Winning three video games and drawing one on Sunday, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda emerged as the brand new chief within the Aimchess Rapid preliminaries with three rounds to go. GM Magnus Carlsen continues to wrestle together with his kind as he misplaced one other sport, this time in opposition to GM Gukesh D.

It was “solely” an internet speedy sport, however Gukesh’s win over Carlsen was nonetheless historic: the 16-year-old grandmaster from Chennai turned the youngest participant to beat the world champion in an official sport (beating the earlier report of GM Praggnanandhaa R.).

It occurred in spherical 9, the primary spherical of the day as Carlsen, taking part in from a log cabin in northern Sweden, deviated from his current Pirc/Modern repertoire and selected the French as an alternative. The opening had little to do with the consequence although. Just like with GM Arjun Erigaisi, Carlsen was doing effectively however then made one huge mistake.

“Obviously, beating Magnus is at all times particular however I used to be probably not very happy with that sport,” Gukesh stated.

Carlsen drew his subsequent two video games and completed with a win, and so he’s nonetheless on target to qualify for the knockout. That’s additionally the case for GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, regardless of a foul day on the workplace: three attracts and a loss meant a drop to sixth place.

Duda, on his flip, had an excellent day and is now the brand new chief. He received a superb sport vs. Gukesh, who had simply crushed Carlsen however this time fell for a tactic himself:

With three rounds to go it is packed across the eighth place, the brink for making it to the knockout part. One of the gamers who continues to be in competition is Chess.com’s common commentator GM Daniel Naroditsky, though his schedule for the remaining rounds is not precisely a stroll within the park (Carlsen, Duda, and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov).

Naroditsky was lucky within the eleventh spherical:

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The Aimchess Rapid, the seventh occasion within the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, takes place October 14-20, 2022 on chess24. The preliminaries encompass a round-robin amongst 16 gamers, from which the highest eight advance 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.