| Vladimir Kramnik | 10 | (+2 -0 =4) | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 8 | (+1 -0 =5) | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 6 | (+1 -2 =3) | |
| Alexey Shirov | 4 | (+0 -2 =4) |
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Kramnik wins Bilbao
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
History of the World Computer CC and World Microcomputer CC
World Computer Chess Championship
Stockholm 1974 - Kaissa
Toronto 1977 - Chess 4.6
Linz 1980 - Belle
New York 1983 - Cray Blitz
Cologne 1986 - Cray Blitz
Edmonton 1989 - Deep Thought
Madrid 1992 - Chessmachine
Shatin 1995 - Fritz
Jakarta 1996 - Shredder
Paris 1997 - Junior
Paderborn 1999 - Shredder
London 2000 - Shredder
Maastricht 2001 - Deep Junior
Maastricht 2002 - Deep Junior
Graz 2003 - Shredder
Ramat-Gan 2004 - Deep Junior
Reykjavík 2005 - Zappa
Turin 2006 - Junior
Amsterdam 2007 - Rybka
Beijing 2008 - Rybka
Pamplona 2009 - Rybka
World Micro Computer Chess Championship
(Microcomputer winners who also won Computer titles have been placed in the above list instead.)
1980 London - Fidelity Chess Challenger
1981 Travemünde - Fidelity X
1983 Budapest - Fidelity Elite A/S
1984 Glasgow - Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion
1985 Amsterdam - Mephisto / Nona
1986 Dallas - Mephisto
1987 Rome - Mephisto / Psion
1988 Almería - Mephisto
1989 Portoroz - Mephisto
1990 Lyon - Mephisto
1991 Vancouver - ChessMachine (Gideon)
1993 Munich - HIARCS
1995 Paderborn - MChess Pro 5.0
Stockholm 1974 - Kaissa
Toronto 1977 - Chess 4.6
Linz 1980 - Belle
New York 1983 - Cray Blitz
Cologne 1986 - Cray Blitz
Edmonton 1989 - Deep Thought
Madrid 1992 - Chessmachine
Shatin 1995 - Fritz
Jakarta 1996 - Shredder
Paris 1997 - Junior
Paderborn 1999 - Shredder
London 2000 - Shredder
Maastricht 2001 - Deep Junior
Maastricht 2002 - Deep Junior
Graz 2003 - Shredder
Ramat-Gan 2004 - Deep Junior
Reykjavík 2005 - Zappa
Turin 2006 - Junior
Amsterdam 2007 - Rybka
Beijing 2008 - Rybka
Pamplona 2009 - Rybka
World Micro Computer Chess Championship
(Microcomputer winners who also won Computer titles have been placed in the above list instead.)
1980 London - Fidelity Chess Challenger
1981 Travemünde - Fidelity X
1983 Budapest - Fidelity Elite A/S
1984 Glasgow - Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion
1985 Amsterdam - Mephisto / Nona
1986 Dallas - Mephisto
1987 Rome - Mephisto / Psion
1988 Almería - Mephisto
1989 Portoroz - Mephisto
1990 Lyon - Mephisto
1991 Vancouver - ChessMachine (Gideon)
1993 Munich - HIARCS
1995 Paderborn - MChess Pro 5.0
Monday, October 04, 2010
39th Chess Olympiad Results
Gold: Ukraine (Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Eljanov, Efimenko, Moiseenko)
Silver: Russia (Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov)
Bronze: Israel (Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski)
Silver: Russia (Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov)
Bronze: Israel (Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Chess ratings - move over Elo (Email from Anthony Goldbloom)
Hi Alberto,
I hope this is of interest.
Jeff Sonas, the creator of the Chessmetrics rating system, launched a competition to find a chess rating algorithm that performs better than the official Elo system. Within 24 hours, two teams had already created algorithms that made more accurate predictions than Elo. It's no surprise that Elo has been outdone — after all, the system was invented half a century ago, before we could easily crunch large amounts of historical data.
The competition requires entrants to build their rating systems based on the results of more than 65,000 historical chess games. Entrants then test their algorithms by predicting the results of another 7,809 games.
Regards,
Anthony
I hope this is of interest.
Jeff Sonas, the creator of the Chessmetrics rating system, launched a competition to find a chess rating algorithm that performs better than the official Elo system. Within 24 hours, two teams had already created algorithms that made more accurate predictions than Elo. It's no surprise that Elo has been outdone — after all, the system was invented half a century ago, before we could easily crunch large amounts of historical data.
The competition requires entrants to build their rating systems based on the results of more than 65,000 historical chess games. Entrants then test their algorithms by predicting the results of another 7,809 games.
Regards,
Anthony
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Winter on Capablanca
Capablanca: How I Learned to Play Chess
Reminiscences by Capablanca
Capablanca in the English Review
Capablanca on his Predecessors
The Capablanca-Pokorny Fiasco
Capablanca on San Sebastián, 1912
Steinitz Stuck and Capa Caught
Capablanca v Fonaroff
How Capablanca Became World Champion
Capablanca’s Reply to Lasker
Morrison v Capablanca, London, 1922
The London Rules
A Chess-Billiards Concoction
Capablanca in New York World (1925)
Analytical Disaccord
Capablanca on Moscow, 1925
Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927
A Fake Chess Photograph
A Lecture by Capablanca (1932)
Capablanca Interviewed in 1939
Capablanca on Maróczy
The Genius and the Princess
Capablanca’s Death
Books about Capablanca and Alekhine
Capablanca Goes Algebraic
Capablanca Book Destroyed
Immortal but Unknown
The Mysterious Frederick D. Rosebault
Reminiscences by Capablanca
Capablanca in the English Review
Capablanca on his Predecessors
The Capablanca-Pokorny Fiasco
Capablanca on San Sebastián, 1912
Steinitz Stuck and Capa Caught
Capablanca v Fonaroff
How Capablanca Became World Champion
Capablanca’s Reply to Lasker
Morrison v Capablanca, London, 1922
The London Rules
A Chess-Billiards Concoction
Capablanca in New York World (1925)
Analytical Disaccord
Capablanca on Moscow, 1925
Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927
A Fake Chess Photograph
A Lecture by Capablanca (1932)
Capablanca Interviewed in 1939
Capablanca on Maróczy
The Genius and the Princess
Capablanca’s Death
Books about Capablanca and Alekhine
Capablanca Goes Algebraic
Capablanca Book Destroyed
Immortal but Unknown
The Mysterious Frederick D. Rosebault
Saturday, June 26, 2010
ChessBaron
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
On chess ratings
Alberto,
I thought that you and the chess community might find this interesting. My project, Kaggle, hosted a World Cup forecasting competition for statisticians. The variable that appeared most often in participants' statistical models was the Elo rating (and not betting prices of the official FIFA ranking).
