Gashimov Memorial 2015

[Wayne Komer]

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Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round Six
April 23, 2015

Adams, Michael – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
A37 English, Symmetrical Variation

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.h4 d6 7.d3 Bg4 8.Bd2 Qd7 9.Rb1 Ng8 10.Nd5 Nf6 11.Ne3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Rab8 16.O-O Bh6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 e6 19.Bf3 b5 20.Qb1 a6 21.e3 Qa7 22.cxb5 Rxb5 23.Rxb5 axb5 24.Bc6 d5 25.Bxb5 Qa3 26.Re1 Rc8 27.d4 Bf8 28.Kg2 Kg7 29.Rd1 Bb4 30.Bd3 h5 31.Bc2 Rc3 32.Bb3 Qa6 33.Qb2 Ba5 34.Rd2 Qc6 35.Rd1 Qb5 36.Kh2 Qa6 37.Kg2 Qb5 38.Rc1 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 Qe2 40.Qc2 Qxc2 41.Bxc2 f5 42.Ba4 Kf7 43.Bc6 Bb4 44.a4 Ba5 45.Kf1 Ke7 46.Ke2 Kf6 47.Be8 Bb4 48.f3 Ba5 49.e4 fxe4 50.fxe4 dxe4 51.Ke3 Bc7 52.Kxe4 Bxg3 53.a5 Bb8 54.a6 Ba7 55.Kd3 g5 56.hxg5+ Kxg5 57.Bf7 Kf6 58.Bxh5 Ke7 59.Ke4 1/2-1/2

Round 6, April 23, 2015
So, Wesley – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D17 QGD Slav, Carlsbad Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.O-O fxg3 16.hxg3 a5 17.Rfd1 h5 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Rd1 Qf6 20.Bh3 Kb8 21.Qd2 Be7 22.Qe3 Ng6 23.Rd4 Ne6 24.Ne4 Qe5 25.Rd7 Rd8 26.Qd3 Rxd7 27.Qxd7 Qxe4 28.Nxe7 Nxe7 29.Qxe7 Qxe2 30.Qxf7 Qd1+ 31.Bf1 Nd4 32.Qf8+ Kc7 33.Qe7+ Kc8 34.Qf8+ Kc7 35.Qe7+ Kc8 36.Qe8+ Kc7 37.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

Mamedyarov said that he was playing blitz until 4 a.m. last night

Round 6, April 23, 2015
Giri, Anish – Carlsen, Magnus
D38 QGD, Ragozin, Marshall Variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Nd7 11.c6 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O bxc6 14.Qe2 Rd8 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Qc7 19.h3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 c5 21.Qa4 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Bxc6 23.Bd3 e5 24.f4 f6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.h4 Ke6 27.g3 g5 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.fxg5 fxg5 30.Ke1 Bd5 31.a3 e4 32.Be2 Ke5 33.Kd2 Be6 34.Ke1 Kd6 35.Kd2 Ke5 36.Ke1 Kd6 37.Kd2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

Round 6, April 23, 2015
Mamedov, Rauf – Anand, Vishy
B17 Caro-Kann, Petrosian-Smyslov Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Qc7 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.Bb3 O-O 14.Be5 a5 15.a3 Qd8 16.Rfe1 Bd6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Bc2 Rfd8 19.Qg3 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Rd5 21.Qh4 g6 22.Bb3 Rd7 23.Rde1 Kg7 24.Qg3 Qd8 25.Ba2 a4 26.Qg5 Nd5 27.Qg3 Nf6 28.Qg5 Nd5 29.Qg3 1/2-1/2

Round 6, April 23, 2015
Kramnik, Vladimir – Caruana, Fabiano
A48, King’s Indian, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O b6 9.a4 a6 10.b4 Bb7 11.a5 cxb4 12.cxb4 b5 13.Rc1 Ne8 14.Nb3 Nd6 15.Ne1 Nc4 16.Nd3 Ra7 17.Bh4 Ba8 18.Bf3 Nf6 19.Qe2 Ne8 20.g4 Ned6 21.Bg2 Qc8 22.Nbc5 Re8 23.Bg3 Qd8 24.Rcd1 e6 25.f3 Qe7 26.Kh1 Bh6 27.Nf4 Nb7 28.Ncd3 Nd8 29.e4 Nc6 30.exd5 Nxb4 31.dxe6 Nxd3 32.Rxd3 fxe6 33.Qe1 Qd8 34.h4 Rf7 35.g5 Bg7 36.Bh3 Rxf4 37.Bxf4 e5 38.Bg3 e4 39.Rd1 Bd5 40.Be5 exf3 41.Qf2 Qxa5 42.Bg4 Rf8 43.Rd3 Qb4 44.Bg3 h5 45.gxh6 Bxh6 46.Kh2 Nd2 47.Ra1 Ne4 48.Qc2 Nxg3 49.Rxa6 Be4 50.Bxf3 Qe1 51.Qb3+ Kh8 52.Bxe4 Rf2+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kg4 Rf4+ 0-1

