Charity Cup Day 3: Van Foreest Shines
On an excellent third day of the Charity Cup, GM Jorden van Foreest scored three wins and a draw to move to third place. GM Le Quang Liem scored "plus one" and continues to lead GM Magnus Carlsen.
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"I think it's the best streak of four consecutive games I've had," Van Foreest said after the third day of the Charity Cup had come to an end. His 3.5/4 (or 10/12 in the three-points-for-a-win system) was impressive taking into account that three of his opponents are top-10 players.
After beating GM Ding Liren, the 2021 Tata Steel Chess winner also had the world champion on the ropes, but let him slip away—though it should be noted that Carlsen had a close to winning advantage in the opening:
The Dutchman's win over GM David Navara is one of the most spectacular games of the tournament so far. Witness his lovely, 19th-century style attack:
Next, Van Foreest defeated Belgrade Grand Prix winner GM Richard Rapport with the black pieces as the Hungarian GM dropped a pawn in the middlegame, but there was an instructive moment in the bishop endgame where Rapport could have drawn:
Tournament leader Le continued to show strong play on the third day with two wins and a draw, before suffering his first loss in round 12 to Ding. The Vietnamese still tops the field, being three points clear of Carlsen, who won two and drew two on Monday.
Charity Cup Preliminaries | Day 3 Standings
| # | Fed | Name | Rating | Perf | Pts |
| 1 | Le, Quang Liem | 2723 | 2902 | 27 | |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2854 | 2840 | 24 | |
| 3 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2714 | 2832 | 21 | |
| 4 | Ding, Liren | 2752 | 2752 | 20 | |
| 5 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2720 | 2743 | 19 | |
| 6 | Rapport, Richard | 2762 | 2745 | 19 | |
| 7 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2624 | 2726 | 18 | |
| 8 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2723 | 2732 | 18 | |
| 9 | Praggnanandhaa, R. | 2664 | 2727 | 17 | |
| 10 | Navara, David | 2700 | 2702 | 15 | |
| 11 | Anton Guijarro, David | 2694 | 2702 | 15 | |
| 12 | Hansen, Eric | 2669 | 2600 | 12 | |
| 13 | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2716 | 2668 | 12 | |
| 14 | Ju, Wenjun | 2560 | 2531 | 9 | |
| 15 | Jones, Gawain | 2672 | 2470 | 6 | |
| 16 | Lei, Tingjie | 2535 | 2290 | 2 |
All Games Day 3
The 2022 Champions Chess Tour's Charity Cup Masters runs March 19-27 on chess24. The preliminary phase is a 16-player rapid (15+10) round-robin. The top eight players advance to a knockout that consists of one four-game rapid match during the quarterfinals and semifinals and two four-game rapid matches during the final. Play advance to blitz (5+3) and armageddon (White has five minutes, Black has four with no increment) tiebreaks only if a knockout match ends in a tie. The total prize fund of the event is $150,000, with $750 for each win and $250 for each draw in the preliminaries.
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