GM Magnus Carlsen bought eradicated from the Aimchess Rapid match on Wednesday after shedding to GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda within the semifinals. Duda’s subsequent opponent is GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who beat GM Richard Rapport.

Duda-Carlsen 3-1

Duda known as profitable by 3-1 “a giant factor” as he talked about that of their earlier match he was 2-0 up however solely gained within the tiebreaks. The Polish GM is turning into a real nemesis for Carlsen.

How did he do it? Well, Duda stated that after the essential second recreation he felt “sort of sleepy” which helped him as he “did not really feel a lot strain.”

According to Carlsen, his opponent defended nicely within the first and third video games. The world champion known as the second recreation “clearly the decider” with “two good sequences” however “in between two main blunders” from him.

“The final recreation was a pity,” stated Carlsen about recreation 4, which he needed to win on demand. “I may have put extra resistance, I felt my place was bettering however in direction of the tip I simply missed a tactic and he wrapped it up very properly.”

“Against Magnus it is most likely essentially the most rewarding feeling you’ll be able to have in chess, so I’m very glad to win the match,” stated Duda.

Mamedyarov-Rapport 3.5-2.5

Mamedyarov reached his first Champions Chess Tour ultimate and it feels deserved, after his good, energetic play earlier within the occasion. The Azerbaijani GM known as his semifinal with Rapport a “very fascinating match” and added: “Richard performed very nicely, he additionally deserved to be within the ultimate.”

After shedding the primary recreation, with two attracts to comply with, Mamedyarov gained recreation 4 on demand (see under) after which scored 1.5-0.5 within the blitz tiebreaker.

All video games semifinals

The Aimchess Rapid, the seventh occasion within the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, takes place October 14-20, 2022 on chess24. The preliminaries consisted of a round-robin amongst 16 gamers, from which the highest eight superior to the knockout stage. There, they play a match of 4 speedy video games (15+10) in every spherical and if vital, a blitz + armageddon tiebreak. The prize fund is $150,000.