The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

For easy-to-read x-table, go to >>>>http://chess-results.com/tnr120746.a...edb=CAN&wi=821

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

Bravo Eric!
Pairings/Results
Round 7 on 2014/02/03 at 15:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 5 ½ - ½ 5½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
3 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 16
4 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 5 1 - 0 5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 8
5 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
6 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Rapport Richard 2691

[Caesar Posylek]

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Pairings/Results
Round 8 on 2014/02/04 at 15:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 6 1 - 0 6 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 23
2 13 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Adams Michael 2754 1
3 14 GM Li Chao B 2680 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2
4 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 16
5 75 IM Pardo Simon David 2450 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Kamsky Gata 2709 7
6 9 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Hansen Eric 2559 39
7 11 GM Rapport Richard 2691 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Wei Yi 2607 26
8 6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 5 ½ - ½ 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2658 20
9 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 5 0 - 1 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 40
10 44 GM Maze Sebastien 2536 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Navara David 2702 10
11 17 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 5 1 - 0 5 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2527 46
12 45 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2533 5 0 - 1 5 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2597 28
13 29 GM Adhiban B. 2590 5 1 - 0 5 GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce 2520 48
14 63 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Mareco Sandro 2582 30
15 33 GM Fier Alexandr 2572 5 0 - 1 5 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 68
16 78 GM Akesson Ralf 2447 5 0 - 1 5 GM Zhao Xue 2567 34
17 84 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 5 1 - 0 5 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 2566 35
18 37 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2564 5 1 - 0 5 IM Lejlic Samir 2345 108
19 53 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2511 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2733 5
20 54 GM Xu Jun 2510 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2683 12
21 15 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 4½ 1 - 0 4½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2495 59
22 55 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Sutovsky Emil 2663 18
23 19 GM Bologan Viktor 2661 4½ 1 - 0 4½ IM Mikkelsen Nikolaj 2423 86
24 65 IM Hambleton Aman 2481 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Agdestein Simen 2627 22

[Caesar Posylek]

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Pairings/Results
Round 9 on 2014/02/05 at 15:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 6½ ½ - ½ 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 6 1 - 0 6½ GM Rapport Richard 2691 11
3 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Adhiban B. 2590 29
4 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 6 0 - 1 6 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 4
5 34 GM Zhao Xue 2567 6 1 - 0 6 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
6 28 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2597 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
7 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Li Chao B 2680 14
8 16 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 6 1 - 0 6 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2564 37
9 40 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 6 0 - 1 6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
10 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 6 ½ - ½ 6 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 84
11 68 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 6 1 - 0 5½ GM Bologan Viktor 2661 19
12 24 GM Dubov Daniil 2614 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2511 53
13 25 GM Sandipan Chanda 2609 5½ 0 - 1 5½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 55
14 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 5½ 1 - 0 5½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 63
15 38 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 6

[Andrei Botez]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

Eric got 18 FIDE rating points, bringing him 4 points bellow his highest rated ever. Also great result for Lali Agbabishvili 50% gained 48 FIDE rating points that will move her on the 6th spot on Canadian Women list on FIDE website. BC Jason Kenney got 12 Fide rating points and also GM Spraggett (his last game is not done) gain FIDE rated points and depending on the last result he might move on the 3rd place on Canadian Man FIDE list.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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What did happen to Aman? 0-0-0 in last rounds :/

[Andrei Botez]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

What did happen to Aman? 0-0-0 in last rounds :/

It matters? I am sure is not happy with that.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

Eric didn't lose any games in this event. Only wins and draws.

[Gary Ruben]

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Sometimes when that happens it's a good idea to go back and look at the games a player has played in events where he made good results. Then figure out what he's doing different now.