(ChessBase) Vladimir Kramnik was a little overeager with his position, and his breakthrough in the center backfired badly. Black sacrificed an exchange and won a pretty game.

Caruana: "I thought my position was very unpleasant..."

Kramnik: "I thought already I was close to winning and I just needed to push e4"

Olimpiu Urcan (tweet) - Seconds after Miroshnichenko said Caruana was "not in great form," the Italian unleashed 36...Rxf4!! 37.Bxf4 e5 38.Bg3 e4!

Standing After Round Six

Carlsen 4.5
So 4
Anand 3.5
Mamedyarov 3
Caruana 3
Kramnik 2.5
Giri 2.5
Mamedov 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave 2.5
Adams 2


Round Seven Pairings

Anand-Adams, Mamedyarov-Mamedov, Caruana-So, Carlsen-Kramnik and MVL-Giri

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round 7 predictions up! : https://youtu.be/uQxdlG1Nh7k

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round Seven
April 24, 2015

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Mamedov, Rauf
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.d5 cxd5 11.exd5 Nc5 12.Be5 Bg7 13.Qd4 Nd3+ 14.Bxd3 cxd3 15.O-O O-O 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxg7 e5 18.Bxe5 Bf5 19.Rae1 Rc8 20.b3 g4 21.Bh8 f6 22.Nh4 d2 23.Rxe4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qd7 25.Qd4 Rc1 26.Qxd2 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Qh7 28.g3 Qb1+ 29.Kg2 Qe4+ 30.Kg1 Qb1+ 31.Kg2 Qe4+ 32.Kg1 Qb1+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 7, April 24, 2015
Anand, Vishy – Adams, Michael
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.Ne3 Bc5 9.Qc2 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Qe5 11.Bg2 Bf5 12.O-O O-O 13.b3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Qe6 15.Rxf5 Qxf5 16.Nxe4 Qg6 17.Rf1 Rfe8 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.e4 Rad8 21.Rf4 Qh5 22.d3 Qe5 23.Bh3 Kg7 24.Kg2 h5 25.Rf5 Qd4 26.Rxh5 Qe3 27.Rh4 Re5 28.Rf4 Rc5 29.Qb2 Rd6 30.Rf1 a5 31.Bf5 b5 32.h4 Rd8 33.a3 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Be6 Rc3 36.Bc4 Ra8 37.Rf5 Ra7 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Qd2 Qd6 40.Qe3 Ra5 41.Rf2 Rc2 42.g4 Qd7 43.Qg3 Rc5 44.g5 fxg5 45.Rxf7+ Qxf7 46.Bxf7 Kxf7 47.Qf3+ Kg7 48.h5 Ra5 49.Kf2 Rb2 50.h6+ Kg6 51.h7 1-0

Round 7, April 24, 2015
Carlsen, Magnus – Kramnik, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nbd2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 exd4 13.Qc2 h6 14.a4 c6 15.Rd1 Nd5 16.Nxd4 Re8 17.a5 Bxa5 18.Nf3 b5 19.Nd4 Bc7 20.Nxc6 Qd6 21.g3 Bb7 22.Bf4 Qxc6 23.Bxd5 Re1+ 24.Kh2 Qxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxa1 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Rd8 28.Qe2 Bb6 29.Be3 Bxe3 30.Qxe3 Rd1 31.g4 Bc6 32.Qc5 Bd7 33.Qxa7 Rd2 34.Kg3 Rd3+ 35.Kf4 Kh7 36.Qb7 Rd2 37.Ke3 Rd6 38.f4 g6 39.Qb8 Rd5 40.Ke4 Be6 41.Qb7 Rc5 42.Kd4 Rc4+ 43.Ke5 b4 44.cxb4 Rc2 45.Kf6 Rxb2 46.Qb8 Rf2 47.f5 gxf5 48.Qg3 Rf1 49.g5 1-0

