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  • #16
    Re: Baden-Baden 2015

    Yes good question. What was Magnus doing? Was that sac a world champion blunder or was he in a provacative mood?

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    • #17
      Re: Baden-Baden 2015

      Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
      Yes good question. What was Magnus doing? Was that sac a world champion blunder or was he in a provacative mood?
      Perhaps he just had a feeling that he could be that outrageous and not be taken to task for it (not arrogance, more like an experiment?)
      Often you hear him describing a position as 'unclear' - meaning (I think) complex enough that I feel confident in my ability to find my way,
      and just as confident my opponent is more likely to lose they way. I really think he occasionally thinks exactly along those lines and says
      "what the hell? why not? I'm the world champion after all..."
      ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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      • #18
        Re: Baden-Baden 2015

        Originally posted by Kerry Liles View Post
        Perhaps he just had a feeling that he could be that outrageous and not be taken to task for it (not arrogance, more like an experiment?)
        Often you hear him describing a position as 'unclear' - meaning (I think) complex enough that I feel confident in my ability to find my way,
        and just as confident my opponent is more likely to lose they way. I really think he occasionally thinks exactly along those lines and says
        "what the hell? why not? I'm the world champion after all..."
        Just saw a tweet that Carlsen has resigned against Naiditsch and 'looks quite cross with himself' (Mark Crowther from TWIC) ...
        I guess Magnus knows now that he might have gone off on a tangent... c'est la vie.
        ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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        • #19
          Re: Baden-Baden 2015

          Maybe trying to get revenge for his loss to Naiditsch at the Olympiad?

          Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
          Yes good question. What was Magnus doing? Was that sac a world champion blunder or was he in a provacative mood?
          "Tom is a well known racist, and like most of them he won't admit it, possibly even to himself." - Ed Seedhouse, October 4, 2020.

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          • #20
            Re: Baden-Baden 2015

            Baden-Baden 2015

            Round Three
            February 4, 2015

            Well, the boredom of the past two rounds exploded today with Magnus’s 10th move.

            The best quote about it all was from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave:

            That feeling when you're just chilling at home, then Bxg4 happens and you know how you'll spend your afternoon. Damn you Magnus Jobava

            Baden-Baden 2015
            Round 3, Feb. 4
            Naiditsch, Arkadij – Carlsen, Magnus
            B07 Pirc-Robatsch

            1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.g4 e5 8.d5 c6 9.Nge2 cxd5 10.exd5 Bxg4 11.hxg4 Nxg4 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Ne4 f5 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Bh3 Ndf6 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Nc3 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qa3 19.Rxb7 Rf7 20.Rb3 Qc5 21.Qe3 Qc7 22.Qb6 e4 23.Qc6 Rc8 24.O-O Qxc6 25.dxc6 Rxc6 26.Rfb1 h6 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Nxe4 Be5 29.Nd2 Rxc2 30.Nf3 Ra2 31.Bg2 Bf6 32.Nh2 Kg7 33.Bd5 Re7 34.Rb4 Rd2 35.Bc4 a5 36.Rb7 Rd4 37.Rxe7+ Bxe7 38.Bb5 h5 39.Nf3 Rf4 40.Kg2 h4 41.Rd1 Rg4+ 42.Kf1 h3 43.Rd3 Bf6 44.Nh2 Rh4 45.Kg1 Bd4 46.Rf3 Kf6 47.Nf1 Be5 48.Ne3 Kg5 49.Kh1 Kf6 50.Nc4 g5 51.Nxa5 g4 52.Rd3 f4 53.Nc4 Rh7 54.Nxe5 dxe5 55.a5 Rc7 56.Ra3 Rc1+ 57.Kh2 Rc2 58.a6 Rxf2+ 59.Kh1 g3 60.a7 Rd2 61.Ra1 1-0

            - Another question that comes to mind is whether Magnus won some sort of bet by playing Bxg4

            (Tarjei Svensen (tweet)) - Carlsen may be in trouble again now. What a roller-coaster of a game.

            (Jan Gustafsson (tweet)) – “This seems as good a time as any to mention that
            my score against Arkadij Naiditsch is 4/5”

            - Ultimately, Magnus resigns. Great day for German chess; Naiditsch beating the World Champion. Congratulations!

            - Naiditsch: "It's a nice feeling of course to beat the strongest chess player in the world"

            ________

            (ChessBase) – “An exciting round in Baden-Baden, though one that was strange to say the least. The highlight is clearly Carlsen's loss against Naiditsch, which came with a number of surprises. First was the fact that the World Champion sacrificed a piece for no compensation, and that despite the fact that he outplayed Naiditsch after that he misplayed the endgame horribly. Only half a year after the Tromso Olympiad Arkadij Naiditsch is able to defeat the number one player in the World... again!

            Carlsen looked fed up with himself at the end and didn't attend the press conference.

            Meanwhile Aronian handled his position very strangely, allowing Caruana a win without the Italian doing anything special. Baramidze simply imploded by missing a cute trick.”

            Baden-Baden 2015
            Round 3, Feb. 4
            Aronian, Levon – Caruana, Fabiano
            E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical Variation

            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.e3 Qc7 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.a3 b6 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.Bc3 h6 14.Rd1 a6 15.Nbd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 d6 17.O-O Bd7 18.e4 e5 19.Bc3 Rc8 20.Qe2 Be6 21.Nh4 g6 22.g3 Qc7 23.Ng2 Bxc4 24.Ne3 Bxd3 25.Rxd3 Nxe4 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Nd5 Qd6 28.Qxe4 Bf8 29.Rfd1 b5 30.Qf3 Kg7 31.Nc3 Qe6 32.Rd7 Bc5 33.Qe4 Ra7 34.Rd8 Rxd8 35.Rxd8 Bxf2+ 36.Kg2 Bb6 37.Rd2 Rc7 38.Qa8 Bd4 39.Ne2 Rd7 40.b4 h5 0-1

            Baden-Baden 2015
            Round 3, Feb. 4
            Adams, Michael – Baramidze, David
            C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (6.d3)

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Be6 12.a4 Bc5 13.Qe2 Ba7 14.h3 Nh5 15.Nf1 Qf6 16.Bd3 Ne7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa7 Rxa7 19.Bg5 Qg6 20.Qe3 f6 21.Qxa7 fxg5 22.Nxe5 Qf6 23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Nf4 25.Bxb5 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 Ng6 27.Nh2 Nf4+ 28.Kh1 Nh3 29.Qe3 Nxf2+ 30.Kg2 Qe5 31.Bc4+ 1-0

