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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
USA's Wesley So Wins at Wijk aan Zee--Is Now #2 in the World Behind Carlsen
Wesley So wins in the final round while Carlsen draws. So wins the Tata Steel Tournament by a full point ahead of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. With Nigel Short's victory in Gibraltar over the USA's Fabio Caruana, this moves So up to #2 in the World. Of the world top three players, two are for the USA.
Short Defeats Caruana at Gibraltar Moving Wesley So to #2 in the World
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"]
1. e4 {0} c6 {6} 2. Nc3 {51} d5 {6} 3. Nf3 {5} Nf6 {17} 4. e5 {180} Ne4 {7} 5.
Ne2 {894} Qb6 {12} 6. d4 {17} e6 {9} 7. Ng3 {107} c5 {18} 8. Bd3 {4} Nc6 {277}
9. Nxe4 {100} dxe4 {9} 10. Bxe4 {6} cxd4 {739} 11. O-O {120} Bd7 {45} 12. a3 {
367} h6 {742} 13. Re1 {299} Rd8 {988} 14. h3 {395} g6 {396} 15. b4 {233} Bg7 {
458} 16. Bf4 {44} Ne7 {305} 17. Qxd4 {74} Qxd4 {19} 18. Nxd4 {8} Ba4 {3} 19.
Nf3 {246} Nd5 {551} 20. Bd2 {144} Bb5 {9} 21. Bxd5 {463} Rxd5 {656} 22. a4 {11}
Bd7 {3} 23. c4 {594} Rd3 {5} 24. b5 {12} O-O {419} 25. Re3 {369} Rxe3 {5} 26.
Bxe3 {5} Ra8 {13} 27. Rd1 {402} Be8 {4} 28. Bc5 {20} f5 {115} 29. exf6 {125}
Bxf6 {12} 30. Bd4 {40} Be7 {50} 31. Re1 {26} Bf7 {91} 32. Ne5 {9} a6 {38} 33.
c5 {1047} axb5 {24} 34. axb5 {8} Be8 {444} 35. b6 {16} Rd8 {111} 36. c6 {108}
bxc6 {11} 37. b7 {24} Rb8 {43} 38. Rb1 {21} c5 {7} 39. Nd7 {154} Bxd7 {133} 40.
Be5 {6} Re8 {3013} 41. b8=Q {3237} Rxb8 {0} 42. Rxb8+ {0} Kf7 {0} 43. Rh8 {131}
h5 {0} 44. Rh7+ {6} Kf8 {72} 45. Bd6 {39} Bxd6 {0} 46. Rxd7 {0} Be5 {240} 47.
g3 {0} c4 {0} 48. Kf1 {0} c3 {0} 49. Ke2 {0} Ke8 {0} 50. Rd1 {0} Ke7 {0} 51.
Kd3 {0} Bf6 {0} 52. Ra1 {0} Kf7 {0} 53. Ra7+ {0} Ke8 {0} 54. Ke4 {0} Kd8 {0}
55. Ra4 {0} Ke7 {0} 56. Rc4 {0} Kd7 {0} 57. Kd3 {0} Ke7 {0} 58. Rc7+ {0} Ke8 {0
} 59. g4 {0} hxg4 {0} 60. hxg4 {0} Be5 {0} 61. Rc5 {0} Bf6 {0} 62. g5 {0} Bg7 {
0} 63. Rc8+ {0} Kd7 {0} 64. Rg8 {0} Bd4 {0} 65. f3 {0} Be5 {223} 66. Rxg6 {0}
Kd6 {71} 67. Rg8 {0} Ke7 {51} 68. Rc8 {0} Bf4 {119} 69. Rc5 {0} Bd2 {372} 70.
Rc7+ {0} Kd6 {34} 71. g6 {0} 1-0
Final position:
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"]
1. e4 {0} c6 {6} 2. Nc3 {51} d5 {6} 3. Nf3 {5} Nf6 {17} 4. e5 {180} Ne4 {7} 5.
Ne2 {894} Qb6 {12} 6. d4 {17} e6 {9} 7. Ng3 {107} c5 {18} 8. Bd3 {4} Nc6 {277}
9. Nxe4 {100} dxe4 {9} 10. Bxe4 {6} cxd4 {739} 11. O-O {120} Bd7 {45} 12. a3 {
367} h6 {742} 13. Re1 {299} Rd8 {988} 14. h3 {395} g6 {396} 15. b4 {233} Bg7 {
458} 16. Bf4 {44} Ne7 {305} 17. Qxd4 {74} Qxd4 {19} 18. Nxd4 {8} Ba4 {3} 19.
Nf3 {246} Nd5 {551} 20. Bd2 {144} Bb5 {9} 21. Bxd5 {463} Rxd5 {656} 22. a4 {11}
Bd7 {3} 23. c4 {594} Rd3 {5} 24. b5 {12} O-O {419} 25. Re3 {369} Rxe3 {5} 26.
Bxe3 {5} Ra8 {13} 27. Rd1 {402} Be8 {4} 28. Bc5 {20} f5 {115} 29. exf6 {125}
Bxf6 {12} 30. Bd4 {40} Be7 {50} 31. Re1 {26} Bf7 {91} 32. Ne5 {9} a6 {38} 33.
c5 {1047} axb5 {24} 34. axb5 {8} Be8 {444} 35. b6 {16} Rd8 {111} 36. c6 {108}
bxc6 {11} 37. b7 {24} Rb8 {43} 38. Rb1 {21} c5 {7} 39. Nd7 {154} Bxd7 {133} 40.
Be5 {6} Re8 {3013} 41. b8=Q {3237} Rxb8 {0} 42. Rxb8+ {0} Kf7 {0} 43. Rh8 {131}
h5 {0} 44. Rh7+ {6} Kf8 {72} 45. Bd6 {39} Bxd6 {0} 46. Rxd7 {0} Be5 {240} 47.
g3 {0} c4 {0} 48. Kf1 {0} c3 {0} 49. Ke2 {0} Ke8 {0} 50. Rd1 {0} Ke7 {0} 51.
Kd3 {0} Bf6 {0} 52. Ra1 {0} Kf7 {0} 53. Ra7+ {0} Ke8 {0} 54. Ke4 {0} Kd8 {0}
55. Ra4 {0} Ke7 {0} 56. Rc4 {0} Kd7 {0} 57. Kd3 {0} Ke7 {0} 58. Rc7+ {0} Ke8 {0
} 59. g4 {0} hxg4 {0} 60. hxg4 {0} Be5 {0} 61. Rc5 {0} Bf6 {0} 62. g5 {0} Bg7 {
0} 63. Rc8+ {0} Kd7 {0} 64. Rg8 {0} Bd4 {0} 65. f3 {0} Be5 {223} 66. Rxg6 {0}
Kd6 {71} 67. Rg8 {0} Ke7 {51} 68. Rc8 {0} Bf4 {119} 69. Rc5 {0} Bd2 {372} 70.
Rc7+ {0} Kd6 {34} 71. g6 {0} 1-0
Final position:
Friday, January 27, 2017
The Scandinavian Against Carlsen
Cajones?
