World Chess Cup 2009
ChessFire
the next big event is the World Cup which will take place in a few
days. Many of the participants of both the Tal Memorial and WBC are
now heading to Khanty-Mansiysk for this event.
World Chess Cup 2009 opening ceremony will take place on Friday 20
November at 05.00 pm. in the Big Hall of the Culture House “Oktyabr”
under the auspices of FIDE.
At 04.30 p.m there press-conference will take place. Participants of
the press-conference will be Governor of Ugra A. Filipenko, World
Chess Olympiad 2010 OC members, FIDE representatives and World Chess
Cup OC members.
Round 1 matchups:
1 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR - IM Obodchuk, Andrei RUS
2 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - IM Sarwat, Walaa EGY
3 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - IM Hebert, Jean CAN
4 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS - IM Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY
5 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - IM Ezat, Mohamed EGY
6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS
7 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - GM El Gindy, Essam EGY
8 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS - IM Sriram, Jha IND
9 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - GM Rizouk, Aimen ALG
10 GM Wang, Yue CHN - GM Kabanov, Nikolai RUS
11 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR - GM Al Sayed, Mohamad N. QAT
12 GM Karjakin, Sergey UKR - GM Rodriguez Vila, Andres URU
13 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS
14 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP - GM Kunte, Abhijit IND
15 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - GM Smerdon, David AUS
16 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK - GM Yu, Yangyi CHN
17 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - GM Yu, Shaoteng CHN
18 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - IM Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS
19 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - GM Ivanov, Alexander USA
20 GM Wang, Hao CHN - GM Friedel, Joshua E USA
21 GM Navara, David CZE - GM Laylo, Darwin PHI
22 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - GM Amin, Bassem EGY
23 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA - GM Nijboer, Friso NED
24 GM Rublevsky, Sergei RUS - GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan CHI
25 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - IM Robson, Ray USA
26 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS - GM Hess, Robert L USA
27 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - GM Antonio, Rogelio Jr PHI
28 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND
29 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - GM Adly, Ahmed EGY
30 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER - GM Hou, Yifan CHN
31 GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN - GM Pelletier, Yannick SUI
32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - GM Pavasovic, Dusko SLO
33 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU - GM Lupulescu, Constantin ROU
34 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM - GM Li, Chao b CHN
35 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - GM Flores, Diego ARG
36 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL - GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR
37 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - GM Milos, Gilberto BRA
38 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - GM Zhou, Weiqi CHN
39 GM Najer, Evgeniy RUS - GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan IRI
40 GM Tiviakov, Sergei NED - GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN
41 GM Areshchenko, Alexander UKR - GM Corrales Jimenez, Fidel CUB
42 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND - GM L'Ami, Erwin NED
43 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR - GM Ehlvest, Jaan USA
44 GM Baklan, Vladimir UKR - GM Shabalov, Alexander USA
45 GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND - GM Filippov, Anton UZB
46 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA - GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS
47 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA - GM Sjugirov, Sanan RUS
48 GM Meier, Georg GER - GM Petrosian, Tigran L. ARM
49 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - GM Bartel, Mateusz POL
50 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA - GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB
51 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED - GM Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR
52 GM Milov, Vadim SUI - GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
53 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS - GM Leitao, Rafael BRA
54 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS - GM Gustafsson, Jan GER
55 GM Savchenko, Boris RUS - GM Shulman, Yuri USA
56 GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS - GM Sandipan, Chanda IND
57 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA - GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
58 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS - GM Akobian, Varuzhan USA
59 GM So, Wesley PHI - GM Guseinov, Gadir AZE
60 GM Granda Zuniga, Julio E PER - GM Sakaev, Konstantin RUS
61 GM Laznicka, Viktor CZE - GM Papaioannou, Ioannis GRE
62 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - GM Nyback, Tomi FIN
63 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE - GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN
64 GM Amonatov, Farrukh TJK - GM Volkov, Sergey RUS
Official website: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm
News from Susan Polgar
//Phil Innes
ChessFire
to the PM - I contacted him couple of times - he is a master player
and likes to play Blitz at lunch times //Phil Innes
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The 3rd World Chess Cup is opened
The Opening Ceremony of the III World Cup 2009 took place in the House
of Culture “Oktyabr” on 20 November in Khanty Mansiysk.
The governor of Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Alexander
Filipenko and the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Alexander Zhukov warmly welcomed the participants of the World Cup
2009. Alexander Zhukov called Khanty Mansiysk one of the chess
capitals in Russia.
• New beautiful chess palaces will be constructed by the start of the
Chess Olympiad in 2010, - said the Vice Prime Minister. – In
particular, the construction of one of the best chess palace of
Russia, to my mind, will be finished.
In his speech, Alexander Zhukov also expressed his hope that chess
fans would learn new chess names during this tournament.
• In any case, I am sure that this year World Cup and the coming World
Chess Olympiad in 2010 will do a lot to develop chess in Yugra. This
also will positively influence the chess development in Russia and all
over the world in general.
Both speakers wished to all the participants of the World Cup good
luck, fair and uncompromised games. Alexander Filipenko declared the
Wolrd Cup opened.
The Chief Arbiter of the Cup Ashot Vardapetian held the drawing of
colors. The top seeded GM Boris Gelfand was requested to choose one of
the two boxes. Grandmaster chose the box with white king which means
that all the participants with odd number will start the first round
with white.
After the official part the art groups of Yugra region showed some
performance: young club “Druzhba” with its chess fashion show “Yugra
chess”, young and talented designers from Nyagany Elena Goncharova and
Elena Chernysh, Ob-yugorsk theatre “Solnze”, etc.
Official website: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm
ChessFire
Don't get at me for 'the inspection of the objects' :) Phil Innes
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In opinion of Alexander Zhukov, World Chess Olympiad in Khanty should
become the best in chess history.
The Organizing Committee of the 39 th World Chess Olympiad 2010 and
82th FIDE Congress which will take place in Khanty Mansiysk in 2010
was held in the Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug Government meeting hall
on 20 November. The meeting was head by the Organizing Committee
Chairman, Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander
Zhukov and the Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Governor Alexander
Filipenko.
Alexander Zhukov underlined that the readiness level of the Khanty
Mansiysk city to host the Olympiad is already high enough though there
is a lot to do ahead. Despite the fact that this year was not very
successful from the financial point of view, there has been done a
lot. He also said that the coming Olympiad should be a great success
as well as the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014.
Also, Alexander Zhukov drew his attention to the fact that all should
be done to attract the attention of all sport and other media to the
Chess Olympiad in Khanty.
The Khanty Mansi Okrug Governor Alexander Filipenko informed in
details on all the constructions and buildings that will be involved
for organizing the Chess Olympiad. It was also mentioned that about
2000 volunteers will be assisting in the organization. About 900
militia staff will provide the security of the participants and guests
of the Olympiad. The charter flights will be organized not only from
Moscow, but also from Dubai, Milan, Munich and Prague.
Alexander Zhukov thanked the Khanty Mansi Okrug Governor for the fact
that the biggest part of expenses which are spent for the organization
of the Chess Olympiad was covered by the Okrug budget.
It was announced that the Olympiad budget is about 340 million rubles.
Alexander Filipenko mentioned that all the new facilities and
constructions built for the Olympiad will remain in Khanty Mansiysk
and will serve Khanty Mansiysk people. All Khanty Mansiysk citizens
are aware of this event and are ready to show their hospitality.
The special attention will be given to the meetings of the delegations
in the airport. In opinion of the Governor it is very important that
all guests, officials and participants of the Olympiad would have the
bright and positive impressions from the first minutes of their visit.
Right after the meeting, Alexander Zhukov and Alexander Filipenko made
an inspection of the objects of the coming Olympiad.
ChessFire
combine chess and skiing in this message, but it can't be long now //
Phil Innes
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Zhukov and Filipenko press conference before World cup start
The Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov
took the floor first. He informed the audience on the World Chess
Olympiad 2010 Organizing Committee meeting which was held to discuss
the organizational points. He also mentioned that all the objects to
be involved into the Olympiad including the Chess Academy were
inspected.
Apart the Olympiad issue, Mr. Filipenko informed the journalists that
128 participants from 42 countries are participating in the 3 rd World
Chess Cup 2009. The tournament consists of 6 rounds. 128 players will
take part in the 1 st round, 64 players will stay for the 2 nd one, 32
for the 3 rd and so on till the final match. The World Cup winner will
be qualified for the Candidates tournament. Therefore this year World
Cup has its special importance for all the players. Mr. Filipenko said
with confidence that this novelty (speaking about chance to qualify to
the Candidates) will undoubtedly raise the interest and add the
fighting mood to all the players. In his opinion the two previous
World Cups which took place in Khanty were held on a proper level. It
is confirmed by the fact that the Yugra chess players started showing
better results in the tournaments of higher level and by the fast
development of chess in Yugra Okrug. Today, chess in Yugra – is a
harmonious system where people of all ages, from children to old
generation, are involved. He also added that the perfect organization
of the World Chess Olympiad 2010 will bring a considerable
contribution to the chess development in Okrug, Russia and all over
the world.
Thereafter the journalists started their questions:
• Alexander Vasilievich, do you expect any financial support from the
Federal Centre for organizing the World Chess Olympiad? – “Yugra”
magazine.
• Today I can say that all possible financial support in all optimal
volume has been received, - says the Governor. – The most important is
undoubtedly moral support. But despite this, we have agreed on some
cooperation which means not only financial but also organizational
assistance. We don't need more. Thank you.
• All the possible support and assistance from the side of Ministries
and departments will be also provided, - adds the Vice Prime Minister
of RF. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Sport will assist in
all necessary fields. It concerns visas, customs, etc. Of course, we
will also provide the Olympiad organizers with media support. The
coverage of the Olympiad should fit the level of this event.
• Alexander Dmitrievich, it came to our knowledge that two days ago
you resigned from the position of the Russian Chess Federation
President. Just some words about it and will you remain the organizing
committee chairman? – asked Ludmila Malzeva, “Rossiiskya gazeta”
• I am the Organizing Committee Chairman not due to my position of the
RFC President but due to my position of the Vice Prime Minister of the
Russian Federation. To say more, we have a tradition, which I think is
right. It is obligatory that an Organizing committee is set up to hold
any international big sport events in Russia. It also concerns the
World Championships in any sport for there are a lot of issues and
problems where our support is needed. As for the Chess Federation,
yes, you are right, I have resigned recently and everyone is aware why
I had to do so. At the beginning of the next year we will have the
special session of the RFC. Till that time the Vice President of RFC
Alexander Bach will fulfill the duties of the President. He is at the
same time an Executive Director of our federation. During the next
session of RFC we are planning to make some changes in the format
structure. Me and Arkady Dvorkovich, the assistant to the President of
the Russian Federation would continue contribute to the Russian chess
and assist chess development in frameworks of new so-called council of
trustees or observers' committee. Later we will define the structure.
• Question to Alexander Dmitrievich. Today you have inspected many
sport objects, not only connected to chess. This is a theoretical
question to the Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee Chairman: in
case of force majeure, could Khanty Mansiysk be a worthy replacement?
– asked a correspondent of TV company Yugra. The audience burst out
with laughter.
• Almost yes. You only miss a higher ski mountain. You have very good
ski mountain, but the downhill is not possible. We should do
something: either to make deeper hole or to build a mound of snow
somehow. But anyway you have perfect sport infrastructure. This is not
my first visit anyway and I have seen a lot of them. But I must
confess that for instance now I saw for the first time your new ice
soccer palace. My personal opinion is that not only high league
matches could be held here but also NHL games as well. Of course one
should mention a perfect tennis centre, which is now one of the best
tennis centers of Russia. Very good soccer stadium and all the
facilities there. One should not forget the biathlon stadium. Now it
is under reconstructions, I believe, it will become better after it.
It is really difficult to mention all now. The new chess palace is
under constructions. We were talking about your developments and all
that given to sport with Alexandr Bach and he already envies you. We
don't have all this in Moscow.
• And he is ready to move to Khanty Mansiysk, - added Alexander
Vasilievich joking.
• Who can become a winner of World Cup? Your prognosis?
I think no one could dare to make such a prognosis – answered
Alexander Zhukov. But we will keep our fingers crossed for our chess
players. This is clear. I am sure our guys have all chances to win.
Source: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/news_3.htm
Chess news from Susan Polgar
ChessFire
less than 24 hours to the start of the World Cup 2009
Welcome to the live coverage of the World Cup 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk
on Chessdom.com! Join us in the following days for live games
commentary together with GM Christian Bauer, GM Aveskulov, NM Pete
Karagianis, Jason Juett and many other titled GM special guests.
Besides, there will be a daily live blog (round 1 here), photo
reports, pgn games, and much more!
General section / Participants / Pairings / Live results / Official
site
The first featured games in round 1 will be GM Gata Kamsky - GM
Rogelio Antonio and GM Wesley So - GM Gadir Guseinov. They will be
commented by GM Christian Bauer.
Kamsky - Rogelio / Wesley So - Guseinov
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Match 1 - Game 1
Friedel, Joshua E (USA) 0-1 Wang, Hao (CHN)
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 1-0 Ivanov, Alexander (USA)
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1-0 Robson, Ray (USA)
Hess, Robert L (USA) ½-½ Motylev, Alexander (RUS)
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1-0 Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI)
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) * Flores, Diego (ARG)
Smirin, Ilia (ISR) * Ehlvest, Jaan (USA)
Shabalov, Alexander (USA) * Baklan, Vladimir (UKR)
Savchenko, Boris (RUS) * Shulman, Yuri (USA)
Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) 1-0 Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS)
*incomplete game
//Phil Innes
madams
>
> Don't get at me for 'the inspection of the objects' :) Phil Innes
Wot's to be got "at" ? Do you somehow see yourself as a defacto-member
of these junketeers - thought so ...............
Pfft !
.
SAT W-7
ChessFire
you got me.
> Pfft !
hey! Pfft! is © actually not, some literary Bogart uses it.
as to USA vs Russia or World - its World. These are the results from
round one with a few notable upsets, hope the chart works okay in this
medium
Round 1 Game 1
match match
score White Result Black
1 1-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS)
2 0-1 Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) 0-1 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
3 1-0 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 Hebert, Jean (CAN)
4 0-1 Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)
5 1-0 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1-0 Ezat, Mohamed (EGY)
6 0-1 Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)
7 0.5-0.5 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½-½ El Gindy, Essam (EGY)
8 0.5-0.5 Sriram, Jha (IND) ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
9 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 Rizouk, Aimen (ALG)
10 0-1 Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) 0-1 Wang, Yue (CHN)
11 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 1-0 Al Sayed, Mohamad N. (QAT)
12 0-1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)
13 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1-0 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)
14 0.5-0.5 Kunte, Abhijit (IND) ½-½ Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
15 0.5-0.5 Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½-½ Smerdon, David (AUS)
16 1-0 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1-0 Movsesian, Sergei (SVK)
17 0.5-0.5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½-½ Yu, Shaoteng (CHN)
18 0.5-0.5 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)
19 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 1-0 Ivanov, Alexander (USA)
20 0-1 Friedel, Joshua E (USA) 0-1 Wang, Hao (CHN)
21 1-0 Navara, David (CZE) 1-0 Laylo, Darwin (PHI)
22 0-1 Amin, Bassem (EGY) 0-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)
23 0.5-0.5 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½-½ Nijboer, Friso (NED)
24 0-1 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) 0-1 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS)
25 1-0 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1-0 Robson, Ray (USA)
26 0.5-0.5 Hess, Robert L (USA) ½-½ Motylev, Alexander (RUS)
27 1-0 Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1-0 Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI)
28 0.5-0.5 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
29 1-0 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) 1-0 Adly, Ahmed (EGY)
30 0.5-0.5 Hou, Yifan (CHN) ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)
31 0.5-0.5 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) ½-½ Pelletier, Yannick (SUI)
33 1-0 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) 1-0 Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU)
34 0.5-0.5 Li, Chao b (CHN) ½-½ Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM)
35 0.5-0.5 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Flores, Diego (ARG)
36 0.5-0.5 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) ½-½ Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL)
37 0-1 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) 0-1 Milos, Gilberto (BRA)
38 0.5-0.5 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) ½-½ Sutovsky, Emil (ISR)
39 1-0 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) 1-0 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI)
40 0.5-0.5 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) ½-½ Tiviakov, Sergei (NED)
41 1-0 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 1-0 Corrales Jimenez, Fidel (CUB)
42 0.5-0.5 L'Ami, Erwin (NED) ½-½ Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND)
43 1-0 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 1-0 Ehlvest, Jaan (USA)
44 1-0 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 1-0 Baklan, Vladimir (UKR)
45 1-0 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 1-0 Filippov, Anton (UZB)
46 0.5-0.5 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Fier, Alexandr (BRA)
47 1-0 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) 1-0 Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS)
48 0.5-0.5 Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) ½-½ Meier, Georg (GER)
49 0.5-0.5 Grachev, Boris (RUS) ½-½ Bartel, Mateusz (POL)
50 0.5-0.5 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)
51 0-1 Sokolov, Ivan (NED) 0-1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR)
52 1-0 Negi, Parimarjan (IND) 1-0 Milov, Vadim (SUI)
53 0.5-0.5 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½-½ Leitao, Rafael (BRA)
54 1-0 Gustafsson, Jan (GER) 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS)
55 0.5-0.5 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) ½-½ Shulman, Yuri (USA)
56 1-0 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) 1-0 Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS)
57 0.5-0.5 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) ½-½ Le, Quang Liem (VIE)
58 1-0 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) 1-0 Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS)
59 1-0 So, Wesley (PHI) 1-0 Guseinov, Gadir (AZE)
60 0.5-0.5 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) ½-½ Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER)
61 1-0 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1-0 Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE)
62 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1-0 Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS)
63 0.5-0.5 Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) ½-½ Zhou, Jianchao (CHN)
64 0-1 Volkov, Sergey (RUS) 0-1 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK)
Official website: http://cup2009.fide.com/round.php
ChessFire
results - the game re-viewer also seems to be working, eg, I looked at
a few, Sakaev's second game, where his opponent made a error dropping
a piece and resigned immediately - good luck on getting pgns from this
source, maybe try another download / mirror site? Looks like about 10
or d dozen players scored 2 from 2 points, hence same number scored a
duck. Phil Innes
Round 1 Game 2
match match
score White Result Black
1 0.5-1.5 Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) ½-½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 2-0 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1-0 Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) View
3 0-2 Hebert, Jean (CAN) 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) View
5 0-2 Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 0-1 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) View
6 2-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 1-0 Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) View
7 0.5-1.5 El Gindy, Essam (EGY) 0-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
8 1.5-0.5 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Sriram, Jha (IND) View
9 0.5-1.5 Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) View
10 2-0 Wang, Yue (CHN) 1-0 Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) View
11 0-1 Al Sayed, Mohamad N. (QAT) ½-½ Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) View
12 1.5-0.5 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½-½ Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU)
View
13 0-2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
View
14 1.5-0.5 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1-0 Kunte, Abhijit (IND) View
15 0.5-0.5 Smerdon, David (AUS) ½-½ Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)
View
16 0.5-1.5 Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) ½-½ Yu, Yangyi (CHN) View
17 0.5-1.5 Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) View
18 1.5-0.5 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) 1-0 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) View
19 0.5-1.5 Ivanov, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) View
20 2-0 Wang, Hao (CHN) 1-0 Friedel, Joshua E (USA) View
21 1-1 Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 1-0 Navara, David (CZE) View
22 2-0 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1-0 Amin, Bassem (EGY) View
23 1-1 Nijboer, Friso (NED) ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) View
24 1.5-0.5 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) ½-½ Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI)
View
25 0.5-1.5 Robson, Ray (USA) ½-½ Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View
26 1.5-0.5 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Hess, Robert L (USA) View
27 0.5-1.5 Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) ½-½ Kamsky, Gata (USA) View
28 0.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 1-0 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) View
29 0.5-1.5 Adly, Ahmed (EGY) ½-½ Bologan, Viktor (MDA) View
30 0.5-0.5 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½-½ Hou, Yifan (CHN) View
31 1.5-0.5 Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) 1-0 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) View
33 0.5-1.5 Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
(ROU) View
34 1-1 Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) ½-½ Li, Chao b (CHN) View
35 0.5-1.5 Flores, Diego (ARG) 0-1 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) View
36 1-1 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½-½ Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) View
37 1-0 Milos, Gilberto (BRA) ½-½ Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) View
38 1-1 Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) ½-½ Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) View
39 0-1 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) ½-½ Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) View
40 1-1 Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) ½-½ Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) View
41 0-1 Corrales Jimenez, Fidel (CUB) ½-½ Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
View
42 0.5-0.5 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) ½-½ L'Ami, Erwin (NED) View
43 0.5-1.5 Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) ½-½ Smirin, Ilia (ISR) View
44 1-1 Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1-0 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) View
45 0-2 Filippov, Anton (UZB) 0-1 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) View
46 1-1 Fier, Alexandr (BRA) ½-½ Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) View
47 0-1 Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 0-1 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) View
48 1.5-0.5 Meier, Georg (GER) 1-0 Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) View
49 1-1 Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½-½ Grachev, Boris (RUS) View
50 1.5-0.5 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) 1-0 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB)
View
51 2-0 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 1-0 Sokolov, Ivan (NED) View
52 1-1 Milov, Vadim (SUI) 1-0 Negi, Parimarjan (IND) View
53 1-1 Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½-½ Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) View
54 0-1 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 Gustafsson, Jan (GER) View
55 1-1 Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½-½ Savchenko, Boris (RUS) View
56 0.5-1.5 Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) ½-½ Sandipan, Chanda (IND) View
57 1-1 Le, Quang Liem (VIE) ½-½ Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) View
58 0-1 Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1-0 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) View
59 1-1 Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 1-0 So, Wesley (PHI) View
60 0.5-1.5 Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) 0-1 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)
View
61 0.5-1.5 Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) ½-½ Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) View
62 1-1 Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) View
63 1.5-0.5 Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) 1-0 Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) View
64 1-0 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) ½-½ Volkov, Sergey (RUS) View
Source: http://cup2009.fide.com/round.php
ChessFire
11/22/2009 03:16 PM
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia - GM Wesley So moved into a good position to
march into the next round as he hurdled his first match in the 2009
World Chess Cup Sunday at the Khanty- Mansiysk Center of Arts.