Round 7, April 24, 2015
Caruana, Fabiano – So, Wesley
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (…b6)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bd3 f5 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.c5 Rf6 11.Ne1 bxc5 12.Rb1 Qc8 13.f3 Ng5 14.Be2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Nd3 Ba6 17.Bb2 Ne7 18.d5 Rh6 19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.exf4 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Re6 23.Qd3 Ng6 24.g3 Rb8 25.Qxf5 Reb6 26.Bd4 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28.Qxb1 c5 29.Qb3+ c4 30.Qb5 Ne7 31.Qg5 Qf8 32.Bc5 Kf7 33.Qe5 Qe8 34.Kf2 Nc6 35.Qh5+ g6 36.Qxh7+ Ke6 37.Qg7 Qf7 38.Qxf7+ Kxf7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.g4 d6 41.Ba3 d5 42.Bb2 Nb4 43.a4 Nc2+ 44.Kd2 Nb4 45.h4 Nd3 46.Bd4 a6 47.h5 gxh5 48.f5+ Kd6 49.gxh5 Ne5 50.Ke3 Nf7 51.Bg7 1-0

Round 7, April 24, 2015
Vachier Lagrave – Giri, Anish
D38 QGD, Ragozin Variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nb6 12.e3 c6 13.a3 Bf8 14.b4 a5 15.b5 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Nb3 Bd6 18.Nd4 a4 19.Be2 Qf6 20.Qd3 O-O 21.O-O Rd8 22.Rfc1 Bf8 23.Qd1 Qe5 24.Bd3 Bd7 25.Bc2 Rdc8 26.Nxa4 Nxa4 27.Bxa4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Bxa3 29.Rb1 Bc5 30.Nf3 Qd6 31.Bc2 Ra3 32.Bb3 Bf5 33.Ra1 Be4 34.Rxa3 Bxa3 35.Bc2 Qc5 36.Bxe4 dxe4 37.Nd2 Qxb5 38.Nxe4 Qe5 39.Qd3 b5 40.f4 Qe7 41.Qd4 Bb2 42.Qxb2 Qxe4 43.Qxb5 Qxe3+ 44.Kh2 gxf4 45.Qb8+ Kg7 46.gxf4 1/2-1/2


Well, it looks like the natural order of things has been restored. The big dog is on top, Caruana is World #2, Anand is at #4 in the Live Ratings and the two pretenders Giri and So are a little down the list at #s 7 and 8.

1. Caruana 2874.6
2. Caruana 2805.0
3. Nakamura 2799.3
4. Anand 2799.0
5. Topalov 2798.0
6. Grischuk 2783.5
7. Giri 2781.5
8. So 2777.7
9. Kramnik 2771.9
10. Aronian 2771.5

Comments

(ChessVibes) – A database check reveals that Kramnik has never lost three games in a row in one event in classical chess

(Tarjel Svensen) – Carlsen is very close to his 24th super tournament win – at the age of 24

(Erwin l’Ami) – Another inspiring game by Vishy today! With a bit more luck he would simply be leading the event.

(Jon Ludvig Hammer) – I’ve seen some (strange) things in my life, but never expected to see Magnus outpreparing Kramnik to be one of them.

Standing After Round Seven

Carlsen 5.5
Anand 4.5
So 4
Caruana 4
Mamedyarov 3.5
Mamedov 3
Giri 3
Vachier Lagrave 3
Kramnik 2.5
Adams 2

Matchups for Round Eight

Adams-Giri, Kramnik-MVL, So-Carlsen, Mamedov-Caruana, Anand-Mamedyarov

[Andy Shaw]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round 7 predictions up! : https://youtu.be/uQxdlG1Nh7k

Impressive predictions.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Adams-Giri, Kramnik-MVL, So-Carlsen, Mamedov-Caruana, Anand Mamedyarov

Picking the winners on 5 chess matches is something of a mug's game, in my opinion. Anyhow, here goes.
Draw, Draw, So, Caruana, Anand.

My chess picks are rarely correct.

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round 8 predictions up. Another notch on Magnus' belt https://youtu.be/THDcyaS_4cA

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Anand's win today, coupled with Caruana's draw with Mamedov, makes him number 2 in the world. The two are paired in the final round tomorrow with Caruana having White to ascertain who will be number 2 on the official May ratings.

http://www.2700chess.com/

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

So simple is predicting the results. One out of five.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round Eight
April 25, 2015

Anand must have a time machine because he keeps getting younger and stronger.

