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Anish Giri beat Jorden Van Foreest in the only decisive game of Round 6, punishing 39...Rc7?? with a queen sacrifice threat on h7. Four draws elsewhere — including the top-of-the-table clash between Caruana and Sindarov — left the standings almost untouched.
Magnus Carlsen swept both sets 3-1 against Denis Lazavik to defend his Esports World Cup crown in Paris, converting a clinical endgame and punishing two decisive blunders in the Caro-Kann and the Nimzo-Indian.
Magnus Carlsen beat Alireza Firouzja 4-1 in the Esports World Cup semifinals, winning Games 3, 4 and 5 — a knockout blow with the Black pieces via a queening a-pawn and two clinical conversions.
Fabiano Caruana answered his Round 3 loss to Wesley So with a precise win over Levon Aronian, punishing 23...Qe7?? to trap a knight and convert. Vincent Keymer also beat Anish Giri — and the half-way mark of the Sinquefield Cup arrived with Caruana and So tied at the top.
Magnus Carlsen beat Nihal Sarin 2.5-0.5 in the Esports World Cup quarterfinals in Paris — a patient win with White, a clinical conversion with Black via a runaway a-pawn, and a hard-earned draw.
R. Praggnanandhaa scored the only decisive game of Round 4, beating Jorden Van Foreest in a 71-move Sicilian. One blunder — 23...Kg7?? — gave the young Indian a winning queen invasion, and he converted with cold precision.
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