Anthony
I thought that you and the chess community might find this interesting. My project, Kaggle, hosted a World Cup forecasting competition for statisticians. The variable that appeared most often in participants' statistical models was the Elo rating (and not betting prices of the official FIFA ranking).
Anthony
Monday, May 24, 2010
Grand Prix - Final Results
Leko-Gashimov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.Nc3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nc2 Ng4N 10.Bd2 h5 11.h3 Nge5 12.b3 Qc8 13.Kh2 f5 14.h4 (14.f4) g5 15.hxg5 h4 16.f3 Kf7 17.Rh1 Rh5 18.Nd5 Qh8 19.Rc1 Rg8 20.Qf1 Ke8 21.gxh4 Ng6 22.f4 e6 23.Nc7+ Ke7 24.Kg3 a6 25.Rh3 Rxh4 26.Qh1 Rxh3+ 27.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 28.Bxh3 Kd8 29.Na8 Rh8 30.Nb6 Be8 31.e3 Kc7 32.Na4 Bd7 33.Bg2 Nh4 34.Bh1 Ng6 35.Nc3 Nce7 36.Nb4 a5 37.Nd3 Bc6 38.Nf2 Kd7 39.Na4 e5 40.Bxc6+ Nxc6 41.Rh1 Rg8 42.Nb6+ Ke6 43.Nd5 Nce7 44.Nc7+ Kd7 45.Nb5 Nc6 46.Rd1 Ke6 47.Bc1 Rd8 48.Ba3 Bf8 49.Nd3 Be7 50.Nb2 Rh8 51.Bxd6 Rh4 52.Nd3 Bxd6 53.Nxd6 Rg4+ 54.Kf2 b6 55.fxe5 Ncxe5 56.Nb5 Rxg5 57.Nxe5 Kxe5 58.Rd5+ Kf6 59.Nd4 f4 60.Rd6+ Kf7 61.Rxb6 fxe3+ 62.Kxe3 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 Rd3 64.Nf3 Rc3 65.a4 Kg7 66.Rb5 Nf4 67.Nd2 Ne6 68.Rxa5 Nd4 69.Ra7+ Kg6 70.Rb7 Kf5 71.a5 Rd3 72.Ke1 Re3+ 73.Kd1 Rh3 74.Kc1 Rc3+ 75.Kb1 Rd3 76.a6 Rxd2 77.a7 Rd1+ 78.Kb2 Rd2+ 79.Kc3 1-0
Inarkiev-Svidler
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8 9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Ne1 dxc4N 11.Qxc4 Na6 12.e4 Bg4 13.Bf3 Be6 14.d5 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.Qe2 Ne5 17.Bg5 Qc5 18.Rac1 Re8 19.dxc6 Nxc6 20.Rd5 Qb6 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Nb5 Qb8 23.Nd3 Rd8 24.a3 e6 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.b4 Qe7 27.Kg2 Nab8 28.e5 Nd7 29.f4 f6 30.exf6 Nxf6 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Qd7 33.Bb2 b6 34.Kg1 Rd8 35.Re1 Ne8 36.Nf2 Bxb2 37.Qxb2 Kf7 38.Ne4 h6 39.Nf2 Nf6 40.Qe2 Qd6 41.Rd1 Nd5 42.Qb2 Qf8 43.Ng4 Qg7 44.Qc2 Kg8 45.Qe4 Rd6 46.Ne5 Kh7 47.Rc1 Qf6 48.Rc8 Qf5 49.Qe1 b5 50.Qa1 g5? (50...Ra6) 51.Nc4! bxc4 52.Qh8+ Kg6 53.Rg8+ Kh5 54.Rxg5+ Qxg5 55.fxg5 c3 56.Qxh6+ Kg4 57.g6 e5 58.g7 1-0
Final Results:
1 Eljanov (8) - 180 GP points
2-6 Ponomariov, Jakovenko, Mamedyarov, Alekseev, Radjabov (7) - 116 GP points
7-9 Leko, Gashimov, Wang (6.5) - 70 GP points
10-11 Gelfand, Svidler (6) - 45 GP points
12-14 Ivanchuk, Inarkiev, Akopian (5.5) - 20 GP points
Overall Grand Prix Results:
1 Levon Aronian (ARM) 500
2 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 419⅓
3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 363⅓
4 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 359⅓
5 Wang Yue (CHN) 353⅓
6 Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 333⅓
7 Peter Leko (HUN) 320
8-9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) and Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) 301
10 Pavel Eljanov (UKR) 285
11 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 265
12 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 255
13 Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 240
14 Gata Kamsky (USA) 235
15-16 Sergey Karjakin (UKR) and Peter Svidler (RUS) 230
17 Rustam Kasimdjanov (UZB) 200
18 Vladimir Akopian (ARM) 195
19 Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 130
20 Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) 55
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.Nc3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nc2 Ng4N 10.Bd2 h5 11.h3 Nge5 12.b3 Qc8 13.Kh2 f5 14.h4 (14.f4) g5 15.hxg5 h4 16.f3 Kf7 17.Rh1 Rh5 18.Nd5 Qh8 19.Rc1 Rg8 20.Qf1 Ke8 21.gxh4 Ng6 22.f4 e6 23.Nc7+ Ke7 24.Kg3 a6 25.Rh3 Rxh4 26.Qh1 Rxh3+ 27.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 28.Bxh3 Kd8 29.Na8 Rh8 30.Nb6 Be8 31.e3 Kc7 32.Na4 Bd7 33.Bg2 Nh4 34.Bh1 Ng6 35.Nc3 Nce7 36.Nb4 a5 37.Nd3 Bc6 38.Nf2 Kd7 39.Na4 e5 40.Bxc6+ Nxc6 41.Rh1 Rg8 42.Nb6+ Ke6 43.Nd5 Nce7 44.Nc7+ Kd7 45.Nb5 Nc6 46.Rd1 Ke6 47.Bc1 Rd8 48.Ba3 Bf8 49.Nd3 Be7 50.Nb2 Rh8 51.Bxd6 Rh4 52.Nd3 Bxd6 53.Nxd6 Rg4+ 54.Kf2 b6 55.fxe5 Ncxe5 56.Nb5 Rxg5 57.Nxe5 Kxe5 58.Rd5+ Kf6 59.Nd4 f4 60.Rd6+ Kf7 61.Rxb6 fxe3+ 62.Kxe3 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 Rd3 64.Nf3 Rc3 65.a4 Kg7 66.Rb5 Nf4 67.Nd2 Ne6 68.Rxa5 Nd4 69.Ra7+ Kg6 70.Rb7 Kf5 71.a5 Rd3 72.Ke1 Re3+ 73.Kd1 Rh3 74.Kc1 Rc3+ 75.Kb1 Rd3 76.a6 Rxd2 77.a7 Rd1+ 78.Kb2 Rd2+ 79.Kc3 1-0
