Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix
Tbilisi 2015
Round Five
February 20, 2015
Commentators are WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and GM Tornike Sanikidze. Their table appears to be near a door and throughout the commentary the sound of the door being open and closed is quite distracting.
Also, there is a very small viewing rectangle in the bottom left of the screen for seeing the commentators; the major part is occupied by the board and analyses. At least you can’t see the door.
First game to finish is Jakovenko-Grischuk:
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Grischuk, Alexander
E60 King’s Indian, 3.g3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bc8 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bc8 14.Nf3 1/2-1/2
Chessbomb kibitzer:
kamalakanta: Favorite short draw story....Bronstein is playing Smyslov in the 50's...in a USSR Championship....they draw in 13 moves...the arbiter protests, saying "there is much play in the position! You must play on! The State pays you!"
Bronstein replies..."You want me to attack Smyslov...for 3 rubles a day?"
Comments from the Official Site:
Jobava - Mamedyarov 1-0
After the poor start 0,5/4 the Georgian star returned into competition with a victory against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
Jobava used the same unorthodox opening he already tried against world champion Magnus Carlsen this winter.
At one point white sacrificed a pawn but then missed the best continuation and black took the tempo to solidify the structure.
The only way to retain some chances was to also sacrifice a bishop, which is exactly what Jobava did.
After several forced moves black made a terrible mistake, completely blundering white's 19.Rxd5. Mamedyarov said he immediately wanted to resign but then he noticed that 19...Qb4 allows him to stay in the game a little longer. 18...Qc7 19.Qb2 where Jobava claims to have good compensation.
White committed another inaccuracy on move 22, but black quickly returned the favour and ended up checkmated.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili pointed that 22.Rd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxd8+ Kf7 24.c3 would win on the spot.
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Jobava, Baadur – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Indian Variation
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.O-O-O Qa5 9.f3 h5 10.Kb1 Bf5 11.Bd3 Nxd4 12.Nge2 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Bd7 14.Rhe1 e6 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Rg8 18.Qe5 Rxg7 19.Rxd5 Qb4 20.Rd6 Kf8 21.Red1 Bc6 22.R1d4 Qb5 23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Ke7 25.Qd6+ Kf6 26.Qd4+ Kf7 27.Qf4+ Ke7 1-0
Vachier Lagrave-Radjabov ½
Andreikin-Dominquez 0-1
Kasimdzhanov - Svidler 1-0
Svidler defended with his favourite Gruenfeld Indian and Kasimdzhanov repeated the line that he used against Giri in Round Three
Black deviated from Giri's play by preventing e4 advance, and was then "treated to his own medicine", as Svidler put it, because he introduced white's line in the Candidates' game against Gelfand.
By now the main line is 8...c5 9.dxc5 N6d7, but Svidler borrowed Gelfand's forgotten idea of Bg4-Bxf3, only with a small twist - 10...N8d7 which saves valuable tempo and is much superior to the known 10...c6.
White was taken by surprise, but nevertheless he continued with normal development and castled long. He refrained from pushing the h-pawn, and Svidler has shown why he was right - 15.h4 Rad8 16.e5 f6 17.h5 fxe5 18.hxg6 h6 and black rook is great on f8.
The players have suggested several alternative variations:
15...Rac8!? (Svidler)
16...e5!? 17. f5 gxf5 18.Qxf5 Ne6 "with a monster knight on d4" (Kasimdzhanov)
16...Rxd2 17.Rxd2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rc8 19. Ka1 Nca4 etc (Kasimdzhanov)
Svidler underestimated 18.Nb5! and both players agreed that the position after 20.Qa3 is extremely complicated.
The losing move was 23...Rf7, both agreed, and tried to find a possible improvement:
23...Rxb4 doesn't work 24.Qxb4 Nf6 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Qc4
23...Qf7 24.Bxc5 Rf1 25.Rd1; 23...Qh4 24.Nxd5 and g3 is a huge threat; 23...Qd6 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Bxc5
23...Rc4 (engine) 24.Nxd5 Qf7 25.Ne3 Rxb4 26.Qxb4 Nd3 27.Qd6 Nxe1 28.Be6 etc
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Svidler, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.e3 Bg7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 N8d7 11.O-O-O e6 12.Kb1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.e4 Qe7 15.Be2 Rad8 16.Rhe1 Rd4 17.e5 f6 18.Nb5 Rd5 19.Bb4 fxe5 20.Qa3 Nbd7 21.Bg4 Rxf4 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Nc3 Rf7 24.Nxd5 Qd6 25.Rd1 b6 26.Qxa7 e4 27.Bxd7 e3 28.Nxe3 Qe5 29.Qa8+ 1-0
Tomashevsky - Giri 1/2
The tournament leader attempted to repeat the line in the King's Indian Defence that he used against Grischuk, but met with a well-prepared Giri.
