Games from Recent Events

[Wayne Komer]

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The Biel Chess Festival is on from July 20 to 30. There are ten rounds and the players Pavel Elijanov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport, David Navara and Michael Adams.

From Round 2, a wild King’s Gambit.

Jan Gustafsson commentating says: “One of the crazier games I have seen recently. Not surprising because it is with Richard Rapport, the Hungarian firebrand. He had a bit of a rough year, losing 40 rating points. My theory is that he lost a bit of his mojo when he stopped coloring his hair. The good news for his fans is that his hair is back in crazy blonde, which makes him a much scarier opponent because the hair can distract you.”

Biel 2015
Round 2, July 21 2015
Rapport, Richard – Adams, Michael
C36 King’s Gambit Accepted, Modern Defence

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. h4 Be7 9. h5 Nh4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. d4 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Nxe3 fxe3 14. d5 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Bxe3 O-O 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. h6 g6 19. Qc3 Bf6 20. Bd4 Be7 21. c5 Re8 22. c6 Bf8 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Bxa6 Qxd5 25. Kf2 Bxf3 26. Bc4 Re2+ 27. Bxe2 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Qxh1 29. Qxc7 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 ½-½

The computer did not like 26.. Re2+, preferring Qe4 instead.

A cryptic note from the game analysis at chessbase:

A group of mathematicians started deciphering how Rapport chooses his openings. However, midway through the project, they decided that predicting lottery numbers was an easier endeavor.

[Wayne Komer]

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Games From Recent Events

July 23, 2015

The King Goes for a Walk

Chess24.com - Jan: "Navara has prepared something special - not so much the next move, as the next 30 moves!"

Andrey Deviatkin - 30. Kh8!! Who says "the Chinese Immortal"? No, it's Navara-Wojtaszek that will remain in history of chess forever. Phenomenal!

Robin van Kampen- Navara - Wojtaszek is probably one of the craziest Kings walks I've ever seen

Sergey Karjakin – Spectacular play by Navara, reminds me of the famous game Gashimov-Grischuk, 0-1, also a Najdorf.

Biel Grandmasters 2015
Round 4, July 23, 2015
Navara, David – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Be7 9.g4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bg2 Nxe3 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.fxe3 Bh4+ 14.Kf1 Nc6 15.Nc5 Bc4+ 16.Kg1 O-O-O 17.b3 Bg5 18.Re1 Bh4 19.Rb1 Bg5 20.Kf2 Bh4+ 21.Kf3 e4+ 22.Kf4 g5+ 23.Kf5 Rhe8 24.Rhd1 Re5+ 25.Kf6 Rg8 26.bxc4 Rg6+ 27.Kxf7 Re7+ 28.Kf8 Rf6+ 29.Kg8 Rg6+ 30.Kh8 Rf6 31.Rf1 Bf2 32.Rxf2 Rxf2 33.Rf1 Rxg2 34.Rf8+ Kc7 35.Nd5+ Kd6 36.Nxe7 Kxc5 37.Rf5+ Kxc4 38.Nxc6 bxc6 39.Rxg5 Rg3 40.h4 h6 41.Rg6 Rxe3 42.Kg7 Rg3 43.Kxh6 e3 44.Kg5 Kd5 45.Kf4 Rh3 46.h5 c5 47.Rg5+ Kd4 48.Re5 1-0

It is a real pleasure just to put the game on automatic and watch the white king walk up and down the board!

Nigel Short - I have no idea what David Navara is smoking, but I would like some too.

[Kerry Liles]

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Thanks for posting that game... I had seen Nigel Short's tweet about Navara (what he is smoking...) but had not gone to look at the game.
After playing through it (fairly quickly) it struck me as if I was watching a speed game with the King march etc. When I have time I might
crank up the ole engine and see what it says about the overall quality of the variations... all the same, a fun game to play over.

[Jack Maguire]

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Here's the analysis of Navara's game by 'The Chess MInd's' Dennis Monokroussos:

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/20...604553921.html

[Wayne Komer]

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July 28, 2015

From chess-news.ru

Yet another leg of the Chinese League, a team competition held in several stages, has come to an end in Beijing. This season has started in April 2015. Usually the competition gathers not only local players, but also many mercenaries including those of Russia. Among the latter are Vladimir Malakhov and Valentina Gunina, who both have been frequent visitors to the Selectial Empire for such events.

