Showing posts with label Candidate Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Candidate Events. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2016
Karjakin will be the challenger
A really bad tournament for Topalov. Everybody else did well. In the last round, Karjakin and Caruana were both at 7.5 and faced each other. An exciting finish.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Svidler wins world cup
It was Svidler over Grischuk in the final by 1-0 with 3 draws. Ivanchuk clinched third place. All three advance to the next stage of the next world championship (2014?).
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Anand-Gelfand 2012
Gelfand won game 6 against Grischuk, to win the match 3.5-2.5 and earn the right to face Anand next year.
Alekhine-Capablanca 1927
Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Fischer-Spassky 1972
Kasparov-Karpov 1985
Anand-Gelfand 2012
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Alekhine-Capablanca 1927
Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Fischer-Spassky 1972
Kasparov-Karpov 1985
Anand-Gelfand 2012
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Monday, May 16, 2011
Candidates Semi-Finals Results
Gelfand over Kamsky (on tiebreak)
Grischuk over Kramnik (on tiebreak)
Does it really matter now? Neither Gelfand nor Grischuk can beat Anand in a WC match.
Grischuk over Kramnik (on tiebreak)
Does it really matter now? Neither Gelfand nor Grischuk can beat Anand in a WC match.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Candidates Quarter-Final Results
Kamsky over Topalov
Gelfand over Memadyarov
Grischuk over Aronian (on tiebreak)
Kramnik over Radjabov (on tiebreak)
Gelfand over Memadyarov
Grischuk over Aronian (on tiebreak)
Kramnik over Radjabov (on tiebreak)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
World Cup R6
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0 0 0.0
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 1 2.0
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 4.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 2.0
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 1 2.0
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 4.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 2.0
Saturday, December 05, 2009
World Cup R5
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) 0 ½ 0.5
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) 0 ½ 0.5
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
World Cup R4
Vachier-Lagrave, Max. (FRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 0 ½ 0.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 0 ½ 0.5
Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½ 1 1.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
So, Wesley (PHI) ½ ½ 0 0 0 1.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 1 1 4.0
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 0 ½ 0.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 0 ½ 0.5
Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½ 1 1.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
So, Wesley (PHI) ½ ½ 0 0 0 1.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 1 1 4.0
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
Sunday, November 29, 2009
World Cup R3
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 0 1 ½ 1 3.5
Polgar, Judit (HUN) 0 1 0 ½ 0 1.5
Li, Chao (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5.0
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 3.0
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
So, Wesley (PHI) 1 ½ 1.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 3.0
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5.0
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0
Areshchenko, Alex. (UKR) 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 2.0
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Wang, Yue (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) ½ ½ 0 0 0 1.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 1 1 4.0
Navara, David (CZE) 1 0 0 0 0 1.0
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0 1 1 1 1 4.0
Mamedyarov, Shak. (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Wang, Hao (CHN) 0 ½ 0.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½ 1 1.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Max. (FRA) 1 ½ 1.5
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 0 ½ 0.5
Polgar, Judit (HUN) 0 1 0 ½ 0 1.5
Li, Chao (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5.0
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 3.0
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
So, Wesley (PHI) 1 ½ 1.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 3.0
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5.0
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0
Areshchenko, Alex. (UKR) 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 2.0
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Wang, Yue (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) ½ ½ 0 0 0 1.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 1 1 4.0
Navara, David (CZE) 1 0 0 0 0 1.0
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0 1 1 1 1 4.0
Mamedyarov, Shak. (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Wang, Hao (CHN) 0 ½ 0.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½ 1 1.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Max. (FRA) 1 ½ 1.5
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 0 ½ 0.5
Thursday, November 26, 2009
World Cup R2
No. Name Nat. G1 G2 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Tot
