The Chess World Cup 2017

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

I just corrected the diagram that I posted incorrectly. Sorry.

WK

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 4, 2017

Results after first two rounds


Name G1 G2 Tot

Round 1 Match 01
Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 1 1 2
Balogun Oluwafemi (NGR) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 02
Ruiz Castillo Joshua Dani (COL) 0 ½ 0.5
So Wesley (USA) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 03
Caruana Fabiano (USA) 1 1 2
Solomon Kenny (RSA) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 04
Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Dai Changren (CHN) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 05
Cawdery Daniel (RSA) 0 0 0
Aronian Levon (ARM) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 06
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE) ½ 1 1.5
Liu Guanchu (CHN) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 07
Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 1 1 2
Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib (BAN) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 08
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) 1 ½ 1.5
Khusenkhojaev Muhammad (TJK) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 09
Grischuk Alexander (RUS) 1 1 2
El Gindy Essam (EGY) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 10
Anand Viswanathan (IND) ½ 1 1.5
Yeoh Li Tian (MAS) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 11
Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) ½ 0 0.5
Ding Liren (CHN) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 12
Karjakin Sergey (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Smirnov Anton (AUS) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 13
Giri Anish (NED) 1 ½ 1.5
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 14
Wei Yi (CHN) 1 0 1
Sambuev Bator (CAN) 0 1 1
Round 1 Match 15
Palac Mladen (CRO) ½ ½ 1
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 16
Vakhidov Jakhongir (UZB) 0 0 0
Svidler Peter (RUS) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 17
El Debs Felipe de Cresce (BRA) ½ 0 0.5
Wojtaszek Radoslaw (POL) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 18
Yu Yangyi (CHN) ½ ½ 1
Pourramezanali Amirreza (IRI) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 19
Li Chao b (CHN) ½ 1 1.5
Krysa Leandro (ARG) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 20
Gonzalez Vidal Yuri (CUB) 1 0 1
Harikrishna P. (IND) 0 1 1
Round 1 Match 21
Ziska Helgi Dam (FAI) 0 ½ 0.5
Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 22
Kunin Vitaly (GER) ½ 0 0.5
Le Quang Liem (VIE) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 23
Batchuluun Tsegmed (MGL) ½ ½ 1
Adams Michael (ENG) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 24
Navara David (CZE) 1 1 2
Hjartarson Johann (ISL) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 25
Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 0 0 0
Lenderman Aleksandr (USA) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 26
Fedoseev Vladimir (RUS) 1 0 1
Bacallao Alonso Yusnel (CUB) 0 1 1
Round 1 Match 27
Stupak Kirill (BLR) ½ 0 0.5
Gelfand Boris (ISR) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 28
Sadorra Julio Catalino (PHI) 0 ½ 0.5
Matlakov Maxim (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 29
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) ½ ½ 1
Kazhgaleyev Murtas (KAZ) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 30
Kulaots Kaido (EST) ½ 0 0.5
Vitiugov Nikita (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 31
Karthikeyan Murali (IND) 1 0 1
Vallejo Pons Francisco (ESP) 0 1 1
Round 1 Match 32
Bacrot Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ 1
Fier Alexandr (BRA) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 33
Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) 1 1 2
Flores Diego (ARG) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 34
Tomashevsky Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Antipov Mikhail Al. (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 35
Aleksandrov Aleksej (BLR) ½ 0 0.5
Najer Evgeniy (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 36
Pantsulaia Levan (GEO) 0 0 0
Duda Jan-Krzysztof (POL) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 37
Goganov Aleksey (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Andreikin Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 38
Sengupta Deep (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Wang Hao (CHN) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 39
Mchedlishvili Mikheil (GEO) ½ 0 0.5
Inarkiev Ernesto (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 40
Howell David W L (ENG) ½ ½ 1
Tari Aryan (NOR) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 41
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios (GRE) ½ 0 0.5
Cheparinov Ivan (BUL) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 42
Hovhannisyan Robert (ARM) ½ ½ 1
Rodshtein Maxim (ISR) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 43
Delgado Ramirez Neuris (PAR) 0 ½ 0.5
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 44
Bok Benjamin (NED) 0 0 0
Artemiev Vladislav (RUS) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 45
Sethuraman S.P. (IND) 1 ½ 1.5
Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 46
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter (GER) ½ ½ 1
Sevian Samuel (USA) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 47
Salgado Lopez Ivan (ESP) ½ ½ 1
Jobava Baadur (GEO) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 48
Onischuk Alexander (USA) 1 1 2
Zherebukh Yaroslav (USA) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 49
Erdos Viktor (HUN) ½ ½ 1
Amin Bassem (EGY) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 50
Adhiban B. (IND) ½ ½ 1
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 51
Rapport Richard (HUN) 1 1 2
Cordova Emilio (PER) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 52
Xiong Jeffery (USA) ½ 0 0.5
Motylev Alexander (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 53
Dubov Daniil (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Fridman Daniel (GER) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 54
Kovalenko Igor (LAT) 0 ½ 0.5
Kravtsiv Martyn (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 55
Akobian Varuzhan (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Kovalyov Anton (CAN) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 56
Cori Jorge (PER) 1 ½ 1.5
Jones Gawain C B (ENG) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 57
Melkumyan Hrant (ARM) ½ ½ 1
Grachev Boris (RUS) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 58
Anton Guijarro David (ESP) ½ 0 0.5
Bruzon Batista Lazaro (CUB) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 59
Zhigalko Sergei (BLR) 0 ½ 0.5
Kuzubov Yuriy (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 60
Piorun Kacper (POL) ½ 0 0.5
Hou Yifan (CHN) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 61
Areshchenko Alexander (UKR) 1 0 1
Demchenko Anton (RUS) 0 1 1
Round 1 Match 62
Lenic Luka (SLO) ½ ½ 1
Fressinet Laurent (FRA) ½ ½ 1
Round 1 Match 63
Bluebaum Matthias (GER) 1 ½ 1.5
Mareco Sandro (ARG) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 64
Bachmann Axel (PAR) 0 0 0
Dreev Aleksey (RUS) 1 1 2