However, the main hero of the final four days was Ding Liren. As you might remember, recently he had had a successful warm-up in the match vs Boris Gelfand, and after the team competitions in Beijing his star has become even brighter, since he won all his four games.

Two of his victories were against players of comparable level, namely Malakhov and Wei Yi.

In the last month, Ding Liren has gained 21 rating points in total, which has moved him to the 10th position in the world Live Ratings with 2770.3. As July is almost over, there is little doubt that the Chinese GM will keep his position in the nearest official FIDE rating list, displacing Levon Aronian. Up till now, the only player of China to have ever entered the world top-10 was Wang Yue.

Even more interesting, as German chess journalist Stefan Loeffler has observed, is the fact that half the players of the current top-10 are NOT representing Europe. According to Loeffler, this is happening for the first time in history.

From the latest round of the Chinese League, Ding Liren's victory over Wei Yi:

Chinese League
Round 11, July 27, 2015
Wei Yi – Ding Liren
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qd5 15.Qg4 Kh8 16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Qh3 Rad8 18.g4 e5 19.g5 e4 20.Nh4 Bxg5 21.c4 Qxc4 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Ng6+ Kg8 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Ng6+ Kg8 26.Nxf8 Nxf8 27.h6 g6 28.Qa3 Qe6 29.Qxa7 Qe7 30.Rhe1 g4 31.a4 Kh7 32.a5 Rd7 33.Qc5 f5 34.a6 Qxc5 35.dxc5 bxa6 36.Rd6 Rc7 37.Rf6 Nd7 38.Rf7+ Kxh6 39.Rd1 Kg5 40.Kc2 e3 41.fxe3 g3 42.Rg7 g2 43.Rg1 Kf6 44.Rg8 Kf7 45.Rh8 Kg7 46.Rh2 Rb7 47.Rhxg2 Ne5 48.Ra1 a5 49.Ra3 Nc4 50.Rb3 Rxb3 51.Kxb3 Nxe3 52.Rf2 g5 53.Re2 f4 54.Kc3 g4 55.Kd3 Kg6 56.Re1 Kf5 57.Ra1 g3 58.Ke2 Ng4 59.Rxa5 Nh2 60.Ra8 f3+ 61.Ke3 f2 62.Rf8+ Ke5 63.Ke2 0-1

If 63...Kd4 64.Rf5 Kc4 65.b3+ Kxb3 66.Rf8 f1=Q+ 67.Rxf1 Nxf1 68.Kxf1 Kc4 69.Kg2 Kxc5 70.Kxg3 Kc4 71.Kf2 c5 72.Ke2 Kc3 73.Ke3 c4 74.Ke2 Kb2

[Jack Maguire]

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GM Emanuel Berg needed a win in the final R9 game of the Swedish Championship to force a playoff with the leader, GM Nils Grandelius, and deployed a King's Gambit to achieve said goal. David R. Sands highlights the game (as well as the Rapport - Adams King's Gambit) at the 'Washington Times'.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...mode/?page=all

The game can also be replayed here:

http://www.chessdom.com/gm-nils-gran...edish-champion

[Nigel Hanrahan]

fyi - how to post a position and maybe some other stuff.

For your information, positions can be posted here on ChessTalk. We do not have the set-up to display entire games that can be "clicked" through.

Here is a thread that shows how to post a position.

Here is another thread on "How to do this or that on ChessTalk".

For those interested in heterodox chess, I have used the website Retrograde Corner (or some such name) to post images of unusual boards and/or pieces. You can find that in the appropriate thread.

[Jack Maguire]

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Games From Recent Events

July 23, 2015

The King Goes for a Walk

Chess24.com - Jan: "Navara has prepared something special - not so much the next move, as the next 30 moves!"

Andrey Deviatkin - 30. Kh8!! Who says "the Chinese Immortal"? No, it's Navara-Wojtaszek that will remain in history of chess forever. Phenomenal!

Robin van Kampen- Navara - Wojtaszek is probably one of the craziest Kings walks I've ever seen

Sergey Karjakin – Spectacular play by Navara, reminds me of the famous game Gashimov-Grischuk, 0-1, also a Najdorf.