[Wayne Komer]

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Tradewise 2014 Gibraltar International Chess Festival

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Round Ten and Playoffs

Ivanchuk-Vachier-Lagrave 0.5-0.5
Vitiugov-Zhao 1-0
Cheparinov-Kamsky 1-0
Dreev-Al-Sayed 0.5-0.5
Wei-Adams 0.5-0.5
Rapport-Saigado 0.5-0.5
Adhiban-Short 1-0
Rodshtein-Mareco 1-0
Javakhishvili-Chao 0-1
Edouard-Hansen 0.5-0.5
Muzychuk-Agdestein 0.5-0.5
Tomashevsky-Guijarro*
Cramling-Navara 0-1
Hoang-Dvirnyy 0.5-0.5
Lenderman-Zhukova 0-1
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* White winning but no result recorded on official site

Gibraltar Festival 2014
Round Ten
Feb. 6, 2014
Eduoard, Romain (2658)-Hansen-Eric (2559)
D80 Grunfeld, Stockholm Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Bg7 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Re1 a6 18. Bf1 Rd7 19. e5 Bd5 20. c4 Bc6 21. g3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxd6 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Bh3 Rad8 25. Re2 Bb7 26. Rce1 Kg7 27. Qb2 Ba8 28. f4 h5 29. Qb1 Nc6 30. Rb2 Rd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxb6 Qd8 33. Qxc5 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Re3 Rxa2 36. Rd3 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Bf1 Nf5 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rxa8 Ne3 43. Kf2 Nxf1 44. c5 Nxh2 45. Ra7+ Ke8 46. c6 Rc1 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Nxg6+ Kf6 49. Ne5 Ng4+ 50. Nxg4+ hxg4 51. Rxa6 Rc3 52. Ra5 Rxc6 53. Rg5 Rc2+ 54. Ke1 Rg2 55. Rxg4 e5 56. Kf1 Ra2 57. fxe5+ Kxe5 58. Rf4 Rb2 59. Rf2 Rxf2+ 60. Kxf2 Kf5 61. g4+ Kxg4 0.5-0.5

Both players have 6.5 and so the draw bumps them up to 7.

The finalists are Ivanchuk (8), Vitiugov (8) and Cheparinov (8).

Ivanchuk and Vitiugov go to a two-game blitz with Cheparinov waiting to play the winner. He is said to be sitting in the bar, sipping a Coke and watching on the monitor while the other two beat each other’s brains out. The time limit is 10 min + 10 sec incr.

Tiebreak Semi-Final

Ivanchuk-Vitiugov 0.5-0.5
Vitiugov-Ivanchuk 0.5-0.5

Then two more games at the time limit of 3 mins + 3 secs/move incr.

Vitiugov-Ivanchuk 1-0
Ivanchuk-Vitiugov 0-1

Ivanchuk lost on time.

Simon Williams has been liberally imbibing glasses of wine and started calling the blitz games like a soccer match. Vitiugov is “The Iceman” playing Chukky.

Tiebreak Final

Cheparinov-Vitiugov 1-0
Vitiugov-Cheparinov 0.5-0.5

Gibraltar Festival 2014
Round Ten
Tiebreak Final (1)
Feb. 6, 2014
Cheparinov, Ivan- Vitiugov, Nikita
D35 QGD, Exchange Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb1 Nhf6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 Qd6 15. Re1 Nf8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne6 19. Nf3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bf1 Bg4 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. h3 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Be6 26. Qa1 Qd8 27. Qa7 b6 28. Na4 Nd7 29. Qb7 h5 30. Be2 h4 31. Qc6 Qb8 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qa7 34. Nc3 Nf6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. g5 Ne4 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qxe4 Qd7 40. Qe5 h3 41. gxh3 Qxh3 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qh2 Qxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Kg6 45. f4 f6 46. gxf6 Kxf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kd5 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Ke4 Kxb5 51. Kd5 Ka4 52. Ke6 b5 53. d5 b4 54. d6 b3 55. d7 b2 56. d8=Q b1=Q 57. Qa8+ Kb3 58. Qb7+ 1-0

Gibraltar Festival 2014
Round Ten
Tiebreak Final (2)
Feb. 6, 2014
Vitiugov, Nikita – Cheparinov, Ivan
E81 King’s Indian, Saemisch

