World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 28, 2016

Round Thirteen

Round Thirteen Results

1. Riazantsev – Carlsen 0-1
2. Korobov – Nepomniachtchi 0-1
3. Ivanchuk – Dominguez 0.5-0.5
4. Mamedyarov – Jakovenko 1-0
5. Grischuk – Amonatov 1-0
6. Aronian – Anand 0.5-0.5
7. Yu Yangyi – Cheparinov 0.5-0.5
8. Vidit – Melkumyan 0-1
9. Tomashevsky – Howell 0.5-05
10. Li Chao B – Bu Xiangzhi
11. Nakamura – MVL 0-1
12. Karjakin – Salem 0.5-0.5
13. Radjabov – Jumabayev 0.5-0.5

Ranking after Round Thirteen

1. Nepomniachtchi 10.0
2. Mamedyarov 9.5
3. Ivanchuk 9.0
4. Grischuk 9.0
5. Dominguez 9.0
6. Carlsen 9.0
7. Korobov 8.5
8. Anand 8.5
9. MVL 8.5
10. Melkumyan 8.5
11. Aronian 8.0
27. Karjakin 7.5
38. Nakamura 7.0

Women’s Rapids Ranking after Round Eleven

1. Muzychuk, Anna 9.0
2. Kosteniuk 7.5
3. Dzagnidze 7.5
4. Khademalsharieh 7.0
5. Ju Wenjun 7.0
6. Koneru 7.0
7. Lagno 6.5
8. Pham Le Thao 6.5
9. Abdumalik 6.5
10. Ushenina 6.5
14. Gunina 6.0

The games:

Round 13, Dec. 28, 2016
Riazantsev, Alexander – Carlsen, Magnus
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.a3 Bg4 14.Nd2 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.h3 Bd7 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.b4 Nce4 20.Qb2 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Rc8 23.Qa1 Qc7 24.Nd4 Qc3 25.Bc2 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qxc3 Rxc3 28.Ra1 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Ke1 Kd6 31.Ne2 Rb3 32.Ra2 Rb1+ 33.Kd2 Rf1 34.Kc3 Rxf2 35.Rd2+ Ke7 36.Ng3 Rxd2 37.Kxd2 f5 38.h4 g6 39.Ne2 Kd6 40.Nf4 Be8 41.g3 Ke5 42.Kc3 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Nh3 Kf6 45.Kd4 Bb5 46.Nf2 Be2 47.Nh3 b6 48.Nf2 g4 49.Kd5 b5 50.Kd4 Ke6 51.Nh1 Bf3 52.Nf2 Kd6 53.Kc3 Kd5 54.Kb3 f4 55.gxf4 g3 56.Nh3 Ke6 57.Kc3 Kf5 58.Ng1 g2 59.Kd2 Kg4 60.Ke1 Kg3 61.f5 Bg4 62.f6 Bh5 0-1

Round 13, Dec. 28, 2016
Korobov, Anton – Nepomniachtchi
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Bd2 O-O 10.h3 Nd7 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bd3 e5 13.a4 exd4 14.axb5 Qb6 15.c4 Bb7 16.O-O a6 17.bxa6 Rxa6 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Qc1 Re8 20.Bf4 Qc8 21.Re1 Qa8 22.Nd2 Bc6 23.Ra1 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxa6 Qxa6 26.Nf3 Bg7 27.Qb2 Ra8 28.Rb1 Qa3 29.Qxa3 Rxa3 30.Rb8+ Bf8 31.Ne5 Kg7 32.Nxc6 Rxd3 33.Rd8 Rc3 34.Ne5 f6 35.Rd7+ Kg8 36.Ng4 Bg7 37.Kf1 Rxc4 38.f4 Rc1+ 39.Ke2 h5 40.Nf2 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 Rc3+ 42.Ke2 Re3+ 43.Kf1 Bf8 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Rf3 46.e5 fxe5 47.fxe5 Re3 48.g5 Rxe5 49.Ng4 Re7 50.Rd5 Rc7 51.Ke2 Kf7 52.Kd3 c4+ 53.Kxd4 c3 54.Ne5+ Ke6 55.Nxg6 Bg7+ 0-1

Round 13, Dec. 28, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – MVL
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Bc2 e5 10.a4 b6 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Bg5 Rc8 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bh4 Nc5 18.f3 Qd7 19.Bf1 d5 20.e5 Nh5 21.g4 Nf4 22.Bg3 Rxe5 23.Rxe5 Bxe5 24.Qd2 Ncd3 25.Nce2 Nxe2+ 26.Nxe2 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Ne5 28.Nd4 Qd6 29.Kg2 Nc6 30.Re1 Qf6 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Qb4 Rc5 34.a5 d4 35.Be2 d3 36.Bd1 Qd6 37.Qxb6 Qxb6 38.axb6 Rc1 39.Re7 Rxd1 40.Rxb7 Rd2+ 41.Kf1 Rxb2 42.Ke1 Kf6 43.Rb8 a5 44.b7 a4 45.Kd1 d2 46.Ra8 Rxb7 47.Rxa4 Rd7 48.Ra6+ Kg7 49.Ra3 g5 50.Rb3 Rd4 51.Ra3 Kg6 52.Ra6+ f6 53.Ra3 h5 54.gxh5+ Kxh5 55.Ra1 f5 56.Ke2 f4 57.Rh1+ Kg6 58.g4 Kf6 59.Ra1 Ke5 60.Kd1 Rd3 61.Ra5+ Kd4 62.Rxg5 Ke3 63.Rh5 Kxf3 64.Rh3+ Ke4 65.Rh2 f3 66.g5 Ke3 67.Rh1 Rc3 0-1

In a post-game interview, MVL was dissatisfied with his play, even though he won against Nakamura. He intimated that he hopes to do much better in the Blitz tournament.

The screen keeps freezing and the sound goes off. One guy in the chat room said that he had three streams going and his wife walked in the room and asked just what he was doing. Another kibitzer says that is why he locks the door when he is watching the games.

I have chess24’s broadcast of the game on my big screen computer and look at analyses and statistics on my other computer sitting right next to it.
I have to keep reloading the big computer and it takes all my time to just follow the feature games.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 28, 2016

Round Fourteen

Results

1. Nepomniachtchi – Carlsen 0-1
2. Dominguez – Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
3. Anand – Ivanchuk 0-1
4. MVL – Grischuk 0-1
5. Melkumyan – Korobov 0.5-0.5
6. Howell – Aronian 0-1
7. Bu – Yu Yangyi 0-1
8. Anton – Tomashevsky 1-0
9. Inarkiev – Jakovenko 0.5-0.5
10. Cheparinov-Riazantsev 1-0

Round Fourteen Games

Round 14, Dec. 28, 2016
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Carlsen, Magnus
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.c4 Nd7 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.h3 Ng6 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.c5 Bb8 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.Bc4 Nf8 17.Rad1 Bc7 18.Qb3 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qd7 20.b4 Ng6 21.a4 Ne7 22.b5 Nd5 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Qa6 g5 25.Nh2 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Kg7 27.Kg1 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Rb8 29.Qd3 Rb2 30.a5 h6 31.Bc1 Ra2 32.Bd2 Qb7 33.Re8 Qb2 34.Be1 Nf4 35.Qa6 Qxd4 36.Qc8 Ng6 37.Qxc6 Ra1 38.Qe4 Qxc5 39.Kh2 h5 40.Qe3 Qc6 41.Bc3 Ra4 42.f3 Ra2 43.Kh1 Rc2 44.Be1 Qb5 45.Bg3 h4 46.Bh2 Qb1+ 47.Bg1 Qf1 0-1

Round 14, Dec. 28, 2016
Anand, Vishy – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy Bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 O-O 8.Be2 Qc7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Be3 b5 13.Rac1 b4 14.Nb1 c5 15.Nd2 e5 16.Qc2 Bb7 17.Rfd1 a5 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nf1 Nb8 20.Bd2 Nc6 21.Ne3 Nd4 22.Qd3 Bg5 23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Bf1 Ra6 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Qe3 Qh5 27.Rd2 Rh6 28.h3 Kh8 29.Rf2 Qh4 30.f4 exf4 31.Qxf4 Qxf4 32.Rxf4 Re6 33.Bd3 f6 34.Ra1 Bc6 35.a3 Nb3 36.Rd1 Rb8 37.Rf2 Ree8 38.g4 Nd4 39.axb4 axb4 40.Ra1 h6 41.Ra5 Nb3 42.Ra6 Nd4 43.Ra5 Nb3 44.Ra6 Bd7 45.Rd6 Rb7 46.Nf4 Kg8 47.Ng6 Re6 48.Rd5 Be8 49.e5 Bf7 50.Rd8+ Re8 51.Rxe8+ Bxe8 52.Be4 Ra7 53.Bd5+ Bf7 54.exf6 gxf6 55.Rxf6 Bxd5 56.cxd5 Kg7 57.Rb6 Nd2 58.Ne5 Re7 59.Rg6+ Kf8 60.Rf6+ Kg7 61.Rf5 Rxe5 0-1

61.Rf5?, better is Rg6+

Round 14, Dec. 28, 2016
MVL – Grischuk, Alexander
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.h4 Nbc6 12.Nb3 g4 13.h5 Rb8 14.Be2 b5 15.Nd5 Nc4 16.Bxg4 Rg8 17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.O-O e6 19.Re1 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Rxg3 21.fxg3 exd5 22.exd5+ N6e5 23.Qg4 Kf8 24.Qf5 Bc3 25.Re4 Rc7 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.Rf5 g4 29.Nc1 Ne3 30.Rf6 Nf3+ 31.gxf3 Bxf6 32.Nb3 Nxd5 33.Rxg4 Rxc2 34.h6 Rc4 0-1

Rankings After Round Fourteen

1. Ivanchuk 10.0
2. Grischuk 10.0
3. Mamedyarov 10.0
4. Nepomniachtchi 10.0
5. Carlsen 10.0
6. Dominguez 9.5
7. Korobov 9.0
8. Aronian 9.0
9. Yu Yangyi 9.0
10. Anton 9.0
11. Melkumyan 9.0

With five players tied for first place, there will certainly be a playoff.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 28, 2016

Round Fifteen

Melkumyan blunders with 35…h5 and Vassily Ivanchuk wins the game and the tournament!

