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Opera Euro Rapid 2021 (Games and Results)

Opera Euro Rapid 2021

The Opera Euro Rapid takes place Sat 6th Feb to Sun 14th Feb 2021. The online event hosted by Chess24 is part of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. This is a regular tour tournament so there are only points and prizes available, not a place in the tour final. 16 players start the event competing in a three day Round Robin which will reduce the field to 8. Then in the knockout phase three rounds of mini-matches will produce a winner.

Players: Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Daniil Dubov, Teimour Radjabov, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Sam Shankland and Matthias Bluebaum.

Play starts at 16:00 GMT each day.

Wesley So wins the Opera Euro Rapid 2021 (Day 9)

Wesley So won the Open Euro Rapid beating World Champion Magnus Carlsen 2.5-1.5 in the second set to take the mini-match 1.5-0.5. This is the second time that So has beaten Carlsen in a final of a Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event having won the Airthings Masters in December. So was clearly the most convincing and consistent player in this event.

Carlsen felt he "missed quite a lot of chances today and that's the frustrating part", "at several points I did not trust my intuition and I trusted him more because he was playing so quickly and confidently." Carlsen felt that he had particularly good opportunities in the third and fourth games.

Carlsen "messed up the opening" in the first game and his piece sacrifice was completely unsound and he went down to a loss in just 28 moves. The second game Carlsen got some chances towards the end.

So said he considered trying to play for a quick draw in game three with white, but wanted to keep the pressure on, this nearly backfired as Carlsen got winning chances out of the opening with Bxh3. In the final game Carlsen said that his intuition was "screaming that 23.Kh1 wins" and is does - 23. Kh1 axb3 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. e6! - it was this last move that Carlsen didn't find but he felt it shouldn't have been difficult.

Carlsen had a pretty poor event by his own high standards but he may be on the road to recovery. We'll have to see in the next event, which is a major taking place March 13th-21st. The name has yet to be announced.

Teimour Rajdabov won 2-0 today against MVL to take 3rd place.

Opera Euro Rapid 2021 (Day 9)

So beat Carlsen in the second set to win the final. Photo ©

So beat Carlsen in the second set to win the final. Photo © | https://chess24.com

Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid 2021 (chess24.com INT)
Sat 6th Feb 2021 - Sun 14th Feb 2021 - Official Site

Opera Euro Rapid Prelim (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Prelim

Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021 (8 players 3 Rds Minimatch Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games KO

Opera Euro Rapid Prelim (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Prelim