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:17:23} 1. e4 {55} 1... d5 {5}{[%t Val] :} 2. exd5 {5} 2... Nf6 {4}{[%t Val]
@} 3. Nf3 {107}{[%t Val] 9} 3... Nxd5 {11} 4. d4 {120} 4... Bg4 {6 }{[%t Val]
=} 5. h3 {95}{[%t Shrt] N} (5. Be2 Nc6 (5... e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 (7. c4 Nb6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 {...1/2-1/2, Polgar Judit 2635 - Kamsky Gata 2735 ,
Monte Carlo 1995 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold)})7... Bxe2 8. Qxe2 O-O 9. Rd1
Nd7 {...1/2-1/2, Leko Peter 2605 - Kamsky Gata 2735 , Groningen 1995 It
(cat.17)})6. c4 Nb6 7. d5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Ne5 9. f4 Ned7 {...0-1, Anand
Viswanathan 2720 - Kamsky Gata 2695 , Sanghi Nagar 1994 Ch World (match)
(cand.) (1/4) (active)}) 5... Bh5 {98} 6. Be2 {56} 6... Nc6 {10} 7. O-O {229}
7... e6 {9} 8. c3 {473}{?!}{[%t Val] 3} (8. c4 {!?} 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10.
Be3 O-O {+0.50}) 8... Be7 {459} 9. Ne5 {91} 9... Nxe5 {868}{[%t Val] 7} 10.
Bxh5 {8} 10... Ng6 {2} 11. Qb3 {598} 11... Rb8 {509} 12. c4 {549}{[%t Val] 3}
(12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Be3 O-O {+0.33}) 12... Nf6 {140}{[%t Val] <}
(12... Ndf4 13. Bf3 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qe5 15. Bc6+ Kf8 {+0.03}) 13. Bxg6 {46} 13...
hxg6 {4} 14. Qa4+ {5} 14... c6 {1076} 15. Qxa7 {10} 15... Bd6 {20} 16. Nc3
{149} 16... Bc7 {34} 17. Rd1 {289} 17... Qd6 {400} 18. g3 {40} 18... Qd7 {191}
{[%t Val] >} (18... Qb4 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rxh3 21. Kg2 Qg4 22. Qa4+ Qxa4
23. Nxa4 Rh5 24. dxe6 {+0.27}) 19. h4 {40} 19... O-O {154} 20. Qc5 {217} 20...
b5 {303} 21. cxb5 {662}{[%t Val] 7} (21. Qb4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 Rb4
{+0.46}) 21... cxb5 {4} 22. a3 {62 }{[%t Val] 6} 22... Rfc8 {216} 23. Qg5 {27}
23... b4 {28} 24. axb4 {121} 24... Rxb4 {1} 25. Qd2 {757} 25... Bb6 { 163} 26.
Ne2 {20} 26... Rbc4 {25} 27. Qd3 {101} 27... e5 {403}{?!}{[%t Val] ?} (27...
Ng4 {!?} 28. Bf4 Rc2 29. f3 Nh6 30. Nc3 {+0.15}) 28. Bg5 {39}{?!}{[%t Val] 1}
(28. dxe5 {!?} 28... Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Ng4 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxf2 32. Ra6
{+0.47}) 28... Ng4 {211} 29. Rac1 {282}{[%t Val] -} 29... Rxc1 {39} 30. Rxc1
{3} 30... Re8 {159} 31. Rd1 {586} 31... exd4 {263} 32. Bf4 {2 } 32... Nf6 {47}
33. Nc1 {84} 33... Nd5 {484} 34. Bd2 {115}{?}{[%t Val] ^15 } (34. Qf3 {!}
34... Qb5 35. Nd3 Qb3 36. Bc1 f6 37. Kg2 Rc8 {-0.20}) 34... Qc6 {12}{??}{[%t
Val] 1} (34... Qg4 {!} 35. Re1 Re3 36. Bxe3 dxe3 37. Kh2 exf2 38. Rf1 Qe6
{-1.66}) 35. Ne2 {69} 35... Qf6 {326}{[%t Val] 9} (35... Qa4 36. Rc1 Nf6 37.
Nf4 Ne4 38. b4 {-0.03}) 36. Rc1 {60}{[%t Val] 1} (36. Bg5 Nb4 37. Bxf6 Nxd3
38. Bxd4 Nxb2 39. Ra1 Bc7 40. Nc3 {+0.26}) 36... Qf5 {69} 37. Qxf5 {305} 37...
gxf5 {2} 38. Kf1 {8} 38... d3 {20} 39. Nc3 {17} 39... Nxc3 {208} 40. Rxc3 {0}
40... Bd4 {60}{[%t Val] 8} 41. Rb3 {60} 41... g6 {220} 42. f3 {72}{[%t Val] 4}
42... Be5 {403}{[%t Val] 7} 43. g4 {63}{[%t Val] 4} 43... fxg4 {87} 44. fxg4
{2} 44... Bf6 {48} 45. h5 {28} 45... gxh5 {89} 46. gxh5 {1} 46... Re5 {157}
47. h6 {46} 47... Kh7 {25} 48. Rxd3 {68} 48... Rf5+ {4} 49. Ke2 {5} 49... Bxb2
{4} 1/2-1/2
Final plosition:
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:17:23} 1. e4 {55} 1... d5 {5}{[%t Val] :} 2. exd5 {5} 2... Nf6 {4}{[%t Val]
@} 3. Nf3 {107}{[%t Val] 9} 3... Nxd5 {11} 4. d4 {120} 4... Bg4 {6 }{[%t Val]
=} 5. h3 {95}{[%t Shrt] N} (5. Be2 Nc6 (5... e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 (7. c4 Nb6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 {...1/2-1/2, Polgar Judit 2635 - Kamsky Gata 2735 ,
Monte Carlo 1995 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold)})7... Bxe2 8. Qxe2 O-O 9. Rd1
Nd7 {...1/2-1/2, Leko Peter 2605 - Kamsky Gata 2735 , Groningen 1995 It
(cat.17)})6. c4 Nb6 7. d5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Ne5 9. f4 Ned7 {...0-1, Anand
Viswanathan 2720 - Kamsky Gata 2695 , Sanghi Nagar 1994 Ch World (match)
(cand.) (1/4) (active)}) 5... Bh5 {98} 6. Be2 {56} 6... Nc6 {10} 7. O-O {229}
7... e6 {9} 8. c3 {473}{?!}{[%t Val] 3} (8. c4 {!?} 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10.
Be3 O-O {+0.50}) 8... Be7 {459} 9. Ne5 {91} 9... Nxe5 {868}{[%t Val] 7} 10.