Round 8, April 25, 2015
Anand, Vishy – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C49 Four Knights, Symmetrical, Maroczy System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 Ng6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Re1 c6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 Be6 15.Qc2 Qc7 16.a3 a5 17.c4 a4 18.Red1 exd4 19.Bxd4 Ne5 20.Be2 Bc5 21.Rd2 Nfd7 22.Rad1 Red8 23.Nh4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 c5 25.Rxd6 Nc6 26.Nhf5 Nd4 27.Qd2 Ne5 28.Rd5 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Qb6 30.f4 Ng6 31.Bc4 Qa5 32.Qf2 b5 33.Nxd4 cxd4 34.Ba2 b4 35.Nf5 bxa3 36.bxa3 Qc3 37.e5 Rab8 38.Rd2 Qxa3 39.Nxd4 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Rbc8 41.d6 a3 42.Nf5 Rf8 43.d7 1-0

Olimpiu G. Urcan - Vishy Anand played some really fine chess in this tournament. Bold, fresh, forceful and exciting.

Jonathan Rowson - Vishy is back over 2800. Just a number, as they say, but numbers reflect prestige, and this one signals Vishy is *still there*

- In Vishy's game, anybody >2300 could see Rd6xd4, but you need quite a bit of class to *foresee* the co-linear retreat Rd6-d5.

Tarjel Svensen – Incredible Anand is back to the #2 spot on the 2700 list. Facing #2 Caruana in Round 9 tomorrow.

Round 8, April 25, 2015
Mamedov, Rauf – Caruana, Fabiano
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov 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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nbd2 Qd7 15.Rc1 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bb4 18.Qc2 Ne7 19.Bd2 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 Qxh3 21.Rxc7 Nf5 22.Qg5 Rad8 23.e6 Nxd4 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.exf7+ Kh8 26.Qxd5 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qxf3 28.Re8 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Qd5+ 30.Kg1 Qd6 31.Rce7 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qg4+ 33.Kf1 Qc4+ 34.Kg1 Qg4+ 35.Kf1 Qc4+ 36.Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

(ChessBase) - Mamedov's position looked suspicious to say the least, and it looked like he would simply lose the game. However he found a very nice resource that sacrificed his queen but gave him a passed pawn on f7. This, coupled with White's rooks and the back-rank mate threats, forced Caruana to give a perpetual to prevent the pawn's promotion.

Round 8, April 25, 2015
So, Wesley – Carlsen, Magnus
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.cxd5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Qa4 a5 11.e3 b5 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.b3 Qg5 14.a3 Bf8 15.Bb2 Bxd5 16.e4 Bb7 17.Bxd4 c5 18.Be3 Qg6 19.d3 a4 20.Rab1 axb3 21.Rxb3 b4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Bd2 Bc6 24.Rb2 Ba4 25.Qc4 Rec8 26.Qd4 Bc5 27.Qd5 b3 28.d4 Bb6 29.Be3 h6 30.e5 Bc6 31.Qxb3 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Qe4+ 34.Qf3 Qxd4 35.Rb5 Qc3 36.Rd1 Qxf3+ 37.Kxf3 Rc7 38.Rbd5 Raa7 39.Kg4 Ra2 40.R1d2 Rxd2 41.Rxd2 1/2-1/2

Round 8, April 25, 2015
Adams, Michael – Giri, Anish
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.f4 Qc7 12.Kh1 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 h6 15.Qe2 Nb4 16.Nd4 Rbc8 17.Rad1 Qc4 18.Qf3 e5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 exf4 21.Rd4 Qc7 22.Bxf4 Nxc2 23.Rd2 Nb4 24.h4 Nh7 25.g5 Qc4 26.f6 gxf6 27.gxf6 Bxf6 28.Ne4 Be5 29.Rxd6 Bg7 30.Bxh6 Bxh6 31.Rxh6 Rc6 32.Qg4+ Kh8 33.Rxh7+ 1-0

Kramnik stops the downward slide.

(ChessBase) - The Frenchman misplayed the opening and Kramnik was happy to dispose of Black's dark-squared bishop at the cost of his knight. The lost tempi were more than worth it, and the initiative was completely in White's side. Even though MVL fought hard and even sacrificed a piece for counter chances, it simply did not help.

