Getting off to a flying begin towards Dominguez, match favourite Nakamura opted for a curious variation of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted the place he left a knight en prise within the opening for seven strikes!

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Off the again of a first-game win, Nakamura tightened the screws through the subsequent three video games and gave Dominguez little likelihood to bounce again. A sliver of hope appeared for the Cuban-born GM when Nakamura blundered out of the opening within the third sport with 8.Nd2, however the mistake went unpunished, and Nakamura once more stabilized and drew.

Needing to win on demand within the remaining sport, Dominguez was unable to puncture Nakamura’s defenses and ultimately discovered himself in hassle within the ensuing rook endgame after going astray.

Content with a draw, Nakamura simplified the place, booked his quarterfinal spot in Toronto, and introduced a celebratory stream quickly afterward. Nakamura’s path to the championship will see him face the winner of the Duda-Sarana fixture adopted by a possible semifinal towards So or Andreikin.

Going to do a brief celebration stream for qualifying for @chesscom‘s Global Championship in Toronto and the Fischer Random World Championship in Reykjavik tonight at 5:30 japanese. 🍍 💪 🍍

— Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) October 3, 2022

Although 78 % of predictions for this match favor Caruana over Andreikin, Monday’s second matchup between these two speedy chess titans was inconceivable to separate on paper. Caruana regarded set to claim dominance within the match early however was stifled by Andreikin after the American acquired grasping in a successful rook and pawn endgame.

In a merciless twist, Caruana’s luck went from dangerous to worse as he succumbed to a blind spot on transfer 60 within the second sport. The blunder left Caruana in a hopeless place and put important stress on the match favourite to win one of many subsequent two video games.

Andreikin shut the gate in sport three, selecting to dam the whole board to drive Caruana’s hand. The technique was not solely profitable in neutralizing Caruana, however because the place opened up it turned obvious that Andreikin was successful.

Andreikin’s victory assures him a match towards So within the quarterfinals and a possible conflict with Nakamura within the semifinals ought to he progress once more.

While Nakamura and Andreikin have superior to compete in Toronto for the $200,000 first prize, Dominguez and Caruana each obtain $15,000 for his or her efforts all through the occasion.

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