So, seeded 59th in this tough 128-player field with an ELO of 2640,
played almost flawlessly with the advantageous white pieces to bring
down GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan (ELO 2625).
The 15-year-old campaigner from St. Francis College (Cavite) needs
only to draw against Guseinov in the second of their two-game
encounter late Sunday to advance to the 64-player second round.
Guseinov, seeded No. 70, is one of 46 players who earned a ticket to
the World Cup through the tough European Championships.
But the two other Filipino campaigners - GMs Rogelio Antonio, Jr. and
Darwin Laylo - were not as fortunate.
Antonio, the most-experienced player in the three-man Filipino
delegation in the knockout-style tournament being held in this
Scandinavian-like resort town in Western Siberia, lost to defending
champion and No. 27 seed GM Gata Kamsky of the US.
Kamsky is one of only three players seeded into the tournament for his
participation in the 2007 World Cup.
And Laylo, who clinched his second straight trip to the World Cup by
topping the Asian Zone 3.3 championship in Vietnam also this year,
bowed to No. 21 seed GM David Navara of Czech Republic.
Both Antonio (ELO 2574) and Laylo (ELO 2552) now need to win the
second game of their first-round appearance to send their respective
pairings into knockout stages.
On the other hand, another loss to Kamsky and Navara will mean
outright elimination for the two Filipino players.
Top seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel also opened his campaign on a
bright note, beating IM Andrei Obodchuk of Russia.
Second seed GM Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan defeated IM Walaa Sarwat
of Egypt while third seed GM Peter Svidler of Russia whipped IM Jean
Hebert of Candada.
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv
ChessFire
PTI 22 November 2009, 10:00am IST
KHANTY MANSIYSK (Russia): World's second youngest Grandmaster ever
Parimarjan Negi scored a hard fought victory over higher rated Vadim
Milov of Switzerland to raise his hopes of a place in the second round
of the World Chess Cup.
It turned out to be an excellent day for the Indians last night as
none lost while National Champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly and his
Kolkata citymate Sandipan Chanda scored fine victories over Anton
Filippov of Uzbekistan and Mikhail Kobalia of Russia respectively.
On the flip side, top rated Indian Krishnan Sasikiran spoiled his
chances with a draw against Holland's Erwin L'Ami.
International master Sriram Jha and Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte, who
held stars like Alexander Grichuk of Russia and Alexei Shirov of Spain
to creditable draws, were more than impressive in the tournament.
Last year's World Junior champion Abhijeet Gupta also played out a
draw with a higher rated Nikita Vitiugov of Russia.
However, the day belonged to Parimarjan who faced the Berlin defense,
an opening he was not quite prepared as it was not a part of Milov's
repertoire earlier.
Showing signs of his growing positional acumen, the Delhi lad seized
the initiative in a queen less middle game typical of the opening and
never gave any chances to Milov.
Sandipan faced the Slav defense of Kobalia and sacrificed a pawn for
positional compensation early in the opening. But his Russian opponent
failed to work out an effective counter play and was slowly
outmaneuvered.
"He made some mistakes in the middle game making my task easy,"
Sandipan said after the game.
Ganguly, meanwhile, is getting big edge over his opponents, thanks to
his newly built repertoire around the queen pawn with white pieces.
The Asian champion, who is also known as a second to Viswanathan
Anand, used his expertise against the nimzo Indian defense to cause an
early dent in black's position and squeezed out Filippov's defensive
resources in quick time.
But Sriram had to work for to earn the draw against Grischuk out of a
queen pawn opening where the former played white.
Grischuk kept pressing in an equal position for a long time and Jha
had to wriggle out with a timely pawn sacrifice leading to a drawn
endgame.
Abhijeet Kunte had it easy against Shirov, who played the Queen's
gambit while Abhijeet Gupta only got a slight edge that petered in to
a draw against Vitiugov.
Results of Indians after Round one: Krishnan Sasikiran drew with Erwin
L'Ami (Ned), Parimarjan Negi beat Vadim Milov (Sui), Surya Shekhar
Ganguly beat Anton Filippov (Uzb), Sandipan Chanda beat Mikhail
Kobalia (Rus), Sriram Jha drew with Alexander Grischuk (Rus), Abhijit
Kunte drew with Alexei Shirov (Esp), Abhijeet Gupta drew with Nikita
Vitiugov (Rus).
ChessFire
Official interview provided by the organizers
• It was not easy for me in the opening. I had bad position because of
my mistake, - starts Hou. But at one point I could find a balance and
finally I managed to stand up. In general, I am satisfied with the
result.
• Is it more difficult to play against men, rather than against women?
• Yes, that's correct. But I cannot explain why. But I am sure men
play chess better than women.
• So, you are not attracted by the success of Judit Polgar, who has
been competing with men chess players on equal?
• For the moment I have a goal – to play chess as better as possible.
I don't even have a target to become a world champion. The most
important is to develop my play. All other will come anyway.
• There are legends in the air that Chinese chess players get an
enormous support from the Government
• I can say that chess is popular enough in China and the popularity
grows every day
• Did you ever participate in the traditional matches Russia vs.
China?
• Only once and it is pity that could not participate in others, for I
was busy participating in different tournaments. I think these matches
help both teams to enrich experience.
• Did you come here with your coach?
• As you know I am not the only Chinese player at this tournament. We
all have one trainer who helps all Chinese players. The knocked out
participants help those who are still in as well.
• Did you like Khanty Mansyisk?
• Very much. Most of all I like the weather. I love snow and as you
know there is not a lot of it in China.
• How do you spend your free time here?
• In general in the hotel. I listen to the music and read books.
• What kind of music do you like?
• I like pop music. The name of my favorite singer will not tell you
anything, for it is a Chinese singer, very famous in my country.
• It is amazing how good you speak English now
• Yes, everyone around were telling me that I should speak English,
that it is very important for a professional sportsmen. So, I had to
work on it more intensively.
• Russian is not less important to speak for a professional chess
player, don't you think?
• Sure, - smiles Yifan. The only problem is to find time to learn this
beautiful language.
• Probably you should find a teacher among participants? There are
only three women at the tournament, and we think it will not be
difficult to find someone who could help you to learn “great and
strong” Russian.
• At the moment the participants of the Cup interest me only from the
chess point of view. The strongest chess players of the planet came
here and I try not to miss anything which could be interesting for me
at the chess boards.
• Do you have a favorite chess player?
• I had. Bobby Fisher. Unfortunately he is not with us anymore.
• And among participants of the Cup?
• Difficult question. Maybe Sergey Karjakin?
Official website: http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm
SAT W-7
He wanted to learn english...
Thanks for all the good reads ..
That young GM , i hope he get through to the 64 .....
ChessFire
Akobian, Varuzhan 2624 - Tregubov, Pavel V. 2642 1/2-1/2
Andreikin, Dmitry 2636 - Nyback, Tomi 2628 1-0
Bacrot, Etienne 2700 - Nijboer, Friso 2561 1-0
Bartel, Mateusz 2618 - Grachev, Boris 2652 1/2-1/2
Guseinov, Gadir 2625 - So, Wesley 2640 0-1
Hou, Yifan 2588 - Naiditsch, Arkadij 2689 0-1
Inarkiev, Ernesto 2645 - Gustafsson, Jan 2622 1-0
Iturrizaga, Eduardo 2605 - Tiviakov, Sergei 2664 1-0
Khalifman, Alexander 2612 - Fier, Alexandr 2653 1/2 - 1/2
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2602 - Cheparinov, Ivan 2671 1/2 - 1/2
L'Ami, Erwin 2606 - Sasikiran, Krishnan 2664 1/2 - 1/2
Laylo, Darwin 2552 - Navara, David 2707 1/2-1/2
Le, Quang Liem 2624 - Tkachiev, Vladislav 2642 1/2-1/2
Li, Chao b 2596 - Sargissian, Gabriel 2676 1-0
Negi, Parimarjan 2620 - Milov, Vadim 2652 1/2-1/2
Shabalov, Alexander 2606 - Baklan, Vladimir 2655 0-1
Shulman, Yuri 2623 - Savchenko, Boris 2644 0-1
Smerdon, David 2525 - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2719 1/2 - 1/2
Timofeev, Artyom 2651 - Leitao, Rafael 2621 1/2-1/2
Zhou, Weiqi 2603 - Sutovsky, Emil 2666 1/2-1/2
Rapid tiebreak 2
Baklan, Vladimir 2655 - Shabalov, Alexander 2606 0-1
Cheparinov, Ivan 2671 - Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2602 1/2-1/2
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - 2719 Smerdon, David 2525 1/2-1/2
Fier, Alexandr 2653 - Khalifman, Alexander 2612 1/2-1/2
Grachev, Boris 2652 - Bartel, Mateusz 2618 1/2-1/2
Gustafsson, Jan 2622 - Inarkiev, Ernesto 2645 0-1
Leitao, Rafael 2621 - Timofeev, Artyom 2651 0-1
Milov, Vadim 2652 - Negi, Parimarjan 2620 1-0
Naiditsch, Arkadij 2689 - Hou, Yifan 2588 0-1
Navara, David 2707 - Laylo, Darwin 2552 1/2-1/2
Nijboer, Friso 2561 - Bacrot, Etienne 2700 0-1
Nyback, Tomi 2628 - Andreikin, Dmitry 2636
Sargissian, Gabriel 2676 - Li, Chao b 2596 1-0
Sasikiran, Krishnan 2664 - L`Ami, Erwin 2606 1-0
Savchenko, Boris 2644 - Shulman, Yuri 2623 0-1
So, Wesley 2640 - Guseinov, Gadir 2625 1-0
Sutovsky, Emil 2666 - Zhou, Weiqi 2603 0-1
Tiviakov, Sergei 2664 - Iturrizaga, Eduardo 2605 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav 2642 - Le, Quang Liem 2624 1-0
Tregubov, Pavel V. 2642 - Akobian, Varuzhan 2624 1/2-1/2
Information provided by Chessdom.com, including LIVE games.
ChessFire
• I am 15, - says Robson about himself. He looks much younger, one
should say. – I live in Florida, East coast. My father taught me to
play chess when I was 3. He did it because he needed a partner in
game. I participated in my first tournament when I was 7. In 2007 I
became an International master and just one month ago I became a
Grandmaster.
• Why did you start to play chess, and not let's say baseball or
basketball?
• My father taught me to play chess when I was small. Apart from chess
I continue doing other sports: baseball, American soccer, tennis and
table tennis. But most of all I like to play chess.
• You study in the college?
• No, I study at home, with private teachers. Besides, my parents are
teachers. My father, who is with me here, teaches linguistics. My mom
is Chinese and he is a Chinese language teacher.
• You must be polyglot?
• I speak English and understand Chinese.
• Who is your coach?
• Alexander Onischuk. But I don't work with him very often. He is busy
playing in many tournaments. We meet some three times per year.
• Have you been to Russia before?
• Yes, I participated this year in “Moscow Open” and “Aeroflot Open”.
In Moscow Open I was not playing very well. But I was good in Aeroflot
Open, won three games in a row.
• Are you planning to take part in these tournaments next year?
• I am not sure. If I am not mistaken, one of these tournaments
coincides with Corus at Wejk aan Zee where I will participate.
Generally speaking I like to play in Aeroflot. But there is one minus
– it is always difficult to get Russian visa.
• What impressions do you have about Khanty Mansiysk?
• To my mind it is very nice city. Of course it is much colder than in
Florida for instance. But it is always good to have some change. And
plus there is a lot of snow, I have never seen that much.
• Have you ever played against Magnus Carlsen. Can you compare
yourself with him?
• I have never played against him, just met at the Tal Memorial in
Moscow now. I don't dare to compare Carlsen not with me, and not with
other chess players.
• How could you define your playing style?
• They say that I am an aggressive and attacking player.
• Do you have a chess idol?
• Perhaps it is Gary Kasparov
• Are you going to become a chess professional?
Yes, I think I will continue playing chess on a professional level in
future.
ChessFire
32 Polgar - 33 Nisipeanu (the battle between friends)
29 Bologan - 36 Cheparinov (you can expect fireworks in this match)
50 Caruana - 15 Dominguez (can Fabiano upset the top former world
blitz champion?)
30 Naiditsch - 35 Onischuk (I expect this to be a hotly contested
battle)
6 Ivanchuk - 59 So (the experience vs. the young Filipino phenom)
ChessFire
beats Onishuk.
Round 2. Game 1.
match match
score White Result Black
1 0.5-0.5 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) ½-½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 0-0 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) * Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) View
3 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1-0 Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 0-0 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) * Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) View
5 0-0 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) * Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) View
6 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 So, Wesley (PHI) View
7 0.5-0.5 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
8 0-0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) * Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) View
9 0-0 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) * Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) View
10 1-0 Wang, Yue (CHN) 1-0 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) View
11 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) View
12 0.5-0.5 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½-½ Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) View
13 0-1 Milov, Vadim (SUI) 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) View
14 1-0 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1-0 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) View
15 0-0 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) * Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) View
16 1-0 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1-0 Bartel, Mateusz (POL) View
17 0.5-0.5 Meier, Georg (GER) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) View
18 0-0 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) * Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) View
19 0.5-0.5 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
View
20 0-0 Wang, Hao (CHN) * Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) View
21 0.5-0.5 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Navara, David (CZE) View
22 0-0 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) * Smirin, Ilia (ISR) View
23 0-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) * Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) View
24 0-0 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) * Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) View
25 0-0 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) * Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View
26 0-0 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) * Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) View
27 0-0 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) * Kamsky, Gata (USA) View
28 0.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ Milos, Gilberto (BRA) View
29 0-0 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) * Bologan, Viktor (MDA) View
30 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 1-0 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) View
31 0-0 Li, Chao b (CHN) * Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) View
32 0.5-0.5 Polgar, Judit (HUN) ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) View
ChessFire
World Cup 2009 (2.1), 24.11.2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nge2 0–0 7.0–0 Bg4
8.f3 Bh5 9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg5 c6 12.f4 Qb6 13.Na4 Qxd4+
14.Kh1 Ne4 15.c3 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.cxb4 f6 18.Qg4 fxg5 19.Qe6+ Kh8
20.Nc5 Qxb2 21.Qh3+ Kg8 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Rf1 Qf6 24.Qh3+ Kg8 25.g3 Re8
26.Nxb7 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Nc5 Re7 31.b5
Nd7 32.Nxd7 Rxd7 33.bxc6 Rd6 34.Bb5 Re8 35.Rd4 Kf7 36.Rf4+ Ke6 37.Rg4
Ke5 38.Kf3 Rf6+ 39.Ke3 Black wins 0–1
madams
;);):)))
>
> Here are some intriguing matchups in round 2:
;);)))))
>
> 32 Polgar - 33 Nisipeanu (the battle between friends)
"frenemies" <----- (BF)
> 29 Bologan - 36 Cheparinov (you can expect fireworks in this match)
snap...crackle...fizzz....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
> 50 Caruana - 15 Dominguez (can Fabiano upset the top former world
> blitz champion?)