Inarkiev-Svidler
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8 9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Ne1 dxc4N 11.Qxc4 Na6 12.e4 Bg4 13.Bf3 Be6 14.d5 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.Qe2 Ne5 17.Bg5 Qc5 18.Rac1 Re8 19.dxc6 Nxc6 20.Rd5 Qb6 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Nb5 Qb8 23.Nd3 Rd8 24.a3 e6 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.b4 Qe7 27.Kg2 Nab8 28.e5 Nd7 29.f4 f6 30.exf6 Nxf6 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Qd7 33.Bb2 b6 34.Kg1 Rd8 35.Re1 Ne8 36.Nf2 Bxb2 37.Qxb2 Kf7 38.Ne4 h6 39.Nf2 Nf6 40.Qe2 Qd6 41.Rd1 Nd5 42.Qb2 Qf8 43.Ng4 Qg7 44.Qc2 Kg8 45.Qe4 Rd6 46.Ne5 Kh7 47.Rc1 Qf6 48.Rc8 Qf5 49.Qe1 b5 50.Qa1 g5? (50...Ra6) 51.Nc4! bxc4 52.Qh8+ Kg6 53.Rg8+ Kh5 54.Rxg5+ Qxg5 55.fxg5 c3 56.Qxh6+ Kg4 57.g6 e5 58.g7 1-0
Final Results:
1 Eljanov (8) - 180 GP points
2-6 Ponomariov, Jakovenko, Mamedyarov, Alekseev, Radjabov (7) - 116 GP points
7-9 Leko, Gashimov, Wang (6.5) - 70 GP points
10-11 Gelfand, Svidler (6) - 45 GP points
12-14 Ivanchuk, Inarkiev, Akopian (5.5) - 20 GP points
Overall Grand Prix Results:
1 Levon Aronian (ARM) 500
2 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 419⅓
3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 363⅓
4 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 359⅓
5 Wang Yue (CHN) 353⅓
6 Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 333⅓
7 Peter Leko (HUN) 320
8-9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) and Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) 301
10 Pavel Eljanov (UKR) 285
11 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 265
12 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 255
13 Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 240
14 Gata Kamsky (USA) 235
15-16 Sergey Karjakin (UKR) and Peter Svidler (RUS) 230
17 Rustam Kasimdjanov (UZB) 200
18 Vladimir Akopian (ARM) 195
19 Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 130
20 Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) 55
US Championship Round 10 - Both Games Drawn
Kamsky and Shulman tied at 7/10.
ETA: Kamsky won the tiebreak and was crowned 2010 US Champion.
ETA: Kamsky won the tiebreak and was crowned 2010 US Champion.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
US Chess Championship Round 9
Top Quad:
Shulman beat Nakamura
Kamsky beat Onischuk
Other Results:
3 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 1-0
6 GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 0-1
8 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 1-0
9 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 1-0
12 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2488 1-0
Shulman beat Nakamura
Kamsky beat Onischuk
Other Results:
3 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 1-0
6 GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 0-1
8 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 1-0
9 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 1-0
12 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2488 1-0
Grand Prix Round 12
Svidler-Gelfand
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.O-O g6 9.a3N Bg7 10.d3 O-O 11.Ba2 Nc5 12.Nf4 Kh8 13.Bd2 c6 14.Kh1 a5 15.f3 a4 16.Bb4 Na6 17.Be1 Nc7 18.Bf2 Bd7 19.Qd2 Qg5 20.h4 Qa5 21.Qc1 f5 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Nxg6+ Kg7 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.c3 Bf6 27.Rfe1 f4 28.d4 Ne6 29.e5 dxe5 30.Qxh7+ Kd8 31.Qf7 1-0
Mamedyarov-Leko
