Carlsen keeps winning streak in Chess World Cup

In the first round of the third round on August 5, Carlsen held a white piece, defeating compatriot Aryan Tari after 49 moves. Along with two completely winning games Levan Pantsulaia in the second round, the world number one player is on a three-game winning streak at the tournament. In addition, the only other player who also won all the time was Leinier Dominguez.

There were only 64 players left in the third round, so the matches were more balanced than the second round. Out of 32 games on August 5, there were only 10 games to be won and lost, with 22 games remaining. In the draws, there was a clash between Le Quang Liem and former FIDE champion Ruslan Ponomariov. The number one player in Vietnam held a white piece, but drew quickly after 53 moves, in the second early end game of the day.

In addition to Carlsen and Dominguez, the masters all had difficulty in being held to a draw such as Anish Giri, Gukesh Dommaraju, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave or Hikaru Nakamura. Therefore, game two takes place from 6pm today, Sunday, August 6, Hanoi time, which is expected to be interesting and may appear unexpectedly.

The biggest surprise on August 5 was probably Ivan Schitco's victory over Radoslaw Wojtaszek. The difference between these two players is up to 169 Elo, but the 20-year-old Moldovan player won convincingly in the end of the car. It is worth mentioning that in the second round, Schitco also defeated a Super Grandmaster Sam Shankland in a car ending.

The Chess World Cup, which takes place every two years, is the largest individual tournament for men and women. This year's tournament took place in Azerbaijan, from July 30 to August 24, with 206 players in the Open group and 103 players in the Women's group. The players compete in the knockout stage, selecting the top three players in each group to attend the Candidates. Each round takes place in three days, the first two days play two standard games, the third day play a quick tie-break if needed. The defending world champion Dinh Lap Nhan, Alireza Firouzja, Richard Rapport, Viswanathan Anand or Levon Aronian are the absent players.