Bxh5 {8} 10... Ng6 {2} 11. Qb3 {598} 11... Rb8 {509} 12. c4 {549}{[%t Val] 3}
(12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Be3 O-O {+0.33}) 12... Nf6 {140}{[%t Val] <}
(12... Ndf4 13. Bf3 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qe5 15. Bc6+ Kf8 {+0.03}) 13. Bxg6 {46} 13...
hxg6 {4} 14. Qa4+ {5} 14... c6 {1076} 15. Qxa7 {10} 15... Bd6 {20} 16. Nc3
{149} 16... Bc7 {34} 17. Rd1 {289} 17... Qd6 {400} 18. g3 {40} 18... Qd7 {191}
{[%t Val] >} (18... Qb4 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rxh3 21. Kg2 Qg4 22. Qa4+ Qxa4
23. Nxa4 Rh5 24. dxe6 {+0.27}) 19. h4 {40} 19... O-O {154} 20. Qc5 {217} 20...
b5 {303} 21. cxb5 {662}{[%t Val] 7} (21. Qb4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 Rb4
{+0.46}) 21... cxb5 {4} 22. a3 {62 }{[%t Val] 6} 22... Rfc8 {216} 23. Qg5 {27}
23... b4 {28} 24. axb4 {121} 24... Rxb4 {1} 25. Qd2 {757} 25... Bb6 { 163} 26.
Ne2 {20} 26... Rbc4 {25} 27. Qd3 {101} 27... e5 {403}{?!}{[%t Val] ?} (27...
Ng4 {!?} 28. Bf4 Rc2 29. f3 Nh6 30. Nc3 {+0.15}) 28. Bg5 {39}{?!}{[%t Val] 1}
(28. dxe5 {!?} 28... Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Ng4 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxf2 32. Ra6
{+0.47}) 28... Ng4 {211} 29. Rac1 {282}{[%t Val] -} 29... Rxc1 {39} 30. Rxc1
{3} 30... Re8 {159} 31. Rd1 {586} 31... exd4 {263} 32. Bf4 {2 } 32... Nf6 {47}
33. Nc1 {84} 33... Nd5 {484} 34. Bd2 {115}{?}{[%t Val] ^15 } (34. Qf3 {!}
34... Qb5 35. Nd3 Qb3 36. Bc1 f6 37. Kg2 Rc8 {-0.20}) 34... Qc6 {12}{??}{[%t
Val] 1} (34... Qg4 {!} 35. Re1 Re3 36. Bxe3 dxe3 37. Kh2 exf2 38. Rf1 Qe6
{-1.66}) 35. Ne2 {69} 35... Qf6 {326}{[%t Val] 9} (35... Qa4 36. Rc1 Nf6 37.
Nf4 Ne4 38. b4 {-0.03}) 36. Rc1 {60}{[%t Val] 1} (36. Bg5 Nb4 37. Bxf6 Nxd3
38. Bxd4 Nxb2 39. Ra1 Bc7 40. Nc3 {+0.26}) 36... Qf5 {69} 37. Qxf5 {305} 37...
gxf5 {2} 38. Kf1 {8} 38... d3 {20} 39. Nc3 {17} 39... Nxc3 {208} 40. Rxc3 {0}
40... Bd4 {60}{[%t Val] 8} 41. Rb3 {60} 41... g6 {220} 42. f3 {72}{[%t Val] 4}
42... Be5 {403}{[%t Val] 7} 43. g4 {63}{[%t Val] 4} 43... fxg4 {87} 44. fxg4
{2} 44... Bf6 {48} 45. h5 {28} 45... gxh5 {89} 46. gxh5 {1} 46... Re5 {157}
47. h6 {46} 47... Kh7 {25} 48. Rxd3 {68} 48... Rf5+ {4} 49. Ke2 {5} 49... Bxb2
{4} 1/2-1/2
Final plosition:
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
All That Chess Can Be
From Nigel Short's Facebook page, a photo of Nigel and Robert Bellin at the start of Round 2, Tradewise Gibraltar Masters. IMO, this photo captures all that chess can be from a positive human standpoint.......at least until war begins with the first move.😊
Sunday, January 22, 2017
After Missing a Win Against Giri Yesterday, Carlsen Loses to Rapport
After missing a clear win as White against Giri yesterday, Carlsen loses as Black to Rapport in an English opening.
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:19:42} 1. Nf3 {0} 1... d5 {56} 2. b3 {15}{[%t Val] *} 2... Bf5 {172}{[%t
Shrt] N} (2... c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 Nc6 7. Be2 {...0-1,
Korchnoi Viktor 2635 - Kramnik Vladimir 2765 , Vienna 1996 It (cat.18)})(2...
Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 c6 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O {...1-0, Piket Jeroen 2635
- Kramnik Vladimir 2760 , Wijk aan Zee 1999 It (blitz)}) 3. Bb2 {75} 3... e6
{23} 4. d3 {68} 4... h6 {61} 5. Nbd2 {23} 5... Nf6 {11} 6. c4 {274} 6... c6
{35}{[%t Val] 3} (6... Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Qe7 9. e3 Qe6 10. Nh4 Bh7 11.
Be2 {-0.30}) 7. g3 {483} 7... Be7 {91} 8. Bg2 {36} 8... O-O {13} 9. O-O {172}
9... Nbd7 {24} 10. a3 {90} 10... a5 {39} 11. Qb1 {318} 11... Bh7 {571} 12. b4
{298} 12... axb4 {774} 13. axb4 {31} 13... Qb6 {16} (13... Qc7 14. Bc3 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd2 Ra4 {-0.16}) 14. Bc3 {835} 14... Rxa1 {359}
15. Qxa1 {16} 15... Bxb4 {11} 16. Bxb4 {23} 16... Qxb4 {2} 17. Rb1 {10} 17...
Qd6 {9} 18. Rxb7 {11} 18... e5 {1} 19. d4 {11} 19... exd4 {182} 20. Nxd4 {1359}
20... c5 {56} 21. N4b3 {679} 21... d4 {289} 22. Bh3 {262 } 22... d3 {1928}{?!}
{[%t Val] A} (22... Bc2 {!?} 23. Qa7 Rd8 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Nc1 Bd1 26. Ndb3 d3
{+0.14}) 23. e3 {292} 23... Ne5 {68} 24. Bg2 {49} 24... Rc8 {728} 25. f4 {209}
25... Neg4 {297 }{?!}{[%t Val] M} (25... Ned7 {!?} 26. e4 Qe6 27. Qf1 Qd6 28.