            Baden-Baden 2015
            Round 3, Feb. 4
            Bacrot, Etienne – Anand, Viswanathan
            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 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6 16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Rde1 Kf7 21.Kf2 Nf5 22.Rh1 Ng7 23.Ne4 Rc8 24.Nc5 Bf5 25.c4 b6 26.Ne4 Re8 27.Bxc7 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Ne6 30.Bb8 Rg8 31.Bxa7 Ra8 32.Bxb6 Rxa2 33.Be3 Rxb2+ 34.Kf3 Rb3 35.Kf2 Rb2+ 36.Kf3 Rb3 37.Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
            _________

            Headline in VG Sport (Norway) – Carlsen – Shocking Move – Lost Game

            An extract of the account written in Norwegian-sports-speak:

            And for a long time so it would appear that the 29-year-old German was supposed to check in to the victory, but at the time control at the 40. Naiditsch to fritter the advantage away.

            Thus, Carlsen press German back and slowly, but surely, the 24-year-old managed to force Naiditsch into an ending that seemed to end in a draw.

            But in the known Magnus Carlsen-style, the world champion was not content with sharing points. He went aggressively to force Naiditsch to his knees.

            The game had been going on for over six hours as Carlsen stood up from the board, took a small walk and sat back down in front of Naiditsch. Carlsen stood ready for the loss.

            After six hours and six minutes stretched Carlsen hand over the board and thanked him for the game. Then he threw his notebook over the pieces in front of them.

            _______

            Another account: Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen gave not a single comment after the loss of the German Arkady Naiditsch in the big tournament in Germany on Wednesday.

            The Norwegian world champion was, according to TV-2 so mad at himself that he would not stand for any interview after the humiliating loss.

            The 29-year-old German is ranked number 43 in the world, but with the white pieces, he was able to put the Norwegian world champion under hard pressure.

            _______

            Standing After Three Rounds

            Caruana 2
            Naiditsch 2
            Carlsen 1.5
            Anand 1.5
            Bacrot 1.5
            Adams 1.5
            Baramidze 1
            Aronian 1

            The next round is Friday, Feb. 6 when the main game will be Anand-Carlsen.

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            • #21
              Re: Baden-Baden 2015

              Baden-Baden 2015

              Round Four
              February 6, 2015

              Baden-Baden 2015
              Round 4, Feb. 6
              Baramidze, David – Naiditsch, Arkadij
              A30 English, Symmetrical (2.g3)

              1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 f5 7.a3 a5 8.Rb1 Bd7 9.b3 e5 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.d4 cxd4 12.e3 Nce7 13.exd4 e4 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Bxb5 16.cxb5 Nd5 17.Nf4 Nge7 18.f3 Nc3 19.Qc2 Bxd4+ 20.Kh1 Nxb1 21.fxe4 Nc3 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Ng6 Nxg6 24.Qxf5 Ne7 25.Qf7+ Kd8 26.b6 Qc8 27.Bxh6 Ne2 0-1

              In an equal position Baramidze plays the suicidal 23. Nd6 and the game is over in five moves. I put a few biographical notes about David at the end.

              Baden-Baden 2015
              Round 4, Feb. 6
              Caruana, Fabiano – Adams, Michael
              D23 QGA, 4.Qc2 (Neo-Mannheim)

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O a5 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.h3 Nbd7 12.g4 Bg6 13.e4 Qb6 14.Kh1 Qb4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.f4 Qxc4 17.Nxc4 f5 18.gxf5 exf5 19.e5 Bf7 20.Ne3 g6 21.d5 cxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kg7 24.Bxb7 Rab8 25.Bf3 Nc5 26.b3 Rfd8 27.Ba3 Kf8 28.Rad1 Nd3 29.Bxe7+ Kxe7 30.Be2 Nc5 31.Kg2 h6 32.Bc4 Ne4 33.Rd5 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 Rd8 35.Bxe4 fxe4 36.Rc1 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Rd3+ 38.Kf2 Rxh3 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rc6+ Kf7 41.Rc7+ Ke6 42.Rc6+ Kf7 43.Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

              Baden-Baden 2015
              Round 4, Feb. 6
              Anand, Vishy – Carlsen, Magnus
              A90 Dutch Defence (g3..d5)

              1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nd2 a5 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 a4 12.Ndf3 Ne4 13.e3 a3 14.Bc3 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bd7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.c5 Bc7 18.b4 h5 19.Be1 e5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Rd1 Qe6 22.f3 Nf6 23.Bh3 g6 24.e4 dxe4 25.fxe4 Bb2 26.exf5 Qxa2 27.Bf2 g5 28.Rfe1 Qf7 29.Re6 Ng4 30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.Rg6+ Kh7 32.Rd7 Qxd7 33.f6 Qd1+ 34.Qxd1 Kxg6 35.Qd3+ Kh6 36.h4 gxh3 0-1

              Magnus takes up the Dutch Stonewall. Move 31 was the critical point of the game. It was impossible to stop the a pawn, so White tried 32. Rd7, which loses by force.

              (Nigel Short (tweet)) – Playing the Stonewall is an addiction. It’s like being on crack..”

              (Jonathan Tisdall (tweet)) – I have a soft spot for the Stonewall. When it’s good, it’s great. But when it’s bad, it hurts for days.

              (Daniel Gormally (tweet)) – Sad end for Vishy – Rd7?? Was very strange.

              - He spent 52 seconds on Rd7

              Carlsen – I think he had a way to draw but he didn’t see it. I guess the previous round just goes to show that when you play riskily – sacrifice material – you should follow it up by playing well. I have 2 out of 3 white’s left. I am positive about my chances.