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Re1 c5 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 Be2 21.Bf4 Bd3N 22.Rad1 Be2 23.Rc1 Bg4 24.c4 Bh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Qb5 f6 27.e5 f5 28.a4 Rc7 29.Red1 Rb8 30.Qa6 Kf7 31.Rb1 Qh5 32.a5 Nc8 33.h4 Rb3 34.Rdc1 Qf3 35.Rxb3 Qxb3 36.Qb5 Qf3 37.Qb8 Qb7 38.Qxb7 Rxb7 39.Be3 Rc7 40.Rb1 a6 41.h5 h6 42.Kg2 Ke8 43.Rb8 Kf7 44.Rb2 Ke8 45.Kf1 Kf7 46.Ke2 Ke8 47.Kd2 Kf7 48.Kc3 Ke8 49.f3 Kf7 50.g4 fxg4 51.fxg4 Ke8 52.Rb8 Kf7 53.Ra8 Rc6 54.g5 hxg5 55.Bxg5 Ke8 56.Kb3 Rc7 57.Rxa6 Rb7+ 58.Kc3 Kd7 59.Ra8 Rb1 60.a6 Ra1 61.Kb3 Rb1+ 62.Ka2 Rb4 63.Bd2 Rxc4 64.Kb3 Rh4 65.a7 Nxa7 66.Rxa7+ Kc6 67.Ra6+ Kd5 68.Bc3 Rxh5 69.Rd6+ Ke4 70.Rxe6 g5 71.Rg6 Kf5 72.Rf6+ Ke4 73.e6 1-0
Akopian-Ivanchuk
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.e5 Qd8 11.Ne4 Nc6 12.a3N Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Bd3 g6 15.h4 Kg7 16.h5 g5 17.Ned2 Rh8 18.Nh2 b6 19.f4 gxf4 20.Rxf4 Bg5 21.Raf1 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 a5 23.Ng4 1-0
Alekseev-Inarkiev
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.e3 O-O 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Ne1 e5N 13.Nd3 Rad8 14.g4 Bg6 15.f4 exf4 16.exf4 Ndf6 17.f5 Rxd4 18.Be3 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Nf2 20.Qxd4 Nxd1 21.fxg6 Bf6 22.Qe4 Rd8 23.Na3 Nxe3 24.Re1 Bd4 25.Rxe3 hxg6 26.Nc2 Bb6 27.Kh1 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Qd7 29.Nce1 b6 30.b3 Re8 31.Qf2 c5 32.Bf3 Qd6 33.Kg2 Qe6 34.Qd2 c4 35.bxc4 Qxc4 36.Nf2 Qe6 37.Ned3 Rd8 38.Qc2 Qe3 39.Qc4 Rd6 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qc7 Qg5+ 42.Kf1 Qf6 43.Be4 a6 44.Qc2 Qh4 45.Kg1 Qg5+ 46.Kh1 b5 47.Qe2 Qf6 48.Ne5 Re6 49.Nf3 Kg8 50.Kg2 Qf4 51.Qc2 Qd6 52.h4 Kf8 53.Ng5 Re7 54.Qc8+ Re8 55.Qb7 Re7 56.Qa8+ Re8 57.Nh7+ Ke7 58.Qa7+ Qd7 59.Qxa6 Rh8 60.Qa3+ Kd8 61.Qa8+ Qc8 62.Qd5+ Qd7 63.Ng5 Qxd5 64.Bxd5 Rxh4 65.Nxf7+ Kc7 66.Bb3 Kb6 67.Kg3 Rd4 68.Ne5 g5 69.Kf3 Rh4 70.Ke3 Ka5 71.Nc6+ Kb6 72.Ne7 Kc5 73.Nd5 Kc6 74.Ne4 Rh3+ 75.Kd4 g4 76.Nf4 Rf3 77.Nd3 Kb6 78.Ne5 Rf4 79.Ke3 g5 80.Bd1 Ka5 81.Bxg4 Rxg4 82.Nxg4 Kb4 83.Ne5 g4 84.Nd3+ Ka3 85.Nc3 g3 86.Kf3 b4 87.Nxb4 Kxb4 88.Nb1 1-0
Standings:
Eljanov - +3
Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Gashimov, Ponomariov, Jakovenko, Alekseev - +1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.O-O g6 9.a3N Bg7 10.d3 O-O 11.Ba2 Nc5 12.Nf4 Kh8 13.Bd2 c6 14.Kh1 a5 15.f3 a4 16.Bb4 Na6 17.Be1 Nc7 18.Bf2 Bd7 19.Qd2 Qg5 20.h4 Qa5 21.Qc1 f5 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Nxg6+ Kg7 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.c3 Bf6 27.Rfe1 f4 28.d4 Ne6 29.e5 dxe5 30.Qxh7+ Kd8 31.Qf7 1-0
Mamedyarov-Leko
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Re1 c5 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 Be2 21.Bf4 Bd3N 22.Rad1 Be2 23.Rc1 Bg4 24.c4 Bh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Qb5 f6 27.e5 f5 28.a4 Rc7 29.Red1 Rb8 30.Qa6 Kf7 31.Rb1 Qh5 32.a5 Nc8 33.h4 Rb3 34.Rdc1 Qf3 35.Rxb3 Qxb3 36.Qb5 Qf3 37.Qb8 Qb7 38.Qxb7 Rxb7 39.Be3 Rc7 40.Rb1 a6 41.h5 h6 42.Kg2 Ke8 43.Rb8 Kf7 44.Rb2 Ke8 45.Kf1 Kf7 46.Ke2 Ke8 47.Kd2 Kf7 48.Kc3 Ke8 49.f3 Kf7 50.g4 fxg4 51.fxg4 Ke8 52.Rb8 Kf7 53.Ra8 Rc6 54.g5 hxg5 55.Bxg5 Ke8 56.Kb3 Rc7 57.Rxa6 Rb7+ 58.Kc3 Kd7 59.Ra8 Rb1 60.a6 Ra1 61.Kb3 Rb1+ 62.Ka2 Rb4 63.Bd2 Rxc4 64.Kb3 Rh4 65.a7 Nxa7 66.Rxa7+ Kc6 67.Ra6+ Kd5 68.Bc3 Rxh5 69.Rd6+ Ke4 70.Rxe6 g5 71.Rg6 Kf5 72.Rf6+ Ke4 73.e6 1-0
Akopian-Ivanchuk
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.e5 Qd8 11.Ne4 Nc6 12.a3N Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Bd3 g6 15.h4 Kg7 16.h5 g5 17.Ned2 Rh8 18.Nh2 b6 19.f4 gxf4 20.Rxf4 Bg5 21.Raf1 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 a5 23.Ng4 1-0
Alekseev-Inarkiev
