"If it's entertaining, it must be entertainment!" said a couple of TV show hosts when I lived in England, and the same can be said about this year's edition of Norway Chess. The headline, of course, paraphrases the famous Gary Lineker (English footballer) comment about football [Americans: soccer]: “Football.
Wesley So agreed to a quick draw with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura to arrange a playoff tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix finals in Berlin, Germany Sunday.
Photo from chessbase.com So and Nakamura drew after only 14 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin via repetition of moves to force the two tiebreak
The second game of the final between GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura ended in a draw in only 29 moves after a threefold repetition, leaving the scores tied at the end of the classical games of the final of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in Berlin. The match will now be decided by a tiebreak.
Photo from Chess.com Wesley So drew with Alexei Shirov to inch closer to advancing to the semifinals of the FIDE Chess Grand Prix 1 2022 in Berlin, Germany Wednesday. So needed 31 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin to split the point with his Spaniard foe to remain at the helm of Pool D with 3.5 points o