              Baden-Baden 2015
              Round 4, Feb. 6
              Bacrot, Etienne – Aronian, Levon
              D38 QGD, Ragozin Variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.c5 Be7 9.Bb5 Nb8 10.a3 b6 11.b4 a5 12.Rb1 c6 13.Bd3 axb4 14.axb4 Nbd7 15.O-O Qc7 16.Ne2 Ba6 17.Nf4 Rfb8 18.Bb2 bxc5 19.bxc5 Qc8 20.Bc3 Bd8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.Ra1 Ra8 23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Rb1 Qa8 25.Nd3 h6 26.Nd2 Ra2 27.Rb2 Ra1+ 28.Rb1 Ra2 29.Rb2 Ra1+ 30.Rb1 1/2-1/2

              Standing After Round Four

              Naiditsch 3
              Carlsen 2.5
              Caruana 2.5
              Bacrot 2
              Adams 2
              Anand 1.5
              Aronian 1.5
              Baramidze 1

              Next Round

              Aronian-Anand
              Adams-Bacrot
              Naiditsch-Caruana
              Carlsen-Baramdize

              _________

              (from the official site)

              Name: David Baramidze
              Age: 26
              Nationality: German
              World ranking: No. 236

              David Baramidze is Germany’s youngest national team player and belongs to the ranks of those who will shape the future of German chess. David grew up in Tbilisi (Georgia) and learned to play chess from his father. His silver medal at the U16 World Championship in Heraklion in 2004 stands out. In the same year FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title at the age of 16.

              David’s family emigrated to Dortmund when he was ten. He received support, including the chance to play a match against experienced Women’s Grandmaster Alisa Maric during the 2002 Dortmund Chess Days. Despite being only 13 years old he won 4.5:3.5.

              In 2007 he shared third place in the formidable European Championship in order to qualify for the World Cup. In the first round of that event he was paired against none other than Nigel Short. After two classical games the score was 1:1, so they played rapid tiebreakers on the following day. David managed to sleep through the beginning of the first 25-minute game and made it to the board only two minutes before his time ran out. Nevertheless, he beat his much higher-rated opponent in blitz mode. In Round 2, however, he lost 1:5-0:5 to Cuban star Leinier Dominguez.

              In the following years Baramidze stalled somewhat, but once again he’s on the rise and in May 2014 he reached a new peak rating of 2619. His reward was an invitation to the 2014 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, although he suffered in a world-class field. Things went better in the 2014 GRENKE Chess Classic, where second place behind Arkadij Naiditsch qualified him for a place in the 2015 edition.

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              • #22
                Re: Baden-Baden 2015

                Baden-Baden 2015

                Round Five
                February 7, 2015

                Edward Winter recently said this about live chess broadcasts on the Internet:

                “Technical, logistical and analytical mishaps will always occur, but a nimble, unflappable commentator takes them in his stride and may even exploit them for additional entertainment. A key reason why the broadcasts are enjoyable is that the broadcasters so obviously enjoy them. The whole genre of live commentary is ideally suited to the Internet and, by some miracle, it is provided free of charge. Having mentioned at the start of these observations that five hosts stand out, we name them, in alphabetical order: Jan Gustafsson, Daniel King, Yannick Pelletier, Yasser Seirawan and Nigel Short.”

                And we have Jan and Nigel as our commentators today. The players get along with them quite easily and the after-game analyses go smoothly.

                Baden-Baden
                Round 5, Feb. 7, 2015
                Aronian, Levon – Anand, Vishy
                D38 QGD, Ragozin Variation

                1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Be6 12.Rfc1 Bd6 13.a3 Ne7 14.b4 c6 15.Qb3 g5 16.Qb2 Qg7 17.Na4 Rae8 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.g3 Nf5 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.Rf1 h5 22.Rac1 h4 23.Qd2 Nh6 24.e4 Bxc5 25.e5 Qg7 26.bxc5 f6 27.exf6 Rxf6 28.Nxg5 Bf5 29.Rce1 Rff8 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Nf3 Bxd3 32.Qxd3 Re4 33.Re1 hxg3 34.hxg3 1-0

                This was a line that Aronian lost from Carlsen (playing White) at Wijk aan Zee a few weeks ago. It is said that 24. e4! was a bolt from the blue, winning the game.

                Aronian is in the top ten again.

                Jan says that Nigel said the other day that they should get rid of the grandmaster title. Levon affirms that he was the youngest Armenian ever to get the grandmaster title when he won it at 17. Nigel says there should be other qualifications for becoming a GM, like showing that you can knot a tie!

                Baden-Baden
                Round 5, Feb. 7, 2015
                Carlsen, Magnus – Baramidze, David
                C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko Variation

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7 16.Bd3 c6 17.Bg5 Nf8 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.Bh6 Nd7 20.Bc2 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Qf6 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.d5 cxd5 24.exd5 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Nxf4 26.Ne4 Bxd5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Nxd6 Re6 29.Ne4 f5 30.Nfg5 Re7 31.g3 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.gxf4 Rf8 34.Nxe4 Rxf4 35.b4 Nf6 36.Nd6 Rf3 37.Nxb5 Rxh3 38.c4 Rh4 39.Nd6 Nh5 40.b5 Nf4 41.b6 Rg4+ 42.Kf1 Rh4 43.f3 Rh1+ 44.Kf2 Rh2+ 45.Kg1 Rc2 46.Kh1 Nh3 47.Ne4 Rxc4 48.Rd8+ Kg7 49.Rb1 1-0

                Baramidze played the opening well and defended well until 28…Re6.

                Baden-Baden
                Round 5, Feb. 7, 2015
                Adams, Michael – Bacrot, Etienne
                A39 Reti/English, Symmetrical, main line Knight Exchange

                1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.Nd5 d6 11.Nf4 Qe5 12.e4 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Rf2 b5 15.Nd3 Qh5 16.Nf4 Qe5 17.c5 dxc5 18.Nd3 Qc7 19.Nbxc5 Rfd8 20.Qe1 Be8 21.Bf4 e5 22.Be3 a5 23.Rc1 Qe7 24.Rd2 Nd4 25.Nb3 Nd7 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Bf4 Rdc8 28.Bh3 Rc4 29.Rdd1 a4 30.Bd2 Ne5 31.Nxe5 Qxe5 32.Bf1 Rxc1 33.Bxc1 Qe6 34.a3 Rc8 35.Bd3 Qb3 36.Qe2 Bd7 37.Bf4 Be6 38.h4 Bc4 39.e5 Bxd3 40.Rxd3 Qd5 41.Kg2 h5 42.Qd2 Rc4 43.Qe2 b4 44.axb4 Rxb4 45.Kf2 Qb5 46.Rd2 Qd5 47.Qe4 Qa2 48.Qc2 Kh7 49.Kg2 Qa1 50.Rf2 a3 51.bxa3 Rb1 52.Qd3 Rd1 53.Bd2 Rg1+ 54.Kh3 Rh1+ 55.Rh2 Qg1 56.Qe2 Bxe5 57.f4 Bd6 58.a4 d3 59.Qg2 Rxh2+ 60.Qxh2 Qd1 61.Qg2 Ba3 62.a5 Bc1 63.Qd5 Qf1+ 64.Kh2 Qe2+ 65.Kh3 1/2-1/2

