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July 13, 2017

Two more from the 8th Danzhou Super GM 2017

Round 5, July 13, 2017
Wei, Yi – Yu, Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.cxd5 Nf6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.h4 Nb6 13.Bg5 Nfxd5 14.Qc2 h6 15.Re1 Re8 16.Ne5 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Qxg5 18.Bh7+ Kf8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qc5+ Ne7 21.Re3 Bf5 22.Rh5 Qxh5 23.Nd7+ Bxd7 24.Qxh5 Rad8 25.Qc5 Bc6 26.Bc2 a6 27.Bb3 Rd6 28.Qh5 Nd5 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.Qg4 g6 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Qc8+ Ke7 33.Qxc7+ Kf6 34.Qf4+ Kg7 35.f3 a5 36.b3 h5 37.Kf2 Rb5 38.Qe3 Rd5 39.Ke1 Rf5 40.Qe7 Rd5 41.Qc7 Rf5 42.Qh2 Bd7 43.Kd2 Be6 44.Kc3 Bd5 45.b4 Bc6 46.Kb3 Bd5+ 47.Kc3 Bc6 48.Qh4 axb4+ 49.Kxb4 Rd5 50.Kc4 Rf5 51.Qd8 Bb5+ 52.Kb4 Bf1 53.g4 Rb5+ 54.Kc3 hxg4 55.a4 Rf5 56.fxg4 Rf3+ 57.Kb4 Rf4 58.Kc5 Bg2 59.Qg5 Re4 60.d5 Rxa4 61.Qe5+ Kf8 62.Qh8+ Ke7 63.d6+ Kd7 64.Qb8 1-0

Round 5, July 13, 2017
Ponomariov, Ruslan – Ding Liren
D48 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.Bd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Ng5 Rc8 14.O-O e4 15.Ngxe4 Ne5 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Ba2 Be2 18.f4 Bxf1 19.fxe5 Bd3 20.exd6 Bxc2 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Ba4 23.e4 Bc6 24.Bb3 Rce8 25.Bc2 Re6 26.Re1 Rfe8 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bg3 h5 29.h4 gxh4 30.Bf4 Rg6 31.Re2 Rg4 32.Rf2 h3 33.g3 h4 34.Kh2 hxg3+ 35.Bxg3 Bxe4 36.Kxh3 f5 37.Bxe4 Rgxe4 38.Rxf5 Rd4 39.Rf3 Kg7 40.Rc3 Kf6 41.Rf3+ Ke6 42.Re3+ Kd7 43.Rc3 Rc8 44.Re3 Rh8+ 45.Kg2 Rd2+ 46.Kf3 Rf8+ 47.Kg4 Rxb2 48.Re7+ Kc6 49.Rc7+ Kb6 50.d7 Rg8+ 51.Kf5 Rf2+ 52.Ke4 Rg4+ 0-1

Vassily Ivanchuk is one of the foreign masters at the tourney. He has drawn all five games so far.

[Wayne Komer]

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July 16, 2017

'Mr Dortmund' Starts With A Loss Again

by Peter Doggers at:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/mr-d...oss-again-3127

"Mr Dortmund" Vladimir Kramnik is playing in the Sparkassen Chess Meeting for the 24th time, and won the tournament a record ten times. His 11th title is a bit further away after he started with a loss, to Vladimir Fedoseev.

One of the most traditional super tournaments took off Saturday in Dortmund: the Sparkassen Chess Meeting. Like in recent years, it's an eight-player single round robin.

Ten titles is truly impressive, but Kramnik hasn't won in Dortmund since 2011. In each edition since his last victory, he couldn't win his first round game. In both 2014 and 2015 he started with a loss, to Georg Meier and Arkadij Naiditsch respectively. This year it happened again.

On Saturday Vladimir Kramnik played in the style of Mikhail Tal, including a dazzling sacrifice that wasn't not entirely correct—because Kramnik made a miscalculation. Unlike most of Tal's opponents, Vladimir Fedoseev found all the precise defensive moves and completely refuted the over-aggression.

Kramnik had started the game rather quietly in fact. Following IM Jaime Santos, who pressed Vishy Anand in León last week, the 14th World Champion played the Exchange variation against the Caro-Kann—a line that a young Bobby Fischer used to play as well.

