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INTERVIEW Magnus Carlsen Talks About First Day of Quarter Finals and 4 Draws vs. Teimour Radjabov

Magnus Carlsen talks to Kaja Snare, GM David Howell, and IM Jovanka Houska about the first day of quarter finals in the New in Chess Classic, the 5th event on the $1.5 million Meltwater
Champions Chess Tour! Magnus comments on the 4 draws against Teimour Radjabov in a single day on the tour.
This was always going to be a tough match, and it remains level. Teimour Radjabov dictated much of the play, with Magnus having to escape a lost position in Game 2. Magnus says, β€œI was just completely way off today. I think this is the first time I made 4 draws in a day.” Ultimately, however, he is satisfied with the result: β€œI feel like I dodged one today.”
The New in Chess Classic tournament is held from April 24th to May 3rd, 2021. The players taking part in this tournament are: current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov, Vidit Gujrathi, Lenier Dominguez, Le Quang Liem, Jan Kryzsztof Duda, Aryan Tari, Gawain Jones, Johan Sebastien Christiansen and R. Praggnanandhaa.
The 3-day preliminary stage sees the 16 players play each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout consisting of 2-day, four game rapid matches. In the event of a tie on the second day, the match advances to to blitz (5|3) and armageddon (White has five minutes, Black four with no increment) tiebreaks.
The prize fund is $100,000, with $30,000 for top place.

You can watch and analyze my QF games here: https://chess24.com/tr/watch/live-tournaments/meltwater-champions-chess-tour-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/1/1/4

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ginger_gm avatar; Simon Williams @ginger_gm ·
4 Oct 2022 1577345190330875922

(4/4) On another note I could do with some tips on how to get a good sleep. It seems like I am a fully fledged insomniac. πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«
I was in bed at 1am last night but didn't even manage to get 1 minutes sleep after tossing and turning all night. Been awake for about 40 hours now. 😱

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4 Oct 2022 1577342859849744399

Join us for the US Chess Championships Opening Ceremony in conjunction with celebrating the new inductees into the Chess Hall of Fame at the @AquariumSTL tonight! Check out https://saintlouischessclub.org/2022-us-championships-opening-ceremony for more info and tickets!

#STLChessClub #WorldChessHOF #USChessChamps #HallofFame

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4 Oct 2022 1577342788949131265

Black to move in today's Daily Puzzle! β™œ
Do you see a way to take control of this game? πŸ€”

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ginger_gm avatar; Simon Williams @ginger_gm ·
4 Oct 2022 1577340399835832322

(3/4) I missed one very likely obvious winning move.
Here I played Bg2? but I should just play Qh6!
For some reason I had missed ...Qxh6 Bxh6 ...Nxc3 a3! Which is game over.
In the end I lost πŸ˜” after Johann played excellently.

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4 Oct 2022 1577257221313863680

β™ŸοΈπŸ”₯New pod! πŸ”₯β™ŸοΈ

The ever-charismatic, IM @GregShahade!

In this episode:
β˜‘οΈ How blitz can improve your #chess if you follow his 2 suggestions
β˜‘οΈ Classic & hilarious trash-talking
β˜‘οΈ Will he ever do chess boxing? (Q courtesy of @Bennyficial1)

πŸŽ™οΈListen: https://www.adultchessacademy.com/blog/Ep-37-How-Blitz-Can-Help-&-Time-Management-&-Trash-Talking-with-IM-Greg-Shahade

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