Round 15, Dec. 28, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Melkumyan, Hrant
A48 King’s Indian, London System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bh2 Nbd7 9.c3 Re8 10.a4 a6 11.c4 Ne4 12.a5 bxa5 13.Rxa5 c5 14.Ra3 cxd4 15.exd4 e5 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qc7 18.Re1 a5 19.c5 dxc5 20.Bb5 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rad8 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qc5 24.Bxd7 Qxa3 25.e6 Qe7 26.exf7+ Qxf7 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.Qb3+ Qf7 30.Qb5 Qe6 31.Bf4 Qc6 32.Qg5 h6 33.Qd8+ Kf7 34.f3 Qc5+ 35.Kh2 h5 36.Bd6 Qc8 37.Qe7+ Kg8 38.Be5 1-0

In the post-game interview Ivanchuk was very humble. He said that he was lucky to win. He seemed to be excited that he was going to see the checkers/draughts club of Doha tonight.

Carlsen beats Mamedyarov and will get bronze medal on tiebreak. In his interview, he congratulated Ivanchuk, saying that Vassily outplayed him thoroughly in their game.

Round 15, Dec. 28, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ne5 a6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.Rb1 h6 13.Bh4 Qc7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.g3 f5 16.c5 Be7 17.b4 f4 18.a4 e5 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 fxg3 21.hxg3 Bf6 22.bxc6 Rxb1 23.Qxb1 Qxc6 24.Qb6 Qxb6 25.cxb6 Bb7 26.Na4 e4 27.Nc5 Bc6 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.b7 Bxd4 30.Nb3 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Bxb7 32.Nd4 Bc8 33.Rc6 Kg7 34.Ke3 Ra8 35.Bh5 Ra3+ 36.Kf4 Rd3 37.Rxc8 Rxd4 38.Rc7 Kf6 39.Rxf7+ Ke6 40.Rh7 Kd6 41.Rxh6+ Kc5 42.g4 Rd1 43.g5 Rf1+ 44.Ke5 e3 45.Rh8 Rg1 46.Rc8+ Kb4 47.Kf4 d4 48.Be2 Rg2 49.Bd3 Rf2+ 50.Ke5 Rg2 51.g6 e2 52.Rc1 Rg3 53.Kxd4 1-0

Round 15, Dec. 28, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 e5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qd3 Be6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Qxd5 Qc7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Na5 Nc6 15.Nc4 Rad8 16.Ne3 Bg5 17.Nf5 b5 18.h4 Ne7 19.Qb3 Bf6 20.Ne3 Qc5 21.g3 Rb8 22.Ng4 Rfc8 23.Rd2 a5 24.Qf3 Nc6 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Qxf6 Nb4 27.c3 Qc6 28.Bg2 Nxa2 29.Qxd6 Nxc3+ 30.bxc3 Qxc3 31.Qd3 Qb4+ 32.Rb2 Qa4 33.Qe3 Rd8 34.Bf3 h6 35.Qxh6 Rd3 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qxe5 Rbd8 38.Qc5+ Kg8 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Rc1 Qd4 41.Be2 Qxe4 42.Bxd3 Rxd3 43.Qf4 Qg6 44.h5 Qh7 45.Ka2 Qxh5 46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.Qxb5 Rd5 48.Qc4 a4 49.Qc3+ Kh7 50.Rb8 1-0

Round 15, Dec. 28, 2016
Yu Yangyi – Dominguez Perez, Leinier
C45 Scotch, Mieses variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 g6 11.Bd2 Bg7 12.c5 Nd5 13.Bc4 Qxe5 14.Qxe5+ Bxe5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.O-O-O O-O 17.Nxd5 Rb8 18.Bc3 Bxc3 19.Nxc3 Re8 20.Rhe1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Bb7 22.g3 Bc6 23.Kc2 Kg7 24.b3 g5 25.a3 a5 26.Rb1 Kf6 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Kf5 29.b5 Be4+ 30.Nxe4 Kxe4 31.Kc3 Kf3 32.Rb2 f5 33.Kd4 f4 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.b6 cxb6 36.cxb6 Kg2 37.h4 Kf3 38.h5 h6 39.b7 Kg4 40.Ke5 Kxh5 41.Kxf4 Kh4 42.Ke5 Kg4 43.Kd6 h5 44.Kxd7 h4 45.Rb4+ Kf3 46.Kc7 Rh8 47.b8=Q Rxb8 48.Kxb8 h3 49.Rh4 1-0

Prize Winners Open

1. Vassily Ivanchuk 11.0
2. Alexander Grischuk 11.0
3. Magnus Carlsen 11.0

Prize Winners Women’s

1. Anna Muzychuk 9.5
2. Alexandra Kosteniuk 8.5
3. Nana Dzagnidze 8.0

Final Ranking Crosstable after Round 15

1. Ivanchuk 11.0
2. Grischuk 11.0
3. Carlsen 11.0
4. Mamedyarov 10.0
5. Yu Yangyi 10.0
6. Nepomniachtchi 10.0
7. Anton 10.0
8. Vidit 9.5
9. Aronian 9.5
10. Dominguez 9.5
11. Nguyen Ngoc 9.5
12. Amonatov 9.5
13. Cheparinov 9.5
14. Korobov 9.0
15. Li Chao 9.0
16. Anand 9.0
17. Jakovenko 9.0
18. Melkumyan 9.0
19. Karjakin 9.0
20. Volokitin 9.0
21. Ganguly 9.0
26. MVL 8.5
28. Nakamura 8.5
36. Wei Yi 8.0
61. Pantsulaia 7.0
71. Jobava 7.0
87. Maghsoodloo 6.0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 29, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 1-3

Standings after Blitz Round Three

1. Ganguly 3.0
2. Karjakin 3.0
3. Carlsen 3.0
4. Dominguez 3.0
5. Radjabov 3.0
6. Grischuk 3.0
7. Adly 3.0
8. Dreev 2.5
9. Vidit 2.5
10. Nepomniachtchi 2.5
11. Dubov 2.5
12. Anand 2.5
13. Tomashevsky 2.5
14. Yu Yangyi 2.5
15. Korobov 2.5
28. Nakamura 2.0
31. MVL 2.0
35. Ivanchuk 2.0
40. Morozevich 2.0

Games:

World Blitz 2016
Doha, Qatar
Round 1, Dec. 29, 2016
Adhiban, B. – Ivanchuk, Vassily
D26 QGA, Classical Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.b3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bb2 Ke7 13.Rac1 Bd6 14.Rfd1 Rhd8 15.Ng5 Ne5 16.Rxd6 Rxd6 17.Ba3 Ne8 18.Nce4 Rd8 19.f4 Nc6 20.Nxd6 Nxd6 21.Bf3 b4 22.Bb2 Na5 23.Bxg7 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Ne4 25.Bd4 Rd6 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nd3 Nc6 28.Nc5 Nxd4 29.exd4 Rxd4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Rc7+ Kd6 32.Rxh7 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Ra1 34.g4 Rxa2+ 35.Ke3 Rb2 36.g5 Rxb3+ 37.Kd4 fxg5 38.fxg5 Rb1 39.h4 b3 40.Kc3 a5 41.g6 b2 42.g7 Rg1 43.Kxb2 e5 44.h5 e4 45.Kc3 a4 46.h6 a3 47.Kb3 e3 48.Rh8 e2 49.Re8 Rg3+ 50.Ka2 Rg2 51.Kxa3 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 29, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Bu, Xiangzhi
C42 Petrov, French Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.h3 Nbd7 10.c4 Nf8 11.Nc3 Ng6 12.Re1 c6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Bg5 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Re1 Qd8 18.Qb3 Nhf4 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Qe3 Ne6 22.d5 cxd5 23.cxd5 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Qe7 Bb5 26.Qxb7 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.Qe7 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.Kh1 Qc1+ 31.Ng1 Bb5 32.Qxd6 Kh7 33.Qb4 a6 34.Kh2 Qg5 35.Qd4 Qf5 36.Nf3 f6 37.d6 Bc6 38.Qh4+ Kg8 39.Qc4+ Bd5 40.Qd4 Kf7 41.Qa7+ Kg8 42.d7 Qf4+ 43.Kh1 Bxf3 44.d8=Q+ Kh7 45.Qe3 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 29, 2016
Flores, Diego – Karjakin, Sergey
A22 English, Bremen, reverse Dragon