                Baden-Baden
                Round 5, Feb. 7, 2015
                Naiditsch, Arkadij – Caruana, Fabiano
                C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 Bxd3 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Bd4 Rfe8 19.a4 h6 20.Kg2 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kf8 22.Qxf5 Bxf5 23.Ne4 Bxe4+ 24.Rxe4 Rb8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Re1 Nb6 27.Rd1 Be7 28.Bc2 Nc4 29.b4 Rd8 30.Be4 Nd6 31.Bb6 Rc8 32.Bd3 Ne8 33.Bf5 Rb8 34.Be3 Nf6 35.Bd4 Nd5 36.Be4 Rd8 37.Ra1 Bf6 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.Bxd5 Rxd5 40.Ra6 Rd6 41.Kf1 Re6 42.f4 f5 43.Ra8+ Kg7 44.Rc8 Kf6 45.Kg2 Kg6 46.Kh3 Kg7 47.Kg2 Kg6 48.Kf3 Kg7 49.Rc7 Kf6 50.h3 h5 51.Rc8 Kg7 52.Kf2 Kh7 53.Kg2 Rd6 54.Kf2 Re6 55.Kf3 Kg7 56.Rc7 Kf6 57.Rd7 Re4 58.Rd6+ Re6 59.Rd4 Re1 60.Kf2 Re6 61.c4 bxc4 62.Rxc4 Kg6 63.Rc2 f6 64.Rc4 Re4 65.Rxc6 1/2-1/2

                Caruana - I played the Marshall but didn’t expect to get this line
                and ended up clearly worse.

                Caruana's defense was stubborn, and Naiditsch was simply unable to break through.

                Standing After Round Five

                Carlsen 3.5
                Niaditsch 3.5
                Caruana 3
                Aronian 2.5
                Bacrot 2.5
                Adams 2.5
                Anand 1.5
                Baramidze 1

                Next Round Pairings

                Anand-Baramidze, Caruana-Carlsen, Bacrot-Naiditsch, Aronian-Adams.
                _______

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                • #23
                  Re: Baden-Baden 2015

                  Baden-Baden 2015

                  Round Six
                  February 8, 2015

                  Magnus Carlsen and Jan Gustafsson are the commentators.

                  Caruana-Carlsen is a Berlin. The guys talk about the Berlin for drawing and then, the Petroff. Jan then makes the statement about the Petroff not being all that great for Vladimir Kramnik, even at the heat of his powers. There would be 90% draws and 10% losses. This makes Nigel stop and repeat Jan’s statement, “ Kramnik at the heat of his powers” rather than height of his powers.

                  Jan says, “I do know the difference. The Miami Height is a horrible basketball team.” Groans from the spectators.

                  A tweet asked if there are chess groupies? Nigel says they do exist but that is all he wants to say about that.

                  Later they discussed places to emigrate if they wanted to – Switzerland and Norway were the two most expensive places. Nigel says that Syria was affordable and India. He is playing in a tournament in India next month, in Calcutta.

                  All this shows that the chess is not too exciting and so the guys are more or less just filling in broadcast time.

                  After the break they talk about Baramidze’s woes in this tournament and the book Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces, (2011) by Jurgen Kaufeld and Guido Kern. With an ice storm going on outside and chess on my computer screen inside, it seems like just the book I would like to have at the moment!

                  Nigel says he has read the above book and thinks that Carlsen has too. And with not too much going on they discuss the chessbooks of Jacob Aagaard and John Watson. Nigel opines that Quality is a quality chess publisher. That is where the titles in Aagaard’s Grandmaster Preparation are coming from. Jacob is a pretty decent writer.

                  Other than John Watson’s opening books, Jan likes the two on chess strategy (Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy and Chess Strategy in Action). He thinks very deeply about what he is writing. He gives a lot of thought to his ideas. Nigel doesn’t often agree with him but he is worth listening to before rejecting his theses!

                  Caruana comes in to describe his draw with Carlsen. Magnus comes in a few minutes later and Nigel says that he knows his place and will b****r off! The guys have a very friendly analysis with Jan looking on. It appears to have been equal all the way.

                  Baden-Baden
                  Round 6, Feb. 8, 2015
                  Caruana, Fabiano – Carlsen, Magnus
                  C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin, 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 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bh2 Bb4 14.Ne2 Be7 15.Nfd4 Nf8 16.g4 h5 17.Nf5 Ne6 18.Kg2 b6 19.f3 c5 20.Bg3 Bg5 21.h4 hxg4 22.hxg5 gxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nxg5+ 24.Kf4 Nh3+ 25.Ke4 Ng5+ 26.Kf4 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

                  There are tripled pawns in Bacrot-Naiditsch and Nigel calls it the Irish pawn centre. He says that he is going to play at the famous drinking tournament, the Bunratty – a damn good weekend in the west of Ireland. Wesley So is going to be introduced to Guinness there. The tourney is not FIDE rated – some players knock back a pint or two while playing!

                  (Bunratty Chess Festival – February 20 to 22, 2015 with Wesley So, Gawain Jones, Nigel Short etc)

                  Baden-Baden
                  Round 6, Feb. 8, 2015
                  Aronian, Levon – Adams, Michael
                  A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

                  1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 exf3 10.Nxf3 d5 11.d4 h6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.e3 Bf5 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Nb3 Ne4 16.c4 b6 17.Rf4 Rad8 18.Qf1 Bg6 19.Ba3 Na5 20.Bb4 Nxb3 21.axb3 c5 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 Bxe4 24.Bc3 Bc2 25.b4 cxb4 26.Bxb4 a5 27.Bc3 Rc8 28.Rc1 Bb3 29.c5 Qe6 30.Qf4 a4 31.e4 bxc5 32.d5 Qd7 33.h4 f6 34.g4 Re8 35.Re1 Bc2 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Qxg5 Rxe4 39.Rxe4 Bxe4 40.d6 a3 41.Qxc5 Qg4+ 42.Kf2 Qf3+ 43.Ke1 Qg3+ 44.Kd2 Qd3+ 45.Ke1 a2 46.Qd4 Qg3+ 47.Kd2 Qg2+ 48.Ke3 Qf3+ 49.Kd2 Qg2+ 50.Ke3 Bf5 51.d7 Qg3+ 52.Ke2 Bg4+ 53.Kf1 Bh3+ 54.Ke2 Qg2+ 55.Ke1 Qg3+ 56.Ke2 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