1 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK ½ 0 0.5
Gelfand, Boris ISR ½ 1 1.5
2 Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½ 1 1.5
Zhou, Jianchao CHN ½ 0 0.5
3 Nyback, Tomi FIN 1 0 0 ½ 0 1.5
Svidler, Peter RUS 0 1 1 ½ 1 3.5
4 Morozevich, Alexender RUS 0 0 0.0
Laznicka, Viktor CZE 1 1 2.0
5 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 0 ½ 0.5
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 0 ½ 0.5
So, Wesley PHI 1 ½ 1.5
7 Akobian, Varuzhan USA ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 2.0
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0
8 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 0 ½ 0.5
9 Sandipan, Chanda IND 0 0 0.0
Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 1 1 2.0
10 Wang, Yue CHN 1 1 2.0
Savchenko, Boris RUS 0 0 0.0
11 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
12 Karjakin, Sergey UKR ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3.5
Timofeev, Artyom RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 2.5
13 Milov, Vadim SUI 0 0 0.0
Mamedyarov, Shak. AZE 1 1 2.0
14 Shirov, Alexei ESP 1 0 1 1 1 4.0
Fedorchuk, Sergey UKR 0 1 0 0 0 1.0
15 Caruana, Fabiano ITA ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 3.5
Dominguez, Leinier CUB ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 2.5
16 Yu, Yangyi CHN 1 ½ 1.5
Bartel, Mateusz POL 0 ½ 0.5
17 Meier, Georg GER ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
18 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Fressinet, Laurent FRA ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
19 Khalifman, Alexander RUS ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
20 Wang, Hao CHN 1 ½ 1.5
Ganguly, Surya IND 0 ½ 0.5
21 Shabalov, Alexander USA ½ ½ 0 0 1 2.5
Navara, David CZE ½ ½ 1 1 0 3.5
22 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Smirin, Ilia ISR ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
23 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 0 0 0.0
Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1 1 2.0
24 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2.5
Areshchenko, Alexander UKR ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 3.5
25 Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN ½ 0 0.5
Jobava, Baadur GEO ½ 1 1.5
26 Motylev, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Najer, Evgeniy RUS 0 ½ 0.5
27 Zhou, Weiqi CHN 0 ½ 0.5
Kamsky, Gata USA 1 ½ 1.5
28 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 4.5
Milos, Gilberto BRA ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 3.5
29 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2.0
Bologan, Viktor MDA ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4.0
30 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 1 ½ 1.5
Onischuk, Alexander USA 0 ½ 0.5
31 Li, Chao CHN 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4.5
Pelletier, Yannick SUI 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 3.5
32 Polgar, Judit HUN ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 4.5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 3.5
1 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK ½ 0 0.5
Gelfand, Boris ISR ½ 1 1.5
2 Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½ 1 1.5
Zhou, Jianchao CHN ½ 0 0.5
3 Nyback, Tomi FIN 1 0 0 ½ 0 1.5
Svidler, Peter RUS 0 1 1 ½ 1 3.5
4 Morozevich, Alexender RUS 0 0 0.0
Laznicka, Viktor CZE 1 1 2.0
5 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 0 ½ 0.5
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 0 ½ 0.5
So, Wesley PHI 1 ½ 1.5
7 Akobian, Varuzhan USA ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 2.0
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0
8 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 0 ½ 0.5
9 Sandipan, Chanda IND 0 0 0.0
Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 1 1 2.0
10 Wang, Yue CHN 1 1 2.0
Savchenko, Boris RUS 0 0 0.0
11 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
12 Karjakin, Sergey UKR ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3.5
Timofeev, Artyom RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 2.5
13 Milov, Vadim SUI 0 0 0.0
Mamedyarov, Shak. AZE 1 1 2.0
14 Shirov, Alexei ESP 1 0 1 1 1 4.0
Fedorchuk, Sergey UKR 0 1 0 0 0 1.0
15 Caruana, Fabiano ITA ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 3.5
Dominguez, Leinier CUB ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 2.5
16 Yu, Yangyi CHN 1 ½ 1.5
Bartel, Mateusz POL 0 ½ 0.5
17 Meier, Georg GER ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
18 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Fressinet, Laurent FRA ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
19 Khalifman, Alexander RUS ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
20 Wang, Hao CHN 1 ½ 1.5
Ganguly, Surya IND 0 ½ 0.5
21 Shabalov, Alexander USA ½ ½ 0 0 1 2.5
Navara, David CZE ½ ½ 1 1 0 3.5
22 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Smirin, Ilia ISR ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
23 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 0 0 0.0
Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1 1 2.0
24 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2.5
Areshchenko, Alexander UKR ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 3.5
25 Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN ½ 0 0.5
Jobava, Baadur GEO ½ 1 1.5
26 Motylev, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Najer, Evgeniy RUS 0 ½ 0.5
27 Zhou, Weiqi CHN 0 ½ 0.5
Kamsky, Gata USA 1 ½ 1.5
28 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 4.5
Milos, Gilberto BRA ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 3.5
