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GMs Wesley So and Anish Giri almost hit the front in their respective semifinals against GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Nihal Sarin at the 2022 Chess.com Global Championship on Friday, but were both held to a 2-2 score following some resolute defense by their opponents.
Nihal, the sole participant playing from Belgrade, faced a few nervy moments against Giri in their “out of control match,” including a game-four ending that would have ended in disaster if not for a capitulation in time pressure from the Dutch GM.
Nakamura and So both played solidly to draw their first three games. However, the fourth provided ample tension, with Nakamura barely surviving after giving up the exchange to combat So’s onslaught.
The semifinals will resume on Friday, November 5, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 17:00 CET.
Game of the day analysis by GM Rafael Leitao will be added later.
Semifinals Scoreboard
The 2022 Chess.com Global Championship (CGC) is the first Chess.com global championship cycle open to all Chess.com verified players. Players compete in official Chess.com verified events for their share of the $1,100,000 prize fund and the Chess.com Global Champion title.
Chess legends, such as GMs Viswanathan Anand, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, and Veselin Topalov, compete against today’s best (online) players, including GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and more.
Previous coverage
- Perfect 4-0 Day For Nakamura, Dismantles Bongcloud In CGC Finals
- How To Watch The Chess.com Global Championship Finals
- Underdogs Eliminate World Championship Challengers From CGC In Day Of Upsets
- Giri, Duda Shut Down Dark Horses, Earn Seats In Toronto Finals
- Nakamura Neutralizes Dominguez, Andreikin Upsets Caruana
- So Edges Out Xiong, Aronian Knocks Out Sevian
- Experience Bests Youth: Radjabov Knocks Out Erigaisi
- Sarana ‘Immortal’ Upsets Mamedyarov; Duda, Xiong Cruise Through
- Favorites Advance; Abdusattorov, Kramnik Eliminated
- So Sweeps Ivanchuk, Dominguez Defeats Hansen
- Sevian Scores Spectacular Upset; Caruana, Andreikin Advance
- American Favorites Clean House
- Sweet Revenge, Stunning Upsets
- Svidler Sweeps Shirov, Favorites Triumph
- Legends Fall, Prodigies Prevail
- Kramnik and Sevian Sweep Inaugural Matches
- Anand, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Topalov Among Global Chess Championship Participants
- Announcing The $100,000 CGC Bracket Contest
- Chess.com Global Championship 2022: All The Information
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