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
Teen sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa leads the Oslo Esports Cup after a stunning win over world number 10 Shakrhiyar Mamedyarov. The 16-year-old from Chennai blew away the oldest player in the field with two game wins to take the Round 2 match 2.5 to 0.5. It followed up Pragg’s impressive Round 1 match win over Jorden van Foreest and leaves him out in front as the only player with the maximum 6 tournament points. Oslo cup participants / Live games / Round 1 / Round 2
“He basically beat Shakhriyar with his own trademark attacking style… wonderful game by Pragg!” Grandmaster Peter Leko enthused after the pair’s first encounter. Having recorded his second clean victory in leg 3 of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, Pragg picked up another 3-point haul and prize of $7,500. The youngster is fast becoming a real force. Pragg said afterwards that he “definitely didn’t expect a win like this” while Mamedyarov said the India “deserved it, he played better”.
While Pragg was on fire, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was far from his best as he crashed to a 2.5-1.5 loss against Airthings Masters finalist Liem Quang Le. The Norwegian was late into the arena after playing in a benefit match for Ukraine and then appeared to fall to pieces against Vietnam’s speed chess specialist. At one point in the first game, Carlsen even appeared to nod off – or at least rest his eyes – before rousing himself to make a move. Carlsen’s weariness was apparent in his play too. A series of small mistakes in game 1 led to the champion walking into a knight-fork and with 39.Qe4 he suffered a horror mouse-slip which lost the game on the spot. It was all very uncharacteristic for the champ and he was 1-0 down.
The second game started with Carlsen again late to the board. Liem was left waiting after playing 1.d4. A slower, solid game ended in a draw and Liem still in the lead. It ramped up the pressure on Carlsen who now had no margin for error in the four-game match. But Carlsen is never easily beaten and bounced back in style to take the third. Carlsen and Liem were level-pegging going into the final game of the match with tiebreaks looming if neither player could make the breakthrough.
The crucial game did not disappoint. Grandmaster David Howell said it was “chaos from start to finish” before Liem broke through in the endgame to take the 3 points in dramatic fashion. Carlsen gave a thumbs up to say well played to his opponent. “It’s been a struggle,” he said leaving the arena.
A clearly overjoyed Liem said: “It means a lot to me. I believe this is the first time I’ve really beaten him in a game and also in a match and I think not too many people can manage to beat Magnus in a match.” He added: “It gives me a lot of joy, and fun and motivation to do better in the rest of the tournament.”
The Dutchman Jorden van Foreest also showed off his creativity with an impressive win over Eric Hansen that included a magical move that caught the eye in game 2. Van Foreest played a move that looked like a mouse-slip: 12.Kd2, intending to castle his king by hand with 3.Kc2 and 14.Kb1. But this was no mistake. The 22-year-old had realised he had time to pull off the manoeuvre and it eventually led to a winning position. GM Leko suggested it could be “the novelty of the year!”
But in game 3 Van Foreest took his eye off the ball and a 360 turnaround saw Hansen pull of an unlikely win to give him hope going into the final game. Still ahead, Van Foreest only need a draw though and secured it with a composed defence to take the 3 points. The last match to finish was the encounter between the Polish No.1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dutch No.1 Anish Giri which became the first of the tournament to go to tiebreaks after it finished 2-2 following four close draws.
Duda eventually forced the match win with victory in the both the blitz games to take a split 2-point win with Giri salvaging 1 point.
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