29 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2.0
Bologan, Viktor MDA ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4.0
30 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 1 ½ 1.5
Onischuk, Alexander USA 0 ½ 0.5
31 Li, Chao CHN 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4.5
Pelletier, Yannick SUI 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 3.5
32 Polgar, Judit HUN ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 4.5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 3.5
Monday, November 23, 2009
World Cup R1
No. Player Player R1 R2 TB1 TB2
1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) 1-0 ½-½
2 Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 0-1 0-1
3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) Hebert, Jean (CAN) 1-0 1-0
4 Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) Morozevich, Alex. (RUS) 0-1 0-1
5 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 1-0 1-0
6 Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 0-1
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) El Gindy, Essam (EGY) ½-½ 1-0
8 Sriram, Jha (IND) Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
9 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) 1-0 ½-½
10 Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) Wang, Yue (CHN) 0-1 0-1
11 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) Al Sayed, Mohamad (QAT) 1-0 ½-½
12 Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0-1 ½-½
13 Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 1-0 1-0
14 Kunte, Abhijit (IND) Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½-½ 0-1
15 Dominguez, Leinier (CUB) Smerdon, David (AUS) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
16 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) 1-0 ½-½
17 Vachier-Lagrave, M. (FRA) Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) ½-½ 1-0
18 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
19 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 1-0 ½-½
20 Friedel, Joshua E (USA) Wang, Hao (CHN) 0-1 0-1
21 Navara, David (CZE) Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 1-0 0-1 2½:1½
22 Amin, Bassem (EGY) Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 0-1 0-1
23 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) Nijboer, Friso (NED) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
24 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 0-1 ½-½
25 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) Robson, Ray (USA) 1-0 ½-½
26 Hess, Robert L (USA) Motylev, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
27 Kamsky, Gata (USA) Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) 1-0 ½-½
28 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
29 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 1-0 ½-½
30 Hou, Yifan (CHN) Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½-½ ½-½ 1½:2½
31 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) ½-½ 0-1
33 Nisipeanu, Liviu-D. (ROU) Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) 1-0 ½-½
34 Li, Chao b (CHN) Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 2:0
35 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) Flores, Diego (ARG) ½-½ 1-0
36 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½-½ ½-½ 1½:2½
37 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 0-1 ½-½
38 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
39 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 1-0 ½-½
40 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
41 Areshchenko, Alex. (UKR) Corrales, Fidel (CUB) 1-0 ½-½
42 L'Ami, Erwin (NED) Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) ½-½ ½-½ ½:2½
43 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) 1-0 ½-½
44 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1-0 0-1 2:2 1½:½
45 Ganguly, Surya (IND) Filippov, Anton (UZB) 1-0 1-0
46 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) Fier, Alexandr (BRA) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
47 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 1-0 1-0
48 Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) Meier, Georg (GER) ½-½ 0-1
49 Grachev, Boris (RUS) Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 0:2
50 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ 0-1
51 Sokolov, Ivan (NED) Fedorchuk, Sergey (UKR) 0-1 0-1
52 Negi, Parimarjan (IND) Milov, Vadim (SUI) 1-0 0-1 ½:2½
53 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
54 Gustafsson, Jan (GER) Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 0-1 ½:2½
55 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 1½:½
56 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 1-0 ½-½
57 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) Le, Quang Liem (VIE) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
58 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1-0 0-1 2:2 7:5
59 So, Wesley (PHI) Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 1-0 0-1 3:0
60 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) ½-½ 1-0
61 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) 1-0 ½-½
62 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 0-1 2:2 1½:½
63 Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) ½-½ 0-1
64 Volkov, Sergey (RUS) Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 0-1 ½-½
1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) 1-0 ½-½
2 Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 0-1 0-1
3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) Hebert, Jean (CAN) 1-0 1-0
4 Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) Morozevich, Alex. (RUS) 0-1 0-1