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.e3 O-O 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Ne1 e5N 13.Nd3 Rad8 14.g4 Bg6 15.f4 exf4 16.exf4 Ndf6 17.f5 Rxd4 18.Be3 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Nf2 20.Qxd4 Nxd1 21.fxg6 Bf6 22.Qe4 Rd8 23.Na3 Nxe3 24.Re1 Bd4 25.Rxe3 hxg6 26.Nc2 Bb6 27.Kh1 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Qd7 29.Nce1 b6 30.b3 Re8 31.Qf2 c5 32.Bf3 Qd6 33.Kg2 Qe6 34.Qd2 c4 35.bxc4 Qxc4 36.Nf2 Qe6 37.Ned3 Rd8 38.Qc2 Qe3 39.Qc4 Rd6 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qc7 Qg5+ 42.Kf1 Qf6 43.Be4 a6 44.Qc2 Qh4 45.Kg1 Qg5+ 46.Kh1 b5 47.Qe2 Qf6 48.Ne5 Re6 49.Nf3 Kg8 50.Kg2 Qf4 51.Qc2 Qd6 52.h4 Kf8 53.Ng5 Re7 54.Qc8+ Re8 55.Qb7 Re7 56.Qa8+ Re8 57.Nh7+ Ke7 58.Qa7+ Qd7 59.Qxa6 Rh8 60.Qa3+ Kd8 61.Qa8+ Qc8 62.Qd5+ Qd7 63.Ng5 Qxd5 64.Bxd5 Rxh4 65.Nxf7+ Kc7 66.Bb3 Kb6 67.Kg3 Rd4 68.Ne5 g5 69.Kf3 Rh4 70.Ke3 Ka5 71.Nc6+ Kb6 72.Ne7 Kc5 73.Nd5 Kc6 74.Ne4 Rh3+ 75.Kd4 g4 76.Nf4 Rf3 77.Nd3 Kb6 78.Ne5 Rf4 79.Ke3 g5 80.Bd1 Ka5 81.Bxg4 Rxg4 82.Nxg4 Kb4 83.Ne5 g4 84.Nd3+ Ka3 85.Nc3 g3 86.Kf3 b4 87.Nxb4 Kxb4 88.Nb1 1-0
Standings:
Eljanov - +3
Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Gashimov, Ponomariov, Jakovenko, Alekseev - +1
Saturday, May 22, 2010
US Championship Round 8
Top Quad:
Nakamura-Kamsky and Onischuk-Shulman were both drawn
Other Results:
GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 1-0
GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 1-0
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 IM Krush, Irina 2455 1-0
GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 1-0
Nakamura-Kamsky and Onischuk-Shulman were both drawn
Other Results:
GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 1-0
GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 1-0
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 IM Krush, Irina 2455 1-0
GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 1-0
Grand Prix Round 11
Radjabov-Mamedyarov
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nc3 Qg6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Rad1N O-O-O 13.Qe3 Kb8 14.Na4 b6 15.Nf3 c5 16.Rxd7 Rxd7 17.Ne5 Qe6 18.Nxd7+ Qxd7 19.Nc3 Qd4 20.Qf4 Rf8 21.Rd1 Ng6 22.Qf3 Qe5 23.g3 Qg5 24.Nd5 Ne7 25.a4 Nxd5 26.exd5 Rd8 27.a5 b5 28.d6 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 cxd6 30.Qc6 Qd8 31.Qxa6 b4 32.h4 Qc7 33.h5 Qd8 34.c3 bxc3 35.bxc3 Qc7 36.c4 Qd8 37.Qc6 Qc7 38.Qe8+ Kb7 39.Qe4+ 1-0
Ponomariov-Gashimov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bf4N d6 10.Nb5 e5 11.c5 exf4 12.cxd6 O-O 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.O-O fxg3 17.hxg3 Nc6 18.Rab1 Bd7 19.Rfd1 Na5 20.Be4 g6 21.Qf3 Bc6 22.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Nxc6 24.Bd5 Re8 25.c4 Qe7 26.Kg2 h5 27.Rd3 Kg7 28.Qf4 Rf8 29.Re3 Qd7 30.a3 Qd8 31.Rb3 Qd7 32.e4 Qe7 33.Qd2 Kh7 34.Qb2 Nd8 35.Rf3 Nc6 36.e5 a5 37.e6 f5 38.Qb6 Re8 39.Re3 Rc8 40.Rd3 Kg8 41.Qe3 g5 42.Bxc6 bxc6 43.Rd7 Qf6 44.Rf7 Qg6 45.Qe5 f4 46.Rf5 f3+ 47.Kh2 1-0
Standings:
Eljanov - +3
Ponomariov, Jakovenko, Gashimov, Radjabov - +1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nc3 Qg6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Rad1N O-O-O 13.Qe3 Kb8 14.Na4 b6 15.Nf3 c5 16.Rxd7 Rxd7 17.Ne5 Qe6 18.Nxd7+ Qxd7 19.Nc3 Qd4 20.Qf4 Rf8 21.Rd1 Ng6 22.Qf3 Qe5 23.g3 Qg5 24.Nd5 Ne7 25.a4 Nxd5 26.exd5 Rd8 27.a5 b5 28.d6 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 cxd6 30.Qc6 Qd8 31.Qxa6 b4 32.h4 Qc7 33.h5 Qd8 34.c3 bxc3 35.bxc3 Qc7 36.c4 Qd8 37.Qc6 Qc7 38.Qe8+ Kb7 39.Qe4+ 1-0
Ponomariov-Gashimov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bf4N d6 10.Nb5 e5 11.c5 exf4 12.cxd6 O-O 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.O-O fxg3 17.hxg3 Nc6 18.Rab1 Bd7 19.Rfd1 Na5 20.Be4 g6 21.Qf3 Bc6 22.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Nxc6 24.Bd5 Re8 25.c4 Qe7 26.Kg2 h5 27.Rd3 Kg7 28.Qf4 Rf8 29.Re3 Qd7 30.a3 Qd8 31.Rb3 Qd7 32.e4 Qe7 33.Qd2 Kh7 34.Qb2 Nd8 35.Rf3 Nc6 36.e5 a5 37.e6 f5 38.Qb6 Re8 39.Re3 Rc8 40.Rd3 Kg8 41.Qe3 g5 42.Bxc6 bxc6 43.Rd7 Qf6 44.Rf7 Qg6 45.Qe5 f4 46.Rf5 f3+ 47.Kh2 1-0
Standings:
Eljanov - +3
Ponomariov, Jakovenko, Gashimov, Radjabov - +1
Friday, May 21, 2010
Grand Prix Round 10
Gashimov-Inarkiev
