Jermuk Grand Prix R5

Karjakin,S (2717) - Bacrot,E (2721) [C88] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be615.Bxe6 fxe6 16.b4 d5 17.Ng3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Ne1 Qb3 22.Qa2 Qxa2 23.Rxa2 Rd5 24.Kf1 Nb8 25.Ke2 Nd726.Nf3 Rd8 27.Bd2 Bf6 28.g4 g6 29.c4 Rd6 30.Be3 Rc6 31.cxb5 axb5 32.bxc5 Nxc5 33.Rc2 Nxe4 34.Rxc6 Nd6 35.Ng5 Bxg5 36.Bxg5 Rd7 37.f3Kg7 38.Bd2 Kf6 39.Rb6 h5 40.Be1 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nc8 42.Rxb5 Ne7 43.a4 Nd5 44.Bd2 Rh7 45.a5 Rh2+ 46.Kd1 Rh1+ 47.Kc2 Ra1 48.Kb2 Ra449.Rb7 Nf4 50.Rb3 1-0

Gelfand,B (2755) - Akopian,V (2712) [D12] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.g3 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Qc2 a6 14.Bd2dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bf1 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Be1 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Na4 20.Qd3 Bb4 21.Nxa4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxe1 23.Rxe1 bxa4 24.Qxa6 Rxb225.Qxa4 Nd5 26.e4 Nf6 27.e5 Qc5 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Qxe5 30.Bf3 g5 31.h3 g6 32.Qa7 Kg7 33.a4 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 e5 35.a5 e4 36.Bg2 g4 37.h4Qe5 38.a6 Qd6 39.Qb7 e3 40.a7 e2 41.a8Q e1Q 42.Qbc8 1-0

Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) - Aronian,L (2768) [D47] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.a3 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe715.e4 e5 16.Ne2 Bxb4 17.Ng3 g6 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bg5 Qc5 21.Qb3 Nde5 22.Qxe6+ Rf7 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Be2 Qd6 25.Qb3 Bc5 26.Rbd1Ra3 27.Qc2 Bd4 28.Be3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Bxe3+ 30.Kh1 Qe7 31.Rxf7 Nxf7 32.Qb3 Bb6 33.Bg4 Kh8 34.Rd7 Qc5 35.Qb1 Ne5 36.Rxb7 Nxg4 37.h3 Nf638.e5 Qxe5 39.Rxb6 Qxg3 40.Qa1 Qf4 41.Rb7 1-0

Kamsky,G (2717) - Inarkiev,E (2675) [C42] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Bxd314.Nxd3 0-0 15.Qf3 Na5 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Rfe1 c6 18.Re2 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Rbe1 f5 21.Qg3 f4 22.Qf3 Qd8 23.Nc5 Rf7 24.Ne6 Qh4 25.Re5 Nc426.Rh5 Qe7 27.Rf5 Re8 28.Qxf4 Rf6 29.Rxf6 Qxf6 30.Qxf6 gxf6 31.f4 Na3 32.f5 Nxc2 33.Re2 Na3 34.Kf2 Nb5 35.Re3 Nd6 36.Kf3 Kf7 37.Kf4 h638.h4 Rh8 39.Re1 b6 40.a4 a5 41.Re2 Re8 42.Rb2 Nc4 43.Rh2 Rh8 44.Re2 Nd6 45.Re1 Re8 46.Rb1 b5 47.Ra1 bxa4 48.Rxa4 Ra8 49.Nc5 Ra750.Ra1 Nb5 51.g5 hxg5+ 52.hxg5 fxg5+ 53.Kxg5 Nxc3 54.Rh1 Kg8 55.f6 Rh7 56.Re1 Ne4+ 57.Kg6 Ra7 58.Nxe4 dxe4 59.Rxe4 Kf8 60.Rh4 Kg861.Rh1 Rb7 62.d5 c5 63.d6 c4 64.Rd1 Rd7 65.Rb1 Rd8 66.Rb7 c3 67.Rg7+ Kf8 68.Rh7 1-0

Cheparinov,I (2678) - Ivanchuk,V (2703) [E21] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.e3 Ne5 11.b3 Qa5 12.Rc1 a6 13.0-0 0-0 14.f4Ng4 15.Qd3 Be7 16.h3 Nf6 17.g4 Rb8 18.g5 Ne8 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Rcd1 Nc7 21.c5 b6 22.c6 a5 23.Rf3 Ba6 24.Qd2 Bb4 25.Qc1 d5 26.Ng3 Qd627.Nh5 Qc5 28.Qb2 Bc3 29.Qf2 Bxd4 30.exd4 Qxc6 31.Rg3 Kh8 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Rc1 Rfc8 34.Rg4 Ne8 35.Re1 g6 36.Nf6 Nxf6 37.gxf6 Rc2 38.Rh4Rbc8 39.Qg3 Qb4 40.f5 Qxe1+ 41.Qxe1 Rc1 42.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 0-1

Standings:

Ivanchuk and Leko at +2

Kazimdzhanov, Aronian and Gelfand at +1

Kasparov Modern Chess 3 / Looking for a Chess Life

The third book of Kasparov's Modern Chess Series, covering the third and fourth matches with Karpov, is out.



