Tag: Hikaru Nakamura

  • FIDE Global Cup, Spherical 4: Carlsen loses to 18-year-old Keymer in Recreation 1, Pragg holds Nakamura to a draw

    Magnus Carlsen persisted a defeat to younger Vincent Keymer to depart his FIDE Global Cup marketing campaign tethering at the verge of collapse. the arena #1 and five-time global champion has famously by no means received the FIDE Global Cup. The 18-year-old German had by no means overwhelmed Carlsen in a classical sport ahead of nowadays. Carlsen now will wish to win the opposite sport on Thursday, which can then drive the come upon right into a tiebreak.

    Carlsen will likely be hoping to keep away from the destiny of different favoured gamers like Anish Giri (who was once knocked out by way of Nijat Abasov) and Teimour Radjabov (who misplaced to Jaime Santos).

    In the meantime, India’s quartet of youth grandmasters didn’t organize a win on Wednesday, however they’d admirable effects. Specifically spectacular had been R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin. Whilst Praggnanandhaa (enjoying with black items) controlled to carry the recently-married Hikaru Nakamura to a draw, Nihal held two-time global championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi to a comfy draw with black items.

    Nihal Sarin from India drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi in a forged Catalan opening.@FIDE_chess #FIDEWorldCup

    — Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) August 9, 2023

    India’s D Gukesh, who has risen to the location of the rustic’s top-rated chess participant within the reside rankings, held Andrey Esipenko to a draw. Arjun Erigaisi additionally ended up with a draw in opposition to Javokhir Sindarov regardless of having an high-quality place at one level.

    Harika Dronavalli from India defended an inferior place and salvaged a draw in opposition to Eline Roebers from the Netherlands. India’s Koneru Humpy reacted badly to Georgia’s Bela Khotenashvili opening novelty and misplaced.@FIDE_chess #FIDEWorldCup

    — Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) August 9, 2023

    The opposite Indian GM within the fray, Vidit Gujrathi, controlled to overpower French GM Etienne Bacrot with white items.

    Within the girls’s phase, Harika Dronavalli drew in opposition to Eline Roebers whilst Koneru Humpy misplaced to Bella Khotenashvili with white items.

  • The ball may be very obviously in Han’s court docket, says GM Nakamura after Carlsen’s commentary

    Norwegian International Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has made it transparent that he withdrew after which resigned in tournaments after taking part in Grandmaster Hans Niemann as a result of he believes the American has cheated greater than what he has admitted to.

    My commentary referring to the previous couple of weeks. %.twitter.com/KY34DbcjLo

    — Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) September 26, 2022

    “I imagine that Niemann has cheated extra – and extra lately – than he has publicly admitted,” Carlsen stated in a commentary on Twitter.

    “His over the board growth has been peculiar, and right through our sport within the Sinquefield Cup I had the affect that he wasn’t aggravating and even absolutely concentrating at the sport in vital positions, whilst outplaying me as black in some way I feel just a handful of avid gamers can do. This sport contributed to converting my standpoint,” Carlsen tweeted.

    Carlsen’s silence had resulted in hypothesis that the sector champion had withdrawn as a result of he had felt that Niemann used to be dishonest.

    Referring to on-line chess, Niemann has admitted to having cheated two times on Chess.com, when he used to be 12 and when he used to be 16 years previous, and that he regrets that. In a commentary posted on September 9, IM Danny Rensch wrote on behalf of Chess.com: “We’ve shared detailed proof with him relating to our choice, together with data that contradicts his statements in regards to the quantity and seriousness of his dishonest on Chess.com.”

    Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura stated ‘it is vitally transparent now what the truth is within the state of affairs’.

    “Magnus thinks Hans cheated within the sport they performed within the Sinquefield Cup in spite of what used to be stated through the organisers… That is the mike drop second… I’d additionally say this can be very transparent on this letter that Magnus put out that mainly Magnus has one thing, who is aware of what he has… The ball may be very obviously in Hans’ court docket now. What’s going to Hans do this is the massive query. If Hans does no longer say anything else… If Hans is in point of fact blameless in all this Hans will have to mainly pop out and say display what you’ve gotten,” Nakamura stated on his YouTube channel. “This can be a very very sturdy commentary from Magnus.”

    Nakamura who could also be a well-liked chess streamer had stated on the time Carlsen had withdrawn from the Sinquefield Cup that the one reason why the sector champion would accomplish that is as a result of he felt Niemann used to be dishonest.

    “Magnus would by no means do that in one million years. He simply doesn’t do this. He wouldn’t do that except he truly strongly believes Hans is dishonest with an overly sturdy conviction. I feel he simply thinks Hans is simply dishonest, directly out,” Nakamura had stated.

    Indian Grandmaster and trainer of emerging celebrity R Praggnanandhaa, RB Ramesh, stated he had immense admire for Carlsen for taking a principled stand.

    1. Immense admire for the sector champion for taking a principled stand on the most important factor, forcing the sector to concentrate on it at an enormous non-public price. Preferably, the chess global and FIDE will have to have devised a just right sensible way to the dishonest drawback years in the past.

    — Ramesh RB (@Rameshchess) September 27, 2022

    “Immense admire for the sector champion for taking a principled stand on the most important factor, forcing the sector to concentrate on it at an enormous non-public price. Preferably the chess global and FIDE will have to have devised a just right sensible way to the dishonest drawback years in the past. Optimistically, a complete enquiry might be carried out through FIDE & steps taken to keep away from a identical situation in long run. A relatively sturdy participant does no longer want exterior assist right through the sport, indication at a couple of (even 1) vital moments (s) is enough to tilt the sport in his favour,” Ramesh tweeted.

    Ramesh instructed a couple of steps to curb dishonest like, jamming indicators into the taking part in corridor, delaying are living relay, spectators will have to no longer raise devices into the venue.

    “In fact, it is vitally simple to forged apprehensions on a participant’s integrity through throwing unsubstantiated allegations. It has took place previously. Blameless avid gamers have been accused unfairly. So the accuser will have to be very accountable sooner than making the accusation,” Ramesh tweeted.