The Chess Mind The Chess Mind Blog. Round 6 of the London Chess Classic maintained its usual allotment of draws there were four more today out of the five games but all five were interesting in their own way. The outwardly least interesting game was arguably the most important one going into the round Maxime Vachier Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana. For Vachier Lagrave, a win was important if he hoped to overtake Magnus Carlsen in the overall Grand Chess Tour standings, and a win would also have put him into a first place tie with Caruana in the tournament itself. Unfortunately for MVL, Caruanas preparation was superlative everything through move 2. Caruana, and Whites 2. Caruana held with ease, and even entertained some slight hopes of obtaining an advantage. Those hopes werent realized, as Vachier Lagrave correctly played it safe and steered the game to a draw. The shortest game by number of moves was Viswanathan Anands game with Sergey Karjakin. Like Caruana, Karjakin was well prepared. His 1. 2. Qa. 6Flohr Mikenas system of the English that may mark the end of the line for Whites approach. That said, Karjakin was imprecise on moves 1. Anand missed a chance to play on, as he confessed during the post game interview. Wesley So and Levon Aronian drew their game as well, but unlike the two games mentioned above this one was wild. Ai To Cdr Converter Software'>Ai To Cdr Converter Software. Aronian took a serious risk with his plan of 1. Ng. 4 followed by 1. Bxf. 2, and neither side proved fully able to handle the complications. First So could have been clearly better, and later Aronian was as well and maybe even winning. Missing his chance, So finished the game very accurately and drew by repetition. The two remaining games were marathons. Michael Adams game with Ian Nepomniachtchi seemed headed for a routine endgame draw, but then he decided to repeat his policy from round 3 against Vachier Lagrave. WqnU_DEZMuk/hqdefault.jpg' alt='How To Draw Blitz Cartoons' title='How To Draw Blitz Cartoons' />In both games he sacrificed a pawn to reach an objectively drawn ending with a rook and three pawns against his opponents rook and four pawns, with all the pawns on the kingside. Against MVL he succeeded in holding the ending against Nepo, he didnt. The pawn structure was different in the two games, but both were objectively drawn. Nepomniachtchi blamed Adams plan of putting the rook on the h file, and while he could have gotten away with it, theres no doubt that it made it very easy for Adams to lose. While I agree with Nepomniachtchis diagnosis, Id offer another one Adams failure to play g. Finally, Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen had a war, and it followed the sad Murphys Law script that has characterized so many of Nakamuras heartbreaks against the Norwegian. Nakamura played a fascinating opening, outplayed Carlsen, and achieved a winning ending. Pembahasan Soal Ujian Nasional Smp 2014 more. And yet, somehow, Carlsen held the game. He shouldnt have, and Nakamura had loads of time to work everything out, but somehow. Two highligh two general suggestions about the ending allowing Blacks pawn to c. ZqQt3GBW6LI/hqdefault.jpg' alt='How To Draw Blitz Cartoons' title='How To Draw Blitz Cartoons' />Rxf. The game was full of content, but Ill leave it to all of you and other sites to analyze it. I have analyzed the other four games, however, and all five can be replayed here. Meanwhile, here are the pairings for round 7 I would be very surprised if Carlsen doesnt parlay his good fortune today and the white pieces tomorrow into a win over Adams, who is both the lowest rated player in the event and probably the most discouraged, along with Nakamura, after his unnecessary loss to Nepo. Nepomniachtchi 3. Anand 2. 5Karjakin 2. Bruce Blitz is the creator and host of this fourtime EmmyNominated Television series, Cartooning with Blitz. Subscribe for more httpbit. Vachier Lagrave 3Caruana 4 So 3Aronian 3 Nakamura 3Carlsen 3 Adams 2. Federal investigators are examining whether farright news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news.