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The Vladimir Petrov Memorial will be held in Jurmala, Latvia on March 7-8, 2015.
Tournament A is an 11-round Swiss with the time control of 15 minutes for each player plus 6 seconds increment for each move. The total prize fund is 12900 Euro.
The participants:
Ivanchuk, Vassily
Karjakin, Sergey
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
Morozevich, Alexander
Gelfand, Boris
Rapport, Richard
Malakhov, Vladimir
Fedoseev, Vladimir
Naiditsch, Arkadij
Van Wely, Loek
Socko, Bartosz
Novikov, Stanislav
Bologan, Viktor
Shirov, Alexei
Chucky, Shakh, Moro, and Rapport all had easy R1 wins, which is to be expected given the near 400 point rating differentials under the Swiss format. Albeit Tomashevsky got rather lucky when Kristaps Kretainis (2289) flagged in a dead even endgame (N & 2P vs B & 2P) position. The games are being carried live at ChessBomb.
Chucky, Shakh, Moro, and Rapport all had easy R1 wins, which is to be expected given the near 400 point rating differentials under the Swiss format. Albeit Tomashevsky got rather lucky when Kristaps Kretainis (2289) flagged in a dead even endgame (N & 2P vs B & 2P) position. The games are being carried live at ChessBomb.
It is interesting to note that the Rapid is becoming a more popular format........it seems to be fine with the elite players (good chess; less time commitment; reasonable prizes). It is likely much better for chess promotion to the public, than chess at standard time control.
R2 saw the rating gaps essentially cut in half to ~200 points and there were 2 upsets on the top 9 boards at ChessBomb. Karjakin gave up a draw to Jiri Stocek (2513 Rapid/2554 Standard) and Tomashevsky paid his R1 debt to Caissa by losing to the 65-year-old Sveshnikov (2492 Rapid/2511 Standard). My fab 4 remain fab and I loved Rapport's crushing 31. ...Qa7! (:
I guess GM Monika Socko will own the family bragging rights at dinner tonight after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch in R5 while her husband, GM Bartosz Socko, succumbed to Vladimir Dobrov (:
Without full access to all the games, it would appear that Ivanchuk, Malakhov, and Mamedyarov lead through 5 rounds with 4.5/5.
1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 4.5
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily 4.5
3. Malakhov, Vladimir 4.5
4. Dobrov, Vladimir 4.5
5. Morozevich, Alexander 4.0
6. Gelfand, Boris 4.0
7. Sakaev, Konstantin 4.0
8. Karjakin, Sergey 4.0
9. Krasenkow, Michal 4.0
10. Gleizerov, Evgeny 4.0
11. Shomoev, Anton 4.0
12. Lysyj, Igor 4.0
13. Socko, Monika 4.0
14. Ehlvest, Jaan 4.0
15. Tregubov, Pavel 4.0
Tomashevksy is 27th with 3.5, Khalifman is 28th with 3.5. There are 122 players in the table.
Sixth Round Pairings tomorrow:
Ivanchuk-Dobrov
Malakhov-Mamedyarov
Karjakin-Krasenkow
Gleizerov-Morozevich
Gelfand-Tregubov
Ehlvest-Lysyj
etc.
From the Official Web Site:
Vladimir Petrov (1907 - 1943) was the leading Latvian chess player in the 1930s. His best individual result was tied first with Samuel Reshevsky and Salo Flohr at the Kemeri supertournament in 1937, ahead of Alexander Alekhine, Paul Keres, Endre Steiner, Savielly Tartakower, Reuben Fine and others.
Petrov represented Latvia in seven Chess Olympiads from 1928 to 1939 as well as at the unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936. He won two individual medals at the Olympiads — gold in 1931 and bronze in 1939. At the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad Petrov was undefeated on board one, drawing against Alekhine, Capablanca and Keres, winning against Vladas Mikenas, Savielly Tartakower, Roberto Grau and others.
Petrov also won two Latvian Championships (1935 and 1937) and tied for first at the 1934 championships.
Vladimir Petrov was arrested on 31 August 1942 for criticising decreased living standards in Latvia after the Soviet annexation of 1940. He was sentenced to ten years in GULAG. He died in 1943, aged 35, while serving his sentence in a labor camp in Kotla, USSR.
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Sunday, 8th March, 2015, 12:08 PM.
Ivanchuk, very much in form with 5 wins and 3 draws through 8 rounds, is playing a King's Gambit vs Karjakin in R9. Not only does Chucky have the much superior position, he has a huge clock advantage, 8 minutes vs 2 minutes (:
With 1 round to play, there's evidently a 3 way tie for 1st with 8/10: Gelfand, Karjakin, and Ivanchuk. Fridman, Mamedyarov and Rapport are just a 1/2 point back at 7.5. Rapport's win in R10, the 1st game to finish, was rather typical Rapport (:
Unless Chucky can win his Rook endgame against Fedoseev, it looks like we're going to have a 4 way tie for 1st (5 if there's a winner in the Mamedyarov-Fridman game). Gelfand and Karjakin took a quick draw (boo!) and Rapport absolutely demolished Naiditsch (:
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily 9.0/11
2. Karjakin, Sergey 8.5/11
3. Gelfand, Boris 8.5/11
4. Rapport, Richard 8.5/11
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 8.0/11
6. Sakaev, Konstantin 8.0/11
7. Fridman, Daniel 8.0/11
8. Shirov, Alexei 7.5/11
9. Tomashevsky, Evgeny 7.5/11
10. Khalifman, Alexander 7.5/11
11. Fedorov, Alexei 7.5/11
So, Ivanchuk beats Fedoseev and wins the tournament. Karjakin ties for second and tweets after:
Happy to play a good tournament in Jurmala, congrats Chuky with a great play, and thanks to A.Shirov for inviting me!
The Official Announcements:
Vasil Ivanchuk wins V. Petrov Memorial
Ukrainian grandmaster Vasil Ivanchuk won the 4th edition of Vladimir Petrov Memorial in Jurmala, Latvia. Scoring nine points in eleven games with seven wins and four draws, the Ukrainian was the sole winner of the main Petrov Memorial tournament.
Before the last round three grandmasters shared the first place - Gelfand, Karjakin and Ivanchuk. In the last round Gelfand and Karjakin drew their game, leaving the fate of the tournament in the hands of Ivanchuk. Vasil took his chance and won a hard game against Vladimir Fedoseev.
During the event Ivanchuk scored crucial wins against Mamedjarov and Karjakin who had seized leadership at that moment.
Malakhov wins Petrov Memorial Blitz
Russian grandmaster won the Vladimir Petrov Memorial Blitz tournament with 8 points in 10 games. The first tournament of the Petrov Memorial ended with a four way tie for first with Malakhov edging out Fridman, Gunina and van Wely.
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Sunday, 8th March, 2015, 03:45 PM.
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