St. Louis News: Nakamura-Aronian Draw Game 3, Sevian Keeps Rolling
After a couple of wacky match games Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian drew game 3, leaving their match tied 6-6 with one more classical game to go before the blitz battles on Tuesday. Even this game had some ups and downs though, with first Nakamura and then Aronian briefly enjoying a strong plus before equality was restored.
In the concurrent GM norm tournament, 13-year-old Sam Sevian was slowed down briefly in the morning round, drawing a tough game with an IM before beating GM Ben Finegold in the evening round in yet another tactically flashy game. He has blown past the 2500 rating level he needed to achieve his GM title, and right now has a fantastic 2873 TPR. (It's amazing to think that's pretty much just another day at the office for Magnus Carlsen.) It will be exciting to see if he can maintain and increase the level of tactical savagery he has displayed in this tournament as he grows as a player.
Reader Comments (1)
Thank you for the link to the tournament. The CCSCSL website is impossible to navigate. Why would I suspect that the info was on their US Chess Champs page. The link for pairings and standings is very small and in a very unexpected location. Next time they run an event that I want to view, I will come to The Chess Mind first, as you will have done the necessary dirty work to figure out where things are.
[DM: Ironically, that's advice even I need to follow! Earlier tonight I tried finding my way to the live games of the GM event through the club's home page, and couldn't manage to do it. Sheesh! So I finally did it through my blog. What in the world are they doing there with the website?]