Ooh ! letz all wait 'n see - shall we ? <--------;)))
> 30 Naiditsch - 35 Onischuk (I expect this to be a hotly contested
> battle)
Hot, hot, hot... hotter-than ? .... a REAL-hottie .... ;)
> 6 Ivanchuk - 59 So (the experience vs. the young Filipino phenom)
"phenom" <-------(SP) :)))
________
;)
ps - like I don't know where we'd be sans your commentary here (as well
as always your wonderful blog) - any good reason you can't sort your
crappy pgns ...................
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ChessFire
> ps - like I don't know where we'd be sans your commentary here (as well
> as always your wonderful blog) - any good reason you can't sort your
> crappy pgns ...................
yes, haven't time energy anymore but to make briefs on events - here
are massive upsets on round 2
There are massive upsets in round 2 of the World Cup. The top 7 seeds
only scored a dismal 3 draws and 4 losses in the first game of this
round!
Round 2. Game 1.
match match
score White Result Black
1 0.5-0.5 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) ½-½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 0.5-0.5 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½-½ Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) View
3 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1-0 Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 0-1 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) View
5 1-0 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 1-0 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) View
6 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 So, Wesley (PHI) View
7 0.5-0.5 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
8 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) View
9 0-1 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) View
10 1-0 Wang, Yue (CHN) 1-0 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) View
11 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) View
12 0.5-0.5 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½-½ Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) View
13 0-1 Milov, Vadim (SUI) 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) View
14 1-0 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1-0 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) View
15 0.5-0.5 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)
View
16 1-0 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1-0 Bartel, Mateusz (POL) View
17 0.5-0.5 Meier, Georg (GER) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) View
18 0.5-0.5 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) View
19 0.5-0.5 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
View
20 0-0 Wang, Hao (CHN) 1-0
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) View
21 0.5-0.5 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Navara, David (CZE) View
22 0.5-0.5 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½-½ Smirin, Ilia (ISR) View
23 0-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) 0-1
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) View
24 0.5-0.5 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) ½-½ Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
View
25 0-0 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) ½-½ Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View
26 1-0 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) View
27 0-1 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) 0-1 Kamsky, Gata (USA) View
28 0.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ Milos, Gilberto (BRA) View
29 0.5-0.5 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½-½ Bologan, Viktor (MDA) View
30 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 1-0 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) View
31 0-1 Li, Chao b (CHN) 0-1 Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) View
32 0.5-0.5 Polgar, Judit (HUN) ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) View
SAT W-7
for granted that he would win easy ....Maybe even playing a little
recklessly to give the kid a chance ..But maybe after about I4 or I6
moves the revelation started to hit him that the kid is better than he
thought and by that time in the game he was in trouble.
I know you posted the game but id have to move everything by hand and i
do not have the time now to play it out ...Maybe some day i will buy a
real computer ,,
SAT W-7
How many rounds do they play ?
Do people get eliminated , lets say you lose two games you out ?
will go look at website
SAT W-7
kid from here and born here ( USA ) lives in Italy because he gets a
few $ from the government and they have the stronger chess tournaments
that pay more..
Wish he just played for the USA ....
ChessFire
fashion. This and the So match are two of the biggest upsets so far in
round 2 of the World Cup.
Laznicka, V (2637) - Morozevich, A (2750) [A30]
World Cup (2.2), 25.11.2009
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.0–0 h6 8.Nc3 0–0
9.Be3 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nbc6 11.Qd2 g5 12.h3 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Ne7 14.Rae1 b6
15.b4 Rb8 16.Nh2 Ng6 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Qd7 19.f3 Qa4 20.Rb1 Rfc8
21.Rfc1 Bd4 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.Bf1 Qa3 24.Rc6 Rxc6 25.dxc6 Rc8 26.Rb3 Qa4
27.b5 Ne5 28.Rb4 Qa3 29.Rxd4 a6 30.Rxd6 axb5 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxd8+ Kh7
33.c7 Qe3+ 34.Kh1 Qe1 35.c8Q Qxf1+ 36.Kh2 Nxf3+ 37.Kg3 Qe1+ 38.Kxf3
Qf1+ 39.Ke3 Qg1+ White wins 1–0
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match match
score White Result Black
1 1.5-0.5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) View
2 0.5-1.5 Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) 0-1 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) View
3 1-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) View
4 2-0 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) View
5 0-1 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) * Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) View
6 1.5-0.5 So, Wesley (PHI) ½-½ Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) View
7 1-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½-½ Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) View
8 0.5-1.5 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) View
9 2-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) View
10 0-1 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) * Wang, Yue (CHN) View
11 1-1 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) View
12 1-1 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
13 2-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1-0 Milov, Vadim (SUI) View
14 1-1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 1-0 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) View
15 1-1 Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) View
16 0.5-1.5 Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½-½ Yu, Yangyi (CHN) View
17 1-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½-½ Meier, Georg (GER) View
18 1-1 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) View
19 1-1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) View
20 0-2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 0-1 Wang, Hao (CHN) View
21 0.5-0.5 Navara, David (CZE) * Shabalov, Alexander (USA) View
22 1-1 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) View
23 2-0 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 1-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) View
24 0.5-0.5 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) * Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) View
25 1.5-0.5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1-0 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) View
26 0-1 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) * Motylev, Alexander (RUS) View
27 1.5-0.5 Kamsky, Gata (USA) ½-½ Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) View
28 1-1 Milos, Gilberto (BRA) ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) View
29 1-1 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½-½ Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) View
30 0.5-1.5 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) View
31 1-0 Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) * Li, Chao b (CHN) View
32 1-1 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) ½-½ Polgar, Judit (HUN)
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[Site "0:26.08-0:19.12"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2-1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[BlackCountry "CZE"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Qg3 Qg6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Bd3 Bd4 11. Ne2 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Rb6 13.
O-O Qxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 15. Ba5 Ba3 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Na4 Kd7 18. f4 f6
19. e5 fxe5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rbd1 Bd6 22. Be2 Bf5 23. Rd2 Rb5 24.
Bxb5 cxb5 25. Nc5+ Kc6 26. Nb3 Bg6 27. Bc3 Nf5 28. Rb1 Ne3 29. a4 a6
30. axb5+ axb5 31. Re2 Nc4 32. Ra1 Rb8 33. g4 b4 34. Be1 Rb5 35. Bg3
Rd5 36. Kh2 Na3 37. Rc1 Kb5 38. c3 Ka4 39. Rb2 Nc4 40. Ra1+ Kb5 41.
Rba2 bxc3 42. Ra8 c2 43. Nc1 Rd1 44. Ne2 Rxa1 45. Rxa1 Nd2 46. Re1 Nb3
47. Nc3+ Kb4 0-1
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:01.56-0:00.02"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2-1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5
8. Nd2 Qe8 9. g3 f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. g4 Na6 12. f3 Qe7 13. Nf1 Nc5 14.
Qc2 Ne8 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Nf6 19. Rh2
Bh6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 21. Kc3 Bd7 22. Bd3 Qf4 23. Kb3 c6 24. Rf2 Qh6 25.
Rf3 Kg7 26. Qg2 Qg5 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Rab8 29. a4 a5 30. Raf1 g5
31. R1f2 b6 32. Nf1 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. cxb5 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5+ 36.
Ka3 Rbb8 37. Ng3 Kg6 38. Nh5 1-0
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:11.11-0:03.55"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7
13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Be3
c5 19. Nf3 Rh6 20. c3 Bc6 21. Re1 a5 22. Bf2 b6 23. f6 Ra7 24. g5 Rh7
25. e6 fxe6 26. g6 Rh6 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. fxg7 Bxg7 29. Ng5 Rh5 30.
Rf7+ Kd8 31. Rxa7 Rxg5+ 32. Kf1 Bb5+ 33. Ke1 1-0
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opponents, the better and more confident he gets. After losing to
Guisenov in the second game of his first round match, he reeled off 3
straight wins in the rapid playoff to advance to the second round.
Then he went on to pull off the biggest upset of the 2009 World Cup so
far by beating Ivanchuk 1.5-0.5. Well done Wesley! With proper
training, experience, and opportunity, I have no doubt that he will be
an elite player for years to come.
So, W (2640) - Ivanchuk, V (2739) [D13]
World Cup (2.2), 25.11.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5
8.e3 e6 9.Qb3 Ra7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Nd7 12.Bg3 Be7 13.Be2 0–0 14.0–0
Qa8 15.Nb1 Rc8 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rc6 18.Rc2 Nb6 19.Rfc1 Nc4 20.Nd2
Nxd2 21.Qxd2 a5 22.Qd3 a4 23.f3 Raa6 24.e4 Qd8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6
bxc6 27.Bf2 h5 28.Be3 Qa5 29.Kf2 h4 30.g4 h3 31.Kg3 Qe1+ 32.Kxh3 dxe4
33.Qxe4 Qf1+ 34.Kg3 Bd6+ 35.Bf4 Bb4 36.g5 Be1+ 37.Kg4 Qg2+ 38.Bg3 Bxg3
39.hxg3 Qxb2 40.Qxc6 Qxd4+ 41.f4 g6 42.Qc2 a3 43.Kf3 e5 44.fxe5 Qxe5
45.Qd3 Qb2 46.Qd5 Game drawn ½–½
This and other reports mostly courtesy Susan Polgar, with honorable
mentions to chessdom
//Phil Innes
ChessFire
Round 2 Match 03
Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1 0
1
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0 1
Round 2 Match 07
Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 11
Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1 0
1
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 0 1
1
Round 2 Match 12
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½ ½
1
Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 14
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1 0
1
Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 0 1
1
Round 2 Match 15
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½
1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 17
Meier, Georg (GER) ½ ½
1
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 18
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½
1
Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 19
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½
1
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 21
Shabalov, Alexander (USA) ½ ½
1
Navara, David (CZE) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 22
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½
1
Smirin, Ilia (ISR) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 24
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) ½ ½
1
Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 28
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½ ½
1
Milos, Gilberto (BRA) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 29
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½ ½
1
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½ ½
1
Round 2 Match 31
Li, Chao b (CHN) 0 1
1
Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) 1 0
1
Round 2 Match 32
Polgar, Judit (HUN) ½ ½
1
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) ½ ½
1
http://cup2009.fide.com/results.php
madams
user-friendly games 'tho he does neglect to name his source ? apart from
this outrageous & willful abuse of copyright we feel the lad is @ long
last on the right track - name your source son !
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[Chessgames.com] presents another firecracker from the entertaining Mr
Bacrot :
[Result "1-0"]
[White "E Bacrot"]
[Black "K Sasikiran"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6
fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 N7b6 17. Be4 Kd8 18. Qxg6 Bd7 19. Rh7 Qb4 20.
Rb1
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Qa3 23. Rbh1 Qb2+ 24. Kf3 Qc3+ 25. Ke2 Qb2+
26.
Kf3 Qxd4 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qxe6 Kb8 29. Qf6 Bc5 30. R1h2 c3 31. Rxd7 Nxd7
32. Rh8+ Bf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qxc6 Nd7 35. Qb7# 1-0
======
m.
madams
.
Pfft !
& you were doing so well (sigh)
m.
ChessFire
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2-4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5
8. a3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. O-O-
O Qc7 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Rhe8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Rd7
19. Qf3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Rhe1 Kb8 22. Be3 Ka8 23. Rd3 Bb8 24. Rdd1
Ba7 25. Qe2 Rh8 26. f4 Qa5 27. Rd3 Qa4 28. Rc1 Qa5 29. Nf3 Qc7 30. Ne5
Rdd8 31. g5 Nh5 32. d5 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 exd5 34. cxd5 Rhe8 35. dxc6 Rxd3
36. Qxd3 Nxf4 37. Qd7 1-0
Click here to replay the game.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2-3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7.
Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Bd3 d6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. O-O-O Ng4
13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ke7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Rhc8
19. a3 Na2+ 20. Nxa2 Bxa2 21. h4 h6 22. g3 Ne6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bh3
Rc6 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Bf5 a5 27. Rh5 Ng7 28. Rxg5 f6 29. Rg4 Nxf5 30.
exf5 Rxg4 31. fxg4 d5 32. Re1 Bb3 33. c3 Rc4 34. g5 Rg4 35. gxf6+ Kxf6
36. Bb6 Rxg3 37. Bd8+ Kxf5 38. Rxe5+ Kxe5 39. Bc7+ Ke4 1/2-1/2
ChessFire
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2-3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4
O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 a5 10. a4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Nd5
Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. O-O Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6
19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Re4 Nd7 21. Bc4 Nc5 22. Re3 e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24.
Rae1 Kf7 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Rd1 d5 27. c4 Rd8 28. Rd4 b6 29. Kf2 Rd6 30.
g4 g5 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. h4 h6 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. Rxf4+ Kg7 35. cxd5 Rxd5
36. b4 e5 37. Rc4 axb4 38. Rxb4 e4 39. Bc6 Rd3 40. Rxd3 exd3 41. Rd4
Re3+ 42. Kf4 Re1 43. Rd6 Rf1+ 44. Bf3 Ra1 45. Kf5 Rxa4 46. Rg6+ Kh7
47. Rxb6 Rd4 48. Rc6 Nd7 49. Rc7 d2 50. Ke6 h5 51. g5 Kg6 52. Rxd7
Rxh4 53. Rxd2 Kxg5 54. Ke5 Ra4 55. Rg2+ Kh6 56. Be4 h4 57. Kf4 h3 58.
Rg3 h2 59. Rh3+ Kg7 60. Rxh2 Ra1 61. Ke5 Ra5+ 62. Bd5 Kg6 63. Rg2+ Kh5
64. Ke4 Kh6 65. Be6 Rg5 66. Ra2 Rb5 67. Kf4 Kg6 68. Rd2 Kf6 69. Bc4
Rb4 70. Rd4 Ra4 71. Ke4 Kg5 72. Rd5+ Kg4 73. Rc5 Ra1 74. Be6+ Kg3 75.
Rg5+ Kf2 76. Bd5 Ra4+ 77. Kd3 Ra7 78. Rf5+ Kg3 79. Ke3 Ra3+ 80. Ke4
Ra4+ 81. Ke5 Ra5 82. Rg5+ Kh4 83. Rg8 Kh5 84. Rg1 Rb5 85. Ke4 Kh6 86.
Bf7 Rg5 87. Rh1+ Kg7 88. Be6 Kf6 89. Bd7 Ke7 90. Rh7+ Kd6 91. Bf5 Rg1
92. Rd7+ Kc6 93. Rd3 Kc5 94. Rc3+ Kd6 95. Rd3+ Kc5 96. Rd5+ Kc6 97.
Ke5 Re1+ 98. Be4 Kc7 99. Rc5+ Kb6 100. Rc2 Rg1 101. Bd5 Rg6 102. Be6
Kb5 103. Kd5 Rg5+ 104. Kd6 Kb4 105. Rb2+ Kc3 106. Rb3+ Kc2 107. Rf3
Kd2 108. Bd5 Ke2 109. Rh3 Kf2 110. Kc5 ½-½
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Round 3. Game 1.
match match
score White Result Black
1 0-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) * Polgar, Judit (HUN) View
2 0-0 Li, Chao b (CHN) * Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) View
3 0-0 Svidler, Peter (RUS) * Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) View
4 0-0 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) * Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) View
5 0-0 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) * Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) View
6 0-0 Kamsky, Gata (USA) * So, Wesley (PHI) View
7 0-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) * Motylev, Alexander (RUS) View
8 0-0 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) * Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) View
9 0-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) * Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) View
10 0-0 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) * Wang, Yue (CHN) View
11 0-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) * Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) View
12 0-0 Navara, David (CZE) * Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
13 0-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) * Wang, Hao (CHN) View
14 0-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) * Shirov, Alexei (ESP) View
15 0-0 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) * Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) View
16 0-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) * Yu, Yangyi (CHN) View
So stuns Ukrainian superstar
Manila Standard Today
Friday, November 27, 2009
WESLEY So escaped near-defeat to eliminate Ukrainian superstar Vassily
Ivanchuk in the second game of their two-game mini match and advanced
into the third round of the World Cup Wednesday night at Khanty-
Mansyisk.
So drew with Ivanchuk, recognized by chess experts as one of the most
artistic players in the game, in 46 moves of a Slav Defense. Ivanchuk
joined fourth seed Alexander Morozevich of Russia and fifth seed
Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijian as the big losers in the World Cup
after two rounds.
He finished with a score of 1.5-.5, after upsetting Ivanchuk in the
first game on Tuesday. He will face American grandmaster Gata Kamsky,
a former prodigy, who lost to Anatoly Karpov for the world
championship in 1997, in the third round Friday.
Ivanchuk is the second super grandmaster So has scalped after a
sensational win over Chinese ace Ni Hua in the 2008 Olympiad in
Dresden. So has also drawn against two other superstars, Alexei Shirov
of Spain and Sergey Karjakin of the Ukraine .
Kamsky eliminated Joey Antonio in the first round, and is considered
by chess experts as the anti-thesis to So, who favors complicated
play. Kamsky, eliminated in the final challengers match for the world
title in 2008, is rock steady and cool in defense. Filipinos witnessed
Kamsky’s grace under fire when he hung on in a bad position to beat
the veteran Ruben Rodriguez in the 1992 Olympiad.
The 16-year-old So, a third-year high school student from Cavite and
the youngest player in this qualifying event for the world
championship, is in a spot where no Filipino player has entered
before.
Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com
//Phil Innes
øØß
SAT W-7
they both tried hard to win before deciding to draw ..I am OK with those
kind of draws..
SAT W-7
So vs Gata will be interesting to watch , i am starting to understand
this tournament more now .. The two players face each other until one
is eliminated ...
Judit vs Boris should be good too , you have to give her credit she
beats the men a lot ...
If i understand , the winner of this whole tournament will play the
winner of the Topolov
vs Anand match ?
By the way as much as i like Gata to get another shot at the Champ , i
think i want this So kid to get there ..
By the way IF the winner gets to play the champ then how
come Carlsen not playing here ?
Now i am thinking i am wrong because he would be playing in this
tournament if the winner get a shot at the winner of the Anand and
Topolv match.....I guess i am confused..
ChessFire
> Wow interesting read , thanks
>
> So vs Gata will be interesting to watch , i am starting to understand
> this tournament more now .. The two players face each other until one
> is eliminated ...
And So whacks Kamsky:
Kamsky,G (2695) - So,W (2640) [C11]
World Cup 2009 (3.1), 27.11.2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.a3
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b6 14.Be2
Ba6 15.Bd1 Qb5 16.b4 Rc8 17.Nb2 Qc6 18.Rc1 0–0 19.a4 Bc4 20.Bg4 Bb3
21.0–0 Bxa4 22.f5 Bb5 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Re3 f6 25.fxe6 Nxe5 26.Bf5 g6
27.Bh3 Qd6 28.Rd1 Rcd8 29.Rd2 Qe7 30.Rf2 Nc6 31.Qd2 d4 32.Re4 dxc3
33.Qxc3 Rf8 34.g4 Rd6 35.Bg2 Ne5 36.g5 Rxe6 37.gxf6 Rfxf6 38.Rxf6 Qxf6
39.Re3 Bc6 40.Nd1 Qg5 41.Rg3 Qf4 42.Nf2 Bxg2 43.Kxg2 Nc4 44.Qd3 Ne3+
45.Kg1 Nf5 46.Qd5 Qc1+ 47.Nd1 Kf7 48.Rc3 Qg5+ 49.Kf2 Qf4+ 50.Kg2 Qg4+
51.Kf2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Kg7 0–1
> Judit vs Boris should be good too , you have to give her credit she
> beats the men a lot ...
Here are all the results from game 1 of round 3
--
Interestingly Judit lost with black and I wonder if her opponent will
accept a sicilian in the next round - if so, super-firewords! - but
a very strong young talent from St Petersburg Nikita Vitugov beat with
the black pieces fellow Petersburger Sakaev. Kamsky lost to So,
Round 3. Game 1.
match match
score White Result Black Games
1 1-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Polgar, Judit (HUN) View
2 0.5-0.5 Li, Chao b (CHN) ½-½ Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) View
3 0.5-0.5 Svidler, Peter (RUS) ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) View
4 0.5-0.5 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½-½ Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) View
5 0-1 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 0-1 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) View
6 0-1 Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0-1 So, Wesley (PHI) View
7 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1-0 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) View
8 0.5-0.5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) View
9 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) View
10 0.5-0.5 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½-½ Wang, Yue (CHN) View
11 0.5-0.5 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) View
12 1-0 Navara, David (CZE) 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
13 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1-0 Wang, Hao (CHN) View
14 0.5-0.5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Shirov, Alexei (ESP) View
15 0.5-0.5 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) View
16 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) 1-0 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) Vie
ChessFire
Provided by the official website: http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_12.htm
• Honestly I was lucky when playing against Ivanchuk, - starts So. – I
admire this chess player and I know that he plays much far better than
me. In first game he was in time trouble and maybe that is why I was
lucky. The second game was a draw, but Vassily had a real chance to
win at some point during the game.
• He mentioned in his interview that you were also playing not that
well…
• I agree. But today I played very well against Gata Kamsky. I was
preparing to the game. I caught him at the opening and he spent a lot
of time. I just hope that tomorrow I will be also lucky.
• How can you cope with the magic of the big chess names?
• I realize that you should do your best in the classical games of
each round. If you win one game, you are almost there. Besides, I
spend a lot of time for preparations to every single opponent. I train
chess for 5-6 hours per day watching the previous games of my
opponents. I understand that they are people who can also make
mistakes.
• Do you have a special strategy to play in the Cup?
• Generally speaking, I am ok if the classical games were drawn. Here
the tie break goes. To my mind I play tie breaks better than classical
games. But my opponents did not give me any chance to come to the tie
breaks.
• Tell us about yourself? Your achievement in chess?
• I am 16 and the greatest achievement for me so far is the second
place in one tournament with average rating about 2700. At the moment
my rating is 2640. I dream that sooner or later I will come to the
magical point 2700. I don't know how much time I will need for that.
• Are you planning to participate in the World Junior Chess
Championship? Or you are not interested to play against the opponents
of your age?
• It could be stupid of me to think that due to my performance here I
became a big shot. In fact to win the World Junior U-20 Championship
is my nearest aim in chess. It will be a tough competition. Some of
the potential participants of the Championship are here: Negi
Parimarjan, Hou Yifan, Sanan Syugirov. I am trying to follow their
games here, their openings most of all.
• Ho w can you define your chess style?
• So far I play aggressively. I would like to play a solid game with a
solid opening. This is what I want. I think my style is close to Vishy
Anand. Of course we have different level.
• Do you have a personal coach?
• Unfortunately I don't. But I think that the moment is coming: I will
need it soon. I would train chess with Sanan Syugirov with pleasure
for instance. He is my age. The only problem he does not speak
English. Anyway I feel like having an assistant now. Another problem
is that chess in not that famous in the Philippines . We don't get any
financial support from the Government. They don't give money for
tournaments, coaches, nothing. Our National Federation pays our
tickets. That's it. You realize at one moment that to reach some
professional level you need private sponsors. I would be happy with
some 20-30 thousand US dollars a year.
• This is your first visit to Russia . Aren't you afraid of cold
weather?
I opened Siberia for myself. It is very beautiful place with good
people! Yes, it is cold here. But we come from the Philippines ; we
like to visit countries where it is colder than in our country. Of
course truly speaking minus 30 is too much. I like Siberia , but I
prefer to stay in my room when it is so cold.
Chess news from Susan Polgar
SAT W-7
Did you see what he said he study's his opponents other games for 5 to
6 hours before he plays them.....This is a interesting statement in my
opinion because he is I6 years old so he has the energy and time to do
that..
You know Ivanchuck and Gata do not do that anymore , maybe when they
were younger they did.. But at their age now they probably do not have
time to study the other guys games that long and they have other things
to do ..You know they probably go out to dinner and maybe a movie and
site seeing if they have a lady with them..
This young man , all he has is time and when you can take that time to
break down your opponents games you are going to be hard to beat......
If he gets by Gata then the next person he plays will have to work as
hard as he does to win.. I think they will but will they win ?
Lets see how far he go's , i am pulling for him to win....
ChessFire
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
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 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13.
Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qe3 Qd6
19. Rcd1 c4 20. Bc2 Bd5 21. Qe5+ Qxe5 22. fxe5 e6 23. Nf4 Kf7 24. Rde1
Ke7 25. Re3 b5 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rh3 Rf7 28. Rh6 Nc6 29. Bd1 1-0
Click here to replay the game.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Ne5
Bc6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Qf8 16. Re5 Kh8 17. d5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Bxf7 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxf7 21. f3 h6 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rf5
Qe7 25. Qd4 Re6 26. h3 Ne3 27. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1
Click here to replay the game.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1
Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc1 cxd4
14. Bxd4 a6 15. Nd3 Nb8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. Nf1 Bg5
20. Ne3 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Bh5 22. a4 Nc6 23. axb5 Nxd4 24. cxd4 axb5 25.
Qb4 g6 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. Rec1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Be2 29. Qd2 Bh5 30. Rc8 Nc7
31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. h3 Qa8 33. Kh2 Qa7 34. Kg3 Ne8 35. Bf1 Ng7 36. Bxb5
Qa1 37. Kg2 h6 38. Bd3 Nf5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. f3 Qa4 41. Be2 f6 42. Qc3
Kg7 43. b4 fxe5 44. fxe5 Qa2 45. Kf2 f4 46. b5 Be8 47. Qc7+ Bf7 48.
Qc1 Bg6 49. Ke1 Qa5+ 50. Qd2 Qa1+ 51. Kf2 Bf5 52. h4 Qb1 53. Qxf4 Qb2
54. Qe3 Kg6 55. Kg3 Qb1 56. Qf2 Kf7 57. Bf1 Ke7 58. Qe2 Kd7 59. Kf2
Qb4 60. Qe3 Qb2+ 61. Kg3 Qb1 62. Bh3 Bxh3 63. Kxh3 Qf5+ 64. Kg3 Qg6+
65. Kf2 Qc2+ 66. Qe2 Qc3 67. Qd1 Qb2+ 68. Kg3 Qxb5 69. Kg4 Qb8 70. Qd3
Qg8+ 71. Kh5 Qf7+ 72. Kxh6 Qf4+ 73. Kg7 Qxh4 74. Qb5+ Kc7 75. Qc5+ Kb7
76. Kf7 Qh7+ 77. Kxe6 Qg8+ 78. Kd7 Qf7+ 79. Qe7 Qxf3 80. Qb4+ Ka7 81.
Kc6 1-0
Click here to replay the game.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[WhiteCountry "CZE"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-
O 8. a3 Kh8 9. h3 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. d4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nb6
14. b3 Qd7 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nbd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19.
Rac1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nc3 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd6 24. Bd2
Ne6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Rf3 Nd5 27. Rf5 Nf6 28. Bg5 Rae8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30.
Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rf4 f5 33. Re3 c5 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Re3 Kg7
36. Rh4 f4 37. Rg4+ Kf6 38. Rxf4+ Kg5 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Nd7 Rxe3 41.
fxe3 Rc8 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Nxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rh4 h5 46. Kf2
Kd7 47. a4 a5 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Re4+ Kf6 51. Rc4 Ke6 52.
Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rh6 Kc7 54. h4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rb5 56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Rxh5 a4
58. e4 Kb6 59. Rd5 Rb1 60. g4 a3 61. Rd2 Kc5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Rd8 a2 64.
Ra8 Kd4 65. h6 Rf2+ 66. Kg5 Kxe4 67. h7 Rh2 68. Kg6 Kf4 69. Ra4+ Kg3
70. g5 1-0
madams
Yes ! I suppose if some really boring-person hadn't come up with the
50-move rule, these worthies would still be @ it even now... shuffling
the pieces; to & fro, & round we go, back we come, & here we go, up &
down, & to & fro, & round & round & fro & to & .......
'mazing ! ...
m.
SAT W-7
madams
>
> Chess does not bore me like it bores you...
Who said anything about chess "boring" me ? Oh ! you did you idiot ! you
need to carefully re-read my post, word for word preferably, before
rushing to any premature ejaculations, you brainwashed twit, & also play
through all 110 moves of the game in question (like I did already) & try
& get some learning.........................
m.
ChessFire
His Kamsky game was heavily prepared - here is a report:
World Chess Cup 4th rd spot within So's reach
11/28/2009 | 07:47 PM
Filipino teen Grandmaster Wesley So continued his giant-killing ways
when he scalped defending champion GM Gata Kamsky of the United States
in Friday’s third round of the 2009 World Chess Cup at the Khanty-
Mansiysk Centre in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
So, who barged in the 32-player field after scoring a second-round
upset win over former world championship contender GM Vassily Ivanchuk
of Ukraine, the 16-year-old stunned Kamsky in the opener of their
crucial two-game third-round showdown.
Once again handling the black pieces, So needed 53 moves of the French
defense to turn back the older and more-experienced Kamsky, who
offered a draw with the Bacoor, Cavite native in the 18th move.
But So, who is one of the world's top junior players with an ELO of
2640, playing with calm and ease, refused Kamsky’s offer.
In the end, So got the advantage with a queen, rook, knight and four
pawns as his remaining pieces against Kamsky’s queen, rook, knight and
two pawns.
With more active pieces, So attacked Kamsky’s widely-exposed king on
g2 to force the
Novokuznetsk, Russia-born woodpusher to give the match to the
Filipino.
"I really played very well against him (Kamsky). I was prepared for
the game. I caught him at the opening and he spent a lot of time,"
said So. “I just hope that tomorrow I will be also lucky."
So, who will play the white pieces, only needs a draw against the 27th
ranked Kamsky (ELO 2695) to reach the 16-player fourth round that is
being played at this Scandinavian resort-like town in Western Siberia.
If Kamsky wins the match will go into a rapid tiebreak match on
Sunday. – GMANews.TV
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/
ChessFire
Gelfand. I think that means that Kamsky is elimiated and Polgar/
Gelfand will go to a play off
games still in prog
Naiditch v Svidler still going
Laznicka 4 pawns rook v Bologan 3 pawns Rook, though white has doubled
f pawns
Vitiugov v Sakaev still going equal material, white seems to have a
bit more action and space
Motylev is a pawn down to Ponomariov, but white has a passer.
Areshchenko v Jakovenko, white has advantage in space in bish same
color endgame
Karjakin has now beaten Navara following wild French
Crazy endgame in Wang v Shakhriyar where white has KBR 1 pawn, and
black has KBN and 3 pawns
Shirov Tomashevsky is still a late middle game - black seems to be a
pawn up + the exchange up
Yu v Vachier-L is equal material endgame
I think all other games were draws
Phil Innes
ChessFire
Round 3. Game 2.
match match
score White Result Black
1 1-1 Polgar, Judit (HUN) 1-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 1-1 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½-½ Li, Chao b (CHN) View
3 1-1 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½-½ Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 1-1 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) ½-½ Bologan, Viktor (MDA) View
5 1.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) View
6 1.5-0.5 So, Wesley (PHI) ½-½ Kamsky, Gata (USA) View
7 0.5-1.5 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
8 1-1 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View
9 1-1 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) View
10 1-1 Wang, Yue (CHN) ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) View
11 1-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½-½ Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) View
12 1-1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1-0 Navara, David (CZE) View
13 0.5-1.5 Wang, Hao (CHN) ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) View
14 1.5-0.5 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) View
15 1-1 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) View
16 0.5-1.5 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) View
SAT W-7
Polger is still hanging in there for the tie break.
This SO kid will be tough to beat and i did not know Gata asked him
to draw , i am kinda glad he turned it down ....Now did they tell SO who
his next opponent is ? Because if he plays the winner of another two
who are playing tie breaks he can sit back and watch and then spend his
5 to 6 hours of studding the other persons games on top of watching them
play live....I just have a gut feeling this kid will get by the next
person he plays.....
All this kid has is time to studdy and the older players do not have
the time .....
ChessFire
Interview provided by the organizer
The last Cup winner Gata Kamsky was defeated by the young Wesley So
from the Philippines in Round 3.
• How come that you became another victim of the new star of the Cup –
So?
• Everything is clear: my opponent was better prepared and I was
always choosing the wrong openings. In the first game I was playing
recklessly and got the problematic position. I was thinking that could
manage to win the fellow on class. But he turned out to be very
serious chess player. Second game: I had to solve difficult problem:
it is almost impossible to win a good player with black. I played
“Dutch defense”, sacrificed a pawn and got some chances. But at one
point I went too far and the advantages for my opponent were clear
enough and I offered a draw not to suffer…
• Perhaps you underestimated your opponent?
• No, it is not the case. So was playing better and he deserved the
victory
• How do you see his perspectives in the tournament?
• It is a thankless business to make prognosis. So far he is doing
well. What will happen then, we shall see…
• Could it be the case that you did not take the Cup seriously. You
have already guaranteed your participation in the Candidates Matches.
• This kind of thoughts perhaps did bother me. But it is not the
reason of my elimination.
• Why then did not you invite a second to help you? As we remember
Emil Sutovsky was helping you in the last Cup after being knocked out?
• Let's say neither me nor Emil had an opportunity to cooperate here.
• Can you say more?
• Nothing special. I just preferred to play without a second lately.
There is another reason. A second or a coach should be paid, and a
good coach should be paid well. We were working with Emil at the match
against Veselin Topalov. The American Chess Federation did not support
me in this cooperation. Well, you can develop the idea yourself now…
• Who is the favorite of the Cup to your mind?
• All our favorites: Grischuk, Ponomariov, etc…
• After your victory at the World Cup 2007 you have had an ascent of
your career…
And now I am experiencing a descent… Like Kramnik says, it is high
time to draw a conclusion. There is only one difference: Kramnik has
drawn them, I have not made them yet…
ChessFire
head to the 4th and final rapid games.
Round 3. Rapid 3.
match match
score White Result Black Games
1 1.5-3.5 Polgar, Judit (HUN) 0-1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 3.5-1.5 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1-0 Li, Chao b (CHN) View
3 2-3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0-1 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) View
4 3.5-1.5 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1-0 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) View
8 2.5-2.5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) View
9 3-2 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½-½ Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) View
10 3.5-1.5 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 1-0 Wang, Yue (CHN) View
11 1-4 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 0-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) View
12 1-4 Navara, David (CZE) 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
15 3-2 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) 1-0 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) View
http://cup2009.fide.com/round.php
ChessFire
match score White Result Black
3 3-3 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
8 3-3 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View
9 2-4 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) View
15 2.5-3.5 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) View
Phil Innes
News courtesy Susan Polgar
ChessFire
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7.
e4 Qd6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Rd1 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Qb4+ 14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 16. Kd2 Nc4+ 17. Kc2 Nxe3+ 18.
fxe3 Ke7 19. Rb1 b6 20. a4 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[WhiteCountry "CHN"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
0-1
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:00.46-0:00.47"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[WhiteCountry "GER"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-
O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. Nbd2 Nb7 14.
Nf1 Nc5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Rf1 Qd8 19. Nf3 Bxg3
20. fxg3 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.
Qh5 Qf6 26. Be3 Nd3 27. Qg4 Nc7 28. Qxe4 Qxe6 29. Qh7 Qg8 30. Bxd3
cxd3 31. Qxd3 Qe6 32. Qh7 Qg8 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qg6 Rf8 35. Rd1 Rf6 36.