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 a5 9.d3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd5 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxe3 13.Nxe6 Nxd1 14.Nxd8 Nxd8 15.Nd5 Ne6 16.Rfxd1 c6 17.Nb6 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Rb1 Ke7 21.b4 axb4 22.Rxb4 Nc5 23.Nb2 Ra8 24.Nd3 Rxa4 25.Rb1 Nxd3 26.Rxb7 Ra1+ 27.Bf1 Ne5 28.Rxc7+ Kd6 29.Rb7 c5 30.h3 c4 31.f4 Nc6 32.Kf2 c3 33.Rb3 c2 34.Rd3+ Kc7 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 29, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – Pantsulaia, Levan
A30 English, Symmetrical, hedgehog

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 a6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rc8 14.Nce4 Rc6 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Qe4 Rc5 20.Nh7+ Kg8 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Rac1 Rd8 23.Rc2 b5 24.cxb5 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 axb5 26.Qc7 d5 27.Qb6 Ra8 28.Rd4 g5 29.a4 bxa4 30.bxa4 Qe5 31.e3 Kg7 32.h4 Rh8 33.Rg4 f6 34.Qb1 Qc7 35.hxg5 f5 36.Qb2+ e5 37.Rb4 Kg6 38.Rb6+ Kxg5 39.f4+ 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 29, 2016
Vallejo Pons, Francisco – Carlsen, Magnus
D10 QGC Slav Defence, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Be2 e6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bd3 b5 13.a4 b4 14.Nb1 Na5 15.Rxc8 Qxc8 16.Ne5 Nc4 17.Qe2 Bxa4 18.Nxc4 dxc4 19.Bxc4 a5 20.Nd2 Bc6 21.b3 Qb7 22.Nf3 Nd5 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Ne5 Nxf4 25.exf4 Bd5 26.f5 exf5 27.Bxd5 Qxd5 28.Qc4 Qxc4 29.Nxc4 Bf6 30.Rxa5 Rxa5 31.Nxa5 Bxd4 32.Nc6 Bc5 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.Ne5 Ke7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Nc4 Kd5 37.f3 0-1

Round 2, Dec. 29, 2016
Salem, Saleh – Nakamura, Hikaru
D15 QGD Slav, Slechting variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Qa6 9.b3 Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 b6 14.a4 Rab8 15.Bb2 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Ne4 17.Nd2 Nd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Qb7 21.Rd3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ne8 23.Rh3 h6 24.Rg3 Kh7 25.Re1 Nd6 26.d5 Nf5 27.Qe4 g6 28.Rh3 cxd5 29.Qf4 g5 30.Qe5 Rg8 31.Rf3 dxc4 32.bxc4 Rbc8 33.Rxf5 exf5 34.Qxf5+ Rg6 35.Rd1 Rf8 36.Rd7 Qxd7 37.Qxd7 Re6 38.h3 Kg6 39.Qd3+ f5 40.Qd7 Ree8 41.Qxa7 Kh5 42.Qxb6 Rb8 43.Qd4 Rfd8 44.g4+ Kh4 45.Qf6 Kxh3 46.Qxh6+ Kxg4 47.Kg2 Kf4 48.Qe6 Re8 49.Bc1+ Kg4 50.f3+ Kh5 51.Qf7+ Kh6 52.Qf6+ Kh7 53.Qxf5+ Kh8 54.Bxg5 Rg8 55.Qh3+ Kg7 56.Qh6+ Kf7 57.Qf6+ 1-0

Salem, the hero of this round, goes down in the next.

Round 3, Dec. 29, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Salem, Saleh
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Three Knights

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.g4 Be6 10.f3 c5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.O-O-O a6 13.h4 h5 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.gxh5 Nxh5 16.Be5 cxd4 17.Bxd4 b5 18.a3 Rc6 19.Rhg1 Rfc8 20.f4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Ng7 22.h5 Bf5 23.hxg6 Rxg6 24.e4 Be6 1-0

Karjakin is playing well and, in fact, leads the tournament after Round Four!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 29, 2016

World Blitz

Magnus and Karjakin meet in Round Five

Magnus blunders and Karjakin wins!

There was a three-fold repetition during the game but Carlsen didn’t claim it until just before the end. They were in a K+Q (Karjakin) vs K+R (Carlsen) ending

Round 5, Dec. 29, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Karjakin, Sergey
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nfd2 Ng8 8.Bxe7 Ngxe7 9.c4 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Rxa7 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxc4 16.dxc4 Rxc4 17.Qb3 Qd4 18.Nb5 Qc5 19.Rxb7 Nec6 20.e3 Na5 21.Qxc4 Qxc4 22.Nd6 Qe6 23.Rxb4 Qxd6 24.Rb5 Nc4 25.Rc1 Nb6 26.Rbc5 g6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Rc7 Rd8 29.R7c6 Qd2 30.R6c2 Qb4 31.Bf3 Rd2 32.Kg2 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Nc4 34.Bd5 Nd6 35.Rc6 Kf6 36.Kg1 Ke7 37.Rc7+ Kd8 38.Rc6 Kd7 39.Ra6 Qc5 40.Bf3 e4 41.Be2 Nf5 42.Kg2 Ke7 43.Ra4 Qd5 44.Kg1 Kf8 45.Bf1 Nd6 46.Rd4 Qe5 47.Bg2 f5 48.Bf1 h6 49.Ra4 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5 51.Bg2 f4 52.gxf4 gxf4 53.exf4 Qxf4 54.Rd4 Qe5 55.Rd1 e3 56.fxe3 Qxe3+ 57.Kh1 Ke7 58.Rf1 Qe5 59.Rf3 Nf5 60.Kg1 Nh4 61.Rf2 Qe1+ 62.Bf1 Qe3 63.Bg2 Nf5 64.Bf3 Nd4 65.Kg2 Kd6 66.Bg4 Qe4+ 67.Kg3 Ke5 68.Kh3 Qh1+ 69.Kg3 Qg1+ 70.Rg2 Qe3+ 71.Kh2 Kf4 72.Bd1 Nf3+ 73.Bxf3 Qxf3 74.Kg1 Qd1+ 75.Kf2 Qd4+ 76.Ke2 Qe4+ 77.Kf1 Kf3 78.Rf2+ Kg3 79.Rd2 Kf3 80.Rf2+ Kg3 81.Rd2 Qb1+ 82.Ke2 Qe4+ 83.Kf1 Qc4+ 84.Ke1 Kf3 85.Kd1 Ke3 86.Rb2 Qa4+ 87.Kc1 Kd3 88.Kb1 Qd1+ 89.Ka2 Kc3 90.Rh2 Qa4+ 91.Kb1 Qb5+ 92.Ka1 Qf1+ 93.Ka2 Qf7+ 94.Kb1 Qg6+ 95.Ka2 Qa6+ 96.Kb1 Qb6+ 97.Ka2 Qa7+ 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 29, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 4 to 6

Alexander Morozevich has come to Doha just to play in the blitz. In Round 6 he is matched against Hikaru Nakamura.

In Round Five Anna and Miro put up the position from Anand vs Wei Yi because you have the white knight checking on h8!

Round 5, Dec. 29, 2016
Anand, Vishy – Wei Yi
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.Nbd2 Nd6 9.c3 Bf5 10.Bxf5 Nxf5 11.Qb3 b6 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 f6 14.Bf4 g5 15.Bc1 O-O-O 16.Ne3 Kb7 17.a4 a5 18.Qb5 Nxe3 19.Bxe3 h5 20.Re2 Na7 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.h4 g4 23.Ne1 Bd6 24.Nd3 Re8 25.Kf1 Rde7 26.Rae1 Re4 27.Bf4 Bf8 28.Bc1 Bd6 29.Bh6 b5 30.axb5 Nxb5 31.Bg7 R8e6 32.f3 gxf3 33.gxf3 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Rxe2 35.Kxe2 a4 36.Kd2 a3 37.bxa3 Nxa3 38.Bxf6 Kc6 39.Be5 Be7 40.Bg3 Kb5 41.Bxc7 Bxh4 42.f4 Bg3 43.Be5 Nc4+ 44.Ke2 Kc6 45.f5 Bh4 46.Nb4+ Kb5 47.Nxd5 Bg5 48.f6 Kc6 49.Ne7+ Kd7 50.Kd3 Nb2+ 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.d5+ Kf7 53.Kf5 Bh4 54.Ng6 Bf2 55.Nh8+ Kf8 56.Bd6+ 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 29, 2016
Morozevich, Alexander – Nakamura, Hikaru
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bc1 Nf6 9.Bc4 e6 10.Bb3 b5 11.O-O Be7 12.Qf3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qb7 14.Qg3 b4 15.Na4 g5 16.f3 Bd7 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.Rfe1 Nbd7 19.c4 Bc6 20.Nd4 Nh5 21.Qf2 Nf4 22.Qd2 a5 23.a3 bxa3 24.Rxa3 Kf8 25.Bc2 Ne5 26.Nxc6 Qxc6 27.b3 Rg8 28.Nc3 Rg6 29.Nb5 a4 30.Rea1 Rf6 31.Rxa4 Rxa4 32.Rxa4 Nxg2 33.Kxg2 Nxf3 34.Nd4 Nh4+ 35.Kg1 Qb7 36.Bf2 Bd8 37.c5 Qc8 38.cxd6 e5 39.Bxh4 Bb6 40.Bf2 Qg4+ 41.Kf1 exd4 42.Rxd4 Qf3 43.Kg1 Qg4+ 44.Kf1 Qf3 45.Kg1 Qg4+ 46.Kf1 Qf3 47.Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Dec. 29, 2016
Riazantsev, Alexander – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
D90 Grunfeld, Three Knights variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Qb3 b6 10.Rc1 Na5 11.Qa3 Nc4 12.Qb4 Bb7 13.Be2 Rc8 14.O-O Re8 15.Ne5 Nd6 16.Nb5 a5 17.Qa4 Nfe4 18.Na7 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Qa8 20.Nb5 Rc8 21.Qd1 Ba6 22.a4 Bxb5 23.axb5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Qc8 26.Qd1 Nf5 27.h5 e6 28.g4 Ne7 29.f3 Nc5 30.Bg5 Kf8 31.Kf2 Nd7 32.f4 Qc5 33.hxg6 Nxg6 34.Qd4 Qc2 35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.bxc3 Ne7 37.Bd3 Nc5 38.Bxh7 a4 39.Ke2 Ng6 40.Kd2 Ne4+ 41.Kc2 1-0