5 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 1-0 1-0
6 Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 0-1
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) El Gindy, Essam (EGY) ½-½ 1-0
8 Sriram, Jha (IND) Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
9 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) 1-0 ½-½
10 Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) Wang, Yue (CHN) 0-1 0-1
11 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) Al Sayed, Mohamad (QAT) 1-0 ½-½
12 Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0-1 ½-½
13 Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 1-0 1-0
14 Kunte, Abhijit (IND) Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½-½ 0-1
15 Dominguez, Leinier (CUB) Smerdon, David (AUS) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
16 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) 1-0 ½-½
17 Vachier-Lagrave, M. (FRA) Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) ½-½ 1-0
18 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
19 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 1-0 ½-½
20 Friedel, Joshua E (USA) Wang, Hao (CHN) 0-1 0-1
21 Navara, David (CZE) Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 1-0 0-1 2½:1½
22 Amin, Bassem (EGY) Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 0-1 0-1
23 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) Nijboer, Friso (NED) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
24 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 0-1 ½-½
25 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) Robson, Ray (USA) 1-0 ½-½
26 Hess, Robert L (USA) Motylev, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
27 Kamsky, Gata (USA) Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) 1-0 ½-½
28 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
29 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 1-0 ½-½
30 Hou, Yifan (CHN) Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½-½ ½-½ 1½:2½
31 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) ½-½ 0-1
33 Nisipeanu, Liviu-D. (ROU) Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) 1-0 ½-½
34 Li, Chao b (CHN) Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 2:0
35 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) Flores, Diego (ARG) ½-½ 1-0
36 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½-½ ½-½ 1½:2½
37 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 0-1 ½-½
38 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
39 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 1-0 ½-½
40 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
41 Areshchenko, Alex. (UKR) Corrales, Fidel (CUB) 1-0 ½-½
42 L'Ami, Erwin (NED) Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) ½-½ ½-½ ½:2½
43 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) 1-0 ½-½
44 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1-0 0-1 2:2 1½:½
45 Ganguly, Surya (IND) Filippov, Anton (UZB) 1-0 1-0
46 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) Fier, Alexandr (BRA) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
47 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 1-0 1-0
48 Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) Meier, Georg (GER) ½-½ 0-1
49 Grachev, Boris (RUS) Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 0:2
50 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ 0-1
51 Sokolov, Ivan (NED) Fedorchuk, Sergey (UKR) 0-1 0-1
52 Negi, Parimarjan (IND) Milov, Vadim (SUI) 1-0 0-1 ½:2½
53 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
54 Gustafsson, Jan (GER) Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 0-1 ½:2½
55 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 1½:½
56 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 1-0 ½-½
57 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) Le, Quang Liem (VIE) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
58 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1-0 0-1 2:2 7:5
59 So, Wesley (PHI) Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 1-0 0-1 3:0
60 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) ½-½ 1-0
61 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) 1-0 ½-½
62 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 0-1 2:2 1½:½
63 Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) ½-½ 0-1
64 Volkov, Sergey (RUS) Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 0-1 ½-½
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Topalov Wins Match 4.5-2.5
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 0-0 12.c3 Bd7 13.Qf3 Qb6N (13...Qc7) 14.Bb3 a5 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Rad1 a4 17.Bc2 Qxb2 18.Bg5 Nd5 19.c4 Bxd4 20.Qd3 f5 21.Qxd4 Qxc2 22.cxd5 Qxa2 23.Qb6 a3 24.Be7 (24.dxe6 Bc6) Rfe8 25.Qd6 Ba4 (25...Kf7!? 26.Rxe6) 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Ra1 Qc4 28.Rec1!? (28.Rxa3 Bb3 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Qxf5 Qxd5=) Bc2! 29.Qd7 a2 30.d6 b5 31.Qb7 Reb8? (31...b4! 32.d7 Reb8! 33.d8Q+ Rxd8 34.Bxd8 Rxd8) 32.Qc7! Rc8?! (32...Bd3!! 33.Rxc4 bxc4 34.Qxb8+ Rxb8 35.h4 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Rxa1 37.d7 Rh1+ 38.Kg3! h5 39.d8Q+ Kh7 40.Bf6! gxf6 41.Qe7+=) 33.Qxc4 Rxc4 34.d7 Bb1 (34...b4 35.Rxa2!) 35.Rd1 Kg8 36.d8Q+ Rxd8 37.Bxd8 Bc2 38.Rdc1 b4 39.Rxa2 b3 40.Ra8 Kf7 41.Rb8 Ke6 42.Re1+ Kd5 43.Be7 Ra4 44.Bf8 Ra7 45.h4 1-0
So we've had Kramnik-Topalov and Anand-Kramnik matches. A match between Anand and Topalov will round things out. And if Anand wins, perhaps we can get away from all the silly special privileges that FIDE has vested upon Topalov since 2006.
