You can throw out the old book on GM Anish Giri. He's writing a new one here at the. 'So far here with Black I'm playing like I like as White,' Giri said after the game between the top two players in the world. (Photo right: Katerina Savina for ) For those that wondered if his first two trips with the Najdorf were just a sideshow against lower-rated players, today the answer came: he will use his new weapon against anybody. Giri neutralized World Champion Magnus Carlsen's turn with White, and while the draw didn't get the Dutchman closer, it did keep him within striking distance and allowed two members of the chase group to climb atop the tables. GM Magnus Carlsen tries to break through his Dutch nemesis.
(Photo: David Llada for Qatar Masters Open) 'I played the Berlin for I don't know how long,' Giri said. 'I never played the Najdorf in my life.I think I'm playing it quite well in the games that I've played here, which is very surprising.
I have no idea why. ' He's explained that he's been sitting on the opening knowledge for a while, waiting for the opportunity to use it. 'I've done of course a lot of work on it throughout the years.
I've just never gotten to play it. Whenever I wanted to play Nadorf people would go 1.
D4 and that would happen 20 times.' GM Anish Giri has been keeping a surprise opening in his hoodie. (Photo: Katerina Savina for Qatar Masters Open) Despite the recent success, he still holds fondness for his bread-and-butter defense: 'Najdorf is a great opening, when it works. Other times you pay for it.
The Berlin is always a great opening.' Giri also joined Alejandro Ramirez in our studio during the live broadcast to go through his game: Of the 13 players chasing Carlsen going in to the day, two took full advantage of Giri's subborn play. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov played like GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov! His inventive play continued and was rewarded again, this time over GM Surya Ganguly.
The other name has yet to be mention in these reports - GM Sanan Sjugirov won with similar pinache against GM Dmitry Jakovenko. Back to the top board, observers got their 'wish' not only by the avoidance of a Berlin, but also Carlsen's refusal of a few tacit repetition offers.
Carlsen played 1. E4 for only third time in his career versus Giri. He may have run up against the Najdorf earlier this year at Norway Chess, his last previous turn as White versus Giri, but instead deferred to the Rossolimo. 'He plays all possible moves and I had to pick an antidote to each one,' Giri said. GM Anish Giri got back to board one today. (Photo: Alla Oborina for Qatar Masters Open) Giri made the most of a pairing that he thought he had avoided. By botching a winning position yesterday, Giri assumed there would at least be a silver lining.
'Since I screwed up I thought I would get somebody nice.some juicy opponent with White. Not only did I mess up that game, I still get Magnus with Black!' He assumed that someone else would play Black against the top seed since his colors did not line up. Chief Arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos explained that 'Kramnik was upfloated two rounds before' and thus the next player in line for an upfloat (playing up one score group) was Giri. The pairings do not skip over him simply to align with color choice. Once the game began, Giri never seemed under duress. 'Today I liked my position.
At some point he started avoiding the repetition and I thought, 'Okay this is where he's going to be punished.' His pieces are not very well placed and mine are.' In particular, Giri referenced the knight on b3 as misplaced 'as he showed on his game with GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda when you don't have the d5 square.' The world number two said that Carlsen didn't go for the most active system, which is needed against the Najdorf if one is to achieve an advantage. 'He chose the most un-Najdorfy Najdorf.' Giri thought that after the queen trade he was better, due mostly to the rook on h3's awkward placement, 'But somehow I couldn't see how to stop the rook from coming back.' His personal scorecard against Carlsen remains perfect - no bogeys, lots of pars, and one birdie.
Giri won their first-ever matchup back in 2011, then all draws since then. Does this make him well suited to a possible world championship match?
'To be honest, winning the Candidates’ is tougher than beating Carlsen in a match. I'm pretty sure about that.' Giri explained that in the round-robin, you might run up against somebody in good form, and in a match, you only have to win one game. Giri said that in their short post-mortem, both players thought they were better today. (Photo: Alla Oborina for Qatar Masters Open) On board two, GM Vladimir Kramnik couldn't exact any revenge from last year's final-round shock loss to GM Yu Yangyi that cost him the title. He said the 2014 game wasn't on his mind, except for the due diligence of checking it in the database before today. 'He played a very drawish line, but I was playing for a win still,' Kramnik said.
'I'm trying to take all chances possible, even in today's sterile position.Since I got certain pressure I'm disappointed at the result.' GM Ruslan Ponomariov, one of the best ever in knockout tournaments, tries to figure out how to win an open tournament. (Photo: Alla Oborina for Qatar Masters Open) Fans fixating only on decisive results can thank a 'usual' grandmaster for providing the first win of the large 4.5 score group: Mamedyarov.
The Azeri played yet another scintillating game today, though he got some help from his opponent's opening choice. While not unsound per se, placing one's king on d8 voluntarily against 'Shak' is not usually met with a calm day. Mamedyarov's 8. F4 was a novelty, and set the tone for the mutual weakening of kings. GM Pentala Harikrishna and GM Dariusz Swiercz played a dead-equal game on board six, leaving only one other pair with the ability to get to the magical 5.5/7 mark. In a minor upset, several time World Youth Champion GM Sanan Sjugirov, GM Dmitry Jakovenko, in a rout. 'I managed to surprise my opponent in the opening,' Sjugirov said.
White was completely winning by the first score of moves, but make sure you play all the way until the end. How often do you see a game completed in the first time control with a black knight on a8 and a white knight on b8? Analysis by GM Dejan Bojkov. After the travel hassles, GM Sanan Sjugirov has had a smooth event upon arrival.
(Photo: Katerina Savina for Qatar Masters Open) Mamedyarov's novelty 8. F4 wasn't the only one of the day. GM Viktor Bologan, coach of the Qatari National Team, also played 8. F4, and it was also a novelty! The difference? Bologan was improving upon his own play (previously against GM Etienne Bacrot he chose 8. 0-0 in Biel, 2012).
GM Mohammed AL-Sayed, leader of the local squad and therefore Bologan's student, didn't handle it well and resigned one of the shortest decisive games of the tournament. The final position had symmetrical tactics of sorts. GM Vladimir Kramnik, happily avoiding Carlsen? (Photo: David Llada for Qatar Masters Open) The machine spit out these pairings for the leaders in the penultimate round: Mamedyarov-Carlsen (both on 5.5/7) and Kramnik-Sjugirov (5.0 versus 5.5). Then we have no less than 15 additional players on 5.0/7 that will be hoping for a draw on board one and a Kramnik win. In that scenario, there could be as many as 11 players tied for the lead going into the last day. You can see all of the pairings.
Lastly, of note is the dream tournament of the Indian player IM N.R. All, and he's held his own with a +2 score and no losses. Burris four x 3 12x56 manual transfer case.
Today he got another tough pairing, the legendary GM Vassily Ivanchuk, who finally derailed the teenager after a long fight. GM Peter Svidler said that if GM Vassily Ivanchuk had better nerves, he would have won several world titles by now. (Photo: David Llada for Qatar Masters Open) Round eight begins Monday at 3 p.m. Local time (GMT+3). Y ou can follow the games live at either or at the.
Round seven was the most watched round thus far - at the peak more than 22,000 people were watching the live commentary simultaneously. Mike Klein is on-site reporting for the official tournament and for Chess.com. This report was cross-posted in its entirety from. 2015 Qatar Masters Open Standings After Round Seven (Top 20) The full standings can be found. SNo Title Name FED Rtg Pts.
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