Qa1 Qe6 29. Qf1 Qd6 30. Qa1 Qe6 31. Qf1 {+0.52}) 26. e4 {25} 26... Re8 {297}
{?!}{[%t Val] Z} (26... g5 {!?} 27. e5 Qe6 28. h3 Ne3 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd4
Nd7 31. Qxe3 {+1.06}) 27. e5 {56} 27... Nxe5 {61} 28. fxe5 {12} 28... Rxe5 {2}
29. Rb6 { 24} 29... Qe7 {18}{[%t Val] \} 30. Rb8+ {72} 30... Ne8 {4} 31. Bc6
{24} 31... Re1+ {35} 32. Qxe1 {5} 32... Qxe1+ {9 } 33. Nf1 {2} 1-0
Friday, January 20, 2017
So Defends Against a King's Gambit From Adhiban
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:20:43} 1. e4 {0} 1... e5 {11} 2. f4 {0}{[%t Val] (} 2... exf4 {44} 3. Bc4 {0}
3... d5 {405}{[%t Val] 3} 4. Bxd5 {0} 4... Nf6 {8} 5. Nc3 {0} 5... Nxd5 {566}
{[%t Shrt] N} (5... Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O (6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1
Nh5 10. Ke2 {...1-0, Short Nigel D 2687 - Bacrot Etienne 2718 , Internet 11/
7/2004 Ch Europe (blitz) (Internet) (KO-system)})7. O-O Bxc3 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bc4
Qb6+ 10. Kh1 {...1-0, Fischer Robert J 2780 - Nyman W, Cicero 1964 Simultan}
)(5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 g5 8. d4 Bg7 9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 {...1-0, Fischer
Robert J 2780 - Cunningham Tom, Houston 1964 Simultan}) 6. Nxd5 {0} 6... Bd6
{8} 7. Nf3 {0} 7... O-O {17} 8. d4 {0} 8... Re8 { 905}{?!}{[%t Val] @} (8...
g5 {!?} 9. e5 Be7 10. c4 Nc6 11. O-O f6 12. Re1 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. h4
{+0.00}) 9. e5 {4} 9... c6 {7} 10. Nxf4 {54} 10... f6 {38} 11. Nd3 {712} (11.
Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O fxe5 13. Nh5 Nc5 14. dxc5 {+0.71}) 11... fxe5 {1654} 12. dxe5
{2} 12... Qb6 {249} 13. Qe2 {901} 13... Bf5 {12} (13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15.
O-O-O Bf5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 {+0.49}) 14. Be3 {197} 14...
Qa5+ {25} 15. c3 {497} 15... Bc7 { 901} 16. O-O {196}{[%t Val] <} (16. Nc5 Nd7
17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Nxb7 Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nc5 Bxe5 21. O-O-O Bxc3 {+0.71})
16... Qa6 {14} 17. Rad1 {244} 17... Nd7 {7} 18. Bd4 {1568}{[%t Val] 2} (18.
Rd2 g6 19. Qd1 Qc4 20. a4 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bh6 a6 {+0.36})
18... c5 {100} 19. Bf2 {23} 19... Nxe5 {177} 20. Nfxe5 {23} 20... Bxe5 {284}
21. Qf3 {18}{[%t Val] ,} 21... Be4 {27} 22. Qh3 {35 } 22... Bxd3 {166}{[%t
Val] 0} 23. Qxd3 {115} 23... Qxa2 {43} 24. Bxc5 {621} 24... Qxb2 {40} 25. Bxa7
{239} 25... Bxc3 {357} 26. Bf2 {525} 26... Be5 {251} 27. Rb1 {86} 27... Qa2 {5}
28. Rxb7 {9} 28... Rf8 {33} 29. Qb3+ {173}{[%t Val] -} 29... Qxb3 {47} 30.
Rxb3 {4} 30... Ra2 {3} 31. Rf3 {184}{[%t Val] %} (31. g3 Rf5 32. Kg2 Bd4 33.
Rf3 Rf7 {-0.17}) 31... Rxf3 {6} 32. gxf3 { 5} 32... Kf7 {4} 33. Bg3 {45} 33...
Bd4+ {5} 34. Kh1 {14} 34... Rd2 {30}{[%t Val] (} 35. Bf4 {43} 35... Re2 {4}
36. Rd1 {8} 36... Bc3 {39} 37. Rd3 {11} 37... Bb4 {32} 38. Rd4 {135} 38... Bc5
{11} 39. Rd2 {3} 1/2-1/2
The final position
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:20:43} 1. e4 {0} 1... e5 {11} 2. f4 {0}{[%t Val] (} 2... exf4 {44} 3. Bc4 {0}
3... d5 {405}{[%t Val] 3} 4. Bxd5 {0} 4... Nf6 {8} 5. Nc3 {0} 5... Nxd5 {566}
{[%t Shrt] N} (5... Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O (6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1
Nh5 10. Ke2 {...1-0, Short Nigel D 2687 - Bacrot Etienne 2718 , Internet 11/
7/2004 Ch Europe (blitz) (Internet) (KO-system)})7. O-O Bxc3 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bc4
Qb6+ 10. Kh1 {...1-0, Fischer Robert J 2780 - Nyman W, Cicero 1964 Simultan}
)(5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 g5 8. d4 Bg7 9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 {...1-0, Fischer
Robert J 2780 - Cunningham Tom, Houston 1964 Simultan}) 6. Nxd5 {0} 6... Bd6
{8} 7. Nf3 {0} 7... O-O {17} 8. d4 {0} 8... Re8 { 905}{?!}{[%t Val] @} (8...
g5 {!?} 9. e5 Be7 10. c4 Nc6 11. O-O f6 12. Re1 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. h4
{+0.00}) 9. e5 {4} 9... c6 {7} 10. Nxf4 {54} 10... f6 {38} 11. Nd3 {712} (11.
Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O fxe5 13. Nh5 Nc5 14. dxc5 {+0.71}) 11... fxe5 {1654} 12. dxe5
{2} 12... Qb6 {249} 13. Qe2 {901} 13... Bf5 {12} (13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15.
O-O-O Bf5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 {+0.49}) 14. Be3 {197} 14...
Qa5+ {25} 15. c3 {497} 15... Bc7 { 901} 16. O-O {196}{[%t Val] <} (16. Nc5 Nd7
17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Nxb7 Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nc5 Bxe5 21. O-O-O Bxc3 {+0.71})
16... Qa6 {14} 17. Rad1 {244} 17... Nd7 {7} 18. Bd4 {1568}{[%t Val] 2} (18.
Rd2 g6 19. Qd1 Qc4 20. a4 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bh6 a6 {+0.36})
18... c5 {100} 19. Bf2 {23} 19... Nxe5 {177} 20. Nfxe5 {23} 20... Bxe5 {284}
21. Qf3 {18}{[%t Val] ,} 21... Be4 {27} 22. Qh3 {35 } 22... Bxd3 {166}{[%t
Val] 0} 23. Qxd3 {115} 23... Qxa2 {43} 24. Bxc5 {621} 24... Qxb2 {40} 25. Bxa7
{239} 25... Bxc3 {357} 26. Bf2 {525} 26... Be5 {251} 27. Rb1 {86} 27... Qa2 {5}
28. Rxb7 {9} 28... Rf8 {33} 29. Qb3+ {173}{[%t Val] -} 29... Qxb3 {47} 30.
Rxb3 {4} 30... Ra2 {3} 31. Rf3 {184}{[%t Val] %} (31. g3 Rf5 32. Kg2 Bd4 33.
Rf3 Rf7 {-0.17}) 31... Rxf3 {6} 32. gxf3 { 5} 32... Kf7 {4} 33. Bg3 {45} 33...
Bd4+ {5} 34. Kh1 {14} 34... Rd2 {30}{[%t Val] (} 35. Bf4 {43} 35... Re2 {4}
36. Rd1 {8} 36... Bc3 {39} 37. Rd3 {11} 37... Bb4 {32} 38. Rd4 {135} 38... Bc5
{11} 39. Rd2 {3} 1/2-1/2
The final position
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Wesley So Takes the Lead at Wik
A very nice endgame by So.