Biel Grandmasters 2015
Round 4, July 23, 2015
Navara, David – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Be7 9.g4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bg2 Nxe3 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.fxe3 Bh4+ 14.Kf1 Nc6 15.Nc5 Bc4+ 16.Kg1 O-O-O 17.b3 Bg5 18.Re1 Bh4 19.Rb1 Bg5 20.Kf2 Bh4+ 21.Kf3 e4+ 22.Kf4 g5+ 23.Kf5 Rhe8 24.Rhd1 Re5+ 25.Kf6 Rg8 26.bxc4 Rg6+ 27.Kxf7 Re7+ 28.Kf8 Rf6+ 29.Kg8 Rg6+ 30.Kh8 Rf6 31.Rf1 Bf2 32.Rxf2 Rxf2 33.Rf1 Rxg2 34.Rf8+ Kc7 35.Nd5+ Kd6 36.Nxe7 Kxc5 37.Rf5+ Kxc4 38.Nxc6 bxc6 39.Rxg5 Rg3 40.h4 h6 41.Rg6 Rxe3 42.Kg7 Rg3 43.Kxh6 e3 44.Kg5 Kd5 45.Kf4 Rh3 46.h5 c5 47.Rg5+ Kd4 48.Re5 1-0

It is a real pleasure just to put the game on automatic and watch the white king walk up and down the board!

Nigel Short - I have no idea what David Navara is smoking, but I would like some too.

Lubomir Kavalek writes upon Narvara's king walk.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomi...b_7859638.html

[Wayne Komer]

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One Man Wrecking Crew

There is a Russia-China match going on which is impossible for me to explain. Thank Heavens for Mark Crowther in The Week in Chess:

The China and Russia are playing a two-part match in Heixiazi 29th July to 1st August. Second part in Harbin City 12th-17th December 2015. Players: Russia: Sergey Karjakin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Alexander Morozevich, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dmitry Andreikin. China: Wei Yi, Ding Liren, Ni Hua, Yu Yangyi and Wang Yue. The format is unusual. 1 game matches followed by Blitz and Armageddon if necessary. Winner continues on loser is out. A team loses when it runs out of players. Although we haven't seen the detailed rules anywhere yet. It is probably close to a ""Super Go" "Win and Continue" event.

Here is an explanation: The SuperGo system is great for team matches. Different from most team matches there will be always only one game played at a time (no boards 1-4 for example).

Each team has a list of its players. Let's say 5. These lists are sorted by strength, so the best player in each team is number 1. In each round one player will drop out, so we have a maximum of 9 rounds (there are 10 players). The match starts with a game between both bottom players in the lists. The loser drops out, the winner will play number 4 of the other team, etc. The first team without any further players is out obviously and the other team the winner of the SuperGo.

Sergey Karjakin has beaten Wei Yi, Ding Liren, Ni Hua and Yu Yangi. I give all the games of this remarkable performance.

China – Russia Super Go 2015
Heixiazi, China
Round 1.1, July 29, 2015
Karjakin, Sergey – Wei Yi
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open, Bernstein Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.b4 O-O 16.Re1 Qd7 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Bf4 Qc8 19.Bg3 Qd7 20.Bf4 Qc8 21.Bg3 Qd7 22.Bf4 Qc8 23.Bg3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

Round 1.2, July 29, 2015
Wei Yi – Karjakin, Sergey
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern Variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d3 Nd7 9.e4 Nc5 10.Nd2 Ne6 11.Nc4 f6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Kh1 b5 14.Ne3 c5 15.c4 Nd4 16.Ng3 c6 17.f3 Be6 18.Rf2 a5 19.Nef5 a4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Raf1 axb3 22.axb3 Ra3 23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.f4 Rxb3 25.cxb5 Rxb5 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Ne2 c5 28.Nf4 c4 29.Nxe6 c3 30.Qc1 Qxe6 31.h3 Reb8 32.Qa3 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.g3 Qb8 36.Rf5 Qb2+ 0-1

Round 1.3, July 29, 2015
Karjakin, Sergey – Wei Yi
A84 Dutch Stonewall Defence, Main Line