Qg4 g5 37. Kh2 Qxa2 38. Qc8 Ne8 39. Bb6 Kf8 40. Bd8 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4
42. Bxh4 Qc4 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. Qa8 Qg4 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qb8 Qc6 47. b4
Kg6 48. Ra8 Ng7 49. Ra2 Qd5 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Rb6 Nf5 52. Rxb5 Qf7 53.
Rb6 Kh7 54. Qa8 Nxh4 55. gxh4 Qf4+ 56. Kh1 Qxh4+ 57. Kg1 Rg7 58. Qf3
Qe1+ 59. Kh2 Qh4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[WhiteCountry "MDA"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[BlackCountry "CZE"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nf6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfe8
14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc2 Qb8 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Qd4 Bf8 19. h3
Ba8 20. a4 a5 21. Ba3 d5 22. Ncxd5 exd5 23. cxd5 Qe5 24. Rcd1 Nxe4 25.
Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Ng4 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 f5 30. Rd4
fxg4 31. Rxd7 axb4 32. Bb2 Rc2 33. Be5 b3 34. Rb7 b2 35. Bxb2 Rxb2 36.
a5 gxh3 37. a6 b5 38. a7 h2+ 39. Kh1 Ra2 40. Rxb5 Rxa7 41. Kxh2 g6 42.
Rb2 Kg7 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Rc2 Rb7 45. Ra2 Bf6 46. Rd2 h5 47. Rd5 Kf7 48.
f4 Rb3 49. Ra5 Bc3 50. Rg5 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb1 52. Kf3 Be1 53. g4 Rb3+ 54.
Ke2 Bh4 0-1
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:00.22-0:00.29"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 b6 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. Bg2
Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Rb1 Na5 13.
Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. Qd3 Qa6 16. Bc7 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bd6
Nd4 19. Bxc5 Nf5 20. Bb4 d6 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxa2 23. Kf1 Qa5
24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qd4 a5 26. Rdb1 Qc7 27. Rb5 Red8 28. Qb6 Ne4 29. Qxc7
Rxc7 30. Raxa5 f6 31. Nd3 Rxc4 32. Ra7 Nd6 33. Rc5 Rc8 34. Rxc4 Rxc4
35. Nf4 e5 36. Ne6 Nf5 37. f3 Rc6 38. Ra8+ 1-0
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6
13. a4 O-O-O 14. f3 c5 15. Kf2 Be6 16. Nc1 Nc6 17. N3e2 Bc4 18. b3
Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. f4 Rd6 22. Kf3 Rhd8 23. Rd3 Rc6
24. Rf2 f6 25. Rfd2 Rcd6 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Re6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29.
Rxd4 Rxe5 30. Rh4 h5 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. Rxg4 g5 33. Rg2 Kd7 34. Kg4 Ke6
35. Kh5 Kf6 36. Rd2 a5 37. h3 Re3 38. Rf2+ Ke6 39. Kg4 Rc3 40. Re2+
Kf6 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. h4 gxh4 43. Kxh4 c5 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. Rd6 Rxc2 46.
Rxb6 c4 47. bxc4 Rxc4+ 48. Kg3 Rxa4 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[WhiteCountry "CHN"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[Remark "WCC 2009 Match 010"]
0-1
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8
14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Na5 18. Bd5 Qc8 19. a4
Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc4 21. Ne4 Nb6 22. a5 Nd7 23. b4 Be7 24. Qf3 Nf6 25.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Re4 Qd8 27. Be3 Bg5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxe3 30. Qxe3
Qd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rc6 Rd7 35. Rac1 Kf8
36. Rb6 Ke7 37. Rcc6 Raa7 38. g4 Rab7 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Rxb7+ Ke8 41.
Kg2 1-0
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:00.49-0:00.22"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[BlackCountry "CZE"]
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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8
14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5
dxe5 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Be3 Bb7 22. Nfd2 Ra8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c4 bxc4 25.
Nxc4 Nbd7 26. Na5 Nh5 27. Bf1 Nf4 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Nc4 Ng6
31. f3 Nd5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Bf2 dxc4 34. Qxc4 Nf4 35. b5 Qd8 36. Na6
Be6 37. Qc7 Qg5 38. h4 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qc2 Qf4+ 41. Bg3 Qe3 42.
gxh3 Rc8 43. Qxc8 Bxc8 44. Rxc8 f5 45. Kg2 e4 46. fxe4 f4 47. Bf2
Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Bc4+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Bd3+ Kh8 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8
53. b6 Qc8 54. Nc5 f3 55. b7 Qc7+ 56. Bg3 1-0
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:16.30-0:23.26"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6
8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2
exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8
19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3 g6 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rg1
Ra2 25. Qd2 Qh3 26. Qe2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Qd1+ 29. Rg1 Qf3+
1/2-1/2
ChessFire
Round 3. Blitz 1.
match score White Result Black
3 3-4 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 0-1
Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
8 4-3 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
1-0
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View
Round 3. Blitz 2.
match score White Result Black
3 5-3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) View
8 3-5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 0-1
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
ChessFire
memory. Please feel free to make corrections if I am mistaken. The 3
biggest stories so far in my opinion is the advancement of So,
Caruana, and Laznicka.
What is your prediction for the upcoming round?
Gelfand - Vachier-Lagrave
Grischuk - Jakovenko
Laznicka - Mamedyarov
Vitiugov - Karjakin
Gashimov - Caruana
Ponomarov - Bacrot
Svidler - Shirov
So - Malakhov
ChessFire
APPEARANCE
The two Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao b were late for the 2nd
games of the tie breaks against Vugar Gashimov (AZE) and Etienne
Bacrot (FRA) respectively. According to the FIDE regulations the games
were forfeited.
SAT W-7
have never heard of him up until now and the guy he is playing i have
never heard of either ..
All the players left now will start to get meantally tired ...
Looks like some good match ups ..
The Caruana i belive that is the American born kid who plays for Italy
because they give him money ..I understand that because you need to get
paid if your going to make this a living..
I am pulling for him too .....
Svider vs Shirov should be interesting too ..so many good matches ..Not
sure who i want to win between them ?
Karjakin is another young gun i think ? Pulling for him to win ...
Gata said he did not over look SO , but i bet he did.....
Thanks for all the post ....
SAT W-7
snowed bad here , i left for work 4 hours early and barley made it on
time and other people just called in and said they could not make it
....
I am glad they lost , show some respect and get there on time...
Even in my personal life i am there on time ....
I can not stand being late .......
If i go to a movie i need to be in my seat with a coke and popcorn when
the purviews come on.
ChessFire
Phil
Round 4. Game 1.
match match
score White Result Black
1 0.5-0.5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½-½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
View
2 0.5-0.5 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) View
3 0-1 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 0-0 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) * Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) View
5 0.5-0.5 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) View
6 0-0 So, Wesley (PHI) * Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) View
7 0.5-0.5 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
8 0.5-0.5 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
View
ChessFire
Interview provided by the organizer
http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_18.htm
The Chinese Grandmasters Wang Yue and Li Chao are leaving the Cup
because of their late appearance for the second games of tie-breaks of
Round 3. The reason of being late is ridiculous: they were smoking and
did not know that the game had already started.
- How happened that you missed the start of the game?
- I don't know what happened, - replies disappointed Wang Yue. – We
were smoking with Li Chao and some fellow told us: “Guys, I think you
are late for your game”. Of course we rushed into the playing hall .
But it was already too late .
- What did you feel at that moment?
- I did not understand what happened, - says Wang Yue. But he also
added: - Ok, these are the rules, I cannot break them. I was shocked .
It seemed that the world has stopped .
- Did you try to speak with the Arbiter?
- Sure, we spoke with the Chief Arbiter, - again Wang Yue. – He said:
“These are the regulations, we should follow them. The decision is
final and nothing can be changed. You should take it, go and prepare
for the next game. I think it was a wise advice.”
- Was the decision fair to your mind?
Yes, this was correct and fair decision. The only decision that could
be taken. We cannot do anything . We just need to accept it . In China
at all chess tournaments a big screen with the information about the
tournament is used. A player can go to the toilet, to smoke or to do
something else. But thanks to this screen he always knows how much
time he has before the start of the game. Here there is no screen. But
we hope that they will use it in future. Most of all I feel pity for
Li Chao: he started smoking here, in Khanty to join my smoking
company.
- Perhaps now it is a good reason to quit smoking? Less chances to get
into a trouble and more chances to be healthy.
- I don't think so… After such a shock you only think to take a long
smoke!
- How are you going to recover?
- Nothing special… We will have rest, tomorrow a long trip back home,
- says Wang Yue.
- Most probably I will read carefully the regulations of the Cup! –
sarcastically added Li Chao.
ChessFire
SAT W-7
will try and look at that end game.
ChessFire
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/30/2009 11:56 PM
MANILA - Filipino chess whiz Wesley So has drawn his first game with
Russian Grandmaster (GM) Vladimir Malakhov in the World Chess Cup in
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
So is battling Malakhov in the Round of 16 after he beat defending
champion super GM Gata Kamsky in the third round of the chess tourney.
the Filipino GM played the white pieces in the first game.
Kamsky admitted that he was outsmarted by the 16-year-old Filipino GM,
“My opponent was better prepared and I was always choosing the wrong
openings. In the first game I was playing recklessly and got the
problematic position,” Kamsky said in an interview on the World Chess
Cup website.
Before denying Kamsky a chance to defend his title, So defeated Super
GM Vassily Ivanchuk in Round 2.
Malakhov of Russia meanwhile advanced after he defeated Ukrainian GM
Pavel Eljanov.
So has stunned the chess world with his recent victories over Kamsky
and Ivanchuk. He has been making progress in his career even without a
personal coach.
as of 12/01/2009 12:32 AM
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
BREAKING NEWS: So - Malakhov Game 1 a Draw, Game 2 Tuesday
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 30 Nov 2009
GM Wesley So of the Philippines and GM Vladimir Malakhov of Russia
drew the first game of their World Cup fourth round mini-match Monday
evening (R.P. Time) in 65 moves.
GM So played white and opened with 1. d4 and GM Malakhov responded
with the Slav defense. The game evolved into a positional struggle at
the center. After the 18th move the battle shifted to the a and b
files with So backing up his a pawn with his rook; his queen and other
rook bearing down on the b file. With the center locked it seemed
Malakhov was in a purely defensive mode.
Queens were exchanged on the 33rd move. The reached the endgame with
five pawns and a rook each; So had a knight while Malakhov had a
bishop. So had his rook on the seventh rank and Malakov’s bishop was
blocked by his own pawn. So’s knight was well posted at d4 but was the
small advantage enough to win?
So tried to manoeuvre so he could get Malakhov’s isolated d-pawn. But
his miniscule advantage wasn’t enough and the game was drawn at the
65th move.
So will play the black pieces in Game 2.
The 16 year old So entered the tournament with an ELO rating of 2640.
He earned his ticket to the World Cup by placing 2nd during Zone 3.3
Chess Championship which was held last July in Vietnam.
The 29 year old Malakov (ELO 2706) won the World Under-14 Championship
in 1993. He placed 11th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup and joined the 2006
Candidates cycle.
In 2007 So became the youngest grandmaster in Philippines history at
14 years and one month old. Last August 2008, he won Board one gold
during the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad held in Turkey and lead
the country to third place. In that tournament won by India, the
Filipino youngsters beat chess powerhouses Russia (3-1) and England
(3-1).
The FIDE World Chess Cup 2009 is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia from November 20th to December 15th 2009. It is a seven-round
knockout event with six rounds of matches comprising two games per
round, with the winners progressing to the next round. There are now
only 16 players left in the fourth round. The finals or seventh round
consists of four games.
The second game of their mini-match will be played Dec. 1 Tuesday
evening (R.P. Time)
Source: http://philboxing.com
SAT W-7
.Now the pressure will be on SO because he will be black.....
No trainer , is that like Bobby Fischer ?
You have to play good in these knock out tournaments ..I kinda like it
because you really do not know who will win...
What are the time controls for the first two games ? I know the tie
breaks are bltz and is that 5 min games ?
ChessFire
> Sounds like SO and the other guy played a interesting game to a draw
> .Now the pressure will be on SO because he will be black.....
> No trainer , is that like Bobby Fischer ?
Good point
> You have to play good in these knock out tournaments ..I kinda like it
> because you really do not know who will win...
>
> What are the time controls for the first two games ? I know the tie
> breaks are bltz and is that 5 min games ?
Dunno [sorry, been working all day, no time to look] but here is a
report from Asian Press:-
====
So eyes q’final seat against Russian GM By Marlon Bernardino
Cebu Daily News First
Posted 07:44:00 12/01/2009
Filed Under: Chess
Filipino Wesley So (2640) hopes to do something no Filipino has done
in 26 years, when the 16-year-old chess prodigy guns for a seat in the
quarterfinal round against Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov in the 2009
World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk Center of Arts in Russia.
So is eyeing to replicate the feat of GM Eugene Torre who made the
Last 8 round of the 1983 World Chess Championship in Alicante, Spain
against Hungrarian GM Zoltan Ribli.
The 22nd-seeded Malakhov (ELO 2706) earned the right to meet the 59th-
seeded So when he knocked out GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine, 4-1, with
three of the victories coming in the tiebreak rapid matches.
“I know that I should always do my best in the classical games of each
round. If I win one game, I'm almost there,” said So, who is already
assured of US $30,000 (about P1.46M) by reaching the last 16.
So, who got a one day rest after finishing off defending champion GM
Gata Kamsky, 1.5-.5, in their two-game showdown Saturday, spent most
of his time studying the previous games on Malakhov, informed GM
Rogelio Antonio Jr., who along with GM Darwin Laylo, are now assisting
So.
Antonio and Laylo lost in the first round.
Antonio said So will definitely go for the win against Malakhov in the
first game to gain an early psychological advantage “just like what he
did against Ivanchuk and Kamsky.”
The winner of the So-Malakhov encounter will then meet the victor of
the GM Peter Svidler-Alexei Shirov match.
Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net
//Chess news Susan Polgar //Phil Innes
ChessFire
moved on. The rest of the field will head to the rapid / blitz playoff
tomorrow. So and Caruana have proven again this round that they can
play against the best of them.
Round 4. Game 2.
match match
score White Result Black
1 1-1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) View
2 1-1
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) View
3 1.5-0.5 Svidler, Peter (RUS) ½-½ Shirov, Alexei (ESP) View
4 1.5-0.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) ½-½ Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) View
5 0.5-1.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 0-1
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
6 1-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½-½ So, Wesley (PHI) View
7 1-1
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) View
8 1-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) View
madams
>
> The last game playing has an amazing endgame, see Laznicka v Mamedyarov
----
Yes ! we chaps @ chessbase.com thought the "endgame" pretty darn
remarkable even 'mazing @ times too - here's some commentary from the
"chaps" + the game & also the win by Svidler against our old Latvian
friend; Shirov:
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "V Laznicka"]
[Black "S Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6
8.
Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Na7 14. Na4
b6
15. Nc3 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a4 Na7 18. O-O Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nxd2
21. Qxd2 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. f3 Qf7
27. f4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd7 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kg1 g6 32. Re2 Kg7
33.
Qb1 Bf5 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Re1 Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39.
Ra2
Bb1 40. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kh2 Bc1 42. Qe1 Qe4 43. Ra7 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45.
Rxc7+ Kh6 46. Qd1 Qe2 47. Qg1 Qxe3 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qd3 Ra1 0-1
[note: QGD: Ragozin-fandel Defense. Alekhine Variation (D38)]
Nov-30-09
notyetagm: Go Shark!
Nov-30-09
Eyal: <Why not 44. gf4 Bf4 45. g3 hg3 46. Qg3 Rb2 47. Kh1 Bg3 White
could still fight-->
He could keep playing for a while without getting mated, but also
without any real hope of saving the game - 2 pawns (and after ...Rxb5, 2
passers) down, a restricted king and no counterplay.
49...Ra1 is good enough, of course, but more pleasing aesthetically -
especially after the previous moves - could have been 49...Qg3! forcing
a quick mate: 50.Qxb1 (50.Qxg3 Bf4+ 51.Kh2 hxg3# ) 50...Qe1+ 51.Kh2 Bf4+
52.g3 Qxg3+ 53.Kh1 Qh2#. As Dennis Monokroussos notes in his blog, the
series of pseudo-queen sacs toward the end is a bit reminiscent of the
famous E Z Adams vs Carlos Torre, 1920.
Nov-30-09
MamedyarovFan: <Ranjan: Why not 44. gf4 Bf4 45. g3 hg3 46. Qg3 Rb2
47. Kh1 Bg3 White could still fight--> Hi <Ranjan> I was watching the
game on Chessbomb (http://www.chessbomb.com or
http://livechess.chessdom.com/site) and it gave your variation except
for the tiny change 47.Kg1 instead of your 47. Kh1. [Of course when you
typed 44. gf4, you meant 44. ef4.]
Chessbomb, which uses Rybka, scores the following variation at -2.43:
44. exf4 Bxf4+ 45. g3 hxg3+ 46. Qxg3 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Bxg3 48. Nd8 Kh6 49.
Ne6 Re2 50. Nf8. So yes, GM Laznicka could have gone for that variation
but he would know he was lost.
Incidentally I find Chessbomb to be fantastic. I was able to see all of
today's World Cup games and get loads of variations in real time. (Of
course I understand that many chessplayers prefer to try to work out the
variations for themselves.) You can still see Rybka's analysis of all of
the games of this tournament there.
Nov-30-09 dumbgai: Wow you have to love the pseudo queen sacs.
Nov-30-09 Ranjan: Why not 44. gf4 Bf4 45. g3 hg3 46. Qg3 Rb2 47. Kh1
Bg3 White could still fight--
Nov-30-09 muradov: Very nice game by Shark. Congrats!
Nov-30-09
brucejavier: wow shak is on fire!! what a game
Nov-30-09
luzhin: The repeated Queen offers are very elegant: for example, if
47.Qxe2 Bxe3+ 48.Kh2 Bg1+ 49.Kh1 Bf2+ 50.Kh2 Bg3 mate.
