Chessable Masters Day 3: So tops the Prelims

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/08/2021

The top two positions at the points table remained unchanged at the conclusion of the third day of prelims at Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters. So won the prelims with an unbeaten 11.0/15 followed by Aronian at 10.5/15. Firouzja and Nakamura also scored 10.5/15 each. Artemiev, Liem, Mamedyarov and Jorden van Foreest are the other Quarterfinalists. Abhimanyu Mishra scored his sole victory of the event against Harikrishna. It will be So vs. Jorden, Artemiev vs Nakamura, Firouzja vs. Liem and Mamedyarov vs. Aronian in the Quarterfinals which starts today at 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Abhimanyu beats Harikrishna

It was a tough day for the Indians. Adhiban started the day with two victories, but those are the only scoring games he had. Harikrishna scored only 1.0/5 and Humpy, despite getting winning positions against Aronian and Wenjun, she was unable to convert either of them. Her score remained unchanged from the previous day.

So remains undefeated and wins the prelims| Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Round 11: Adhiban - Abhimanyu: 1-0

Adhiban had an absolutely wild game against the world's youngest grandmaster, Abhimanyu Mishra.

Position after 14.Ngf5

Adhiban unleashed his 'Beast mode' starting with 14.Ngf5. The game continued 14...exf5 15.e6 Ne5 16.exf7+ Nxf7 17.Ne6 Qe5 and after a few moves we got the following interesting position

Position after 19...d4

No one would have been surprised if White continued 20.Qxb7 Nxb7 21.Bxd4 and so on. Surprisingly computer says that's the best continuation for White. However, Adhiban chose the humane 20.Ba4+ Nd7 21.Qh5+ and went on to win the game comfortably.

Tari - Anton: 0-1

Tari was completely winning against Anton until he made an incorrect exchange of rooks and things completely turned into his opponent's favor.

Position after 35...Rhe8

White played 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.Re5 and things turned completely in Black's favor after 37...Qd7. What should have White played in the above position?