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Aimchess Rapid R1-4: Carlsen escapes the jaws of defeat against Aditya Mittal

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/10/2022

IM Aditya Mittal was the on verge of beating Magnus Carlsen in their first-ever encounter. The 16-year-old missed his solitary winning opportunity in the fourth round of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Aimchess Rapid 2022. The world champion avoided a second loss of the day and salvaged a draw. The teenager defeated Sweden no.1 GM Nils Grandelius and drew with GM Daniel Naroditsky. He could not have asked for a better start. Reigning World Rapid champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov hasa emerged an early sole leader 10/12. He is followed by five players at 7/12 each. Gukesh scored an unbeaten 6/12, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Aditya are at 5/12 each. Harikrishna is still in search of his first win of the event. Round 5 starts tonight at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Abdusattorov emerges early sole leader

The first day of Aimchess Rapid had a lot of exciting games. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov started the day with a win over the world champion, Magnus Carlsen. It certainly inspired him to do well as he defeated Anish Giri in the third round with a spectacular play. It is not only the game of the day, perhaps game of the tournament, season and a strong contender for game of the year too.

IM Aditya Mittal is the latest teenager who was on the verge of defeating the world champion - Magnus Carlsen | Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Reigning World Rapid champion, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) is the early sole leader 10/12 | Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Round 1: Mamedyarov - Carlsen: 0-3

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) launched a rapid attack on the Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's (AZE) kingside. He had no trouble halting that motion. The world champion made a rare positional mistake which shifted things completely in his opponent's favor.

Position after 27...Bd6

27...Bd6 creates a dark square weakness for Black on the queenside after the bishops are traded. 28.Bxd6 Rdxd6 29.Na4 Rf6 30.Qd2 Rxf2 31.Qxf2 the position is relatively balanced now. Soon Black made some moves which completely destroyed the harmony among his pieces and White went on to win the game.

Aditya Mittal - Abdusattorov: 0-3

IM Aditya Mittal arrived at a same color bishop endgame with an extra pawn against the reigning World Rapid champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB).

Position after 39...g6

Having an extra pawn gives White the cushion to afford losing one. Since it is an endgame, White needed to activate his king. 40.Kf2 is certainly the move White should have gone for without the worry of losing the a5-pawn. The key reason behind moving the king is, Black's king is way advanced - Kd5 and e5 are the immediate threats. Bishop alone cannot do much, 40.Be7 f5 41.b4 e5 42.Kf2 too little too late exd4 and it's over for White.

Arjun Erigaisi - Vidit: 0-3

Arjun Erigaisi started the tournament with a loss against Vidit Gujrathi.

Position after 31...f4

The best way to respond to the kingside break was 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 33.Rxc6 fxe3 34.Rc2 e2 35.Re1 Rxd4 36.Rcxe2 and things would have been fine for White. Instead 32.gxf4 created the opportunity Black was aiming for Qf5 33.Rdd2?? further worsened things for White Qg4+ 34.Kf1 Qf3 35.Qxc6 R8e6 36.Qa8+ Re8 37.Rc8 Qh3+ the rook falls, thus White resigned.

Arjun Erigaisi vs Vidit Gujrathi | Video: ChessBase India

Round 2: Giri - Vidit: 3-0

Anish Giri launched a devastating attack on Vidit Gujrathi's kingside to checkmate him in 27 moves.

Position after 17.Bxh6!

The World no.7 reminded everyone that he can play some very sharp chess on his best day. 17.Bxh6 is a simple tactical move yet it has a strong motive. Black obviously can neither take on e4 nor h6. 17...Nxe4 18.Qxe4 accelerates Black's demise. 17...gxh6 18.Nxf6+ does no good for Black either. It would not be an understatement to say Black's position is completely lost after 17.Bxh6 irrespective of how Black responds to it.

Grandelius - Aditya: 0-3

IM Aditya Mittal scored his first win of the event against Sweden no.1 GM Nils Grandelius.

Position after 24...Bf6

Black forced the bishop exchange 24...Bf6. Declining the exchange offer would result in a loss of a queenside pawn. Thus, 25.Bxf6+ was the only choice Kxf6 26.a4 Bb3 27.Rd4 Rc1 28.g4 Ra1 29.Rxe4 Bxa4 30.Kh2 Bc6 and White resigned.

D Gukesh vs Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

Round 3: Mamedyarov - Giri: 3-0

Mamedyarov played a spectacular game to beat Giri. The Azerbaijan no.1 and World no.13 sacrificed his rook, bishop and queen, before promoting a new queen and using it to win. All of these happened in just 30 moves.

Aditya - Naroditsky: 1-1

IM Aditya Mittal drew with GM Daniel Naroditsky (USA). Although the former was better for the majority of the middlegame.

Arjun - Harikrishna: 3-0

Arjun Erigaisi scored his first win of the day by handing Pentala Harikrishna his first loss of the event.

Round 4: Giri - Gukesh: 0-3

Anish Giri suffered second consecutive loss of the day, against D Gukesh in the fourth round. The World no.7 miscalculated a line and paid a heavy price for it.

Position after 25...h3

The only way for White to get out of the precarious situation is 26.Rxh3 Bxh3 27.gxh3 Qxh3 28.Nxd5. However, White played 26.Nxd5 first and things fell apart in a hurry hxg2 27.Rxh8 Rxh8 28.Nxb6 Qxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Rh1 and White resigned.

Anish Giri vs D Gukesh | Video: ChessBase India

Carlsen - Aditya: 1-1

IM Aditya Mittal had a great opportunity to beat the world champion, Magnus Carlsen in their first ever encounter.

Position after 38.f4

38...Qb6 would have given Black a decisive advantage. It would not be immediately winning for Black as he would require to make some precise moves to convert his advantage. 38...a3 was played and the tiny window of opportunity closed for Black. The world no.1 managed to avoid a second loss of the day by salvaging a draw.

Magnus Carlsen vs IM Aditya Mittal | Video: ChessBase India

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Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Aimchess Rapid Round 1-4 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

Round 1 in progress | Photo: ChessBase India live stream

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Standings after Round 4

Nodirbek Abdusattorov has taken an early sole lead 10/12 | Photo: Champions Chess Tour

All games will start from 9:30 p.m. IST between 14th and 21st October 2022.

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