Total Chess Day 3: Caruana and Niemann Win Twice on Day 3 in Budapest

Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Duda and Abdusattorov traded wins, each with Black. Duda won round 3 in 92 moves from a Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld and held a clear advantage from 52.Bd6 to the end. Abdusattorov made three mistakes in the game and Duda four before Abdusattorov resigned after 92...Kc2.

Abdusattorov won round 4 in 57 moves from a Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik Variation. Abdusattorov had a clear advantage from 46.f4 to the end and made no mistakes, while Duda made two. Duda resigned after 57...Kf1.

Round 3: Duda won with Black in 92 moves, by resignation

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Round 4: Abdusattorov won with Black in 57 moves, by resignation

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Alireza Firouzja vs. Jorden Van Foreest

Firouzja won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to Van Foreest's 1. In round 3, Firouzja won with White in 77 moves in a Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation. The position was level until 62...Bd4, after which Firouzja had a clear advantage, and Van Foreest had 7 seconds left on the clock after that move. Van Foreest made one mistake in the game and Firouzja none.

Round 4, with Van Foreest playing White, was a French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Capablanca Line drawn in 37 moves. Van Foreest had a clear advantage after 17...Bd7, but the game ended level.

Round 3: Firouzja won with White in 77 moves

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Round 4: Drawn in 37 moves

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Levon Aronian vs. Andrew Hong

Aronian and Hong drew both games. Round 3 ended in 23 moves by threefold repetition in a Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6, and neither side ever held a clear advantage. Round 4 lasted 100 moves in an Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening. Hong, with White, had a clear advantage after 55.Rd7+, but the game ended level in stalemate.

Round 3: Drawn in 23 moves, by repetition

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Round 4: Drawn in 100 moves, by stalemate

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Fabiano Caruana vs. Praggnanandhaa R

Caruana won both games against Praggnanandhaa without making a mistake in either. In round 3, Caruana won with White in 26 moves from an English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Caruana had a small edge before 18...h6 and a clear advantage after it, and Praggnanandhaa made three mistakes in the game.

In round 4, Caruana won with Black in 48 moves in a Queen's Gambit Declined. Caruana had a clear advantage from 41.Kf2 to the end, and Praggnanandhaa made one mistake in the game.

Round 3: Caruana won with White in 26 moves

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Round 4: Caruana won with Black in 48 moves

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Vincent Keymer vs. Quang Liem Le

Le won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to Keymer's 1. In round 3, Le won with White in 85 moves from a Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense. The position was level until 78...Rd1+, after which Le was winning, and Keymer had 2:05 left on the clock after that move. Keymer made four mistakes in the game and Le three.

Round 4 was a Scotch Game: Mieses Variation drawn in 57 moves. Le had a winning position after 44.b8=Q but could not convert it.

Round 3: Le won with White in 85 moves

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Round 4: Drawn in 57 moves

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Vladislav Artemiev vs. Richard Rapport

Artemiev and Rapport drew both games. In round 3, Artemiev had a clear advantage after 17...Nb6 in a Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Modern Defense, but the game ended level after 58 moves. Round 4, with Rapport playing White, was drawn in 32 moves from an Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening, and neither side ever held a clear advantage.

Round 3: Drawn in 58 moves

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Round 4: Drawn in 32 moves

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Anish Giri vs. Haik M. Martirosyan

Giri and Martirosyan each won with White. In round 3, Giri won in 26 moves from an Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo. Giri had a clear advantage from 16...gxf4 to the end and made no mistakes, while Martirosyan made one. Martirosyan resigned after 26.Ng6+.

Martirosyan won round 4 in 60 moves in a Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation. Martirosyan had a small edge before 55...Rxd5 and a clear advantage after it, with Giri down to 48 seconds on the clock after that move. Giri made two mistakes in the game and Martirosyan none.

Round 3: Giri won with White in 26 moves, by resignation

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Round 4: Martirosyan won with White in 60 moves

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Magnus Carlsen vs. Abhimanyu Mishra

Carlsen and Mishra drew both games. Round 3 was an Italian Game: Paris Defense drawn in 50 moves, and neither side ever held a clear advantage. In round 4, Mishra had White and a clear advantage after 28...Nh7 in a Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation, but the game ended level after 80 moves.

Round 3: Drawn in 50 moves

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Round 4: Drawn in 80 moves

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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi

Mamedyarov and Nepomniachtchi drew both games, and neither side held a clear advantage in either. Round 3 lasted 36 moves in a Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense. Round 4, with Nepomniachtchi playing White, was a Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense drawn in 32 moves.

Round 3: Drawn in 36 moves

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Round 4: Drawn in 32 moves

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Bibisara Assaubayeva vs. Erigaisi Arjun

Assaubayeva and Erigaisi each won with Black. In round 3, Assaubayeva won in 46 moves from a King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defenses. Assaubayeva had a small edge before 24.Qa5 and a clear advantage after it. Erigaisi made two mistakes in the game and Assaubayeva one, and Erigaisi resigned after 46...Rxd2.

Erigaisi won round 4 in 48 moves in an Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense. Erigaisi had a clear advantage from 36...Kg5 to the end, and Assaubayeva resigned after 48...Re4.

Round 3: Assaubayeva won with Black in 46 moves, by resignation

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Round 4: Erigaisi won with Black in 48 moves, by resignation

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Hans Moke Niemann vs. Rameshbabu Vaishali

Niemann won both games against Vaishali. In round 3, Niemann won with Black in 43 moves from a Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations. The position was level until 30.Qg7, after which Niemann had a clear advantage, and Vaishali had 35 seconds left on the clock after that move. Vaishali made two mistakes in the game and Niemann one.

In round 4, Niemann won with White in 53 moves in a Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation. Niemann had a small edge before 48...Nd4 and a clear advantage after it, with Vaishali on 53 seconds after that move. Vaishali made one mistake in the game and Niemann none.

Round 3: Niemann won with Black in 43 moves

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Round 4: Niemann won with White in 53 moves

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Wesley So vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Vachier-Lagrave won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to So's 1. In round 3, Vachier-Lagrave won with White in 65 moves from a Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation. Each player made one mistake, and Vachier-Lagrave had a clear advantage from 58.Qb6+ to the end. So resigned after 65.Qg3+.

Round 4, with So playing White, was drawn by threefold repetition in 15 moves in a Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation. Vachier-Lagrave had a clear advantage after 12.Bc1, but the game ended level.

Round 3: Vachier-Lagrave won with White in 65 moves, by resignation

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Round 4: Drawn in 15 moves, by repetition

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