Predke
Nasuta
1.5
0.5
Final result
Afanasiev
Inarkiev
3
1
Final result
Donchenko
Indjic
0.5
1.5
Final result
Braun
Rakhmanov
1.5
0.5
Final result
Rakhmanov
Braun
0
1
R3.1 Result
Indjic
Donchenko
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Inarkiev
Afanasiev
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Nasuta
Predke
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Studer
Artemiev
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Krasenkow
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Fedoseev
Salgado
1
0
R3.1 Result
Hracek
Artemiev
0
2
Final result
Urkedal
Esipenko
0.5
1.5
Final result
Nikolov
Alekseenko
0.5
1.5
Final result
Ibarra
Navara
1
3
Final result
Perunovic
Predke
0
2
Final result
Rosell
Matlakov
0.5
1.5
Final result
Fedoseev
Pantzar
2
0
Final result
Krasenkow
Yuffa
2
0
Final result
Artemiev
Hracev
1
0
R2.1 Result
Esipenko
Urkedal
1
0
R2.1 Result
Alekseenko
Nikolov
1
0
R2.1 Result
Navara
Ibarra
1/2
1/2
R2.1 Result
Predke
Perunovic
1
0
R2.1 Result
Matlakov
Rosell
1
0
R2.1 Result
Pantzar
Fedoseev
0
1
R2.1 Result
Yuffa
Krasenkow
0
1
R2.1 Result
Notkevich
Laznicka
1
3
Final result
Ayats
Movsesian
1.5
2.5
Final result
Gines
Paravyan
0.5
1.5
Final result
Petriashvili
Saric
0.5
1.5
Final result
Williams
Sahakyan
0.5
1.5
Final result
Damljanovic
Kuzubov
0.5
1.5
Final result
Dias
Motylev
0.5
1.5
Final result
Finek
Lagarde
0.5
1.5
Final result
Laznicka
Notkevich
0
1
Round 1.1
Movsesian
Llobera Ayats
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Paravyan
Gines Esteo
1
0
Round 1.1
Saric
Petriashvili
1
0
Round 1.1
Sahakyan
Williams
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Kuzubov
Damljanovic
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Motylev
Dias
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Lagarde
Finek
1
0
Round 1.1
MVL
Wang
1
0
Ding
Nepo
1
0
Giri
Alekseenko
0
1
Caruana
Grischuk
1/2
1/2
Grischuk
Giri
1
0
Ding
Alekseenko
1
0
MVL
Nepo
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Wang
1
0
Nepo
Wang
0
1
MVL
Alekseenko
1
0
Ding
Grischuk
1
Caruana
Giri
0
1
Ding
Giri
0
1
MVL
Grischuk
0
1
Wang
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Nepo
1/2
1/2
ALekseenko
Nepo
0
1
Grischuk
Wang
1/2
1/2
Giri
MVL
1/2
1/2
Ding
Caruana
1/2
1/2
MVL
Ding Liren
1/2
1/2
Wang
Giri
0
1
Nepo
Grischuk
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
Grischuk
Alekseenko
0
1
Giri
Nepo
1/2
1/2
Ding
Wang
1/2
1/2
MVL
Caruana
0
1
Grischuk
Giri
1/2
1/2
Alekseenko
Ding
1/2
1/2
Nepo
MVL
0
1
Wang
Caruana
1/2
1/2
Caruana
MVL
1/2
1/2
Hikaru Nakamura and Welsey So drew their second game in the final match of the third stage of the FIDE Grand Prix organised by World Chess. The winner of the event will be determined tomorrow in a tiebreaker. Hikaru Nakamura picked White for the first rapid game against Wesley So during the drawing of lots procedure. It was a short draw in the Berlin Variation of the Ruy Lopez today, where both players deviated from the playable lines and quickly entered a famous drawish variation. After three-fold repetition, the shortest game in the tournament ended after 14 moves.
Hikaru explained his decision in a post-game interview: “My main question was if I want to play something like Re1 and try to play some game, but the problem is that I’m also playing the online tournament at the same time today [The tournament was planned to start at 6:30 pm – Ed.]. If you go to the game trying to play something and hoping that I guess you will win the game like in 3 hours, it’s not a good attitude cause later on your choices will be affected”.
This time, I didn’t even finish my tea. #FIDEGrandPrix2022
Wesley So added with a smile that he planned to use all his time on the clock if Hikaru decided to play a long game. He knew Hikaru would like to play online and could try “to torture” his opponent.” I was ready to use every single second on my clock until the checkmate”, said Welsey So and made Hukaru laugh during the interview.
Most likely, we are witnessing a new era of chess. It’s hard to imagine just a few years ago that, one of the top grandmasters would prefer playing the online rapid event to trying to use white colour advantage in a classical game.
Both players admitted that such a quick draw could be disappointing for the spectators but expressed their hope to have an exciting tiebreak tomorrow.
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