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc1 Ne4 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qa3 c5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nbd2 b6 15.Rac1 Bb7 16.Rfd1 Qh6 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.h3 Ndf6 19.Qa5 Rae8 20.Qc7 Nxf2 21.Kxf2 Qxe3+ 22.Kg3 Rf7 23.Qxc5 Qxd3 24.Kh2 Qa6 25.a4 h6 26.Nd4 Nd7 27.Qb4 Ne5 28.Re1 Kh7 29.Qc3 Qf6 30.Kh1 Rfe7 31.Qc2 g6 32.Re2 Ng4 33.Rxe7+ Rxe7 34.N2f3 Ne3 35.Qc5 g5 36.Re1 g4 37.Ng1 f4 38.Re2 Ba6 39.Rf2 Re4 40.Qc7+ Kg6 41.Nc6 Nd1 42.Rd2 Ne3 43.Rf2 f3 44.gxf3 Re6 45.Nd8 Re7 46.Qg3 Rd7 47.fxg4 Qe7 48.Nc6 Qe4+ 49.Kh2 Kh7 50.Qf4 Qe6 51.Nd4 Qe8 52.Nf5 Nxf5 53.Qxf5+ Kg8 54.Qf6 Qb8+ 55.Kg2 Bb7 56.Qe6+ Kh8 57.Qxd7 d4+ 58.Kf1 1-0

Round 2.1, July 30, 2015
Ding Liren – Karjakin, Sergey
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rc1 c5 14.dxc5 dxc4 15.c6 Nb8 16.Bb2 Nxc6 17.Nxc4 Nb4 18.a3 Nd5 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Qd4 Bf6 21.Bf3 Bb7 22.Rc4 Ba6 23.Rcc1 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Bxe5 f6 26.Bb2 Kf7 27.Rfd1 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.e4 Ne7 31.Bd1 e5 32.Kf1 Be6 33.Ke2 g5 34.Kd3 g4 35.Bc1 Nc8 36.Be3 Ke7 37.a4 Kd7 38.a5 Kc6 39.axb6 axb6 40.Bh6 Kd7 41.Bg7 Ke7 42.Bh6 Kd7 43.Bg7 Ke7 44.Bh6 1/2-1/2

Round 2.2, July 30, 2015
Ding Liren – Karjakin, Sergey
A33 English, Symmetrical Variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e4 e5 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.Bd2 Bc5 13.h3 Nf6 14.Rab1 a5 15.a3 Be6 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Bb6 18.Rfd1 Nd7 19.Be1 Qc7 20.Bf1 Bd4 21.Ne2 c5 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Ra1 h6 24.b5 Rfc8 25.Bb4 Qb6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Qb2 Nc5 28.Ra1 Rb8 29.f3 f5 30.exf5 Bxf5 31.Kh2 Kh7 32.Ra3 Qc7 33.Qa1 Rb7 34.Ra8 Bc2 0-1

Round 2.3, July 30, 2015
Karjakin, Sergey – Ding Liren
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.e5 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nh5 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 dxe5 11.dxe5 e6 12.O-O-O Qh4 13.Rdg1 Rad8 14.Rg4 Qe7 15.Qf2 b6 16.a3 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Rh4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Kb1 Qf6 21.Bc1 Nd4 22.Rg4 c5 23.f5 Nxf5 24.h4 c4 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Rhg1 d4 27.h5 Qxh5 28.f4 Qd5 29.Rg5 Qd7 30.Qh2 d3 31.Rh1 Bf6 32.Rg3 Rf7 33.Rh3 d2 0-1

Round 2.4, July 30, 2015
Ding Liren – Karjakin, Sergey
A29 English, Bremen, Reverse Dragon