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Opera Euro Rapid Prelim chess24.com INT Sat 6th Feb 2021 - Sun 14th Feb 2021
Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345678910111213141516PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Carlsen MagnusGMNOR2862*½01½½½½11½11½109.50.5669
2Giri AnishGMNED2764½*½½1½½½0½11½½119.50.5567.75
3So WesleyGMUSA27701½*½01½1½1½½0½1½90566.75
4Aronian LevonGMARM27810½½*1½½0½11½1½018.51561.5
5Vachier-Lagrave MaximeGMFRA2784½010*½½1½½½½1½½18.50460.75
6Duda Jan-KrzysztofGMPOL2743½½0½½*½1½½0½011180.5457
7Radjabov TeimourGMAZE2765½½½½½½*½½1½½½½½½80.5159.5
8Dubov DaniilGMRUS2710½½0100½*½1½01½½17.50.5453.75
9Nakamura HikaruGMUSA273601½½½½½½*00½½½117.50.5354.5
10Shankland SamGMUSA26910½00½½001*½1½½1170.5447.5
11Nepomniachtchi IanGMRUS2789½0½0½1½½1½*½010½70.5352.5
12Vidit Santosh GujrathiGMIND272600½½½½½1½0½*1½½06.51.5248.25
13Dominguez Perez LeinierGMUSA27580½1001½0½½10*1½06.51449.25
14Grischuk AlexanderGMRUS2777½½½½½0½½½½0½0*½16.50.5148.5
15Bluebaum MatthiasGMGER26700001½0½½001½½½*½5.50239.75
16Ding LirenGMCHN279110½000½000½110½*50337.25
16 players
Round 1 (February 6, 2021)
So, Wesley - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 53 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Aronian, Levon - Ding, Liren 1-0 33 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Dubov, Daniil 1-0 65 C55 Two Knights Defence
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 59 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Shankland, Sam - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 38 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 48 C70 Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander - Giri, Anish ½-½ 52 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bluebaum, Matthias - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 79 D05 Colle System
Round 2 (February 6, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 47 D38 QGD Ragozin
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - So, Wesley 1-0 54 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour - Shankland, Sam 1-0 45 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Nakamura, Hikaru - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 38 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Dubov, Daniil - Giri, Anish ½-½ 53 C56 Two Knights Defence
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 85 B94 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0 47 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ding, Liren - Bluebaum, Matthias ½-½ 77 D35 QGD Exchange
Round 3 (February 6, 2021)
Giri, Anish - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
So, Wesley - Dubov, Daniil 1-0 71 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Aronian, Levon - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 44 B68 Sicilian Rauzer
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 110 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Shankland, Sam - Ding, Liren 1-0 54 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 84 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Grischuk, Alexander - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 52 C70 Ruy Lopez
Bluebaum, Matthias - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 57 D05 Colle System
Round 4 (February 6, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Shankland, Sam 1-0 33 A11 Reti Opening
So, Wesley - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 53 E39 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Bluebaum, Matthias ½-½ 67 D35 QGD Exchange
Radjabov, Teimour - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 64 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish 1-0 60 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Dubov, Daniil - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 81 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 45 E06 Catalan
Ding, Liren - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0 51 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 5 (February 6, 2021)
Giri, Anish - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 36 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Aronian, Levon - Dubov, Daniil 0-1 36 B50 Sicilian Defence
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Ding, Liren 1-0 48 D38 QGD Ragozin
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 64 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shankland, Sam - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 41 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 72 B75 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Grischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 49 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bluebaum, Matthias - So, Wesley 0-1 66 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 6 (February 7, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 37 A18 English Opening
So, Wesley - Shankland, Sam 1-0 25 D11 Slav Defence
Aronian, Levon - Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1 79 C11 French Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0 53 B40 Sicilian Classical
Radjabov, Teimour - Giri, Anish ½-½ 40 D38 QGD Ragozin
Dubov, Daniil - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 40 E06 Catalan
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 87 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Ding, Liren - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 74 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 7 (February 7, 2021)
Giri, Anish - Ding, Liren 1-0 63 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 65 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Nakamura, Hikaru - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 156 A01 Larsen Opening
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 48 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Shankland, Sam - Aronian, Levon 0-1 65 D38 QGD Ragozin
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - So, Wesley 1-0 46 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Grischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 65 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bluebaum, Matthias - Dubov, Daniil ½-½ 73 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 8 (February 7, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Giri, Anish ½-½ 20 A13 Reti Opening
So, Wesley - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 1-0 90 D35 QGD Exchange
Aronian, Levon - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0 56 B40 Sicilian Classical
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 44 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 17 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Dubov, Daniil - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 33 C28 Vienna Game
Bluebaum, Matthias - Shankland, Sam 0-1 30 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Ding, Liren - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 11 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Round 9 (February 7, 2021)
Giri, Anish - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 48 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 36 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Ding, Liren 1-0 52 A01 Larsen Opening
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 35 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shankland, Sam - Dubov, Daniil 0-1 71 D08 Albin Counter Gambit
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Bluebaum, Matthias ½-½ 41 C11 French Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - So, Wesley ½-½ 37 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 39 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 10 (February 7, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 33 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
So, Wesley - Giri, Anish ½-½ 18 D38 QGD Ragozin
Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 9 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 40 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Dubov, Daniil - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 40 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Shankland, Sam - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 44 D38 QGD Ragozin
Bluebaum, Matthias - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0-1 79 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Ding, Liren - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 51 A36 English Botvinnik
Round 11 (February 8, 2021)
Giri, Anish - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 27 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Ding, Liren ½-½ 40 E15 Queens Indian
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Shankland, Sam ½-½ 60 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Nakamura, Hikaru - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 116 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - So, Wesley ½-½ 42 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Dubov, Daniil 0-1 49 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Grischuk, Alexander - Bluebaum, Matthias ½-½ 35 C11 French Defence
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 42 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 12 (February 8, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 56 E58 Nimzo Indian
So, Wesley - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 27 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Aronian, Levon - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 27 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 49 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Dubov, Daniil - Ding, Liren 1-0 18 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Shankland, Sam - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 73 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 1-0 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bluebaum, Matthias - Giri, Anish 0-1 49 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 13 (February 8, 2021)
Giri, Anish - Shankland, Sam ½-½ 45 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 65 A05 Various
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Dubov, Daniil 1-0 56 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 40 C24 Bishop's Opening
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1 59 C11 French Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 0-1 38 C28 Vienna Game
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - So, Wesley ½-½ 41 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ding, Liren - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 36 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 14 (February 8, 2021)
So, Wesley - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 19 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Aronian, Levon - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 48 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Ding, Liren 1-0 24 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 28 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Dubov, Daniil - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 122 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Shankland, Sam - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Giri, Anish ½-½ 24 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bluebaum, Matthias - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 86 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 15 (February 8, 2021)
Carlsen, Magnus - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 32 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Giri, Anish - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 72 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 37 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Nakamura, Hikaru - Shankland, Sam 0-1 58 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 0-1 63 E48 Nimzo Indian
Grischuk, Alexander - Dubov, Daniil ½-½ 87 A67 Benoni Three Pawns System
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Bluebaum, Matthias ½-½ 50 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ding, Liren - So, Wesley ½-½ 26 C53 Giuoco Piano

Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021 (8 players 3 Rds Minimatch Indiv TC: 15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games KO

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Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021 chess24.com INT Sat 6th Feb 2021 - Sun 14th Feb 2021
Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
RkName123Pts
Final
1So, Wesley0.511.5
2Carlsen, Magnus0.500.5
3rd-4th
3Radjabov, Teimour112
4Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime000
Semifinals
1Carlsen, Magnus1012
2Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime0101
1So, Wesley112
2Radjabov, Teimour000
Quarterfinals
1Carlsen, Magnus1012
2Dubov, Daniil0101
1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime112
2Aronian, Levon000
1So, Wesley112
2Duda, Jan-Krzysztof000
1Radjabov, Teimour0.50.512
2Giri, Anish0.50.501
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