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:16:25} 1. Nf3 {0} 1... Nf6 {17} 2. g3 {0} 2... g6 {24} 3. Bg2 {53} 3... Bg7
{14} 4. c4 {104} 4... c5 {131}{[%t Val] 7}{[%t Shrt] N} (4... d6 5. O-O O-O 6.
d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 {...1/2-1/2, Huebner Robert Dr 2630 - Shirov
Alexei 2710 , Germany 1992 Bundesliga}) (4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. d3
Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 {...1-0, Aronian Levon 2724 - Areshchenko Alexander
2653 , Khanty Mansyisk 12/ 3/2005 Cup World FIDE}) (4... c6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3
d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 {...1/2-1/2, Vaganian Rafael A 2650 - Van
Wely Loek 2714 , Ohrid 2001 Ch Europe})(4... O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. h3 c6
8. e4 Nbd7 9. d3 {...1-0, Aronian Levon 2724 - Kotronias Vasilios 2626 ,
Caleta 1/31/2005 It (open) "Gibraltar Masters"}) 5. Nc3 {131} 5... d5 {267}
6. d4 {815}{[%t Val] 6}{[%t Shrt] N} 6... cxd4 {415}{?!}{[%t Val] ?} (6...
dxc4 {!?} 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
{+0.13}) 7. Nxd4 {799} 7... dxc4 {703} 8. Qa4+ { 833} 8... Nbd7 {171} 9. O-O
{9} 9... O-O {136} 10. Rd1 {128} 10... Nb6 {794} 11. Qa3 {365} 11... Qd6 {768}
12. Qxd6 {86} 12... exd6 {6} 13. a4 {114} 13... a6 {1815} 14. Bf4 {382} 14...
d5 {180}{[%t Val] I} 15. a5 {1038} 15... Nbd7 {8} 16. Rac1 {60} 16... Rd8 {261}
17. Bc7 {331} 17... Re8 {9} 18. Bd6 {232}{[%t Val] F} 18... Ne5 {287} 19.
Bxd5 {223} 19... Nxd5 {42}{[%t Val] J} 20. Nxd5 {4} 20... Bg4 {5} 21. Rd2 {445}
{?!}{[%t Val] 9} (21. Nc7 {!?} 21... Nd3 22. exd3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxd4 24. dxc4
Bxb2 25. Rb1 {+0.92}) 21... Red8 {319 }{[%t Val] ?} (21... Rad8 22. Nc7 Rf8
23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. f3 Bh3 25. f4 Bb4 {+0.26}) 22. Nb6 {66} 22... Rxd6 {101} 23.
Nxa8 {2} 23... Nc6 {44} 24. Nf3 {15} 24... Rxd2 {67} 25. Nxd2 {2} 25... Bxb2
{11} 26. Rxc4 {3} 26... Bxe2 {17} 27. Re4 {9} 27... Bd3 {40} 28. Re3 {7} 28...
Nb4 {104}{?!}{[%t Val] R} (28... Bb5 {!?} 29. Nb3 Ne5 30. Nb6 g5 31. h3 h5 32.
f3 Kg7 33. Kf2 f5 34. f4 {+0.48}) 29. Nb6 {151} 29... Bd4 {57} 30. Re7 {70}
30... Nc6 {8} 31. Rxb7 {9} 31... Nxa5 {27}{[%t Val] X} 32. Rd7 {5} 32... Nc6
{49} 33. Nb3 {271} 33... Bf5 {12} 34. Rxd4 {22} 34... Nxd4 {6}{[%t Dgrm] DA}
35. Nxd4 {2} 35... Bd3 {18} 36. Kg2 {77} 36... Kf8 {31} 37. Kf3 {2} 37... Ke7
{10} 38. Ke3 {9} 38... Bf1 {72} 39. Nf3 {65} 39... Kd6 {89}{[%t Val] [} 40.
Kd4 {0} 40... f6 {35} 41. Nd2 {93} 41... Be2 {305} 42. Nd5 {88} 42... f5 {21}
43. Nc3 {164} 43... Bh5 {47} 44. Nc4+ {29} 44... Ke6 {23} 45. f4 {25} 45...
Kd7 {160} 46. Kc5 {265} 46... h6 {67} 47. Nd5 {90} 47... Ke6 {18} 48. Nc7+ {5}
{[%t Dgrm] DA} 1-0
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:16:25} 1. Nf3 {0} 1... Nf6 {17} 2. g3 {0} 2... g6 {24} 3. Bg2 {53} 3... Bg7
{14} 4. c4 {104} 4... c5 {131}{[%t Val] 7}{[%t Shrt] N} (4... d6 5. O-O O-O 6.
d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 {...1/2-1/2, Huebner Robert Dr 2630 - Shirov
Alexei 2710 , Germany 1992 Bundesliga}) (4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. d3
Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 {...1-0, Aronian Levon 2724 - Areshchenko Alexander
2653 , Khanty Mansyisk 12/ 3/2005 Cup World FIDE}) (4... c6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3
d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 {...1/2-1/2, Vaganian Rafael A 2650 - Van
Wely Loek 2714 , Ohrid 2001 Ch Europe})(4... O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. h3 c6
8. e4 Nbd7 9. d3 {...1-0, Aronian Levon 2724 - Kotronias Vasilios 2626 ,
Caleta 1/31/2005 It (open) "Gibraltar Masters"}) 5. Nc3 {131} 5... d5 {267}
6. d4 {815}{[%t Val] 6}{[%t Shrt] N} 6... cxd4 {415}{?!}{[%t Val] ?} (6...
dxc4 {!?} 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
{+0.13}) 7. Nxd4 {799} 7... dxc4 {703} 8. Qa4+ { 833} 8... Nbd7 {171} 9. O-O
{9} 9... O-O {136} 10. Rd1 {128} 10... Nb6 {794} 11. Qa3 {365} 11... Qd6 {768}
12. Qxd6 {86} 12... exd6 {6} 13. a4 {114} 13... a6 {1815} 14. Bf4 {382} 14...
d5 {180}{[%t Val] I} 15. a5 {1038} 15... Nbd7 {8} 16. Rac1 {60} 16... Rd8 {261}
17. Bc7 {331} 17... Re8 {9} 18. Bd6 {232}{[%t Val] F} 18... Ne5 {287} 19.
Bxd5 {223} 19... Nxd5 {42}{[%t Val] J} 20. Nxd5 {4} 20... Bg4 {5} 21. Rd2 {445}
{?!}{[%t Val] 9} (21. Nc7 {!?} 21... Nd3 22. exd3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxd4 24. dxc4
Bxb2 25. Rb1 {+0.92}) 21... Red8 {319 }{[%t Val] ?} (21... Rad8 22. Nc7 Rf8
23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. f3 Bh3 25. f4 Bb4 {+0.26}) 22. Nb6 {66} 22... Rxd6 {101} 23.
