Latvian Railway Open
March 28 – 30, 2014
We have not heard from Vassily Ivanchuk for a while. It is reassuring to note that he is in Riga playing in a rapid tournament.
It is taking place at the Latvian Railroad Museum in Riga. Vassily is the third-highest rated player in the Open. The top 10:
1 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2777
2 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2742
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2722
4 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2704
5 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2680
6 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2679
7 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2675
8 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2653
9 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2649
10 GM Navara David CZE 2648
I heard that Kevin Spraggett was going to play but he doesn’t appear in the results table.
Tournament A is 14 round Swiss with the time control 15 minutes for each player plus 6 seconds increment for each move. First round on 28th of March 2014 at 17.30 hours, last round on 30th of March at 15.00 hours.
The ChessBomb coverage is as follows:
ChessBomb: Rounds 1-4: Fri, 28 March, starting 17.30 local time (GMT 2h)
ChessBomb: Rounds 5-9: Sat, 29 March, starting 11:00 local time (GMT 2h)
ChessBomb: Rounds 10-14: Sun, 30 March, starting 11:00 local time (GMT 2h)
Live games at: http://tiesraide.rtu.lv/railwaycup/live/live.htm
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 1
March 28, 2014
Sveshnikov, Vladimir – Ivanchuk, Vassily
C45 Scotch Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 Qxf3 8. gxf3 d6 9. Rg1 g6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. e4 Be6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Ba6 Kb8 17. Rd4 Nd7 18. Rb4 Nb6 19. e5 c5 20. Re4 d5 21. Ree1 Rhf8 22. Rgf1 c6 23. Be2 Rf7 24. Rf2 Rdf8 25. Ref1 Bh3 26. Re1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. a4 Kc7 29. a5 Nd7 30. Bd1 Be6 31. b3 Rh4 32. Re2 Rh5 0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 2
March 28, 2014
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Miezis, Normunds
A52 Budapest, Adler Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ncxe5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a5 11. O-O Ra6 12. Qd5 Ba7 13. Rad1 Rh6 14. g3 c6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Ne4 Nf3 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Qc3 f6 19. Nd2 Qf5 20. Rfe1 d6 21. h4 Rh5 22. Nf1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Qxd6 Rxh4 25. Qc7 Be4 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Rd8 Rh1 28. Kf2 Bh5 29. Qd7 h6 30. g4 Qc2 31. Re2 Qb1 32. Rxe8 Kh7 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. gxf5 Bxe8 35. Rd2 Rh5 36. Ng3 Rh2 37. Ke1 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 h5 39. Ne4 Bd7 40. Bxf6 Bxf5 41. Nd6 Bb1 42. Bd8 Bxa2 43. Kc2 a4 44. bxa4 Bxe3 45. Kb2 Bf4 46. c5 Bxd6 47. cxd6 Be6 48. Kc3 Kg6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke5 51. a5 Bd7 52. Be7 Ke6 53. Kb6 Kd5 54. Kxb7 c5 55. a6 c4 56. a7 c3 57. Kb6 Bc6 58. d7 1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 3
March 28, 2014
Gleizerov, Evgeny – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bxd2 7. Nbxd2 a5 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne4 11. Ne3 f5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nd4 g6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nd5 Qg7 16. e3 N6c5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Red1 g5 22. Nde2 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. Rcd1 Be8 27. Qd2 Bh5 28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Rf1 h6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Qc2 Bg6 32. Qd2 Bh5 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Qd2 Rf7 35. Nd1 Ne4 36. Qc2 Nf6 37. Nc3 Rfe7 38. Qd2 Bg6 39. Rd1 Bh5 40. Rf1 Nd7 41. g4 Bg6 42. Ne2 f4 43. e4 Nf6 44. Nc3 h5 45. f3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Re8 47. Rd1 Rh8 48. Ne2 Qc5 49. Kf1 Rd8 50. Qc3 Qe5 51. R4d3 Qxc3 52. Nxc3 Kf7 53. c5 Ke7 54. Rd4 Ne8 55. Kf2 Re5 56. Na4 Bf7 57. Bf1 d5 58. Nc3 Nc7 59. Bc4 Ne6 60. exd5 Nxd4 61. Rxd4 Bxd5 62. Bxd5 cxd5 63. a3 Ke6 64. b4 Re3 65. Ne4 Ke5 66. Rd2 Rh8 0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 4
March 28, 2014
Malakhov, Vladimir – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A30 Reti/English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 h6 15. R4d2 Rac8 16. h3 Bf8 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7 19. Qf3 d5 20. Kh2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nd3 24. Ba1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Rc5 27. Nc2 Rf5 28. Rf1 Rc8 29. Rdd1 h5 30. Ne1 Nc1 31. Qb2 Rfc5 32. h4 b4 33. Qd2 Qa6 34. Ng2 Rc2 35. Qd7 Qxa2 36. Be5 Nd3 37. Ra1 Nxe5 38. Qxc8 Nf3 39. Kh1 Qxa1 40. Qxf8 Kxf8 41. Rxa1 Rxf2 0-1
Standings after Round Four
Ivanchuk 4
Malakhov 3
Van Wely 2
Shirov 2
Zhigalko 1.5
March 28 – 30, 2014
We have not heard from Vassily Ivanchuk for a while. It is reassuring to note that he is in Riga playing in a rapid tournament.