Round 8, April 25, 2015
Kramnik, Vladimir – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Yugoslav Variation, Main Line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qe1 e5 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 O-O 11.Nh4 Re8 12.Na3 Nf8 13.b4 Be7 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Be3 Bg6 17.f3 Nd7 18.Nc4 f5 19.Rd1 f4 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Nxe5 Qc7 22.gxf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Rxe5 24.Qe3 Rd8 25.Qxa7 Qe7 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Qe3 Qb2 28.Qc5 h6 29.b5 cxb5 30.Qb6 Rd2 31.Qxg6 bxa4 32.h4 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Qd8 34.Bh3 Qxh4 35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Rg1 g5 37.Qc8+ Kg7 38.Rb1 1-0

Standing After Round Eight

Carlsen 6
Anand 5.5
Caruana 4.5
So 4.5
Mamedyarov 3.5
Mamedov 3.5
Kramnik 3.5
Giri 3
Vachier Lagrave 3
Adams 3

Matchup for the Final Round

Mamedyarov-Adams, Caruana-Anand, Carlsen-Mamedov, MVL-So, Giri-Kramnik

[Jack Maguire]

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I'm somewhat amused that Giri is the betting favourite at 4/1 against Kramnik (11/2) tomorrow given he's plus zero, minus 6, equal 3 against big Vlad. Good job he has White since he's an abysmal 0/5 with Black while 1.5/4 (3 draws) with White.

The other empirical evidence that speaks rather loudly is the 10 games between Adams and Mamedyarov, all of which have ended in draws ):

https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round 9 predictions are up. I think the top three guys are also clear favorites in the next candidates cycle.

p.s GO FLAMES GO

[Hans Jung]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Thanks for all the videos Eric! Extra entertainment that I enjoyed.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Amazing wins by Anand and some amazing wins by Magnus that I thoroughly enjoyed. Great tournament!

[Wayne Komer]

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Gashimov Memorial 2015

Round Nine
April 26, 2015

Giri-Kramnik is done. A long day at the office is finished. It was difficult to see Anish within a hair of beating Vladimir and then drawing in the severe time trouble.

Kramnik is alone at the press conference and very seriously explains how he was never worse. Then Giri joins in laughing and stirs things up. His first words “I just didn’t realize that after such a long game you are still alive..” Both players happily analyze with animation trying to win for their side in the post-mortem.

They were then whisked away to the final ceremonies. Each participant was announced to the stage. So won third place, Anand second place and Carlsen first. I thought Caruana had a better SB than So, but So was awarded third prize.

The cup was given, a group photo taken and the tournament declared over.

An hour later Anish Giri tweeted this:

Had a poor tournament, but I will nevertheless be remembered here AsTheGuyWhoDelayedTheClosing

Round 9, April 26, 2015
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Adams, Michael
D58 QGD, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.a3 a5 16.Qe2 Nh5 17.Be5 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qg5+ 19.Bg3 g6 20.Rc4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Rd5 22.Rg4 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Qf6 24.Rf4 Qg5 25.Rg4 Qf6 26.Rf4 Qg5 27.Rg4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

Round 9, April 26, 2015
Caruana, Fabiano – Anand, Vishy
A14 English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nh4 dxc4 12.bxc4 Ne8 13.f4 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Bf6 15.f5 Qc6 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nf4 Nc7 18.d3 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 e5 20.Nh3 Ne6 21.Qg2 Qxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Nd8 24.Nf2 Nc6 25.Ne4 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.a3 Ke7 28.Kf3 a6 29.a4 a5 30.h4 h5 31.g4 g6 32.g5 Ke6 33.Ng3 Ne7 34.Ke4 Nc8 35.Kf3 Ne7 36.Ke4 Nc8 1/2-1/2

Round 9, April 26, 2015
Carlsen, Magnus – Mamedov, Rauf
A11 English (also Grunfeld and QGD)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Be2 h6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 9.O-O Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rfd1 Ba5 12.a4 Nbd7 13.b4 Bxb4 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bxb4 Re8 16.a5 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Nd5 18.h3 Qc7 19.Be1 N7f6 20.Ne5 Ne4 21.Rac1 Qe7 22.Qd3 Nd6 23.Qa3 f6 24.Nd3 Rad8 25.Bb4 Nxb4 26.Qxb4 Ne4 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qf7 30.Qg4 f5 31.Qb4 Re4 32.Qb6 Qe7 33.Qb3+ Kh7 34.Rd6 Qe5 35.Qf7 1-0