____
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Shirov"]
[Black "P Svidler"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "72"]
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 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bg3 Bxg3
14.
hxg3 e5 15. Bd5 Be6 16. dxe5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxe5 18. c4 a6 19. Re1 b5 20.
cxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 c4 22. Qd4 Nd3 23. Ne4 Qa7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Kg7
26.
Re3 Rd6 27. Rf3 h6 28. Ne4 Rxd5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rc3 Ne5 31. Rf4 Qxa2
32.
Kh2 Qe2 33. Qh4 Ra6 34. g4 g5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Rg6 0-1
[note: Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Variation (D86) �ｿｽ ]
Dec-01-09 KamikazeAttack: Shirov continues to decline. I rememeber in
the early 90s when this guy was super strong crushing most SGMs.
Dec-01-09
Eyal: <Svidler may have assessed that Shirov would play 22 Qd4
because of his attacking style, and Svidler had calculated deeply that
it was unsound, Only Svidler can answer this, but 21...c4 definitely
gives chances for white to go wrong>
If that was really Svidler's assessment, then 21...c4 was indeed a
devilish trap, even though it might not be the best move objectively. To
illustrate how well Black has to calculate when playing that move - in
order to make sure that he's ok after the sequence reaching to 25.Qh4
Kg7:
When playing 21...c4, Svidler had to see that in the diagram position,
there's no real danger to his king at the middle of the board after
26.Qxh7+ Kxf6, e.g. 27.Re3 Nxc1 28.Rf3+ Ke5 29.Rxf7 Qd4 30.Qg7+ Kxd5.
That White cannot force a perpetual by 26.Nh5+ because of 26...Kf8, when
27.Qf6 is refuted by 27...Qxf2+! 28.Qxf2 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 gxh5 (that's why
26.Re3 by Shirov, which blocks the queen's diagonal as well as bringing
the rook into the attack, allows White to draw by the Nh5+ idea in case
of 26...Nxc1?).
And finally, that 26.Ng4 wouldn't work for White either because of
26...Qd4! 27.Re4 Qb2.
Dec-01-09 paavoh: Great comments <Ezzy>, as always!
Nov-30-09
Albertan: I have analyzed this game in great detail and posted the
analysis on the first page of my blog http://albertan1956.blogspot.com/.
I hope you can drop by and play through the game using the program Chess
Viewer Deluxe. I used the World's strongest chess program, Deep Rybka 3
on my quad core computer in analysis mode for one hour,as well as
Chessbase Megadatabase 2009 and the Chessbase online database. In
addition I used the book "The Complete Grunfeld", by GM Suetin to help
me analyse this game.
Nov-30-09
notyetagm: LINE OPENING Shirov vs Svidler (4.1) FIDE World Cup 2009
22 ... Ne5-d3 forks White c1-,e1-rooks but OPENS a1-h8 diagonal for
White d4-queen into weakened Black kingside for 23 Nc3-e4! threatening
24 Ne4-f6+, 25 Nf6-e8!
Nov-30-09 Astardis: It's not quite that often these days that
Svidler's Gr�ｿｽnfeld actually works agains an alleged top player...
Nov-30-09
JointheArmy: Tremendous defense by Svidler.
Nov-30-09 Ezzy: Shirov,Alexei (2719) - Svidler,Peter (2754) [D87]
World Chess Cup Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia (4.1), 30.11.2009
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�ｿｽ0 10.0�ｿｽ0 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Be5< A not often played
sideline. Svidler played the 12...Qd7 Main line when he beat Topalov at
M-TEL 2006> 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3< Novelty I think. [14.fxg3 Ne5 15.Bd5 e6
Has been played before.]> 14...e5 15.Bd5 Be6 16.dxe5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nxe5
18.c4 a6 19.Re1 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nc3 c4!? <This is a very interesting
move. If Svidler played this against Kramnik, I would probably give it a
question mark. Playing it against Shirov it should probably be an
exclamation mark! Svidler gives up his b5 pawn for piece activity which
I'm not convinced is enough compensation. Svidler may have assessed that
Shirov would play 22 Qd4 because of his attacking style, and Svidler had
calculated deeply that it was unsound, Only Svidler can answer this, but
21...c4 definately gives chances for white to go wrong.> 22.Qd4?< Shirov
as one would expect sees an attack. It seems he also saw an opportunity
to force a draw if the attack fizzled out, but this time his
calculations had bg flaws. [22.Nxb5 Qb8 (22...Qb6 23.Rxe5 Qxb5 24.Qc2
Rac8 25.Qe4 with equal chances) 23.Rb1 Nd3 24.Re2 Qc8 25.d6 Qf5 26.a4 Is
the way to go for white.]> 22...Nd3 23.Ne4?? <A duel winning threat of
24 Nf6+ Kf8 25 Nxh7+ Kg8 26 Nf6+ Kf8 27 Ne8! winning. Also white is
threatening the simple 24 Qxd3! It all seems ready for a Shirov
brilliancy prize, BUT there is a move that Shirov missed which defends
everything - 23...Qa7! I just wonder if Svidler saw all of this when he
played 21...c4 [23.Nxb5 Qa5 24.Nc3 Qa7 25.Qf6 Rd6 26.Qf3 Nxc1 27.Rxc1
and black should eventually cause problems with his 2 rooks on an open
board.] >23...Qa7! <Solves every threat problem >24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Qh4 Kg7
<[25...h5?? 26.Qg5 Kg7 27.Nxh5+ Kh7 28.Nf6+ draw]> 26.Re3 <Shirov still
has idea's of bailing out with a draw 27 Nh5+ gxh5 (27...Kf8 28 Qf6
mates) 28 Qg5+ draw.> 26...Rd6< But there are defences to all Shirov's
hopes for a win or a draw.> 27.Rf3 <Now threatening 28 Qxh7+> 27...h6
28.Ne4 <[28.Rf1 Ne5 29.Re3 Rxf6 30.Rxe5 Qc5 is a more stubborn defence,
but black will have 2 connected passed pawns and should win.]> 28...Rxd5
29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Rc3?< Threatening 31 Ra3 and the queen will be removed
from guarding his f7 pawn. But 30 Rc3 is not a good move because black
has a good counterthreat.> 30...Ne5!< With a counterthreat of 31...Rd1+
32 Kh2 Ng4+ forking king and queen.> 31.Rf4 Qxa2 <With 32..Qb1+ and
33...Ra1 threats >32.Kh2 Qe2 33.Qh4 Ra6< Threatening 34...g5> 34.g4 g5
35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Qxg5+ Rg6 0�ｿｽ1
Shirov's won many great attacking games, but when you miscalculate it
can all go horribly wrong. This is one of the games where it went
horribly wrong.
My one question to Svidler would be - 'Did you expect Shirov to play 22
Qd4 after your 21...c4. Or did you sacrifice the b5 pawn for better
piece activity. Anyway, it was a good game by Svidler who's vision and
calculating was on form today.
Very difficult for Shirov to get back into the match, but with Shirov's
style of play certainly not impossible.
m.
madams
[ Nimzo-Indian, Classical (E32) �]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "N Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6
8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14.
Bb2
Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Qh3 a5 20.
Rfd1
Rcd8 21. Qf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26.
Qc2
Rd6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxc5 Rc6 31. Qe4 Qc7 32.
f4
Rxc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. fxe5 c4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe4 c3 38.
Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Qd4 c2 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qg8+ Kd7
44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. Qh8+ Kb7 46. Qb2+ Ka6 47. Qc1 Qc4 0-1
------
[Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43) � ]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ju Polgar"]
[Black "B Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5
Nc5 8. f4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. f5 Bxf5
14. Rxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Rf1 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19.
Nd4
Re8 20. Nf3 Qb5 21. Qd1 Kg8 22. Nd4 Qc4 23. Rxf5 Bg7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qc1
Qxa2 26. h3 Qc4 27. Rf4 Qc3 28. Rg4 Kf8 29. Rd4 Bxe5 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31.
Rd1
Bf6 32. Rf1 Kd8 33. Qf4 Kc8 34. Qf5+ Kb8 35. Qd7 Rd8 36. Qxf7 a5 37. Rb1
b5
38. Rb3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Kh1 a4 42. Rf3 b4 43. Rf6
Qe8
44. Qg7 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kh1 a3 0-1
m.
ChessFire
1 1-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) - Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
2 1-1 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) -
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
6 1-1 So, Wesley (PHI) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)
7 1-1 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
SAT W-7
I enjoyed it ..
ChessFire
massive confidence in So, see below:
Who will win the 2009 World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk?
Selection Votes
Gelfand 6% 53
Gashimov 3% 22
Svidler 12% 96
Mamedyarov 10% 79
Karjakin 9% 74
Ponomariov 2% 17
Grischuk 4% 34
Jakovenko 0% 3
Vachier-Lagrave 4% 34
Caruana 2% 14
Shirov 1% 7
Laznicka 0% 2
Vitiugov 0% 0
So 45% 369
Bacrot 1% 8
Malakhov 1% 11
823 votes total
SAT W-7
madams
>
> Madams , thanks for the good reading stuff
> I enjoyed it ..
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Quite alright Frank - here's some more from "chessgames.com"......
Dec-01-09 ragdecsap: <richardhanes> thanks for your wonderful
articulation about the "fanatical" adoration accorded by hundreds of
thousands of So's fans. You must understand that filipinos are all over
the world now, coming from a country-the Philippines- dubbed as the top
manpower exporter of talented manpower. And most of them are glued to
chess.
Besides, isn't these so-called worshippers of So evoked one simple
meaning? And guess that? That simply means that Chess is now becoming
more and more popular. Thanks to these young players - So,
Carlsen-Nakamura-and the medium that propagates their talents, the
internet, online sites such as CG, CB, CD to name a few? Btw, i agree
with you, anybody who wins this World Cup 2009 definitely deserves it.
Whatever, hala bira Wesley Go!!
Dec-01-09 siamesedream: <Will they still play standard chess
tomorrow, or is it rapid chess?> Tie-breaks tomorrow. 4 rapids and if
necessary blitzs.
Dec-01-09
Marmot PFL: Will they still play standard chess tomorrow, or is it
rapid chess?
Dec-01-09
HeMateMe: <Should we be anticipating new laws prohibiting the
passing of gas?>
There wouldn't be enough jails...
Dec-01-09 richardhanes: <tpstar> Thanks for the welcome :) I am not
underestimating So's performance. I can see he is one of the finest
players around. And I have no complaints on him as a player as he's one
of the future of chess so long as he consistently improves like in the
past year now.
What bothered me at first was the level of worship that is being given
to him; and most recently was the bashing and calling of names of his
opponents in this tournament by some of his fans (in chessbase and
chessdom also). I agree and perfectly aware that not all of his fans are
like that - and that's the reason why I called the good ones
'supporters' and the not pleasant ones 'worshippers'. I have been
following his games for more than a year now as I�m also impressed with
him. But it seems that whenever I check out his page here, a good number
of times I get turned off by other people�s postings. I understand that
a lot of his fans are just overjoyed by his games and accomplishments
and there's nothing wrong with that. But a lot of people I'm sure will
agree also that some postings are uncalled for and irresponsible. You're
right though, the page have improved in the recent past, but there are
still a lot of characters there that I'm sure even So wishes would
refrain from making unnecessary comments.
Anyway, enough of that now, didn�t mean to stir any senseless argument
here � I�ll go back to my game watching and enjoy the rest of the world
cup tournament. Anybody who wins definitely deserves it.
Dec-01-09 edbermac: One of us...gooble gobble, gooble gobble...
Dec-01-09
zanshin: <noctiferus: my feeling is that they decompiled code,
understood what was in there, and used IDEAS to write their own code,
with some improvements>
Let's say this is true. To many programmers, this still falls under the
category of reverse engineering. They may not have stolen source code,
but they may have stolen ideas. Anyway, as I stated earlier, this is not
the place to continue this controversy, but you are welcome to pursue it
in my forum if you are interested.
Dec-01-09 s4life: <amadeus: That is not to say that I approve of
smoking in closed places. I think it's impolite. The smell is not good.
>
You forgot to add the headache, nausea, respiratory and ear infections,
artherosclerosis, coronary disease, nasal sinus, lung and bladder cancer
and so on that second-hand smoke produces. Well, I guess the stingy and
poisonous smell is what you immediately feel so I'll cut you some slack.
This is not the place for this discussion, but I mean... who are these
pro ETS poster? Nick Naylor and Co.?
Dec-01-09
noctiferus: < zanshin: I found a link....controversy regarding it
being a Rybka clone> You are quite correct in your behaviour, from the
point of view of honesty, but the controversy, IMHO, has some obscure
points. I'm looking at a lot of discussions, and I'm really doubtful: my
feeling is that they decompiled code, understood what was in there, and
used IDEAS to write their own code, with some improvements ( one of
these is the famous (or infamous :) bishop underpromotion). In the very
substance, it looks like the promised, but never issued Rybka 3+. This
is my humble opinion.
Dec-01-09
SetNoEscapeOn: <GoSo> Is a sock puppet who was just mocking some of
the So fans.
Dec-01-09 returnoftheking: Sock puppet talking about sock puppet
alert.
Dec-01-09 noso: <richard hanes: So's got 'supporters' which are quite
impressive but a lot of them are 'worshippers' which are very
disturbing.>
How dare you?! His supporters are the epitome of stoicism. Take the late
<GoSo>, for example:
<Nov-23-09 GoSo: <Jammer: chucky should be the one feeling greatful and
honored on his upcoming game with gm wes. it's his only chance to play
the future champion !!!!!> Yes, Mr. Ivanchuk should pay GM So for the
opportunity to play him. Our Glorious Chairman Wesley makes our Glorious
Nation proud of him, and our prayers go out to him to give him the
strength to win all his battles. God Bless our young Chairman, matitira
meeko bodongodong yuku nalulumbay rikatink saka naka oggleman bok
rankadank runkaskunk walla walla chitty chitty bang bang.
And brothers, please do your part for our country by increasing GM So's
page count. We are only on page 2037, just 1497 pages more than
Kasparov. Kasparov's student Carlsen is catching up, only 159 pages
behind. If we want our Blessed Patriot to stay ahead of him, the page
count must be higher. It's up to you, my brothers, to assist Chairman
Wes so that he can maintain his lead and bless our Glorious Nation with
his superior page count.
I vow to do my part for Chairman So, so lengthening this post as much as
possible. I ask that you follow my example, brothers...
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Dyan ka ba sa ba nalulumbay rikatink pagkatalo saka oko bok rankadank
runkaskunk walla walla chitty chitty makarangdang!
Long Live Chairman So, the greatest chess player for all times!!!>
<Nov-24-09 GoSo: God bless you brothers, our prayers and page count
increases have not been in vain, and our Mighty Chairman Wesley has
absorbed our faith to knock down that pagan Ukrainian with one swift
punch. In the name of our Victorious Glorious Nation, I pray, brothers,
that you do not abandon your duties now. We are only about 2000 pages
ahead of Heathen Ivanchuk on the page count, and we know that the enemy
forces are strong and want bitter revenge against our young, Beloved
Chairman. They will try hard to catch up in the page count, so my
brothers, you must follow my example and maintain our lead at all costs.
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(page count increase)
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Remember that Insolent Ivanchuk is bigger than our skinny Chairman, and
he may throw a punch if he is losing, so we send up our prayers for
Apparatchik Pacquiao to accompany our chairman to his game. Doctor
Ivanchuk is bigger than Pacquiao, and his page count is higher, but our
Wise Apparatchik would have an advantage in speed (though not speed
chess) and mustache and could try to protect our Immortal Chairman.
Don't forget your prayers, Kindly Brothers of Clan So.
Goobledooba gookseedoo walala mikitiki roo aama pa po pi ka na la na na
na hey hey hey oh oh. Saka naka chitty chitty bang bang, rokolog mukudng
yako taco mahi mahi oh bitsimitsi badoing doing ermats ignatz
chumbawamba cheeeeeeeyokasa! God bless our Glorious Chairman!
Goooooooooooo So!>
<Nov-24-09 GoSo: Thank you for your kind words, Guest Veggieman. Even
our Non-Brothers are not exempt from the duty to increase Glorious
Chairman So's page count, and we bless your visit to our page. Please
show your support to Board Members Carlos Torre and Charles Darwin as
well. Piki mikoo na na walla walla oogledoongle chibilibilog kaso taso
tiso miso soupo bogalog rinkastink punkaskunk po pa ko ka ra na na na na
na na na hey hey goodbye. Goooooo So!>
Dec-01-09
zanshin: <Lady In Black: Can any of u tell me a link to download the
chess engine ippolit in .exe format? hi gentlemen.>
I found a link but deleted my post because it appears there is some
controversy regarding it being a Rybka clone - so best not to propagate
the controversy here.
Dec-01-09
beenthere240: Every city that has outlawed smoking in public places
such as bars, restaurants, etc, has seen a dramatic reduction in heart
attacks within a year.
Dec-01-09 returnoftheking: <I had the same feeling about Carlsen 3-4
years ago... These 'worshippers' -as you call them- were driving me
nuts, and even yet I have not fully recovered. I admit that Carlsen is a
great player but I do not like him the way he would deserve it. Having
said that, I tend to have this very feeling about Wesley, too.> When the
atmosphere becomes oppressive and the fans try to control the rest it
gets annoying. Few So fans have reached that level, fortunately, and if
they have it's not in english anyway:)
So's appearance here is refreshing; I would gladly see the only
"outsider" get to the final here if he didn't have to face two of the
most likable GM's after another.
Dec-01-09
tpstar: <richardhanes> Welcome to the site. =)
I believe you are underestimating So's achievement in this knockout
format. First, for a 16 y/o to advance this far is impressive right
there. Second, he is an 1. e4 player who used 1. d4 against Ivanchuk and
1. c4 against Kamsky, and this is an adventurous time to be testing out
new openings against GMs. Also, he used the French Defense here as Black
which he had only used a few times before, and defeated Ivanchuk and
Kamsky. (I agree that the win over Kamsky was his finest game.) Third,
he did hold I & K to draws as White, with all the pressure on and the
whole world watching, and I highly doubt any of us here could do that.
