After grabbing a lead in round 5, GM Sergey Rublevsky continued with good play to finish the tourney with clear point ahead of Alexander Morozevich and Dmitry Yakovenko. 4 wins and 7 draws with no game lost were enough to deserve a trophy. Pale "World Champion" Vladimir Kramnik finished with 50%.
Alexander Morozevich 2707 - Alexander Motylev 2632
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Nc4 a4 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. Nxa4 b5 18. Nc3 Qxd3 19. Nd5 Qg6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Qxb5 Bd7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qa7 Ng5 24. h4 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Rxb2 26. Qc7 Rbb8 27. Nc4 Rbc8 28. Qxe5 Re8 29. Qb2 Qh5 30. Ncb6 Rxc1 31. Nxd7 Qxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxf1 33. Kxh3 1-0
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
Zoltan Varga wins in Zurich
Hungarian GM Zoltan Varga (2525) is the winner of the White Nights Open tournament. He scored 6 points out of 7 games. Four players tied for the second place with 5,5 points each: GM Vitali Golod (ISR 2578), IM Leonid Milov (GER 2472), GM Dejan PIkula (2500 SCG) and Aloyzas Kveinys (LTU 2525). There were 152 players in the main group.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Pamplona Tournament
Right after he performed extremly good at the World Chess Cup, GM Ruslan Ponomariov went to Pamplona to win this strong tournament.
Final standings:
1. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR 2704) 5 points out of 7 rounds
2-3. Pentala Harikrishna (IND 2673) and Ivan Cheparinov (BUL 2618) 4,5
4. Sergei Tiviakov (NED 2700) 4
5. Laurent Fressinet (FRA 2624) 3,5
6. Zviad Izoria (GEO 2640) 3
7. Jan Timman (NED 2630) 2
8. Oscar De la Riva Aguado (AND 2541) 1,5
Ruslan Ponomariov 2704 - Zviad Izoria 2640
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qa4 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Qe2 exd5 18. O-O Ne6 19. Nf5 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rac1 Bf6 22. Bb4 Ne7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Nf5 a5 25. Ba3 g6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bxe7+ Bxe7 28. Rfe1 gxf5 29. Rxe6 Bd8 30. Rc5 Kf7 31. Rec6 Bb6 32. Rxd5 Rhc8 33. Ne5+ Ke8 34. Re6+ Kf8 35. Rxh6 1-0
Pentala Harikrishna 2673 - Laurent Fressinet 2624
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. g4 Ne8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nh2 Ng7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 f6 20. Nf3 Nd8 21. Nd4 Nf7 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Rf1 Qb7 25. Rf2 Rg8 26. Nf1 Raf8 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Raf1 Qc7 29. Ng2 g5 30. Bg3 h5 31. Ne3 h4 32. Bh2 Qb7 33. Nf3 Be8 34. Ng2 Bg6 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. d6 Rd8 37. Rxf6 Ne8 38. Bxe5 Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Nxf6 40. Bxf6+ Kh7 41. Qxg5 1-0
Zviad Izoria 2640 - Ivan Cheparinov 2618
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd5 27. Qc2+ Kb7 28. Bf4 e5 29. Bg5 b3 30. Qe2 Bb4 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. h4 a4 34. Bc1 Kb8 35. Qf5 Rc8 36. Bf4 Rc5 37. Be3 a3 0-1
Final standings:
1. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR 2704) 5 points out of 7 rounds
2-3. Pentala Harikrishna (IND 2673) and Ivan Cheparinov (BUL 2618) 4,5
4. Sergei Tiviakov (NED 2700) 4
5. Laurent Fressinet (FRA 2624) 3,5
6. Zviad Izoria (GEO 2640) 3
7. Jan Timman (NED 2630) 2
8. Oscar De la Riva Aguado (AND 2541) 1,5
Ruslan Ponomariov 2704 - Zviad Izoria 2640
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qa4 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Qe2 exd5 18. O-O Ne6 19. Nf5 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rac1 Bf6 22. Bb4 Ne7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Nf5 a5 25. Ba3 g6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bxe7+ Bxe7 28. Rfe1 gxf5 29. Rxe6 Bd8 30. Rc5 Kf7 31. Rec6 Bb6 32. Rxd5 Rhc8 33. Ne5+ Ke8 34. Re6+ Kf8 35. Rxh6 1-0
Pentala Harikrishna 2673 - Laurent Fressinet 2624
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. g4 Ne8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nh2 Ng7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 f6 20. Nf3 Nd8 21. Nd4 Nf7 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Rf1 Qb7 25. Rf2 Rg8 26. Nf1 Raf8 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Raf1 Qc7 29. Ng2 g5 30. Bg3 h5 31. Ne3 h4 32. Bh2 Qb7 33. Nf3 Be8 34. Ng2 Bg6 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. d6 Rd8 37. Rxf6 Ne8 38. Bxe5 Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Nxf6 40. Bxf6+ Kh7 41. Qxg5 1-0
Zviad Izoria 2640 - Ivan Cheparinov 2618
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd5 27. Qc2+ Kb7 28. Bf4 e5 29. Bg5 b3 30. Qe2 Bb4 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. h4 a4 34. Bc1 Kb8 35. Qf5 Rc8 36. Bf4 Rc5 37. Be3 a3 0-1
The Boss
GM Dragoljub Velimirovic is special character in the chess world. Also known as "Drasko" and "The Boss", there are many funny stories connected with his name. He wanted to sue Russian publishers when they have renamed his "Velimirovic attack" into some river - eventually, it brought him big money. His extremely sharp play and spectacular sacrifices are admired around the world. Even Teimur Radjabov used his name as ICC nick.
Drasko was born on 1942. His mother Jovanka was Yugoslav women champion and his granfather Nikolay was famous Bishop and is recognized as a saint by Serbian Orthodox Church. Drasko earned his IM title on 1972 and GM title on 1975. He participated in Yugoslav national championships more then 25 times and was the winner on 1970 and 1975.
First shapes of "Velimirovic attack" 5.Bc4 6.Be3 7.Qe2 we have seen in Velimirovic-Bradvarevic YUG-ch 1962. However, he didn't play 0-0-0 then. For the first time 0-0-0 was seen in Velimirovic-Dely and Velimirovic-Milic played in Belgrade 1965. The game that finally made "Velimirovic attack" famous was Velimirovic-Sofreski YUG-ch 1965 when he fired Nf5 sac.
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Jovan Sofreski
Titograd, YUG-ch 1965
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Nd7 14.Nf5!! exf5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.exf5 O-O 17.f6 gxf6 18.Bd4! Ne5 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Rhg1+ Bg7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Qxe5 f6 23.Ne7+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ 1-0
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Umag, YUG-ch 1972
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Nd5! Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxg5 14.Rxe6+!! fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qa5 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qxg5 Rg8 18.Rd2 Nf8 19.Nxf8 Qd8 20.Nxh7 Qxg5 21.fxg5 Kf7 22.Nf6 Rh8 23.g3 Bc8 24.h4 Bf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.h5 Ra7 27.Rf2 1-0
Rafael Vaganjan - Dragoljub Velimirovic
Ohrid 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.Bxb7 Nbd7 11.Qxd6 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Re8 14.O-O Bxc3 15.Bxa8 Be5 16.Qd1 Qxa8 17.Qxd7 Bd4 18.e3 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Bf6 20.Qa4 Qh1+ 21.Ke2 Re5 22.Qd1 Qxh2 23.Bd2 Rf5 24.Qg1 Qh3 25.Rc1 Qg4+ 26.Ke1 Qf3 27.Rc4 Bxb2 28.g4 Re5 29.Qh2 Qd5 30.Rc3 Re8 31.Qxh6 Rd8 32.Rc2 Bc3 0-1
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Bozidar Ivanovic
Budva zt 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Bb3 Na5 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nd7 12.f4 b4 13.Na4 Bb7 14.f5 e5 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.f6 g6 18.Qh3 Qc4 19.Ne6 Bxe4 20.Rf1 Kf7 21.Ng7 Bf5 22.Rxf5 gxf5 23.Qxf5 Rd8 24.b3 Qd5 25.Rd1 Qh1+ 26.Kd2 Qxh2+ 27.Kc1 Bxg7 28.Rxd6 Bf8 29.g6+ 1-0
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Milos Pavlovic
Panormo zt 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f4 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Rxf7 Kxf7 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Bxg6+ hxg6 16.Qxh8 Nxe5 17.Qh7+ Bg7 18.Bh6 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.Kg1 Nf3+ 22.Kf2 1-0
Drasko was born on 1942. His mother Jovanka was Yugoslav women champion and his granfather Nikolay was famous Bishop and is recognized as a saint by Serbian Orthodox Church. Drasko earned his IM title on 1972 and GM title on 1975. He participated in Yugoslav national championships more then 25 times and was the winner on 1970 and 1975.
First shapes of "Velimirovic attack" 5.Bc4 6.Be3 7.Qe2 we have seen in Velimirovic-Bradvarevic YUG-ch 1962. However, he didn't play 0-0-0 then. For the first time 0-0-0 was seen in Velimirovic-Dely and Velimirovic-Milic played in Belgrade 1965. The game that finally made "Velimirovic attack" famous was Velimirovic-Sofreski YUG-ch 1965 when he fired Nf5 sac.
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Jovan Sofreski
Titograd, YUG-ch 1965
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Nd7 14.Nf5!! exf5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.exf5 O-O 17.f6 gxf6 18.Bd4! Ne5 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Rhg1+ Bg7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Qxe5 f6 23.Ne7+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ 1-0
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Umag, YUG-ch 1972
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Nd5! Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxg5 14.Rxe6+!! fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qa5 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qxg5 Rg8 18.Rd2 Nf8 19.Nxf8 Qd8 20.Nxh7 Qxg5 21.fxg5 Kf7 22.Nf6 Rh8 23.g3 Bc8 24.h4 Bf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.h5 Ra7 27.Rf2 1-0
Rafael Vaganjan - Dragoljub Velimirovic
Ohrid 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.Bxb7 Nbd7 11.Qxd6 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Re8 14.O-O Bxc3 15.Bxa8 Be5 16.Qd1 Qxa8 17.Qxd7 Bd4 18.e3 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Bf6 20.Qa4 Qh1+ 21.Ke2 Re5 22.Qd1 Qxh2 23.Bd2 Rf5 24.Qg1 Qh3 25.Rc1 Qg4+ 26.Ke1 Qf3 27.Rc4 Bxb2 28.g4 Re5 29.Qh2 Qd5 30.Rc3 Re8 31.Qxh6 Rd8 32.Rc2 Bc3 0-1
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Bozidar Ivanovic
Budva zt 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Bb3 Na5 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nd7 12.f4 b4 13.Na4 Bb7 14.f5 e5 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.f6 g6 18.Qh3 Qc4 19.Ne6 Bxe4 20.Rf1 Kf7 21.Ng7 Bf5 22.Rxf5 gxf5 23.Qxf5 Rd8 24.b3 Qd5 25.Rd1 Qh1+ 26.Kd2 Qxh2+ 27.Kc1 Bxg7 28.Rxd6 Bf8 29.g6+ 1-0
Dragoljub Velimirovic - Milos Pavlovic
Panormo zt 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f4 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Rxf7 Kxf7 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Bxg6+ hxg6 16.Qxh8 Nxe5 17.Qh7+ Bg7 18.Bh6 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.Kg1 Nf3+ 22.Kf2 1-0
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
1st Bosnia & Herzegovina Chess Championship
10 years after the war has ended, Bosnia and Herzegovina had its first Chess Championship. Until this year, entities had separated championships.
BIH Chess Federation has many problems. Leading Grandmasters Borki Predojevic (2558), Bojan Kurajica (2532) and Emir Dizdarevic (2509) declined to participate for several reasons. They went to play other tournaments with bigger prize funds (Kurajica won strong Solin tournament). BIH also missed a chance to send National team to the European Team Championship held in Goteborg earlier this year. Angry about that GM Suat Atalik went back to Turkey rating list. Predrag Nikolic and Ivan Sokolov left BIH few years ago to live in Netherlands. FIDE vice-president Zurab Azmaiparashvili left BIH rating list after the black funds dried up. First united championship looks like a nice start for the new beginning.
Now few words about the first Bosnia and Herzegovina champion. 62-years old GM Milan Vukic (2467) won the race after the clinical finish when he scored 4 wins in last 4 rounds. Interesting fact is that he started to play chess at the age of 18. For few years he was busy with other sports and then when he started to play serious chess, it took him only 6 months to go from anonymous player to IM titleholder. He was also first BIH Grandmaster ever and champion of 3 different countries. In 1970 he was champion of Yugoslavia, in 1994 champion of "small" Yugoslavia and now champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milan is probably the best blitz player on the Balkans.
Final standings in BIH Championship:
1. GM Milan Vukic (2467) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
2. GM Miodrag Savic (2542) and IM Dalibor Stojanovic (2459) 6,5
4. FM Zeljko Bogut (2419) 5,5
5. IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2385) 5
6. IM Zoran Runic (2434) 4,5
7-8. IM Sahbaz Nurkic (2426) and IM Vitomir Arapovic (2437) 3
9. IM Esad Goric (2357) 2,5
10. Efim Muratovic (2361) 1
FM Zeljko Bogut has earned IM norm.
GM Jan Timman - GM Milan Vukic
Banjaluka 1974
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Ne2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.Be2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd2 Nb4 12.Bd1 Rc8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bxe7 Ngxe7 15.f4 a6 16.Be2 Na5 17.Rc1 Nf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Qd4 Nc4 20.Nd1 Qa5+ 21.c3 g6 22.Kf2 b5 23.Re1 Qd8 24.Rh1 Na5 25.Qb4 Qb6+ 26.Ke1 Nc6 27.Qb3 Nd4 28.Qa2 Nxe2 29.Kxe2 Bg4+ 30.Kd3 Rc4 31.g3 Bxd1 32.Rhxd1 Qf2 33.Rg1 Re4 34.Rcf1 Qe2+ 0-1
GM Slavoljub Marjanovic - GM Milan Vukic
Banjaluka 1979
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nge2 c6 6.f3 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.cxb5 cxb5 9.Kf2 Be7 10.g4 Bb7 11.Ng3 g6 12.h4 h5 13.g5 Nh7 14.Qb3 exd4 15.Bxd4 Nc5 16.Qc2 O-O 17.Rd1 Rc8 18.Bh3 Ne6 19.Qb1 b4 20.Nce2 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Rb8 22.Rhd1 Qb6 23.Kg2 Rfe8 24.Nf4 Bf8 25.Qd3 a5 26.Qb3 Re5 27.a4 Nxg5 28.hxg5 Rxg5 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Qd8 31.Qe3 Bh6 32.Qa7 Ra8 33.Qd7 Qf6 34.Rxg5 Qxb2+ 35.Kh1 Bxg5 36.Qb5 0-1
GM Milan Vukic - GM Gyula Sax
Banjaluka 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 cxd4 11.Qxc6+ Nd7 12.Qxc4 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 O-O 15.Bb2 e5 16.Nd2 a5 17.b5 Rc8 18.Qd3 Nc5 19.Qc4 d3 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 d2 23.Rfd1 Bd4 24.Rab1 Bb6 25.Rb3 f5 26.Qxf5 e4 27.e3 Rc2 28.Kg2 Qc7 29.Rb2 Rc3 30.Rbxd2 Rxa3 31.Rd7 Qe5 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.R1d5 1-0
GM Milan Vukic - GM Vlastimil Jansa
Bor 1985
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 c6 14.Rd1 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nbxd5 16.exd5 Nf5 17.d6 Rb8 18.d7 Nd4 19.Qd5 Qe7 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Bh3 Kh8 22.Rxd4 exd4 23.Bf4 f5 24.Bxb8 Rxb8 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Rc8 Bf6 27.Bf1 Kg7 28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.Qxb7 a5 30.a4 Kh6 31.Bd3 f4 32.Kg2 fxg3 33.fxg3 Qe7 34.b4 axb4 35.a5 b3 36.a6 Qe3 37.Qf3 1-0
GM Milan Vukic - GM Igor Miladinovic
Tivat Yug-ch 1994
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.c3 Bb7 4.a4 e5 5.axb5 e4 6.Nd4 h5 7.Bg2 h4 8.d3 h3 9.Bxe4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 Bb7 12.e4 a6 13.Be3 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Nxb5 Be7 16.c4 O-O 17.N1c3 Na6 18.O-O f5 19.Nd4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Nc5 21.Nf2 Bg5 22.Qd2 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Qb8 24.Nxh3 Qxb2 25.Ng5 Qb6 26.h4 d5 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Re1 Nd7 29.Kh2 Nf6 30.Nf5 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Bf7 32.Re7 Nd5 33.Rd7 c6 34.g4 Nf6 35.Rc7 Nh7 36.Ne7+ 1-0
BIH Chess Federation has many problems. Leading Grandmasters Borki Predojevic (2558), Bojan Kurajica (2532) and Emir Dizdarevic (2509) declined to participate for several reasons. They went to play other tournaments with bigger prize funds (Kurajica won strong Solin tournament). BIH also missed a chance to send National team to the European Team Championship held in Goteborg earlier this year. Angry about that GM Suat Atalik went back to Turkey rating list. Predrag Nikolic and Ivan Sokolov left BIH few years ago to live in Netherlands. FIDE vice-president Zurab Azmaiparashvili left BIH rating list after the black funds dried up. First united championship looks like a nice start for the new beginning.
