Nurgyul misses a great chance, Anna Muzychuk wins Bronze and secures Candidates 2024 spot
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Who will face Magnus Carlsen in the Finals – Fabiano Caruana or R Praggnanandhaa?
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Abasov – Carlsen
Position after 56.d6
It seemed like the game will end in a quiet draw in the same color bishop endgame. GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2835) kept pushing and declined draw via repetition. Well, his opponent GM Nijat Abasov (AZE, 2646) found a nice move 56.d6. Black is forced to play Kc4 as Kb4 loses to the same trick 57.Bg4. Try to find out the difference. The game continued 57…Bc6+ 58.Ke3 Bxa4 59.d7 Bxd7 60.Bxd7 b5 and the game eventually ended in a draw.
Magnus Carlsen: “It was a cold shower” | Video: FIDE
Nijat Abasov: “I am not used to such a crowd at a chess tournament” | Video: FIDE
Are we going to witness Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa in the finals? We will only have to wait till tomorrow
Praggnanandhaa – Caruana
Position after 36.Ke3
Once again, R Praggnanandhaa (2707) had to defend against Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2782). The game reached to a rook, knight and few pawns endgame where Pragg had to play precisely to ensure the match goes into tie-breaks and it did.
Interview with Fabiano Caruana | Video: FIDE
Fabiano Caruana (USA) and R Praggnanandhaa are going to play tie-breaks tomorrow
Nurgyul – Goryachkina
Position after 42…f4
After gaining the h6-pawn, IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL, 2403) gained a substantial advantage against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2557). In the above position, White needed to go 43.Nxe3 fxe3 44.Rd5 Nge6 45.Re5 and White would have maintained her upper hand. The game continued 43.gxf4 gxf4 44.Nxe3 fxe3 the difference being, Black getting rid of one more weakness at g5. Some more inaccuracies later, Black managed to equalize and White had to defend a rook vs rook and knight endgame for 50 moves. The game ended four moves before the draw happened by 50 moves. Nurgyul managed to survive which means she will have to play tie-breaks tomorrow.
IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina will play tie-breaks tomorrow
GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) drew against GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) to win the match, finish third and secure a spot in the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024
Interview with GM Anna Muzychuk will be published soon, stay tuned.
Video Gallery
FIDE World Cup and Women’s World Cup 2023 Round 7.2 starting moments
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FIDE World Cup and Women’s World Cup 2023 Round 7.2 Live Commentary by IM Irine Sukandar (INA) and GM Irina Krush (USA) | Video: FIDE
FIDE World Cup 2023 Round 7.2 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India
What can youngsters learn from Praggnanandhaa feat. Coach R B Ramesh
| Video: ChessBase India
Results after Round 7.2
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR) – GM Nijat Abasov (AZE): 1.5-0.5
GMÂ Fabiano Caruana (USA) – GM R Praggnanandhaa: 1-1
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina – IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL): 1-1
GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) – GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN): 1.5-0.5
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A total of two games in the Open and two in the Women’s event took place in Round 7.2
Prize
The total prize fund is US$ 1834000 in the Open and $676250 in the Women, with the first being $110000 and $50000 respectively.
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