                  The tournament co-leader, Arkadij Naiditsch, has drawn his game with Bacrot:
                  Baden-Baden
                  Round 6, Feb. 8, 2015
                  Bacrot, Etienne – Naiditsch, Arkadij
                  E16 Queens Indian, Capablanca Variation

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.Qc2 Bxd2 9.Bxd2 Be4 10.Qc1 d6 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Bc3 Qe7 13.b3 a4 14.Bf1 Rfb8 15.Nd2 Bg6 16.Bg2 d5 17.Nf3 c6 18.Nh4 Bh5 19.Qc2 b5 20.h3 axb3 21.axb3 bxc4 22.bxc4 Nb6 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Ra1 Rxa1+ 26.Bxa1 Nc4 27.Qa2 g5 28.Nf3 Ne4 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.dxe5 e3 32.fxe3 Qb7 33.Qd2 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qxa1 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

                  Nigel quotes some comments to the players made by Caruana and Carlsen when they looked at Bacrot-Naiditsch at the end of their press conference. Rather intimidating I would have thought. Etienne has Magnus as his opponent in the final round.

                  Jan and Nigel talk about good vacation weekend tournaments and mention the Thailand Open, the Bunratty and falter trying to give a third, mentioning Hawaii this year as a possibility.

                  (WWCC Hou Yifan, Gareev, Shankland at Hawaii Chess Festival, March 12-22, 2015 centred at the Hilton Waikiki Beach)

                  Lovely, seemingly naïve quote from Jan today: "It's hard to keep track of everything that's happening on the internet - it's a big place - but it is all true.”

                  The final game to end is Anand – Baramidze:

                  Baden-Baden
                  Round 6, Feb. 8, 2015
                  Anand, Vishy – Baramidze, David
                  C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko Variation

                  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2 Rec8 22. axb5 c3 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxc3 25. Qd1 Bxa1 26. Qxa1 axb5 27. Qd4 Qc3 28. Ne4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd5 30. Nxd6 Rc5 31. N6xb5 Ra2 32. Bh6 Ra8 33. Bd3 Rd8 34. Bg5 Ra8 35. Be7 Rcc8 36. Nd6 Rc7 37. N4b5 Rc6 38. Bf1 Kg7 39. g4 f6 40. g5 Rb8 41. h4 h5 42. Bh3 f5 43. Bf1 Kg8 44. Rd1 Bf3 45. Ra1 Bd5 46. f4 Nc5 47. Rd1 Bf3 48. Bc4+ Kh7 49. Rf1 Be4 50. Ra1 Nd3 51. Nd4 Rc7 52. Nxe4 fxe4 53. Bf6 Rcb7 54. Ne6 Rb1+ 55. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 56. Kg2 Rb8 57. Kf1 Rc8 58. Bd5 Re8 59. Be5 Rc8 60. Ke2 Nc5 61. Nxc5 Rxc5 62. Bxe4 Ra5 63. Ke3 Ra3+ 64. Kd4 Ra5 65. f5 1-0

                  - Anand 1-0 Baramidze after 5 1/2 hours

                  Standing after Round Six

                  Carlsen 4
                  Naiditsch 4
                  Caruana 3.5
                  Bacrot 3
                  Aronian 3
                  Adams 3
                  Anand 2.5
                  Baramidze 1

                  A tie tomorrow means a blitz playoff.

                  Final Round Opponents

                  Adams-Anand, Naiditsch-Aronian, Carlsen-Bacrot and Baramidze-Caruana.

                  Some On-line Comments

                  - There is a good chance of having 6 players tied with 4 points after the last round. In this case, how the matches among them would be organized?

                  - I find the tiebreak rules both strange and unclearly written, i.e. first tiebreak is number of wins ... if the top players can't be separated there's a playoff match. To begin with it could be interpreted as if it's only a match if the top players can't be separated by the tiebreak. And how do they play a match if for example Carlsen and Naiditsch draw while Caruana beats Baramidze (not too unlikely) and three players share first? Given the time controls one tiebreak match could take 1.5 hour, and what if for example Caruana beats Carlsen who beats Naiditsch who beats Caruana? Considering that the last round starts as late as the other rounds and the tiebreak might start first around 9 in the evening or something like that, these rules seem both quite tough and unclear for the players.

                  - It just goes to show that there are number of players like Naiditsch who would make the grade if they had the self-belief and the determination and resources that Carlsen has. Carlsen has not shown himself to be head and shoulders above everybody as his rating would suggest although he could well win the tournament.

                  - His performance rating is only about 7 points under his rating, so I don't see how he's not doing his rating justice here...

                  - How did Baramidze get into this tournament? Doesn't Germany have stronger players?"

                  Yes, it does, but Adolf Anderssen couldn´t play this tournament
                  Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 9th February, 2015, 12:09 AM. Reason: added Hawaii Chess Festival

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                  • #24
                    Re: Baden-Baden 2015

                    Baden-Baden 2015

                    Round Seven
                    February 9, 2015

                    Nigel predicts that the irresistible force Carlsen will overcome the immovable object Bacrot today. Etienne has drawn all his games so far. Naiditsch has the white pieces against Aronian and he will want to push and impress in this game. Aronian has not looked in good form in this tournament. Caruana is half a point behind, against Baramidze and he may eviscerate him. Nigel says that he was once played GM Slavoljub Marjanovic in Belgrade in 1987. It was in the 11th round; Marjanovic had a score of 0.5 out of 10. Nigel had the white pieces and kept looking at him and saying to himself, why don’t you blunder like you have been against everyone else. And Nigel was outplayed and lost. It is not easy playing against a tail ender in the last round.

                    Mickey Adams is playing the Catalan today. Jan says that the English all play the same odd openings like the Sicilian Grand Prix Attack and the English Attack. Nigel says that people are always influenced by the people around them. In Georgia, for instance, everyone plays the Caro Kann. If you don’t play the Caro Kann, they will take away your passport!