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The World Chess Cup 2017

September 4, 2017

Playoffs (Sept. 5)

1. Fier-Bacrot
Winner to play Bu Xiangzhi

2. Amin-Erdos
Winner to play Peter Svidler

3. Grachev-Melkumyan
Winner to play MVL

4. Tari-Howell
Winner to play Aleksandr Lederman

5. Areshchenko-Demchenko
Winner to play Vladimir Kramnik

6. Ivanchuk-Kazhgaleyev
Winner to play Jan-Krzysztof Duda

7. Gonzales-Harikrishna
Winner to play S. P. Sethuraman

8. Andreikin-Goganov
Winner to play Maxim Matiakov

9. Smirnov-Karjakin
Winner to play winner of playoff between
Daniil Dubov-Daniel Fridman

10. Vallejo Pons-Karthikeyan
Winner to play winner of playoff between
Antipov-Tomashevsky

11. Nepomniachtchi-Palac
Winner to play winner of playoff between
Nguyen-Adhiban

12. Pourramezanali-Yu Yangyi
Winner to play winner of playoff between
Jobava-Salgado Lopez

13. Bacallao Alonso-Fedoseev
Winner to play Ernesto Inarkiev

14. Adams-Batchuluun
Winner to play winner of playoff between
Hovhannisyan-Rodshtein

15. Lenic-Fressinet
Winner to play Fabiano Caruana

16. Sambuev-Wei Yi
Winner to play Richard Rapport

17. Sevian-Nisipeanu
Winner to play Li Chao

Total: 22 playoff matches

1/32 final matches (Sept. 6)

1. Carlsen-Dreev
2. Wojtaszek-Onischuk
3. Grischuk-Cori
4. Navara-Cheparinov
5. Giri-Motylev
6. Aronian-Hou Yifan
7. Radjabov-Artemiev
8. So-Bluebaum
9. Nakamura-Bruzon Batista
10. Anand-Kovalyov
11. Vitiugov-Najer
12. Mamedyarov-Kuzubov
13. Gelfand-Wang Hao
14. Ding Liren-Kravsiv
15. Le-Vidit

Total: 15 matches

Eliminated

1. Balogun
2. Bachmann
3. Flores
4. Vakhidov
5. El Debs
6. Zherebukh
7. Khusenkhojaev
8. Eljanov
9. El Gindy
10. Jones
11. Hjartarson
12. Mastrovasilis
13. Dai
14. Pantsulaia
15. Dzagnidze
16. Xiong
17. Ponomariov
18. Cawdery
19. Piorun
20. Sadorra
21. Ziska
22. Bok
23. Ruiz Castillo
24. Mareco
25. Mollah Abdullah
26. Anton Guijarro
27. Mchedlishvili
28. Yeoh
29. Akobian
30. Solomon
31. Kulaots
32. Aleksandrov
33. Cordova
34. Krysa
35. Zhigalko
36. Stupak
37. Sengupta
38. Haddouche
39. Kovalenko
40. Kunin
41. Delgado Ramirez
42. Liu

Total: 42 players

Grand Total: 128 players

Please notify me of any errors in this table (All my own work!)