Open Blitz Ranking Crosstable after Round 6

1. Karjakin 6.0
2. Dubov 5.5
3. Anand 5.0
4. Jobava 5.0
5. Bu 4.5
6. Carlsen 4.5
7. Radjabov 4.5
8. Adly 4.5
9. Yu Yangyi 4.5
10. Wojtaszek 4.5
11. Riazantsev 4.5
12. Artemiev 4.5
13. Bortnyk 4.5
14. Salem 4.0
15. Ganguly 4.0
16. Adhiban 4.0
17. Dreev 4.0
18. Bok 4.0
19. Nakamura 4.0
20. Matlakov 4.0
21. Morozevich 4.0
22. MVL 4.0
23. Ivanchuk 4.0
24. Bosiocic 4.0
25. Nguyen 4.0

In the Women’s Blitz Dronavalli Harika has a perfect score after six rounds

Women’s Blitz Ranking Crosstable after Round Six

1. Harika 6.0
2. Stefanova 4.5
3. Kosteniuk 4.5
4. Ju Wenjun 4.5
5. Lagno 4.5
6. Tan 4.0
7. Arabidze 4.0
8. Koneru 4.0
9. Javakhishvili 3.5
10. Goryachkina 3.5

Round Seven Board Pairings

1. Adly, Ahmed (4.5) – Carlsen, Magnus (4.5)
2. Dubov (5.5) – Karjakin (6)
3. Anand (5) – Jobava (5)
4. Artemiev (4.5) – Yu Yangyi (4.5)
5. Radjabov (4.5) – Riazantsev (4.5)
6. Bortnyk (4.5) – Bu (4)
7. Wojtaszek (4.5) – Morozevich (4)
8. Nakamura (4) – Nguyen (4)
9. Ganguly (4) – MVL (4)
10. Salem (4) – Ivanchuk (4)
11. Dreev (4) – Matiakov (4)
12. Bosiocic (4) – Adhiban (4)
13. Aronian (3.5) – Bok (4)
14. Nepomniachtchi (3.5) – Howell (3.5)
15. Mamedyarov (3.5) – Cheparinov (3.5)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 29, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 7 to 9

Two opposite types of sportsmanship in Round Seven.

Anand was playing Jobava and when he punched his clock, it kept going and he didn’t notice. After about 20 seconds Jobava did notice and punched Anand’s clock for him and then they agreed to a draw and called over the arbiter and said that the clock was faulty.

In the Women’s Blitz, Anna Ushenina was playing Sofio Gvetadze and had connected pawn and knight vs a single knight and the game was drawn. Ushenina was so upset that she didn’t shake Gvetadze’s hand afterwards. It was caught on the television transmission and commented on.

Women’s Blitz
Round 7, Dec. 29, 2016
Ushenina, Anna – Gvetadze, Sofio
E60 King’s Indian, Fianchetto variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qc2 e5 11.Rad1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.h3 a5 14.Rd2 Ned7 15.Na4 Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Nf3 Bf5 18.Qc1 Ne4 19.Rdd1 Rad8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qf6 23.e3 Nc3 24.Rd2 Be4 25.Ne1 Bxg2 26.Nxg2 Ne4 27.Rc2 Rd8 28.Nf4 Kg8 29.h4 h6 30.Kg2 Qf5 31.f3 Nf6 32.Rd2 Rxd2+ 33.Qxd2 Qb1 34.Ne2 Kg7 35.Nc3 Qa1 36.Na4 Qe5 37.Qc3 Qxc3 38.Nxc3 b6 39.Kf2 Nd7 40.e4 Kf6 41.Ke3 g5 42.hxg5+ hxg5 43.f4 gxf4+ 44.gxf4 Ke6 45.Na4 b5 46.Nb2 Kd6 47.a4 bxa4 48.Nxa4 Nf8 49.e5+ Ke6 50.Nxc5+ Kf5 51.Nb7 Ne6 52.Nd6+ Kg4 53.f5 Nc5 54.f6 Kg5 55.Nxf7+ Kf5 56.Nd8 Kxe5 57.f7 Nd7 58.Nxc6+ Kd6 59.Nxa5 Kc5 60.Nb7+ Kc6 61.Nd8+ Kd6 62.b4 Ke7 63.Nc6+ Kxf7 64.Kd4 Ke6 65.c5 Nf6 66.Kc4 Kd7 67.Ne5+ Kc7 68.b5 Ne4 69.b6+ Kb7 70.Kb5 Nc3+ 71.Kb4 Nd5+ 72.Kc4 Nxb6+ 73.Kb5 Nc8 74.Nc4 Na7+ 75.Kb4 Nc6+ 76.Kc3 Ka6 77.Nd6 Ka7 78.Kc4 Kb8 79.Kd5 Kc7 80.Nb5+ Kd7 81.Nc3 Ne7+ 82.Kc4 Kc6 83.Nb5 Ng6 84.Nd4+ Kc7 85.Kd5 Nf4+ 86.Kc4 Ng6 87.Kb5 Ne5 88.Ne6+ Kb7 89.Nf4 Kc7 90.Nd5+ Kb7 91.Nb4 Kc7 92.Nd5+ Kb7 93.Nf4 Kc7 94.Ne6+ Kb7 95.Nd4 Kc7 96.Nf5 Nd7 97.c6 Nb8 98.Nd4 Nxc6 99.Nxc6 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Dec. 29, 2016
Anand, Vishy – Jobava, Baadur
C41 Philidor, improved Hanham variation

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 b6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d5 Ne8 11.b4 Bc8 12.a5 b5 13.Bd3 g6 14.Ne2 Ng7 15.c4 bxc4 16.Bxc4 f5 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.Ng5 Kh8 19.b5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Bd7 21.Bc4 Nfh5 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6 c6 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.a6 Nxe6 27.Bf1 Nd7 28.Na4 d5 29.Qc2 Nd4 30.Qd1 Rg8 31.Bb2 c5 32.Bxd4 cxd4 33.Qb3 Bf6 34.Qxd5 Rg7 1/2-1/2

- imo vishy should have kept playing
- probably he didnt want to look like an ass for refusing jobava's fairplay
- vishy said he wanted to push for a win but felt he had to agree to a draw

Round 7, Dec. 29, 2016
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw, - Morozevich, Alexander
D08 QGD, Albin Counter-Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 Ncxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxc4 12.e3 Be6 13.Be2 O-O-O 14.O-O Kb8 15.Rc1 Nd6 16.b6 c6 17.Be5 f6 18.Bg3 h5 19.h3 Kc8 20.Nc3 Nc4 21.Na4 Nd2 22.Rxc6+ bxc6 23.Ba6+ Kd7 24.Rd1 Ke8 25.b7 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Rxd1+ 27.Kg2 Rb1 28.Nc3 Rxb7 29.Bxb7 Kd7 30.Na4 Bd6 0-1