Fourth, he was able to win with Black, which is the real key to his
success here, and we need more of this fighting spirit with Black at the
elite level. Fifth, he has shown very good manners on and off the board
to represent himself and RP very well.
I have posted extensively about the Wesley So Fan Cult (start at 1577)
and will only say that things are much much better than during the
summer, Dot Dot Dot. Moreover, it is unfair to group all of his
supporters in that basket; for example, <zanshin> is a longtime member
of the group who is friends with everybody and was instrumental for the
Wikipedia project.
<driving me nuts> Yes, the global threat of Carlsen Fanboyism has
presented a giant challenge this millenium. :-)
Dec-01-09 gorash: <chaarl> Are you a smoker? Wait, I guess, I know
the answer.
Dec-01-09
rangek: <gorash> let me put it this way: I like carlsen's play, but
I certainly dislike his fans. same goes for, uh, so, uh, especially.
*ducks*
Dec-01-09 chaarl: It is a shame that the two chinese players were
knocked out on an unreasonable technicality. This rule is absurdly
harsh. An interfering rulemaker has deprived us of some interesting
games. <DCP23>
Whilst other people smoking may seem a minor annoyance, it is far less
irritating than a noisy minority imposing arbritary bans without valid
reason. As <Amadeus> correctly points out, the WHO report which led to
the smoking ban in many public places is statistically unsound. (An
example of its level of inaccuracy is that it indicates that children of
parents who smoke are more healthy than children of non-smokers, for
example, with the same degree of certainty as the claim that passive
smoking is unhealthy, not very likely it seems to me)
Dec-01-09 gorash: <richardhanes> I had the same feeling about Carlsen
3-4 years ago... These 'worshippers' -as you call them- were driving me
nuts, and even yet I have not fully recovered. I admit that Carlsen is a
great player but I do not like him the way he would deserve it. Having
said that, I tend to have this very feeling about Wesley, too.
Dec-01-09
amadeus: <whatthefat: I think the primary reason for such bans is
protecting the staff who do spend long hours in that environment>
In my country, there is a law now that bans smoking if you are not at
least 5 meters away from the bar (that is, being killed by a car on the
middle of the road). You know, this is simply nonsense without any
scientific support.
The reason you have mentioned is a good one of course. But if
politicians were really worried about health, they could have, eg, asked
those places to give masks to their staff a long time ago -- which was
not the case. As I see, they just want to look good, and they have found
another opportunity.
That is not to say that I approve of smoking in closed places. I think
it's impolite. The smell is not good. But if the owner allows it, then
whatever -- specially if it's a semi-open place, with good ventilation.
Better than having politicians messing with our lives, imo.
Dec-01-09
plang: <The classic line 'I have the right to smoke' is on the same
level of thinking as 'I have the right to fart on public transport'.>
Should we be anticipating new laws prohibiting the passing of gas?
Dec-01-09 Lady In Black: Can any of u tell me a link to download the
chess engine ippolit in .exe format? hi gentlemen.
Dec-01-09
al wazir: What's the story with Jakovenko--Grischuk? Two draws, 14
and 12 moves? Would they prefer to settle it by arm-wrestling?
......
SAT W-7
Hey how did SO do in the blitz games , did he win and advance ? Or lose
?
I hope he won but even if he did not he is still a winner by getting
this far ....
ChessFire
Ponomariov did the same to Gashimov. The rapid playoff will start
tomorrow.
The first player who made it to the final 4 is Malakhov who easily
drew Svidler with the White pieces. The next one to get to the big
dance is Karjakin.
Round 5. Game 2.
match match
score White Result Black
1 1-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½-½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 1-1 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
3 1.5-0.5 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½-½ Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 0.5-1.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
ChessFire
Interview provided by the World Cup Organizer
The destiny played a mean trick to the Russian chess player Alexander
Grischuk. After he outplayed his friend Vladislav Tkachiev in Round 2,
the French Grandmaster stated in the press conference: “My friend
Sasha knew all my secrets!” In Round 4 Grischuk was unlucky the same
way: his opponent Dmitry Jakovenko knew … all his secrets!
• The match against Dmitry was not going well from the very beginning.
I would not manage to get an advantage with white. And with black you
don't get anything at all… I have prepared several openings to the
World Cup. But apparently I have used all of them till my match
against Dmitry. And I had practically nothing to surprise him. So,
this is what happened: I had no advantage during the whole match. I
had slight hopes to do something in the rapid games. But my opponent
played quite good in these games as well.
The decisive game was at the fourth rapid game. I played a usual
variation, to my mind, but all of a sudden got into a trouble. I had
to defense: in a long and agonizing way. I managed to make a draw, but
the game took a lot of energy from me. I played blitz just awfully. In
first game I changed all possible pieces and in the second I missed a
mate in two moves.
• There was an opinion that you tried to bring it to the blitz games.
You are considered the best blitz player in the world…
• I was considered, - corrects Alexander. – I could not get more than
5 th place in the latest World Blitz Championship.
• You were working with Jakovenko before. Did this fact influence the
match against him here?
• Of course. We both knew what we can do. However it turned out that
Dmitry knew more of my secrets than me.
• The chess players have different opinion on the new tie breaks
regulations. What is your opinion?
• The tie breaks are too long now. I think they should be shortened.
For example, the rapid games should have a time control 20 minutes for
game. Something is not clear for me: why we play two classical games,
four rapid and then again two blitz games? I would suggest another,
more logical format: two plus four plus six and then Sudden death.
• Who will win the Cup, to your mind?
• There are few chess players left. They all have good chances.
• Perhaps Dmitry Jakovenko?
• Perhaps. But our performance during the match did not impress me.
But it depends with what to compare. Have you seen the game Bacrot-
Ponomariov of yesterday? The real miracles could be seen there.
• Your wife Natalia Zhukova plays in the tournament in Turkey now. Do
you follow her games?
As far as I know, my wife plays there even worse than me here. She
could outplayed only one Turkish chess player who is not strong at
all. And three losses…
http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_25.htm
ChessFire
12/03/2009 02:14 PM
KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia - Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So's fairy tale-
like campaign in the 2009 World Chess Cup finally came to an end
Wednesday.
So, dubbed by the foreign chess media here as the "biggest sensation
in the tournament," lost all his three rapid tiebreak matches to GM
Vladimir Malakhov of Russia in their fourth round showdown and bowed
out of contention at the Khanty-Mansiysk Center of Arts.
The 16-year-old Filipino, whose strong positional games during the
prestigious, 128-player competition earned him comparison with former
world champion Anatoly Karpov, failed to shake off the older and more-
experienced Malakhov in the first two classical games.
It was a divergence from his stints at the previous rounds, where he
stunned former world championship finalist GM Vassily Ivanchuk of
Ukraine and defending champion GM Gata Kamsky of the US both in two
games.
Slowed down by two hard-fought draws in their classical games, So was
forced to battle it out with the 22nd-seeded Malakhov (ELO 2706) in
the rapid tiebreak stage. But the Filipino, who was once quoted by
foreign journalists here that he prefers to play in tiebreaks, could
"not oversee that Malakhov feels completely at home in rapid."
The final score: 4-1 for Malakhov.
Despite his failure to reach the Last Eight phase, So earned US$30,000
(about P1.46 million) in prize money by making it to the round-of-16,
the first-ever Filipino player to do so.
Child's play over
"Children's time is over. Goodbye, young talents. Your Khanty-Mansiysk
fairy tale is over," said the official World Cup website in its Dec. 3
entry.
ChessFire
wasted no time scoring another big win against GM Svidler with the
Black pieces!
Svidler, P (2754) - Malakhov, V (2706) [D15]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (5), 03.12.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.g4 e5 11.Qg3 Nfd7 12.Ne2 Qe7 13.0–0 h5 14.f3 Nf8 15.a4
b4 16.Bd2 a5 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Ne6 19.Rae1 h4 20.Qf2 0–0 21.f4 exd4
22.f5 Nxc5 23.Bb1 d3 24.Nc1 Qd6 25.Ba2 Bd4 26.Be3 Ne4 27.Qxh4 g5
28.Qh5 d2 29.f6 Qxf6 30.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Kg2 dxe1N+ 0–1
ChessFire
match match
score White Result Black
1 0.5-0.5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) View
2 0.5-0.5 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½-½ Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) View
3 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) View
4 0-0 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) View
SAT W-7
really did a great job getting past two super GM/s and playing another
pretty tough ...
He has a bright future ..
ChessFire
lost their first round games. Unless they can score a victory in game
2, they are out.
Round 5. Game 1.
match match
score White Result Black
1 0.5-0.5 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) **
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) View
2 0.5-0.5 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) **
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
3 1-0 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ** Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
4 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) ** Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
SAT W-7
Karjakin won as black in the first game , now all the pressure will be
on Mam....
This has been a good tournament
ChessFire
A very cool tournament, below is the next big one - but to finish this
one here are the 'survivors' :)
The 2009 World Cup is now down to just 4 players from 128. Gelfand
(Israel) will face Karjakin (Ukraine) while Ponomariov (Ukraine) will
take on Malakhov (Russia).
The London Chess Classic will start on Monday with Carlsen, Kramnik,
Nakamura, Ni Hua and 4 top British players.
madams
Vladimir Malakhov vs Wesley So
World Cup 2009 � Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) � 1-0
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rac1 Qa5 14.
Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Nb5 Nd7 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Rb1 Ne6
20.
Nb5 Raa8 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. g4 f6 24. h4 Kg7 25. g5 Rf8 26.
Kg3
f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. f4 Nc5 29. Bg4 Ne4+ 30. Kh2 Raf8 31. Rf1 e5 32.
Bxf5
Rxf5 33. Rbc1 Kf7 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. c5 Ke6 36. c4 a3 37. Rce1 Ba4 38. h5
gxh5 39. Rxf5 Kxf5 40. Rf1+ Kg6 41. Rf8 Bc6 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Rg7 Nc3 44.
Rxh7 Nxa2 45. Bd2 e4 46. Rf7+ Ke6 47. Rf6+ Ke5 48. Rf1 Kd4 49. Ra1 Nc3
50.
g6 Bd7 51. g7 Be6 52. Bxc3+ Kxc3 53. Rxa3+ Kxc4 54. Ra7 e3 55. Rxb7
-----
Dec-04-09 shintaro go: <Not a mature player yet.> Duh. 16 years old
nga e.
Dec-04-09 johnox07: So lost because of trying hard to win. His moves
starting with the sac are over ambitious. Not a mature player yet.
Dec-04-09 shintaro go: <13stitches> You might want to visit the
Wesley So page. All the supporters are still there. We're with him all
the way.
Wesley gained 16 points from the WCC, live rating up to 2656.
Dec-04-09 shintaro go: <arkansaw> And you'll have a real chance to
post something intelligent only after a brain surgery.
Dec-04-09 13stitches: <Where are all the fan-boys now? This was an
interesting game and deserves comment.>
Hello <al wazir>! It is interesting to note that those who praised
So(almost all are my countrymen) for sending home Ivanchuk and Kamsky
suddenly were absent from kibitzing in this game when their hero kid
lost. I may not be as "nationalistic" as them but So needs them
commenting here despite his setback.
Al wazir, you were wrong about calling them fan-boys. You should call
them "fair-weathered fan-boys". They're there when the kid won but when
he lost, you won't find any post from them. Sad.
So is still young and can/will learn a lot from his losses. After all,
losses are lessons to be learned in order to be great. The kid should
get a very good trainer who can unleash more of his potential.
By the way, So will gain rating points from his Cup performance, right?
Dec-03-09
arkansaw: He will have real chance at world championship, only after
a sex change!
Dec-03-09 Ryan Razo: Just a small setback. I know Wesley's going to
bounce back from this loss, besides, he had gotten as far as the Round
of 16. ;-)
Dec-02-09
ashalpha: I did not like 21. Bxc3 giving up the bishop pair but this
was rapid. :-(...Wes was looking for counter chances but you are right
al wazir the exchange sac was not needed...the fan boys are still here.
Some will jump off the bandwagon but those who really think Wesley has
the talent and will to compete for the world championship like me are
still here....
Dec-02-09
al wazir: So's sac of the exchange was bold and it gave some good
chances, but maybe 29...R5f8 would have been the better part of valor.
Where are all the fan-boys now? This was an interesting game and
deserves comment.
Dec-02-09
Sastre: If <55...e2>, then for example <56.Rb1 Kd3 57.c6 Kd2 58.c7
e1=Q 59. Rxe1 Kxe1 60.c8=Q Bxc8 61.g8=Q>.
If <55...Kxc5>, then <56.Re7 Bd5 (56...Kd6 57.Rxe6+ Kxe6 58.g8=Q+)
57.Rxe3>. Black will have to sacrifice his bishop to stop White's g-pawn
promoting.
Dec-02-09 thathwamasi: Can someone explain the win here? .....
======
Dmitry Jakovenko vs Alexander Grischuk
World Cup 2009 � Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) � 1-0
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3
Nd7
8. Nbd2 e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. e5 Bh5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Qh4 Nf6
14.
Ng5 Be7 15. Nge4 Bg6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qc4 Rd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 19. Nxf6+
gxf6
20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rg8 22. g3 h5 23. Qc3 h4 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Rac1 Kd7
26.
b3 hxg3 27. fxg3 Qxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1+ Kc8 31.
Kf2
Be4 32. h4 Rh8 33. b4 a6 34. a3 Bd5 35. Be3 Kd7 36. Rd2 e5 37. Rc2 f5
38.
Rc5 Kd6 39. Ra5 Bc4 40. Rc5 Bb5 41. Bd2 f6 42. Rc1 Ke6 43. Be3 f4 44.
gxf4
Rxh4 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Rg1 Kf5 47. Bc5 Rc4 48. Rg3 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Ra2 50.
Rf3+ Ke4 51. Re3+ Kf4 52. Rc3 e4 53. Be3+ Kf3 54. Bc1+ Kg2 55. Re3 Bd3
56.
Kd1 Ra1 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Kd1 Rf2 59. Bd2 Rf5 60. Be1 Rd5 61. Kd2 Rd4 62.
Rg3+ Kf1 63. Ke3 Rd5 64. Bf2 1-0
=======
Ruslan Ponomariov vs Etienne Bacrot
World Cup 2009 � Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Defense
(D12) � 1/2-1/2
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "186"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7
7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Qa3 Bxb4 15. Qxb4 Bg4 16. Rc2
Rab8 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. b3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb4 20. Qxa7 Rb7 21. Qa6
c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rac1 h6 24. h3 Rbc7 25. a3 Qxb3 26. Rxc5
Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qb1+ 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxc5 30. Ke2 Kf8
31. Ne5 Ke7 32. Nd3 Ne4 33. Kd1 Kd6 34. f3 Nc3+ 35. Kc2 Na4
36. Kb3 Nb6 37. a4 f5 38. Kb4 Nc4 39. e4 fxe4 40. fxe4 g5
41. exd5 Kxd5 42. Kc3 e5 43. Nb4+ Kc5 44. Na6+ Kd5 45. Nc7+
Kc5 46. Kd3 Nb2+ 47. Ke4 Nxa4 48. Kxe5 Nb2 49. Ne6+ Kc4
50. Kf5 Kd5 51. Ng7 Nd3 52. Nh5 Ne1 53. g3 Kd4 54. Kg6 Nd3
55. Kxh6 Nf2 56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Ng4+ 58. Kg7 Ke5 59. Ng3 Nf6
60. Kg6 Nd5 61. Kg7 Nf6 62. Kf7 Ng4 63. Ne2 Nf6 64. Kg6 Nd5
65. h5 Ne7+ 66. Kg7 Nf5+ 67. Kf7 Nh6+ 68. Kg6 Nf5 69. Ng3 Nh4+
70. Kg7 Nf3 71. h6 Ng5 72. Ne2 Ne6+ 73. Kf7 Ng5+ 74. Kg6 Ne6
75. Nc3 Nf8+ 76. Kf7 Nh7 77. Kg7 Ng5 78. Ne2 Ne6+ 79. Kf7 Ng5+
80. Kg6 Ne6 81. Ng1 Nf8+ 82. Kf7 Kf5 83. Nf3 Nh7 84. Kg7 Nf6
85. Nd4+ Kg5 86. Ne6+ Kh5 87. Nc7 Kg5 88. Nd5 Ne8+ 89. Kh7 Nd6
90. Nc3 Nf7 91. Ne4+ Kf4 92. Kg7 Nxh6 93. Kxh6 Kxe4 1/2-1/2
=======
Sergey Karjakin vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
World Cup 2009 � Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Variation (C80) � 1-0
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14.
axb3
Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd5 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Be6 19. Re3 h5 20. Qxd3
Qxd3
21. Bxd3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Nxe5 25. Rh3 g6 26. g5
Re8
27. Bf4 Bf8 28. Re3 Bd6 29. Bb3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bh2+ 32. Kxh2
bxc4 33. Rf4 Re5 34. Rxc4 Rxg5 35. Ra5 Rxa5 36. bxa5 Ra7 37. Kg3 Kf8 38.
Kf4 Ke7 39. b4 Kd7 40. Ke5 Rb7 41. Rd4+ Kc8 42. Kf6 Rb5 43. Rf4 Rd5 44.
Kxf7 g5 45. Rf6 Rd3 46. c4 Rd4 47. c5 Rxb4 48. c6 Kd8 49. Rf5 Rb2 50. f4
Rf2 51. Rd5+ Kc8 52. Ke7 1-0
.....
m.
SAT W-7
read that some one was a big fan of his , maybe some time last year i
read it..
The person said he has what it takes to be a champion so he might
win..
Carlsen will have his hands full trying to get a a championship match
..There is a LOT of great chess players he will have to go through.
In the next tournament , i am really looking forward to that too
because if you read Nakumairas blog a month or so ago he was talking
about Carlsen dominating that last tournament he played in and Nak said
he wants a piece of him...He does not belive that Carslen can dominate
him like he did the other guys ..
Naks all or nothing style may get him in trouble , he said he does
not like drawing unless it is absolutely necessary ...
Is it a team event ? Nak and Carslen and the other two vs England ? Or
just every one against everyone ?
ChessFire
> Carlsen
Peter Svidler calls him 'the hot Finnish fellow; :)
> will have his hands full trying to get a a championship match
> ..There is a LOT of great chess players he will have to go through.
