In the early morning of March 19, Beijing time, the 2018 Chess World Championship Candidate Competition ended the seventh round of competition in Berlin, Germany, and the Chinese chess player Ding Liren held the black game and the former world chess king Cramnik, and after seven rounds, Ding Liren temporarily ranked fifth with 3.5 points.
This round of Chinese chess player Ding Liren held a black against the former Russian chess king Kramnik, the two sides fought for 74 rounds, and finally ended with a chess match, which is also the latest game to end today. After the game, Cramnik was as optimistic as ever and felt that his situation was better, but Ding Liren gave a different point of view.
Chess fans are focused on Karyakin vs. Su Weili
Karyakin's victory over Su Weili ushered in his final victory since the beginning of the match. The two sides began to maintain a balance of power through the 14th leg, and the game seemed to turn to a draw, but in the case of tight time, Su Weili began to walk in the wrong direction, and finally a fatal move.
Alonyan and Caruana
Aronian white against Caruana, the opening focus, Aronian performed very positively, took the initiative to abandon two soldiers, established a king wing attack, which made the black Caruana encounter trouble, but then Aronian miscalculated, lost the opportunity to win the game, and finally shook hands with Caruana again, after the game Aronian said bluntly: "I may not be in the best condition." ”
Grishuksu and Mametiyalov
Grischuk and Mametiyalov, who played only 16 rounds, shook hands and made peace in three repetitions.
The second round robin will start at 22:00 Beijing time on March 19, with Ding Liren facing Alonyan, Grishuk against Kramnik, Mametiyalov against Karyakin, and Su Weili against Karuana.
The standings after 7 rounds are as follows: