CHESS - ThanhCong Online's video: TRAP BISHOP Wesley So vs Ding Liren Croatia Grand Chess Tour 2019 - R1

TRAP BISHOP!! Wesley So vs Ding Liren || Croatia Grand Chess Tour 2019 - Round 1 For a long time, this game looked like it was headed towards a draw even though So had the pair of bishops and a better pawn structure. Slowly, Ding Liren started worsening his structure and worsening his position, specifically by putting his rook on an awkward square. The Chinese star was already headed towards trouble when he got his bishop trapped. In his interview, Wesley So pointed out that Ding Liren has been playing a lot lately, and may be fatigued coming into Croatia. The 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour kicked off with a bloody first round. The first decisive result came from the World Champion himself, who has been completely dominant lately. Magnus Carlsen defeated Anish Giri in twenty three moves with the black pieces. Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So followed suit by defeating Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Ding Liren respectively. There are now six players tied for first place. To kick off the event, legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov made the ceremonial first move in Giri - Carlsen and joined the commentary to talk about the games. Tomorrow promises to be another exciting round.