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bd3 Nh7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Nge2 Nd7 15. O-O h4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Ba4 f5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ra4 Ng6 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. Bxh4 f4 26. Bf2 Ng5 27. Kh2 Rf5 28. Ng1 Be5 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Ne4 Rh8 31. Nxg5 Rxg5 32. Re4 Qb5 33. Rb1 Qxa5 34. b4 cxb4 35. Rexb4 b5 36. Re4 Nh4 37. Bxh4 Rxh4 38. Ne2 Qb6 39. Rf1 b4 40. Nc1 Rh6 41. Qc4 Rhg6 42. Re2 Qb5 43. Qxb5 axb5 44. Nd3 b3 45. Rb1 b2 46. Nxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxe5 dxe5 48. Rxb2 Rb6 49. g4 fxg3+ 50. Kxg3 b4 51. Kg4 Kf6 52. h4 b3 53. h5 Rb4+ 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kf2 Kxh5 56. Ke3 Kg6 57. d6 Kf6 0.5-0.5

Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner of Gibraltar, the grandmaster from Bulgaria, Ivan Cheparinov. The purse for first is £20,000.

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In Round Nine there was a very strange game between Kamsky and Ivanchuk

Gibraltar Festival 2014
Round Nine
Feb. 4, 2014
Kamsky, Gata-Ivanchuk-Vassily
A45 Queen’s Pawn Game

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. Rb1 Qxa2 7. Ra1 Qb2 8. Rb1 Qa2 9. Ra1 Qb2 10. Rb1 0.5-0.5

A quick grandmaster draw? To explain why this wasn’t so, Gata appeared with Simon Williams and Irina Krush.

(Kamsky) - It was a very short game and I thought I had to explain what happened. I have played this before but completely forgot about Qb6. Black has all sorts of playable moves and is up two pawns. Even though I win an exchange, black is up two pawns. There is a lot of risk involved and I had nothing prepared and drew and cut my losses.
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GibChess Twitters

- While Ivanchuk and Vitiugov battle it out Cheparinov can afford to relax with Ivan Salgado at the bar...

- How did they do the draw in Gibraltar? I was in Blackpool in about 1988 when Adams qualified for the Interzonal using Bingo balls

- They picked numbered pieces of paper - Ivanchuk got 3, then Vitiugov 2 and Cheparinov was "left with" the lucky no. 1

- All the credits to Ivanchuk who played a very nice game but Vitiugov's nerves are made of steel !

- Cheparinov had the longest game today so at least there's some justice in that he got the most time to relax.

- Congratulations to Cheparinov! Who would have guessed (his victory) a few days or even hours ago!

[Andrei Botez]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

Eric didn't lose any games in this event. Only wins and draws.

...and he gain rating points in all rounds except the "warm-up" round (1)

[Caesar Posylek]

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FINAL ROUND:
Pairings/Results
Round 10 on 2014/02/06 at 11:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 7½ ½ - ½ 7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2
2 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 7 1 - 0 7 GM Zhao Xue 2567 34
3 17 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 7 1 - 0 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 7
4 16 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 68
5 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Adams Michael 2754 1
6 11 GM Rapport Richard 2691 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2597 28
7 29 GM Adhiban B. 2590 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Short Nigel D 2683 12
8 13 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Mareco Sandro 2582 30
9 84 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Li Chao B 2680 14
10 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Hansen Eric 2559 39
11 55 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Agdestein Simen 2627 22
12 6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 6 1 - 0 6 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 40
13 47 GM Cramling Pia 2525 6 0 - 1 6 GM Navara David 2702 10
14 53 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2511 6 ½ - ½ 6 IM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2574 32
15 38 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 6 0 - 1 6 GM Zhukova Natalia 2449 77

[Laurentiu Grigorescu]

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The outcome is ridiculous. Cheparinov won an important tournament without playing Ivanchuk, and besides Kamsky, he played much lower rated opponents. Ivanchuck's performance was 100 points over Ivan's. His 8 points are simply worth more that Ivan's. This is how performance is traded on some form of odds.

[Dan Scoones]

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By my reading, Cheparinov takes the undivided first prize of £20,000. Ivanchuk and Vitiugov split third and fourth prizes, which comes out to £13,000 each. This does seem a bit unfair to Ivanchuk, but the rules were announced well in advance.

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

By my reading, Cheparinov takes the undivided first prize of £20,000. Ivanchuk and Vitiugov split third and fourth prizes, which comes out to £13,000 each. This does seem a bit unfair to Ivanchuk, but the rules were announced well in advance.

That's right! Ivanchuk loses money from his prize and that is not his fault!