At noon on Easter Monday, scarce two hours before the last round, the organizers of the Moscow Candidates Tournament Send a remarkable press release: The American chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, who grew up in Brooklyn “Will America get the challenger? just a game away from challenging world champion Magnus Carlsen in November in New York. ”
This is a game that has yet to win Caruana, he has to win against the Russians Sergey Karjakin. What is that supposed to mean? to wish the Russians an American challenger?
Well, “the Russians” not certain. But the organizers, notably by the World Chess Federation responsible for alignment company Agon, probably already. For how should the Americans a World Cup in New York sale, in a Russian competes against a Norwegian? Norway – where is that?
respect, Fabiano Caruana be more thumbs down at the beginning of the 14th round in the gaming room, as it could be expected the venue. The public yearns for greater attention for the board sports and dares Caruana in this regard more than Karjakin. That is quite unfair, considering how much do the Russians for chess and how little the Americans.
Glory Road
The game Caruana only must still win, is hardly to be taken hurdle. With Black he meets a tough guy who has not put down an excellent tournament and is tied with him in the lead. A draw would be a good result. Unfortunately, see the rules but before that there is a fine score tied score, and since the Russian is ahead: He has won more games than the Americans.
This criterion is for outsiders not easy to understand because “won more games” with the same score also called “lost more games”. The scheme was originally introduced to encourage the champions to greater risk. You should not always go for the sake of the public on the safe side and play draw, but to risk something and be rewarded for it.
For Caruana, this means he will have to win this last game and they invest more sharply than it would actually advisable. Karjakin opened with the king’s pawn, 1. e4, and already with its first train shows Caruana that he accepts the task: 1. … c5. Sicilian call it the chess player – an opening that is a double-edged than the classic double step of the king’s pawn and was therefore hardly be seen in the three weeks of this tournament.
The finalists have prepared. Caruana thrashes down the opening, Karjakin takes a little more time. After eleven trains Black’s position is rugged. Both wings are torn, the king stands in the middle, castling precipitates today. The White King has gone on the queenside – big castling – and is now the target of a black farmer storm.
Karjakin stunned the audience in the 20th train with a loosening pawn before the own king. Usually one keeps silent when the enemy armada approaches. Just do not attack brands offer! But in chess the concrete always triumphs over General: Karjakin manages the pawn a base for his runners that impedes the black attack for a long time.
The Russians against the Americans
Both players sit motionless on the board. Karjakin in a light gray shirt and dark gray trousers, his standards almost pointedly dressed. Otherwise he wears mostly disjointed things under a not particularly pretty jacket with aufgetackerten sponsor logos. Caruana hand pays attention what he attracts, and makes a good impression from the trendy striped shirt down to the black sneakers.
Karjakin wearing whiskers and moves when he gets up times, somewhat ponderous; he would decorate as junior captain every northern German coastal Soap. Once started, the youngest grandmaster in history, who won his title aged 12 years and seven months, he moved in 2009 from Ukraine to Russia, to force his chess career. So far it has worked. Now he only has to overcome these Americans.
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