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 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Bd7 15.Bd3 Rfb8 16.Re2 Nb7 17.b4 Qc8N 18.Rea2 Nd8 19.Ra3 Ne8 20.Nbd2 g6 21.Qe1 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Nf7 25.Bf1 Bf6 26.Bd2 Nc7 27.Rc1 Qd8 28.Na5 Nxd5 29.Bc4 Nb6 30.Ba2 d5 31.Be3 Qe8 32.Bxb6 Rxb6 33.Bxd5 Rab8 34.Nc4 Re6 35.Rd1 Rb5 36.Bxe6 Qxe6 37.Rad3 Bc6 38.Nd6 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Rb8 40.f4 e4 41.Rg3+ Kf8 42.Nxf7 Kxf7 43.Qe2 Rb7 44.Qh5+ Kf8 45.Qh6+ Ke8 46.Rc1 Rf7 47.Rg8+ Kd7 48.Rgc8 Qb6 49.Qh5 Rg7+ 1-0
Eljanov-Leko
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 b6N 9.O-O Bb7 10.Ng3 c5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Nb8 14.Qe3 Nc6 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Bf1 Bf8 18.h3 Qd7 19.Be2 Red8 20.Bf1 a6 21.Nc3 Na5 22.cxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Ne2 b5 25.Nf4 Qg5 26.Nd3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Be4 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Rd5 30.Bc3 Nc6 31.b4 Rb8 32.a4 f6 33.Rxd5 Bxd5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Ra1 Kf7 36.Bd3 Bc4 37.Be4 Bd5 38.Bd3 Bc4 39.Be4 Bd5 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Ra6 Ne7 42.Rb6 d4 43.Bxd4 1-0
Akopian-Radjabov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nc2 Qd7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne3 f5 16.Ned5 Bd8N 17.Qh5 Qg7 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.f3 Ba5 21.Ne2 e4 22.Bb1 exf3 23.gxf3 Qf7 24.Qxf7 Rxf7 25.b3 Bd7 26.Ndf4 Bb4 27.Nd5 Bc5 28.f4 Ne7 29.Ng3 Bc6 30.Kg2 Rg8 31.Rfe1 Rg4 32.h3 Rxf4 33.Rf1 Rxf1 34.Kxf1 Nxd5 35.cxd5 Bd7 36.Nh1 Rg7 37.Nf2 Rg3 38.Nd3 Be3 39.Ke2 f4 40.Ne1 Rxh3 0-1
Standings:
Eljanov - +3
Gashimov - +2
Jakovenko, Memadyarov - +1
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 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Bd7 15.Bd3 Rfb8 16.Re2 Nb7 17.b4 Qc8N 18.Rea2 Nd8 19.Ra3 Ne8 20.Nbd2 g6 21.Qe1 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Nf7 25.Bf1 Bf6 26.Bd2 Nc7 27.Rc1 Qd8 28.Na5 Nxd5 29.Bc4 Nb6 30.Ba2 d5 31.Be3 Qe8 32.Bxb6 Rxb6 33.Bxd5 Rab8 34.Nc4 Re6 35.Rd1 Rb5 36.Bxe6 Qxe6 37.Rad3 Bc6 38.Nd6 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Rb8 40.f4 e4 41.Rg3+ Kf8 42.Nxf7 Kxf7 43.Qe2 Rb7 44.Qh5+ Kf8 45.Qh6+ Ke8 46.Rc1 Rf7 47.Rg8+ Kd7 48.Rgc8 Qb6 49.Qh5 Rg7+ 1-0
Eljanov-Leko
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 b6N 9.O-O Bb7 10.Ng3 c5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Nb8 14.Qe3 Nc6 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Bf1 Bf8 18.h3 Qd7 19.Be2 Red8 20.Bf1 a6 21.Nc3 Na5 22.cxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Ne2 b5 25.Nf4 Qg5 26.Nd3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Be4 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Rd5 30.Bc3 Nc6 31.b4 Rb8 32.a4 f6 33.Rxd5 Bxd5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Ra1 Kf7 36.Bd3 Bc4 37.Be4 Bd5 38.Bd3 Bc4 39.Be4 Bd5 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Ra6 Ne7 42.Rb6 d4 43.Bxd4 1-0
Akopian-Radjabov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nc2 Qd7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne3 f5 16.Ned5 Bd8N 17.Qh5 Qg7 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.f3 Ba5 21.Ne2 e4 22.Bb1 exf3 23.gxf3 Qf7 24.Qxf7 Rxf7 25.b3 Bd7 26.Ndf4 Bb4 27.Nd5 Bc5 28.f4 Ne7 29.Ng3 Bc6 30.Kg2 Rg8 31.Rfe1 Rg4 32.h3 Rxf4 33.Rf1 Rxf1 34.Kxf1 Nxd5 35.cxd5 Bd7 36.Nh1 Rg7 37.Nf2 Rg3 38.Nd3 Be3 39.Ke2 f4 40.Ne1 Rxh3 0-1
Standings:
Eljanov - +3
Gashimov - +2
Jakovenko, Memadyarov - +1
Thursday, May 20, 2010
US Championship Round 7
GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 0-1
GM Hess, Robert 2590 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 1-0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 1-0
GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0
IM Krush, Irina 2455 GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 1-0
IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 0-1
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk and Shulman are the four players who enter the final quad, each with 5 points. Not surprisingly, they are the top four seeds.