Now few words about the first Bosnia and Herzegovina champion. 62-years old GM Milan Vukic (2467) won the race after the clinical finish when he scored 4 wins in last 4 rounds. Interesting fact is that he started to play chess at the age of 18. For few years he was busy with other sports and then when he started to play serious chess, it took him only 6 months to go from anonymous player to IM titleholder. He was also first BIH Grandmaster ever and champion of 3 different countries. In 1970 he was champion of Yugoslavia, in 1994 champion of "small" Yugoslavia and now champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milan is probably the best blitz player on the Balkans.
Final standings in BIH Championship:
1. GM Milan Vukic (2467) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
2. GM Miodrag Savic (2542) and IM Dalibor Stojanovic (2459) 6,5
4. FM Zeljko Bogut (2419) 5,5
5. IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2385) 5
6. IM Zoran Runic (2434) 4,5
7-8. IM Sahbaz Nurkic (2426) and IM Vitomir Arapovic (2437) 3
9. IM Esad Goric (2357) 2,5
10. Efim Muratovic (2361) 1
FM Zeljko Bogut has earned IM norm.
GM Jan Timman - GM Milan Vukic
Banjaluka 1974
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Ne2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.Be2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd2 Nb4 12.Bd1 Rc8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bxe7 Ngxe7 15.f4 a6 16.Be2 Na5 17.Rc1 Nf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Qd4 Nc4 20.Nd1 Qa5+ 21.c3 g6 22.Kf2 b5 23.Re1 Qd8 24.Rh1 Na5 25.Qb4 Qb6+ 26.Ke1 Nc6 27.Qb3 Nd4 28.Qa2 Nxe2 29.Kxe2 Bg4+ 30.Kd3 Rc4 31.g3 Bxd1 32.Rhxd1 Qf2 33.Rg1 Re4 34.Rcf1 Qe2+ 0-1
GM Slavoljub Marjanovic - GM Milan Vukic
Banjaluka 1979
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nge2 c6 6.f3 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.cxb5 cxb5 9.Kf2 Be7 10.g4 Bb7 11.Ng3 g6 12.h4 h5 13.g5 Nh7 14.Qb3 exd4 15.Bxd4 Nc5 16.Qc2 O-O 17.Rd1 Rc8 18.Bh3 Ne6 19.Qb1 b4 20.Nce2 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Rb8 22.Rhd1 Qb6 23.Kg2 Rfe8 24.Nf4 Bf8 25.Qd3 a5 26.Qb3 Re5 27.a4 Nxg5 28.hxg5 Rxg5 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Qd8 31.Qe3 Bh6 32.Qa7 Ra8 33.Qd7 Qf6 34.Rxg5 Qxb2+ 35.Kh1 Bxg5 36.Qb5 0-1
GM Milan Vukic - GM Gyula Sax
Banjaluka 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 cxd4 11.Qxc6+ Nd7 12.Qxc4 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 O-O 15.Bb2 e5 16.Nd2 a5 17.b5 Rc8 18.Qd3 Nc5 19.Qc4 d3 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 d2 23.Rfd1 Bd4 24.Rab1 Bb6 25.Rb3 f5 26.Qxf5 e4 27.e3 Rc2 28.Kg2 Qc7 29.Rb2 Rc3 30.Rbxd2 Rxa3 31.Rd7 Qe5 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.R1d5 1-0
GM Milan Vukic - GM Vlastimil Jansa
Bor 1985
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 c6 14.Rd1 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nbxd5 16.exd5 Nf5 17.d6 Rb8 18.d7 Nd4 19.Qd5 Qe7 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Bh3 Kh8 22.Rxd4 exd4 23.Bf4 f5 24.Bxb8 Rxb8 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Rc8 Bf6 27.Bf1 Kg7 28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.Qxb7 a5 30.a4 Kh6 31.Bd3 f4 32.Kg2 fxg3 33.fxg3 Qe7 34.b4 axb4 35.a5 b3 36.a6 Qe3 37.Qf3 1-0
GM Milan Vukic - GM Igor Miladinovic
Tivat Yug-ch 1994
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.c3 Bb7 4.a4 e5 5.axb5 e4 6.Nd4 h5 7.Bg2 h4 8.d3 h3 9.Bxe4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 Bb7 12.e4 a6 13.Be3 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Nxb5 Be7 16.c4 O-O 17.N1c3 Na6 18.O-O f5 19.Nd4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Nc5 21.Nf2 Bg5 22.Qd2 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Qb8 24.Nxh3 Qxb2 25.Ng5 Qb6 26.h4 d5 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Re1 Nd7 29.Kh2 Nf6 30.Nf5 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Bf7 32.Re7 Nd5 33.Rd7 c6 34.g4 Nf6 35.Rc7 Nh7 36.Ne7+ 1-0
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
"Bone" Tournament
On 18th December we had an blitz tournament in honor of the Serbian chess legend and long time SK "Radnicki" member Miroslav Milenkovic Bone. Bone was playing for Yugoslav team champion "Red Star" in period 1955-1957. He was champion of Paris while studying French language and he also earned title of Bulgarian National Master. Since 1962. he is first board of SK "Radnicki", Cuprija.
Tournament was played in beautiful Hotel "Ravno" restaurant. It was round robin event with 22 participants.
Final standings:
1. FM Boroljub Zlatanovic
2. MK Nebojsa Grujic
3. FM Djordje Popovic
4. MK Blagoje Milenkovic
5. MK Vladan Ilic
Best junior boy was Uros Cvetanovic
Best junior girl was Milica Milosavljevic
Best veteran (older then 60) was Radomir Milojkovic
Young Stars: Marija Milosavljevic and Aleksandar Dimitrijevic
Tournament winner: FM Boroljub Zlatanovic
Organizer Radomir Milojkovic and The Legend Miroslav Milenkovic Bone
Tournament was played in beautiful Hotel "Ravno" restaurant. It was round robin event with 22 participants.
Final standings:
1. FM Boroljub Zlatanovic
2. MK Nebojsa Grujic
3. FM Djordje Popovic
4. MK Blagoje Milenkovic
5. MK Vladan Ilic
Best junior boy was Uros Cvetanovic
Best junior girl was Milica Milosavljevic
Best veteran (older then 60) was Radomir Milojkovic
Young Stars: Marija Milosavljevic and Aleksandar Dimitrijevic
Tournament winner: FM Boroljub Zlatanovic
Organizer Radomir Milojkovic and The Legend Miroslav Milenkovic Bone 
MK Dr Nebojsa Grujic vs. MK Blagoje Milenkovic
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Blitz Scalp
These are 5 0 blitz games so don't search for some beauty or perfection. There are some nice maneuvers and many small mistakes as well.
Goran Urosevic 2478 - IM Miodrag Perunovic 2869
Site WorldChessNetwork.com
Date 2005.11.21
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qf4 Bg7 21. Bc2 Qb6 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 a4 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. Rad1 b5 29. Ne5 b4 30. Be4 a3 31. bxa3 bxa3 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. f4 Bf8 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke3 h6 36. Rb1 g5 37. g3 Be7 38. Rb8 Ba4 39. Rb7 Kf8 40. Ke4 Rd8 41. f5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rd6 43. d5 Rf6+ 44. Ke4 Bd6 45. Ng4 Rf1 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47. Nxf2 Bc2+ 48. Kd4 f5 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Nd3 f4 51. gxf4 gxf4 52. Ne5 Bf5 53. Nc4 Bc7 54. d6+ 1-0
IM Miodrag Perunovic 2869 - Goran Urosevic 2478
Site WorldChessNetwork.com
Date 2005.11.21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 g6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bg7 14. Ne3 Nb8 15. Bc2 c6 16. Nh2 Qc7 17. Nhg4 Nh7 18. d4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nd7 20. a4 a5 21. Nc4 Bf6 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Ne3 Rad8 25. Qe2 Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 27. Red1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Bb3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Bg5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nc4 Bf4 33. Bf2 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Qd6 35. b3 Nd7 36. g3 Bg5 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Qb2 Qd2 40. Qxd2 Bxd2 41. c4 Bb4 42. f4 Bc5 43. Be1 b6 44. Kf3 Bd4 45. Bd3 Nc5 46. Bc2 Kd6 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. fxe5+ Bxe5 49. Bxh6 Nd4+ 0-1
Goran Urosevic 2478 - IM Miodrag Perunovic 2869
Site WorldChessNetwork.com
Date 2005.11.21
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qf4 Bg7 21. Bc2 Qb6 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 a4 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. Rad1 b5 29. Ne5 b4 30. Be4 a3 31. bxa3 bxa3 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. f4 Bf8 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke3 h6 36. Rb1 g5 37. g3 Be7 38. Rb8 Ba4 39. Rb7 Kf8 40. Ke4 Rd8 41. f5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rd6 43. d5 Rf6+ 44. Ke4 Bd6 45. Ng4 Rf1 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47. Nxf2 Bc2+ 48. Kd4 f5 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Nd3 f4 51. gxf4 gxf4 52. Ne5 Bf5 53. Nc4 Bc7 54. d6+ 1-0
IM Miodrag Perunovic 2869 - Goran Urosevic 2478
Site WorldChessNetwork.com
Date 2005.11.21
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 g6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bg7 14. Ne3 Nb8 15. Bc2 c6 16. Nh2 Qc7 17. Nhg4 Nh7 18. d4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nd7 20. a4 a5 21. Nc4 Bf6 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Ne3 Rad8 25. Qe2 Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 27. Red1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Bb3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Bg5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nc4 Bf4 33. Bf2 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Qd6 35. b3 Nd7 36. g3 Bg5 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Qb2 Qd2 40. Qxd2 Bxd2 41. c4 Bb4 42. f4 Bc5 43. Be1 b6 44. Kf3 Bd4 45. Bd3 Nc5 46. Bc2 Kd6 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. fxe5+ Bxe5 49. Bxh6 Nd4+ 0-1
Shirov - Bluvstein
Alexei Shirov (2705) - Mark Bluvshtein (2525)
Canadian Open Edmonton CAN (9), 17.07.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 f6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.b5 Qh5N 15.bxa6 [15.c5 Bc7 16.bxa6 Bg4 17.Nbd2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 (18.Bxh7+ Qxh7 19.Qxh7+ Kxh7 20.axb7 Nxf1 21.bxa8Q Rxa8 22.Kxf1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bxh2= ) 18...Bxf3 19.Bxh7+ (19.h3 f5 20.Rfe1 Qg6 21.Bf1 Be4 is better for Black ) 19...Kh8 20.h3 f5 21.axb7 Rab8 unclear ]
15...Bg4 16.Re1?
[16.Nh4! Qxh4 17.f4 refutes the novelty ]
16...Bxf3 17.gxf3
[17.h3 Ng5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Qg6 Qf4 21.gxf3 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 Qxh3+ 23.Qg2 Qxh7= ]
17...Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 f5!? 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.fxe4
[20.axb7 Rae8 ]
20...fxe4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Be3 Bg3 23.Ra2?
[23.axb7 Bxf2 24.Bxf2 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Qh5+ 26.Kf1= ]
23...Rf3! 0-1
Canadian Open 2005
Canadian Open Edmonton CAN (9), 17.07.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 f6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.b5 Qh5N 15.bxa6 [15.c5 Bc7 16.bxa6 Bg4 17.Nbd2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 (18.Bxh7+ Qxh7 19.Qxh7+ Kxh7 20.axb7 Nxf1 21.bxa8Q Rxa8 22.Kxf1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bxh2= ) 18...Bxf3 19.Bxh7+ (19.h3 f5 20.Rfe1 Qg6 21.Bf1 Be4 is better for Black ) 19...Kh8 20.h3 f5 21.axb7 Rab8 unclear ]
15...Bg4 16.Re1?
[16.Nh4! Qxh4 17.f4 refutes the novelty ]
16...Bxf3 17.gxf3
[17.h3 Ng5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Qg6 Qf4 21.gxf3 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 Qxh3+ 23.Qg2 Qxh7= ]
17...Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 f5!? 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.fxe4
[20.axb7 Rae8 ]
20...fxe4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Be3 Bg3 23.Ra2?
[23.axb7 Bxf2 24.Bxf2 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Qh5+ 26.Kf1= ]
23...Rf3! 0-1
Canadian Open 2005
White Nights in Zürich
My friends FM Martin Taylor, GM Vitali Golod and GM Michael Roiz will participate in this open tournament to be held on 26th-30th December. Total prize fund is CHF 18.000.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Carlos Torre Memorial
This knockout tournament was held in Mérida, Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2005. Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon wins the competition after beating GM Michal Krasenkov in the final match.
Michal Krasenkov 2655 - Jesus Nogueiras 2547
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Be3 b5 7. Qxb5 Rb8 8. Qxc4 Rxb2 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Ngf6 11. Rc1 Rxa2 12. Bd3 Ra4 13. Qc2 Ra2 14. Qb1 Ng4 15. Bd4 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. O-O Rxd2 18. Qb5+ Qxb5 19. Bxb5+ Bd7 20. Nxd2 Bxb5 21. Rxc5 Bxf1 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Bb5 24. Rxh7 g6 25. Rh8 Ne5 26. Ra8 Nc6 27. Nb3 Kd6 28. h4 Bc4 29. Nd2 Bb5 30. g4 Ke5 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kf6 33. Rg8 Ne7 34. e5+ Kxe5 35. Rg5+ f5 36. h6 Kd5 1-0
Lazaro Bruzon 2677 - Varuzan Akobian 2600
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Qa3 a5 15. Nc4 Rfd8 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Bd5 19. Bf3 a4 20. Rfc1 g6 21. a3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 23. Rb5 Rdc8 24. Rbc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb8 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. f4 h6 28. Nf3 Kf6 29. Ne5 Rb7 30. Nd3 g5 31. fxg5+ hxg5 32. Nc5 1-0
Nikola Mitkov 2520 - Reynaldo Vera 2481
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Bd5 Ba6 12. Bxa8 Bxf1 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6 Bc4 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bc8 19. c3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Bb3 Re8 1-0
Lazaro Bruzon 2677 - Michal Krasenkov 2655
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bb5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Nc4 Ke7 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qxb7 19. O-O a6 20. Be2 b5 21. Qc2 Ne5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. f4 Ng6 24. e5 gxf4 25. gxf4 Qd5 26. Ne4 Qxa2 27. Nxc5 Nh4 28. Nb7 Qd5 29. Bg4 Qxb7 30. g3 Ng6 31. Kh2 Qd5 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Bh5 Bf8 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qxb2 38. Qxe6 Qxc3 39. Qxa6 b4 40. e6 Ke7 41. f5 Kf6 42. Qa8 Qc5 43. g4 Qe3+ 44. Kh4 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf3+ 46. Qxf3 Bd6 47. Qc6 Ke7 48. Qd5 Kf6 49. Qxd6 b3 50. Qd4+ Kg5 51. Qg7+ Kf4 52. Qd4+ Kf3 53. Qc3+ Kf2 54. Qxb3 Kf1 55. Qe3 h5 56. Qf4+ Ke2 57. gxh5 Kd1 58. Qf2 Kc1 59. Kg3 Kb1 60. Kf3 Kc1 61. Ke3 Kb1 62. Kd3 Ka1 63. Kc3 Kb1 64. Qb2+ 1-0
Michal Krasenkov 2655 - Jesus Nogueiras 2547
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Be3 b5 7. Qxb5 Rb8 8. Qxc4 Rxb2 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Ngf6 11. Rc1 Rxa2 12. Bd3 Ra4 13. Qc2 Ra2 14. Qb1 Ng4 15. Bd4 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. O-O Rxd2 18. Qb5+ Qxb5 19. Bxb5+ Bd7 20. Nxd2 Bxb5 21. Rxc5 Bxf1 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Bb5 24. Rxh7 g6 25. Rh8 Ne5 26. Ra8 Nc6 27. Nb3 Kd6 28. h4 Bc4 29. Nd2 Bb5 30. g4 Ke5 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kf6 33. Rg8 Ne7 34. e5+ Kxe5 35. Rg5+ f5 36. h6 Kd5 1-0
Lazaro Bruzon 2677 - Varuzan Akobian 2600
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Qa3 a5 15. Nc4 Rfd8 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Bd5 19. Bf3 a4 20. Rfc1 g6 21. a3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 23. Rb5 Rdc8 24. Rbc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb8 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. f4 h6 28. Nf3 Kf6 29. Ne5 Rb7 30. Nd3 g5 31. fxg5+ hxg5 32. Nc5 1-0
Nikola Mitkov 2520 - Reynaldo Vera 2481
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Bd5 Ba6 12. Bxa8 Bxf1 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6 Bc4 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bc8 19. c3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Bb3 Re8 1-0
Lazaro Bruzon 2677 - Michal Krasenkov 2655
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bb5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Nc4 Ke7 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qxb7 19. O-O a6 20. Be2 b5 21. Qc2 Ne5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. f4 Ng6 24. e5 gxf4 25. gxf4 Qd5 26. Ne4 Qxa2 27. Nxc5 Nh4 28. Nb7 Qd5 29. Bg4 Qxb7 30. g3 Ng6 31. Kh2 Qd5 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Bh5 Bf8 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qxb2 38. Qxe6 Qxc3 39. Qxa6 b4 40. e6 Ke7 41. f5 Kf6 42. Qa8 Qc5 43. g4 Qe3+ 44. Kh4 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf3+ 46. Qxf3 Bd6 47. Qc6 Ke7 48. Qd5 Kf6 49. Qxd6 b3 50. Qd4+ Kg5 51. Qg7+ Kf4 52. Qd4+ Kf3 53. Qc3+ Kf2 54. Qxb3 Kf1 55. Qe3 h5 56. Qf4+ Ke2 57. gxh5 Kd1 58. Qf2 Kc1 59. Kg3 Kb1 60. Kf3 Kc1 61. Ke3 Kb1 62. Kd3 Ka1 63. Kc3 Kb1 64. Qb2+ 1-0
You have asked too much already...