Nxa8 {2} 23... Nc6 {44} 24. Nf3 {15} 24... Rxd2 {67} 25. Nxd2 {2} 25... Bxb2
{11} 26. Rxc4 {3} 26... Bxe2 {17} 27. Re4 {9} 27... Bd3 {40} 28. Re3 {7} 28...
Nb4 {104}{?!}{[%t Val] R} (28... Bb5 {!?} 29. Nb3 Ne5 30. Nb6 g5 31. h3 h5 32.
f3 Kg7 33. Kf2 f5 34. f4 {+0.48}) 29. Nb6 {151} 29... Bd4 {57} 30. Re7 {70}
30... Nc6 {8} 31. Rxb7 {9} 31... Nxa5 {27}{[%t Val] X} 32. Rd7 {5} 32... Nc6
{49} 33. Nb3 {271} 33... Bf5 {12} 34. Rxd4 {22} 34... Nxd4 {6}{[%t Dgrm] DA}
35. Nxd4 {2} 35... Bd3 {18} 36. Kg2 {77} 36... Kf8 {31} 37. Kf3 {2} 37... Ke7
{10} 38. Ke3 {9} 38... Bf1 {72} 39. Nf3 {65} 39... Kd6 {89}{[%t Val] [} 40.
Kd4 {0} 40... f6 {35} 41. Nd2 {93} 41... Be2 {305} 42. Nd5 {88} 42... f5 {21}
43. Nc3 {164} 43... Bh5 {47} 44. Nc4+ {29} 44... Ke6 {23} 45. f4 {25} 45...
Kd7 {160} 46. Kc5 {265} 46... h6 {67} 47. Nd5 {90} 47... Ke6 {18} 48. Nc7+ {5}
{[%t Dgrm] DA} 1-0
The French Defense Is Alive and Well In Wik
Karjakan loses at Wik to a French Defense
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[Event "79th Tata Steel Chess 2017-Masters"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A10-5757M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:18:38} 1. e4 {0} 1... e6 {6} 2. d4 {0} 2... d5 {1} 3. Nc3 {50} 3... Nf6 {5}
4. e5 {5} 4... Nfd7 {4} 5. f4 {5} 5... c5 {5} 6. Nf3 {5} 6... Nc6 {4} 7. Be3
{6} 7... Be7 {9} 8. Qd2 {56}{[%t Shrt] N} (8. dxc5 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. a3 b6
11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 {...0-1, Kramnik Vladimir 2760 - Morozevich Alexander
2758 , Monte Carlo 2003 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold)})(8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6
10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 a5 {...1/2-1/2, Kamsky Gata 2745 - Morozevich
Alexander 2610 , Amsterdam 1996 Memorial J.Donner (cat.16)}) 8... a6 {5} 9. a3
{394} 9... O-O {21} 10. dxc5 {31} 10... Nxc5 {4} 11. Qf2 {9} 11... Nd7 {4} 12.
Nd4 {632} 12... Nxd4 {7} 13. Bxd4 {4} 13... f6 {4} 14. exf6 {48} 14... Bxf6 {3}
15. Bxf6 {308} 15... Qxf6 {2} 16. g3 {8} 16... g5 {5 } 17. O-O-O {242} 17...
gxf4 {4} 18. Kb1 {245}{[%t Val] +} (18. Rd4 fxg3 19. Qxg3+ Kh8 20. Rh4 Rg8
{+0.11}) 18... f3 {488} 19. g4 {491}{[%t Val] !} (19. Rd4 Ne5 20. Na4 b5 21.
Nc5 Qe7 22. Bd3 Qg5 23. h4 Qg7 24. Rf4 Ra7 {-0.26}) 19... Ne5 {373} 20. g5 {67}
20... Qg7 {508} 21. g6 {573}{[%t Val] ^27 } (21. h4 Bd7 22. Qb6 Bc6 23. Bh3
Rae8 24. Qf2 Nc4 25. Rhe1 e5 26. Bf1 Rd8 {-0.65}) 21... hxg6 {424} 22. Bd3
{786}{?!}{[%t Val] ^17 } (22. h4 {!?} 22... Qh6 23. Bh3 Bd7 24. Rhg1 Rf4 25.
Qe3 Nc4 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 {-0.87}) 22... Bd7 {156} 23. Rdg1 {56}{[%t Val] ^15 }
23... Nxd3 {234} 24. cxd3 {16} 24... Rf5 {19} 25. Rg4 {104} 25... Raf8 {45}
26. Rhg1 {138} 26... Be8 { 265} 27. Nd1 {373} 27... Rh5 {1254} 28. h4 {309}
28... Re5 {543} 29. Ne3 {458} 29... Bb5 {228} 30. Rd4 {170} 30... Re4 {217}
Deep Rybka
2.3.2a x64][%meval 9s]}{31...Bxd3+} 0-1
Below is the final position
(@2.50GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:18:38} 1. e4 {0} 1... e6 {6} 2. d4 {0} 2... d5 {1} 3. Nc3 {50} 3... Nf6 {5}
4. e5 {5} 4... Nfd7 {4} 5. f4 {5} 5... c5 {5} 6. Nf3 {5} 6... Nc6 {4} 7. Be3
{6} 7... Be7 {9} 8. Qd2 {56}{[%t Shrt] N} (8. dxc5 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. a3 b6
11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 {...0-1, Kramnik Vladimir 2760 - Morozevich Alexander
2758 , Monte Carlo 2003 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold)})(8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6
10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 a5 {...1/2-1/2, Kamsky Gata 2745 - Morozevich
Alexander 2610 , Amsterdam 1996 Memorial J.Donner (cat.16)}) 8... a6 {5} 9. a3
{394} 9... O-O {21} 10. dxc5 {31} 10... Nxc5 {4} 11. Qf2 {9} 11... Nd7 {4} 12.
Nd4 {632} 12... Nxd4 {7} 13. Bxd4 {4} 13... f6 {4} 14. exf6 {48} 14... Bxf6 {3}
15. Bxf6 {308} 15... Qxf6 {2} 16. g3 {8} 16... g5 {5 } 17. O-O-O {242} 17...
gxf4 {4} 18. Kb1 {245}{[%t Val] +} (18. Rd4 fxg3 19. Qxg3+ Kh8 20. Rh4 Rg8
{+0.11}) 18... f3 {488} 19. g4 {491}{[%t Val] !} (19. Rd4 Ne5 20. Na4 b5 21.
Nc5 Qe7 22. Bd3 Qg5 23. h4 Qg7 24. Rf4 Ra7 {-0.26}) 19... Ne5 {373} 20. g5 {67}
20... Qg7 {508} 21. g6 {573}{[%t Val] ^27 } (21. h4 Bd7 22. Qb6 Bc6 23. Bh3
Rae8 24. Qf2 Nc4 25. Rhe1 e5 26. Bf1 Rd8 {-0.65}) 21... hxg6 {424} 22. Bd3
{786}{?!}{[%t Val] ^17 } (22. h4 {!?} 22... Qh6 23. Bh3 Bd7 24. Rhg1 Rf4 25.