Round 7, Dec. 29, 2016
Salem, Saleh – Ivanchuk, Vassily
D15 QGD Slav, Tolush-Geller Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Nd7 10.Ne4 a6 11.Nfg5 Be7 12.Bh5 O-O 13.Qf3 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 Qe7 15.Qh3 h6 16.Ne4 c5 17.Nd6 cxd4 18.Qg3 Nc5 19.Bxh6 f6 20.Rae1 Nd3 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Bf7+ Qxf7 24.Nxf7 g6 25.Ng5 Re7 26.Nf3 Kf7 27.Nxd4 bxa4 28.Bg5 Ree8 29.Qh3 Kg8 30.Qh6 Ne5 31.f4 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 29, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Dubov, Daniil
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 Be7 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.a4 a6 10.c3 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qc2 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 e5 14.a5 O-O 15.axb6 e4 16.Be2 cxb6 17.c4 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Bd5 19.Qd2 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Rc7 21.h3 Kh7 22.Na3 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 b5 24.Qa5 Nf6 25.Rc5 Qd6 26.Nc2 Qd8 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Nb4 Bb7 29.Kh2 Kg8 30.Bg4 Rd6 31.Rc7 Rb6 32.Bc8 Bxc8 33.Rxc8+ Kh7 34.Ra8 Rb7 35.Nxa6 Nd5 36.Rd8 Nb6 37.Nc5 Ra7 38.b3 Na8 39.Nxe4 Ra2 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Rd7 f6 42.Rb7 f5 43.Nc5 Ra5 44.b4 Ra2 45.Nd3 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 29, 2016
Bosiocic, Marin – Nakamura, Hikaru
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 d6 10.Nf3 Bb6 11.h3 O-O 12.Kh1 Be6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 c5 15.c3 Rc8 16.Bc2 Qe7 17.Rc1 Bd8 18.Bb1 Qb7 19.Qd2 Be7 20.Rce1 Rfe8 21.d4 cxd4 22.cxd4 Qb8 23.d5 Bd7 24.g4 Nh7 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Rg1 g5 27.h4 f6 28.h5 Nf8 29.b4 Be8 30.Rg3 Nd7 31.Ng1 Nb6 32.Rc1 Nc4 33.Qe1 Rec7 34.Rgc3 Bd7 35.f3 Qa7 36.Ne2 a5 37.bxa5 Qxa5 38.a3 Nxa3 39.Bd3 Rc5 40.Qd2 b4 41.Rxc5 Rxc5 42.Ra1 Bb5 43.Ra2 Bxd3 44.Qxd3 Qb5 45.Qxb5 Rxb5 46.Nc1 Rc5 47.Nd3 Rc3 48.Nxb4 Rxf3 49.Nc6 Rb3 50.Ne7+ Kh7 51.Nf5 Nc4 52.Ra7+ Kh8 53.Nxh6 Ne3 54.Nf7+ Kg8 55.Nxd6 Nxg4 56.Nf5 Nf2+ 57.Kg2 Nxe4 58.d6 Rb8 59.d7 Nc5 60.Rc7 Rb2+ 61.Kf1 Ne6 62.Rc8+ Kf7 63.Re8 Rb1+ 64.Kf2 Rb2+ 65.Ke1 Rb1+ 66.Kd2 Rb7 67.Re7+ Kf8 68.h6 Kg8 69.Ke3 g4 70.h7+ Kh8 71.Nh4 Rb3+ 72.Kd2 Nf8 73.Ng6+ Nxg6 74.d8=Q+ 1-0

In Round Nine, Morozevich beat Vishy Anand quickly. It looks like Alexander just got off the plane because he had his rucksack with him but he said he arrived yesterday.

Round 9, Dec. 29, 2016
Morozevich, Alexander – Anand, Vishy
C45 Scotch, Mieses variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 f6 9.c4 Nb6 10.exf6 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 gxf6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Bh5+ Kd8 14.b3 Bd6 15.Nd2 Be5 16.Rb1 c5 17.Nf3 d6 18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Nd7 21.Bb2 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Rf1 Ne6 24.Rf7 1-0

- anand got crushed
- nice prep
- Vishy still disturbed by the Jobava game

Ranking Crosstable After Round Nine

1. Karjakin 7.5
2. Carlsen 7.5
3. Salem 7.0
4. Yu Yangyi 7.0
5. Morozevich 7.0
6. Bosiocic 7.0
7. Riazantsev 7.0
8. Bu 6.0
9. Dubov 6.0
10. Dominguez 6.0
11. Anand 6.0
12. Nepomniachtchi 6.0
13. Jobava 6.0
14. Artemiev 6.0
15. Grischuk 6.0
16. Nakamura 6.0
17. Matlakov 6.0
18. Bortnyk 6.0
19. MVL 6.0
20. Ivanchuk 6.0

During the rapids there was joking in the chat room about Mohammed Ali Dima who did not win at all. After nine rounds of blitz here, he has 0 points as well.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 29, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 10 to 12

Results of Round Ten

1. Carlsen, Magnus – Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
2. Karjakin, Sergey – Salem, Saleh 1-0
3. Bosiocic, Marin - Yu Yangyi 1/2-1/2
4. MVL – Riazantsev, Alexander 1-0
5. Jobava, Baadur – Artemiev, Vladislav 1-0
6. Leko, Peter – Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2
7. Bu Xiangzhi – Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1
8. Dominguez, Leinier – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2-1/2
9. Grischuk, Alexander – Bortnyk, Olexandr 0-1
10. Anand, Vishy – Dubov, Daniil 0-1

Results of Round Eleven

1. Yu Yangyi – Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2
2. Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
3. Bortnyk, Olexander – Bosiocic, Marin 0-1
4. Salem, Saleh – MVL 0-1
5. Dubov, DAniil – Jobava, Baadur 1-0
6. Morozevich, Alexander – Dominguez, Leinier 1/2-1/2
7. Riazantsev, Alexander – Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1
8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Matiakov, Maxim 1/2-1/2
9. Ivanchuk, Vassily – Korobov, Anton 1-0
10. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2

Results of Round Twelve

1. Carlsen, Magnus – Bosiocic, Marin 1-0
2. Karjakin, Sergey – MVL 1/2-1/2
3. Nakamura, Hikaru – Dubov, Daniil 1/2-1/2
4. Morozevich – Yu Yangyi 1-0
5. Grischuk, Alexander – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2-1/2
6. Leko, Peter – Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2
7. Dreev, Aleksey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2
8. Dominguez, Leinier – Bortnyk, Olexandr 1-0
9. Anand, Vishy – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2
10. Jobava, Baadur – Matiakov, Maxim 1-0
11. Artemiev, Vladislav – Salem, Saleh 0-1
12. Nguyen, Truong – Aronian, Levon 0-1
13. Mareco, Sandro – Radjabov, Teimour 0-1
14. Wei Yi – Onischuk, Vladimir 1/2-1/2
15. Bu Xiangzhi – Riazantsev, Alexander 1/2-1/2

Ranking Crosstable after Round Twelve

1. Karjakin 10.0
2. Carlsen 10.0
3. Dubov 8.5
4. Morozevich 8.5
5. Bosiocic 8.5
6. MVL 8.5
7. Salem 8.0
8. Dominguez 8.0
9. Yu Yangyi 8.0
10. Jobava 8.0
11. Nakamura 8.0
12. Ivanchuk 8.0
13. Dreev 7.5
14. Anand 7.5
15. Nepomniachtchi 7.5
16. Wojtaszek 7.5
17. Grischuk 7.5
18. Radjabov 7.5
19. Mamedyarov 7.5
20. Leko 7.5
21. Aronian 7.5
22. Bu 7.0
23. Wei Yi 7.0
24. Razantsev 7.0
25. Korobov 7.0

The top of the table is filled with familiar names. The exceptions are Dubov in 3rd and Bosiocic in 5th.

Marin Bosiocic (b. 1988) is a Croatian grandmaster.

Daniil Dubov (b. 1996) is a Russian grandmaster. He became a grandmaster at 14 years, 11 months.

Karjakin and Carlsen are tied for the lead. Karjakin sounded very confident in his postgame interviews and no less did Carlsen. It will be a fight to the end.

Alexander Morozevich’s appearance in a major tournament is a welcome surprise. Magnus said that he is one of the strongest players ever and welcomed his presence in Doha.

Tomorrow, rounds 13 to 21 are played.

These are the pairings for Round Thirteen

1. MVL (8.5) – Carlsen (10.0)
2. Karjakin (10) – Morozevich (8.5)
3. Dubov (8.5) – Ivanchuk (8)
4. Bosiocic (8.5) Jobava (8)
5. Yu Yangyi (8) – Nakamura (8)
6. Salem (8) – Dominguez (8)
7. Aronian (7.5) – Grischuk (7.5)
8. Nepomniachtchi (7.5) – Anand (7.5)
9. Mamedyarov (7.5) – Leko (7.5)
10. Radjabov (7.5) – Dreev (7.5)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 29, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 10 to 12

The Games:

Round 10, Dec. 29, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Morozevich, Alexander
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nf4 O-O 11.Nd3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Qd1 Bd6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qh5 Kh8 16.f4 Rg8 17.Rae1 f5 18.Ne5 Rg7 19.Ndf3 Rag8 20.Re2 Nd8 21.Kh1 f6 22.Nd3 Bxf4 23.Nc5 Qd6 24.Rfe1 e5 25.Qxf5 e4 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Rxe4 Bh6 28.g3 Qd7 29.Qxf6 Qf7 30.Qxf7 Rxf7 31.Ne5 Rf2 32.R4e2 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Kg7 34.Kg2 Re8 35.Kf3 Re6 36.Nd3 Rf6+ 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Nc5 Kf7 39.Nd7 Re6 40.Ne5+ Ke8 41.Kf3 Bg7 42.Nd3 Kf7 43.Rxe6 Kxe6 44.Ke4 b6 45.Nf4+ Kd6 46.g4 b5 47.g5 a5 48.h4 Ne6 49.Nxe6 Kxe6 50.b3 Bf8 51.c4 bxc4 52.bxc4 Bd6 53.c5 Bg3 54.h5 Bf2 55.d5+ Kd7 56.g6 hxg6 57.hxg6 Ke7 58.d6+ Kf6 59.d7 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 29, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Salem, Saleh
A30 English, Symmetrical

