2019 Champions Showdown

2019 Champions Showdown

20 - 24 February 2019



2019 Champions Showdown
Round 1 - 4 (Feb 20, 2019) TC: 15 min + 10 sec. incr. Live Show 
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 C42 Petrov: classical attack
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 C43 Petrov: modern attack, Symmetrical variation
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 B47 Sicilian: Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation
Round 5 - 8 (Feb 21, 2019) TC: 15 min + 10 sec. incr. Live Show 
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 A45 Queen's pawn game
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 C74 Ruy Lopez: Siesta, Kopayev variation
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 A20 English opening
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 C95 Ruy Lopez: closed, Breyer, Gligoric variation
Round 9 - 12 (Feb 22, 2019) TC: 15 min + 10 sec. incr. Live Show 
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 D37 QGD: classical variation (5.Bf4)
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 A06 Reti opening
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 A28 English: four knights, Romanishin variation
Day 1
Rapid 1 Rapid 2 Rapid 3 Rapid 4 Total Score
P. Harikrishna 0 1 0 0
1
F. Caruana 2
1 2 2
7
Day 2
Rapid 5 Rapid 6 Rapid 7 Rapid 8 Total Score
P. Harikrishna 0
1 0 0 2
F. Caruana 2
1 2 2 14
Day 3
Rapid 9 Rapid 10 Rapid 11 Rapid 12 Total Score
P. Harikrishna 2 0 1 1 6
F. Caruana 0 2 1 1 18




  

Round 1 - 12 (Feb 23, 2019) TC: 3 min + 2 sec. incr. Live Show 
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 A22 English opening
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 B47 Sicilian: Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 A46 Queen's pawn game: Torre attack
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 B02 Alekhine's defence: Brooklyn defence
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 D04 Queen's pawn game
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 A21 English: Kramnik-Shirov counterattack
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 D02 Queen's bishop game
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 C00 French defence
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 B42 Sicilian: Kan, Polugaievsky variation
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 D31 QGD: Charousek (Petrosian) variation
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 B67 Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 A09 Reti accepted
Day 4 (Blitz)
P. Harikrishna 0
0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0
F. Caruana 1
1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 10½
Round 13 - 24 (Feb 24, 2019) TC: 3 min + 2 sec. incr. Live Show 
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 C15 French: Winawer (Nimzovich) variation
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 C24 Bishop's opening: Berlin defence
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 C11 French: Steinitz variation
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 0-1 E46 Nimzo-Indian: Reshevsky variation
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 E53 Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3, main line with ...c5
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 C42 Petrov: Nimzovich attack
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 D37 QGD: 4.Nf3
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 0-1 C77 Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 D37 QGD: classical variation (5.Bf4)
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 E04 Catalan: open, 5.Nf3
Harikrishna, Pentala Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 B90 Sicilian: Najdorf
Caruana, Fabiano Harikrishna, Pentala 0-1 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack: symmetrical variation
Day 5 (Blitz)
P. Harikrishna ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1
F. Caruana ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 17½