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.Bxb6 cxb6 12.Qa4 f5 13.Rfd1 Bf6 14.Rbc1 Kh8 15.e3 Bf7 16.d4 e4 17.Nd2 Nb4 18.Bf1 Bh5 19.Re1 Be8 20.Qd1 a4 21.a3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.Nc4 Ra6 24.Ne5 Ra8 25.Nc4 Ra6 26.Nd2 Ra8 27.Nb1 Qa5 28.Nc3 Be7 29.Ne2 b5 30.Nf4 Bf7 31.Qe2 b4 32.axb4 Qxb4 33.Rc3 Rfc8 34.Rec1 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Bd6 36.Qc2 g6 37.Bc4 Bxc4 38.Rxc4 Qb5 39.Ne6 Qd7 40.Nc5 Bxc5 41.Rxc5 b5 42.Qc3 Kg8 43.d5 Qd6 44.Rc7 Qf8 45.d6 Rd8 46.Qe5 Rxd6 47.Qxb5 Rd8 48.Qxa4 Qd6 49.Qc4+ Qd5 50.b4 Qxc4 51.Rxc4 Rd1+ 52.Kg2 Rb1 53.g4 Kg7 54.g5 h6 55.h4 hxg5 56.hxg5 Kf7 57.Kg3 Ke6 58.Rc6+ Kf7 59.Kf4 Rg1 60.Rc7+ Ke6 61.Rc6+ Kd5 62.Rc5+ Ke6 63.f3 exf3 64.Kxf3 Rxg5 65.Rc1 Rg4 66.Rb1 Kd6 67.b5 Kc7 68.b6+ Kb7 69.Rb5 Re4 70.Rb2 Re6 71.Kf4 Re4+ 72.Kg5 Rxe3 73.Kxg6 Re6+ 74.Kxf5 Rxb6 75.Rxb6+ Kxb6 1/2-1/2

Round 3.1, July 31, 2015
Karjakin, Sergey – Ni Hua
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Re2 a6 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Qxc4 Bd6 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.d5 Ne7 21.Qc7 Nxd5 22.Qxb7 Nc3 23.Qxa6 Qb8 24.g3 h6 25.a4 Qb1+ 26.Kg2 Qxc2 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.a5 Qb2 29.Qc6 d5 30.Qb6 Qa2 31.a6 Ne4 32.a7 g5 33.Ne5 Kg7 34.Nd3 d4 35.Qxd4+ Nf6 36.Nc5 1-0

Round 4.1, August 1, 2015
Yu Yangyi – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Nc4 Nd7 8.O-O Re8 9.a4 f6 10.Be3 Bf8 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.Ng1 b5 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Na5 Be6 15.Ne2 Bf7 16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Qd7 18.Qf3 Ne6 19.Qg4 Nc5 20.Qg3 a6 21.Qf2 Qd6 22.Ne2 Nd7 23.Nd4 c5 24.Nf5 Qe6 25.Qg3 Bg6 26.Nh4 Bf7 27.Nf5 Bg6 28.Nh4 Ne5 29.Bf4 Rac8 30.b3 Qd7 31.h3 Re6 32.Qf2 Bd6 33.Bh2 Bc7 34.Ra2 Bb6 35.Qe1 Rce8 36.Qb1 Qd4 37.Nf5 Qd8 38.Qa1 Qd7 39.Qc3 Bxf5 40.Rxf5 h6 41.Bg1 Rc8 42.Rf1 Kh7 43.Raa1 Kh8 44.Ra2 Kh7 45.Raa1 Kh8 46.Ra2 1/2-1/2

Round 4.2, August 1, 2015
Yu Yangyi – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Nc4 Nd7 8.O-O Re8 9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 f6 12.Nh4 Bf8 13.Nf5 Nc5 14.Ng3 Ne6 15.Ne2 c5 16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 c6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.b3 b5 20.Nd2 Bd6 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Qd4 23.Rf1 Qc3 24.Qc1 Bf7 25.Ra3 Bh5 26.b4 Qd4 27.Nb3 Qd8 28.bxc5 b4 29.Ra1 Bf7 30.Qe3 Qe7 31.Rac1 Qe5 32.Qd4 Bxb3 33.Qxe5 Rxe5 34.cxb3 Rd8 35.Rf3 f5 36.exf5 Red5 37.g4 Rxd3 38.Rcf1 R8d5 39.Kg2 Rxf3 40.Rxf3 Rxc5 41.Re3 Kf7 42.Kf3 Rc2 43.h4 c5 44.Ke4 c4 45.bxc4 Rxc4+ 46.Kf3 h5 47.gxh5 Rxh4 48.Re5 b3 49.Re1 0-1

