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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:49 PM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report (July 18): 4-way tie in Poikovsky; Three big events start this wknd |
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 10:17 PM by Jack Rabbit
Poikovsky Tournament ends in 4-way tie
Four players -- former Russian national champion Sergei Rublevsky, Russian grandmaster Dmitry Jakovenko, Latvian-born Spanish grandmaster Alexei Shirov and 21-year-old grandmaster Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan -- finished with 5½ points each out of nine rounds to tie for first place in the ninth annual international tournament in the town of Poikovsky in the oil-rich Nefteyugansky region of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area in Russia yesterday. Rublevsky and Jakovenko scored two victores and seven draws without a loss while Shirov, long one of the world's most aggressive and imaginative players, and Gashimov, whose star has risen this year, each won three games and lost one with five draws. The tournament is sponsored by former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who is now the wealthiest man in Russia. Hou Yifan scores 9/13 in Budapest Hou Yifan, the fourteen-year-old wonder child from Nanjing, China, finshed in second place with 9 points out of 13 rounds in the July edition of the First Saturday Grandmaster Tournament completed yesterday in Budapest. The result appears to be good enough for a grandmaster norm and looks to be easily good enough for an IM norm. The tournament was won by Serbian grandmaster Zlatko Ilincic with 9½ points. Ilincic lost one game, his tenth-round encounter with Ms. Hou. Three Big Tournaments Start this weekend Biel Chess Festival 19 July-1 August. Opening ceremonies will be held tomorrow (Saturday) evening. This year's GM tournament features Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Evgeny Alekseev (Russia), Lenier Domínguez (Cuba), Etienne Bacrot (France), Alex Onischuk (United States) and Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland). Games will be broadcast live on the official website beginning with the first round Sunday 14:00 local time (5 am PDT). Canadian Open, Montreal 19-28 July. This year's top seed is Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine. Live broadcasts at Monroi beginning with the first round tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 pm EDT. Politiken Cup, Copenhagen 19-27 July. The 2008 edition feature almost 300 participants led by Ukrainian grandmaster Pavel Eljanov. Live broadcast at the official website beginning tomorrow (Saturday) at 14:00 Copenhagen time (5 am PDT). Calendar North Urals Cup, Krasnoturinsk 25 July-3 August. Participants: Koneru Humpy (India), Anoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), Pia Cramling (Sweden), Marie Sebag (France), Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia), Xu Yuhua (China), Anna Ushinina (Ukraine) and Natalia Pogonina (Russia). British Championship, Liverpool 27 July-9 August. Mainz Chess Festival 28 July-3 August. FIDE Grand Prix, Sochi 30 July-15 August. Arctic Chess Challenge, Tromsø (Norway) 2-10 August. US Open, Dallas 2-10 August. Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament, London at the historic Simpson's Divan, 7-18 August. Competitors: Mickey Adams (defending champion), Nigel Short, Jon Speelman, Peter Wells, Robert Wade, Jan Timman, Loek van Wely, Jan Smeets, Erwin L'Ami, Jan Werle and Alexander Cherniaev Dato' Arthur Tan Open, Kuala Lampur 18-24 August. FIDE Women's Knock Out (World Women's Chess Championship), Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia) 28 August-18 September. Grand Slam Final, Bilbao 2-13 September. Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match, Bonn October 14-November 2. Twelve rounds. European Club Cup, Kallithea (Greece) 16-24 October. Asian Championships, Tehran 21-30 October. Chess Olympiad, Dresden 12-25 November. Topalov-Kamsky World Championship Semifinal Match, Lvov 26 November-15 December. Eight Rounds. FIDE Grand Prix, Doha 13-29 December. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Games for this week |
Your humble hare acknowledges the assistance of Fritz 6.0 on analysis. Diagrams on the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Chess Mérida, a true type font that can be downlaoded free here. !""""""""# $tMvWlVmT% $OoOoOoOo% $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $pPpPpPpP% $RnBqKbNr% /(((((((() WHITE White to move (This position is a theoretical draw) |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hou Yifan - Ilincic, Budapest |
Hou Yifan To view this game:
Hou Yifan - Zlatko Ilincic First Saturday GM Tournament, Round 10 Budapest, 14 July 2008 Italian Royal Game: Neo-Classical Defense (Clam Opening) (Giucco Pianissimo) 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3
5...d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.h3 Ba7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2 Ne7
10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 c6
12.Ng3 d5
13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6!?
!""""""""# $t+v+ Tl+% $Vo+ +oO % $o+o+ WnO% $+ +oO + % $ + +p+ +% $+bPp+nNp% $pP + Pp+% $R +qR K % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 14...Qd8f6:B 15.exd5 cxd5
16.Bxd5 Rd8 17.Be4
17...Nf4
18.Qc2 g6 19.Ne2 Ne6 20.d4
20...exd4 21.Nexd4
21...Bxd4 22.cxd4 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxg6
24...Bxh3 25.Be4
25...Rc8 26.Qb3 Be6 27.Qg3+ Qg7
28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Bxb7
29...Rb8 30.Bxa6 Rxb2 31.a4
31...Rdd2 32.a5
32...Rxf2 33.Bb7 Bc8 34.Bf3!
34...Ba6 35.Re7 Rfd2
36.Ra4 Rd6
!""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ + RoL % $v+ T + O% $P + + + % $r+ + + +% $+ + +b+ % $ T + +p+% $+ + + K % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 36...Rd2d6 37.Rf4!
37...Rf6 38.Rxf6 Kxf6 39.Ra7
39...Bd3 40.Kh2 Ke6 41.Ra8 Ra2 42.Kg3 Bc4?!
