Weissenhaus Freestyle G.O.A.T. Challenge R5-7: Abdusattorov dominates the Playoffs
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) scored an unbeaten 5.5/7 to win the Rapid Playoffs of WEISSENHAUS Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge. He won the Playoffs in an amazin way as he defeated the world no.1, Magnus Carlsen (NOR) in the seventh round. The former World Rapid champion is the only player to remain undefeated in the round-robin event. He will face the reigning world champion, Ding Liren (CHN) in the Quarterfinals. Liren suffered two more losses, before sharing the point with Alireza Firouzja (FRA). Gukesh lost all his games on the second day. He will be up against Fabiano Caruana in the QF. The remaining two matches in the Knockout stage will be - Vincent Keymer (GER) vs Levon Aronian (USA) and Firouzja vs Carlsen. Quarterfinals game 1 starts today at 1 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal
A tough day for Gukesh
Every day is not Sunday. The second day of the Playoffs did not go Gukesh's way. The world champion, Ding Liren also continued to have a tough event. However, the actual battle starts today as the Knockout stage will be played in Classical time control which means each player will get much more time than they got in Rapid.
Round 5: Abdusattorov - Keymer: 0.5-0.5
Vincent Keymer (GER) had an opportunity to win against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB).
White's bishop at a7 is trapped. Black just needed to find the best way to capture it. 20...Re3 21.d4 Kc7 is one of the ways.
Check out Endgame Expert - GM Karsten Mueller's analysis of the game between Fabiano Caruana (USA) and D Gukesh.
Round 6: Gukesh - Abdusattorov: 0-1
Generally the games between D Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) are interesting encounters. However, this time it turned out to be a one-sided game as Gukesh made some questionable positional decisions.
18.Kh1 or Rdd1 would have continued the fight. Instead, White went 18.Qh3?? 0-0 -+ and things fell apart for White in a hurry.
Aronian - Ding
Find out the winning continuation for White after 12...Rd7.
Abdusattorov - Carlsen, Round 7
Carlsen made a rare endgame error when he played 50...c3?? in time trouble. 50...Kc5 is what Black needed to play continue the game.
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Format
Time: Rapid and Standard
• Round robin: rapid 25 min for the game + 10 sec per move according to A5 of the FIDE laws of chess
• Tiebreak: first direct encounter, second: number of wins, third: Sonneborn-Berger
• Quarter-, semi- and finals: Two games standard 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes rest of the game additional 30 seconds per move
In Case of Tiebreak
1:1 in quarter-, semi-final or final. Tiebreak in the evening:
• two rapid games 15 min for the game + 10 sec per move
• two blitz games 5 min for the game + 2 sec per move
• then one more blitz game until a winner is found
Replay live stream
Schedule
9th and 10th February: playoffs for starting order - Rapid
11th and 12th February: Quarterfinals - Classical
13th and 14th February: Semifinals - Classical
15th and 16th February: Finals - Classical
Replay Playoff Round 5-7 games
Round 5-7 results
| Round 5 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2762 | GM | Ding, Liren | 0 - 1 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2830 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2804 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 1 - 0 | GM | Gukesh, D | 2743 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2744 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½ - ½ | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2738 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2725 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ½ - ½ | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2760 | 8 | |||
| Round 6 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2743 | GM | Gukesh, D | 0 - 1 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2744 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 2725 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 1 - 0 | GM | Ding, Liren | 2762 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 2830 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2804 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 8 | 2760 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 1 - 0 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2738 | 7 | |||
| Round 7 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 5 | 2804 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 1 - 0 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2725 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2744 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1 - 0 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2830 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2762 | GM | Ding, Liren | ½ - ½ | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2760 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 2738 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 1 - 0 | GM | Gukesh, D | 2743 | 1 | |||
Final standings crosstable after Rapid Playoffs
Quarterfinal matches
Nodirbek Abdusattorov - Ding Liren
Vincent Keymer - Levon Aronian
Fabiano Caruana - D Gukesh
Alireza Firouzja - Magnus Carlsen
