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There were a surprising number of upsets (predominantly draws) in R1 action at the EICC 2015. On the top 30 boards there were 16 draws as well as 2 wins for the underdogs. Theme music for the day surely has to be Baha Men's 'Who Let The Dogs Out?" (:
And the dogs are definitely out again today. On the top 7 boards only 2 favourites (Navarra and Eljanov) won while the dogs racked up 1 win and 4 draws (:
Anton Korobov (2708.3 live), from the Ukraine, is the only player perfect through 4 rounds. Anton eliminated a couple of elites in the last World Cup, Jobava in the 2nd round and Nakamura in the 4th round before succumbing to Kramnik in the 5th round. Sunday (Saturday being a rest day) he'll face another very hot player, David Navara (2750.2 live). Surprisingly, these two have no encounters at chessgames.com. Marathon has made Korobov the slight betting favourite, 5/2 vs 13/4, with 21/25 draw odds.
The top 25 boards in R5 are populated by 50 GMs. Board 27 will see 16-year-old WGM Alexsandra Goryachkina (2451) attempt to take down another 2600 plus GM. She beat GM Mihail Marin (2603) from Romania today and gets rewarded with GM Zdenko Kozul (2630) from Croatia Sunday. If you think she can repeat, she's the 19/2 dog (:
Last edited by Jack Maguire; Saturday, 28th February, 2015, 12:21 PM.
A bad day for the 2700 elites today at the EICC. Nepomniachtchi was the only elite to win (against fellow elite Korobov) while 4 went down to defeat (including Korobov) and 3 drew. Vallejo's loss cost him his 2700 status. And Inarkiev's loss left him precariously close to joining Vallejo at 2701.9.
Paco Vallejo @Chessidharta
I don't remember losing a more stupid game than this one , sometimes is good to have a bad memory, hope to forget this soon too.
England's David Howell has been on quite a roll of late and has his live rating up to 2693.7. He's also a perfect 2/2 against Nepomniactchi in their career so it's rather surprising that Nepo is such a heavy betting favourite tomorrow, 13/10 vs 15/2, with 20/21 draw odds. Nepo has White but I wouldn't touch him at those odds unless perhaps to draw (:
One round to go and only 3 players have secured a top 23 finish, which garners a spot in the 2015 World Cup. A score of 7.5 seems to be the magic number so I would expect a high % of draws among the players with 7.0 tomorrow. Currently the top 35 spots include 34 GMs and 1 untitled player, the 21-year-old Russian, Ilia Iljiushenok, rated 2450 and the 128th seed. Ilia is clearly channelling some classic Alan Trefler here with his 2684 TPR (:
Khismatullin played an amazing winning combination on board 3 starting 44 Kg1!! but he must have calculated this was probably winning when he played Nxd3. The mating method after Black had to return the rook was precisely calculated though he had only 1-2 minutes for most of it.
European Individual Chess Championship 2015
Round 10, March 6, 2015
Khismatullin, Denis (RUS) – Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)
E46 Nimzo-Indian, Reshevsky Variation
If the clock times at ChessBomb are correct, Wayne, Denis had 179 seconds on his clock when he played the amazing 44.Kg1!! while the higher rated Pavel (2727) had 13 minutes and 56 seconds on his clock.
Nepomniachtchi, the sole leader through 8 rounds, finished with 2 losses sandwiched around a draw, and did NOT make the World Cup top 23 cut. Nepo was in fact the lone player on 7/10 to lose and thus the only player in that group to not reach the critical 7.5/11. I count 9 winners in the large 6.5 group so it appears we haves 26 players with 7.5 or better (22 with 7.5). Three of those 22 at 7.5 will miss the World Cup via tie-breaks ):
Evgeni Najer took clear 1st with 8.5/11 and would have had 9.0 had he not offered a draw today in a totally winning position, both on the board and on the clock. David Navara, Denis Khismatullin, and Mateusz Bartel (who beat Nepo) finished joint 2nd with 8.0.
One round to go and only 3 players have secured a top 23 finish, which garners a spot in the 2015 World Cup. A score of 7.5 seems to be the magic number so I would expect a high % of draws among the players with 7.0 tomorrow. Currently the top 35 spots include 34 GMs and 1 untitled player, the 21-year-old Russian, Ilia Iljiushenok, rated 2450 and the 128th seed. Ilia is clearly channelling some classic Alan Trefler here with his 2684 TPR (:
Ilia Iljusenok (2450) does indeed qualify for the World Cup while elite 2700 GMs Vitiugov, Nepomniachtchi, Bacrot, Inarkiev (now 2698.2), and Vallejo (now 2695.7) do not!
Critics are still heaping praise on Denis Khismatullin’s game in Round 10.
This from chess24:
The sensation of Round 10, however, was a single move.
Leaving aside the standings and everything else at stake, Round 10 of the European Championship will go down in history for a single moment - a spark of genius from Russian player Denis Khismatullin, who surprised everyone with a brilliant move that enabled him to defeat Ukraine’s Pavel Eljanov.
After a tough fight the players have reached a heavy-piece ending where passed pawns are important, but not so important as king safety. Khismatullin managed to see that despite the attack on his rook he could relocate his king in order to trap the opposing monarch.
44. Kg1‼ Absolute genius. The white king moves away from the action, taking two small steps to h2. From there it will not only be protected by its pawns but will also play a vital role in capturing the enemy king. The move combines all the features required to be unforgettable: it's surprising, original and visually attractive. The idea of trapping the black king was far from obvious, while Khismatullin not only had to see that idea but also delve deeper and find out how it could actually work. Surely the most aesthetic move made by Denis Khismatullin in his long career.
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