Round 4.3, August 1, 2015
Karjakin, Sergey – Yu Yangyi
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy Bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rac1 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.b4 Rab8 15.a3 Ne5 16.Na4 h6 17.Bf1 Qd8 18.Kh1 Nfd7 19.Qf2 Bh4 20.Qd2 Be7 21.Qf2 Ba8 22.Be2 Rc7 23.Nb3 Rcc8 24.Nd4 Bh4 25.Qg1 Be7 26.Qf2 h5 27.h3 Bh4 28.Qg1 Ng6 29.Bf1 Bg5 30.Nb3 Nde5 31.Qf2 Bc6 32.Nb2 Qf6 33.Bxg5 Qxg5 34.Rxd6 h4 35.Qd2 Nf4 36.Nd4 Qf6 37.Nxc6 Nxc6 38.Nd3 Nxd3 39.Bxd3 Rd8 40.Rxc6 Qd4 41.Rd1 Rd7 42.c5 bxc5 43.Rxc5 Rbd8 44.Rc3 1-0

Karjakin 8 Chinese Team 3

http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/...match-pt1-2015

http://chess.sport.org.cn

[Wayne Komer]

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Games from Recent Events

The 68th Russian Chess Championships Superfinal takes place in Chita, Russia 9th to 20th August 2015. Men's and women's events both have 12 players and 11 rounds. Players: Igor Lysyj, Dmitry Jakovenko, Denis Khismatullin, Sergey Karjakin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov, Vladislav Artemiev, Alexander Motylev, Ivan Bukavshin, Ildar Khairullin and Daniil Dubov.

This rather nice King march from the first round:

69th Russian Superfinal, Chita, Russia
Round 1, August 9, 2015
Bukavshin, Ivan – Lysyj, Igor
E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4. e3, Gligoric System, Main Line

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bh4 Nbd7 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Bxe6+ Kxe6 15.Qb3+ Kf5 16.Qc2+ Ke6 17.Qb3+ Kf5 18.Qc2+ Ke6 19.Qg6 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Re8 21.Rfe1+ Kd5 22.c4+ Kc6 23.Qg3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qg8 25.Rc1 Nc5 26.dxc5 Qe6 27.Qxg7 Nd7 28.Bg3 Rg8 29.Qc3 Nxc5 30.Re1 Qf5 31.Re7 Qb1+ 32.Re1 Qf5 33.Re7 Qb1+ 34.Re1 1/2-1/2

Chita is in the east, north of Mongolia and on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

[Jack Maguire]

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The 16-year-old Estonian WIM, Mai Narva (2266), achieved a rather spectacular stalemate draw with the elite Lativian GM, Igor Kovalenko (2702), in R1 of the Riga Technical University Open 2015.

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...Kovalenko_Igor

[Wayne Komer]

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For the record:

Riga Technical University Open 2015
Round 1, August 12, 2015
Narva, Mai (2266) – Kovalenko, Igor (2702)
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange Variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. b4 Kb8 12. Bd2 f6 13. Be2 h5 14. a4 g5 15. a5 Ng6 16. Qa4 Nce7 17. b5 Qd7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Nxc4 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Nd5 22. Nb6 Qh7 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bb4 Bf4 25. Bc5 Qd3 26. Re7 Qc4 27. Bb4 Bxf3 28. gxf3 g4 29. a6 b6 30. Rae1 gxf3 31. Qa3 Rhg8+ 32. Kh1 Rg2 33. Re8 Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Qc8 36. Bd6+ Bxd6 37. Qxd6+ Rxd6 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Re8+ Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Kxd8 ½-½

She was in time trouble and he moved too quickly – stalemate with 35 minutes left on his clock and she less than 2!

Very amusing stalemate, Jack.

[Wayne Komer]

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Commonwealth Chess Championship 2105
Round 9, June 30, 2015
Chithambaram, Aravindh - Van Der Nat, Nicholas
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Rg1 d6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e4 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Be2 Nxe3 11.fxe3 g4 12.Nh4 e6 13.g3 h5 14.Ng2 a6 15.Nf4 b5 16.h3 b4 17.Nd1 e5 18.Nd5 gxh3 19.Nf2 Ne7 20.O-O-O Nxd5 21.exd5 f5 22.Kb1 e4 23.Nxh3 Qf6 24.d4 cxd4 25.exd4 Qf7 26.Qxb4 Ke7 27.Nf4 Bd7 28.Rh1 h4 29.gxh4 Rhb8 30.Qa3 Rb6 31.Rhg1 Rab8 32.b3 Bh6 33.Qc1 Kd8 34.c4 Qf6 35.h5 Kc7 36.Rg6 Qf8 37.Rxh6 Rxb3+ 38.axb3 Rxb3+ 39.Ka2 Qb8 40.c5 Qb4 41.cxd6+ Kb7 42.Qc7+ 1-0

Aravindh is a 15-year-old chess prodigy from India. There is a long history of his play at:

http://en.chessbase.com/post/a-unique-chess-prodigy

Fifteen, but looks about eight in the photos. Anyway, in the last round of the Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi, he played Nat of South Africa.

