Le Tuan Minh meets Carlsen in the quarter-finals of the Super Blitz Chess tournament

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | 18:44:23

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Vietnam's number three player Le Tuan Minh defeated Arjun Erigaisi 11-6 to enter the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Blitz Chess Championship to meet Magnus Carlsen.

Le Tuan Minh at the 2019 Southeast Asian Chess Championship in Bac Giang .

In the first match of the tournament early on July 18, Tuan Minh overwhelmed Erigaisi by winning all four first games. The world No. 30 Indian player won three of the next four games, but the Vietnamese representative then achieved a four-game winning streak to create a six-point gap. In the remaining time, both sides took turns winning, with the final result 11-6 for Tuan Minh.

In the same match, number one player Magnus Carlsen overwhelmingly defeated Canadian Grandmaster Eric Hansen 16.5-1.5. Carlsen will meet Tuan Minh in the quarter-finals of the winners bracket, taking place from around 11pm tonight, July 18, Hanoi time.

The 2023 World Blitz Chess Championship is organized by the Chess platform from July 17 to July 21 in a double elimination format, with 10 invited players and 6 players passing the qualifying rounds. Due to his high Blitz Chess rating on the platform, Tuan Minh is in the group of invited players, alongside masters such as Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja or Fabiano Caruana.

Each match lasts 30 minutes, except for the semi-finals, winners bracket finals and the grand finals, which last 45 minutes. Each game lasts a maximum of two minutes, as each side has only one minute and no time is added after each move (1+0 format). After 30 minutes, a player must win by two points or more to be declared the winner. If the difference is less than two points, they play six more games until a two-point difference is created. After six games, whoever is ahead wins. If the match is tied, the winner of the first game advances.

Also on the first day of competition, Hikaru Nakamura overwhelmingly defeated Emin Ohanyan 22.5-1.5. Firouzja crushed Denis Lazavik 14.5-3.5. However, experts like Caruana and Anish Giri failed and had to go down to the loser's bracket.

If he beats Carlsen, Tuan Minh will meet the winner of the match between Firouzja and Oleksandr Bortnyk. If he loses, Tuan Minh will fall into the loser's bracket to meet David Paravyan or Dmitry Andreikin.

According to vnexpress.net

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