So we've had Kramnik-Topalov and Anand-Kramnik matches. A match between Anand and Topalov will round things out. And if Anand wins, perhaps we can get away from all the silly special privileges that FIDE has vested upon Topalov since 2006.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Topalov-Kamsky Game 6
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Bg4 10.0-0 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 g6!? 12.c4?! (12.Qd2 Bg7 13.Bf4 0-0 14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.Bd3 Rac8 16.h4) Bg7 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc5 Bf8 15.Qc1 Rc8! 16.Bxf8 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Kxf8 19.Rac1 Kg7 20.h4 Qb6 21.g3 h6 22.a3 Rc5 23.Rc2 Rhc8 24.Rfc1 a5 25.Qd2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rc5 27.Qc1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Ne7 29.Qc3 Nc6 30.b3 Qd8 31.a4 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2 33.Qe3 Qd1 (33...Qxe3 34.fxe3) 34.Nd2 Nb4 35.Nc4 Nc2 36.Qd2 Qb1 37.Qf4 Ne1+ 38.Kh2 Qxb3 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qf6 Kg8 (41...Qf3 42.Qxf3 Nxf3+ 43.Kh3 Nd4 44.Nxa5 b5=) 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qf6 Kg8 draw
Monday, February 23, 2009
Topalov-Kamsky Game 5
Topalov leads 3-2
1.e4 e6 [Kamsky had never played the French opening in a recorded game. - Marin] 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 exd5 12.0-0 Ne7 13.Nf3 0-0 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Be3 [16.Nd4 Be5; 16.Bg5 f6 17.Be3 Be5] a5 [16...Nf5 17.Bg5! f6? 18.Qxd5+ Kh8 19.Bf4] 17.g3 h6 18.Bb6 Rdc8 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.Bc3 Bb4 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Rd2 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qd6 [23...Qb7 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Re1 Ra6] 24.Re1 Rc7 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Kg2 [26.h4!?] Rb7?! [26...g6!? 27.h4 h5] 27.h4! Qb4 28.Ree2 Qa4 29.b3 Qb4 30.Nd3 Qd6 31.h5 Rc7 32.Nf4 d4? [32...Rd8] 33.Re4 Nc6 34.Nd3 Rd8 35.Rc2 Nb4? [A terrible blunder. - Marin] 36.Nxb4 axb4 37.Rxd4! Qf8? [37...Rxc2? 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Qa8+ Kh7 40.Qe4+; 37...Qxd4 38.Rxc7 Qd5] 38.Rxd8 Qxd8 39.Rxc7 Qxc7 40.Qa8+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kg8 42.Qxb4 Qc6+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qc2 45.Qe1 Kf8 46.a3 Qb2 47.Qb4+ Kg8 48.Kg2 Qe5 49.Qg4 Qb2 50.Qc8+ Kh7 51.Qc4 Qxa3 52.Qxf7 Qb4 53.Qc4 Qb7+ 54.Kg1 Qf3 55.g4 1-0
1.e4 e6 [Kamsky had never played the French opening in a recorded game. - Marin] 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 exd5 12.0-0 Ne7 13.Nf3 0-0 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Be3 [16.Nd4 Be5; 16.Bg5 f6 17.Be3 Be5] a5 [16...Nf5 17.Bg5! f6? 18.Qxd5+ Kh8 19.Bf4] 17.g3 h6 18.Bb6 Rdc8 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.Bc3 Bb4 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Rd2 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qd6 [23...Qb7 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Re1 Ra6] 24.Re1 Rc7 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Kg2 [26.h4!?] Rb7?! [26...g6!? 27.h4 h5] 27.h4! Qb4 28.Ree2 Qa4 29.b3 Qb4 30.Nd3 Qd6 31.h5 Rc7 32.Nf4 d4? [32...Rd8] 33.Re4 Nc6 34.Nd3 Rd8 35.Rc2 Nb4? [A terrible blunder. - Marin] 36.Nxb4 axb4 37.Rxd4! Qf8? [37...Rxc2? 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Qa8+ Kh7 40.Qe4+; 37...Qxd4 38.Rxc7 Qd5] 38.Rxd8 Qxd8 39.Rxc7 Qxc7 40.Qa8+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kg8 42.Qxb4 Qc6+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qc2 45.Qe1 Kf8 46.a3 Qb2 47.Qb4+ Kg8 48.Kg2 Qe5 49.Qg4 Qb2 50.Qc8+ Kh7 51.Qc4 Qxa3 52.Qxf7 Qb4 53.Qc4 Qb7+ 54.Kg1 Qf3 55.g4 1-0