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rac1 a6 13.Rfd1 Rc7 14.Nd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qa8+ 16.f3 Rd8 17.e4 e6 18.Nc2 Ne8 19.Ne3 h5 20.Ne2 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 b5 22.cxb5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 axb5 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.Qd2 Nf6 26.Qe2 d5 27.f4 Neg4 28.e5 Nxe3+ 29.Qxe3 Ne4 30.Rc2 Rc8 31.Qc1 Rxc2+ 32.Qxc2 b4 33.Kh3 Qa7 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Nxe6+ fxe6 36.Qxe6 Qb7 37.Qe8 d4 38.e6 Nf6 39.Qd8 d3 40.Qxd3 Qe7 41.Qe3 Ng4 42.Qd4+ Kf8 43.Qh8# 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 29, 2016
Jobava, Baadur – Artemiev, Vladislav
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Kb1 Be6 15.Bf5 O-O-O 16.Bxe6+ Qxe6 17.Ne1 Nc4 18.Nd3 Kb8 19.a3 Bf8 20.Ka2 Be7 21.Nb1 Rc8 22.Nd2 c5 23.Nb3 Nxa3 24.bxa3 c4 25.Rb1 cxd3 26.Qxd3 Rc4 27.Na5 Ra4 28.Nxb7 Ka8 29.Rb3 Rb8 30.Rhb1 Qc6 31.Na5 Rxb3 32.Qxb3 Qe8 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 29, 2016
Anand, Vishy – Dubov, Daniil
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Nh5 9.Be3 f6 10.exf6 exf6 11.O-O Kh8 12.Qd2 Bg4 13.Be4 Na5 14.Bd3 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 f5 16.d5 Nf6 17.Be2 b6 18.Ba6 c6 19.dxc6 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Nxc6 21.Bb7 Rad8 22.Rd1 Nd4 23.Rd3 Nxc2 24.Bg5 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Ne4 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 h6 28.Bd2 Bd4+ 29.Rxd4 Nxd4 30.Bc3 Rd8 31.Kf2 Kg8 32.Nf6+ Kf7 33.Ng4 Nb5 34.Nxh6+ Ke6 35.Be1 Nd6 36.Ng4 Nc4 37.b3 Ne5 38.Nxe5 Kxe5 39.Ke2 Ke4 40.h4 Rd3 41.g4 Rh3 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5 Rxh5 0-1

Round 11, Dec. 29, 2016
Yu Yangyi – Carlsen, Magnus
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Ne4 Nxd3 16.Re3 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Nxc1 18.Rxc1 Qf6 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Qe2 Rxe4 21.Qxe4 Bc5 22.Rf1 g6 23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Qe2 Qf5 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Qd5+ 27.Qf3 Qxa2 28.Qxc6 Bf8 29.b4 Qc4 30.Qxc4 bxc4 31.Be2 Bg7 32.Bxc4 Bxc3 33.Bxa6 1/2-1/2

Round 11, Dec. 29, 2016
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Karjakin, Sergey
A22 English, Bremen, Reverse Dragon

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Rc1 Re8 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Bf8 11.a3 Nd4 12.Ne4 c6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Re1 Bd5 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.b4 Rad8 19.Qb2 Na4 20.Qc2 b5 21.e3 dxe3 22.Bxe3 Rc8 23.d4 Nb6 24.Nc5 Qf7 25.a4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nxa4 27.Nxa4 bxa4 28.Qxa4 Qb7 29.Kg1 Bxb4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Rec1 Qb5 32.Qd1 Qd5 33.Bd2 Bxd2 34.Qxd2 Rb8 35.Ra1 Rb5 36.Qc3 Rc8 37.Re1 c5 38.dxc5 Rbxc5 39.Qe3 h6 40.h4 Kh7 41.Ra3 Qf5 42.Rea1 Re5 43.Qd3 Qxd3 44.Rxd3 Rc7 45.Ra4 Ra7 46.Kg2 h5 47.Rdd4 Kg6 48.Rdc4 Kf5 49.Kf3 Rb5 50.Rf4+ Ke6 51.Rfe4+ Kd6 52.Red4+ Kc6 53.Ra1 Rb3+ 54.Kf4 Rb5 55.f3 Rc5 56.g4 hxg4 57.fxg4 Rb7 58.Raa4 g5+ 59.hxg5 fxg5+ 60.Ke4 Rf7 61.Ke3 Re7+ 62.Kd2 Rd7 63.Rxd7 Kxd7 64.Re4 Kc6 65.Kd3 Kb5 66.Re1 a4 67.Rb1+ Ka5 68.Kd4 Rc8 69.Rb7 a3 70.Rg7 Kb4 71.Rb7+ Ka4 72.Ke3 Rc4 73.Kf3 a2 0-1

Round 11, Dec. 29, 2016
Bortnyk, Olexandr – Bosiocic, Marin
B40 Sicilian, King’s Indian Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 d4 6.Ne2 e5 7.d3 f6 8.O-O g5 9.Nd2 h5 10.f4 h4 11.fxg5 fxg5 12.Qe1 h3 13.Qf2 Nh6 14.Bf3 g4 15.Bh1 Be7 16.Nc4 Rf8 17.Qe1 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Nf7 19.a4 Be6 20.Bd2 Qd7 21.Qf2 O-O-O 22.Rf1 b6 23.b3 Kb7 24.Qe1 Rf8 25.Rf2 Nfd8 26.Nc1 Rxf2 27.Qxf2 Nf7 28.Kf1 Qd8 29.Ke1 Bg5 30.Na2 Bxd2+ 31.Qxd2 a6 32.Qc1 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Nd2 Qa5 35.Qb2 Nb4 36.Nxb4 Qxb4 37.Qa1 Nd8 38.Kd1 Nc6 39.Qc1 Qa5 40.Nb1 Qa1 41.Na3 Qxc1+ 42.Kxc1 Kb6 43.Kb2 Nd8 44.Kc1 Nf7 45.Kd2 Ng5 46.Nb1 Ka5 47.Kd1 Kb4 48.Ke2 c4 49.bxc4 bxc4 50.dxc4 Bxc4+ 51.Kd2 Ba2 52.c3+ Kb3 53.cxd4 Bxb1 54.dxe5 Ne6 55.Ke3 Kc3 56.Bf3 gxf3 57.Kxf3 Kd4 58.Kg4 Kxe5 59.Kxh3 Bxe4 60.Kg4 Bf5+ 61.Kh5 Kf6 62.g4 Bg6+ 63.Kh4 Ng5 64.Kg3 Ke5 65.h4 Ne4+ 66.Kf3 Be8 67.Ke3 Bc6 68.Kf3 Nf6+ 69.Kg3 Bd7 70.h5 Bxg4 71.h6 Bf5 72.h7 Bxh7 73.Kf3 Be4+ 74.Ke3 Nd5+ 75.Kd2 Kd4 76.Kc1 Kc3 77.Kd1 Nf4 78.Kc1 Ne2+ 79.Kd1 Kd3 80.Ke1 Bd5 81.Kd1 Bb3+ 82.Ke1 Ke3 83.Kf1 Nf4 84.Ke1 Ng2+ 85.Kf1 Kf3 86.Kg1 Bc4 87.Kh2 Nf4 88.Kg1 Kg3 89.Kh1 Bb5 0-1

Round 11, Dec. 29, 2016
Dubov, Daniil – Jobava, Baadur
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr Variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Qa4+ c6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.c5 bxc5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Rb7 a5 17.Ng5 Ra7 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Be3 Qxe3 21.Rxb8 1-0

Round 11, Dec. 29, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Korobov, Anton
A08 Neo-Sicilian, King’s Indian Attack

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bc7 9.c3 b6 10.a3 a5 11.a4 Ba6 12.Qc2 Ng6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nb3 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.d4 Nd3 18.Rxd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 c4 20.Qf5 cxb3 21.Bxd5 g6 22.Qf3 Kg7 23.Bxb3 Bd6 24.h4 h5 25.Bg5 Be7 26.Be3 Bf6 27.Qf4 Kg8 28.Qh6 1-0

Round 12, Dec. 29, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Bosiocic, Marin
D02 Queen’s Bishop Game

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Bd3 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Rb8 13.dxc5 Bxg3 14.hxg3 f5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.c6 Nd5 17.Bxd5 Rxd5 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Ba6 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.c4 b5 22.b4 bxc4 23.a4 Rd8+ 24.Kc2 Rd5 25.f4 1-0