43.Kf4 Ra4 44.Re8+
44...Kd6
45.Re4! f5 46.Bd1 fxe4?
47.Bxa4 Kc5 48.Bc2 Kb5 !""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + O% $pl+ + + % $ +v+oK +% $+ + + + % $ +b+ +p+% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 48...Kc5b5 49.Bxe4!
49...Kxa5 50.Kf5 Kb4 51.Kg6 Kc5
52.Kxh6 Kd4
53.Bg6 Ke3 54.g4 Kf4 55.g5 Bd5
56.Bc2 Bf7 57.Bd3?!
57...Kg4?!
58.Bg6 Bc4 59.Bh5+ Kf5 60.g6 Kf6 !""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + LpK% $+ + + +b% $ +v+ + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 60...Kf5f6 61.g7!
61...Bg8 62.Be2
62...Kf5 63.Bd3+ Kf6 64.Bc2 Ke7 65.Kg6
65...Ke8
66.Kf6 Kd8
67.Bf5 Ke8 68.Bg6+ Kd8 69.Bf7!
69...Bh7 70.Kg5 Ke7 71.Kh6 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Inarkiev - Shirov, Poikovsky |
Alexei Shirov Ernesto Inarkiev - Alexei Shirov International Tournament, Round 5 Poikovsky, 12 July 2008 Slav Queen's Gambit: Tikhi Opening (Schallopp Defense) 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4
6...Bg6 7.Be2
7...Nbd7 8.0-0
8...Ne4!?
9.g3!?
9...Nd6 10.b3
10...Be7
11.Nxg6!?
11...hxg6 12.Qc2 Nf6
13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bf1
14...0-0-0
15.Bg2 Rh5
16.c5
16...Nf5 17.h3 Rdh8
18.e4?!
18...dxe4 19.Bf4
19...Qd8 20.g4 Rxh3!?
21.gxf5
!""""""""# $ +lW + T% $Oo+ VoO % $ +o+oMo+% $+ P +p+ % $ + PoB +% $+pN + +t% $p+q+ Pb+% $R +r+ K % /(((((((() WHITE: Ernesto Inarkiev Position after 21.gf5:N 21...Rxc3!!
22.Qxc3 Nd5
23.Qc1 gxf5 24.Kf1?
24...Rh4
25.Be5 Qh8 26.Ke1
!""""""""# $ +l+ + W% $Oo+ VoO % $ +o+o+ +% $+ +mBo+ % $ + +o+ R% $+p+ + + % $p+ + Pb+% $R QrK + % /(((((((() WHITE: Ernesto Inarkiev Position after 26.Kf1e1 26...Rg4!
27.Bf1 Rg1 28.Qc4
28...Qh4 29.Ke2
29...Bg5 30.Rdb1 f4
31.Rb2 f3+ 32.Kd1 e3 33.Ke1
33...e2 34.Rxe2 Rxf1+ 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Gasimov - Volokitin, Poikovsky |
Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gashimov - Andrei Volokitin International Tournament, Round 6 Poikovsky, 14 July 2008 Open Sicilian Game: Najdorf Defense (Rauzer Opening) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7
8.Bc4
8...Qb6
9.Bb3 Be7 10.f5 Nc5 11.Qf3!?
11...Ncxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxd4
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.c3 Qb6?
15.0-0-0 d5 !""""""""# $t+v+l+ T% $+o+ Vo+o% $oW +oO +% $+ +o+p+ % $ + +n+ +% $+bP +q+ % $pP + +pP% $+ Kr+ +r% /(((((((() WHITE: Vugar Gashimov Position after 15...d6d5 16.fxe6!!
16...dxe4
17.exf7+
17...Kf8 18.Qxe4 f5
19.Qf4!
19...Qg6
20.Rhe1 Be6
21.Qe5!
21...Qg5+ 22.Kb1 Bxb3 23.Qxh8+ Kxf7 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.axb3 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Gomez - So, Philippine Championship, Mandaluyong City |
IM John Paul Gomez won the Philippine Championship last week. The runner up was 14-year-old grandmaster Wesley So, who won this game from Gomez in the next-to-last round.
Wesley So To view this game on a PGN viewer:
John Paul Gomez - Wesley So Philippine Championship, Round 16 Mandaluyong City, 12 July 2008 Spanish Sicilian Game: Royal Defense (Rossolimo Variation) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.Ba3
6...Ng6 7.0-0!?
7...Be7
8.d4!?
8...cxd4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxd4
!""""""""# $t+v+l+ T% $O +oWoOo% $ +o+o+m+% $+ + + + % $ + Qp+ +% $+p+ +n+ % $p+p+ PpP% $Rn+ +rK % /(((((((() WHITE: John Paul Gomez Position after 10.Qd1d4:p 10...0-0
11.c4 c5 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Re1
13...f5
14.e5 Nf4!?
15.Qe3 g5 16.Nbd2 Kh8
17.Red1?
!""""""""# $t+ + T L% $Ov+oW +o% $ + +o+ +% $+ O PoO % $ +p+ M +% $+p+ Qn+ % $p+ N PpP% $R +r+ K % /(((((((() WHITE: John Paul Gomez Position after 17.Re1d1 17...Nxg2!!
18.Kxg2 g4 19.Qf4
19...gxf3+
20.Kf1 Rg8 21.Nxf3
21...Rg4 22.Qe3 Rag8 23.Nd2 f4 24.Qc3
24...Qg7 25.Ke2 f3+ 26.Nxf3
26...Re4+ 27.Kd2 Rf8 0-1
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