                    Jan says that Magnus is in no mood to fool around today, he is playing the Torre Attack named after the Mexican GM.

                    If there is a tie for first place there will be playoffs later on. Nigel doesn’t mind, as long as he gets his dinner.

                    Peter Svidler comes on via Skype from St. Petersburg. He joins the analysis of the games. When there is a discussion about “h” pawns, Peter mentions a Fischer game where Bobby touched his h pawn to move it to h6, realized it could be taken, so moved to h5. A tweet informs the guys that the game was Unzicker-Fischer, Buenos Aires, 1960. Peter says that he remembers the diagram in the book, How to Beat Bobby Fischer by Edmar Mednis (in Russian). It was his first proper chess book and he tore it to shreds with multiple rereadings. This was awkward because the book belonged to a colleague of his father at work and was borrowed and couldn’t be returned.

                    Fischer wrote about this game in Chess Life, July 1963:

                    "In this position, at Buenos Aires, 1960, Unzicker played against me 12. Qg3. I hope that none of my readers will make the move that I did in reply: 12...h5 . I touched the pawn, intending 12...h6 – and noticed, just in time, that White could play Bxh6. So I had to play the meaningless ...h5, which weakened my king-side and I eventually lost."

                    Jan asks Peter how his tournament in Gibraltar went.

                    Peter says that the tourney was well-organized. He has a Grand Prix in less than a week in Tbilisi. The plan was to go to Gib, do well in the first half, then take a bye. He got 4/5, had the break and in Round Eight was totally winning against Hou Yifan and missed two wins in one move and drew. It was a crucial half point at the end of the tournament. After not winning that game, it all kind of wound down.

                    Tbilisi is on Feb. 14 to 28. It was scheduled for Tehran but passport issues etc made FIDE move it. The other players are: Grischuk, MVL, Giri, Dominguez, Mamedyarov, Jakovenko,(Svidler), Andreikin, Radjabov, Jobava, Kasimdzhanov and Tomashevsky so, none of the players from Baden-Baden.

                    Magnus’s trainer, the Danish GM Peter Heine Neilsen, comes in. He worked with Vishy Anand at one time and now with Magnus, a younger blond! Paco Vallejo tweets the guys asking, “Is there any rational explanation why Lev Aronian is not playing at his best lately?” Nigel says that when you are always number 2, it is the World Championship that is important. Aronian hasn’t managed it and maybe he is a bit of a choker in these big events and he is disappointed. Nigel says that Levon is not that young any more – early thirties. From his own career, Nigel said he was in the top ten for ten years and the last time was when he was 32. There is a slight decline and it is not always possible to arrest that decline. With a great work ethic you can stave this off – like Boris Gelfand and Vasily Ivanchuk. Nigel is not suggesting that this is the end of the road for Aronian but maybe this disappointment is starting to get to him.

                    The guys think that Carlsen and Naiditsch have lost their winning chances going on 4.5 hours. A punster tweets that “at least Carlsen will not be back row (Bacrot) mated”.

                    Jonathan Tisdall (tweet) – Carlsen seems to have gone from winning to the only one of the games that is clearly drawn.

                    Mark Crowther (tweet) - This might even be the most interesting round of Baden-Baden. All 4 games still going past move 40.

                    The first game to finish:

                    Baden-Baden
                    Round 7, Feb. 9, 2015
                    Carlsen, Magnus – Bacrot, Etienne
                    A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack (4.e3 O-O)

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.O-O Qe8 8.a4 e5 9.a5 e4 10.Ne1 h6 11.Bh4 c6 12.Bb3 Nh5 13.f3 exf3 14.Qxf3 Ndf6 15.Nd3 Bg4 16.Qf2 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Qf3 g5 19.Bf2 g4 20.Qe2 Rae8 21.a6 b6 22.Rae1 Nd5 23.e4 f5 24.Qd1 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Qf5 26.Qxg4 Qxg4 27.Rxg4 Re2 28.Rd1 Nhf6 29.Rg3 Nh5 30.Rf3 Rxf3 31.gxf3 Ne3 32.Bxe3 Rxe3 33.Nc4 Rxf3 34.Nb4 b5 35.Na5 c5 36.Nbc6 Rf7 37.Nb7 Nf4 38.dxc5 dxc5 39.Nxa7 Bd4+ 40.Kh1 Nh3 41.Kg2 Nf4+ 42.Kg3 Ne2+ 43.Kg4 Rf4+ 44.Kh3 Rf3+ 45.Kg4 Rf4+ 46.Kh3 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

                    Seven draws in a row by Bacrot. Magnus was quite certain that at one point he was winning. In any case the game ended in a perpetual.

                    Next to finish, the Naiditsch-Aronian contest.

                    Baden-Baden
                    Round 7, Feb. 9, 2015
                    Naiditsch, Arkadij – Aronian, Levon
                    C47 Four Knights, Scotch Variation

                    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 d6 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. f4 a5 15. b3 Qf6 16. e5 Qd8 17. Rf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qh4 19. g3 Qd8 20. Rfe3 Bg4 21. Ne4 dxe5 22. Nf2 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Bf5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 g6 26. Kf2 Bxd3 27. cxd3 a4 28. b4 a3 29. Ke3 Rb8 30. Re4 Kf8 31. Rc4 c5 32. bxc5 Rb2 33. Kd4 Rxa2 34. Ra4 Rxh2 35. Rxa3 Ke7 36. Kd5 Kd7 37. g4 Rh3 38. c6+ Ke7 39. Ra7 Rxd3+ 40. Ke4 Rc3 41. Rxc7+ Ke6 42. Rc8 Kd6 43. Rd8+ Ke6 44. Re8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke6 46. f5+ gxf5+ 47. gxf5+ Ke7 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rd6 Ke7 50. Rh6 Rc5 51. Kf4 Rd5 52. Rxh7 Rd6 53. Kg5 Rxc6 54. Rh8 Rc1 55. Ra8 ½-½

                    Aronian says that he has been lucky over the last three games. He says, “I think my opponent played well and I played badly. Let’s sum up with that”. Naiditsch is now excused from the analyses because he will have a playoff game. Aronian jokes with the guys about “h” pawns and rook and pawn endgames. There are a few words about the colour of shirt to wear when playing and then Levon leaves.