Typical Nigel Short reply :-) Nigel was giving an interview for the Chess Chronicle magazine. Here are few important questions.
Q: I noticed that in your match with Kasparov when playing with White you were on several occasions within the reach of an easy win, but each time you were unable to bring your advantage home.
A: I cannot speak about the quality of my games with Kasparov. That is for others to judge.
I can say, however, that beating Garry Kimovich is not an easy task. What outside observers fails to realize is the amount of resistance that really great
players put up.
One is forced to walk a tightrope, move after move, in order to bring home the victory. The “easy” wins that you refer to normally occurred after I had been obliged to play fifteen or twenty very accurate moves to get to that point, by which time the clock and the concomitant bad nerves were beginning to take their toll. It is all very simple for you, sitting in the comfort of your home with no tension or stress to hold up your hands in mock horror and say, “Oh what a terrible mistake!”
We are all great experts when we are relaxed. It is not so easy when you are in the thick of things.
Q: What is your contribution, if any, in decreasing the alleged number of increasing pre-arranged games ?
A: It is my experience that most short draws are not pre-arranged. They are usually agreed out of mutual fear of because the tournament situation dictates. I think that organizers bear much of the responsibility at the highest level for inviting boring players. If they are so obsessed about Elo ratings, without caring for fighting spirit (everyone knows who the biggest culprits are), they should not complain about what they get.
Q: What happened to the Prague agreement? Was that another failure of FIDE?
A: I believe Bessel Kok – the architect of the Prague Agreement- made tremendous efforts to re-unite the chess world. He should be applauded for that. There is no doubt that he is the man best equipped to become the next FIDE President. He has both
integrity and business skills – qualities in short supply with the current administration
Q: Any comment on Kramnik' performance?
A: He is a great player and a nice guy. However, his title only has if it is recognized by the general public. I would say that its stock, which has sunk sharply since 2000, is dwindling every day. Kramnik needs to play Topalov. Topalov does not
need to play Kramnik.
Q: I noticed that in your match with Kasparov when playing with White you were on several occasions within the reach of an easy win, but each time you were unable to bring your advantage home.
A: I cannot speak about the quality of my games with Kasparov. That is for others to judge.
I can say, however, that beating Garry Kimovich is not an easy task. What outside observers fails to realize is the amount of resistance that really great
players put up.
One is forced to walk a tightrope, move after move, in order to bring home the victory. The “easy” wins that you refer to normally occurred after I had been obliged to play fifteen or twenty very accurate moves to get to that point, by which time the clock and the concomitant bad nerves were beginning to take their toll. It is all very simple for you, sitting in the comfort of your home with no tension or stress to hold up your hands in mock horror and say, “Oh what a terrible mistake!”
We are all great experts when we are relaxed. It is not so easy when you are in the thick of things.
Q: What is your contribution, if any, in decreasing the alleged number of increasing pre-arranged games ?
A: It is my experience that most short draws are not pre-arranged. They are usually agreed out of mutual fear of because the tournament situation dictates. I think that organizers bear much of the responsibility at the highest level for inviting boring players. If they are so obsessed about Elo ratings, without caring for fighting spirit (everyone knows who the biggest culprits are), they should not complain about what they get.
Q: What happened to the Prague agreement? Was that another failure of FIDE?
A: I believe Bessel Kok – the architect of the Prague Agreement- made tremendous efforts to re-unite the chess world. He should be applauded for that. There is no doubt that he is the man best equipped to become the next FIDE President. He has both
integrity and business skills – qualities in short supply with the current administration
Q: Any comment on Kramnik' performance?
A: He is a great player and a nice guy. However, his title only has if it is recognized by the general public. I would say that its stock, which has sunk sharply since 2000, is dwindling every day. Kramnik needs to play Topalov. Topalov does not
need to play Kramnik.
Friday, December 23, 2005
New Chess Blog
Stefan and Carsten have started their Schachblatter weblog back in November. They are posting quite frequently in German language. I had German in school (unlike English which I had to learn on my own), but most of the knowledge has vanish from my head. This doesn't stop me from enjoying Carsten's analyses.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
89th Annual Marshall Chess Club Championship
Winner of this traditional event is GM Leonid Yudasin (ISL 2554), who scored 7,5 points out of 9 games.
Final standings:
1. GM Leonid Yudasin (2554) 7,5
2. GM Nick De Firmian (2552) 7
3-5. GM Ildar Ibragimov (2617), GM Joel Benjamin (2576) and IM Alfonso Almeida (2362) 6
6-11. GM Michael Rohde (2512), FM Igor Schneider (2350), IM Jay Bonin (2354), Robert Hess (2328), Mackenzie Molner (2253) and Alex Averbukh with 5 points etc.
GM De Firmian - FM Bercys
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 Bd6 14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. a4 Be5 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. f4 Bd6 19. e5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxf7 Qd6 22. Bf3 Rhf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. c4 Rc8 27. cxb5 a5 28. b6 Qc5 29. Qe4+ Ka6 30. Qd3+ Qc4 31. b7 Rc6 32. Qd8 1-0
Final standings:
1. GM Leonid Yudasin (2554) 7,5
2. GM Nick De Firmian (2552) 7
3-5. GM Ildar Ibragimov (2617), GM Joel Benjamin (2576) and IM Alfonso Almeida (2362) 6
6-11. GM Michael Rohde (2512), FM Igor Schneider (2350), IM Jay Bonin (2354), Robert Hess (2328), Mackenzie Molner (2253) and Alex Averbukh with 5 points etc.
GM De Firmian - FM Bercys
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 Bd6 14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. a4 Be5 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. f4 Bd6 19. e5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxf7 Qd6 22. Bf3 Rhf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. c4 Rc8 27. cxb5 a5 28. b6 Qc5 29. Qe4+ Ka6 30. Qd3+ Qc4 31. b7 Rc6 32. Qd8 1-0
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Na3!!
Vadim Zvjaginsev is famous for his creativity. Yesterday he shocked chess world by playing 1.e4 c5 2.Na3!? novelty against none else but Alexander Khalifman. Surprised opponent probably missed better plans and the game went into Benoni waters. Vadim did better in the complicated middlegame and eventually scored a win. Let's wait and see the future of this continuation.
Vladimir Kramnik won his game against Sergey "ICC spammer" Volkov. I was so pleased that my favorite player is back in the race, that I have decided to post short annotations in "Chess Informant" format.
Vladimir Kramnik 2739 - Sergey Volkov 2614
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 d5 5.Nc3 Bf5 [5...dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4 10.e5±] 6.f3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.h4 h5 9.g5 Nfd7 10.e3 Be7 11.Nh3 0-0 12.Bg3 Re8 13.Be2 dxc4 [13...e5 14.0-0-0 (14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Na4 Bxe3 16.Nxb6 Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Nxb6 18.cxd5 Nxd5 with slight advantage for Black) 14...Bb4 was unclear] 14.Nf4 Bd6 15.Bxc4 [15.Nxh5 e5 16.Nxg7 (16.dxe5 Bc5) 16...exd4 17.Bxd6 dxc3 18.bxc3 Rxe3 19.Bf4] 15...Na6?! [Better was 15...c5] 16.0-0-0 Rad8? 17.e4 [17.Nxh5! was winning on the spot 17...Bxg3 (17...Ne5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.h5+-) 18.Nxg3 Nb4 19.Nge4+- Ne5 20.Be2] 17...Nf8 18.Nxg6 Nxg6 19.f4 Qb4 20.Be2 [20.Bxa6!?] 20...Bc5?! [20...c5] 21.Bxa6! bxa6 22.Ne2 Qb7 23.Qc2± Bb6 24.Kb1 Ne7 25.Bf2 g6 26.Ng3 Bc7 27.Be3 Rd7 28.Rd3 Red8 29.Rhd1 a5 30.Ne2 Bb6 31.Ng1!+- Qa6 32.Nf3 Bc7 33.Rc3 Qb7 34.Ne5! Bxe5 35.fxe5 Rc7 36.Rc5 Qb4 37.a3 Qb6 38.d5! exd5 39.Rcxd5 Qxe3 40.Rxd8+ Kg7 41.Qd3 1-0
Vadim Zvjaginsev 2659 - Alexander Khalifman 2653
1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 d6 9. d5 Qc7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. c4 Qb6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b3 e6 18. Ng5 exd5 19. cxd5 Re7 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Rde1 a5 22. Nb1 b4 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Ngf3 Ne5 26. Bg5 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Rd7 28. e5 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxd5 30. Nxf7 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Kxf7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Qe4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. f4 Bf6 36. Bh6+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ 1-0
Vladimir Kramnik won his game against Sergey "ICC spammer" Volkov. I was so pleased that my favorite player is back in the race, that I have decided to post short annotations in "Chess Informant" format.
Vladimir Kramnik 2739 - Sergey Volkov 2614
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 d5 5.Nc3 Bf5 [5...dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4 10.e5±] 6.f3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.h4 h5 9.g5 Nfd7 10.e3 Be7 11.Nh3 0-0 12.Bg3 Re8 13.Be2 dxc4 [13...e5 14.0-0-0 (14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Na4 Bxe3 16.Nxb6 Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Nxb6 18.cxd5 Nxd5 with slight advantage for Black) 14...Bb4 was unclear] 14.Nf4 Bd6 15.Bxc4 [15.Nxh5 e5 16.Nxg7 (16.dxe5 Bc5) 16...exd4 17.Bxd6 dxc3 18.bxc3 Rxe3 19.Bf4] 15...Na6?! [Better was 15...c5] 16.0-0-0 Rad8? 17.e4 [17.Nxh5! was winning on the spot 17...Bxg3 (17...Ne5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.h5+-) 18.Nxg3 Nb4 19.Nge4+- Ne5 20.Be2] 17...Nf8 18.Nxg6 Nxg6 19.f4 Qb4 20.Be2 [20.Bxa6!?] 20...Bc5?! [20...c5] 21.Bxa6! bxa6 22.Ne2 Qb7 23.Qc2± Bb6 24.Kb1 Ne7 25.Bf2 g6 26.Ng3 Bc7 27.Be3 Rd7 28.Rd3 Red8 29.Rhd1 a5 30.Ne2 Bb6 31.Ng1!+- Qa6 32.Nf3 Bc7 33.Rc3 Qb7 34.Ne5! Bxe5 35.fxe5 Rc7 36.Rc5 Qb4 37.a3 Qb6 38.d5! exd5 39.Rcxd5 Qxe3 40.Rxd8+ Kg7 41.Qd3 1-0
Vadim Zvjaginsev 2659 - Alexander Khalifman 2653
1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 d6 9. d5 Qc7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. c4 Qb6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b3 e6 18. Ng5 exd5 19. cxd5 Re7 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Rde1 a5 22. Nb1 b4 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Ngf3 Ne5 26. Bg5 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Rd7 28. e5 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxd5 30. Nxf7 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Kxf7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Qe4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. f4 Bf6 36. Bh6+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ 1-0
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Local Team Event
Few months ago, my club has participated in a team event that was held in village Miloshevo, near Jagodina. Each team had 4 players and time control was 20 minutes with no increment (we still use wooden clocks).
Second category youngster Aleksandar Dimitrijevic (11 years old) played on the 2nd board and unfortunately lost all 5 games. Alexander is fearless fighter, our hot prospect for the future. He has outplayed all of his opponents but lost the games in time trouble (Alex was used on 2 hrs time controls only). Taking him to rapid event proved to be good move as he became much more confident when low on time. In recently ended official Regional League he scored 6 points out of 8 games.
Math professor Vladan Stanisavljevic, newbie in the team, proved to be a great addition. He was visiting our Friday blitz tourneys and I invited him to come to Miloshevo and test his practical skills. He did more then good on the 4th board, scoring 3,5 points from 5 games. Later in the League he had 4/6.
Sasha Gmitrovic is 22 years old. I believe we are about equal strength, he has huge opening knowledge and is very good in both positional and sharp middlegames. However, he has big problem with psychological stability. During the game he tends to play weaker moves to exclude potential risks. Excellent blitz player but doing badly in time troubles on longer time controls. He scored 3/5 on the 3rd board although he was winning all games. Here is one Sasha's game played on the League.
Milojevic - Gmitrovic
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Ra2? Ne5! 12. Qe2 d5! 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rd1 Bd3 18. Qf2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Ne1 Be4 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 c3! 25. Qe2 h6 26. Nc2 Qd7 27. Ne1 Qd5! 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qb3 30. Kf1 Qb1 31. Qd1 c2 32. Qe1 Bb2 33. Bd2 Bc3 34. Ke2 Qxe1+ 35. Kxe1 c1=Q+ 0-1
I had 4/5 on the first board. Here are two of my games that I can remember.
Goran Urosevic - Zoran Ivanovic
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. f4 e6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1?! (I was dreaming about Nd5 at some point. Better was 12.Bf6) Be7 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb8 (Interesting how Fritz gives advantage to Black after my sac. Programs love material. However, I think that Black's best reply gives unclear game 14... Qb6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f5) 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rxa2 (a2 pawn is not worth of tempo for Nc5. It was better to play some consolidating move) 18. Kb1 Ra8? (18... Ra7 19. Nc5 Ba8 20. Red1 Kf8) 19. Nc5 Nd8 20. Red1 O-O 21. e5 h6 22. Bh4 (Better was 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd7 Nc6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. exf6 winning on the spot) 22... Nd5 23. Bxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rxd8?(A mistake in time trouble that could have cost me the game. 24.Nd7 had to be played) Rxd8 25. Nxb7 Rb8?(Black missed 25...Nc3. I was lucky) 26. c4 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 Rxb7 28. Kc2 Rc7 29. Rd4 And soon I won this endgame 1-0
Goran Urosevic - M.Obradovic
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5? (11... Na5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ba2 Rb8) 12. Bxd5 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc8 15. Qb3! (Pressing both b7 and f7) Nd8 16. Bc4 (I need that Bishop. Also don't want to help him get rid of bad placed Bb7. Nd8 is now also bad) Rb8 17. Rb1 Ra8? (Wasted tempo) 18. d4 Bf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bxf7 Nxf7 22. Qxb7 Qd7 23. Qb5 c6 24. Qc4 1-0
Team results in Miloshevo:
1st round: Radnichki - Kablovi II 1-3
2nd round: Mladost Glozane - Radnichki 1-3
3rd round: Radnichki - Kushiljevo 2-2
4th round: Radnichki - Radnichki (Svilajnac) 3-1
5th round: Kablovi I - Radnichki 3,5-0,5
By the way, "Sah klub Radnichki" means "Working Class Chess Club". It was something like brand name during Socialism era, together with Borac (Warrior), Jedinstvo (United), Partisan, Napredak (Progress) etc. Similar to Russian sports Dinamo, Spartak, Torpedo, Lokomotiva, CSKA...
Second category youngster Aleksandar Dimitrijevic (11 years old) played on the 2nd board and unfortunately lost all 5 games. Alexander is fearless fighter, our hot prospect for the future. He has outplayed all of his opponents but lost the games in time trouble (Alex was used on 2 hrs time controls only). Taking him to rapid event proved to be good move as he became much more confident when low on time. In recently ended official Regional League he scored 6 points out of 8 games.
Math professor Vladan Stanisavljevic, newbie in the team, proved to be a great addition. He was visiting our Friday blitz tourneys and I invited him to come to Miloshevo and test his practical skills. He did more then good on the 4th board, scoring 3,5 points from 5 games. Later in the League he had 4/6.
Sasha Gmitrovic is 22 years old. I believe we are about equal strength, he has huge opening knowledge and is very good in both positional and sharp middlegames. However, he has big problem with psychological stability. During the game he tends to play weaker moves to exclude potential risks. Excellent blitz player but doing badly in time troubles on longer time controls. He scored 3/5 on the 3rd board although he was winning all games. Here is one Sasha's game played on the League.
Milojevic - Gmitrovic
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Ra2? Ne5! 12. Qe2 d5! 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rd1 Bd3 18. Qf2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Ne1 Be4 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 c3! 25. Qe2 h6 26. Nc2 Qd7 27. Ne1 Qd5! 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qb3 30. Kf1 Qb1 31. Qd1 c2 32. Qe1 Bb2 33. Bd2 Bc3 34. Ke2 Qxe1+ 35. Kxe1 c1=Q+ 0-1
I had 4/5 on the first board. Here are two of my games that I can remember.