Fedoseev, who qualified for Dortmund as the winner of this year's Aeroflot Open, was well prepared for this line. "I thoroughly analysed it this year with my trainer Alexander Khalifman," he said afterward. That was both well prepared and well played by the 22-year-old player from St. Petersburg.

Dortmund Sparkassen 2017
Round 1, July 15, 2017
Kramnik, Vladimir – Fedoseev, Vladimir
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Na3 a6 7.Nc2 Nf6 8.h3 e6 9.Nf3 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Bg5 Ne4 13.a4 bxa4 14.c4 Nxg5 15.Nxg5 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Nd8 17.Ne3 Bf4 18.Qh5 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qxc4 20.Rxe6+ Kf8 21.Re5 h6 22.Rae1 g6 23.Qh4 Kg7 24.Nxf7 Nxf7 25.Re6 g5 26.Qh5 Rhe8 27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.f3 Qxd4+ 29.Kh1 Rac8 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

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July 25, 2017

Morozevich bounces back from yesterday's defeat and scores a brilliant win vs Navara! The former king of Biel is back!

Biel GM Tournament 2017
Round 1, July 24, 2017
Morozevich, Alexander – Hou Yifan
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 Qc7 9.c3 b6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qe2 a5 12.Nf1 a4 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.h4 Rfc8 15.Ne3 Qd8 16.h5 b5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.e6 Nf8 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.h6 Bf6 21.Nh2 Ne7 22.Bh3 Rc6 23.Ng4 Neg6 24.Bd2 d4 25.hxg7 Kxg7 26.Qf3 Rb6 27.Qf5 Qd5 28.Bh6+ Kf7 29.Qxd5+ Bxd5 30.Nxf6 Rxf6 31.cxd4 Nh4 32.gxh4 Rxh6 33.Re5 Rd8 34.Rf5+ Rf6 35.dxc5 Ng6 36.c6 Bxc6 37.Rc1 Rd6 0-1

Round 2, July 25, 2017
Navara, David – Morozevich, Alexander
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.e4 c4 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.Bxd6 Nd3 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Re2 Qb6 18.Bf4 Qxb2 19.Qxb2 Nxb2 20.Rc1 Nd3 21.Rcc2 Nb4 22.Rc1 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Nxd5 24.Rc1 Nxf4 25.gxf4 b5 26.Rd2 Bc6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Rd6 Re6 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Nd4 Rc8 31.e5 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Nd5 33.Kf3 c3 34.Nxb5 Rc4 35.Nxa7 Nb4 36.Nb5 c2 37.Nd6 Rc5 38.Ne4 Nxa2 39.Nxc5 Nxc1 40.Ke3 Na2 41.Kd4 0-1

Position after 17…Qb6




Why couldn’t I ever get positions like this out of the Benoni?

[Hans Jung]

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Its exciting to see Moro playing again with his aiming for dynamic positions. I loved seeing his game against Etienne Bacrot with some exciting opportunities although he eventually lost.

[Hans Jung]

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Hou Yifan beat the leader at Biel (Bacrot) in a nice attacking game. To give GM Bacrot credit he counterattacked but Hou Yifan found excellent tactics to dominate. Although the game was marred by a finishing blunder the position was already very favorable for White. This should lead to an interesting tournament finish. I also enjoyed Moros game against Pono.

[Wayne Komer]

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July 31, 2017

Biel 2017
Biel, Switzerland
Round 4, July 27, 2017
Bacrot, Etienne – Morozevich, Alexander
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Qd3 Ne5 13.Qe2 e6 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.b3 d5 16.f4 Neg4 17.e5 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Ng4 19.Qe2 dxc4 20.Rfd1 h5 21.h3 Nh6 22.bxc4 Qc7 23.Ne4 Rd8 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rd7 26.c5 Rd5 27.g5 Nf5 28.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 gxf5 30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.gxf6 Qd8 32.Qd6 Rc8 33.Rc2 Kh7 34.Rh2+ Kg6 35.Rg2+ Kh6 36.Kh2 Kh5 37.Rg7 Kh4 38.Kg2 a5 39.Kf3 Qh8 40.Qd2 1-0

Round 7, July 31, 2017
Hou Yifan – Bacrot, Etienne
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.Re1 c6 9.Ba4 Ng6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Bc2 h6 13.a4 Bc7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bc7 18.e5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qh5 Be6 21.Ng3 Bb6+ 22.Be3 Qd3 23.Nf1 Rad8 24.f5 Bb3 25.f6 Qd5 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.fxg7 Qxe5 28.Qxh6 Qxg7 29.Qh4 Rd3 30.Re3 Re6 31.Rae1 Rh6 32.Qf4 Rxh3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Rxe4 Be6 35.Ne3 Rd8 36.Re5 1-0

Round 7, July 31, 2017
Morozevich, Alexander – Ponomariov, Ruslan
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.O-O-O dxc4 10.g4 b5 11.Rg1 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.g5 h5 14.g6 f5 15.Ne5 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Nf6 17.e4 Ng4 18.Qh3 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Qh6 20.Qh4 Nf6 21.Rg5 Bd7 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.e5 c5 24.Be2 cxd4 25.Rxh5 Qxg6 26.Rh8+ Kf7 27.Bh5 Rxh8 28.Bxg6+ Kxg6 29.Qe7 1-0

chessbomb kibitzers

- How to crash your position in three moves, by GM Ponomariov
- The computer says that if Bacrot had played a better 35th move, he would have survived after his king was chased around the board No chessplayer is going to look at that sequence for very long. It looks like mate.
- Oh my, the moment when you wake up and see that Yifan got another win, hooray!
- Yiffy tied for first with 2 games to go, probably her best tourney!
- Wow, black (Morozevich) is lost, with no red moves
- Bacrot is a genius
- The police should be called after this armed and violent mugging

[Wayne Komer]

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August 21, 2017

The 2017 Masters Tournament at the Abu Dhabi Festival runs August 13 to August 22. Among the 124 participants are Nigel Short, Anton Korobov, Rauf Mamedov, Parham Maghsoodloo and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

With one round to go Bassem Amin is leading with 7.0 points followed by Nigel Short with 6.5

Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan is tied for 5-19 with 5.5 points.

Writing in the EC Forum, Chris Rice said:

Here's another masterpiece by that 13-year old Uzbeck player that Leonard enthuses about that put him on 5/7. Emil Sutovsky was also amazed

"Absolutely stunning Karpovian technique by the 13 years old kid. Bd4-Ne5-d3, Be2-d1-b3, g3-h3-g4... Impressed."

Abu Dhabi Masters 2017
Round 7, Aug. 20, 2017
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Andersen, Mads
D37 QGD

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Rc1 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.O-O Rac8 16.Be5 Ne4 17.Bd4 a6 18.Ne5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Nd3 Kf8 22.f3 Nd6 23.Kf2 Nf5 24.Bc3 h5 25.Bd1 Be6 26.Bb3 Ke8 27.g3 Kd7 28.h3 Kc6 29.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Nh4 31.f4 f5 32.gxf5 Bxf5 33.Ne5+ Kc7 34.Bxd5 gxf4 35.exf4 Bc2 36.Nc4 Nf5 37.Be5+ Kd8 38.Bxb7 Bd3 39.Bxa6 Bc5+ 40.Kf3 Nh4+ 41.Kg4 Ng6 42.Bf6+ Kc7 43.f5 Nf8 44.Bb5 1-0

- great work by the kid

- his first GM scalp here. If he keeps this up in the two final rounds, he may get a GM norm

[Hans Jung]

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Nodirbek also played a very nice game in the last round. He has the skill of knowing how to play a high class waiting game. (pawn breaks at the right time)

[Wayne Komer]

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August 22, 2017

Two more from Abu Dhabi:

Round 9, Aug. 22, 2017
Paichadze, Luka – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
C28 Vienna Game

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Qf3 Nxc4 6.dxc4 d6 7.Nge2 Be6 8.b3 Nd7 9.O-O g6 10.Qg3 Bg7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 O-O 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Rad1 b6 17.h3 c6 18.Bc1 Qc7 19.Ba3 Rad8 20.Rf2 Bc8 21.Rfd2 Bh6 22.Rf2 Bg7 23.Bc1 Rf7 24.Qh4 Qe7 25.Bh6 Bd7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.Rfd2 Bc8 29.Nce2 Bb7 30.Nf4 a6 31.Qe3 c5 32.Nde2 f5 33.Nc3 g5 34.Nfd5 f4 35.Qf2 Qe6 36.Nxb6 f3 37.g4 h5 38.Nba4 hxg4 39.Nxc5 Qf6 40.Nxb7 Rxb7 41.hxg4 Rh7 42.Qg3 Rh4 43.Rh2 Qh6 44.Nd5 Rf8 45.Ne3 f2+ 46.Rxf2 Rh1+ 0-1

Round 8, Aug. 21, 2017
Fawzy, Adham – Maghsoodloo, Parham
B06 Robatsch (Modern) Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.e5 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Ng5 Qb6 10.Be4 Bxe4 11.Ncxe4 d5 12.Nc3 e6 13.Be3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc6 15.a4 b4 16.Nb5 axb5 17.axb5 Qb7 18.Rxa8+ Qxa8 19.f5 Nxe5 20.fxe6 f6 21.Bxe5 fxe5 22.Rf7 Bf8 23.Nxh7 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 Ne7 25.Qf1 Nf5 26.b6 Qc6 27.b7 Ba7 28.Qxf5 gxf5 29.Nf6+ Kd8 30.e7+ 1-0

- Super brilliant game by Egyptian Youngster Adham Fawzy Today in abudhabi Masters. Must see ! (Bassem Amin)

- What a beautiful game! (Martin Bennedik)

- I might be exaggerating in the heat of the moment, but I'm gonna say it: That last game by Fawzy might be the best game I've ever seen.
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Nodirbek tied for 3-9th places with 6.5 points behind Amin and Short.

Later: Excellent report on the tournament with fine photos of Nigel Short and Nodirbek at:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ami...n-in-abu-dhabi

[Hans Jung]

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Regarding Adham Fawzy vs GM Maghsoodloo : Yes a beautiful game well worth looking at.

[Wayne Komer]

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September 1, 2017

The game of the week was undoubtedly one between a 95-year-old grandmaster and a 4-year-old prodigy.

From chess.com:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/aver...ays-4-year-old

Last Tuesday, a small chess festival was held at the famous Ostankino tower in Moscow. Among the participants were chess legends Boris Spassky and Yuri Averbakh, but also Sergey Karjakin and Russia's latest star, Misha Osipov.

Sergey Karjakin gave a small simultaneous exhibition, but the highlight of the evening was the match between the world's oldest grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh (95), and four-year-old Misha Osipov—who you might remember from his game on TV last year against Anatoly Karpov.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTSfq9V3rZw

GM Yuri Averbakh, at 95, still shows phenomenal memory and a bright mind. Almost unable to see the board due to his significantly decreased vision, he still managed to win a piece and completely dominate the position. Sadly, he dropped a rook as he didn't clearly see the move of the young opponent.

Chess Day in Ostankino
Moscow, Aug. 29, 2017
Osipov, Mikhail – Averbakh, Yuri L.
B56 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Bf4 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.b3 Rac8 16.Ne2 Bc5 17.Rf1 e5 18.Bg5 e4 19.Bxf6 exd3 20.Qxd3 gxf6 21.Qf3 Bf8 22.Qxf6 Bg7 23.Qxb6 axb6 24.Rac1 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Be6 1-0

At move 24 Yuri Averbakh thought that he saw the white rook going to d1 so he took on c2...
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After the event Yuri discussed some chess memories:

"I was blessed to live in the golden age of chess. It was the 1945 USA-USSR radio-match that opened great traveling opportunities for Soviet players. I remember that American grandmaster Denker told me that Americans were expecting the match to end with a small margin, while they were reigning four-time world champions. By the way, I was working as a controller at this match. Our crushing victory turned everything around: Soviet chess players were participating abroad, and even the second place was considered a failure. As an outcome, Botvinnik became the world champion."

These days it is less known that Averbakh was also an arbiter at many top events. Asked which were the most memorable, he replied: "I remember the match of Kasparov vs Short, where I met Princess Diana. And the match Ponomariov-Ivanchuk, where 12-year old Sergey was helping Ruslan."

