Ding Liren is in charge of Heiyi and Aronian
The 2018 Chess World Championship Candidates Tournament was officially launched at 22:00 Beijing time on March 10 in Berlin, Germany. Eight of the world's top players competed in a double round robin competition to challenge the current chess champion Carlson, and Chinese chess player Ding Liren was the first Chinese candidate in the history of chess to participate in the World Championships. In the first round of the match, Ding Liren shook hands with Armenia's number one player Alonyan in the 22nd round.
The President of Armenia and chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation, Serge Sarki, played chess for Ding Liren and Alonyan before the match. In this round of Ding Liren's black play, it is worth mentioning that Ding Liren and Aroniyan met in the World Cup final in November last year, and met again after four months, and both sides appeared to be very cautious, only 22 rounds of fighting, they shook hands and made peace.
Mametiyalov defeated Karyakin
In contrast, the other three competitions were more intense, with the number one player, Azerbaijani Mametiyalov, playing black with Russian star Karyakin for 71 rounds, and finally winning the game with a high skill.
Caruana and Suveri play a derby
American chess player Caruana played a derby with Su Weili. It is reported that in order to better adjust the time difference, the two American chess players came to Germany a week in advance to prepare for the game, and the first round of encounters with Caruana Zhibai defeated Su Weili in only 33 rounds.
Former chess champion Kramnik defeated Grischuk
Former world chess champion Russian chess player Kramnik played against the famous Russian player Grishuk, and the old chess king showed his tenacious strength in the first round, winning the opening after 48 rounds of victory over Grischuk.
Round 2 matchup
The second round will start at 22:00 Beijing time on March 11.
First Round Results:
Karyakin (Russia) 0-1 Mametyalov (Azerbaijan)
Kramnik (Russia) 1-0 Grishuk (Russia)
Caruana (USA) 1-0 Suvelli (USA)
Aronyan (Armenia) 0.5-0.5 Ding Liren (China)
(Zi Mo)