The game winner was Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov, whose win from a lost position at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad had already taken the gold medals there away from India. With one round to go, India’s Arjun Erigaisi was half a point ahead of the pack and heading for the draw which would have guaranteed him a tie for first. Then nemesis struck, and the unpitying camera recorded his reaction. Last week’s Qatar Open was fiercely fought, with the world No1 Magnus Carlsen defeated in round two. Now there is a comparable case, this time with a video showing the moment of disaster. The classic example is Havana 1965, when Borislav Ivkov, clear with two rounds left, blundered into a simple long diagonal mate against a tail-ender, lost the final round as well, and never recovered his career peak. Leonard Barden Jump to comments section Print this pageĪ novice level blunder deciding a major tournament is rare.
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