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Round 9
Gukesh-Praggna 0-1
The tournament is over. So has maintained his lead and he is the winner of this tournament. Just two wins, which isn’t exactly a masterpiece, but he remained undefeated and won.
We highlight the game, Gukesh’s fourth loss. Both he and Carlsen have four losses each and occupy the bottom two places. An unimaginable and hard-to-fathom disaster. If they both knew Goldchess, this probably wouldn’t have happened. Our style is a breath of fresh air in the new generation of chess. A great way for anyone to expand their knowledge. Gukesh’s loss. The endgame: the world champion down a pawn and a piece. However, it was possible to escape from such a predicament. A win is difficult, but we achieve one on move 80. Perhaps Praggna would have secured a draw in this variation, but certainly nothing more.
Take a look at our winning move. Anyone who thinks the computer played poorly should try to beat it with a different, original concept of their own from our position. And this applies to all the games in our analyses.
Round 8
Carlsen’s slip-up
In Round 8, world champion Gukesh suffered his third defeat. And Carlsen his fourth. For us, this is an unimaginable and unacceptable situation. All the more so because we analysed both games and concluded that neither of them was a lost cause.
Carlsen-Praggna 0-1
Here, Carlsen only has himself to blame. Mr World Champion, who plays 44.Qd6 when the simple 44.Qf4 wins? Do you want to learn to play like this? Take advantage of our education.
Round 8 bis
Firouzja–Gukesh 1–0
Simple moves. A straightforward path to a draw. We have two draws. One is a solid, trouble-free draw, and the other is slightly risky, made possible because the computer played inaccurately: 55.gh4. After 55.Kg2, Black loses. But given that our grandmasters also make inaccuracies and mistakes, this variation would probably have been enough for Gukesh to secure a draw.
Round 7
Praggna-Firousia 1-0
Pragna, who has three losses to his name, can always be a threat. That defeat completely dashed Firousia’s hopes. After that, he dropped to third place. Only the leader, So, and Keymer, who is in second place, remain undefeated. Will they maintain their unbeaten records until the end?
Firousia is the big loser of this tournament. That is why we have examined this game. And based on our analysis, we can say that Firousia could have won this game; indeed, he had no business losing it. We have a draw in which White is desperately fighting for a draw, as well as a win and a checkmate. Both these lines show real chess, the kind that should have unfolded in this game. It didn’t happen because Firousia lacked the right vision… A very instructive game.
Round 6
Round 6 proved unkind to Firousia, who lost his lead after losing to Carlsen, to Gukesh, who lost to Keymer, and to Praggna, who lost to So, the current leader. We always side with the underdogs, or rather the losers, pointing out their mistakes and winning continuations. And so. In the Keymer-Gukesh game, we have a draw, and a win for Black when White refuses the draw and wants to play for a win. We also have a clear win. This is a ‘who’s who’ type of win, because the one who plays better wins. And we think Gukesh could well have been the one who played better. In the more favourable variation for White, a draw is the result here.
Carlsen-Firousia 1-0 is a rematch for Carlsen’s previous loss, so we won’t be looking for a win for Black here. We’re showing a win for Black in Gukesh’s game.
Round 5
Another draw for Firouzja, a win for Gukesh and drama for Carlsen, who lost his third game, this time to So. Carlsen allowed himself to get into a very difficult position. The position after move 42. The pawns on a4 and c4 are weak. White’s move 44.Nd2 is also weak. After the response 44… Ne5, the white king is blocked and has no move. So we change this move and it works. We have a winning position and two draw variations. It’s a matter of assessing the position and choosing a plan of play. This is how Carlsen could have played, with at least a chance of a draw. Take a look.
Round 4
So-Firousia draw
We tried to turn that draw into a win. And we succeeded – we’ve got two wins and a checkmate. One of them was particularly spectacular. Technical note. You must play with precision. Do not rush; do not sacrifice your queen by capturing the f2 rook before capturing the b2 pawn, as Black will then lose. White will play b2-b4, and the game is lost. If you like our style of play, we invite you to join our course so that you can learn to play in exactly this way.
Round 4
Another draw for Firousia. He now leads by just one point and is hanging by a thread. One defeat and he could lose his lead. In the clash of the titans, Carlsen triumphed playing Black. And something incredible has happened. World Champion Gukesh has taken Carlsen’s place and is bottom of the table. The prestige of world champions is fading. The endgame shows a total rout. Gukesh has lost his queen and Black is helpless. Why did he lose? He played 35.Q:f4. We are astonished by this move from the world champion. In this position, the moves Rb2+ and Qf2 were obvious and clear even to an amateur. Admittedly, the situation was precarious and dangerous for White, but a draw could have been achieved. And that is the draw we have and are showing. A very instructive lesson for Gukesh. We also have a winning position, but to win, a different move and a different plan of play would have had to be played much earlier.
Round 3
Firousia drew with Gukesh. For a change, we’ll show how he could have won this game.
Firouzja seems to have misjudged his chances. We played exactly from this drawn position and achieved mate on move 45. Take a look. To learn more about chess like this, visit Goldchess.
In the women’s tournament, the competition is fiercer and the standard more even. After three rounds, there has been just one win and one loss, with the rest being draws.
Round 3
Pragg-Carlsen 1-0
A drama for Carlsen. His second defeat in three rounds. This has probably never happened to a world champion anywhere. And a situation also rarely seen in the games of the best chess players: White has a two-quality advantage. The promising 43… Ne2, attacking the rook, lost. We played 43… N:a2 and obtained two responses from White. We win in both variations. Take a look. Goldchess style and techniques.
Round 2
Firousia-Praggna/Nandhaa 1-0
Firousia’s next victim: Praggna. After two rounds, Firousia leads the field.
Analysis. There is a threat of mate on a4. 59…c4 is a move of desperation that can no longer change anything.
Firousia played really strongly and, above all, better than Praggna. With the move 38…c5, he initiated a series of three blunders. And after 40…. b:c5, the game was already lost. And that was the moment when he could have made a different move and drawn or even won. Here we have a winning position at level 5, where the computer played carelessly and lost, and we have a draw at level 23, where the computer, playing White, is already playing much better. And that is the whole analytical philosophy of this game as we see it.
Round 1
Firousia-Carlsen 1-0
We’ve turned the result around. And that’s something to see. We’d particularly like to invite Carlsen.