Goran Urosevic - Zoran Ivanovic
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. f4 e6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1?! (I was dreaming about Nd5 at some point. Better was 12.Bf6) Be7 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb8 (Interesting how Fritz gives advantage to Black after my sac. Programs love material. However, I think that Black's best reply gives unclear game 14... Qb6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f5) 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rxa2 (a2 pawn is not worth of tempo for Nc5. It was better to play some consolidating move) 18. Kb1 Ra8? (18... Ra7 19. Nc5 Ba8 20. Red1 Kf8) 19. Nc5 Nd8 20. Red1 O-O 21. e5 h6 22. Bh4 (Better was 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd7 Nc6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. exf6 winning on the spot) 22... Nd5 23. Bxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rxd8?(A mistake in time trouble that could have cost me the game. 24.Nd7 had to be played) Rxd8 25. Nxb7 Rb8?(Black missed 25...Nc3. I was lucky) 26. c4 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 Rxb7 28. Kc2 Rc7 29. Rd4 And soon I won this endgame 1-0
Goran Urosevic - M.Obradovic
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5? (11... Na5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ba2 Rb8) 12. Bxd5 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc8 15. Qb3! (Pressing both b7 and f7) Nd8 16. Bc4 (I need that Bishop. Also don't want to help him get rid of bad placed Bb7. Nd8 is now also bad) Rb8 17. Rb1 Ra8? (Wasted tempo) 18. d4 Bf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bxf7 Nxf7 22. Qxb7 Qd7 23. Qb5 c6 24. Qc4 1-0
Team results in Miloshevo:
1st round: Radnichki - Kablovi II 1-3
2nd round: Mladost Glozane - Radnichki 1-3
3rd round: Radnichki - Kushiljevo 2-2
4th round: Radnichki - Radnichki (Svilajnac) 3-1
5th round: Kablovi I - Radnichki 3,5-0,5
By the way, "Sah klub Radnichki" means "Working Class Chess Club". It was something like brand name during Socialism era, together with Borac (Warrior), Jedinstvo (United), Partisan, Napredak (Progress) etc. Similar to Russian sports Dinamo, Spartak, Torpedo, Lokomotiva, CSKA...
13th International grandmaster tournament Salona 2005
This round robin tournament was held on 9th-18th December in Solin, Croatia. Organizer was chess club "Mravince – Dalmacijacement" and average rating is 2481.
Final standings:
1. GM Bojan Kurajica (BIH 2533) 7,5 points
2. IM Blazimir Kovacevic (CRO 2493) 7
3-5. IM Alojzije Jankovic (CRO 2446), GM Alexei Lugovoi (RUS 2547) and GM Michele Godena (ITA 2502) 6 points each
6. IM Svetlana Matveeva (RUS 2422) 5,5
7-9. IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS 2457), IM Ante Saric (CRO 2437) and IM Ognjen Jovanic (CRO 2469) 5
10-11. GM Emir Dizdarevic (BIH 2509) and GM Vlado Kovacevic (CRO 2512) 4,5
12. IM Drazen Cvorovic (CRO 2446)
Ognjen Jovanic - Bojan Kurajica
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Rd1 d4 12. Qb5 Qc8 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Bc2 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qc5 Be4 17. a4 Qg4 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. f3 Qf4 20. g3 Qe3 21. e6 Rxe7 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Qd5 Qb1+ 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26. Bg2 Qc3+ 27. Rd2 Nb4 0-1
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya - Bojan Kurajica
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5 Ngxe5 15. Nd5 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Rad8 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qxd4 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 c6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Be5+ Kh6 24. Rh4+ Kg5 25. Rg4+ Kh6 26. Nf5+ 1-0
Blazimir Kovacevic - Vlado Kovacevic
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Na5 15. e4 Nc4 16. Bc1 cxd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Ra2 Nb8 21. Nf5 Nc6 22. Raf2 a5 23. Kh1 b4 24. Qg3 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. f5 Qxd4 27. fxg6 1-0
Final standings:
1. GM Bojan Kurajica (BIH 2533) 7,5 points
2. IM Blazimir Kovacevic (CRO 2493) 7
3-5. IM Alojzije Jankovic (CRO 2446), GM Alexei Lugovoi (RUS 2547) and GM Michele Godena (ITA 2502) 6 points each
6. IM Svetlana Matveeva (RUS 2422) 5,5
7-9. IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS 2457), IM Ante Saric (CRO 2437) and IM Ognjen Jovanic (CRO 2469) 5
10-11. GM Emir Dizdarevic (BIH 2509) and GM Vlado Kovacevic (CRO 2512) 4,5
12. IM Drazen Cvorovic (CRO 2446)
Ognjen Jovanic - Bojan Kurajica
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Rd1 d4 12. Qb5 Qc8 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Bc2 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qc5 Be4 17. a4 Qg4 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. f3 Qf4 20. g3 Qe3 21. e6 Rxe7 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Qd5 Qb1+ 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26. Bg2 Qc3+ 27. Rd2 Nb4 0-1
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya - Bojan Kurajica
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5 Ngxe5 15. Nd5 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Rad8 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qxd4 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 c6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Be5+ Kh6 24. Rh4+ Kg5 25. Rg4+ Kh6 26. Nf5+ 1-0
Blazimir Kovacevic - Vlado Kovacevic
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Na5 15. e4 Nc4 16. Bc1 cxd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Ra2 Nb8 21. Nf5 Nc6 22. Raf2 a5 23. Kh1 b4 24. Qg3 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. f5 Qxd4 27. fxg6 1-0
Monday, December 19, 2005
Russian Championship
Super-final tournament of 58th Russian Individual Chess Championship has started today. Event though a prize fund is bigger then last year (130.000$), Alexander Grischuk has withdrawn from the championship race for some reason. Evgeniy Najer had to leave tourney due to sudden illness.
GM Alex Finkel wrote an article about "New Kramnik", who is trying to play sharp and attractive chess. Losing to Svidler, who is in great shape, is not a shame. But I don't understand why this boring Petroff defence. Sergei Rublevski, who finished 7th in just ended World Chess Cup, won against Evgeny Bareev (finished 5th at the same tourney) in Tarasch line of French defence.
Sergei Rublevsky (2652) - Evgeny Bareev (2675) 1-0
Peter Svidler (2740) - Vladimir Kramnik (2739) 1-0
Dmitry Jakovenko (2644) - Vadim Zvjaginsev (2659) draw
Alexander Khalifman (2653) - Sergey Volkov (2614) draw
Alexander Motylev (2632) - Alexey Dreev (2694) draw
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2564) - Alexander Morozevich (2707) draw
Peter Svidler - Vladimir Kramnik
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6 21. Re1 Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. a3 Re6 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc7 Rc6 30. Ne8 Kg8 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Nd6 f5 33. a4 Ne6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Nxb5 Nxf4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Kg5 39. b3 Ne6 40. Kb2 Kh5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. h7 Rb8 43. Re7 Ng5 44. f4 Nh3 45. Nc7 Rh8 46. Nd5 g5 47. fxg5 Nxg5 48. Re5 1-0
Sergei Rublevsky - Evgeny Bareev
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 b5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bd4 Rad8 15. Ne3 Nce4 16. Qb3 a6 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nd3 Qc6 19. a4 Nd2 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. f3 Ra8 26. Rad1 b4 27. Ng4 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rea1 30. Nfh6+ Kh8 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nfh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Qf5 Bg7 35. Nf7+ 1-0
Evgeny Tomashevsky - Alexander Morozevich
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 h5 7. h3 Ne4 8. e3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Be2 g6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bg7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 19. Qb3 Bb7 20. Qc3 O-O 21. Rg1 Rfd8 22. f4 a5 23. b5 Nb4 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. a3 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Ke2 Rxa3 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rxc5 Rdd3 32. Rc7 Rxe3+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. Rd7 Rxg3 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. b6 Rgd3 37. Ke2 Re3+ 38. Kf1 Ra1+ 39. Nb1 a4 40. b7 a3 41. b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qf8 1/2-1/2
GM Alex Finkel wrote an article about "New Kramnik", who is trying to play sharp and attractive chess. Losing to Svidler, who is in great shape, is not a shame. But I don't understand why this boring Petroff defence. Sergei Rublevski, who finished 7th in just ended World Chess Cup, won against Evgeny Bareev (finished 5th at the same tourney) in Tarasch line of French defence.
Sergei Rublevsky (2652) - Evgeny Bareev (2675) 1-0
Peter Svidler (2740) - Vladimir Kramnik (2739) 1-0
Dmitry Jakovenko (2644) - Vadim Zvjaginsev (2659) draw
Alexander Khalifman (2653) - Sergey Volkov (2614) draw
Alexander Motylev (2632) - Alexey Dreev (2694) draw
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2564) - Alexander Morozevich (2707) draw
Peter Svidler - Vladimir Kramnik
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6 21. Re1 Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. a3 Re6 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc7 Rc6 30. Ne8 Kg8 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Nd6 f5 33. a4 Ne6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Nxb5 Nxf4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Kg5 39. b3 Ne6 40. Kb2 Kh5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. h7 Rb8 43. Re7 Ng5 44. f4 Nh3 45. Nc7 Rh8 46. Nd5 g5 47. fxg5 Nxg5 48. Re5 1-0
Sergei Rublevsky - Evgeny Bareev
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 b5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bd4 Rad8 15. Ne3 Nce4 16. Qb3 a6 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nd3 Qc6 19. a4 Nd2 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. f3 Ra8 26. Rad1 b4 27. Ng4 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rea1 30. Nfh6+ Kh8 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nfh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Qf5 Bg7 35. Nf7+ 1-0
Evgeny Tomashevsky - Alexander Morozevich
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 h5 7. h3 Ne4 8. e3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Be2 g6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bg7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 19. Qb3 Bb7 20. Qc3 O-O 21. Rg1 Rfd8 22. f4 a5 23. b5 Nb4 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. a3 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Ke2 Rxa3 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rxc5 Rdd3 32. Rc7 Rxe3+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. Rd7 Rxg3 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. b6 Rgd3 37. Ke2 Re3+ 38. Kf1 Ra1+ 39. Nb1 a4 40. b7 a3 41. b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qf8 1/2-1/2
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Aronian Wins World Chess Cup
Aronian won tiebreak match against Ruslan Ponomariov to grab the first place and 80.000 USD prize.
For 1st place:
Levon Aronian - Ruslan Ponomariov 3-1
For 3rd place:
Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Grischuk 2,5-1,5
For 5th place:
Evgeny Bareev - Boris Gelfand 2,5-1,5
For 7th place:
Sergei Rublevsky - Mikhail Gurevich 1,5-0,5
For 9th place:
Gata Kamsky - Magnus Carlsen 3-1
For 11th place:
Vladimir Malakhov - Francisco Vallejo Pons 1,5-0,5
For 13th place:
Alexei Dreev - Loek Van Wely 2,5-1,5
For 15th place:
Joel Lautier - Konstantin Sakaev 3,5-3,5 (Joel wins on sudden death rule)
Etienne Bacrot 2725 - Alexander Grischuk 2720
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. O-O Na6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Re1 Rc7 14. Nd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. cxd5 g6 20. Qg4 Rd8 21. Rad1 h5 22. Qa4 Rd6 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Nc4 Rdd8 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nb4 27. Qxa7 Nc2 28. Re4 Nd4 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Qe7 Kh7 31. Rf4 Qd5+ 32. f3 Re8 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ 1-0
Gata Kamsky 2690 - Magnus Carlsen 2570
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 h4 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Be5 f6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. b4 Rg7 22. h3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc7 24. b5 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Rb7 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Bh7 29. e5 Qf8 30. Rc5 Rg7 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Rf1 Qd8 34. Qe3 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Nc6 Qc7 37. Rg5 h3 38. gxh3 Bf5 39. Rfxf5 1-0
Boris Gelfand 2717 - Evgeny Bareev 2675
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 Ne4 12. Bf3 f5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Be1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bh6 17. Bd2 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qd7 20. h3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Bg5 22. Qe2 h5 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qg2 Bh4 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf5+ 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. e6+ Qxe6 29. Qh2 Bf6 30. Kd1 g5 31. Qc7 h4 32. Kc1 Qxh3 33. Qxc6 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 h3 0-1
For 1st place:
Levon Aronian - Ruslan Ponomariov 3-1
For 3rd place:
Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Grischuk 2,5-1,5
For 5th place:
Evgeny Bareev - Boris Gelfand 2,5-1,5
For 7th place:
Sergei Rublevsky - Mikhail Gurevich 1,5-0,5
For 9th place:
Gata Kamsky - Magnus Carlsen 3-1
For 11th place:
Vladimir Malakhov - Francisco Vallejo Pons 1,5-0,5
For 13th place:
Alexei Dreev - Loek Van Wely 2,5-1,5
For 15th place:
Joel Lautier - Konstantin Sakaev 3,5-3,5 (Joel wins on sudden death rule)
Etienne Bacrot 2725 - Alexander Grischuk 2720
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. O-O Na6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Re1 Rc7 14. Nd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. cxd5 g6 20. Qg4 Rd8 21. Rad1 h5 22. Qa4 Rd6 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Nc4 Rdd8 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nb4 27. Qxa7 Nc2 28. Re4 Nd4 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Qe7 Kh7 31. Rf4 Qd5+ 32. f3 Re8 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ 1-0
Gata Kamsky 2690 - Magnus Carlsen 2570
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 h4 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Be5 f6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. b4 Rg7 22. h3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc7 24. b5 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Rb7 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Bh7 29. e5 Qf8 30. Rc5 Rg7 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Rf1 Qd8 34. Qe3 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Nc6 Qc7 37. Rg5 h3 38. gxh3 Bf5 39. Rfxf5 1-0
Boris Gelfand 2717 - Evgeny Bareev 2675
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 Ne4 12. Bf3 f5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Be1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bh6 17. Bd2 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qd7 20. h3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Bg5 22. Qe2 h5 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qg2 Bh4 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf5+ 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. e6+ Qxe6 29. Qh2 Bf6 30. Kd1 g5 31. Qc7 h4 32. Kc1 Qxh3 33. Qxc6 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 h3 0-1
Carlsen and Kamsky
As for me, these two guys are the biggest winners in Khanty-Mansiysk. At least until we get the final match for the 1st place done. They both have qualified for the World Championship Candidates.
Magnus Carlsen had a great year and this tournament is like a cherry on top of the cake. So far he eliminated Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2658), Farrukh Ammonatov (2572) and Ivan Cheparinov (2618), then lost to tough Russian Evgeny Bareev (2675), then again beat Joel Lautier (2679) and Vladimir Malakhov (2670). Currently he is fighting Gata Kamsky in a match for 9th place.
Gata Kamsky made his return to the game after being absent for 8 years to complete his medicine studies. At the first, he mostly played at the Mashall Chess Club and then started to participate in the tournaments. The start was shaky but his form has stabilized over time. In Argentina he qualified for the World Chess Cup to prove he's coming back to the top shape. Members of the WCN internet chess club had the exclusive pleasure to play him in the Master Challenges. Next tourney for Gata will be "Corus" in January.
Magnus Carlsen (2570) - Gata Kamsky (2690)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Re1 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. c4 b4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qf3 fxg5 17. Qf6 O-O-O 18. Qxh8 Qd6 19. Be4 Kb8 20. Rac1 Qf4 21. g3 Qf7 22. Qd4 d6 23. Qb6 Rd7 24. Qxb4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Re6 f4 27. Rce1 Rd8 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. b4 fxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. b5 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. a4 axb5 34. axb5 Kb6 35. Re8 Bg7 36. R8e6 Rd8 37. c5+ Kxc5 38. Re7 Bd4 39. Rxb7 Rf8 40. Rc7+ Kxd5 41. Rd1 Rb8 42. Rg7 g4 43. Rg5+ Kc4 44. Rxh5 Bc5 45. Rg5 Rxb5 46. Rxg4+ Kc3 47. Kg2 Ba3 48. Rgd4 1-0
Gata Kamsky (2690) - Magnus Carlsen (2570)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Ncb4 O-O 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 a5 16. Bb5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Ra2 Qc8 20. O-O Bd8 21. b4 Kh8 22. Rd2 Qa6 23. b5 Qa7 24. Qa3 Bxd5 25. Qxd6 Be7 26. Qxd5 Rfd8 27. Qa2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 a4 29. Qa2 a3 30. Qxf7 Rf8 31. b6 1-0
Magnus Carlsen had a great year and this tournament is like a cherry on top of the cake. So far he eliminated Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2658), Farrukh Ammonatov (2572) and Ivan Cheparinov (2618), then lost to tough Russian Evgeny Bareev (2675), then again beat Joel Lautier (2679) and Vladimir Malakhov (2670). Currently he is fighting Gata Kamsky in a match for 9th place.
Gata Kamsky made his return to the game after being absent for 8 years to complete his medicine studies. At the first, he mostly played at the Mashall Chess Club and then started to participate in the tournaments. The start was shaky but his form has stabilized over time. In Argentina he qualified for the World Chess Cup to prove he's coming back to the top shape. Members of the WCN internet chess club had the exclusive pleasure to play him in the Master Challenges. Next tourney for Gata will be "Corus" in January.
Magnus Carlsen (2570) - Gata Kamsky (2690)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Re1 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. c4 b4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qf3 fxg5 17. Qf6 O-O-O 18. Qxh8 Qd6 19. Be4 Kb8 20. Rac1 Qf4 21. g3 Qf7 22. Qd4 d6 23. Qb6 Rd7 24. Qxb4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Re6 f4 27. Rce1 Rd8 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. b4 fxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. b5 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. a4 axb5 34. axb5 Kb6 35. Re8 Bg7 36. R8e6 Rd8 37. c5+ Kxc5 38. Re7 Bd4 39. Rxb7 Rf8 40. Rc7+ Kxd5 41. Rd1 Rb8 42. Rg7 g4 43. Rg5+ Kc4 44. Rxh5 Bc5 45. Rg5 Rxb5 46. Rxg4+ Kc3 47. Kg2 Ba3 48. Rgd4 1-0
Gata Kamsky (2690) - Magnus Carlsen (2570)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Ncb4 O-O 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 a5 16. Bb5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Ra2 Qc8 20. O-O Bd8 21. b4 Kh8 22. Rd2 Qa6 23. b5 Qa7 24. Qa3 Bxd5 25. Qxd6 Be7 26. Qxd5 Rfd8 27. Qa2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 a4 29. Qa2 a3 30. Qxf7 Rf8 31. b6 1-0
Friday, December 16, 2005
Dallas tournament - Final report
IM Magesh Panchanathan scored an fantastic win with 9 points out of 11 games even though he lost the first game against IM Petar Vavrak.