GM Hess, Robert 2590 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 1-0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 1-0
GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0
IM Krush, Irina 2455 GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 1-0
IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 0-1
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk and Shulman are the four players who enter the final quad, each with 5 points. Not surprisingly, they are the top four seeds.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
US Championship Round 6
GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2733 GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 1-0
GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 GM Shulman, Yuri 2613 0-1
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 1-0GM Finegold, Benjamin 2539 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0
GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 1-0GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 1-0
GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 IM Krush, Irina 2455 1-0
IM Altounian, Levon 2454 GM Hess, Robert 2590 0-1
Standings:
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Schulman - 4.5
Christiansen - 4
GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 GM Shulman, Yuri 2613 0-1
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 1-0GM Finegold, Benjamin 2539 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0
GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 1-0GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 1-0
GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 IM Krush, Irina 2455 1-0
IM Altounian, Levon 2454 GM Hess, Robert 2590 0-1
Standings:
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Schulman - 4.5
Christiansen - 4
Grand Prix Round 9
Radjabov-Eljanov1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 c4 9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.Be5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bd6 Qb6 14.Bg3 Qb2 15.Qc1 Qxc1+ 16.Rxc1 b5 17.f3 O-O 18.Kf2 Rfe8 19.a4 a6 20.Be2 Re6 21.Rhe1 Nb6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra1 Na4 24.Ra3 Bg6 25.Bf1 Nd7 26.h4 f5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.f4 g4 29.Rb1 Ra5 30.Be2 Rea6 31.Bh4 Nab6 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Bd8 Be8 34.Ke1 Ra8 35.Be7 Kf7 36.Bb4 Ra2 37.Bd1 Ke6 38.Rc1 Nb8 39.Rc2 Ra1 40.Rb2 Na6 41.Rb1 Ra2 42.g3 Nd7 43.Be2 Nxb4 44.Rxb4 Nf6 45.Kd1 Ra1+ 46.Rb1 Rxb1+ 47.Nxb1 Ne4 48.Bf1 Nxg3 49.Bg2 Ne4 50.Ke2 Kd6 51.Bxe4 dxe4 52.Na3 Kc6 53.Nc2 Kb6 54.Kf2 Ka5 55.Kg3 Ka4 56.d5 Bd7 0-1
Inarkiev-Mamedyarov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.g3 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Bg2 Rb8 9.O-O b5 10.d3 bxc4 11.dxc4 e5 12.b3 a5 13.f4 Bc5 14.Kh1 d6 15.Bd2 Bg4 16.Bf3 Bxf3+ 17.Rxf3 f5 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Re1 O-O 20.Nc1 Nb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.Re2 Qb7 23.Kg1 Ba3 24.Rf1 Rbe8 25.Rfe1 Bb4 26.Rf1 Ba3 27.Rfe1 d5 28.cxd5 Rc8 29.Qb1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 d3 31.Qxd3 Bxc1 32.fxe5 f4 33.gxf4 Bxf4 34.e6 Be5 35.Qe3 Qb4 36.Kg2 h6 37.Qd2 Qc5 38.Qe3? 39.Qd2 Qe7 40.h3 Qh4 41.Qe3 Rf6 42.Rf2 Rg6+ 43.Kf1 Rg3 44.Qa7 Qxh3+ 45.Ke2 Kh7 46.Qf7 Re3+ 0-1
Standings:
Eljanov - +2
Jakovenko, Memadyarov, Gashimov, Leko - +1
Inarkiev-Mamedyarov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.g3 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Bg2 Rb8 9.O-O b5 10.d3 bxc4 11.dxc4 e5 12.b3 a5 13.f4 Bc5 14.Kh1 d6 15.Bd2 Bg4 16.Bf3 Bxf3+ 17.Rxf3 f5 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Re1 O-O 20.Nc1 Nb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.Re2 Qb7 23.Kg1 Ba3 24.Rf1 Rbe8 25.Rfe1 Bb4 26.Rf1 Ba3 27.Rfe1 d5 28.cxd5 Rc8 29.Qb1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 d3 31.Qxd3 Bxc1 32.fxe5 f4 33.gxf4 Bxf4 34.e6 Be5 35.Qe3 Qb4 36.Kg2 h6 37.Qd2 Qc5 38.Qe3? 39.Qd2 Qe7 40.h3 Qh4 41.Qe3 Rf6 42.Rf2 Rg6+ 43.Kf1 Rg3 44.Qa7 Qxh3+ 45.Ke2 Kh7 46.Qf7 Re3+ 0-1
Standings:
Eljanov - +2
Jakovenko, Memadyarov, Gashimov, Leko - +1
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Grand Prix Round 8
Standings:
Gashimov, Leko, Eljanov, Jakovenko - +1 (definitely not a high scoring tournament)
Mamedyarov-Alekseev1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 c5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Qa2 Bb7 15.Ba5 Qa6 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Nce4 18.c5 Ng4 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.f3 Qg5 23.Qb3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Ne3 25.Nd2 Nxd1 26.Nf1 f5 27.Rxd1 f4 28.Bh3 fxg3 29.Bxc8 Rxc8 30.e4 Rf8 31.exd5 e4 32.f4 Qxf4 33.Qxg3 1-0
