Russian Team Chess Championship 2014
The Russian Team Championship for Men and Women are taking place in Loo, Russia from April 7 to 14. A total of 13 teams are playing a 7-round Swiss to determine the winner in the men’s section.
Loo is 18 km from the city centre of Sochi.
After three rounds, only two teams have a perfect score – Malachite with Karjakin, Grischuk, Leko and Shirov and University with Jobava, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin and Rublevsky.
Of the 102 participants, 70 plus are GMs and 45 are above 2600 ELO. Grischuk has 3/3 and Leko, Jobava, Artemiev and Bologan all have 2.5/3.
A few games of interest:
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Two
April 8, 2014
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Jobava, Baadur
A55 Old Indian, 3…Nbd7
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bd8 10. h3 Qe7 11. Be3 Ba5 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. d5 h6 15. a3 Bb6 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bd7 18. a4 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. Rxb4 Bc8 21. Rb1 c5 22. g3 N8h7 23. Kh2 h5 24. Nf3 g6 25. Ree1 Kg7 26. Qd2 Ng8 27. Nh4 Nh6 28. Ng2 Bxh3 29. Nh4 Bc8 30. Kg1 Rf8 31. Rb6 Qd8 32. Rb3 Ra6 33. Reb1 Qe7 34. Bg2 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Nxf5 gxf5 37. f4 e4 38. Bh3 Nf6 39. Ra3 Rg8 40. Nd1 Kf8 41. Kf1 Qg7 42. Qf2 Ke8 43. Rbb3 Kd8 44. a5 Ng4 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. Qb2 Qd4 47. Ne3 Kc7 48. Rc3 Rh8 49. Kg2 Qg7 50. Qa1 Qh6 51. Kf2 Qf6 52. Kg2 Qd4 53. Qb2 Rh3 54. Rc2 b6 55. Rd2 Qxb2 56. Rxb2 Rxa5 57. Rxa5 bxa5 58. Ra2 Kb6 59. Rb2 Ka6 60. Rb8 Rh8 61. Kf1 Ka7 62. Rb5 Rh1 63. Ke2 Ra1 64. Kd2 Bd7 65. Rb3 Ra2 0-1
Unusual, in that Jobava usually comes out on top in the opening with some oddball line. The next game is more characteristic of his style:
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Three
April 9, 2014
Jobava, Baadur – Kamsky, Gata
C44 Inverted Hungarian
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Na4 Ng7 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Rb1 a5 16. c3 Be7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qf6 22. Qc3 Ra8 23. Rb2 Qf4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Bf5 26. Nb7 Qe6 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Rc1 Be7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Bf6 31. Na5 Rae8 32. Nxc6 h5 33. b5 h4 34. Qd3 Kg7 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Kg2 h3 37. Kg1 g5 38. Nb4 g4 39. Rc6 Qe2 40. Qxe2 Rxe2 41. Nxd5 Bxd4 42. Nf4 Rxf4 43. gxf4 Bb6 44. f5 Re4 45. Rd1 Rb4 46. Kf1 Kf7 47. Rd7 Ke8 48. Rh7 Kd8 49. Rg6 Kc8 50. f6 Rf4 51. f7 Kb7 52. Rg8 Bc5 53. Rhh8 1-0
I often wonder what a non-chess-playing man thinks of some of our terminology. Odd examples that come to mind are these book titles - Sicilian Accelerated Dragons, the Leningrad Dutch and the French Winawer Poisoned Pawn. My chess engine calls the above the “inverted Hungarian”.
(ChessVibes) Evgeny Najer played a wonderful game against the European Champion. From the Black side of a Ruy Lopez he gave up an Exchange to spoil White's structure on the kingside, and indeed White didn't manage to get his king into safety.
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Two
April 8, 2014
Motylev, Alexander – Najer, Evgeniy
C84 Ruy Lopez, closed (6.d3)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. bxc5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Bb2 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bh5 19. d4 Qc8 20. Kg2 f5 21. dxe5 fxe4 22. Qd5 Rf7 23. e6 Bxf3 24. Kg1 Re7 25. Qxd6 Rxe6 26. Qd5 h6 27. Rfd1 Kh7 28. Kf1 Rg6 29. Ke1 Qxc2 0-1
People are starting to talk about Vladislav Artemiev, so I include his game of today:
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Three
April 9, 2014
Kobalia, Mikhail – Artemiev, Vladislav
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd4 Rb8 13. h5 Qb6 14. h6 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Rg8 16. hxg7 Bxg7 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. f4 f6 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Rh2 Rh8 23. Rh4 Rg4 24. Rdh1 Rhg8 25. Kd2 Rg2 26. Ke1 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Be2 a5 29. Rf1 R8g3 30. Rf2 Rg1 31. Rf1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Nxd5 35. Rxh5 Kd6 36. Rh8 Nf4 37. Ba6 R1g2 38. Rd8 Kc5 39. Rd2 Re3 40. Kd1 Rg6 41. Bb7 Rg7 42. Bh1 Ra7 43. Rdf2 Rh3 44. Kd2 Ra2 45. Re1 Nd3 46. Rf5 Nxe1 47. Rxe5 Kd6 48. Rxe1 Rh2 49. Kd3 Rxb2 50. Be4 Rhxc2 51. Kd4 Rc3 0-1
Vladislav was born in 1998 and has a rating of 2636.
