Unauthorized Sinquefield Cup Recap - Beginner Breakdown -

Mike Kummer was in the tournament hall for the entire Sinquefield Cup this year as the Deputy Arbiter. He bestows his knowledge of the games in this very special edition of Breakdown. Levon Aronian vs Fabiano Caruana: D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined, classical variation () Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen: C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation Aronian vs Anish Giri: A29 English, four knights, kingside fianchetto Wesley So vs Hikaru Nakamura: E99 King’s Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, main line