[John Upper]

Round 1.2 games

Canadian games annotated on the CFC Newsfeed:
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/995

Photos and screencaps on the CFC Newsletter facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=e19843738b

[Neil Frarey]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Go Canada Go!

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Go Anton go!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 5, 2017

Round Three
Playoffs
25 + 10 games

FIDE World Cup 2017
Playoff, Sept. 5
25+10 Game 1
Wei Yi – Sambuev, Bator
D30 QGD

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.Ne5 Bb7 7.O-O a6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.a4 Ne7 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Bd2 Bxd2 12.Nd6+ Kf8 13.Nexf7 Qc7 14.Qxd2 Nc8 15.Qf4 Nf6 16.Nxc8 Qxf4 17.gxf4 Rxc8 18.Nxh8 Nd5 19.axb5 cxb5 20.f5 Re8 21.Rfc1 exf5 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxa6 Rxe2 24.Rd6 Bf3 25.Ra1 b4 26.d5 c3 27.bxc3 b3 28.Rd7 Re8 29.Rf7+ Kg8 30.Re7 Rd8 31.c4 Be4 32.Rb7 Bc2 33.Nf7 Rf8 34.Ng5 Rc8 35.Raa7 f4 36.Rxg7+ Kh8 37.Rxh7+ Bxh7 38.Rxh7+ Kg8 39.Rb7 1-0

25+10 Game 1
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas – Ivanchuk, Vassily
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Rd1 h6 11.h3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Be2 e4 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.Nc4 Bf5 16.g4 Bh7 17.h4 Nfd5 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Bb4 20.Rg1 Rad8 21.Kf1 Bf5 22.Rg3 Nxc4 23.bxc4 Nxc3 24.Bxc3 Bd6 25.Rg1 Bh2 26.Rh1 Bh3+ 27.Ke1 Qxg5 28.Kd2 Qg2 29.Kc1 Rd6 30.Kb1 Rf6 31.f4 exf3 32.Bd3 f2 33.Rhf1 Rxe3 34.Kb2 Qf3 35.d5 Bxf1 36.Bxf1 Rxc3 37.Qxc3 Qxd1 0-1

A game where Smirnov had a huge time advantage but Karjakin still won

25+10 Game 1
Karjakin, Sergey – Smirnov, Anton
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Be6 15.Qd1 Rc8 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Re2 f6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.a3 Nc6 21.Rc1 Bd5 22.Rd2 Rfe8 23.h3 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Qxh3 25.d5 Ne5 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.d6 Qd7 28.Kg2 Ng6 29.Bg3 Nf8 30.Rc2 Ne6 31.Qd5 Kf8 32.Qf5 Rc8 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.dxc7 h6 35.Qc2 Qc8 36.Qd3 Kf7 37.Qd5 g5 38.a4 h5 39.b4 h4 40.Bd6 b6 41.a5 bxa5 42.bxa5 a6 43.Qb3 Ke8 44.Qa4+ Kf7 45.Qc4 Ke8 46.Qc6+ Kf7 47.Kh2 Nd4 48.Qd5+ Ne6 49.Qf5 Qd7 50.Kg1 Qc8 51.Be5 Ke7 52.Qh7+ Ke8 53.Bd6 1-0

25+10 Game 1
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Bacallao Alonso, Yusnei
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Qe1 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Bd6 10.g3 Nge7 11.Nd2 O-O-O 12.f4 Nf5 13.Nf3 h5 14.Bd2 Kb8 15.b4 Rhe8 16.a4 f6 17.a5 g6 18.Rae1 Re7 19.Qf2 Rc8 20.a6 b6 21.Ne5 Rg8 22.Nxg6 Rxg6 23.Rxe6 Nh4 24.Bxg6 Nxg6 25.Rxf6 1-0

25+10 Game 1
Adams, Michael – Batchuluun, Tsegmed
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

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.h3 h5 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.Ne2 b6 12.Rd1 Be7 13.a4 a5 14.Bf4 c5 15.e6 Bxe6 16.Bxc7 Bd8 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Nf4 Ke7 19.Ne5 Kf6 20.Nxe6 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Kxe5 22.Nc7 Rc8 23.Rd7 Kf6 24.Kf1 g5 25.c3 g4 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.g3 Rh8 28.Kg2 Rb8 29.c4 Ke5 30.Nb5 f6 31.Rd5+ Ke6 32.Nc7+ 1-0