Round 9, April 26, 2015
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime – So, Wesley
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne7 12.Nc5 Qc7 13.g4 Bg6 14.f4 Nc6 15.O-O Nxd4 16.cxd4 Bxc5 17.Rc1 O-O 18.Rxc5 Qd7 19.Qb3 Be4 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.Qb5 Rxc5 22.Qxc5 f6 23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.exd6 Rd8 25.b4 a6 26.b5 Rxd6 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rc7+ Kf8 29.Rxb7 axb5 30.Bxb5 Rd8 31.a4 Ra8 32.Rc7 Bf3 33.h3 Ra5 34.Rc1 h5 35.gxh5 Bxh5 36.Kf2 Ra8 37.Rc6 Bd1 38.Rc3 Bh5 39.Rc6 Bd1 40.Rc3 Bh5 41.Ke3 Be8 42.Kd3 Ke7 43.Kc2 e5 44.fxe5 fxe5 45.dxe5 Bxb5 46.axb5 Ke6 47.h4 Kxe5 48.b6 Kd6 49.Kd3 Rb8 50.Rb3 Kc6 51.Kd4 Kb7 52.Kxd5 Rh8 53.Rb4 Rh5+ 54.Ke6 g5 55.hxg5 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

Round 9, April 26, 2015
Giri, Anish – Kramnik, Vladimir
E10 Queen’s Pawn Game

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. b3 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Nf3 c5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne5 h6 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Qb2 Bb7 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Bxb7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxb7 25. Qe2 a5 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Nb2 Nd7 28. f4 e5 29. Nc4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. fxe5 Qa6 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Qb3 Ra8 34. Qb2 Ra4 35. Qc2 Ra8 36. Qb2 Qd5 37. a3 Re8 38. Qd2 Qc6 39. Qd6 Nxe5 40. Qxc6 Nxc6 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Ra1 Ke7 44. a4 Na5 45. Nb6 Ra6 46. Nd5+ Kd6 47. Rd1 Kc6 48. Ne7+ Kc7 49. Rf1 f6 50. Nf5 Nb3 51. Nxg7 c4 52. Ne8+ Kd8 53. Nxf6 Rxa4 54. Rd1+ Kc8 55. Ne4 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh2 57. Nd6+ Kd7 58. Nxc4+ Ke7 59. e4 Nc5 60. Ne3 Ne6 61. Nd5+ Kf7 62. Ra1 Ng5+ 63. Kf4 Rf2+ 64. Ke5 Nf3+ 65. Kd6 Ng5 66. e5 Ne4+ 67. Kd7 Nc5+ 68. Kc6 Rc2 69. Ra7+ Kg6 70. Ne7+ Kg5 71. Kd5 Nd3 72. Ng8 Nb4+ 73. Ke6 Rc6+ 74. Kd7 Rc3 75. e6 Rd3+ 76. Ke8 Kg6 77. Ra4 Nd5 78. Rg4+ Kf5 79. Nxh6+ Kxe6 80. Re4+ Kf6 ½-½

Tweets

Kramnik: "After 28.f4 I started to play for a win, which was probably not necessary"

Erwin l’Ami - Far from forced but 70.Nf4+ Kf5 71.Kd5 Nd7!? 72.Rxd7? Rd2xd7 and Kxe5 is actually drawn in Kramnik-Giri. Fascinating endgame!

Wesley So: "Whenever [Carlsen]’s around it feels like the battle is only for second place"

- Congratulations to Wesley So for placing third at Shamkir. Great finish for Carlsen and Anand.

- Carlsen wins yet another Super tournament!! And Anand back to 2800 Club!! Anand proves again age is just a number

Final Standing

1. Carlsen, Magnus 7
2. Anand, Viswanathan 6
3. So, Wesley 5
4. Caruana, Fabiano 5
5. Kramnik, Vladimir 4
6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 4
7. Adams, Michael 3.5
8. Giri, Anish 3.5
9. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 3.5
10. Mamedov, Rauf 3.5

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Gashimov Memorial 2015

Gashimov Memorial 2015

So won third place, Anand second place and Carlsen first. I thought Caruana had a better SB than So, but So was awarded third prize.

Yes. However, the first tie break seems to be the number of wins and So had 3 to Caruana's 2.