In the following game Grischuk has Q vs Ivanchuk’s 2 Rooks and Bishop

Round 12, Dec. 29, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.e5 d5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.f5 fxe5 15.Qxe5 Bf6 16.Qg3 Qb8 17.Qh3 d4 18.fxe6 dxc3 19.Rhf1 Qe5 20.Rde1 Qg5+ 21.Kb1 Bxg2 22.exf7+ Kf8 23.Qe6 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Be7 25.bxc3 Rd8 26.h4 Qg6 27.Qe3 h5 28.Rg1 Qf6 29.Rf1 Qxf1+ 30.Bxf1 Rd1+ 31.Kb2 Rxf1 32.a4 bxa4 33.Qd4 a3+ 34.Ka2 Rh7 35.c4 Rfxf7 36.c5 Rf6 37.Qd5 Rhh6 38.Qa8+ Kg7 39.Qg2+ Rhg6 40.Qd5 Rc6 41.Qxh5 Rxc5 42.Qe2 Bd6 43.h5 Rf6 44.Qg2+ Kh6 45.Qd2+ Kxh5 46.Qe2+ Kg6 47.Qg2+ Rg5 48.Qe4+ Kh6 49.Qh1+ Rh5 50.Qe4 a5 51.Qe3+ Rg5 52.Qh3+ Kg6 53.Qd3+ Rgf5 54.Qe4 Kg7 55.Qb7+ Rf7 56.Qg2+ Kf6 57.Qe4 Re7 58.Qd4+ Ke6 59.Qg4 Rf7 60.Qc4+ Kd7 61.Qa4+ Kc7 62.Qc4+ Kd8 63.Qd4 Kd7 64.Qa7+ Ke6 65.Qe3+ Re5 66.Qb3+ Ke7 67.Qb7+ Kf6 68.Qf3+ Rf5 69.Qc3+ Ke7 70.Qe3+ Re5 71.Qd4 Rf3 72.Qh4+ Rf6 73.Qh7+ Kf8 74.Qd3 a4 75.Qd4 Ke7 76.Qxa4 Rc5 77.Qe4+ Be5 78.Qb7+ Rc7 79.Qb4+ Bd6 80.Qe4+ Re6 81.Qh7+ Kd8 82.Qg8+ Re8 83.Qg6 Be5 84.Qd3+ Rd7 85.Qb5 Bd6 86.Qa5+ Rc7 87.Qa8+ Kd7 88.Qa4+ Rc6 89.Qa7+ Bc7 90.Qd4+ Kc8 91.Qg4+ Kb8 92.Qb4+ Rb6 93.Qa4 Re5 94.Qc4 Rb2+ 95.Kxa3 Rb7 96.Qg8+ Ka7 97.Qg1+ Bb6 98.Qg4 Ra5+ 99.Kb3 Bc5+ 100.Kc3 Ra3+ 101.Kd2 Bb4+ 102.Ke2 Re7+ 103.Kf1 Bc5 104.Qc4 Kb6 105.Kg2 Rae3 106.c3 Rg7+ 107.Kf1 Rgg3 108.Qb3+ Kc6 109.Qa4+ Kd6 110.Qa6+ Kd5 111.c4+ Kd4 112.Qa1+ Rc3 113.Qd1+ Kxc4 114.Qa4+ Bb4 115.Qa2+ Kb5 116.Qd5+ Bc5 117.Qd7+ Kb4 118.Qb7+ Ka3 119.Qa6+ Kb2 120.Qb5+ Kc1 121.Qa5 Rcf3+ 122.Ke1 Rg1+ 123.Ke2 Re3+ 124.Kf2 Re5+ 125.Kf3 Rf1+ 126.Kg4 Rfe1 127.Qc3+ Kd1 128.Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

and finally, an opening that my engine calls the Wuss Attack. Good name for an eight-move game!

Round 12, Dec. 29, 2016
Dreev, Aleksey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D14 QGD Slav, Exchange, Wuss Attack

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 30, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 13 to 15

Results of Round 13

1. MVL (8.5) – Carlsen (10.0) 0-1
2. Karjakin (10) – Morozevich (8.5) 1/2-1/2
3. Dubov (8.5) – Ivanchuk (8) 1-0
4. Bosiocic (8.5) Jobava (8 1-0)
5. Yu Yangyi (8) – Nakamura (8) 0-1
6. Salem (8) – Dominguez (8) 0-1
7. Aronian (7.5) – Grischuk (7.5) 0-1
8. Nepomniachtchi (7.5) – Anand (7.5) 1/2-1/2
9. Mamedyarov (7.5) – Leko (7.5) 0-1
10. Radjabov (7.5) – Dreev (7.5) 1-0

Results of Round 14

1. Nakamura (9) – Carlsen (11) 1/2-1/2
2. Dominguez (9) – Karjakin (10.5) 1/2-1/2
3. Morozevich (9) – Dubov (9.5) 1/2-1/2
4. Leko (8.5) – Bosiocic (9.5) 0-1
5. MVL (8.5) – Radjabov (8.5) 1/2-1/2
6. Grischuk (8.5) – Nepomniachtchi (8) 1-0
7. Anand (8) – Salem (8) 1-0
8. Ivanchuk (8) – Najer (8) 1-0
9. Jobava (8) – Wojtaszek (8) 0-1
10. Korobov (8) – Yu Yangyi (8) 1/2-1/2
11. Cheparinov (7.5) – Aronian (7.5) 1/2-1/2
12. Vallejo Pons (7.5) – Mamedyarov (7.5) 0-1
13. Mamedov (7.5) – Naiditsch (7.5) 1/2-1/2

Results of Round 15

1. Carlsen (11.5) – Grischuk (9.5)
2. Karjakin (11) – Nakamura (9.5)
3. Bosiocic (10.5 – Dominguez (9.5)
4. Dubov (10) – MVL (9)
5. Radjabov (9) – Morozevich (9.5)
6. Ivanchuk (9) – Anand (9)
7. Wojtaszek (9) – Korobov (8.5)
8. Mamedyarov (8.5) – Inarkiev (8.5)
9. Yu Yangyi (8.5) – Leko (8.5)
10. Matiakov (8) – Artemiev (8)
11. Aronian (8) – Malakhov (8)
12. Nepomniachtchi (8) – Dreev (8)
13. Salem (8) – Mamedov (8)
14. Naiditsch (8) – Jovaba (8)
15. Wei Yi (8) – Bortnyk (8)

Rankings after Round Fifteen

1. Carlsen (12)
2. Karjakin (11)
3. Dubov (11)
4. Dominguez (11)
5. Nakamura (11)
6. Bosiocic (11)
7. Morozevich (10)
8. Grischuk (10)
9. Ivanchuk (10)
10. Wojtaszek (9.5)
11. MVL (9.5)
12. Radjabov (9.5)
13. Leko (9.5)
14. Mamedyarov (9.5)
15. Salem (9)
16. Wei Yi (9)
17. Korobov (9)
18. Anand (9)
19. Jobava (9)
20. Artemiev (9)

Peter Doggers interviews the surprise of the blitz tournament so far – Marin Bosiocic. He won his first two games today. He said in the second one vs Leko, he was worse so was lucky to win. He is not a blitz specialist, likes classical better. He is a young man with his head shaved bald.

Nakamura is happy to have drawn with Magnus and beating Karjakin who blundered at the end of their game.
Ivanchuk has fought his way up and is playing Carlsen in Round 16.

Miro is wearing a faux bowtie. He says he knows three ways to knot a tie out of the twenty possible ones! He would learn the other ways but he does have to spend some time on chess.

Later: Ivanchuk beats Carlsen!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 30, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 13 to 15

The games:

Round 13, Dec. 30, 2016
MVL – Carlsen, Magnus
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a3 d6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Qd7 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bf6 14.Nf5 Nd8 15.Re1 Re8 16.c3 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Nc6 18.Ng3 g6 19.Bf4 Ne5 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Re2 c6 22.Qa2 Qg4 23.Bc1 h5 24.h3 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Rxe6 26.f4 Nc4 27.b3 Na5 28.b4 Nc4 29.Rd3 Rde8 30.e5 dxe5 31.f5 e4 32.Rd7 gxf5 33.Nxf5 e3 34.Rd3 Re5 35.Nd4 Rd5 36.Bxe3 Rde5 37.Nc2 Bg5 38.Kf2 Rf5+ 39.Kg1 Rfe5 40.Kf2 f5 41.Re1 Nxe3 42.Nxe3 f4 43.Nc2 Bh4+ 0-1

Round 13, Dec. 30, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Morozevich, Alexander
A11 English