[Gordon Ritchie]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

It appears that Bator lost two games and eked out one draw. Still, a fine performance against a superGM and possible future world champion.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 5, 2016

Round Three
Playoffs

25+10 Game 2
Sambuev, Bator – Wei Yi
A06 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bc3 Qb6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 bxc6 13.Be2 c5 14.O-O Be6 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Qe1 Qxe1 17.Rfxe1 Rfc8 18.Rac1 c4 19.f3 cxb3 20.axb3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 d4 22.exd4 Bxb3 23.Nc5 Bd5 24.Na6 Rd8 25.Rc7 Be6 26.Rxa7 Kf8 27.Nb4 Rxd4 28.Nc6 Rd6 29.Ra8+ Ne8 30.Ne5 Ke7 31.Ra7+ Kf8 32.Ra8 Ke7 33.Bb5 Nc7 34.Ra7 Kf6 35.Rxc7 Kxe5 36.Be8 Kf6 37.Kf2 Rd8 38.Bb5 Rd5 39.Rb7 Rd2+ 40.Kg3 Rb2 41.Bc6 Rxb7 42.Bxb7 g5 43.Kf2 Ke5 44.Ke3 h6 45.g3 f6 46.Be4 Kd6 47.Kd4 Ke7 48.Kc5 Kf8 49.Kd6 Bc4 50.Bd5 Be2 51.Ke6 Kg7 52.Kf5 Bd3+ 53.Be4 Bb5 54.Ke6 Bc4+ 55.Bd5 Bf1 56.Kf5 Bd3+ 57.Ke6 Bf1 58.Be4 Bc4+ 59.Kd6 Bf1 60.Bd5 Bd3 61.Kc5 Bf5 62.g4 Bd3 63.Kd4 Bg6 64.Be4 Bf7 65.Kc5 h5 66.h3 Be8 67.Bd3 Bf7 68.Kd6 hxg4 69.hxg4 Be8 70.Ke7 Bc6 71.Be4 Bb5 72.Kd6 Bc4 73.Bd5 Bf1 74.Kc5 Bg2 75.Kd4 Kf8 76.Be4 Ke7 77.Ke3 Bf1 78.Bd3 Bxd3 79.Kxd3 Ke6 80.Ke4 f5+ 81.gxf5+ 1/2-1/2

25+10 Game 2
Grachev, Boris – Melkumyan, Hrant
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nf4 Rc8 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bxe6+ Kh8 15.Bxc8 Qxc8 16.Qa4 Na5 17.dxc5 Bc6 18.Qd1 Bxe4 19.Rb4 Ba8 20.Rg4 bxc5 21.Bg5 Nc6 22.Qe2 Bd6 23.Rd1 Ne5 24.Rg3 Qc6 25.Bf4 Qe8 26.Rxd6 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Qa4 28.Bh6 gxh6 29.gxf3 Qf4 30.Qe7 Qc4+ 31.Kg1 1-0

25+10 Game 2
Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel – Fedoseev, Vladimir
A09 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be2 Be6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Rc8 12.c4 Bb4 13.c5 Bc3 14.Rc1 Bxd4 15.b4 Bb2 16.Rb1 Bc3 17.Qa4 Bf5 18.b5 Qa5 19.Qf4 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd2 21.Qf3 Bxb1 22.Rxb1 Rxc5 23.Qxf6 Qxa2 24.Rd1 Bc3 0-1

25+10 Game 2
Goganov Aleksey – Andreikin, Dmitry
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O c6 10.Kb1 d5 11.Nd4 Re8 12.h4 Nb6 13.b3 c5 14.Ne2 d4 15.cxd4 Nd5 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bf4 c4 18.Nc3 cxb3 19.axb3 Bb4 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Qd3 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 a5 24.Bc7 Qd7 25.Bxa5 Qb5 26.Bb4 Rec8 27.Qd2 Be4 28.Rc1 Qa6 29.Ba5 Qxa5 30.Qxa5 Rxa5 31.f3 Bg6 32.Kb2 Rca8 33.c4 Ra2+ 34.Kc3 Rxg2 35.h5 Bf5 36.d5 Kf7 37.c5 Rg3 38.Ra1 Rxf3+ 39.Kb4 Rf4+ 40.Kb5 Rc8 41.Ra7 Bd3+ 42.Kb6 Rb4+ 43.Ka5 Rb5+ 0-1