Final standings:
1. IM Magesh Panchanathan (2530) 9 points
2-3. GM Alexander Goldin (2647) and GM Varuzhan Akobian (2670) 6,5
4-6. IM Dmitry Schneider (2519), GM Igor Novikov (2665) and IM Peter Vavrak (2471) 6
7. IM Davorin Kuljasevic (2423) 5,5
8. IM Marko Zivanic (2578) 5
9. IM Drasko Boskovic (2485) 4,5
10. FM John Bartholomew (2446) 4
11-12. Michal Kujovic (2341) and IM Amon Simutowe (2478) 3,5
Final standings:
1. IM Magesh Panchanathan (2530) 9 points
2-3. GM Alexander Goldin (2647) and GM Varuzhan Akobian (2670) 6,5
4-6. IM Dmitry Schneider (2519), GM Igor Novikov (2665) and IM Peter Vavrak (2471) 6
7. IM Davorin Kuljasevic (2423) 5,5
8. IM Marko Zivanic (2578) 5
9. IM Drasko Boskovic (2485) 4,5
10. FM John Bartholomew (2446) 4
11-12. Michal Kujovic (2341) and IM Amon Simutowe (2478) 3,5
Thursday, December 15, 2005
In Memoriam - GM Enrico Paoli
Italian Grandmaster Enrico Paoli has passed away at the age of 97. In 2003 he played the international tournaments in Saint-Vincent and in Bratto. He was also one of the main organizers of the famous Reggio Emilia international tournaments.
Boris Spassky - Enrico Paoli
Dortmund 1973.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h5 g5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Bc2 e5 15. Kb1 exd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qa5 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. g3 Ke6 29. f4 g4 30. Qd4 Qe1+ 31. Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 Qe2+ 34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 a5 36. Kc3 Kd5 37. b4 axb4+ 38. Kxb4 b6 39. b3 Ke6 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. b4 Ke6 1/2-1/2
E Bozzali - Enrico Paoli
21st Bratto Open 2001.
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. c3 Nf8 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 Bc6 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 13. O-O-O a4 14. Rdg1 Ra5 15. h4 Bb5 16. h5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. g5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxg5 21. f4 Bh6 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Qc2 c5 24. Rh4 Kh8 25. Rhg4 Rg8 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 h6 28. R5g3 Qe7 29. Qg2 f5 30. c4 dxc4 31. Rg6 Raa8 32. Qc2 a3 33. Qxc4 axb2+ 34. Kxb2 Ra6 35. R1g2 Rb6+ 36. Kc1 Qh4 37. R6g3 Qxh5 38. e4 fxe4 39. Qxe4 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Rb1 42. Re2 Qc1+ 43. Kf3 Rd4 44. Qe3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 g6 46. Rgg2 g5 0-1
Boris Spassky - Enrico Paoli
Dortmund 1973.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h5 g5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Bc2 e5 15. Kb1 exd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qa5 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. g3 Ke6 29. f4 g4 30. Qd4 Qe1+ 31. Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 Qe2+ 34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 a5 36. Kc3 Kd5 37. b4 axb4+ 38. Kxb4 b6 39. b3 Ke6 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. b4 Ke6 1/2-1/2
E Bozzali - Enrico Paoli
21st Bratto Open 2001.
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. c3 Nf8 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 Bc6 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 13. O-O-O a4 14. Rdg1 Ra5 15. h4 Bb5 16. h5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. g5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxg5 21. f4 Bh6 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Qc2 c5 24. Rh4 Kh8 25. Rhg4 Rg8 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 h6 28. R5g3 Qe7 29. Qg2 f5 30. c4 dxc4 31. Rg6 Raa8 32. Qc2 a3 33. Qxc4 axb2+ 34. Kxb2 Ra6 35. R1g2 Rb6+ 36. Kc1 Qh4 37. R6g3 Qxh5 38. e4 fxe4 39. Qxe4 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Rb1 42. Re2 Qc1+ 43. Kf3 Rd4 44. Qe3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 g6 46. Rgg2 g5 0-1
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Exclusive Interview: Mr.Bessel Kok
On the middle of November Mr. Bessel Kok and Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici have announced the candidature for the posts of President and Deputy President of FIDE (The World Chess Federation) at the forthcoming elections in Turin in May 2006. For now, the campaign has open support of Dutch, Turkish, Czech, Maltese and Slovak Chess Federations and several top Grandmasters including Judith Polgar and Yasser Seirawan.
With the big help of Mr.Geoffrey Borg, we have arranged an interview with Mr.Bessel Kok for the members of WCN internet chess club.
Q: Greetings Mr. Kok. As a start, please tell us what were your motives to join the race for Presidency of FIDE.
A: For the following reasons:
- The decreasing lack of success that FIDE has had to attract public interest and corporate sponsors to the Chess World.
- To basically work again on a golden opportunity to reunify the Chess World after my efforts in Prague.
- The growing frustration of several hard working FIDE delegates with the slow pace in the changes that FIDE needs to become a modern sports Federation.
- The fact that I am semi-retired and have more time.
Q: What will be your first step if you get elected?
A: To create a structure, based on meritocracy, which allows professional experienced people to work on worldwide corporate sponsorship programs.
Q: Why are you the best candidate?
A: Because I have more than 20 years experience in the World of Chess, an excellent relationship with the leading Grandmasters, I have organized major tournaments and can combine all of this with vast business experience.
Q: You already have the support of famous Grandmasters like Yasser Seirawan, Jan Timman and Judith Polgar. Do you expect more of them to take your side? What can you "offer" to the World's top players?
A: Yes, You will see over the next few months through our website and press releases, our full campaign support unfolding.
Q: Can you tell us something about your relations with ACP (Association of Chess Professionals)?
A: The ACP was a courageous initiative. It is different from the GMA which had built its own professional chess cycle to justify its role at the time. (The GMA World Cup had GM Lubos Kavalek as its’ Director). Obviously the ACP was lacking funds to do the same and whilst it has successfully organised a number of events, its role has been different and aimed at trying to get the FIDE administration to communicate with top players. I respect what they achieved.
Q: Now a few questions which are of the biggest interest for WorldChessNetwork members. One of your key objectives is "To achieve consistent, long-term success in the game through player development at every level, with particular focus on chess in schools". What is the best way to support and promote scholastic chess? How can you help National Federations to enlarge their players base?
A: The best way to promote scholastic chess is to combine two unique tools we have available today in the world of chess :
- Grandmasters and Professional trainers
- The Internet and chess training programs
I strongly believe that a commercially sponsored Chess in School program with Grandmasters or professional trainers as tutors, and managed by a competent Project Director, is a serious opportunity. It allows professional grandmasters to have a post-career activity, gives schools a new educational tool, and allows the national sponsor to have his brand name linked to a brain game without violence. One can see the massive success that my associate, Ali Nihat Yazici has achieved in such a short time in Turkey through hard work and perseverance.
Q: "To actively support the continued development of chess through the internet as a broadcast medium and instructional platform". We already have the situation that thousands of people are following live internet broadcasts of the major events. Recent the US Chess League was played over the online server. Do you think it would be possible to play real tournaments with long time controls over the internet? What would be the reaction of sponsors?
A: I tried to launch a Worldwide Internet competition several years ago and was not successful. Although I had found sponsors, the critical mass was not big enough to fully satisfy them. Further more, the cheating problem had not yet been totally resolved. However we were probably a bit early and with the new technology today in place on several chess servers, I do believe this type of Chess could rapidly develop.
As bandwidth capacity continues to increase and become more affordable all over the world, we will have a mega revolution in the opportunities that internet will offer us. The team has a large number of ideas and the enthusiasm is certainly not lacking!
I think that sponsors would still be very interested in long time controls since there are so much value adding ideas one could have through the internet. What have we gained with a faster time control which brings an average game down to around four hours ? Has this made the game more attractive to sponsors ? The level of the game has declined; we have more errors and players making draws in the World Cup simply to play a rapid tie-break.
Q: What do you think about the current World Championship Cycle? Should the format be changed?
A: To be honest, after the Prague agreement was not implemented, I feared the worst would happen in the chess world. However, taking this into account, the formula in San Luis was not bad. This tournament formula for a World Title is not new. John Nunn, who I respect a lot already, suggested something similar earlier this year, and even Botvinnik once recommended it to me, since he always fondly remembered his World Championship title in 1948.
Still my proposal would be to encourage the creation of a WCC Advisory Council, made up of GMs and other professional organisers, who would work out proposals for an acceptable format to be approved by a future FIDE General Assembly.
This working method was adopted also in the GMA and resulted in successful cycle and tournament rules being implemented. This is much in line also with the practices of professional associations such as the ATP.
Q: Chess fans are arguing who is the current World Chess Champion. Can you unify the Title?
A: Let me make one thing clear. FIDE, and especially the FIDE president, has a clear responsibility to act as a facilitator to unify, once and for all, the world chess title and to give it back its undisputed credibility. In Prague I took the initiative together with members of my present team to facilitate the unification process. The Prague agreement, if really supported by the present FIDE presidency and bureau, could have easily led to the unification of the World title, which is so essential for the good of chess.
However matches between Kasparov and two different FIDE champions, which could have lead to a unification match with Kramnik, have consistently been undermined or cancelled. Even a match between Topalov and Kramnik is clearly, to say the least, not a priority for the present FIDE administration.
I will do everything I can within my power and capabilities to get us back on track. I am very confident that I will succeed to give the chess world one championship title and thus one sole champion thus reinstating its unique position, its credibility and thereby also the media attention and respect it fully deserves. In order to do that, I will listen again to all parties concerned and act taking into account the present situation, but keeping in mind in the broad positive spirit of the agreement reached in Prague 4 years ago.
So, in summary I believe that FIDE should act as a body that serves the sport not dominates it. We should listen, decide and implement. Not decide, implement and then listen afterwards to the complaints!
Thank you for your time Mr.Kok
With the big help of Mr.Geoffrey Borg, we have arranged an interview with Mr.Bessel Kok for the members of WCN internet chess club.
Q: Greetings Mr. Kok. As a start, please tell us what were your motives to join the race for Presidency of FIDE.
A: For the following reasons:
- The decreasing lack of success that FIDE has had to attract public interest and corporate sponsors to the Chess World.
- To basically work again on a golden opportunity to reunify the Chess World after my efforts in Prague.
- The growing frustration of several hard working FIDE delegates with the slow pace in the changes that FIDE needs to become a modern sports Federation.
- The fact that I am semi-retired and have more time.
Q: What will be your first step if you get elected?
A: To create a structure, based on meritocracy, which allows professional experienced people to work on worldwide corporate sponsorship programs.
Q: Why are you the best candidate?
A: Because I have more than 20 years experience in the World of Chess, an excellent relationship with the leading Grandmasters, I have organized major tournaments and can combine all of this with vast business experience.
Q: You already have the support of famous Grandmasters like Yasser Seirawan, Jan Timman and Judith Polgar. Do you expect more of them to take your side? What can you "offer" to the World's top players?
A: Yes, You will see over the next few months through our website and press releases, our full campaign support unfolding.
Q: Can you tell us something about your relations with ACP (Association of Chess Professionals)?
A: The ACP was a courageous initiative. It is different from the GMA which had built its own professional chess cycle to justify its role at the time. (The GMA World Cup had GM Lubos Kavalek as its’ Director). Obviously the ACP was lacking funds to do the same and whilst it has successfully organised a number of events, its role has been different and aimed at trying to get the FIDE administration to communicate with top players. I respect what they achieved.
Q: Now a few questions which are of the biggest interest for WorldChessNetwork members. One of your key objectives is "To achieve consistent, long-term success in the game through player development at every level, with particular focus on chess in schools". What is the best way to support and promote scholastic chess? How can you help National Federations to enlarge their players base?
A: The best way to promote scholastic chess is to combine two unique tools we have available today in the world of chess :
- Grandmasters and Professional trainers
- The Internet and chess training programs
I strongly believe that a commercially sponsored Chess in School program with Grandmasters or professional trainers as tutors, and managed by a competent Project Director, is a serious opportunity. It allows professional grandmasters to have a post-career activity, gives schools a new educational tool, and allows the national sponsor to have his brand name linked to a brain game without violence. One can see the massive success that my associate, Ali Nihat Yazici has achieved in such a short time in Turkey through hard work and perseverance.
Q: "To actively support the continued development of chess through the internet as a broadcast medium and instructional platform". We already have the situation that thousands of people are following live internet broadcasts of the major events. Recent the US Chess League was played over the online server. Do you think it would be possible to play real tournaments with long time controls over the internet? What would be the reaction of sponsors?
A: I tried to launch a Worldwide Internet competition several years ago and was not successful. Although I had found sponsors, the critical mass was not big enough to fully satisfy them. Further more, the cheating problem had not yet been totally resolved. However we were probably a bit early and with the new technology today in place on several chess servers, I do believe this type of Chess could rapidly develop.
As bandwidth capacity continues to increase and become more affordable all over the world, we will have a mega revolution in the opportunities that internet will offer us. The team has a large number of ideas and the enthusiasm is certainly not lacking!
I think that sponsors would still be very interested in long time controls since there are so much value adding ideas one could have through the internet. What have we gained with a faster time control which brings an average game down to around four hours ? Has this made the game more attractive to sponsors ? The level of the game has declined; we have more errors and players making draws in the World Cup simply to play a rapid tie-break.
Q: What do you think about the current World Championship Cycle? Should the format be changed?
A: To be honest, after the Prague agreement was not implemented, I feared the worst would happen in the chess world. However, taking this into account, the formula in San Luis was not bad. This tournament formula for a World Title is not new. John Nunn, who I respect a lot already, suggested something similar earlier this year, and even Botvinnik once recommended it to me, since he always fondly remembered his World Championship title in 1948.
Still my proposal would be to encourage the creation of a WCC Advisory Council, made up of GMs and other professional organisers, who would work out proposals for an acceptable format to be approved by a future FIDE General Assembly.
This working method was adopted also in the GMA and resulted in successful cycle and tournament rules being implemented. This is much in line also with the practices of professional associations such as the ATP.
Q: Chess fans are arguing who is the current World Chess Champion. Can you unify the Title?
A: Let me make one thing clear. FIDE, and especially the FIDE president, has a clear responsibility to act as a facilitator to unify, once and for all, the world chess title and to give it back its undisputed credibility. In Prague I took the initiative together with members of my present team to facilitate the unification process. The Prague agreement, if really supported by the present FIDE presidency and bureau, could have easily led to the unification of the World title, which is so essential for the good of chess.
However matches between Kasparov and two different FIDE champions, which could have lead to a unification match with Kramnik, have consistently been undermined or cancelled. Even a match between Topalov and Kramnik is clearly, to say the least, not a priority for the present FIDE administration.
I will do everything I can within my power and capabilities to get us back on track. I am very confident that I will succeed to give the chess world one championship title and thus one sole champion thus reinstating its unique position, its credibility and thereby also the media attention and respect it fully deserves. In order to do that, I will listen again to all parties concerned and act taking into account the present situation, but keeping in mind in the broad positive spirit of the agreement reached in Prague 4 years ago.
So, in summary I believe that FIDE should act as a body that serves the sport not dominates it. We should listen, decide and implement. Not decide, implement and then listen afterwards to the complaints!
Thank you for your time Mr.Kok
Dallas tournament - Round 9
Few people from Croatia have visited this blog in search for more info about Dallas tournament and IM Davorin Kuljasevic performance. I am also very interested about the results as two of my good friends are playing there. However, the only source I have found is official site and there are no games available.
Standings after 9th round:
1. IM Magesh Panchanathan (2530) 7 points
2. IM Dmitry Schneider (2519) 5,5
3-4. GM Alexander Goldin (2647) and IM Davorin Kuljasevic (2423) 5
5-7. GM Varuzhan Akobian (2670), GM Igor Novikov (2670) and IM Petar Vavrak (2471) 4,5
8-10. IM Marko Zivanic (2578), FM John Bartholomew (2446) and IM Drasko Boskovic (2485) 4
11. IM Amon Simutowe (2478) 3
12. Michal Kujovic (2341) 2,5
Standings after 9th round:
1. IM Magesh Panchanathan (2530) 7 points
2. IM Dmitry Schneider (2519) 5,5
3-4. GM Alexander Goldin (2647) and IM Davorin Kuljasevic (2423) 5
5-7. GM Varuzhan Akobian (2670), GM Igor Novikov (2670) and IM Petar Vavrak (2471) 4,5
8-10. IM Marko Zivanic (2578), FM John Bartholomew (2446) and IM Drasko Boskovic (2485) 4
11. IM Amon Simutowe (2478) 3
12. Michal Kujovic (2341) 2,5
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Joel is leaving chess?
Please note that that I am one of those people who say goodbye for too long but do not leave. That means I am not ready, for example like Kasparov, to make a final announcement about the end of my chess career. I am going to play recent years from time to time (several tournaments a year), but the same time I will spend most of the time doing other things. I'm interested in many things beyond chess.
I have just posted a very interesting game that he played against Robert Markus. During the press conference in Khanty Mansyisk, Joel Lautier announced his intention to withdraw from playing halls. He wants to dedicate more of his time to business, chess events organization and other things.
On the same occasion, Joel spoke about Etienne Bacrot, Vladimir Kramnik, Siberia and his meeting with Bobby Fischer.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Joel Lautier - Robert Markus
This game was played earlier this year at the 15th European Team Championship. GM Alex Finkel annotated the game for "Chess Chronicle" magazine and the owner gave his permission to be posted here.