This reminds me that I am STILL looking for Chess Life's December 1986 issue, which contains analysis of games 6-12 from the third match.

Jermuk Grand Prix R4

Leko,P (2756) - Karjakin,Sergey (2717) [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.a4 Ne4 12.Be1 f5 13.a5 Bd6 14.Nc3 Qe715.Ra2 Rfc8 16.axb6 axb6 17.Rda1 Bb7 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.cxd5 Nxc3 21.dxe6 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Nf8 23.Qa6 Bb7 24.Qxb6 Nxe625.b4 h6 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Qa5 Qxa5 28.bxa5 Kf7 29.Ne5+ Bxe5 30.dxe5 Nc7 31.f4 Ke6 32.Bb4 Kd7 33.Bf1 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Kamsky,G (2717) [A10] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 0-0 8.e5 Re8 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qxd4 f5 11.Qd5+ Kg7 12.h4 d6 13.Ng5 Qe714.Nxe4 fxe4 15.exd6 cxd6 16.h5 Qe5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bh6+ Kf6 19.Qd2 e3 20.Bxe3 Nc6 21.0-0-0 Be6 22.Rh7 Re7 23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Bf4 Qa525.Bxd6+ Kf7 26.Qb2 Kg8 27.c5 Qa4 28.Bd3 Bf5 29.Bb5 Qe4 30.f3 Qe3+ 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Kd2 Re8 34.g4 Be6 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Rh1Rg8 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Rh7 Rg7 39.g5+ Kf7 40.Rh8 Bd5 41.c4 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [A13] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.0-0 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Be7 9.Re1 0-0 10.Na3 Ne8 11.Nc2 f6 12.Bd2 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Nb4 Nc715.Rb1 Bd7 16.Nh4 Na5 17.f4 g6 18.f5 gxf5 19.g4 f4 20.Bxf4 Na6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Bxd5+ Kg7 23.Kh1 Re8 24.g5 Kh8 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Bxg8 Kxg827.g6 Bc6+ 28.Re4 Bxe4+ 29.dxe4 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qh5+ 1-0

Standings:

Aronian and Leko at +2

Ivanchuk and Cheparinov at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R3

Alekseev-Inarkiev [E99]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4Nf6 12.Nd3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Kh1 Bd7 [14...f4 15.Bf2 c5 16.b4 b6 17.a4]

15.Rg1 [15.c5! cxd5 16.cxd6 d4 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.g5 Nxe4 19.fxe4 dxe3]

15...Be8 [15...f4 16.Bf2 c5 17.b4; 15...Qc7 16.Rc1]

16.Qd2 [16.g5 Nh5 17.c5 cxd5 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Bc5 Qe6 20.Nxd5 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nxd5 22.Bg4 Qg8]

16...fxe4 17.fxe4 b5 18.b3 [18.g5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 bxc4 20.Ndc5 dxc5 21.d6 Nf5 22.Bxc4]

18...Rc8 [18...bxc4 19.bxc4 cxd5 20.cxd5 Rc8]

19.g5 Nxe4 [19...Nh5]

20.Nxe4 cxd5 [20...bxc4 21.Ndc5dxc5 22.d6 Nf5 23.Bxc4]

21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rgc1 [22.Raf1]

22...Bc6 23.Rxc6 [23.Rxc6 Rxc6 24.Nxe5 Nxe3 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Qxe3 Bxa1 27.Nb4 unclear; 23.Kg1Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Bxe4 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Qxe4 Qd8 27.Rf1 Qxg5+ 28.Kh1+/=]

23...Rxc6 24.Bg1 [24.Nxe5 Nxe3 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Qxe3 Bxa1 27.Nb4]

24...Qa8!? 25.Bf1 [25.Rf1 Rcc8 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Ndf2 Nf4 28.Bf3 Ne6 29.Bg2 d5 30.Nf6 Nxg531.Bxd5Qd8 32.Qxg5 Rxf6 33.Be4]

25...Rfc8 26.Nb4 Nxb4 27.Qxb4 Rc2 28.Bg2 [28.Qe1 d5 29.Bd3 dxe4 30.Bxe4 R8c6-/+]

28...d5 [28...Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Rc2+ 30.Kh3 d5 31.Ng3 d4 32.Rf1]

29.Nf2 [29.Ng3 e4 30.Rf1 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Qxb5 Bg7]

29...e4 [29...Rf8 30.Qxb5 e4 31.Rd1]

30.Rd1 Rc1 [30...Qc6 31.Ng4 a5 32.Qxa5 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 e3 34.Bxe3 d4+ 35.Kg3 dxe3 36.Rd8+; 30...e3 31.Bxd5 Qb8 32.Ng4 e2 33.Re1]

31.Qd2 R8c2? [31...Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Qb8=/+]

32.Qxc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 (unclear) 33...h6 34.gxh6 Bxh6 35.Rc7 Qd8 36.Rxa7 Be3 37.Rb7 Qf8?? [37...b4=/+]

38.Nxe4! Qc8 [38...Bxg1 39.Ng5+-]