White was prepared for 11...h6 12.Bd2 Na6 13.Bg2!?, but black changed the moves order and white started losing ground.
The hasty 13...f4 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Bd4 would have turned bad for black, but he played the strong 13...Nh7 to which white couldn't remember how to continue.
Giri suggested the calm 14.a3, but instead white committed himself with 14.h4. Tomashevsky admitted that his "position started falling apart" and that "black has won the theoretical duel".
After 24...b5 white realised that he was outplayed and should look how to save the game. He did put up a stubborn defence and eventually earned a draw.
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Tomashevsky, Evgeny, Giri, Anish
E90 King’s Indian, 5.Nf3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Nh4 Nf6 11.Bg5 Na6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Be3 Nh7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ng5 16.Kf1 Bd7 17.Kg2 Nc5 18.Qc2 Qf6 19.Rae1 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rae8 21.Qd2 a6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 b5 25.Qe2 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qe7 27.Qd3 Qf7 28.Nf3 Nxf3 29.Qxf3 Bc8 30.Kf2 Bb7 31.Qd3 h5 32.Be3 h4 33.Bd4 Bf8 34.Qf3 Be7 35.Ke2 Qg6 36.gxh4 Bxh4 37.a3 Kf7 38.Kd2 Ke8 39.Bf2 Bg5+ 40.Be3 Bf6 41.Kc1 Be5 42.Bf4 Bf6 43.Qe3+ Kd8 44.Qg3 Qxg3 45.Bxg3 Bg5+ 46.Kc2 Ke7 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Bf2 Kg6 49.b4 Bc8 50.Ne2 f4 51.Ke4 1/2-1/2
Standing After Round Five
Tomashevsky 4
Grischuk 3
Kasimdzhanov 3
Jakovenko 3
Giri 3
Dominguez Perez 3
Radjabov 2.5
Mamedyarov 2
MVL 2
Jobava 1.5
Andreikin 1.5
Svidler 1.5
Round 6 Pairings
Radjabov-Grischuk, Mamedyarov-Jakovenko, Giri-Jobava, Dominguez-Tomashevsky, Svidler-Andreikin, MVL-Kasimdzhanov
Tbilisi 2015
Round Five
February 20, 2015
Commentators are WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and GM Tornike Sanikidze. Their table appears to be near a door and throughout the commentary the sound of the door being open and closed is quite distracting.
Also, there is a very small viewing rectangle in the bottom left of the screen for seeing the commentators; the major part is occupied by the board and analyses. At least you can’t see the door.
First game to finish is Jakovenko-Grischuk:
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Grischuk, Alexander
E60 King’s Indian, 3.g3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bc8 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bc8 14.Nf3 1/2-1/2
Chessbomb kibitzer:
kamalakanta: Favorite short draw story....Bronstein is playing Smyslov in the 50's...in a USSR Championship....they draw in 13 moves...the arbiter protests, saying "there is much play in the position! You must play on! The State pays you!"
Bronstein replies..."You want me to attack Smyslov...for 3 rubles a day?"
Comments from the Official Site:
Jobava - Mamedyarov 1-0
After the poor start 0,5/4 the Georgian star returned into competition with a victory against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
Jobava used the same unorthodox opening he already tried against world champion Magnus Carlsen this winter.
At one point white sacrificed a pawn but then missed the best continuation and black took the tempo to solidify the structure.
The only way to retain some chances was to also sacrifice a bishop, which is exactly what Jobava did.
After several forced moves black made a terrible mistake, completely blundering white's 19.Rxd5. Mamedyarov said he immediately wanted to resign but then he noticed that 19...Qb4 allows him to stay in the game a little longer. 18...Qc7 19.Qb2 where Jobava claims to have good compensation.
White committed another inaccuracy on move 22, but black quickly returned the favour and ended up checkmated.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili pointed that 22.Rd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxd8+ Kf7 24.c3 would win on the spot.
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Jobava, Baadur – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Indian Variation
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.O-O-O Qa5 9.f3 h5 10.Kb1 Bf5 11.Bd3 Nxd4 12.Nge2 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Bd7 14.Rhe1 e6 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Rg8 18.Qe5 Rxg7 19.Rxd5 Qb4 20.Rd6 Kf8 21.Red1 Bc6 22.R1d4 Qb5 23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Ke7 25.Qd6+ Kf6 26.Qd4+ Kf7 27.Qf4+ Ke7 1-0
Vachier Lagrave-Radjabov ½
Andreikin-Dominquez 0-1
Kasimdzhanov - Svidler 1-0
Svidler defended with his favourite Gruenfeld Indian and Kasimdzhanov repeated the line that he used against Giri in Round Three
Black deviated from Giri's play by preventing e4 advance, and was then "treated to his own medicine", as Svidler put it, because he introduced white's line in the Candidates' game against Gelfand.