25+10 Game 2
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
E70 King’s Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Re8 11.f3 c5 12.Bg5 b5 13.cxb5 a6 14.a4 Qc7 15.Qc2 Nd7 16.Bf4 axb5 17.axb5 Rb8 18.b4 Qb6 19.Rfc1 Bb7 20.Qd2 Rbc8 21.Rab1 Ra8 22.Kh1 Ra3 23.Bc4 Rea8 24.bxc5 dxc5 25.h3 h5 26.Rc2 Kh7 27.Nc1 f5 28.Nd3 fxe4 29.fxe4 Nf6 30.Re1 Re8 31.Ne5 g5 32.Bh2 Qa5 33.Qxa5 Rxa5 34.Bf1 Nxe4 35.Bd3 Bxd5 36.Rxc5 Ba8 37.Nc6 Kh6 38.Nxa5 Nf2+ 39.Kg1 Rxe1+ 40.Kxf2 Re3 41.Rc8 Bd5 42.Rd8 Be6 43.Bc4 Bf6 44.Rd6 1-0

25+10 Game 2
Pourramezanali, Amirreza – Yu Yangyi
A00 Benko Opening

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.Nd2 c5 5.e4 dxe4 6.dxe4 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.c3 e5 11.a4 h6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Nfd2 Rfe8 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Nf1 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Na5 17.Qe2 Nb3 18.Rb1 Nxc1 19.Rbxc1 h5 20.Qb5 Bh6 21.Rcd1 a6 22.Qc4 Qc6 23.a5 b5 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Qa2 Kg7 26.Bf3 a5 27.Rb1 Rd6 28.Qc4 Rb8 29.Bd1 Qb5 30.Qa2 Qd3 31.Be2 Qxe4 32.Bc4 Qf5 33.h3 Ne4 34.Rxe4 Qxe4 35.Bxf7 Rf8 36.Bc4 Rxf2 37.Kxf2 Rf6+ 38.Kg1 Be3+ 39.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 40.Kh1 Rf2 0-1

25+10 Game 2
Sevian, Samuel – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4 a6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nxf5 Nxf5 14.Bb6 Nc6 15.f4 Rc8 16.Bxc4 Bb4 17.Bb3 Ba5 18.Bf2 h5 19.Kb1 Bxc3 20.bxc3 b5 21.Bb6 O-O 22.Rd7 Rb8 23.Bf2 Na5 24.h3 Rfc8 25.g4 Nh6 26.g5 Nf5 27.g6 Nxb3 28.gxf7+ Kf8 29.axb3 Nh6 30.Ba7 Ra8 31.Bd4 Rc6 32.Rg1 Nxf7 33.Rg6 Rd8 34.Rb7 Nh8 35.Rgxg7 a5 1-0

25+10 Game 2
Smirnov, Anton – Karjakin, Sergey
D41 QGD Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 11.O-O Bb4 12.Ncxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Ke7 14.Be3 Rhd8 15.a3 Nd4 16.axb4 Nxb5 17.Bc5+ Kd7 18.Rfd1+ Ke8 19.Re1 b6 20.Be3 h6 21.Nc3 Nd6 22.Bf4 Kf8 23.Bxd6+ Rxd6 24.h3 Rd7 25.b5 Rc8 26.Ra4 Rc4 27.Rea1 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 Ke7 29.Kf1 Kd6 30.Re4 Rc7 31.Ke2 Rc4 32.Re3 Rb4 33.Rd3+ Kc5 34.Rd2 Rd4 35.Rc2 Kb4 36.Ke3 Rd7 37.Ne2 Kxb5 38.Nd4+ Kb4 39.Rc3 a5 40.Nc2+ Kb5 41.Nd4+ Ka6 42.f4 a4 43.g4 b5 44.Rc5 Bc4 45.g5 hxg5 46.Rxg5 f6 47.Rc5 Ka5 48.Rc8 Kb4 49.Rb8 Re7+ 50.Kf3 Kc5 51.Nc2 Bd5+ 52.Kf2 Re4 53.Rc8+ Bc6 54.f5 b4 55.Rc7 Rc4 56.Ne3 Rf4+ 57.Ke2 a3 58.bxa3 bxa3 59.Rxg7 a2 60.Rg1 Bb5+ 61.Kd2 Rf2+ 62.Kc3 Bf1 0-1