[Wayne Komer]

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September 13, 2017

Ivanchuk’s Immortal

Another game from the past. This was taken from agadmator’s chess channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3E40CKXSII

The 9th Annual Linares Super Tournament held from February 22nd to March 15th, 1991 was a category XVII event. Fourteen of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format that was the strongest tournament in the world at that time. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2800), Anatoli Karpov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Vassily Ivanchuk (2695), Mikhail Gurevich (2650), Jaan Ehlvest (2650), Valery Salov (2645), Alexander Beliavsky (2640), Gata Kamsky (2640), Vishwanathan Anand (2635), Jan Timman (2630), Jonathan Speelman (2610), Artur Yusupov (2605), and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2595). It was a second phenomenal victory for Ivanchuk who finished clear first with an impressive 9.5/13, even winning his head to head match with second place and world champion, Kasparov.

9th Linares Tournament
Spain, Feb. 23, 1991
Round 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kasparov, Garry
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.c4 e6 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Kh1 h5 13.a4 h4 14.h3 Be7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Qc7 17.Nd2 Qc5 18.Qd3 Rg8 19.Rae1 Qg5 20.Rg1 Qf4 21.Ref1 b6 22.Ne2 Qh6 23.c5 Rxc5 24.Nc4 Kf8 25.Nxb6 Be8 26.f4 f5 27.exf5 Rxf5 28.Rc1 Kg7 29.g4 Rc5 30.Rxc5 dxc5 31.Nc8 Bf8 32.Qd8 Qg6 33.f5 Qh6 34.g5 Qh5 35.Rg4 exf5 36.Nf4 Qh8 37.Qf6+ Kh7 38.Rxh4+ 1-0

Vassily gives up the bishop pair to activate his knights.

The main comment is that this is the worst bishop pair in the history of chess

This position after Black’s 32nd move with both bishops stuck on the 8th rank. Kasparov hopes that Chuky will take the white-square bishop but...





- Holy crap I had heard he was a genius but wow that game is something else! And against the best..

- This game made my day too. Just an amazing game from IvanChuck Norris

- "Worst bishop pair in history"? You surely haven't seen my games.

[Wayne Komer]

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October 17, 2017

Negros is the fourth largest island of the Philippines. Its largest city is Bacolod.

The island has a Bago City and one might try to associate it with a chess match in the distant past.

That, in fact, is Baguio City, north of Manila, on the island of Luzon.

(Wikipedia) - The 1978 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Baguio City, Philippines from July 18 to October 18, 1978. Karpov won, thereby retaining the title.

The match had many bizarre incidents. Karpov's team included a Dr. Zukhar (a well known hypnotist), while Korchnoi adopted two local renegades currently on bail for attempted murder. There was more controversy off the board, with histrionics ranging from X-raying of chairs, protests about the flags used on the board, the inevitable hypnotism complaints and the mirror glasses used by Korchnoi.
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But anyway, back to the island of Negros. The 2017 Negros International Open Chess Championship is taking place October 11-19, 2017 at Bacolod City, Philippines. Some of the titled players in the Open are Nigel Short, Karen Grigoryan, Tuan Minh Tran and Srinath Narayanan. Seven of the nine rounds have already been played and the two leaders are Nigel Short and Rogelio Antonio (PHI) with 6 out of 7.

The game that concerns us is from the 7th round. Nigel has posted this tongue-in-cheek comment:

The miserable spoilsport resigned before I could execute an unusual double underpromotion...

Negros Open, Round 7, Oct. 17, 2017
Short, Nigel – Mangao, Danmaersk
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 d5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.h4 h6 12.h5 hxg5 13.hxg6 Kd7 14.gxf7 e6 15.Qg6 Qf8 16.Nxg5 Nd8 17.f4 Bh6 18.Rdf1 Bxg5 19.Rxh8 Qxh8 20.fxg5 Nc6 21.Qf6 Qh5 22.g6 Nxd4 23.g7 Qh7 1-0

(24.f8=N+ Rxf8 25.gxf8=N+ Kc8 26.Nxh7)

The position after Black’s 23rd move:

[Hans Jung]

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Double knight promotion. Good on Nigel.

[Wayne Komer]

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October 26, 2017

Bundesliga 2017-18

Jan-Krzysztof Duda warmed up for playing for the Polish national team in the European Team Championship by crushing Pavel Eljanov in a game that might challenge for game of the year. It wouldn’t be the first time for Duda, whose win over Grzegorz Gajewski won the prize for the 2015-2016 season. (See below for this game)

The 19-year-old Duda is already a 2700-player and will be hoping for some supertournament invitations in the coming year.

In a Giuoco Piano, Duda played an early g4 and then, with his king still uncastled, went for a piece sacrifice: 14. Nxe5!!? Nxe5 15. Nxd4 and soon Duda was advancing his pawn armada on the black king.

Black was in deep trouble was after 27. Rxg5! 27…Nxg5 runs into 28. Qh4+ and in fact here or on the next move the computer considers it essential for Black to try and limit White’s attacking potential by sacrificing material on d3.

After 27…Qf7? 28. Qg3 Nc6? 29. Bb3 it was game over, with the final position after 35. Bxe5 one of total dominance.

That game would have meant a win for Duda’s Hamburg team over Dresden if Jonas Lampert had converted a winning position against Roven Vogel in the last game to finish. He didn’t, though.

Bundesliga 2017-18
Dresden
Round 1, Oct. 21, 2017
HSK vs DRE
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Eljanov, Pavel
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Bc2 d5 10.Qe2 h6 11.g4 Nh7 12.Rg1 d4 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxd4 c5 16.Nf5 Kh8 17.f4 Nc6 18.Be3 Rc8 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.Qf2 b6 21.h4 f6 22.f5 Bg8 23.O-O-O Ne5 24.Rg3 Rfd8 25.g5 fxg5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Rxg5 Qf7 28.Qg3 Nc6 29.Bb3 Qe7 30.Rh5 c4 31.Bxc4 Ne5 32.Bg5 Qd6 33.Bf4 Rc5 34.Bd5 Bxd5 35.Bxe5 1-0

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Supplemental Game

Bundesliga
Round 14, Apr. 23, 2016
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Gajewski, Grzegorz
B50 Sicilian, Kopec System

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Bc2 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Nd7 12.Ndf3 Nde5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.g5 O-O-O 15.Bd2 Kb8 16.O-O-O Ka8 17.Kb1 b5 18.Qf3 Qd7 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Qxf7 Rdf8 21.Qxg6 Bd6 22.Bb3 c4 23.dxc4 Ne7 24.Qxg7 Rhg8 25.Qh6 Rh8 26.Qg7 Rhg8 27.Qh6 Rh8 28.g6 Rxh6 29.Bxh6 Rc8 30.c5 Rxc5 31.Bf8 Nxg6 32.Bxd6 Rc8 33.h4 a5 34.h5 Nf4 35.Bxe5 Qh7 36.Bc2 Nxh5 37.Rd6 Qf7 38.Ra6+ Kb7 39.Rxa5 Kb6 40.b4 Rd8 41.a4 Qf3 42.Rxb5+ Ka6 43.Rc1 Nf4 44.Bxf4 Qxf4 45.Rc5 Qxf2 46.Rc6+ Kb7 47.Rxe6 Qf7 48.Bb3 Qf3 49.Bd5+ Kb8 50.Rb6+ Kc7 51.Rb7+ Kc8 52.Rf7 Qe2 53.Rc2 Qd1+ 54.Kb2 Rh8 55.Rcf2 Qxa4 56.Rf8+ Rxf8 57.Rxf8+ Kc7 58.Bb3 Qb5 59.Rf7+ Kd6 60.Rf5 Qe2+ 61.Bc2 Kc6 62.Rc5+ Kb6 63.Rd5 Kc6 64.Kb3 Kb6 65.c4 Qf3+ 66.Rd3 Qf7 67.Kb2 Qe6 68.Rc3 Qf6 69.Bd3 Qf2+ 70.Kb3 Qf7 71.Ka3 Kc6 72.c5 Qf6 73.Kb3 Qf7+ 74.Bc4 Qf2 75.Bd5+ Kb5 76.c6 Qe1 77.Rc5+ Kb6 78.c7 1-0