It is taking place at the Latvian Railroad Museum in Riga. Vassily is the third-highest rated player in the Open. The top 10:
1 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2777
2 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2742
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2722
4 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2704
5 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2680
6 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2679
7 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2675
8 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2653
9 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2649
10 GM Navara David CZE 2648
I heard that Kevin Spraggett was going to play but he doesn’t appear in the results table.
Tournament A is 14 round Swiss with the time control 15 minutes for each player plus 6 seconds increment for each move. First round on 28th of March 2014 at 17.30 hours, last round on 30th of March at 15.00 hours.
The ChessBomb coverage is as follows:
ChessBomb: Rounds 1-4: Fri, 28 March, starting 17.30 local time (GMT 2h)
ChessBomb: Rounds 5-9: Sat, 29 March, starting 11:00 local time (GMT 2h)
ChessBomb: Rounds 10-14: Sun, 30 March, starting 11:00 local time (GMT 2h)
Live games at: http://tiesraide.rtu.lv/railwaycup/live/live.htm
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 1
March 28, 2014
Sveshnikov, Vladimir – Ivanchuk, Vassily
C45 Scotch Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 Qxf3 8. gxf3 d6 9. Rg1 g6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. e4 Be6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Ba6 Kb8 17. Rd4 Nd7 18. Rb4 Nb6 19. e5 c5 20. Re4 d5 21. Ree1 Rhf8 22. Rgf1 c6 23. Be2 Rf7 24. Rf2 Rdf8 25. Ref1 Bh3 26. Re1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. a4 Kc7 29. a5 Nd7 30. Bd1 Be6 31. b3 Rh4 32. Re2 Rh5 0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 2
March 28, 2014
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Miezis, Normunds
A52 Budapest, Adler Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ncxe5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a5 11. O-O Ra6 12. Qd5 Ba7 13. Rad1 Rh6 14. g3 c6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Ne4 Nf3 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Qc3 f6 19. Nd2 Qf5 20. Rfe1 d6 21. h4 Rh5 22. Nf1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Qxd6 Rxh4 25. Qc7 Be4 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Rd8 Rh1 28. Kf2 Bh5 29. Qd7 h6 30. g4 Qc2 31. Re2 Qb1 32. Rxe8 Kh7 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. gxf5 Bxe8 35. Rd2 Rh5 36. Ng3 Rh2 37. Ke1 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 h5 39. Ne4 Bd7 40. Bxf6 Bxf5 41. Nd6 Bb1 42. Bd8 Bxa2 43. Kc2 a4 44. bxa4 Bxe3 45. Kb2 Bf4 46. c5 Bxd6 47. cxd6 Be6 48. Kc3 Kg6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke5 51. a5 Bd7 52. Be7 Ke6 53. Kb6 Kd5 54. Kxb7 c5 55. a6 c4 56. a7 c3 57. Kb6 Bc6 58. d7 1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 3
March 28, 2014
Gleizerov, Evgeny – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bxd2 7. Nbxd2 a5 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne4 11. Ne3 f5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nd4 g6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nd5 Qg7 16. e3 N6c5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Red1 g5 22. Nde2 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. Rcd1 Be8 27. Qd2 Bh5 28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Rf1 h6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Qc2 Bg6 32. Qd2 Bh5 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Qd2 Rf7 35. Nd1 Ne4 36. Qc2 Nf6 37. Nc3 Rfe7 38. Qd2 Bg6 39. Rd1 Bh5 40. Rf1 Nd7 41. g4 Bg6 42. Ne2 f4 43. e4 Nf6 44. Nc3 h5 45. f3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Re8 47. Rd1 Rh8 48. Ne2 Qc5 49. Kf1 Rd8 50. Qc3 Qe5 51. R4d3 Qxc3 52. Nxc3 Kf7 53. c5 Ke7 54. Rd4 Ne8 55. Kf2 Re5 56. Na4 Bf7 57. Bf1 d5 58. Nc3 Nc7 59. Bc4 Ne6 60. exd5 Nxd4 61. Rxd4 Bxd5 62. Bxd5 cxd5 63. a3 Ke6 64. b4 Re3 65. Ne4 Ke5 66. Rd2 Rh8 0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014
Round 4
March 28, 2014
Malakhov, Vladimir – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A30 Reti/English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 h6 15. R4d2 Rac8 16. h3 Bf8 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7 19. Qf3 d5 20. Kh2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nd3 24. Ba1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Rc5 27. Nc2 Rf5 28. Rf1 Rc8 29. Rdd1 h5 30. Ne1 Nc1 31. Qb2 Rfc5 32. h4 b4 33. Qd2 Qa6 34. Ng2 Rc2 35. Qd7 Qxa2 36. Be5 Nd3 37. Ra1 Nxe5 38. Qxc8 Nf3 39. Kh1 Qxa1 40. Qxf8 Kxf8 41. Rxa1 Rxf2 0-1
Standings after Round Four
Ivanchuk 4
Malakhov 3
Van Wely 2
Shirov 2
Zhigalko 1.5
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