Peter SVIDLER: "THE BRIGHTEST IMPRESSION? A MEETING WITH THE “HOT”
FINNISH FELLOW"
Interview presented by the World Cup organizer
One of the most interesting chess players of the world Peter Svidler
is leaving the World Cup 2009. He was defeated by his compatriot
Vladimir Malakhov.
He was bright and cheerful at the press conference after the game: as
if he qualified to the semifinals of the World Cup.
• You look happy…
• I am glad that I make such an impression. I would be a not bad poker
player then. You should hide your emotions. But believe me: there were
better moments in my life. I am more disappointed than upset. After I
overplayed Shirov in the previous match, I had a goal to go at least
to the finals. Alas, the defeat in the first game made this aim
unachievable. It is almost impossible to win with black such a strong
and tough player Vladimir Malakhov.
• What is the most memorable moment of your stay here?
• I cannot mark out some moments: the whole tournament was very
interesting and let's say eventful. But what I will remember well is
the first match against the “hot” Finnish fellow Tomi Nyback. It was a
very bright match, from the chess point of view too.
• You are in the Top Hundred List for already many years. But you
never were the first. What is the reason? Maybe you need to have a
good team?
• I don't think it will change anything. It is obvious that there are
reasons which prejudice my global break through, but we could talk
hours about it. In general I think that I have wisely organized my
life. To achieve better results one should make some psychological
reconstruction. It has nothing to do with the outer resources
attraction. I play on a high level for about 10 years. Probably I
could reach much higher results. But to achieve this, first of all one
should change something inside, and only then the outside conditions
• Could it be a case that you played too much this year? All these
leagues, Tal Memorial, World Cup…
• Possible. I was playing so many tournaments lately, they are all
like one. I did not play well at the Tal Memorial. It is clear I had
to play against such serious people like Kramnik and Anand. But
anyway, my final result “-2” is like a crash for me. Besides, I could
not manage to win the last game, as opposed to Ruslan Ponomariov. The
impression of the whole tournament is based on how the last day went
on.
• So, you will have bad impressions after Khanty Mansiysk?
• It has nothing to do with the city that I played the last match so
badly. Undoubtedly Khanty Mansiysk is very beautiful city with good
people. Good hotel, service. In general everything was organized on a
high level.
• Any complaints regarding food?
• No, I am happy with everything. The menu is quite various. Ok, the
tournament is very long and by 10 th day you come to the point 1 of
the menu (laughing). But the same goes for any restaurant in any hotel
of the world.
• You are known as a great fan of American soap operas. Did you watch
something here?
• Yes, two seasons of “Arrested Development”. As usual I enjoyed it. I
was not lucky with reading here. I brought one book of one Russian
author (will not name him, in order not to make an advertisement). I
am going home tomorrow and will leave the book in the room. Perhaps
the room maids will like it.
• One of the guests of the press center Lenier Dominguez recently said
that to his mind a character of one of the famous soap opera “Doctor
House” could be a great chess player.
• Quite possible. I have an opinion that a monkey could be taught to
play chess and it could become a candidate master.
• There are two important chess competitions ahead: Super finals of
the Russian Chess Championship and the World Team Chess Championship
in Turkey. Are you going to take part in both?
I will not go to Turkey for sure. But I will participate in the Super
finals, for I think it is not right to refuse from playing in at least
one of the tournaments of this level. If I could have gone to the
finals here, I would think differently. But I will have two weeks rest
which I will spend for my preparations.
ChessFire
Boris Gelfand, the oldest player left in the field, just defeated
Sergey Karjakin, the youngest player remaining, with the Black pieces
in game 1 of the World Cup semifinal.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "61"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[BlackCountry "ISR"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Ra6 12. Qh5 Nb4 13. Na3
Rg6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19.
Qxd4 Qg5 20. g3 Qf5 21. g4 h5 22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 Qf3 24. Ree1 hxg4 25.
Qe3 gxh3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rg1 Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Nxc2 30.
Nb5 Rf3+ 31. Kg4 Rxd3 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nc4 0-1
ChessFire
The first game of the semi final games between Ruslan Ponomariov and
Vladimir Malakhov was ended in a draw. One did not want to risk with
black, another did not strive to win.
• R.P.: It is very difficult to estimate the position without serious
analyses. There was a solid and quite game and we squared up with
piece.
• V.M.: At one point the white pieces had a shaky position, but the
white should play very precisely to prove an advantage. I chose the
safest way – a Bishop endgame. This is a logical end.
• Ruslan, you played the tie breaks yesterday. How are you today?
• R.P.: I was not exhausted today. We did not have a sharp fight
today. I was playing white and let myself play quietly.
• Vladimir, how did you spend your rest day yesterday?
• V.M.: I walked around the city, but not for a long time, it was
cold. Then I saw the games in Internet and started preparing for a
game. It is important that I managed to recover. You have a rare
chance to rest during the tournament.
• Whom did you consider the most preferable opponent in the semi final
games?
• V.M.: There were no preferences. Moreover it was clear who my
opponent will be. Ruslan won his first game against Vugar and he had a
serious advantage in the second after the opening. Already then I was
95% sure that will play against him.
• How did you prepare for your match?
• V.M.: One should not prepare much playing black. As it is known my
opening repertoire is not that wide. So, I refreshed some variations
and worked on the problem points.
• Ruslan, are you proud of the fact that the two Ukrainian chess
players have qualified to the semi final games?
• R.P.: As far as I know Karjakin represents Russia now. Personally I
am very glad that now I play better than two years ago, when I lost to
Kamsky in quarter finals.
• Vladimir, do you think that your opponent is a favorite of the
tournament?
• V.M.: We shall see. There are no random players left here. All
participants are in good shape.
• Whom would you like to see as the second finalist of the Cup?
• R.P.: Both Gelfand and Karjakin are interesting players. I would
gladly play against any of them.
• V.M.: My first consideration is my match. Otherwise I will follow
the final games from home.
• Is this marathon difficult for both of you?
• I have no strength left at all. I will not come to play tomorrow, -
sarcastically jokes Ruslan.
It is welcomed! – added his opponent with a smile.
ChessFire
Boris Gelfand of Israel outplayed the Ukrainian Sergey Karjakin in the
first game of the semi final games with black. The traditional press
conference took place after the game and here what they both said.
• B.G.: The “two knights” opening which is rarely used now by the
professional chess players was played in our game. I remember the main
ideas of this variation. There was even something similar in the game
of Alexey Shirov. Perhaps we were both playing not well, but at one
point it happened that all the black pieces were attacking the white
King. The black pieces were strong indeed in this position. I am not
saying that Sergey had a forced loss, but he had real objective
problems. In general, the game was very interesting in my opinion.
• S.K.: I decided to play a rare variation in order to avoid the
Petroff Defense with its high possibilities of making a draw. I just
wanted to play chess. So, I did it now. In addition my defense was not
ideal, to say the least. Though it is difficult to say where exactly
my decisive mistake was. I should consult the computer.
• Boris when did you realize that you can win this game?
• B.G.: I was not thinking about it. I was just calculating the
variations and trying to find the better continuations. Even, there
was a moment when I could not see how the white pieces would defend.
It is rather logical: the black pieces attack and the white pieces
have just started getting into the game.
• Sergey, do you think there was a moment where you could make a draw?
• S.K.: The position was very strong for black and I did not see a
forced draw.
• So, today the activity was coming only from one opponent?
• B.G.: I would not say so. Most probably it is easier for the black
pieces: they had a plan to attack a King. But if the white pieces
managed to consolidate, then he could have got a better position.
• Boris, can you imagine that you may lose tomorrow with white?
• B.G.: I don't want to discuss it.
• Sergey, would you call your defeat a catastrophe?
• S.K.: Since I still have chances, I will fight. We shall see then.
madams
Etienne Bacrot vs Wang Yue
World Cup 2009 � Russian Game: Cozio (Lasker) Attack (C42) � 1-0
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "135"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O
Be6 12. d4 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rhe1
O-O-O 17. h3 Rde8 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. c3 Bd5 20. Be4 b5 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rh8 24. Kc2 Kd7 25. b3 Rb8 26. Ra1
c5 27. dxc5 dxc5 28. a4 c4 29. axb5 cxb3+ 30. Kxb3 Rxb5+
31. Kc4 Kc6 32. Rxa7 Rc5+ 33. Kd3 Nxc3 34. Ra6+ Kd7 35. Rxf6
gxf6 36. Bxc3 Ke6 37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. Ne2 f5 39. Nf4 Rc6 40. Bg7
Ke8 41. Kd4 Ra6 42. Ke5 Ra5+ 43. Kf6 Ra2 44. f3 h5 45. Kg5 Ke7
46. Bf6+ Kf8 47. Kxh5 Kg8 48. Kg5 Ra5 49. h4 Kh7 50. h5 Rb5
51. h6 Ra5 52. Bg7 Rb5 53. Kf6 Kg8 54. Nh3 f4 55. Nxf4 Kh7
56. Nh3 Rb6+ 57. Kf5 Rb5+ 58. Kf4 Kg6 59. Kg3 f6 60. Nf4+ Kf7
61. Kh4 Rb4 62. g3 Ra4 63. Kh3 Ra1 64. Nd5 Ra3 65. f4 f5
66. Ne7 Ra5 67. Be5 Ra6 68. Nxf5 1-0
======
Ruslan Ponomariov vs Etienne Bacrot
World Cup 2009 � Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System
(D18) � 1-0
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4
8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qb3 a5 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Nd5 13. Ng2 Bg6 14. e4
N5b6 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Be3 f6 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Nd3 e5 19. d5 Bxc3 20. Bxb6
cxd5 21. Bf2 Bd4 22. Qxb7 O-O 23. Rac1 Rab8 24. Qc7 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bxf2+
26.
Rxf2 Qd8 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. b4 Be6 31. bxa5
Ra8
32. a6 Bc4 33. Nb4 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Nc5 35. Rc2 Nxa6 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Ke2
Ra7
38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Rc8 h5 40. gxh5 f5 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rg6 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4
Nc5+
44. Kxe5 Ke8 45. Rc6 Nd7+ 46. Kd6 Rxa4 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Kxd7 Rh4 49. Rc2
Rxh5 50. Kd6 Kg8 51. Ke6 Kh7 52. Rg2 Kh6 53. Ne7 Ra5 54. Nf5+ Kh5 55. h4
Ra6+ 56. Ke7 Ra7+ 57. Kf8 Ra8+ 58. Kf7 Ra7+ 59. Kg8 Ra8+ 60. Kh7 1-0
Dec-02-09
whiteshark: All good things must come to an end.
Merci, Monsieur Bacrot. :D
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m.
ChessFire
top seed, he made it to the final by defeating Karjakin 2-0. Malakhov
and Ponomariov will head to the rapid playoff. This will be
interesting as both a very good in rapid chess.
Semifinal. Game 2.
match match
score White Result Black
1 2-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) View
2 1-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
SAT W-7
would favor the young guy but B.G , proved me wrong...
I like reading the interviews too ..
ChessFire
playoff by winning the first game with the Black pieces. His rapid
playoff record in this World Cup is outstanding. He needs 1.5 points
in the final 3 games to make the final against Gelfand.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "63"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2
Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. e3 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bh4
exd4 14. exd4 b6 15. Bg3 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Bf4 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4
19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Ka1 a5 21. Ne5 Ba6 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3
Rfb8 25. Rc1 Rb5 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Rc3 Nb6 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. a4 Rb6 30. b3
Rab8 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Nc1 Qxd4 33. Na2 Rb3 34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Rxb3 cxb3
36. Qb2 bxa2 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. Kxa2 Kf8 39. Rc5 Ra6 40. Kb3 Ke7 41.
Kc4 Kd6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Kd4 f5 44. Re5 Ra8 45. g4 Rf8 46. g5 Rb8 47.
Rxa5 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50. Ra7 Kd5 51. Re7 c5 52. a5 Ra3
53. Rxh7 Rxa5 54. Rg7 Ra6 55. Rf7 c4 56. Kd2 Ke4 57. Rf6 Ra2+ 58. Kd1
Kxf4 59. Rxg6 c3 60. Rg8 Rg2 61. g6 Kf3 62. g7 f4 63. Kc1 Rg6 64. Kc2
Kg3 65. Kxc3 f3 66. Kd4 0-1
ChessFire
up the rapid playoff against Malakhov.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "64"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3
O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Nd5 e5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nf6 13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd3 e4 15. Bxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Be6 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Bd5
Qf6 19. Rb1 Na5 20. e4 Rac8 21. e5 Qf5 22. Rb4 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe6 24.
Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Rb5 b6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Nd2 Nb7 28. Ne4 Nxd6 29. Nxd6
Ra8 30. f4 f6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Nxf5 fxe5 33. Rfb1 Bf8 34. R5b2 Bc5+ 35.
Kh1 e4 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Rbe1 Ra4 38. g3 Kf6 39. Rf1 Ke5 40. Kg2 Rf6 41.
g4 h5 42. h3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rg6 44. Kh3 Ra3+ 45. Ng3 e3 46. Nf5 Rg8 47.
Kg3 Rga8 48. Kf3 R8a4 49. Rfe1 Rf4+ 50. Kg3 Ke4 51. Rb1 Rf3+ 52. Kg2
Kf4 53. Rc1 Rf2+ 54. Rxf2+ exf2 55. Rc4+ Kg5 56. Nd4 Re3 57. a4 Re1
0-1
ChessFire
back games to take the lead. He needs to draw game 4 with Black to
advance to the final against Gelfand.
[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "65"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3
e6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 c5 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Bb7
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Nc6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh3 Qc7 19. Rd1
Rd8 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qf7 24. Nxg7+
Qxg7 25. Bc5 Qf7 26. e6 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rd7 Bc8 29. Rc7 Bxe6 30.
Rxc6 Kf7 31. Rxa6 Rd8 32. h3 f4 33. a4 Rd5 34. b4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 f3 36.
Ra3 fxg2 37. Kxg2 Rh5 38. Rf3+ Ke8 39. Rc3 Bd7 40. Re3+ Kd8 41. Be7+
Kc7 42. h4 Rf5 43. Kg3 Bc6 44. Bc5 h5 45. f4 Bb5 46. Re7+ Kc6 47. Rg7
Kd5 48. Kf3 Bd3 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. Ke3 Bb1 51. Rd1 Bc2 52. Rc1 Kb3 53.
Rxc2 1-0
madams
Ruslan Ponomariov vs Vladimir Malakhov
World Cup 2009 � Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation. Advance System
(D15) � 0-1
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "132"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6
8.
Qc2 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. e3 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bh4 exd4 14.
exd4
b6 15. Bg3 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Bf4 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bd3 Qd6 20.
Ka1
a5 21. Ne5 Ba6 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Rfb8 25. Rc1 Rb5 26.
Rc2
Nd7 27. Rc3 Nb6 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. a4 Rb6 30. b3 Rab8 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Nc1
Qxd4 33. Na2 Rb3 34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Rxb3 cxb3 36. Qb2 bxa2 37. Qxb6 Rxb6
38.
Kxa2 Kf8 39. Rc5 Ra6 40. Kb3 Ke7 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Kd4 f5 44.
Re5
Ra8 45. g4 Rf8 46. g5 Rb8 47. Rxa5 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50.
Ra7
Kd5 51. Re7 c5 52. a5 Ra3 53. Rxh7 Rxa5 54. Rg7 Ra6 55. Rf7 c4 56. Kd2
Ke4
57. Rf6 Ra2+ 58. Kd1 Kxf4 59. Rxg6 c3 60. Rg8 Rg2 61. g6 Kf3 62. g7 f4
63.
Kc1 Rg6 64. Kc2 Kg3 65. Kxc3 f3 66. Kd4 0-1
Dec-10-09
YouRang: In this rapid-play tiebreaker game, it looks like
Ponomariov's (white's) last chance to salvage a draw might have been on
move 45
Here, he played <45.g4>, which gave black the option to play
<45...Rf8!>. Black offers to exchange his a-pawn in order to get white's
f-pawn, and more importantly, transform his rook from a passive defender
into an active attacker. White cannot allow this, e.g. 46.Rxa5? fxg4
47.hxg4 Rxf4+ and black is winning.
White played the stiffest defense with <46.g5>, locking up the kingside,
but now black has time to activate on the open b-file: <46...Rb8!>.
White can (and must) take the a-pawn <47.Rxa5>, but with white's king on
the d-file, black can recover the pawn and seize the initiative with
<47...Rb4+ 48.Ke3 Rb3+ 49.Ke2 Rxh3> [diagram] (BTW, 49.Kf2 or 49.Kd2 are
really no better)
White tried to threaten to advance the a-pawn and check from behind with
<50.Ra7>, but black can easily defend with ...Ra3, and with white's K
pushed away, black can begin his own c-pawn march with <51.Kd5> while
taking advantage of white's vulnerable f-pawn. This is good enough to
win.
Nice play by Malakhov with black. Of course, we know that Pono went on
to win the remaining tiebreaker games to win the match, but with this
game, Malakhov came shockingly close to making it into the final match.
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Ruslan Ponomariov vs Boris Gelfand
World Cup 2009 � Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation
(C42) � 1/2-1/2
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7
8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8
14.
cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Qc1 Bf6 18. Qb2 Na5 19. Be5 Bxe5
20.
Nxe5 c5 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. Rad1 b6 23. Qa2 Be6 24. d5 Bxh3 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+
26.
Rxe1 Kxf7 27. gxh3 Re8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Qe2+ Kd8 30. Qa6 Qg6+ 31. Bg2
Qb1+
32. Kh2 Qf5 33. Qxa7 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2
1/2-1/2
m.
ChessFire
moves.
Gelfand (2758) - Ponomariov (2739) [E10]
World Cup 2009 (2), 11.12.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7
8.Qc2 0–0 9.0–0 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Bc1 f5 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bb2
Bd6 15.e3 Qe7 16.Ne2 Nhf6 17.Nf4 Ne4 18.Qe2 Ndf6 19.Ne5 Rfd8 20.Rac1
c5 ½–½
SAT W-7
do ..
SAT W-7
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