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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
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