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GMs Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R., and Jan-Krzysztof Duda began with wins in a primary spherical filled with combating chess on the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami. The event is the sixth occasion within the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and its second “main.”

FTX Crypto Cup

For this FTX Crypto Cup, the eight gamers are all enjoying from the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel in Florida with their laptops positioned collectively in a single room—or somewhat, a chess-themed studio designed for what the royal recreation appears to be in these occasions: an esport.

In every of the seven rounds, a match of 4 fast video games is performed and if wanted, blitz and armageddon observe. In every match, $7,500 is at stake. Players get three factors for a straight-out victory within the fast, or two factors vs. one in case of a tiebreak.

Carlsen-Giri 3-1

The world champion instantly had one of many powerful matchups on paper as he was paired with Dutch GM Anish Giri. After two attracts, it was Carlsen who struck in recreation three utilizing the French Defense as Black. Giri, who employed the Advance Variation (which can be seeing some sort of a revival!), mustn’t have given up his light-squared bishop in response to Carlsen, who referred to as {that a} “severe misjudgment.”

After successful recreation 4 as effectively, Carlsen stated: “It was a variety of enjoyable. We performed actually, actually combating video games. Finally, I managed to interrupt him within the third.”

Praggnanandhaa-Firouzja 2.5-1.5

Coming straight from the Olympiad the place he gained bronze with the India 2 staff, Praggnanandhaa had begin in Miami. “I’m very completely happy to win this match in opposition to Alireza as a result of particularly in fast and blitz, he’s very robust,” he stated after the primary day of play.

Pragg gained each of his white video games and held one black recreation to a draw. Game three was essential as Firouzja was near a draw:

Praggnanandhaa
begin for Praggnanandhaa after a protracted flight from Chennai. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Aronian-Le 2.5-1.5

Aronian summarized his match with GM Le Quang Liem as “catenaccio.” According to the American-Armenian grandmaster, his first recreation was good, his second recreation “horrible,” and within the remaining two he was “simply attempting to defend.” Explaining the time period catenaccio, he referred to the previous Italian model of play in soccer, including: “You have Paolo Maldini within the middle, and the whole lot goes to be good!”

Here’s that first recreation:

Duda-Niemann 3-0

This match had an unlucky begin, particularly for GM Hans Niemann, whose laptop computer wasn’t plugged in and ran out of energy after 10 minutes of play within the first recreation. The recreation was resumed, however Niemann was apparently so upset that he could not get himself collectively and misplaced three video games straight.

“I attempted to be honest and never calculate an excessive amount of,” stated Duda—the winner of the primary main, the Oslo Esports Cup—concerning the brief interval when the whole lot needed to be arrange once more. “But it was too attention-grabbing, too tempting to research it!” 

Below is the second recreation, which was visually good with the various white pawns marching ahead. White bought a decisive benefit with a comparatively easy tactic that each GMs did not spot instantly:

Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Duda: “I do not suppose I’m enjoying significantly effectively, however I’m profitable and that’s, in fact, probably the most profitable factor.” Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

All video games spherical 1

FTX Crypto Cup | Round 1 Standings










# Fed Name Rtg Pts
1-4 Magnus Carlsen 2822 3
1-4 Levon Aronian 2793 3
1-4 Praggnanandhaa R. 2751 3
1-4 Jan-Krzyztof Duda 2792 3
5-8 Anish Giri 2783 0
5-8 Le Quang Liem 2775 0
5-8 Alireza Firouzja 2793 0
5-8 Hans Niemann 2615 0

The FTX Crypto Cup, the sixth occasion within the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, takes place August 15-21, 2022 on chess24. The format is a round-robin amongst eight gamers, who play a match of 4 fast video games (15+10) in every spherical. The winner earns $7,500 and three factors. In the case of a tie, a two-game blitz tiebreak is performed (5+3), adopted by an armageddon recreation (5 vs. 4). In that case, the winner earns $5,000 and two factors; the loser, $2,500 and one level. The prize fund is $210,000 plus an extra $100,000 tied to the value of Bitcoin.

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