Alireza Firouzja impressively defeats Magnus Carlsen in a classical chess match. Fabiano Caruana secures a win for Team Experience by defeating Gukesh in the Freestyle Chess event. The ongoing Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge sees intense games and strategic analyses by top players like Carlsen, Firouzja, and Caruana. Carlsen faces pressure to win on demand to avoid a lower ranking in the tournament.
The computer says Carlsen and Abdusattorov have been trading blunders, but that after 20.f5! White is clearly better! https://t.co/FaCWdxh9kZ #FreestyleChess https://t.co/pE8Aonpbj5
"I'm really worried!" says Leko about Carlsen's position, with both players heading for time trouble! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/CE7PUiQOVj
Ding blunders a piece on move 8 and Alireza takes a quick win https://t.co/O2ugP8XfUa
Levon says Fabi decided to play solidly, but he feels he's slightly better... and is optimistic, as always! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/9L8mI2GEAC
11.Nf5! was the computer's choice, but the position is still balanced on a knife-edge after Carlsen's 12.Nh5!? #FreestyleChess https://t.co/XSOKdfniUo
Ding must wish he was simply knocked out yesterday, rather than having to play a "consolation" knockout for 5th to 8th places! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/Uw5R09x9co
Levon Aronian: "But we'll see — maybe I'm overestimating my chances as usual!" #FreestyleChess https://t.co/b7Koirflul
Magnus says Levon would always mock him before the games for wanting to sac a pawn, but now that he analyzed alone before the game he felt it was ok to go for it. He's "pretty happy" with his position now! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/rCIPxHzPSH
Just a regular 1.g4 day for the G.O.A.T. 😏 #freestylechess #GOAT #GOATchesschallenge https://t.co/AeLCfrHHOb
Leko suggests the pawn sacrifice 3.d4!? from Magnus is "desperation"! #FreeestyleChess https://t.co/uL7P13qlTg
After a long think, Magnus plays "the Grob", 1.g4! https://t.co/FaCWdxh9kZ #FreestyleChess https://t.co/shWmG9lhKv
Ding and Levon are now in different halves of the tournament, but they're still analyzing together! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/o45LeewKy3
They set up the king & queen wrong... 😀 https://t.co/FaCWdxh9kZ #FreestyleChess https://t.co/869HzuHtr0
We spent time with @PHChess and spoke about many subjects in depth. Most notably: 1. Future of Chess960/Freestyle Chess 2. Magnus Carlsen 3. Candidates 2024 and who are his favourites 4. Ding Liren This interview was done in the picturesque environments of Weissenhaus Resort… https://t.co/dvvvw41Sp4
Magnus Carlsen: "I want to leave another impression than that I’m just terrible at this, but I’ve sort of avoided the worst. I’ve shown now that I can at least play decently in classical chess!" https://t.co/pW2QR8CqW8
Magnus Carlsen: "I want to leave another impression than that I’m just terrible at this, but I’ve sort of avoided the worse. I’ve shown now that I can at least play decently in classical chess!" https://t.co/pW2QR8CqW8
Catch up on the first weekend of the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. challenge in Germany, where Abdusattorov and Keymer won the preliminaries ahead of Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, and more. Photo courtesy of @chess_Freestyle https://t.co/1E6N1IE1Kc
Magnus lost 1 game against Alireza yesterday but won all 3 games today and eliminated him 🔥
Carlsen on his previous losses: "I was missing tactics and I couldn’t see the full board completely... I want to leave another impression than I’m just terrible at this, but I’ve sort of avoided the worse. I’ve shown now that I can at least play decently in classical chess!" https://t.co/EW3palmfSe
1...h6!? It turns out you can spring surprises in the opening in Chess960 as well! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/my0uzQiNAB
Carlsen's 9...cxd4 is flagged as a mistake by the computer, which preferred 9...Ng6!, developing the knight and defending the h7-pawn #FreestyleChess https://t.co/o6OJdAhqEx