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Topalov-Kamsky Game 4
Kamsky strikes back; match tied 2-2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Ng5 Re7 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nf1 Nbd7 15.Ng3 g6 16.Bc2 h6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.h4 Qd7 19.Nh2 Bg7 20.h5 Rf8 21.Nhf1 c6 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Ne3 Kh7 24.Qf3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Be6 26.b3 Qxc3 27.Bd2 Qc7 28.Ba5 Qb8 29.Rd2 Nc8 30.Rad1 b4 31.Qe2 Kh8 32.Bd3 Na7 33.Rc1 Nb5 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Bxb4 Rd7 36.Rc6 Rfd8 37.Qd1 Bf8 38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Ba5 Re8 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Bc7 Qb7 42.Bxd6 Bf7 43.Bb4 Bxb4 44.Rxd7 Qxd7 45.Rxf6 Re6 46.Nd5 Bf8 47.Rf3 Kg7 48.Rc3 Ra6 49.Rc7 Qd6 50.Qe2 Kg8 51.Qxb5 Rxa2 52.Qb7 Ra1+ 53.Kh2 Bxd5 54.exd5 Qf6 55.Qc8 Qh4+ 56.Qh3 Qxh3+ 57.Kxh3 Rd1 58.Ne4 Ba3 59.Ra7 Bb4 60.Rb7 Ba3 61.f3 Kf8 62.Rb5 h5 63.Kg3 Rc1 64.Rb8+ Kf7 65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Kf2 Rc2+ 67.Kf1 Rc1+ 68.Ke2 Rc2+ 69.Kd3 Rxg2 70.Ra7 Be7 71.d6 Bd8 72.Nc5 Ke8 73.Rh7 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Ng5 Re7 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nf1 Nbd7 15.Ng3 g6 16.Bc2 h6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.h4 Qd7 19.Nh2 Bg7 20.h5 Rf8 21.Nhf1 c6 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Ne3 Kh7 24.Qf3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Be6 26.b3 Qxc3 27.Bd2 Qc7 28.Ba5 Qb8 29.Rd2 Nc8 30.Rad1 b4 31.Qe2 Kh8 32.Bd3 Na7 33.Rc1 Nb5 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Bxb4 Rd7 36.Rc6 Rfd8 37.Qd1 Bf8 38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Ba5 Re8 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Bc7 Qb7 42.Bxd6 Bf7 43.Bb4 Bxb4 44.Rxd7 Qxd7 45.Rxf6 Re6 46.Nd5 Bf8 47.Rf3 Kg7 48.Rc3 Ra6 49.Rc7 Qd6 50.Qe2 Kg8 51.Qxb5 Rxa2 52.Qb7 Ra1+ 53.Kh2 Bxd5 54.exd5 Qf6 55.Qc8 Qh4+ 56.Qh3 Qxh3+ 57.Kxh3 Rd1 58.Ne4 Ba3 59.Ra7 Bb4 60.Rb7 Ba3 61.f3 Kf8 62.Rb5 h5 63.Kg3 Rc1 64.Rb8+ Kf7 65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Kf2 Rc2+ 67.Kf1 Rc1+ 68.Ke2 Rc2+ 69.Kd3 Rxg2 70.Ra7 Be7 71.d6 Bd8 72.Nc5 Ke8 73.Rh7 1-0
Friday, February 20, 2009
Topalov-Kamsky Game 3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 0-0 7.Be2 [One of the points behind this move order is to avoid the possible structural damage after 7.Nf3 Nfd7 8.Be3 Nb6 9.Qb3 Bg4 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 - Marin] a6 8.Bf4 b5!? 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 b4 11.Na4 Nc6 12.d5 Nd4 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Nb6 Bb5! 15.Be5 [15.Bxb5 axb5 16.Nxa8 is too risky because of 16...Nc2+ 17.Kd1 Nxa1 18.Nb6 Nxe4 - Marin] Nxe4 [15...Bxd3 would have offered him chances to fight for the initiative, for instance 16.Bxd4 Rab8 17.e5 Rxb6 18.Bxb6 Nxd5 19.Bd4 Rc816.Bxg7 Kxg7 - Marin] 17.Bxe4 Rab8 18.0-0-0 Nf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.d6 Rxb6 21.dxe7 Re8 [It is difficult to say whether the intermediate 21...Rc8+ would have been better. - Marin] 22.Nf3 Rxe7 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Rhe1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rh6! [25...Rd6 26.Rd1] 26.Re7 [26.h3 f4] Rd6! 27.Ne2 Kf6 28.Re3 Ba4 29.b3 Bc6 30.Nf4 a5 31.g3 Be4 32.f3 Bc6 33.h4 Rd4 34.Kc2 Bb5 35.Nh5+ Kg6 36.Nf4+ Kf6 37.Nh5+ Draw
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Topalov-Kamsky Game 2
Topalov draws first blood with Black