Joel Lautier (2672)
Robert Markus (2591)
[E15] - 15th ETC Gothenburg SWE
Comments by GM Alex Finkel
This is a very short, but a very eventful game with a lot of interesting variations.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 d5 [7...c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qc7 16.Re1 Be7= Van Wely,L-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2005 ] 8.c5 [8.b3 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 Be7 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Bg2 0-0 13.Ne5 Rad8 Martinovic,S-Tosic,M/Pirot 2004 ;8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qc2 c5 10.a3 Rc8 11.dxc5 Rxc5 12.Qd1 Rc8 13.e4 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nf6= Riazantsev,A-Mchedlishvili,M Dubai 2005 ] This move is a novelty, but hardly a good one. 8...c6?! [8...Be7 9.e3?! Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Qd7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 d4 14.exd4 Qc6 Van Wely,L-Hracek,Z/Germany 2004] 9.b4 Nc4 [9...Nb7?!] 10.Nxc4 dxc4!?
Of course it's more natural to take on c4 with the bishop, but it also doesn't promise black an easy life. [10...Bxc4 11.Ne5 a5 12.Nxc4 (12.Nxc6? Qc8 13.Ne5 axb4 14.Qxb4 bxc5) 12...axb4 13.Qxb4 bxc5 (13...dxc4 14.Qxb6 Qxb6 15.cxb6 Bb4+ 16.Kd1 Ng4 17.Kc2 Nxf2 18.Rg1) 14.Qb7 (14.dxc5 dxc4 15.Bg2 Nd5 16.Qb7 Qa5+ 17.Bd2 Qa4) 14...dxc4 15.Bg2 Rc8 16.Bxc6+ Nd7 17.d5±] 11.Qc2 [11.Bg2!? Nd5 12.Qb2 bxc5 13.bxc5! (13.dxc5 c3 14.Qa3 Bb5 15.e4 Nf6 16.Qxc3 Nxe4 17.Qd4) 13...Qa5+ 14.Qd2 c3 15.Qd1 Rd8 16.0-0] 11...Nd5 12.Bd2 Qf6 13.Rc1! White's position is strategically winning. All he has to do is to pay attention to the tactics. [13.Bg2 bxc5 14.bxc5 Bxc5 15.0-0 Bxd4 (15...Bb6 16.e4 Nc7 17.Bg5 Qg6 18.Bf4±) 16.Bg5 Bxa1 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e4] 13...Be7 14.Bg2 Qg6 15.Ne5?! [More in the spirit of the position was 15.e4! c3 A)16.Ne5 cxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Qh5 (17...Qh6 18.Qxh6 gxh6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.a4±) 18.exd5 cxd5 19.h4±; B) 16.Bxc3!? 16...Nf4 (16...Nxc3?! 17.Ne5! Qh5 18.Bf3±) 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Qh5 19.Ng1± and white is just a pawn up.] 15...Qc2 16.Rxc2 Bf6
17.Nxc6? A mistake giving away a major part of white's advantage. [17.e4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne7 19.Be3 b5 20.Ke2±] 17...Kd7 18.a4?! I guess white was counting on this
move, but it leads to black's advantage. [18.Ne5+ Bxe5 19.dxe5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rab8] 18...Kxc6 19.b5+ Bxb5 20.axb5+ Kxb5 21.e4
The is the crucial moment in the game. With his next move black throws away a game,
blundering his king into a mating net, while after the correct 21...B:d4! white would be the one who has to fight for survival. 21...Nc7?? [21...Bxd4! 22.exd5 Kxc5
23.dxe6 Rae8 24.Bh3 fxe6] 22.e5 Be7 23.Rb2+ [23.Rb2+ Ka4 24.Ke2 Ka3 25.Bc3] 1-0
Joel Lautier (2672)
Robert Markus (2591)
[E15] - 15th ETC Gothenburg SWE
Comments by GM Alex Finkel
This is a very short, but a very eventful game with a lot of interesting variations.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 d5 [7...c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qc7 16.Re1 Be7= Van Wely,L-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2005 ] 8.c5 [8.b3 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 Be7 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Bg2 0-0 13.Ne5 Rad8 Martinovic,S-Tosic,M/Pirot 2004 ;8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qc2 c5 10.a3 Rc8 11.dxc5 Rxc5 12.Qd1 Rc8 13.e4 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nf6= Riazantsev,A-Mchedlishvili,M Dubai 2005 ] This move is a novelty, but hardly a good one. 8...c6?! [8...Be7 9.e3?! Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Qd7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 d4 14.exd4 Qc6 Van Wely,L-Hracek,Z/Germany 2004] 9.b4 Nc4 [9...Nb7?!] 10.Nxc4 dxc4!?
Of course it's more natural to take on c4 with the bishop, but it also doesn't promise black an easy life. [10...Bxc4 11.Ne5 a5 12.Nxc4 (12.Nxc6? Qc8 13.Ne5 axb4 14.Qxb4 bxc5) 12...axb4 13.Qxb4 bxc5 (13...dxc4 14.Qxb6 Qxb6 15.cxb6 Bb4+ 16.Kd1 Ng4 17.Kc2 Nxf2 18.Rg1) 14.Qb7 (14.dxc5 dxc4 15.Bg2 Nd5 16.Qb7 Qa5+ 17.Bd2 Qa4) 14...dxc4 15.Bg2 Rc8 16.Bxc6+ Nd7 17.d5±] 11.Qc2 [11.Bg2!? Nd5 12.Qb2 bxc5 13.bxc5! (13.dxc5 c3 14.Qa3 Bb5 15.e4 Nf6 16.Qxc3 Nxe4 17.Qd4) 13...Qa5+ 14.Qd2 c3 15.Qd1 Rd8 16.0-0] 11...Nd5 12.Bd2 Qf6 13.Rc1! White's position is strategically winning. All he has to do is to pay attention to the tactics. [13.Bg2 bxc5 14.bxc5 Bxc5 15.0-0 Bxd4 (15...Bb6 16.e4 Nc7 17.Bg5 Qg6 18.Bf4±) 16.Bg5 Bxa1 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e4] 13...Be7 14.Bg2 Qg6 15.Ne5?! [More in the spirit of the position was 15.e4! c3 A)16.Ne5 cxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Qh5 (17...Qh6 18.Qxh6 gxh6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.a4±) 18.exd5 cxd5 19.h4±; B) 16.Bxc3!? 16...Nf4 (16...Nxc3?! 17.Ne5! Qh5 18.Bf3±) 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Qh5 19.Ng1± and white is just a pawn up.] 15...Qc2 16.Rxc2 Bf6
17.Nxc6? A mistake giving away a major part of white's advantage. [17.e4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne7 19.Be3 b5 20.Ke2±] 17...Kd7 18.a4?! I guess white was counting on this
move, but it leads to black's advantage. [18.Ne5+ Bxe5 19.dxe5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rab8] 18...Kxc6 19.b5+ Bxb5 20.axb5+ Kxb5 21.e4
The is the crucial moment in the game. With his next move black throws away a game,
blundering his king into a mating net, while after the correct 21...B:d4! white would be the one who has to fight for survival. 21...Nc7?? [21...Bxd4! 22.exd5 Kxc5
23.dxe6 Rae8 24.Bh3 fxe6] 22.e5 Be7 23.Rb2+ [23.Rb2+ Ka4 24.Ke2 Ka3 25.Bc3] 1-0
Subotica 2005
9th Mirko Srajber Memorial was held in Subotica on 2nd-10th December. GM Nikola Sedlak was performing great to win this tournament with 2 points ahead of the competition. I remember playing him in junior events when he showed his huge talent for the first time, he beat me twice without giving me a chance. Amazing fact is that he played completely unexplored opening lines, yet he managed to win 7 games with only 4 draws.
Final standings:
1. GM Nikola Sedlak (SCG 2512) 9 points out of 11 rounds
2. IM Danilo Milanovic (SCG 2464) 7
3. IM Dalibor Stojanovic (SCG 2459) 6,5
4-6. GM Robert Fontaine (FRA 2507), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO 2512) and IM Constantin Lupulescu (ROM 2528) 6
7-8. IM Dusan Popovic (SCG 2480) and GM Attila Czebe (HUN 2497) 5,5
9. IM Matthieu Cornette (FRA 2418) 5
10. IM Misa Pap (SCG 2399) 4
11. FM Boban Bogosavljevic (SCG 2325) 3
12. Balind Nadj Hedjesi (SCG 2378) 2,5
GM Nikola Sedlak - GM Attila Czebe
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Qxb2 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qxc4 Ne4 10. Qb5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 a6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bg3 Qf6 14. Qf3 Qg6 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxe4 Qf1+ 18. Be1 exd4 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. exd4 O-O 21. d5 Na5 22. Rb1 Qc5 23. Ngf3 Bf6 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Rfe8 26. Qc2 Qxd5+ 27. Bd2 b5 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Re8+ 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qf2 33. Rb1 Re2 34. Rg1 h6 35. Qd1 Re7 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Qe2 Qa7 1-0
GM Attila Czebe - GM Robert Fontaine
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Bd5 g5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Rde8 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 g4 21. Qf1 Re3 22. a4 Rhe8 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. c4 Bd7 25. Qg1 Bf5 26. Rxa6 Kd7 27. Ra1 Qxb2 28. c5 dxc5 29. Nf3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Qxc5+ Kf6 33. Rg1 Be4 34. d6 Rxg2 0-1
GM Miso Cebalo - IM Matthieu Cornette
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. h4 Na6 8. Bh3 Bxh3 9. Nxh3 Qd7 10. Kf1 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rab8 13. Bd2 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Na4 Rb7 16. Qe2 Rb3 17. Kg2 Nfe8 18. Qd1 Rb7 19. Qc2 g6 20. h5 Ng7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f3 Nce8 23. Nc3 Rb6 24. Nd1 Nf6 25. Ndf2 Qb7 26. Nd3 Nfh5 27. Bc3 Qd7 28. Qd2 Rb7 29. Nhf2 Qd8 30. Nh3 Qe8 31. Qh6 Bd8 32. Raf1 Rbf7 33. Rf2 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Nh5+ 35. Kh2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Nhf4 Bh4 38. Kg2 Rg3+ 39. Kf1 Bg5 40. Rxh5 Bxh6 41. Rxh6 Rxd3 0-1
IM Danilo Milanovic - IM Misa Pap
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. b3 Qa6 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 d5 17. Re1 h6 18. Nh3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxd7 Rf7 22. Qd1 e3 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Rb2 Raf8 26. Rbe2 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Bg7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Re4 g5 32. Nh3 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. Nf2 Kg7 36. Ng4 Qc6 37. Nxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Qe5 Kf7 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ 1-0
FM Boban Bogosavljevic - GM Nikola Sedlak
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5 9. c5 Qa5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qa3 12. Nxd6 Qxc5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. e3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Qa5 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qf8 23. Rce1 Nd7 24. Re7 Re8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Bf1 Qe7 28. Qf4 b5 29. Na5 Ne5 30. Bg2 Qd8 31. b4 c5 32. h3 c4 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. Bxc6 c3 35. Be4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 c2 0-1
GM Nikola Sedlak - IM Misa Pap
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Qd2 h5 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Kf8 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O Nh7 16. Nxh7+ Rxh7 17. c3 Rb8 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Ne3 Rh8 20. Bg5 Kg8 21. f4 Nd7 22. f5 Ne5 23. Rf2 Kh7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Bf4 Nd7 26. Qc2 bxc3 27. bxc3 c4 28. Nxc4 Qc7 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qe2 Nxe4 31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxe4 Bf5 33. Qe2 Bg4 34. Qa2 Qc5 35. Be3 Qxd5 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. Nxa5 Bf5 39. Nc6 Rc8 40. Nd4 Bg4 41. Bd3 Qd5 42. Nf3 1-0
Final standings:
1. GM Nikola Sedlak (SCG 2512) 9 points out of 11 rounds
2. IM Danilo Milanovic (SCG 2464) 7
3. IM Dalibor Stojanovic (SCG 2459) 6,5
4-6. GM Robert Fontaine (FRA 2507), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO 2512) and IM Constantin Lupulescu (ROM 2528) 6
7-8. IM Dusan Popovic (SCG 2480) and GM Attila Czebe (HUN 2497) 5,5
9. IM Matthieu Cornette (FRA 2418) 5
10. IM Misa Pap (SCG 2399) 4
11. FM Boban Bogosavljevic (SCG 2325) 3
12. Balind Nadj Hedjesi (SCG 2378) 2,5
GM Nikola Sedlak - GM Attila Czebe
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Qxb2 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qxc4 Ne4 10. Qb5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 a6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bg3 Qf6 14. Qf3 Qg6 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxe4 Qf1+ 18. Be1 exd4 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. exd4 O-O 21. d5 Na5 22. Rb1 Qc5 23. Ngf3 Bf6 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Rfe8 26. Qc2 Qxd5+ 27. Bd2 b5 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Re8+ 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qf2 33. Rb1 Re2 34. Rg1 h6 35. Qd1 Re7 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Qe2 Qa7 1-0
GM Attila Czebe - GM Robert Fontaine
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Bd5 g5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Rde8 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 g4 21. Qf1 Re3 22. a4 Rhe8 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. c4 Bd7 25. Qg1 Bf5 26. Rxa6 Kd7 27. Ra1 Qxb2 28. c5 dxc5 29. Nf3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Qxc5+ Kf6 33. Rg1 Be4 34. d6 Rxg2 0-1
GM Miso Cebalo - IM Matthieu Cornette
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. h4 Na6 8. Bh3 Bxh3 9. Nxh3 Qd7 10. Kf1 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rab8 13. Bd2 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Na4 Rb7 16. Qe2 Rb3 17. Kg2 Nfe8 18. Qd1 Rb7 19. Qc2 g6 20. h5 Ng7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f3 Nce8 23. Nc3 Rb6 24. Nd1 Nf6 25. Ndf2 Qb7 26. Nd3 Nfh5 27. Bc3 Qd7 28. Qd2 Rb7 29. Nhf2 Qd8 30. Nh3 Qe8 31. Qh6 Bd8 32. Raf1 Rbf7 33. Rf2 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Nh5+ 35. Kh2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Nhf4 Bh4 38. Kg2 Rg3+ 39. Kf1 Bg5 40. Rxh5 Bxh6 41. Rxh6 Rxd3 0-1
IM Danilo Milanovic - IM Misa Pap
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. b3 Qa6 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 d5 17. Re1 h6 18. Nh3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxd7 Rf7 22. Qd1 e3 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Rb2 Raf8 26. Rbe2 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Bg7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Re4 g5 32. Nh3 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. Nf2 Kg7 36. Ng4 Qc6 37. Nxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Qe5 Kf7 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ 1-0
FM Boban Bogosavljevic - GM Nikola Sedlak
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5 9. c5 Qa5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qa3 12. Nxd6 Qxc5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. e3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Qa5 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qf8 23. Rce1 Nd7 24. Re7 Re8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Bf1 Qe7 28. Qf4 b5 29. Na5 Ne5 30. Bg2 Qd8 31. b4 c5 32. h3 c4 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. Bxc6 c3 35. Be4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 c2 0-1
GM Nikola Sedlak - IM Misa Pap
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Qd2 h5 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Kf8 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O Nh7 16. Nxh7+ Rxh7 17. c3 Rb8 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Ne3 Rh8 20. Bg5 Kg8 21. f4 Nd7 22. f5 Ne5 23. Rf2 Kh7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Bf4 Nd7 26. Qc2 bxc3 27. bxc3 c4 28. Nxc4 Qc7 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qe2 Nxe4 31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxe4 Bf5 33. Qe2 Bg4 34. Qa2 Qc5 35. Be3 Qxd5 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. Nxa5 Bf5 39. Nc6 Rc8 40. Nd4 Bg4 41. Bd3 Qd5 42. Nf3 1-0
Navalmoral de la Mata
88 players have participated in this open tournament which was held on 3rd-7th December.
Final standings:
1-3. GM Vasil Spasov (BUL 2564), GM Oleg Korneev (RUS 2599) and IM Ibragim Khamrakulov (ESP 2508) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
4-9. GM Kiril Georgiev (BUL 2648), GM Atanas Kolev (BUL 2555), GM Juan Borges Mateos (CUB 2453), IM Vladimir Petkov (BUL 2529), GM Aleksa Strikovic (SCG 2489) and GM Ruslan Pogorelov (UKR 2435) with 7 points each
Final standings:
1-3. GM Vasil Spasov (BUL 2564), GM Oleg Korneev (RUS 2599) and IM Ibragim Khamrakulov (ESP 2508) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
4-9. GM Kiril Georgiev (BUL 2648), GM Atanas Kolev (BUL 2555), GM Juan Borges Mateos (CUB 2453), IM Vladimir Petkov (BUL 2529), GM Aleksa Strikovic (SCG 2489) and GM Ruslan Pogorelov (UKR 2435) with 7 points each
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Dana Almonky
My friend and WCN senior helper Leninovitski Almonky from Dominican Republic has become father. Little girl's name is Dana. Congratulations to proud parents :-)
Saturday, December 10, 2005
5th Round of World Chess Cup
Alexander Grischuk has tied up against Boris Gelfand. Ponomariov, Bacrot and Aronian have qualified for the semifinal. This now makes it exclusive 2700 club :-)
Magnus Carlsen is probably playing his best tournament ever. In a group which is fighting for 9-16th place he beat famous French GM Joel Lautier. Gata Kamsky has eliminated Konstantin Sakaev, while Vladimir Malakhov beat Alexei Dreev. Van Wely and Vallejo Pons will play a tiebreak.