Chessbase says: Have you ever seen a grandmaster move his rook in the second move of the game – not in a simultaneous exhibition or against a patzer but against decent opposition in the last round of an international tournament? FM Nicholas van der Nat (Elo 2348) of South Africa was paired against GM Aravindh Chithambaram of India in the final round of the recently concluded Commonwealth Chess Championship. Foreign visitors to India often talk about a number of bizarre occurrences that they experience in this country. Nicholas, playing the black pieces, might have prepared for his last round game reasonably well, but then... 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Rg1!?!?

The bewildered South African sank into a thirty-minute think and replied 2…d6, but lost the game anyway. Speaks tons about his opponent though, who played an outrageous idea in the second move of the game and proceeded to win it.

The tournament winner was Abhijeet Gupta with 8/9 and Arvindh tying for third with 7/9.

[Kerry Liles]

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Commonwealth Chess Championship 2105
Round 9, June 30, 2015
Chithambaram, Aravindh - Van Der Nat, Nicholas
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Rg1 d6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e4 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Be2 Nxe3 11.fxe3 g4 12.Nh4 e6 13.g3 h5 14.Ng2 a6 15.Nf4 b5 16.h3 b4 17.Nd1 e5 18.Nd5 gxh3 19.Nf2 Ne7 20.O-O-O Nxd5 21.exd5 f5 22.Kb1 e4 23.Nxh3 Qf6 24.d4 cxd4 25.exd4 Qf7 26.Qxb4 Ke7 27.Nf4 Bd7 28.Rh1 h4 29.gxh4 Rhb8 30.Qa3 Rb6 31.Rhg1 Rab8 32.b3 Bh6 33.Qc1 Kd8 34.c4 Qf6 35.h5 Kc7 36.Rg6 Qf8 37.Rxh6 Rxb3+ 38.axb3 Rxb3+ 39.Ka2 Qb8 40.c5 Qb4 41.cxd6+ Kb7 42.Qc7+ 1-0

Aravindh is a 15-year-old chess prodigy from India. There is a long history of his play at:

http://en.chessbase.com/post/a-unique-chess-prodigy

Fifteen, but looks about eight in the photos. Anyway, in the last round of the Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi, he played Nat of South Africa.

Chessbase says: Have you ever seen a grandmaster move his rook in the second move of the game – not in a simultaneous exhibition or against a patzer but against decent opposition in the last round of an international tournament? FM Nicholas van der Nat (Elo 2348) of South Africa was paired against GM Aravindh Chithambaram of India in the final round of the recently concluded Commonwealth Chess Championship. Foreign visitors to India often talk about a number of bizarre occurrences that they experience in this country. Nicholas, playing the black pieces, might have prepared for his last round game reasonably well, but then... 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Rg1!?!?

The bewildered South African sank into a thirty-minute think and replied 2…d6, but lost the game anyway. Speaks tons about his opponent though, who played an outrageous idea in the second move of the game and proceeded to win it.

The tournament winner was Abhijeet Gupta with 8/9 and Arvindh tying for third with 7/9.

One has to wonder what the 30 minute "think" was about... Of course, I have been surprised in (nearly every) opening I've ever played, but 2.Rg1!?!? doesn't seem formidable in it's own right. At best, it may turn out to be a useful move 15 moves down the line.

To blow 30 minutes at that stage of the game seems like a very bad handicap - especially against an obviously strong player.

My point is that an outright refutation (even if there is one) is unlikely at the board, so it makes sense to try to transpose into something where Rg1 isn't as useful and just wing it.

[Jack Maguire]

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I see some wag at chessgames.com has named 2.Rg1 the "Chithambaram Attack". I wonder if Jobava or Rapport will be adding it to their eclectic repertoire (:

Aug-17-15 offramp: He is the inventor and sole user of the Chithambaram Attack: 1.Nf3 1....<any> 2.Rg1.