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.d4 Qe7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Rae1 Ne6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.Bd2 d5 15.f4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 d4 17.Bf5 Rf7 18.Ne4 Qd5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.c4 dxc3 23.Bxc3 d4 24.Bb4 Bd7 25.Rf2 a5 26.Ba3 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Bb2 Ra6 29.Ne4 Rac6 30.Kg1 Rc2 31.g3 d3 32.Rd1 f5 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.d4 Qe7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Rae1 Ne6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.Bd2 d5 15.f4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 d4 17.Bf5 Rf7 18.Ne4 Qd5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.c4 dxc3 23.Bxc3 d4 24.Bb4 Bd7 25.Rf2 a5 26.Ba3 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Bb2 Ra6 29.Ne4 Rac6 30.Kg1 Rc2 31.g3 d3 32.Rd1 f5 0-1
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Topalov-Kamsky Game 1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.f4 f6 17.e5 N [17.Rac1 ... Cheparinov-Kamsky] Bd7 18.exf6+ Qxf6 19.Ng3 Kh8 20.f5 gxf5 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Qd6 23.Raf1 Nc6 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Qh6 Rxf5 26.Rxf5 Ne5 27.h3 Ng6 28.Rh5 Rg8 29.Nf6 Rg7 30.Nxh7 Rxh7 31.Qxg6 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Qc1+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kg3 Qe3+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qc1+ Draw
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Grand Prix Dead?
First Carlsen dropped out. Now Adams dropped out. Presumably AlModiakhi (who was Qatar's nominee) and Pelletier (who was Montreux's nominee) have been kicked out, since he was Qatar's nominee and Qatar is no longer a sponsor. Akopian is in, but that still leaves the circuit three players (each of whom had already participated in one event) down.
Edited 12/14 to add: Eljanov, Alekseev and Kasimdzhanov have been added on the basis of their ratings. That's actually a good thing as far as the chess is concerned, since Pelletier and AlModiakhi were very weak compared to the rest of the field, rated 100 and 200 points below average respectively. However, this still leaves unresolved the problem that three of the new players (Akopian is the exception since Pelletier had not yet participated) are down one tournament. I assume they are going to get around this by dropping each participant's lowest score in determining the overall winner? Whatever.
Furthermore, Kiev's participation as a replacement venue for Montreux is still unverified. FIDE as usual has f'ed this up royally. I predict (big stretch here) that the GP series will NOT be completed.
Edited 12/14 to add: Eljanov, Alekseev and Kasimdzhanov have been added on the basis of their ratings. That's actually a good thing as far as the chess is concerned, since Pelletier and AlModiakhi were very weak compared to the rest of the field, rated 100 and 200 points below average respectively. However, this still leaves unresolved the problem that three of the new players (Akopian is the exception since Pelletier had not yet participated) are down one tournament. I assume they are going to get around this by dropping each participant's lowest score in determining the overall winner? Whatever.
Furthermore, Kiev's participation as a replacement venue for Montreux is still unverified. FIDE as usual has f'ed this up royally. I predict (big stretch here) that the GP series will NOT be completed.
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