GMs Wesley So and Leinier Dominguez received their spherical of 32 matches within the Chess.com Global Chess Championship on Thursday, defeating the legendary GM Vasyl Ivanchuk and the favored streamer GM Eric Hansen respectively.

The spherical of 32 continues on Friday, September 21, beginning at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CET.

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Although So received all three video games vs. Ivanchuk, it was a a lot nearer match competitively than the ultimate rating signifies. After shedding a detailed first sport on time, Ivanchuk discovered himself in a tough place out of the opening in sport two and found a exceptional strategy to resolve his improvement issues with 13. Bd3!? 

Ever-creative, Ivanchuk finds an excellent transfer to unravel his issues with improvement!

🎙️ @GM_Hess and @LawrenceTrentIM level out some fairly strains ⬇️. #ChesscomGlobal pic.twitter.com/ZekTrYJVJb

— ChesscomLive (@ChesscomLive) September 22, 2022

So saved the stress on within the advanced queen and bishop ending. As Ivanchuk’s clock ticked below 5 seconds, he blundered. Although he tried to avoid wasting the sport by perpetual verify, So guided his king to a secure sq. with precision.

So wins the second consecutive sport, discovering a intelligent strategy to keep away from perpetual verify (whereas Ivanchuk’s clock drives @GM_Hess loopy 🤪). #ChesscomGlobal pic.twitter.com/0sRYVNREs4

— ChesscomLive (@ChesscomLive) September 22, 2022

In the third sport, in a must-win place, Ivanchuk performed actively and ambitiously, successful a pawn and supporting it as a protected passer. Despite his substantial benefit, as soon as once more, Ivanchuk’s time hassle performed a task. 

The match between Dominguez and Hansen began with two attracts. In the third sport, Dominguez broke by means of on the queenside and shortly utilized his forces to press on Hansen’s kingside for a decisive assault.

This put Hansen in a must-win place heading into sport 4, which is our Game of the Day. 

The 2022 Chess.com Global Championship (CGC) is the primary Chess.com world championship cycle open to all Chess.com verified gamers. Players compete in official Chess.com verified occasions for his or her share of the $1,100,000 prize fund and the Chess.com Global Champion title.

Chess legends, corresponding to GMs Viswanathan Anand, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, and Veselin Topalov, compete in opposition to right this moment’s greatest (on-line) gamers, together with GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and extra. 

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