Chess Grand Prix 2022 LIVE - Leg 1 - Vidit loses to Aronian - Updates, Results, Scores Blog
Time pressure building
The time pressure is slowly building on Vidit. He would want to be wary of this, especially with what happened in the Tata Steel recently.
Hari and Shirov taking their time
After that crazy start, both Hari and Shirov have now calmed down. Still in the balance, this one.
Completely equal
Hari and Shirov are completely equal and unless there is a massive blunder from either, this seems to be heading towards a draw.
A balanced battle between Vidit and Levon
Both players are taking their own sweet times to calculate and make their moves and the engine now gives white the advantage.
Comfortable position for Vidit
Vidit seems to have a comfortable position for now with a good centre
King on the walk
The King is off and running for Harikrishna now. The position seems fairly equal and both players are now taking their time to calculate each move.
Vidit thinking for over 20 minutes
Just nine moves in the match so far and Vidit has not made a move for almost 20 minutes. What is he thinking here?
Hari is already into the endgame
Quick play from both players and the game has quickly transposed into an end-game. Bishop for Shirov, Knight for Hari. White seems to have a slight advantage, but this might soon move into a draw.
Caro Kann from Harikrishna
We are already into the middle game in the match between Shirov and Harikrishna. The standard caro kann defence from the Indian and this is the position we have on the board.
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