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There is a nice report with lots of photos at:
http://ruchess.ru/news/report/kto_ne...mezh_nami_net/
Karjakin tells of his game against Sjugirov without the benefit of his computer (which had broken down) for prep.
Also this tidbit: Fedoseyev in the first round of the day didn’t have a game and came to the hall dressed in his football gear. Deputy Chief Judge Igor Bolotinsky asked young grandmaster to go and change. At the tournament, a dress code: not too strict, but nonetheless. At the same time, we note that the rule of "zero tolerance" in at Loo does not apply, but for up to 15 minutes late you have to pay a fine 2000 rubles. For more than 15 minutes late, you lose the game.
(2000 rubles is $61 Canadian)
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Viewers’ Comments
- Loo? Is this the Kramnik Memorial?
- Kamsky & Moro in bad form. Besides his loss to Grischuk (an excellent game by Grish BTW), today Moro was tortured by Shomoev deep into (lost) endgame, but eventually managed to draw with lots of help from his opponent.
My favorite moments today were Bologan´s model piece sac and nice little trick by Vlad Artemiev (a young guy about whom we will hear more in the near future...), winning an exchange and the game against Kobalia.
- I would like to see Jobava and Rapport playing a match.
- I like the way players like Jobava (and Carlsen) force opponents to simply play chess (and often lose) by getting them out of theory as early as possible.
- With his 3/3 score so far, Grischuk is currently #3 on the live rating list. Is this "where he belongs" - as fans claimed when another player reached this spot?
- Shame on anyone else than Kramnik being #3!
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Official Site http://ruchess.ru/
The Russian Team Championship for Men and Women are taking place in Loo, Russia from April 7 to 14. A total of 13 teams are playing a 7-round Swiss to determine the winner in the men’s section.
Loo is 18 km from the city centre of Sochi.
After three rounds, only two teams have a perfect score – Malachite with Karjakin, Grischuk, Leko and Shirov and University with Jobava, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin and Rublevsky.
Of the 102 participants, 70 plus are GMs and 45 are above 2600 ELO. Grischuk has 3/3 and Leko, Jobava, Artemiev and Bologan all have 2.5/3.
A few games of interest:
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Two
April 8, 2014
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Jobava, Baadur
A55 Old Indian, 3…Nbd7
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bd8 10. h3 Qe7 11. Be3 Ba5 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. d5 h6 15. a3 Bb6 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bd7 18. a4 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. Rxb4 Bc8 21. Rb1 c5 22. g3 N8h7 23. Kh2 h5 24. Nf3 g6 25. Ree1 Kg7 26. Qd2 Ng8 27. Nh4 Nh6 28. Ng2 Bxh3 29. Nh4 Bc8 30. Kg1 Rf8 31. Rb6 Qd8 32. Rb3 Ra6 33. Reb1 Qe7 34. Bg2 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Nxf5 gxf5 37. f4 e4 38. Bh3 Nf6 39. Ra3 Rg8 40. Nd1 Kf8 41. Kf1 Qg7 42. Qf2 Ke8 43. Rbb3 Kd8 44. a5 Ng4 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. Qb2 Qd4 47. Ne3 Kc7 48. Rc3 Rh8 49. Kg2 Qg7 50. Qa1 Qh6 51. Kf2 Qf6 52. Kg2 Qd4 53. Qb2 Rh3 54. Rc2 b6 55. Rd2 Qxb2 56. Rxb2 Rxa5 57. Rxa5 bxa5 58. Ra2 Kb6 59. Rb2 Ka6 60. Rb8 Rh8 61. Kf1 Ka7 62. Rb5 Rh1 63. Ke2 Ra1 64. Kd2 Bd7 65. Rb3 Ra2 0-1
Unusual, in that Jobava usually comes out on top in the opening with some oddball line. The next game is more characteristic of his style:
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Three
April 9, 2014
Jobava, Baadur – Kamsky, Gata
C44 Inverted Hungarian
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Na4 Ng7 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Rb1 a5 16. c3 Be7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qf6 22. Qc3 Ra8 23. Rb2 Qf4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Bf5 26. Nb7 Qe6 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Rc1 Be7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Bf6 31. Na5 Rae8 32. Nxc6 h5 33. b5 h4 34. Qd3 Kg7 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Kg2 h3 37. Kg1 g5 38. Nb4 g4 39. Rc6 Qe2 40. Qxe2 Rxe2 41. Nxd5 Bxd4 42. Nf4 Rxf4 43. gxf4 Bb6 44. f5 Re4 45. Rd1 Rb4 46. Kf1 Kf7 47. Rd7 Ke8 48. Rh7 Kd8 49. Rg6 Kc8 50. f6 Rf4 51. f7 Kb7 52. Rg8 Bc5 53. Rhh8 1-0
I often wonder what a non-chess-playing man thinks of some of our terminology. Odd examples that come to mind are these book titles - Sicilian Accelerated Dragons, the Leningrad Dutch and the French Winawer Poisoned Pawn. My chess engine calls the above the “inverted Hungarian”.