Eljanov-Ponomariov1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 Be7 13.e5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rfc1 Bb7 16.Qc7 Ba6 17.a4 Bb4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rc7 Kf8 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Nxf1 Ke8 22.Rac1 Rdb8 23.Ne1 b5 24.axb5 Ba5 25.R7c2 Rxb5 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Nd3 Bxd2 28.Rxd2 Nc4 29.Rdc2 a5 30.Kf1 Rab8 31.Ra1 f6 32.Re2 Kf7 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Rae1 R8b6 35.Nf4 e5 36.dxe5 fxe5 37.b3 exf4 38.bxc4 dxc4 39.Re7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 Rb4 41.Kg2 a4 42.Ree7 Ra6 43.g4 a3 44.Rg7+ Kf6 45.Rce7 a2 46.Rgf7+ Kg5 47.Rf5+ Kxg4 48.Ree5 Rb3 0-1
Akopian-Inarkiev1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Neg5 c5 13.d5 b5 14.b3 Nxd5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Ne6 Nb4 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Qb1 Nd3 21.Nxd8 Raxd8 22.Qxd3 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 Nf8 24.Qe2 bxc4 25.Qxc4+ Rd5 26.Qb5 Rb8 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Qa5 a6 29.Qc7 Nd7 30.Qf4+ Rf5 31.Qc7 Rd5 32.Rc1 Rd6 33.Rc4 Bd5 34.Rf4+ Kg7 35.Qa5 Rf8 36.Qe1 Re6 37.Qc3+ Rff6 38.Rg4 Re4 39.Rg5 Rd4 40.b4 e6 41.bxc5 Rc4 42.Qe3 Nxc5 43.f3 Rff4 44.Qe5+ Rf6 45.Qe3 Rff4 46.Rg4 Rxg4 47.hxg4 Kf7 48.a3 a5 49.Qh6 Nd3 50.Qh7+ Kf6 51.Qh8+ Kf7 52.Qh7+ Kf6 53.Qh8+ Kf7 54.g5 Nf4 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.g3 Rc1+ 57.Kf2 Nh3+ 58.Ke3 Kd7 59.Qxg6 Ng1 60.Qg7+ Kd6 61.f4 Rf1 62.Qf8+ Kc6 63.g6 Rf3+ 64.Kd4 Rxg3 65.Ke5 Nf3+ 66.Kf6 Nh4 67.Qe8+ Kc5 68.g7 e5 69.fxe5 Rf3+ 70.Kg5 Nf5 71.Qc8+ Kb6 72.Qd8+ Kc5 73.Qxa5+ Kd4 74.Qxd5+ Kxd5 75.g8=Q+ Kxe5 76.Qe8+ Kd4 77.Qe2 Rxa3 78.Qb2+ Rc3 79.Kxf5 Kd3 80.Kf4 Rc4+ 81.Kf3 Rc5 82.Qb3+ Kd4 83.Qe3+ Kd5 84.Qe4+ Kd6 85.Qd4+ Rd5 86.Qf6+ Kc5 87.Ke4 Rd7 88.Qc3+ Kb5 89.Ke5 Kb6 90.Ke6 Rc7 91.Qb4+ Kc6 92.Qd6+ Kb7 93.Kd5 Rh7 94.Qc6+ Kb8 95.Qb6+ Kc8 96.Qe6+ Kb7 97.Kd6 Rg7 98.Qe4+ Kb8 99.Kc6 Rb7 100.Qe5+ Ka8 101.Qa1+ Kb8 102.Qa5 Rb1 103.Qe5+ Ka8 1-0
There's some great analysis at http://www.chessok.com/broadcast/?key=Astr08.pgn&game=0
Gashimov, Leko, Eljanov, Jakovenko - +1 (definitely not a high scoring tournament)
Mamedyarov-Alekseev1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 c5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Qa2 Bb7 15.Ba5 Qa6 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Nce4 18.c5 Ng4 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.f3 Qg5 23.Qb3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Ne3 25.Nd2 Nxd1 26.Nf1 f5 27.Rxd1 f4 28.Bh3 fxg3 29.Bxc8 Rxc8 30.e4 Rf8 31.exd5 e4 32.f4 Qxf4 33.Qxg3 1-0
Eljanov-Ponomariov1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 Be7 13.e5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rfc1 Bb7 16.Qc7 Ba6 17.a4 Bb4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rc7 Kf8 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Nxf1 Ke8 22.Rac1 Rdb8 23.Ne1 b5 24.axb5 Ba5 25.R7c2 Rxb5 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Nd3 Bxd2 28.Rxd2 Nc4 29.Rdc2 a5 30.Kf1 Rab8 31.Ra1 f6 32.Re2 Kf7 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Rae1 R8b6 35.Nf4 e5 36.dxe5 fxe5 37.b3 exf4 38.bxc4 dxc4 39.Re7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 Rb4 41.Kg2 a4 42.Ree7 Ra6 43.g4 a3 44.Rg7+ Kf6 45.Rce7 a2 46.Rgf7+ Kg5 47.Rf5+ Kxg4 48.Ree5 Rb3 0-1
Akopian-Inarkiev1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Neg5 c5 13.d5 b5 14.b3 Nxd5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Ne6 Nb4 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Qb1 Nd3 21.Nxd8 Raxd8 22.Qxd3 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 Nf8 24.Qe2 bxc4 25.Qxc4+ Rd5 26.Qb5 Rb8 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Qa5 a6 29.Qc7 Nd7 30.Qf4+ Rf5 31.Qc7 Rd5 32.Rc1 Rd6 33.Rc4 Bd5 34.Rf4+ Kg7 35.Qa5 Rf8 36.Qe1 Re6 37.Qc3+ Rff6 38.Rg4 Re4 39.Rg5 Rd4 40.b4 e6 41.bxc5 Rc4 42.Qe3 Nxc5 43.f3 Rff4 44.Qe5+ Rf6 45.Qe3 Rff4 46.Rg4 Rxg4 47.hxg4 Kf7 48.a3 a5 49.Qh6 Nd3 50.Qh7+ Kf6 51.Qh8+ Kf7 52.Qh7+ Kf6 53.Qh8+ Kf7 54.g5 Nf4 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.g3 Rc1+ 57.Kf2 Nh3+ 58.Ke3 Kd7 59.Qxg6 Ng1 60.Qg7+ Kd6 61.f4 Rf1 62.Qf8+ Kc6 63.g6 Rf3+ 64.Kd4 Rxg3 65.Ke5 Nf3+ 66.Kf6 Nh4 67.Qe8+ Kc5 68.g7 e5 69.fxe5 Rf3+ 70.Kg5 Nf5 71.Qc8+ Kb6 72.Qd8+ Kc5 73.Qxa5+ Kd4 74.Qxd5+ Kxd5 75.g8=Q+ Kxe5 76.Qe8+ Kd4 77.Qe2 Rxa3 78.Qb2+ Rc3 79.Kxf5 Kd3 80.Kf4 Rc4+ 81.Kf3 Rc5 82.Qb3+ Kd4 83.Qe3+ Kd5 84.Qe4+ Kd6 85.Qd4+ Rd5 86.Qf6+ Kc5 87.Ke4 Rd7 88.Qc3+ Kb5 89.Ke5 Kb6 90.Ke6 Rc7 91.Qb4+ Kc6 92.Qd6+ Kb7 93.Kd5 Rh7 94.Qc6+ Kb8 95.Qb6+ Kc8 96.Qe6+ Kb7 97.Kd6 Rg7 98.Qe4+ Kb8 99.Kc6 Rb7 100.Qe5+ Ka8 101.Qa1+ Kb8 102.Qa5 Rb1 103.Qe5+ Ka8 1-0
There's some great analysis at http://www.chessok.com/broadcast/?key=Astr08.pgn&game=0
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