Gata Kamsky 2690 - Konstantin Sakaev 2668
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Ned4 a4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. N3d4 Nc5 19. g4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 O-O 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rc8 24. Qh3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc5 26. Ka1 Bd8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxc4 32. Nd6 Rb4 33. Qf3 a3 34. b3 Ra7 35. Nc6 Qg5 36. Ne4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Rd7 1-0
Etienne Bacrot 2725 - Sergei Rublevsky 2652
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. c3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. f4 a5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Bxb6+ 20. Kf1 cxb5 21. Bxb5+ Bd7 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. c4 Ba7 24. Ba6 Bc6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Kd7 28. Rc1 gxf5 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Bf4 Bd4 31. Bxf5+ Kc7 32. e6+ Kb6 33. Rb1+ Kc5 34. exf7 Rf8 35. Rc1+ Kb6 36. Be6 Bc5 37. Bh6 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Bb4+ 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Rc8 1-0
Joel Latier 2680 - Magnus Carlsen 2570
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. a4 h6 22. a5 Nh7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 Nf8 25. Rda1 Rcc8 26. Rb3 N8g6 27. Rxb6 Nh4 28. Ra3 Nf5 29. c5 e5 30. Ba6 Nxd4 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Bd3 g5 35. Be4 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Ba3 f5 38. Ba8 Kf6 39. Bc5 Rb5 40. Bd6 Ke6 41. Bf8 Rb8 42. Bc5 Rb2 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Rd1 h5 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Bb6 Kg6 50. Bb7 Rb2 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. Ba6 Kf6 53. Bc4 Ke5 54. Re1+ Kd6 55. Rd1 Kc5 56. Ba6 Kd5 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bb5 Kc5 59. Bd7 d3 60. Bxf5 Kd4 61. Rb1 Re2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Bc2 Re5 64. Rd1 Kc3 65. Be4 Rxe4 66. fxe4 Kc2 0-1
Magnus Carlsen is probably playing his best tournament ever. In a group which is fighting for 9-16th place he beat famous French GM Joel Lautier. Gata Kamsky has eliminated Konstantin Sakaev, while Vladimir Malakhov beat Alexei Dreev. Van Wely and Vallejo Pons will play a tiebreak.
Gata Kamsky 2690 - Konstantin Sakaev 2668
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Ned4 a4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. N3d4 Nc5 19. g4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 O-O 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rc8 24. Qh3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc5 26. Ka1 Bd8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxc4 32. Nd6 Rb4 33. Qf3 a3 34. b3 Ra7 35. Nc6 Qg5 36. Ne4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Rd7 1-0
Etienne Bacrot 2725 - Sergei Rublevsky 2652
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. c3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. f4 a5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Bxb6+ 20. Kf1 cxb5 21. Bxb5+ Bd7 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. c4 Ba7 24. Ba6 Bc6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Kd7 28. Rc1 gxf5 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Bf4 Bd4 31. Bxf5+ Kc7 32. e6+ Kb6 33. Rb1+ Kc5 34. exf7 Rf8 35. Rc1+ Kb6 36. Be6 Bc5 37. Bh6 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Bb4+ 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Rc8 1-0
Joel Latier 2680 - Magnus Carlsen 2570
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. a4 h6 22. a5 Nh7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 Nf8 25. Rda1 Rcc8 26. Rb3 N8g6 27. Rxb6 Nh4 28. Ra3 Nf5 29. c5 e5 30. Ba6 Nxd4 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Bd3 g5 35. Be4 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Ba3 f5 38. Ba8 Kf6 39. Bc5 Rb5 40. Bd6 Ke6 41. Bf8 Rb8 42. Bc5 Rb2 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Rd1 h5 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Bb6 Kg6 50. Bb7 Rb2 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. Ba6 Kf6 53. Bc4 Ke5 54. Re1+ Kd6 55. Rd1 Kc5 56. Ba6 Kd5 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bb5 Kc5 59. Bd7 d3 60. Bxf5 Kd4 61. Rb1 Re2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Bc2 Re5 64. Rd1 Kc3 65. Be4 Rxe4 66. fxe4 Kc2 0-1
Dallas Report
After 3 rounds have been played in UTD Grandmaster Invitational Tournament, IM Dmitry Schneider (2519) and GM Igor Novikov (2665) are leading the race with 2,5 points each. I have failed fo find any games on the net.
Friday, December 09, 2005
New Chess DVD's
My friends Bruce Warner and Luba Danilova have launched a new website for chess study. They have prepared two DVD volumes, one of tactics, and the other one is on chess fundamentals.
The site also has Chess For Fun, Lesson of the Month, Pawn Page and Biography of the Month sections.
The site also has Chess For Fun, Lesson of the Month, Pawn Page and Biography of the Month sections.
Gold, Silver and Free Chess
World Chess Network has launched a new software version. The most important upgrade are Multiple Ratings. Considering the old system as one of its biggest weaknesses (because of inflation with 1-minute games), WCN now has four ratings: main (overall), bullet, blitz and standard.
Another attractive improvement is new Guest Plan. All guests will now have player name and be able to play unlimited unrated games for free. There is no "expiration" and besides, on special "Gold For A Day", all members will get most of Gold Member privileges.
Another attractive improvement is new Guest Plan. All guests will now have player name and be able to play unlimited unrated games for free. There is no "expiration" and besides, on special "Gold For A Day", all members will get most of Gold Member privileges.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
UTD Grandmaster Invitational Tournament
The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) is organizing chess tournament on 6th-14th December. We have results of the 1st round (ratings are USCF):
GM Alexander Goldin (2648) - GM Varuzhan Akobian (2653) 1-0
IM Davorin Kuljasevic (2423) - IM Dmitry Schneider (2509) 0-1
FM John Bartholomew (2430) - Michal Kujovic (2337) 1-0
IM Peter Vavrak (2461) - IM Magesh Panchanathan (2499) 1-0
IM Marko Zivanic (2546) - GM Igor Novikov (2665) 0-1
IM Amon Simutowe (2478) - IM Drasko Boskovic (2509) 0-1
GM Alexander Goldin (2648) - GM Varuzhan Akobian (2653) 1-0
IM Davorin Kuljasevic (2423) - IM Dmitry Schneider (2509) 0-1
FM John Bartholomew (2430) - Michal Kujovic (2337) 1-0
IM Peter Vavrak (2461) - IM Magesh Panchanathan (2499) 1-0
IM Marko Zivanic (2546) - GM Igor Novikov (2665) 0-1
IM Amon Simutowe (2478) - IM Drasko Boskovic (2509) 0-1
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
4th Round of World Chess Cup
Gata Kamsky has been eliminated by Alexander Grischuk. Anyway, chess community is delighted to see him playing again in top events. Next tourney for Gata will be Corus 2006. Good luck!
Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Gata Kamsky (2690) 1,5-0,5
Ruslan Ponomariov (2704) - Loek Van Wely (2648) 2-0
Sergei Rublevsky (2652) - Konstantin Sakaev (2668) 1,5-0,5
Other matches were tied and playoffs are scheduled for tomorrow.
Alexander Grischuk - Gata Kamsky
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 h6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc8 14. c3 Nd8 15. d4 Bf6 16. Nh2 exd4 17. Ng4 Bg5 18. cxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Kf8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qe3 f6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. h4 Nf7 25. Qe6 Rd8 26. h5 f5 27. Nf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Re8 29. Re6 Qd8 30. Qxf5 g4 31. Rf6 Re7 32. h6 Qd7 33. Qg6 1-0
Konstantin Sakaev - Sergei Rublevsky
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 Qa5 9. h6 g6 10. Qf3 Nh5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qe2 b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 b4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. f4 dxe4 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Qxg6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nf5 Kc7 23. Bc4 e3 24. Rd4 Rxh6 25. Rxf4 Rxg6 26. Re1 Bc5 27. Nxe3 Re8 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 0-1
Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Gata Kamsky (2690) 1,5-0,5
Ruslan Ponomariov (2704) - Loek Van Wely (2648) 2-0
Sergei Rublevsky (2652) - Konstantin Sakaev (2668) 1,5-0,5
Other matches were tied and playoffs are scheduled for tomorrow.
Alexander Grischuk - Gata Kamsky
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 h6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc8 14. c3 Nd8 15. d4 Bf6 16. Nh2 exd4 17. Ng4 Bg5 18. cxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Kf8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qe3 f6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. h4 Nf7 25. Qe6 Rd8 26. h5 f5 27. Nf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Re8 29. Re6 Qd8 30. Qxf5 g4 31. Rf6 Re7 32. h6 Qd7 33. Qg6 1-0
Konstantin Sakaev - Sergei Rublevsky
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 Qa5 9. h6 g6 10. Qf3 Nh5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qe2 b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 b4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. f4 dxe4 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Qxg6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nf5 Kc7 23. Bc4 e3 24. Rd4 Rxh6 25. Rxf4 Rxg6 26. Re1 Bc5 27. Nxe3 Re8 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 0-1
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Ilan Meerovich
Ilan is 14 years old and highest rated player in Illinois for his age group, which also makes him one of the hot prospects for the future of US chess (USCF rating - 1972). He was the winner of numerous junior events and has also participated in The Internet Scholastic Chess Championship.
I know him from WCN online chess club and although he's hanging on ICC lately, we have kept good contact. The main reason why I am posting about him is that Ilan has started his own chess blog back in October. Very soon his blog has reached good quality level. Ilan is mainly posting games from junior tournaments, including his own, and last few days he's concentrated on the World Chess Cup.
Best wishes Ilan!
I know him from WCN online chess club and although he's hanging on ICC lately, we have kept good contact. The main reason why I am posting about him is that Ilan has started his own chess blog back in October. Very soon his blog has reached good quality level. Ilan is mainly posting games from junior tournaments, including his own, and last few days he's concentrated on the World Chess Cup.
Best wishes Ilan!
Monday, December 05, 2005
3rd Round of World Chess Cup - Tiebreaks
The tiebreaks were played today and the results are above. Things are heating up. Teimur Radjabov is packing his things, as well as Emil Sutovsky and one of my favourites Lazaro Bruzon. The other player I'm shouting for, Gata Kamsky, found his way to the next round after losing first rapid game. Round 4 will be played on 6th-8th December.
Magnus Carlsen (2572) - Ivan Cheparinov (2618) 3-1
Etienne Bacrot (2725) - Emil Sutovsky (2654) 3-1
Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Yuri Shulman (2565) 2,5-1,5
Boris Gelfand (2717) - Levon Pantsulaia (2578) 4-2
Sergei Rublevsky (2652) - Baadur Jobava (2601) 2,5-1,5
Loek Van Wely (2648) - Teimur Radjabov (2704) 2,5-1,5
Alexei Dreev (2694) - Pentala Harikrishna (2673) 2,5-1,5
Gata Kamsky (2690) - Ilya Smirin (2673) 3,5-2,5
Francisco Pons (2674) - Zahar Efimenko (2637) 3-1
Joel Lautier (2679) - Evgeniy Najer (2641) 3,5-2,5
Evgeny Bareev (2675) - Lazaro Bruzon (2677) 2,5-1,5
Alexander Grischuk - Yuri Shulman
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Qd6 Qf5 12. Ne5 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ne4+ 14. Kf3 Nxd6 15. Rhd1 Ke7 16. Rd2 Be8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Rxd6 fxe5 19. Ke3 h5 20. Bd8+ Kf7 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Be7 Nc7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Bd3 g6 25. Rdf2 Kh7 26. Bd6 Na6 27. Bxe5 Rg8 28. Rf7+ Bxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. Bf4+ 1-0
Magnus Carlsen - Ivan Cheparinov
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8.
Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Ra3
Qc8 15. Rb3 Rb8 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Na3 Re8 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. f5 Qd7
21. Bxa6 Qxa4 22. Bd3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 gxf5 24. Rxf5 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rf1
d5 27. exd5 Rf8 28. Rd1 Qh4 29. d6 Rf2 30. dxc7 1-0
Levon Pantsulaia - Boris Gelfand
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qh4 Rc8 11. Bh6 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Rac1 Rc5 14. Nd5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Ng5 N5f6 19. Rc4 Re8 20. Rh4 Nf8 21. Bc6 d5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Nf3 e5 24. Qc1 d4 25. e3 d3 26. Qc3 N8d7 27. Rc4 Qe6 28. e4 Nc5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Nfxe4 31. b4 d2 32. Rd4 Na4 33. Nc4 Nac3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Nxd2 Nf6 36. a3 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rd3 1-0
Round 4 pairings:
Evgeny Bareev - Magnus Carlsen
Etienne Bacrot - Joel Lautier
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Levon Aronian
Alexander Grischuk - Gata Kamsky
Alexey Dreev - Boris Gelfand
Mikhail Gurevich - Vladimir Malakhov
Konstantin Sakaev - Sergei Rublevsky
Loek Van Wely - Ruslan Ponomariov
Magnus Carlsen (2572) - Ivan Cheparinov (2618) 3-1
Etienne Bacrot (2725) - Emil Sutovsky (2654) 3-1
Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Yuri Shulman (2565) 2,5-1,5
Boris Gelfand (2717) - Levon Pantsulaia (2578) 4-2
Sergei Rublevsky (2652) - Baadur Jobava (2601) 2,5-1,5
Loek Van Wely (2648) - Teimur Radjabov (2704) 2,5-1,5
Alexei Dreev (2694) - Pentala Harikrishna (2673) 2,5-1,5
Gata Kamsky (2690) - Ilya Smirin (2673) 3,5-2,5
Francisco Pons (2674) - Zahar Efimenko (2637) 3-1
Joel Lautier (2679) - Evgeniy Najer (2641) 3,5-2,5
Evgeny Bareev (2675) - Lazaro Bruzon (2677) 2,5-1,5
Alexander Grischuk - Yuri Shulman
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Qd6 Qf5 12. Ne5 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ne4+ 14. Kf3 Nxd6 15. Rhd1 Ke7 16. Rd2 Be8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Rxd6 fxe5 19. Ke3 h5 20. Bd8+ Kf7 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Be7 Nc7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Bd3 g6 25. Rdf2 Kh7 26. Bd6 Na6 27. Bxe5 Rg8 28. Rf7+ Bxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. Bf4+ 1-0
Magnus Carlsen - Ivan Cheparinov
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8.
Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Ra3
Qc8 15. Rb3 Rb8 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Na3 Re8 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. f5 Qd7
21. Bxa6 Qxa4 22. Bd3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 gxf5 24. Rxf5 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rf1
d5 27. exd5 Rf8 28. Rd1 Qh4 29. d6 Rf2 30. dxc7 1-0
Levon Pantsulaia - Boris Gelfand
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qh4 Rc8 11. Bh6 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Rac1 Rc5 14. Nd5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Ng5 N5f6 19. Rc4 Re8 20. Rh4 Nf8 21. Bc6 d5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Nf3 e5 24. Qc1 d4 25. e3 d3 26. Qc3 N8d7 27. Rc4 Qe6 28. e4 Nc5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Nfxe4 31. b4 d2 32. Rd4 Na4 33. Nc4 Nac3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Nxd2 Nf6 36. a3 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rd3 1-0
Round 4 pairings:
Evgeny Bareev - Magnus Carlsen
Etienne Bacrot - Joel Lautier
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Levon Aronian
Alexander Grischuk - Gata Kamsky
Alexey Dreev - Boris Gelfand
Mikhail Gurevich - Vladimir Malakhov
Konstantin Sakaev - Sergei Rublevsky
Loek Van Wely - Ruslan Ponomariov
Sunday, December 04, 2005
3rd Round of World Chess Cup
The 3rd round was played on 3-4th December, and the tiebreaks are scheduled for tomorrow. Alexei Shirov lost to Mikhail Gurevich while both Dutch players Sergei Tiviakov and Ivan Sokolov were knocked off by tough Russians Konstantin Sakaev and Vladimir Malakhov. Last remaining Chinese fighter Xu Jun lost to Ruslan Ponomariov.
Evgeny Bareev and Ivan Cheparinov have managed to win their 2nd games to tie up the scores. Make sure you review Van Wely-Radjabov clash, great games. Most of the matches will be decided in playoffs.
Alexei Shirov (2710) - Mikhail Gurevich (2652)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 O-O 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rg1 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nc6 20. Rg4 Rc8 21. Ncb3 Nd8 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Rg3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a5 25. Bc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27. Kg2 Qb5 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Bb2 Ra8 31. Nf3 Nxb4 32. Nf4 Qc4 33. g6 Qc2 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxc2 Nxc2 36. Nh2 Ra4 37. Rf3 Ne1+ 0-1
Loek Van Wely (2648) - Teimur Radjabov (2704)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. b5 Nxd5 19. bxc6 Nb6 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. c5 e4 22. Rxe4 dxc5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rd1 Bd4+ 26. Rexd4 cxd4 27. e7 h6 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Rxd4 Kf7 30. Rd8 Nd7 31. Bh4 g5 32. Rxd7 Ke6 33. Bg4+ Kf6 34. Be1 Rxb7 35. Bc3+ Kg6 36. Bf3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Rxc7 Kf5 39. Bh5 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 1-0
Teimur Radjabov (2704) - Loek Van Wely (2648)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Re3 Qc7 18. e5 Nf8 19. Ne1 Qe7 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. h3 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Nd3 Red8 24. Nf4 Rc5 25. d5 g5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Nh5 Qe5 28. hxg5 Rxd5 29. Nf6+ 1-0
Evgeny Bareev (2675) - Lazaro Bruzon (2677)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. e4 Nfd7 18. e5 O-O 19. Ne4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Qxc4 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Kg7 26. Ng3 Qf7 27. Qb3 Nf8 28. Re4 Rd7 29. Rae1 Rad8 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Qc3 N8g6 32. Bc4 Nf8 33. h4 Nd5 34. Qxa5 gxh4 35. Ne2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxh4+ Nh7 38. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 exd5 40. Ng3 Rg8 41. Qc3 Rdg7 42. Re3 Qg1 0-1
Evgeny Bareev and Ivan Cheparinov have managed to win their 2nd games to tie up the scores. Make sure you review Van Wely-Radjabov clash, great games. Most of the matches will be decided in playoffs.