(ChessVibes) Evgeny Najer played a wonderful game against the European Champion. From the Black side of a Ruy Lopez he gave up an Exchange to spoil White's structure on the kingside, and indeed White didn't manage to get his king into safety.
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Two
April 8, 2014
Motylev, Alexander – Najer, Evgeniy
C84 Ruy Lopez, closed (6.d3)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. bxc5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Bb2 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bh5 19. d4 Qc8 20. Kg2 f5 21. dxe5 fxe4 22. Qd5 Rf7 23. e6 Bxf3 24. Kg1 Re7 25. Qxd6 Rxe6 26. Qd5 h6 27. Rfd1 Kh7 28. Kf1 Rg6 29. Ke1 Qxc2 0-1
People are starting to talk about Vladislav Artemiev, so I include his game of today:
Russian Team Championship Loo 2014
Round Three
April 9, 2014
Kobalia, Mikhail – Artemiev, Vladislav
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd4 Rb8 13. h5 Qb6 14. h6 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Rg8 16. hxg7 Bxg7 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. f4 f6 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Rh2 Rh8 23. Rh4 Rg4 24. Rdh1 Rhg8 25. Kd2 Rg2 26. Ke1 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Be2 a5 29. Rf1 R8g3 30. Rf2 Rg1 31. Rf1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Nxd5 35. Rxh5 Kd6 36. Rh8 Nf4 37. Ba6 R1g2 38. Rd8 Kc5 39. Rd2 Re3 40. Kd1 Rg6 41. Bb7 Rg7 42. Bh1 Ra7 43. Rdf2 Rh3 44. Kd2 Ra2 45. Re1 Nd3 46. Rf5 Nxe1 47. Rxe5 Kd6 48. Rxe1 Rh2 49. Kd3 Rxb2 50. Be4 Rhxc2 51. Kd4 Rc3 0-1
Vladislav was born in 1998 and has a rating of 2636.
____________
There is a nice report with lots of photos at:
http://ruchess.ru/news/report/kto_ne...mezh_nami_net/
Karjakin tells of his game against Sjugirov without the benefit of his computer (which had broken down) for prep.
Also this tidbit: Fedoseyev in the first round of the day didn’t have a game and came to the hall dressed in his football gear. Deputy Chief Judge Igor Bolotinsky asked young grandmaster to go and change. At the tournament, a dress code: not too strict, but nonetheless. At the same time, we note that the rule of "zero tolerance" in at Loo does not apply, but for up to 15 minutes late you have to pay a fine 2000 rubles. For more than 15 minutes late, you lose the game.
(2000 rubles is $61 Canadian)
_______________
Viewers’ Comments
- Loo? Is this the Kramnik Memorial?
- Kamsky & Moro in bad form. Besides his loss to Grischuk (an excellent game by Grish BTW), today Moro was tortured by Shomoev deep into (lost) endgame, but eventually managed to draw with lots of help from his opponent.
My favorite moments today were Bologan´s model piece sac and nice little trick by Vlad Artemiev (a young guy about whom we will hear more in the near future...), winning an exchange and the game against Kobalia.
- I would like to see Jobava and Rapport playing a match.
- I like the way players like Jobava (and Carlsen) force opponents to simply play chess (and often lose) by getting them out of theory as early as possible.
- With his 3/3 score so far, Grischuk is currently #3 on the live rating list. Is this "where he belongs" - as fans claimed when another player reached this spot?
- Shame on anyone else than Kramnik being #3!
_______
Official Site http://ruchess.ru/
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