Qe3 Nc4 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 {-0.87}) 22... Bd7 {156} 23. Rdg1 {56}{[%t Val] ^15 }
23... Nxd3 {234} 24. cxd3 {16} 24... Rf5 {19} 25. Rg4 {104} 25... Raf8 {45}
26. Rhg1 {138} 26... Be8 { 265} 27. Nd1 {373} 27... Rh5 {1254} 28. h4 {309}
28... Re5 {543} 29. Ne3 {458} 29... Bb5 {228} 30. Rd4 {170} 30... Re4 {217}
Deep Rybka
2.3.2a x64][%meval 9s]}{31...Bxd3+} 0-1
Below is the final position
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
IM David Vigorito vs. NM David Carter with Annotations by the Two Davids
A big thank you for the analysis.
David Carter's Win Over GM Alexander Ivanov in the Portsmouth Open
The game is annotated by NM David Carter. Many thanks to David for providing his insight into the game. Enjoy!!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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become a player sponsor, which delivers a real return on investment.
Please see a presentation detailing the sponsor package.
Players’ sponsors receive the following benefits:
— The sponsor’s logo on the player’s jacket
— The branded player’s page on worldchess.com
— The sponsor’s logo on the player’s table placard
— The opportunity for the sponsor to create a hospitality
program at each of the four Grand Prix events
Sponsorship cost
The one year sponsor
package costs € 100,000 (15% goes to the Federation and 20% to the player). In
addition, we encourage sponsors to build custom programs with players (which
means additional revenue for the player and a stronger sponsorship network).
In addition, if the
player goes on to compete in the Candidates Tournament, the sponsorship
activation remains in place.
THESE INCLUDES
The 2017 Grand Prix Series
Event length: 11 days
Instead of a round robin format, each Grand Prix will
consist of a 9 round Swiss, with one rest day and a single one day for arrivals
and the opening ceremony. As a result each Grand Prix is one week shorter.
Number of players: 24
24 top players will be selected in accordance with FIDE
regulations to compete in the 2017 Grand Prix Series. Each player agrees to
participate in three of the four tournaments. Each tournament will have 18
players.
Players selection
FIDE has announced the first qualifiers for the Grand-Prix
2017. The remaining nine places are yet to be filled.
Dates and venue cities:
Grand Prix I: February 17-28, Sharjah, UAE
Grand Prix II: May 11-22, Moscow, Russia
Grand Prix III: July 5-16, Geneva, Switzerland
Grand Prix IV: November 15-26, Palma De Mallorca, Spain
Prize Fund and other technical issues
The prize fund for each Grand Prix is 130,000 euros. All the
relevant details are available in the Regulations for the 2017 Grand Prix
Cycle.
Please check the players’ presentation.
Please get in touch with us to develop a custom sponsorship
program.
We are looking forward to working with you!
Kind regards, World Chess team.
Contact information
Polina Ostasheva, City Relations Manager
World Chess by Agon Limited
ostasheva@agonlimited.com
+7 (985) 625 42 85
Ilya Merenzon, CEO
World Chess by Agon Limited
merenzon@agonlimited.com
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Kingdom Chess Association, Ltd. Danville Chess Cancelled for Tonight
There is a snow and ice storm predicted for tonight with the heaviest part during our playing time. Snow is OK, but ice just isn't nice. We'll pick up play again next week on 1/24 from 6PM to 9:30PM.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Portsmouth, NH Open Report
The Portsmouth Open was great fun. Saw old friends and made a few new ones.
GM Alexander Ivanov lost to our own Vermont National Master, David Carter. I ran into Alexander later that evening and he said, "I blundered a piece. Now I have to win both my games tomorrow." I told him to not feel baldly and that I blunder away pieces all the time. He got a twinkle in his eyes, grinned and said, "I blunder too...........sometimes." The former Soviet Grandmaster living in the US since the early 1990's has an interesting story to tell post-USSR. More on that at a later date.
GM Alexander Ivanov lost to our own Vermont National Master, David Carter. I ran into Alexander later that evening and he said, "I blundered a piece. Now I have to win both my games tomorrow." I told him to not feel baldly and that I blunder away pieces all the time. He got a twinkle in his eyes, grinned and said, "I blunder too...........sometimes." The former Soviet Grandmaster living in the US since the early 1990's has an interesting story to tell post-USSR. More on that at a later date.
The tournament venue at the Holiday Inn. Standing against the wall, left, is Assistant TD Paul Kolojeski, a really nice guy.
IM David Vigorito and Vermont's only National Master, David Carter, in Rd 3. They drew this game and both finished ahead of Ivanov with 3.5.
US Chess Promoter of the Year, Alex Relyea. Another beautifully run event from the Master.
Yours truly ready to start the losing streak on his new DGT eBoard. All blunders duly recorded.
Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov in the 1st Round against Erin Dame
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Icelandic Compassion and Neo-Soviet Revisionism--Fischer as A Snowden or Wikileaks?
A Pravda opinion piece makes this and other delusional comparisons.
"On camera, he was adjudged not just paranoid nor a man afflicted with schizophrenia. Oh no! He was worse than that. In their eyes, Bobby Fischer had gone rogue. Fischer was un-American as Benedict Arnold was earlier. They implied Fischer had defected. He had committed the unpardonable act: he had gone over to the other side. To many, Fischer was essentially a bona fide Soviet agent."
Fanciful at best.
"True enough, Fischer early in his adult life felt he was 'followed'. He often complained about his frequent 'tails'. In his travels Fischer always searched his apartment for the 'bugs' or electronic listening devices. When it came to revealing the source about his suspicions that others were spying on his 'activism' and looking into his personal 'beliefs', Fischer offered his candor freely. He did not suspect the Soviets. That meant only the opposite side of the equation was true: his own government did not trust him."
He of course was followed, but only because his mother was considered suspect during the hightend period of anti-Soviet feeling in the US. Fischer himself hated the Soviets. Eventually, he hated mst everyone and everything as his illness progressed.
"He stayed resolute in his search for the truth. Rather than cave to his critics and accept that he was 'sick', Fischer found absolution: he renounced his U.S. citizenship. After seeking political asylum, Iceland, the host country of his most famous achievement granted Fischer full citizenship. It was a fitting tribute."
Truth? Poor Bobby was taken in by Iceland in appreciation of who he had been and what he had accomplished. It was not a tribute to Fischer to give him citizenship, IMO. Rather, it was an act of compassion by a country known for its egalitarianism and rationality.
Read the complete opinion piece here:
http://www.pravdareport.com/opinion/columnists/08-01-2017/136579-bobby_fischer-0/
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Rebranded US Chess, New 501(c)3 Status and That Old Vision Thing Again
Looking at the organization's present status, all is not as well as it might and/or hopefully could be. Membership is not growing by leaps and bounds. The retention rates are generally not good, especially amongst scholastic members of a certain age. New adult memberships are about seven times smaller than new scholastic memberships. There has been a decline in the number of over the board adult chess clubs. The organization has tried and not succeeded in establishing an active chess playing web presence. Games Parlor was a fiasco and there was a roll out started with an independent partner for a USCF online playing venue in the last days of Bill Hall's ED leadership tenure that went Heaven only knows where.