After 25+10 Tie-break

1. Bacrot-Fier 2.5-1.5
Fier is eliminated

2. Grachev-Melkumyan 2.5-1.5
Melkumyan is eliminated

3. Ivanchuk-Kazhgaleev 3-1
Kazhgaleev is eliminated

4. Andreikin-Goganov 3-1
Goganov is eliminated

5. Karjakin-Smnirnov 3-1
Smirnov is eliminated

6. Vallejo-Karthikeyan 2.5-1.5
Karthikeyan is eliminated

7. Tomashevsky-Antipov 2.5-l.5
Antipov is eliminated

8. Yu Yangyi-Pourramezanali 3-1
Pourramezanali is eliminated

9. Fedoseev-Bacallao 3-1
Bacallao is eliminated

10. Adams-Batchuluun 2.5-1.5
Batchuluun is eliminated

11. Rodshtein-Hovhannisyan 2.5-1.5
Hovhannisyan is eliminated

12. Wei Yi-Sambuev 2.5-1.5
Sambuev is eliminated

13. Nisipeanu-Sevian 1.5-2.5
Nisipeanu is eliminated

[Vlad Rekhson]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Kovalyov-Anand should be interesting

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup

September 5, 2017

Playoffs

After the 10 + 10 Tie-break

1. Amin-Erdos 2.5-3.5
Amin is eliminated

2. Howell-Tari 2.5-3.5
Howell is eliminated

3. Areschenko-Demchenko 2-4
Areschenko is eliminated

4. Harikrishna-Gonzalez 3.5-2.5
Gonzalez is eliminated

5. Dubov-Fridman 3.5-2.5
Fridman is eliminated

6. Nepomniachtchi-Palac 3.5-2.5
Palac is eliminated

7. Adhiban-Nguyen 3.5-2.5
Nguyen is eliminated

8. Fressinet-Lenic 2-4
Fressinet is eliminated

The only match going to 5+3 is Jobava-Salgado

The final result is 4.5-3.5

No match went to Armageddon

1/32 Round Matches

1. Carlsen-Dreev
2. Bacrot-Bu
3. Svidler-Erdos
4. Wojtaszek-Onischuk
5. MVL-Grachev
6. Lenderman-Tari
7. Grischuk-Cori
8. Navara-Cheparinov
9. Kramnik-Demchenko
10. Ivanchuk-Duda
11. Giri-Motylev
12. Harikrishna-Sethuraman
13. Aronian-Hou
14. Matiakov-Andreikin
15. Karjakin-Dubov
16. Radjabov-Artemiev
17. So-Bluebaum
18. Vallejo Pons-Tomashevsky
19. Nepomniachtchi-Adhiban
20. Yu-Jobava
21. Nakamura-Bruzon Batista
22. Fedoseev-Inarkiev
23. Anand-Kovalyov
24. Adams-Rodshtein
25. Caruana-Lanic
26. Vitiugov-Najer
27. Wei Yi-Rapport
28. Li Chao B-Sevian
29. Mamedyarov-Kuzubov
30. Gelfand-Wang Hao
31. Ding Liren-Kravtsiv
32. Le-Vidit

[Laurentiu Grigorescu]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Wei Yi - Rapport. Too bad it's not Sambuev - Rapport, we would have seen a game with 6 knights and 4 queens on the board.
Instead I take Gelfand - Wang Hao match.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 5, 2017

Peter Doggers writes vividly about the tie-break playoffs today:

Bassem Amin, David Howell, Laurent Fressinet and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu are the biggest names that were eliminated on day three of the FIDE World Cup in Tibilisi. In the longest tiebreak match of the day, local hero Baadur Jobava managed to qualify at the expense of Ivan Salgado.

It was a rare but wonderful display of sportsmanship and friendship to see Jobava and Salgado, who just finished a thrilling tiebreak, hanging out together in the press room, drinking wine and sharing stories with each other and with journalists. As it turned out, the two have been friends since they were 16, and there was even a tiny bit of sadness in Jobava's eyes as he had been forced to knock out his Spanish amigo.

Besides the natural disappointment and fatigue, Salgado was mostly happy to have played "an interesting match." (Back in 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk he had lost his first-round match without a serious fight in his first World Cup.)

The first two rapid games ended in draws, then Jobava won the first 10+10 game and then Salgado managed to win as well.
Jobava then played one of his pet systems, the reversed Philidor. Salgado said that he had even looked at this during his preparation, but somehow it went wrong anyway. A powerful performance by the winner, who showed no mercy after just one mistake from his opponent.

This was the longest tiebreak match of the day. These last two games were played in an empty playing hall, although many volunteers, arbiters and journalists were allowed to watch (and film!) from closeby. (The organizers and arbiters deserve credits for working together professionally with the media.)