The position is already balanced on a knife-edge! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/kQ6vUywLAz
Aronian on whether it bothered him that he'd analysed the wrong position before the game: "Not really, I am at this stage where I’m fine admitting I’m an idiot and I’m happy!" #FreestyleChess https://t.co/M746Dt0K96
My guess is that the accuracy scores are significantly lower in Chess960 (or whatever you call this variant!) than in regular chess, as positions tend to be much more complicated in the opening, so a percentage of 96 is pretty good! #freestylechess https://t.co/crMs7fxmfg
Peter Leko talks about how Bobby Fischer, watching him prepare back in Hungary in 1998-9, talked about his dream for FischerRandom chess! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/84QJu7IFJg
Leko says he had a conversation with Magnus before the tournament and they wondered if we might have to go back to the 7-hour time control to give players more of a chance to figure out the Chess960 positions! #FreestyleChess
Not again. #FreestyleChess https://t.co/uX69oNPbKH
Magnus Carlsen: "First of all, I would like to apologize to all fans of chess aesthetics, because before my last move the entire e-file was occupied with pieces... and now it's not!" #FreestyleChess https://t.co/7GxTzaP1Vs
Levon Aronian: "I'm optimistic, but I shouldn't let this one slip away!" #FreestyleChess https://t.co/le2xvU10SF
5 moves in, and Carlsen & Firouzja have completely blocked the e-file! https://t.co/7fmopI71Nl #FreestyleChess https://t.co/Eo6vpXzrqA
"Opening-wise, Caruana got everything he could hope for!" (Leko) https://t.co/k9SCVqztdb #FreestyleChess https://t.co/ERwWU97WqQ
If Abdusattorov plays c6 we'll have the same position in Ding-Abdusattorov and Carlsen-Firouzja, but there are some very different approaches to the position! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/Cg359TxqGO
Can Magnus win on demand? If he doesn't, he'll be left playing a knockout for only 5th-8th places! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/LuqRyw5Fdg
Ding & Aronian are analysing together! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/0bW789XwmV
The players have started analysing today's new position — the games start in 10 mins! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/5Zs30af0OD
Today could even go to 5-minute Armageddon! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/QrVngm9k9S
Ding Liren, Carlsen and Gukesh must all win their classical games on demand now to force rapid tiebreaks or their chance of winning the inaugural #FreestyleChess G.O.A.T. Challenge has gone! https://t.co/hiW1YSVl9Q https://t.co/CnGHdfME4c
Don Fabi shares a light moment with the commentators Peter Leko and Tania Sachdev! After a powerful win against Gukesh yesterday, today he just needs a draw to proceed to the semifinals of the Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge. Can he do it, or will Gukesh strike back today?… https://t.co/lvlDyRJm3E
The meeting of two legends of the game. Levon Aronian X Peter Leko at the Weisenhauss Freestyle Chess event! Photo: Amruta Mokal https://t.co/T6GbUJuCvf
Weissenhaus @Chess_Freestyle G.O.A.T. Challenge QF: Advantage for @NodirbekGM Abdusattorov, @AlirezaFirouzja and @FabianoCaruana https://t.co/YLpSNEiLCj
An extremely intense and exciting game ensued in the first classical encounter at @chess_freestyle between @LevAronian and @VincentKeymer04. The youngster was better out of the opening, but then Levon seemed to taking over. In the end the game was drawn. Both players analyzed… https://t.co/LgRG0LDioV
Caruana picks up a win for Team Experience as he takes down Gukesh! https://t.co/wWZXtgaLdf #FreestyleChess https://t.co/PiGFazS1OK
Alireza takes down Magnus in Classical! https://t.co/4ZaSFc0bmj
"But stay alive, Alireza!!" Leko is worried by Firouzja's heartrate in time-trouble against Carlsen! #FreestyleChess https://t.co/5C1GLTqP60
How players arrive at the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge! Some with their parent, some with their second, some with their girlfriend! :) https://t.co/0hVBcPlG6h