Looking at the new (c)3 mission for a moment, two things are not clear at present. First, what will be the relationship between US Chess and the US Chess Trust as it relates to US Chess fund raising down the road?
Second, our new status is based on having educational programs that are the core of the organization's operation (assuming we want to keep our new charitable tax status and not have it revoked), but it is not clear what IRS qualifying programs US Chess is presently running and what programs are planned in the future to maintain that status. I asked one of our EB members in a recent post in the Issues Forum, for a list of educational programs being run by US Chess. No reply was forthcoming. There is no listing of programs, educational or otherwise, that I've been able to locate on the newly designed US Chess welcome web page or in the interior of the organization's web site. Regarding the latter, it may be there, but as with some other things, may not be easily discoverable.
501(c)3 type educational programs take money to fund. Whilst US Chess' books are balanced, there appears to be little money available for new educational programs in line with our mission. There are no plans at present to hire, or employ as full-time consultants, marketing or fundraising professionals.
Ruth Haring addressed much of this in detail in her August 2014 report to the delegates. Ruth wrote: "In looking at our membership numbers over the past year we see modest growth of 2.85%, which was concentrated in the Under 12 category. Good News, Bad News. The good news is we have growth. The bad news is that a large number of our members over 12 drop out every year."
The clear problem that US Chess still faces is that of member retention.
All is far from well in US Chessland in that regard as not much has changed since Ruth's 2014 report.
Ruth also made the point that we were primarily a tournament based chess membership organization. Per Ruth, "During the last year, the IRS approved the long awaited change in the USCF tax status. The new 501(c) 3 tax status marks an important business shift to a social benefit organization with tax deductible contributions. USCF is at a new milestone and the tax status change also implies a change in the culture of the organization........We learned from the results of the survey [conducted by the ED] that almost 70% of players responding, let their membership lapse because they no longer play in USCF rated tournaments. This fits right in with the information we have about why people visit the website: To look up their rating and find a tournament to play in. It's all about tournaments and ratings." We are still primarily a tournament based organization.
Despite our new 501(c)3 status, US Chess culture has not significantly changed. We are now approximately three years into a new organizational life as a (c)3 corporation. Where are our new (c)3 based educational programs? What has changed? Not much in a (c)3 program sense. It's that vision thing again. Instead of vision, we have present board members and a former board member going on and on about how the organization's budget is now under control, that we have membership "growth" and increases in rated tournaments. People who attempt to raise legitimate issues and suggest solutions in US Chess members only Issues Forum are treated with hostility driven by that old tournament mentality. When rational argument fails, the attacks based on member's chess ratings are used as a sophistic weapon of choice along with sarcasm and personal insult. All of this is directed at paying members of the organization. That's chess organizational culture at its worst. Past achievement, like bringing stability to the budget, is indeed laudable. However, that's the past. This is now. Leadership vision looks to the future while appreciating the positives of the past. The present board, three years into 501 (c)3 status, has yet to provide the vision needed for the future.
Looking at the new (c)3 mission for a moment, two things are not clear at present. First, what will be the relationship between US Chess and the US Chess Trust as it relates to US Chess fund raising down the road?
Second, our new status is based on having educational programs that are the core of the organization's operation (assuming we want to keep our new charitable tax status and not have it revoked), but it is not clear what IRS qualifying programs US Chess is presently running and what programs are planned in the future to maintain that status. I asked one of our EB members in a recent post in the Issues Forum, for a list of educational programs being run by US Chess. No reply was forthcoming. There is no listing of programs, educational or otherwise, that I've been able to locate on the newly designed US Chess welcome web page or in the interior of the organization's web site. Regarding the latter, it may be there, but as with some other things, may not be easily discoverable.
501(c)3 type educational programs take money to fund. Whilst US Chess' books are balanced, there appears to be little money available for new educational programs in line with our mission. There are no plans at present to hire, or employ as full-time consultants, marketing or fundraising professionals.
Ruth Haring addressed much of this in detail in her August 2014 report to the delegates. Ruth wrote: "In looking at our membership numbers over the past year we see modest growth of 2.85%, which was concentrated in the Under 12 category. Good News, Bad News. The good news is we have growth. The bad news is that a large number of our members over 12 drop out every year."
All is far from well in US Chessland in that regard as not much has changed since Ruth's 2014 report.
Ruth also made the point that we were primarily a tournament based chess membership organization. Per Ruth, "During the last year, the IRS approved the long awaited change in the USCF tax status. The new 501(c) 3 tax status marks an important business shift to a social benefit organization with tax deductible contributions. USCF is at a new milestone and the tax status change also implies a change in the culture of the organization........We learned from the results of the survey [conducted by the ED] that almost 70% of players responding, let their membership lapse because they no longer play in USCF rated tournaments. This fits right in with the information we have about why people visit the website: To look up their rating and find a tournament to play in. It's all about tournaments and ratings." We are still primarily a tournament based organization.
Despite our new 501(c)3 status, US Chess culture has not significantly changed. We are now approximately three years into a new organizational life as a (c)3 corporation. Where are our new (c)3 based educational programs? What has changed? Not much in a (c)3 program sense. It's that vision thing again. Instead of vision, we have present board members and a former board member going on and on about how the organization's budget is now under control, that we have membership "growth" and increases in rated tournaments. People who attempt to raise legitimate issues and suggest solutions in US Chess members only Issues Forum are treated with hostility driven by that old tournament mentality. When rational argument fails, the attacks based on member's chess ratings are used as a sophistic weapon of choice along with sarcasm and personal insult. All of this is directed at paying members of the organization. That's chess organizational culture at its worst. Past achievement, like bringing stability to the budget, is indeed laudable. However, that's the past. This is now. Leadership vision looks to the future while appreciating the positives of the past. The present board, three years into 501 (c)3 status, has yet to provide the vision needed for the future.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Younger and Younger........Grandmasters
"Replete with tradition, the Hastings congress reached age 97 this week. It has been staged almost every year since 1920, at a historic venue where 10 world champions have played. The event’s peak years are long past but it has gained a new lease of life as the backing of Tradewise Insurance has augmented funds from its loyal borough council. Hastings 2016-17, which ended on Thursday, produced an exceptional individual result.
Hastings has always been a proving ground for young talent and this year it was Ramesh Praggnanandhaa, at 11 the youngest ever international master, who claimed attention. His games were featured daily on the congress website, which was transformed and upgraded from previous years, and it made online viewing a pleasure....."
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jan/06/ramesh-praggnanandhaa-nodirbek-abdusattorov-world-record
Thursday, January 5, 2017
The Grand Chess Tour and It's New Rating System
Is there a move afoot by Rex and Gary to make FIDE irrelevant?
http://en.chessbase.com/post/grand-chess-tour-announces-universal-rating-system
http://en.chessbase.com/post/grand-chess-tour-announces-universal-rating-system
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