Eight matches were decided in the 10+10 rapid games, the most dramatic being Viktor Erdos vs Bassem Amin. After drawing their 25+10 games, Erdos won the first 10+10 convincingly. In the second game he "got excited" (as he said himself) and used two hands to promote to a queen.

Amin claimed a win, which is understandable since per 1 July 2017 using two hands for a move equals an illegal move, which loses the game in rapid and blitz if the opponent claims or the arbiter steps in. However, at World Cups the same rules are in effect for all time controls, to avoid confusion for the players. Therefore, also in tiebreaks, at the first occurrence an illegal move will lead to a warning and the opponent receives two minutes extra on the clock.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/amin...exit-world-cup

I was impressed with how Anton Smirnov handled himself against Sergey Karjakin and the play of Aryan Tari, the Norwegian heir-apparent to Magnus.
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Ian Rogers has written about the U.S. players who survived Round One:

https://new.uschess.org/news/hidden-...ive-round-one/

It contains this tidbit of news about the awarding of the games to Tbilisi:

Georgia has in recent years been keen to promote itself as a desirable tourist destination. Add to that a chess tradition which includes producing some of the top women players of the previous century and Tbilisi could be viewed as an ideal place to host a major tournament.

So when billionaire Prime Minster Bidzina Ivanishvili was presented with a proposal back in 2012 to try to bring the Chess Olympiad to Georgia in 2018, he happily allocated the needed government funds, both to promote chess and to help advertise Georgia to 150+ countries around the world.

FIDE also requires the bidding country to host the World Cup in the year before the Olympiad, so at the start of September the Georgian capital Tbilisi found itself hosting the ever-entertaining – but expensive – 128 player knock-out event with a first prize of $96,000. Players qualify for the World Cup from zones around the world, supplemented by players selected on rating or gaining their places through the Women’s World Championship, the World Junior Championship plus various wild cards.

The 2017 World Cup is being held in Tbilisi’s best hotel, the Preference Hualing, part of a massive commercial development and (massive) residential project by the Chinese company Hualing on the outskirts of Tbilisi. Players are required to stay at the hotel for the duration of their survival in the tournament – those who initially chose to book an Airbnb apartment discovered that they would be slugged the $247 per day hotel rate by the tournament organizers anyway! (With 128 players staying from four days to almost a month, that totals more than the tournament’s first prize, a significant savings even allowing that some of that money must go to the hotel.)
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25+10, Play-off, Sept. 5 (3)
Jobava, Baadur – Salgado Lopez, Ivan
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan variation

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.Nbc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.a5 a6 13.Nc3 Bg5 14.Ne4 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Rd1 Qd6 18.Ra3 Rb8 19.Qe3 Bf5 20.c4 b6 21.Rd2 b5 22.h4 b4 23.Ra1 Rbd8 24.Re1 Bd7 25.Bd3 Rde8 26.Qg3 Re7 27.Rde2 Rfe8 28.Qg5 f6 29.Qg3 f5 30.f3 Qf6 31.Qg5 h6 32.Qxf6 gxf6 33.Kf2 Rg7 34.f4 e4 35.Re3 Kf7 36.Be2 Reg8 37.g3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

25+10, Play-off, Sept. 5 (4)
Salgado Lopez, Ivan – Jobava, Baadur
C10 French, Fort Knox variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.Bb5 Qd5 10.Bxc6+ Qxc6 11.O-O Bd6 12.c4 O-O 13.Re1 Rfe8 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Ne5 Qd6 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Qf3 f6 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Be3 Bb4 20.Rf1 c6 21.a3 Bd6 22.h4 a5 23.h5 h6 24.Qg4 Qf7 25.Rfe1 a4 26.Re2 f5 27.Qf3 e5 28.dxe5 Bxe5 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Rxe2 31.Qxe2 Re8 32.Qf3 Qf6 33.Qc3 c5 34.Rd5 Qxc3 35.bxc3 Re1+ 36.Kh2 b6 37.Kg3 Re4 38.Rd6 Rxc4 39.Rxb6 Kh7 40.f3 Rxc3 41.Rc6 Rc4 42.Ra6 Rd4 43.Ra5 Rc4 44.Ra6 Kg8 45.Ra7 Kf8 46.Kh3 Rd4 47.Ra5 c4 48.Rxa4 Ke7 49.Kg3 Kd6 50.Kf2 f4 51.Ke2 Kc5 52.Ra7 Kb6 53.Ra4 Kb5 54.Rb4+ Kc5 55.Rb7 Kc6 56.Rb4 Kc5 57.Rb7 Rd5 58.Rxg7 c3 59.Rc7+ Kd4 60.Kd1 Kd3 61.Kc1 Rg5 62.Rd7+ Kc4 63.Rc7+ Kd3 64.Rd7+ Ke3 65.Kc2 Rxg2+ 66.Kxc3 Kxf3 67.Rd6 Rg5 68.Rxh6 Rf5 1/2-1/2