Alexei Shirov (2710) - Mikhail Gurevich (2652)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 O-O 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rg1 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nc6 20. Rg4 Rc8 21. Ncb3 Nd8 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Rg3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a5 25. Bc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27. Kg2 Qb5 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Bb2 Ra8 31. Nf3 Nxb4 32. Nf4 Qc4 33. g6 Qc2 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxc2 Nxc2 36. Nh2 Ra4 37. Rf3 Ne1+ 0-1
Loek Van Wely (2648) - Teimur Radjabov (2704)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. b5 Nxd5 19. bxc6 Nb6 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. c5 e4 22. Rxe4 dxc5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rd1 Bd4+ 26. Rexd4 cxd4 27. e7 h6 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Rxd4 Kf7 30. Rd8 Nd7 31. Bh4 g5 32. Rxd7 Ke6 33. Bg4+ Kf6 34. Be1 Rxb7 35. Bc3+ Kg6 36. Bf3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Rxc7 Kf5 39. Bh5 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 1-0
Teimur Radjabov (2704) - Loek Van Wely (2648)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Re3 Qc7 18. e5 Nf8 19. Ne1 Qe7 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. h3 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Nd3 Red8 24. Nf4 Rc5 25. d5 g5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Nh5 Qe5 28. hxg5 Rxd5 29. Nf6+ 1-0
Evgeny Bareev (2675) - Lazaro Bruzon (2677)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. e4 Nfd7 18. e5 O-O 19. Ne4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Qxc4 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Kg7 26. Ng3 Qf7 27. Qb3 Nf8 28. Re4 Rd7 29. Rae1 Rad8 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Qc3 N8g6 32. Bc4 Nf8 33. h4 Nd5 34. Qxa5 gxh4 35. Ne2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxh4+ Nh7 38. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 exd5 40. Ng3 Rg8 41. Qc3 Rdg7 42. Re3 Qg1 0-1
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Anatoly Karpov in Valjevo
Ex World Champion Anatoly Karpov will visit Valjevo, city in Serbia & Montenegro. He should play Valjevo high-school students on Monday and later that day he will visit local chess club "St.Nikolai". This club, recently promoted to 1st National league, is the center of well organized local chess community.
I have heard about this on the television. It is sad that Serbian people still don't realise the advantages of the Internet as powerful media. When Karpov was visiting Kansas, a large number of websites (and not only chess-related) have given huge attention to that event.
I have heard about this on the television. It is sad that Serbian people still don't realise the advantages of the Internet as powerful media. When Karpov was visiting Kansas, a large number of websites (and not only chess-related) have given huge attention to that event.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Puertos de Las Palmas Festival
The port of Las Palmas was celebrating its 100th anniversary with chess festival. World champion Veselin Topalov has made the appearance to open the main tournament and play a simul. Main open tournament had 108 participants, 11 of them were GM's.
Final standings:
1-4. GM Bojan Kurajica (BIH 2532), GM Fernando Peralta (ARG 2535), GM Salvador G.Del Rio de Angelis (ESP 2487) and IM Ole Jakobsen (DEN 2392) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
5-8. GM Kevin Spraggett (CAN 2585), GM Reynaldo Vera (CUB 2481), IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL 2409) and GM Pia Cramling (SWE 2492) with 6,5 points etc.
Final standings:
1-4. GM Bojan Kurajica (BIH 2532), GM Fernando Peralta (ARG 2535), GM Salvador G.Del Rio de Angelis (ESP 2487) and IM Ole Jakobsen (DEN 2392) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
5-8. GM Kevin Spraggett (CAN 2585), GM Reynaldo Vera (CUB 2481), IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL 2409) and GM Pia Cramling (SWE 2492) with 6,5 points etc.
Santo Domingo Open 2005
Even without famous names (only 2 GM's), this event was good for chess promotion in general. There were 68 participants from at least dozen of different countries. Tournament was held from the 24th to the 30th november and organizator was Dominican Chess Federation with prize fund of 4900 USD.
Final standings:
1. FM Lesandro Munoz (DOM 2326) with 8 points out of 9 rounds
2. FM Robert Hardarson (ISL 2361) 7 points
3-5. GM Yuniesky Quezada (CUB 2505), GM Evgeny Ermenkov (PLE 2474) and Rafal Furdzik (USA 2280) 6,5 etc
Final standings:
1. FM Lesandro Munoz (DOM 2326) with 8 points out of 9 rounds
2. FM Robert Hardarson (ISL 2361) 7 points
3-5. GM Yuniesky Quezada (CUB 2505), GM Evgeny Ermenkov (PLE 2474) and Rafal Furdzik (USA 2280) 6,5 etc
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Robert Markus going home
Unfortunately, experienced GM Mikhail Gurevich has beaten young SCG star Robert Markus in the playoff games of the World Chess Cup 1st round. If anything, Robert will have 6000$ in his pocket.
GM Mikhail Gurevich (2652) - GM Robert Markus (2579)
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Nf3 f6 10. d3 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Qc4 Qb5 17. Nfd2 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 O-O 19. Na5 Rfc8 20. Nc5 Be8 21. b4 Rab8 22. a3 Bd8 23. Ncb3 c5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxa5 26. bxa5 Bh5 27. f3 Rb5 28. Rc1 Rxa5 29. g4 Bg6 30. a4 h5 31. h4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Be8 33. Nb7 Rd5 34. Rc8 Kf7 35. Rc7+ Rd7 36. Nd6+ Kf8 37. Rc6 Ke7 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. h5 Rb7 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Ra8 Rc7 44. a5 Rc2 45. Rxa7 Ra2 46. Ra8 Kh6 47. a6 Ra5 48. a7 Kh7 49. g5 fxg5 50. Kg4 g6 51. hxg6+ Kg7 52. Kxg5 e4+ 53. Kf4 exd3 54. exd3 Ra6 55. Ke4 1-0
Again, few surprises in the round 2 - Vassily Ivanchuk (2748) lost to Ivan Cheparinov (2618, Topalov's second) and Viorel Bologan (2682) was knocked off by Zahar Efimenko (2637).
Ivan Cheparinov (2618) - Vassily Ivanchuk (2748)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e4 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nca3 Ne8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 Be5 26. Rh3 f6 27. Be3 g5 28. g4 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 Ne5 32. Bh6 d3 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Nxg6 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. Bf8 Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 1-0
Etienne Bacrot (2725) - Robert Kempinski (2619)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. b4 Nf4 16. c5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 f5 18. Rfc1 bxc5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxc5 Rf7 21. Ng5 Rd7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 fxe4 26. Be3 Bc8 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. Nxc7 1-0
Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Anderi Istratescu (2622)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Be2 b5 13. f4 Nc4 14. O-O-O Ne3 15. Rd4 Nfg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 b4 19. Na4 Bd7 20. b3 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Qd7 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Qxa4 24. f5 Ke7 25. fxe6 f6 1-0
Teimur Radjabov (2704) - Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2601)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Qg4 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. f3 Qg5 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 f4 19. b4 c4 20. Nf2 Rhe8 21. Rfe1 Qe7 22. a3 Kb8 23. d3 cxd3 24. cxd3 g5 25. d4 h5 26. Qxa6 g4 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Kh1 Rdf8 31. Nd2 Bg3 32. Rfc1 Qh4 0-1
Magnus Carlsen (2570) - Farrukh Ammonatov (2572)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. Ng5 Rb8 12. Bc4 Nd8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Nf3 Ra8 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc3 Ne6 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22. Ba7 Nxd5 23. Bxb8 Nxb4 24. O-O Nc6 25. Rfb1 Be7 26. Rxb5 O-O 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Bxd6 Bxc4 29. Rc5 Rc8 30. Rxc4 Bxd6 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. g3 Nd4 33. Rxd6 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. c3 Nc2 36. Kf1 1-0
GM Mikhail Gurevich (2652) - GM Robert Markus (2579)
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Nf3 f6 10. d3 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Qc4 Qb5 17. Nfd2 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 O-O 19. Na5 Rfc8 20. Nc5 Be8 21. b4 Rab8 22. a3 Bd8 23. Ncb3 c5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxa5 26. bxa5 Bh5 27. f3 Rb5 28. Rc1 Rxa5 29. g4 Bg6 30. a4 h5 31. h4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Be8 33. Nb7 Rd5 34. Rc8 Kf7 35. Rc7+ Rd7 36. Nd6+ Kf8 37. Rc6 Ke7 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. h5 Rb7 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Ra8 Rc7 44. a5 Rc2 45. Rxa7 Ra2 46. Ra8 Kh6 47. a6 Ra5 48. a7 Kh7 49. g5 fxg5 50. Kg4 g6 51. hxg6+ Kg7 52. Kxg5 e4+ 53. Kf4 exd3 54. exd3 Ra6 55. Ke4 1-0
Again, few surprises in the round 2 - Vassily Ivanchuk (2748) lost to Ivan Cheparinov (2618, Topalov's second) and Viorel Bologan (2682) was knocked off by Zahar Efimenko (2637).
Ivan Cheparinov (2618) - Vassily Ivanchuk (2748)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e4 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nca3 Ne8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 Be5 26. Rh3 f6 27. Be3 g5 28. g4 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 Ne5 32. Bh6 d3 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Nxg6 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. Bf8 Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 1-0
Etienne Bacrot (2725) - Robert Kempinski (2619)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. b4 Nf4 16. c5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 f5 18. Rfc1 bxc5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxc5 Rf7 21. Ng5 Rd7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 fxe4 26. Be3 Bc8 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. Nxc7 1-0
Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Anderi Istratescu (2622)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Be2 b5 13. f4 Nc4 14. O-O-O Ne3 15. Rd4 Nfg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 b4 19. Na4 Bd7 20. b3 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Qd7 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Qxa4 24. f5 Ke7 25. fxe6 f6 1-0
Teimur Radjabov (2704) - Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2601)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Qg4 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. f3 Qg5 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 f4 19. b4 c4 20. Nf2 Rhe8 21. Rfe1 Qe7 22. a3 Kb8 23. d3 cxd3 24. cxd3 g5 25. d4 h5 26. Qxa6 g4 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Kh1 Rdf8 31. Nd2 Bg3 32. Rfc1 Qh4 0-1
Magnus Carlsen (2570) - Farrukh Ammonatov (2572)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. Ng5 Rb8 12. Bc4 Nd8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Nf3 Ra8 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc3 Ne6 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22. Ba7 Nxd5 23. Bxb8 Nxb4 24. O-O Nc6 25. Rfb1 Be7 26. Rxb5 O-O 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Bxd6 Bxc4 29. Rc5 Rc8 30. Rxc4 Bxd6 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. g3 Nd4 33. Rxd6 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. c3 Nc2 36. Kf1 1-0
Gata Kamsky: I don't like recollecting that time
- 10 years will have passed since your match with Karpov by the next year. Do you recollect that match after which you decided to stop your chess career?GK: To tell the truth I don't like recollecting that time. There were too many political intrigues around the Match with Karpov. It was one of the reasons why I made up my mind to leave chess. I prefer not to talk about this issue. Recently FIDE is making efforts but it is advisable to avoid the situations when the regulations are changed after the cycle start.
GM Bosko Abramovic wins the Trophy
GM Bosko Abramovic (2482) and GM Igor Miladinovic (2609) have tied for the first place in the 18th Trophy of Belgrade, but Bosko grabs the Trophy on the better tiebreak.
Final standings:
1-2. GM Bosko Abramovic (2482) and GM Igor Miladinovic (2609) with 7,5 out of 9 rounds
3-8. IM Dusan Popovic (2480), GM Dragan Kosic (2489), IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2385), GM Goran Cabrilo (2461), Momchil Nikolov (BUL 2435) and Srdjan Dimitrijevic (2282) 7 points each etc.
This was good tournament for many players. Dusan Popovic and Vlado Jakovljevic have earned GM norms while Srdjan Dimitrijevic, Dragan Kojovic, Dusam Radovanovic, Sava Zivkovic and Shkelqim Cela (ALB) have earned IM norms. Congratulations!
GM Igor Miladinovic (2609) - IM Goran Arsovic (2419)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. a3 b4 16. cxb4 f5 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. O-O-O fxe4 19. Bxe4 O-O-O 20. Ne2 Kb8 21. Kb1 Bc8 22. Rhe1 e6 23. f4 d5 24. Bf3 Rhe8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Bh5 Rf8 27. Nf3 h6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Kc7 30. Bf3 f5 31. b3 Kd6 32. a4 Rf7 33. Kb2 Rg7 34. Rd2 Rc8 35. Re3 Be8 36. Rde2 Bf7 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. Kxc3 Be8 39. Kd4 Bd7 40. Rc2 Rg8 41. Rc3 Rd8 42. Be2 Rg8 43. Rg3 Rxg3 44. hxg3 1-0
GM Slobodan Martinovic (2448) - IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2385)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qe2 e5 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bf8 17. Qh4 g6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Nd2 Re6 20. h3 Rae8 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Nd4 Re5 24. Bg5 Qb6 25. Nf3 R5e6 26. Be3 Qd8 27. Ng5 Re5 28. Bd4 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Nh5 30. Qxd8 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Nxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxd8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Be2 Ne5 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Kf4 Rc5 39. h4 h6 40. g3 g5+ 41. Ke3 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rc8 43. Bf1 Rg8 44. Kf2 Rg4 45. h5 Rf4+ 0-1
GM Goran Cabrilo (2461) - FM Dusko Radulovic (2320)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Ne5 11. f4 Nexg4 12. Bg1 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nh6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qg3 Qxf5 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Qh3 Nfg4 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Kb1 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qg2 Qe7 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Qxb7 Ke8 30. Rxg7 Qd8 31. Qc6+ Kf8 32. Rd7 1-0
GM Radoslav Simic (2412) - Srdjan Dimitrijevic (2282)
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Ne1 Be6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 a5 14. h3 Rb8 15. Rb1 Rf7 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 cxb4 18. axb4 a4 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bb4 Ra8 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Ra1 Bb3 24. Qd2 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. b6 Rb5 28. Rfb1 Rd7 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke1 Kd6 31. Kd2 Kc5 0-1
Final standings:
1-2. GM Bosko Abramovic (2482) and GM Igor Miladinovic (2609) with 7,5 out of 9 rounds
3-8. IM Dusan Popovic (2480), GM Dragan Kosic (2489), IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2385), GM Goran Cabrilo (2461), Momchil Nikolov (BUL 2435) and Srdjan Dimitrijevic (2282) 7 points each etc.
This was good tournament for many players. Dusan Popovic and Vlado Jakovljevic have earned GM norms while Srdjan Dimitrijevic, Dragan Kojovic, Dusam Radovanovic, Sava Zivkovic and Shkelqim Cela (ALB) have earned IM norms. Congratulations!
GM Igor Miladinovic (2609) - IM Goran Arsovic (2419)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. a3 b4 16. cxb4 f5 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. O-O-O fxe4 19. Bxe4 O-O-O 20. Ne2 Kb8 21. Kb1 Bc8 22. Rhe1 e6 23. f4 d5 24. Bf3 Rhe8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Bh5 Rf8 27. Nf3 h6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Kc7 30. Bf3 f5 31. b3 Kd6 32. a4 Rf7 33. Kb2 Rg7 34. Rd2 Rc8 35. Re3 Be8 36. Rde2 Bf7 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. Kxc3 Be8 39. Kd4 Bd7 40. Rc2 Rg8 41. Rc3 Rd8 42. Be2 Rg8 43. Rg3 Rxg3 44. hxg3 1-0
GM Slobodan Martinovic (2448) - IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2385)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qe2 e5 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bf8 17. Qh4 g6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Nd2 Re6 20. h3 Rae8 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Nd4 Re5 24. Bg5 Qb6 25. Nf3 R5e6 26. Be3 Qd8 27. Ng5 Re5 28. Bd4 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Nh5 30. Qxd8 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Nxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxd8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Be2 Ne5 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Kf4 Rc5 39. h4 h6 40. g3 g5+ 41. Ke3 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rc8 43. Bf1 Rg8 44. Kf2 Rg4 45. h5 Rf4+ 0-1
GM Goran Cabrilo (2461) - FM Dusko Radulovic (2320)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Ne5 11. f4 Nexg4 12. Bg1 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nh6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qg3 Qxf5 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Qh3 Nfg4 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Kb1 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qg2 Qe7 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Qxb7 Ke8 30. Rxg7 Qd8 31. Qc6+ Kf8 32. Rd7 1-0
GM Radoslav Simic (2412) - Srdjan Dimitrijevic (2282)
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Ne1 Be6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 a5 14. h3 Rb8 15. Rb1 Rf7 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 cxb4 18. axb4 a4 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bb4 Ra8 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Ra1 Bb3 24. Qd2 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. b6 Rb5 28. Rfb1 Rd7 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke1 Kd6 31. Kd2 Kc5 0-1
GM Abramovic-IM Jakovljevic
IM Popovic-GM Miladinovic
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