Freestyle Chess Tour Paris: Erigaisi suffers second consecutive loss; Carlsen and Nakamura play out attracts in semis
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Arjun Erigaisi misplaced to Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi in 41 strikes of their Fifth-Eighth place playoff match whereas Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura performed out attracts towards Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer respectively within the semi-finals.
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Arjun Erigaisi suffered a second consecutive defeat within the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour on Friday whereas Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura performed out attracts towards Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer respectively within the semi-finals. As for the opposite Indians in motion on
Day 5 of the Paris occasion, R Praggnanandhaa performed out a 46-move draw towards Richard Rapport of their Ninth-Tenth classification match.
Arjun, who’s making his Grand Slam Tour debut in Paris alongside compatriots Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi, misplaced to Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi in 41 strikes whereas enjoying with black items within the opening recreation of their Fifth-Eighth classification match.
Nepomniachtchi consolidated his place on the board after a hat-trick of stable strikes (16. Rb6, 17. Bc3 and 18. Qd2), with Arjun serving to his case with a blunder within the twenty seventh transfer (Ng5). The world No 4 later resigned regardless of having his Queen on the board.
Arjun had earlier secured a top-four end on the finish of the Spherical Robin stage whereas compatriots Praggnanandhaa (Ninth), D Gukesh (eleventh) and Gujrathi (Twelfth) posted underwhelming performances to complete among the many backside 4.
The 21-year-old’s hopes of going the gap in Paris, nevertheless, was ended by world No 2 Hikaru Nakamura, who defeated him within the quarter-finals with a 1.5-0.5 margin, the Japanese-American GM successful Sport 2 after enjoying out a draw within the opener.
Like Arjun, Praggnanandhaa too performed with black items throughout his Ninth-Twelfth place playoff conflict towards Rapport, however was in much more management as he performed out a 46-move draw towards the Hungarian GM.
As for the 4 semi-finalists, all of them can be beginning on degree phrases in Sport 2 on Saturday after each video games led to a draw.
The 2 video games, nevertheless, couldn’t be extra contrasting – whereas Caruana and Carlsen fought until the tip and had been left with their Kings on the finish of the 67-move battle, Nakamura shook arms with Keymer after simply 41 strikes with either side having their rooks on the board.
Abstract of outcomes on Day 5 of Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
Semi-finals
— Fabiano Caruana 0.5-0.5 Magnus Carlsen
— Hikaru Nakamura 0.5-0.5 Vincent Keymer
Fifth-Eighth place playoffs
— Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Arjun Erigaisi
— Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1-0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ninth-Twelfth place playoffs:
— Richard Rapport 0.5-0.5 Praggnanandhaa