39.Rf7 Qe6 [39...Bxg1 40.Nf6; 39...Qe8 40.Rh7+; 39...Qc1 40.Rf1 Qc2 41.Bxe3 dxe4+/-; 39...dxe4]

40.Rf6 [40.Bxe3! dxe4 41.Rf4+-]

40...Qg4 41.Bxe3 dxe4+/- 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.Re8 Qe2 44.Rxe4 Qxa2 45.b4 Qb1+ 46.Bg1 g5 47.h3 Qd1 48.Re5 Kf6 49.Rxb5 g4 50.Rd5 Qe1 51.Rd4 gxh3 52.Bxh3 Qg3 53.Bg4 Qb3 54.Kg2 Qb2+ 55.Bf2 Qb3 56.Bd7 Qg8+ 57.Bg4 Qg5 58.Kf3 Qb5 59.Ke3 Qa6 60.Be2 Qa3+ 61.Bd3 Qc1+ 62.Ke2 Qb2+63.Kf3 Qb3 64.b5 Qd1+ 65.Kg2 Ke5 66.b6 Qb3 67.Re4+ Kd6 68.Be2 Qg8+ 69.Rg4 Qb3 70.Bf3 Ke5 71.b7 Kf6 72.Bg3 1-0

Standings:

Aronian, Cheparinov, Leko at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R2

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Kamsky,G (2717) [D15] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qb3 e6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nbd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.c5 Ng4 13.Bg5 e5 14.Be7 exd415.Na4 Qf4 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Bd6 Be5 18.Bc2 Re6 19.h3 Nxf2 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rf1 Nf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Nxh3+ 24.Kh1 Re2 25.Bd1 Nf2+26.Rxf2 Rxf2 27.Kg1 Rd2 28.Nb6 Ra7 29.Nc4 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [D30] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rc8 15.a3 Rc7 16.e3 Nf6 17.b4 Nd5 18.Rac1 Re8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Qa4 Qa8 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rc2 Rec8 23.Rdc1 a5 24.bxa5 c5 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.fxg5 f6 27.Nd3 Qa6 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Qb3 Qxa5 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Qxb7 Qxa3 35.Qxd5+ Kf8 36.h4Qb4 37.e4 Qb2 38.Qc5+ Kf7 39.Kg2 Qa1 40.h5 fxg5 41.Qxg5 h6 42.Qd5+ Kf6 43.Qd7 Qb2 44.Kf3 Qa1 45.Qc6+ Ke7 46.Kf4 Qg1 47.Qc5+ Ke648.Qd5+ Ke7 49.Kf3 Qh1+ 50.Ke2 Qb1 51.Qf5 Qc2+ 52.Kf3 Qd3+ 53.Kg2 Qe2 54.Qf3 Qd2 55.Qa3+ Kf7 56.Qb3+ Ke7 57.Qb7+ Kf8 58.Qc8+ Ke759.Qc5+ Ke6 60.Qf5+ Ke7 61.Qe5+ Kf8 62.Qc5+ Ke8 63.Qd5 Qb2 64.e5 Ke7 65.Qd6+ Ke8 66.Qc6+ Kd8 67.Qe6 Qb7+ 68.Kg3 Qh1 69.Qg8+ Ke7 70.Qxg7+ Ke6 71.Qf6+ Kd7 72.Qf7+ 1-0

Standings:

Cheparinov, Aronian, Leko at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R1

The 5th Grand Prix Tournament started today in Jermuk, Armenia. To be honest, I didn't think it would ever get off the ground. Also, according to the FIDE Grand Prix website, the 6th tournament will be taking place after all.

The players:

1. Aronian Levon ARM 2768
2. Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2760
3. Leko Peter HUN 2756
4. Gelfand Boris ISR 2755
5. Bacrot Etienne FRA 2721
6. Kamsky Gata USA 2717
7. Karjakin Sergey UKR 2717
8. Eljanov Pavel UKR 2716
9. Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2714
10. Akopian Vladimir ARM 2712
11. Ivanchuk Vasily UKR 2703
12. Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2678
13. Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2675
14. Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2672

Inarkiev-Leko
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3 Nd8 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.Re3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 c6 20.Ba2 g6 21.f4 c5 22.Nc2 c4 23.Kh1 d5! 24.exd5 Nb7 25.Qf3 Bc5 26.Re5 Bd6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nd4 Nc5 29.Rf1 Ne4 30.Rd1 Qe7 31.g3 Bc5 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Rf1 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Nf5 35.Kh2 Qe2+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Rxf2 Re1 38.Rd2 Kf8 39.g4 Ne3 40.Kg3 Ra1 41.Kf3 Nxd5 42.Ke4 Nf6+ 43.Ke5 Re1+ 0-1

Cheparinov-Jakovenko

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21. Re3 Re7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. g4 e4 24. g5 exd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd3 Re2 32. a4 Rb2 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rxa4 37. Rb1 b6 38. h4 Kf6 39. h5 Kg5 40. Rg1+ Kh6 41. f6 Ra2 42. Rg7 Kxh5 43. f4 1-0