10+10, Play-off, Sept. 5 (5)
Jobava, Baadur – Salgado Lopez, Ivan
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan variation

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.Nbc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.a5 a6 13.Nc3 f5 14.Ra3 e4 15.Bf4 Ne5 16.Na4 Ng6 17.Bd2 Bg5 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.f4 exf3 20.Raxf3 Ne5 21.R3f2 Nd7 22.Nc4 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Nf6 24.Bf3 Qc7 25.Qb4 Bd7 26.Re1 Ne4 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.b3 Rf6 30.Rxe4 Bb5 31.h3 Bxc4 32.Qxc4 Qxa5 33.Qc8+ Rf8 34.Qe6+ Kh8 35.Qxd6 Qa1+ 36.Kh2 Qf1 37.Re7 b5 38.Qe5 1-0

10+10, Play-off, Sept. 5 (6)
Salgado Lopez, Ivan – Jobava, Baadur
C10 French, Fort Knox variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.c3 h6 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Qe2 Ngf6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.O-O-O Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Bg5 13.Kb1 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 c6 15.h4 Nf6 16.Qg3 Rg8 17.Rhe1 Qb8 18.f4 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Qh3 Qxf4 21.Rf1 Qg4 22.Qh2 O-O-O 23.Rde1 Rh8 24.Qe5 Nd7 25.Qa5 Qxg2 26.Qxa7 Rh2 27.Qa3 Nb6 28.Be4 Qd2 29.Rd1 Qe3 30.Bxc6 bxc6 31.Qa6+ Kc7 32.Qa7+ Kd6 33.Qxb6 Rd7 34.Qb8+ Rc7 35.Rxf7 Qe4+ 36.Ka1 1-0

5+3, Play-off, Sept. 5 (7)
Salgado Lopez, Ivan – Jobava, Baadur
B07 Pirc Defence, sideline

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be3 a6 9.a3 h6 10.h3 Ke7 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.Bxe6 Kxe6 14.Nc4 Rac8 15.f3 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Na5 Rb8 18.Rd2 Ke7 19.Rhd1 Ne6 20.Nc4 Rbd8 21.Nxe5 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 h5 23.h4 c6 24.Na4 Rg8 25.Nb6 g5 26.hxg5 Rxg5 27.Nd3 h4 28.Nc4 Nh5 29.Ne3 Ng3 30.Kd1 Rh5 31.Ke1 h3 32.gxh3 Rxh3 33.Rg2 Nd4 34.Nf2 Nxf3+ 35.Kd1 Rh2 36.Rxh2 Nxh2 37.Nc4 Kd7 38.Kd2 Nf3+ 39.Ke3 Nh4 40.Ng4 f5 41.exf5 Ngxf5+ 1/2-1/2

5+3, Play-off, Sept. 5 (8)
Jobava, Baadur – Salgado Lopez, Ivan
C42 Petrov’s Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.Qc2 a5 6.a4 Bc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O h6 9.h3 Be6 10.Re1 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qe7 12.Na3 Rad8 13.Bb5 Nd7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 f6 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Qe6 18.Na3 Ne7 19.Rd1 Nc5 20.b4 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 axb4 22.cxb4 Na6 23.b5 Nc5 24.Qc2 b6 25.a5 Ra8 26.Nc4 bxa5 27.Ncxe5 Nd7 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.Qc4+ Kh7 30.e5 Qd5 31.Qxc7 Qd1+ 32.Re1 Qd8 33.Qxd8 Rxd8 34.exf6 Nd5 35.Rd1 a4 36.f7 a3 37.Ne5 a2 38.Nd7 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

September 6, 2017

1/32 Finals

Stockfish has been giving Anand the edge over Kovalyov and then reddened Vishy’s 23rd move:

Game 1, Sept. 6, 2017
Anand, Vishy – Kovalyov, Anton
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qd2 b5 12.Rfd1 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bd7 17.a5 Qb7 18.Qe3 Be7 19.Qb6 Qxb6 20.axb6 Rb8 21.Rxa6 Bd8 22.b7 Ke7 23.Nc5 *



Black to move

[John Coleman]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Kovalyov wins!