                    Baden-Baden
                    Round 7, Feb. 9, 2015
                    Adams, Michael – Anand, Vishy
                    E05 Catalan, Open, Classical Line

                    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 Qe7 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. e4 Bb4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rcb1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Rb4 Rc4 28. Rab1 Rcxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb5 Rd7 31. Kf3 g5 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. g4 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. Rb3 Ke7 38. f3 Kf6 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rb3 Ke7 42. Rd3 Rc7 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. Rb3 Rf7 45. Rb5 Rc7 46. Rb4 Ke7 47. Rc4 Rd7+ 48. Kc5 Rd6 49. Rb4 Rc6+ 50. Kb5 Rd6 51. Rb3 Kf6 52. Kc5 Rc6+ 53. Kd4 Rd6+ 54. Ke4 Rd7 55. Rb6 Rd5 56. Rxb7 Rxa5 57. Rh7 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Ra3 61. Rxh6+ Kf7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rd7 Ra2 64. Rd3 Rb2 65. Re3 Rb4 66. Re2 Ra4 67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Rd2 Ra4 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Ke4 Ra4+ 71. Rd4 Ra1 72. Ke3 Ra3+ 73. Rd3 Ra4 74. Rb3 Ra1 75. Rb7 Ra3+ 76. Kf2 Ra2+ 77. Kg3 Ra3 78. Rb8 Kf7 79. Rb1 Kf6 80. Re1 Ra4 81. Kf2 Ra2+ 82. Kg3 Ra4 83. Rh1 Ra7 84. Kf2 Ke5 85. h6 Ra2+ 86. Kg3 Ra8 87. h7 Rh8 88. Rh6 Kd6 89. Kf2 Kd5 1-0

                    Anand blunders and Adams has a win.

                    They talk about Grischuk, where he is playing next. A tweet comes through saying that Grischuk passed up Wijk aan Zee allegedly because it was difficult for him to smoke between the rounds. They had a tent there and the arbiter would accompany you.

                    Baden-Baden
                    Round 7, Feb. 9, 2015
                    Baramidze, David – Caruana, Fabiano
                    A39 Reti/English, Symmetrical, Main Line Knight Exchange

                    1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. c5 a5 13. a4 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Rb8 15. Rd1 b6 16. Nd7 Bxd7 17. Rxd7 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be3 Bd4 20. e5 Bxe3 21. Bxc6 Bc5 22. Re1 Ng7 23. Kg2 Bd4 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Re2 Bc5 26. b4 axb4 27. Rb2 Ne6 28. Nxb4 Nc7 29. Rb3 Rd2 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Bb5 Nd5 32. Kf3 Nc3 33. Ba6 Nxa4 34. Rb4 Nc5 35. Rxd4 Nxa6 36. Ke3 Ra2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Ra3 39. Kd2 e6 40. Ra7 Ra5 41. f4 h5 42. h4 Ra2+ 43. Kc3 Ra4 44. Ra8 b5 45. Kd2 Ra2+ 46. Kc1 Ra4 47. Kd2 Nc5 48. Rxa4 Nxa4 49. Kc2 Nb6 50. Nc5 Kf8 51. Kc3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 Ke7 53. Ne4 f6 54. Kc5 f5 55. Nd2 b4 56. Kc4 Kd7 57. Kb5 Kd8 58. Kc4 Kc8 59. Nb3 Kd7 60. Nd2 Kc6 61. Nf3 Ne3+ 62. Kxb4 Kd5 63. Nd2 Nd1 64. Kb5 Nc3+ 65. Kb6 Ne2 66. Nf1 Ke4 67. Kc6 Nxg3 68. Nxg3+ Kxf4 69. Nf1 Kxe5 70. Kd7 f4 71. Nd2 Kf6 72. Kc6 g5 73. Ne4+ Kf5 74. Nxg5 Kg4 75. Kd6 Kxh4 76. Ne4 Kg4 77. Kxe6 h4 78. Ke5 f3 79. Kd4 h3 80. Ke3 h2 81. Nf2+ Kg3 82. Nh1+ Kg2 83. Nf2 h1=Q 84. Nxh1 Kxh1 85. Kxf3 ½-½

                    At move 70 White has N and h pawn and Black has four pawns. After 71. Nd2 Black has a stellar move if only he can find it – 71…Kd4. He doesn’t and the position goes to equality. Stockfish found (71... Kd4 72. Kc6 Kd3 73. Nf3 Ke3 74. Ne5 f3 75. Nc4+ Ke2 76. Nd6 Kd3 77. Nf7 f2 78. Ne5+ Ke3 79. Kd6 f1=Q 80. Ke7 Qf5 81. Nc4+ Ke2 82. Nd6 Qc5 83. Kd7 Qd4 84. Ke7 e5 85. Nf7 Qxh4+ 86. Kf8 e4 87. Kg7 Qg3).

                    This message is put up on the website:

                    A playoff match will be played to determine first place. The games will begin 15 minutes AFTER the END of Round 7, and will be live here.

                    Naiditsch and Carlsen will be in the playoff.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Baden-Baden 2015

                      Baden-Baden 2015

                      Round Seven Playoff
                      February 9, 2015

                      The standing at the end of the regular tournament is this:

                      Carlsen 4.5
                      Naiditsch 4.5
                      Adams 4
                      Caruana 4
                      Bacrot 3.5
                      Aronian 3.5
                      Anand 2.5
                      Baramidze 1.5

                      Short and Gustafsson are the commentators with Lev Aronian adding remarks off-camera.

                      There are two rapid games and two blitz games, if necessary.

                      (The Reg. - In case of a tie for first place: 2 games with 10 min + 2 sec a move; then if needed 2 games with 5 min + 2 sec a move; finally a game with 6 min for White and 5 min for Black + 2 sec a move (in case of a draw Black wins))

                      Baden-Baden
                      Play Off Game 1
                      February 9, 2015
                      Carlsen, Magnus – Naiditsch, Arkadij
                      E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld Variation

                      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8. b4 a5 9. Bb2 axb4 10. axb4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 Qe7 13. c5 f5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bc3 bxc5 16. dxc5 Ra8 17. O-O Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. b5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. c6 Bc8 23. Rd1 d5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 Kf8 26. f4 Ke7 27. Ra1 g6 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. Ra3 Rf8 30. h4 Ke7 31. h5 Rg8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rh3 g5 34. fxg5 Kd6 35. Rh6 Ke7 36. Bf3 e5 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. dxe5+ Kc5 39. Rxc7 Kxb5 40. Bxd5 1-0

                      Fabiano Caruana comes in to help with the analyses. He mentions his endgame just finished and Nigel asks, “Would you have won it on a cylindrical chessboard?”

