Kategori: TePe Sigeman 2023

Pairings round 5, Monday May 8 GM Jorden Van Foreest – GM Arjun Erigaisi GM Vincent Keymer – GM Peter Svidler GM Nils Grandelius – GM Boris Gelfand GM Gukesh D – GM Mishra Abhimanyu

Pairings round 4, Sunday May 7th GM Arjun Erigaisi – GM Gukesh D GM Mishra Abhimanyu – GM Nils Grandelius GM Boris Gelfand – GM Vincent Keymer GM Peter Svidler – GM Jorden Van Foreest

Grandelius-Gukesh Gukesh chose the Berlin Defence in the Ruy Lopez. Grandelius found a surprise bishop sacrifice on h7 that forced the black king to g6. Both players could have tried for a win at some stage, but it would have been very risky. Instead, it ended in a draw by …

A very exciting round, all four games had a winner! Gukesh-Keymer Keymer opted for the Ruy Lopez, and Gukesh soon applied some pressure with the white pieces. However, it was not until Keymer allowed 22.Bxh6 that things got real bad for black. In the complications that followed, Gukesh made no …