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It’s variant time! After the final 960 TA, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk manages to win once more. Unlike the earlier titled enviornment, the place the first participant gained with a staggering 36 level distinction. The end right here was tremendous shut. Maybe this additionally comes from the character of the variant, the place everybody is aware of equally a lot concerning the opening. Thanks to a 6-game streak ending with a lengthy draw Bortnyk manages to take the lead and went from tenth to 1st within the final 23 minutes. Only to lastly win by 2 factors from IM Mahammad Muradli and IM onamissionfromGod. This makes it his fifth enviornment win out of the 11 arenas this 12 months. Bortnyk’s lengthy draw did not work in all people’s favour. His opponent and TA common IM Mlchael dropped from 3th to fifth place because of this lengthy draw. He nonetheless managed to get high 5 identical to the final 960 Arena and had after msb2 the best efficiency this occasion.
Chess960 permits for lovely attacking video games, fast wins and blunders because of the confusion. 10.8% of the 1537 video games obtained a decisive outcome inside solely 15 strikes. Also our official commentator GM Felix Blohberger was impressed by the 18-year outdated Svane’s fireworks on this sport:
https://lichess.org/research/cRYwKz76
The subsequent Titled Arena is on 25 June and the subsequent 960 Titled Arena on 13 August. But earlier than that, share within the insanity with our 960 puzzlepack!
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