                      The guys joke around and suddenly look at the board and find that Naiditsch has beaten Carlsen, they having played their last two-dozen moves at lightning speed.

                      Baden-Baden
                      Play Off Game 2
                      February 9, 2015
                      Naiditsch, Arkadij – Carlsen, Magnus
                      C49 Four Knights, Symmetrical, Pillsbury Variation

                      1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g3 d5 14. Kg2 d4 15. Ne2 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd7 18. a3 Kh8 19. Kg2 Nc5 20. Ba2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 Qf6 23. f4 Rf8 24. Rae1 h5 25. Rf3 h4 26. g4 Nxf4+ 27. Kh2 Rg5 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. b4 Nd7 30. Re6 Qd8 31. Qe1 Rb5 32. a4 Rb6 33. Re7 Nf6 34. Qxh4+ Nh7 35. Be6 Rf6 36. Bf5 Rh6 37. Qe1 Qd6 38. Re8+ Nf8 39. Qe7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7 Rxb4 41. Re8 Rf6 42. Rxf4 g6 43. g5 Rf7 44. Rh4+ Kg7 45. Be4 Rb2 46. Kg3 Rxc2 47. Rf4 Rc5 48. h4 Ra5 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 50. Rb8 b5 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. axb5 cxb5 53. Kf4 Ra2 54. Rxb5 Rf2+ 55. Kg3 Re2 56. Ra5 Nd7 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. Bxg6 Ne5 59. Be4 Nxd3 60. Bxd3 Re3+ 61. Kf4 Rxd3 62. h5 Rh3 63. h6 d3 64. Rxa7+ Ke6 65. Ra6+ Kf7 66. g6+ Ke7 67. g7 d2 68. g8=Q 1-0

                      Baden-Baden
                      Play Off Game 3
                      February 9, 2015
                      Carlsen, Magnus – Naiditsch, Arkadij
                      E14 Queen’s Indian

                      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 d5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. Rc1 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. g3 Nb4 17. Be2 Na2 18. Ra1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxc4 20. Rxa2 Nf6 21. Bc6 Nd5 22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Rd1 Rb3 24. Kg2 Qd6 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Rda1 Rc8 27. Ba3 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxd5 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Bxa3 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rxa3 Rc4 33. Kf3 Rxd4 34. Rc3 Rxa4 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. Rxb6 Rb4 ½-½

                      It is 11:30 at night and the guys say they are hungry. Unfortunately they talk about a rock band from England called Humble Pie. Peter Svidler tweets that they are giving some of the most brilliant commentary ever.

                      Baden-Baden
                      Play Off Game 4
                      February 9, 2015
                      Naiditsch, Arkadij – Carlsen, Magnus
                      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. c4 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Bb2 h5 14. Rad1 b5 15. Nfg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 a6 17. Bc3 c5 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Ne4 bxc4 21. Nxc5 cxb3 22. axb3 Rb8 23. b4 Rb6 24. Kf1 Bc4+ 25. Ke1 Bb5 26. f3 h4 27. Kf2 Rc6 28. Bb2 Ke8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Nb3 Nd5 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Ba3 Nf4 33. g3 Nd3+ 34. Ke3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Nxe5 36. Kf4 Nxf3 37. Bb2 f6 38. Nd4 Ne1 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Ke2 Ng2 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Bc3 g6 43. Nf3 g5 44. Bxf6 Bxf3 45. Kxf3 Ne1+ 46. Ke2 Nc2 47. Bxg5 Nxb4 48. Bf4 Nd5 49. Bd2 Ke6 50. Kd3 Nf6 51. Bc1 Kd5 52. Bg5 Ng4 53. Kc3 c5 54. Kb3 Kc6 55. Ka4 Ne5 56. Ka5 Kb7 57. Bh6 Nc6+ 58. Ka4 c4 59. g4 Kc8 60. Bg7 Kd7 61. Bf6 Ke6 62. g5 Kf5 63. Ka3 Ne5 64. Kb4 a5+ 65. Kc3 a4 66. Bxe5 Kxe5 67. Kxc4 Kf5 68. Kb4 Kxg5 ½-½

                      Since the match is still undecided, a final Armageddon game will be played. Carlsen has six minutes and Naiditsch, five minutes. If Carlsen wins, he wins the tournament, if he draws or loses, he loses.

                      Baden-Baden
                      Play Off Game 5
                      February 9, 2015
                      Carlsen, Magnus – Naiditsch, Arkadij
                      B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation

                      1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qxa6 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bc4 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qf5 Rbd8 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Rd1 Qb4 23. Be5 Bc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxe4 Qxb2 26. Bd3 Rfe8 27. Nxf6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Qf4+ Kxd5 31. Nf6+ Kc6 32. Nxe8 1-0

                      Carlsen wins the tournament.

                      The players go off to the prize giving.

                      Comments On-line

                      Jonathan Tisdall (tweet) – Finally! Congrats to the champ and maybe even bigger applause to Naiditsch. Fantastic drama and a knack for plaguing MC.

                      Natalia Pogonina (tweet) – Very impressed with my friend Arkadij’s performance: beats the World Champion, ties in rapid and blitz, loses only on Armageddon!

                      Peter Svidler (tweet) - Horribly sad to be missing out on some of the most brilliant chess commentary in ages. Well done - wish I was there

                      Peter Svidler (tweet) - For what it's worth, Grischuk, who knows a thing or two about blitz, always picks White in Armaggedon games

                      - This tournament was really exciting, these playoffs with all GMs commentating was fantastic!!! Thanks baden baden for making that happen!

                      And who is this Naiditsch guy?! Excellent, made Carlsen really suffer to get the win. At one time seemed to me that Carlsen was more nervous than him!
                      Last edited by Wayne Komer; Tuesday, 10th February, 2015, 01:36 AM.

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                        Re: Baden-Baden 2015

                        The 4 top seeds at Baden-Baden all lost rating points. Carlsen shed 2.1, Caruana 1.5 (which also gives Grischuk the #2 ranking), Anand a whopping 15.0, and Aronian 2.8 (which drops him to #11).

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