By now the main line is 8...c5 9.dxc5 N6d7, but Svidler borrowed Gelfand's forgotten idea of Bg4-Bxf3, only with a small twist - 10...N8d7 which saves valuable tempo and is much superior to the known 10...c6.
White was taken by surprise, but nevertheless he continued with normal development and castled long. He refrained from pushing the h-pawn, and Svidler has shown why he was right - 15.h4 Rad8 16.e5 f6 17.h5 fxe5 18.hxg6 h6 and black rook is great on f8.
The players have suggested several alternative variations:
15...Rac8!? (Svidler)
16...e5!? 17. f5 gxf5 18.Qxf5 Ne6 "with a monster knight on d4" (Kasimdzhanov)
16...Rxd2 17.Rxd2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rc8 19. Ka1 Nca4 etc (Kasimdzhanov)
Svidler underestimated 18.Nb5! and both players agreed that the position after 20.Qa3 is extremely complicated.
The losing move was 23...Rf7, both agreed, and tried to find a possible improvement:
23...Rxb4 doesn't work 24.Qxb4 Nf6 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Qc4
23...Qf7 24.Bxc5 Rf1 25.Rd1; 23...Qh4 24.Nxd5 and g3 is a huge threat; 23...Qd6 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Bxc5
23...Rc4 (engine) 24.Nxd5 Qf7 25.Ne3 Rxb4 26.Qxb4 Nd3 27.Qd6 Nxe1 28.Be6 etc
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Svidler, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.e3 Bg7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 N8d7 11.O-O-O e6 12.Kb1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.e4 Qe7 15.Be2 Rad8 16.Rhe1 Rd4 17.e5 f6 18.Nb5 Rd5 19.Bb4 fxe5 20.Qa3 Nbd7 21.Bg4 Rxf4 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Nc3 Rf7 24.Nxd5 Qd6 25.Rd1 b6 26.Qxa7 e4 27.Bxd7 e3 28.Nxe3 Qe5 29.Qa8+ 1-0
Tomashevsky - Giri 1/2
The tournament leader attempted to repeat the line in the King's Indian Defence that he used against Grischuk, but met with a well-prepared Giri.
White was prepared for 11...h6 12.Bd2 Na6 13.Bg2!?, but black changed the moves order and white started losing ground.
The hasty 13...f4 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Bd4 would have turned bad for black, but he played the strong 13...Nh7 to which white couldn't remember how to continue.
Giri suggested the calm 14.a3, but instead white committed himself with 14.h4. Tomashevsky admitted that his "position started falling apart" and that "black has won the theoretical duel".
After 24...b5 white realised that he was outplayed and should look how to save the game. He did put up a stubborn defence and eventually earned a draw.
Tbilisi 2015
Round 5, Feb. 20
Tomashevsky, Evgeny, Giri, Anish
E90 King’s Indian, 5.Nf3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Nh4 Nf6 11.Bg5 Na6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Be3 Nh7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ng5 16.Kf1 Bd7 17.Kg2 Nc5 18.Qc2 Qf6 19.Rae1 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rae8 21.Qd2 a6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 b5 25.Qe2 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qe7 27.Qd3 Qf7 28.Nf3 Nxf3 29.Qxf3 Bc8 30.Kf2 Bb7 31.Qd3 h5 32.Be3 h4 33.Bd4 Bf8 34.Qf3 Be7 35.Ke2 Qg6 36.gxh4 Bxh4 37.a3 Kf7 38.Kd2 Ke8 39.Bf2 Bg5+ 40.Be3 Bf6 41.Kc1 Be5 42.Bf4 Bf6 43.Qe3+ Kd8 44.Qg3 Qxg3 45.Bxg3 Bg5+ 46.Kc2 Ke7 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Bf2 Kg6 49.b4 Bc8 50.Ne2 f4 51.Ke4 1/2-1/2
Standing After Round Five
Tomashevsky 4
Grischuk 3
Kasimdzhanov 3
Jakovenko 3
Giri 3
Dominguez Perez 3
Radjabov 2.5
Mamedyarov 2
MVL 2
Jobava 1.5
Andreikin 1.5
Svidler 1.5
Round 6 Pairings
Radjabov-Grischuk, Mamedyarov-Jakovenko, Giri-Jobava, Dominguez-Tomashevsky, Svidler-Andreikin, MVL-Kasimdzhanov
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