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.d4 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.Nd3 dxc4 14.bxc4 b5 15.Rc1 Qb7 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Be7 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.c5 a5 20.a3 Bd8 21.f3 Bc7 22.e4 Rbd8 23.Qc2 a4 24.Bc3 Rfe8 25.e5 Nd5 26.Re1 Nf8 27.Ng3 f5 28.Ne2 Ng6 29.Qd2 Rd7 30.Nb4 Nxb4 31.Bxb4 Nxe5 32.Qc3 Nc4 33.Rcd1 e5 34.dxe5 Bxe5 35.Qc1 Rxd1 36.Qxd1 Qc8 37.Kh1 Rd8 38.Qc2 Qd7 39.Nc1 Bg3 40.Rg1 Ne3 41.Qa2+ Qf7 42.Qe2 Nd5 43.Nd3 Re8 44.Qd2 h6 45.Bc3 Qe6 46.Nb4 Bf4 47.Qc2 Ne3 48.Qd3 Qg6 49.Qd7 Qg3 50.Qxg7+ Qxg7 51.Bxg7 Kxg7 52.Nxc6 Rc8 53.Nd4 Rxc5 54.Ne6+ Kf6 55.Nxc5 Bd6 56.Nd3 Bxa3 57.Rb1 Bd6 58.Rxb5 a3 59.Ra5 Nc4 60.Ra6 Ke6 61.Kg1 Kd5 62.Kf2 Kd4 63.Ke2 Kc3 64.f4 Bc7 65.g4 fxg4 66.hxg4 Ba5 67.Nc1 Kc2 68.Rc6 Kxc1 69.Rxc4+ Kb2 70.Ra4 Bc7 71.Kf3 a2 72.Ke4 a1=Q 73.Rxa1 Kxa1 74.f5 Bd8 75.Ke5 Kb2 76.f6 Kc3 77.Ke6 Bb6 78.Kf7 Kd4 79.Kg7 Ke5 80.f7 Bc5 81.Kxh6 1/2-1/2

Round 13, Dec. 30, 2016
Dubov, Daniil – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A13 English

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Na4 Be7 6.Bg2 d6 7.d4 Ne4 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Bd7 10.Qc2 Bf6 11.Bb2 Bxa4 12.bxa4 Nc6 13.Rab1 Rb8 14.Ba1 b6 15.d5 Bxa1 16.Rxa1 Nb4 17.Qb2 a5 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.Rab1 e5 20.Ne6 Nc5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.a3 Nc6 23.Qd2 Ne7 24.Qxa5 Ra8 25.Qxc7 Rfc8 26.Qd7 e4 27.Rb7 Kf8 28.Rb6 Rd8 29.Qb5 Ra7 30.a5 Rda8 31.a6 Nc8 32.Rb8 Qd8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Rb1 Qc7 35.Qb7 Ra7 36.Qxc7 Rxc7 37.Rb7 1-0

Round 13, Dec. 30, 2016
Bosiocic, Marin – Jobava, Baadur
C42 Petrov’s Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d5 4.d4 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 Ne7 10.f5 f6 11.Ng6 hxg6 12.fxg6 f5 13.Qh5 Nxg6 14.Qxg6 Qh4 15.g3 Qh7 16.Qxh7+ Kxh7 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Rf6 19.Re1 Bd7 20.Re7 Rd8 21.g4 Kg8 22.gxf5 Kf8 23.Re5 Be8 24.Rh4 Bf7 25.Rh8+ Bg8 26.c4 Rh6 27.Rxh6 gxh6 28.c5 Rd7 29.Kf2 Kg7 30.Re8 Bf7 31.Ra8 a6 32.Ra7 Kf6 33.Rxb7 a5 34.h4 Re7 35.Ra7 Be8 36.Rxa5 Bd7 37.Ra6+ c6 38.Rb6 Rg7 39.a4 Rg4 40.Ke3 Rxh4 41.a5 Rh1 42.a6 Ra1 43.Bb5 Kxf5 44.Bxc6 Ra3+ 45.Kd2 Bxc6 46.Rxc6 h5 47.Rb6 Ke4 48.c6 Ra4 49.c7 Rxd4+ 50.Kc1 Rc4 51.a7 1-0

Round 14, Dec. 30, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – Carlsen, Magnus
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 Ne4 6.Bb4 Bf5 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.Qb3 e6 9.Bxf8 Qxb3 10.axb3 Rxf8 11.Bd3 Nd6 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.b4 dxc4 14.b5 Ke7 15.Ke2 Nd6 16.b6 Nd7 17.Na4 f6 18.Rhc1 Nc8 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.Rxc4 Ncxb6 21.Rb4 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Nd5 23.Rb3 Nc7 24.Nd2 Rfd8 25.Rc3 Rd5 26.Nb3 e5 27.Na5 Ne6 28.Rac1 Kd7 29.b4 Kc7 30.Nc4 Rbd8 31.f3 a5 32.Nxa5 Rd2+ 33.Kf1 Rb2 34.Rb3 Rdd2 35.Rxb2 Rxb2 36.Rc4 g5 37.h4 h6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Re4 Kb8 40.g3 Ka7 41.f4 Ka6 42.fxe5 f5 43.Rc4 Kb5 44.Rc1 Rh2 45.Kg1 Re2 46.Nxb7 Rxe3 47.Nd6+ Kxb4 48.Nxf5 Rxe5 49.Nd6 Nxc5 50.Kg2 Rd5 51.Rc4+ Kb3 52.Kf3 Nd7 53.Rxc6 Rd3+ 54.Ke4 Rxg3 55.Nf5 Rc3 56.Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

Round 14, Dec. 30, 2016
Leko, Peter – Bosiocic, Marin
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5 9.g3 Nf6 10.Qe2 d6 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd4 d5 14.f4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nf6 16.Qc5 Nd7 17.Qa3 Bb7 18.Bg2 Nf6 19.Rhe1 Rd8 20.Na4 Qe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.Rd4 Rhe8 24.Ra4 Nd7 25.Nxa6 Bxa6 26.Rxa6 Kd6 27.Rd1 Kc7 28.exd5 exd5 29.Bh3 Nc5 30.Ra7+ Kb6 31.Rxf7 Re2 32.Rxg7 Rxh2 33.Bf5 Re8 34.Rxh7 Rg2 35.g4 Ree2 36.Rh3 Ref2 37.b3 Rxf4 38.Rd2 Rf1+ 39.Rd1 Rff2 40.Re3 Kb5 41.Kb2 Kb4 42.Rd4+ Kb5 43.Rc3 Rd2 44.a4+ Kb6 45.Rb4+ Ka5 46.Rb8 Na6 47.Ra8 Kb6 48.a5+ Kb7 49.Rf8 d4 50.Rf7+ Nc7 51.Rc4 d3 52.a6+ Kb6 53.Be4 Rxc2+ 54.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 55.Ka3 Nb5+ 56.Ka4 Ra2+ 57.Kb4 c5+ 58.Kc4 Nd6+ 59.Kxd3 Nxf7 0-1

Round 14, Dec. 30, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
C78 Ruy Lopez

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd5 Nc5 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.Nc3 g6 13.Nh6 Bxh6 14.Bxh6 Ne6 15.Ne4 Qh4 16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Bxe6 Nxe5 18.Bd5 Kxf6 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Bd2 Rxb7 21.f4 Kg7 22.Bc3 d6 23.fxe5 b4 24.Qd5 c6 25.Qxc6 Rhb8 26.Be1 Qd4+ 27.Bf2 Qxe5 28.Rad1 Kg8 29.Bd4 Qe6 30.Rfe1 Qc8 31.Qxd6 Qf8 32.Qf6 1-0

Round 15, Dec. 30, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Nakamura, Hikaru
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Kxe7 9.O-O Rd8 10.d4 Bg4 11.Nd2 Kf8 12.c3 Bf5 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.a4 c5 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Bf1 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Nc5 20.Be3 a6 21.a5 Nb3 22.Ra4 Bc2 23.Bb6 Rd2 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.Bxc4 Bc5 26.Nf1 Bxb6 27.Nxd2 Nxd2 28.Bd5 Bc7 29.Re2 Bf4 30.g3 Bd3 31.Re1 Bh6 32.f4 Bb5 33.Bxb7 g5 34.Rd1 Nb3 35.Rd6 Nxa5 36.Bxa6 Be8 37.Rxf6 Bg7 38.Rb6 gxf4 39.gxf4 Ke7 40.Bb5 Bxb5 41.Rxb5 Nc4 42.Kf2 Ke6 43.Ke2 Bh6 44.Kd3 Nd6 45.Rh5 Nf5 46.Ke4 Nd6+ 47.Kf3 Nf5 48.b4 Bg7 49.b5 Bxc3 50.b6 Ba5 51.b7 Bc7 52.Rxh7 Nd6 53.Rh6+ Ke7 54.h4 Nxb7 55.Ra6 Nc5 56.Ra7 Kd6 57.h5 Nd7 58.h6 Nf6 59.Ra8 Ke7 60.Rh8 Ke6 61.h7 Bd6 62.Re8+ Nxe8 63.h8=Q Ke7 64.Kg4 Nf6+ 65.Kf5 Nd5 66.Qh4+ Kd7 67.Qh7 Ke7 68.Qh4+ Kd7 69.Qg4 Ne3+ 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 30, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Anand, Vishy
E53 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bc2 Nf6 11.Re1 h6 12.Qd3 Bd6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qe2 Nb4 16.Bb3 Nd5 17.Bd2 Bd7 18.Ne5 Rf6 19.Qf3 Bc6 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.Rc2 Qb6 23.Rxe6 1-0

Round 15, Dec. 30, 2016
Bosiocic, Marin – Dominguez, Leinier
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 e6 8.O-O-O Qc7 9.f4 b5 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bg2 Rb8 14.h4 b4 15.axb4 Rxb4 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nc6 Rxf4 18.g5 hxg5 19.Ne4 Rhxh4 20.Rxh4 Rxh4 21.Qd2 Kf8 22.Nd6 Nc5 23.Qc3 Nb7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Rf1 Rf4 26.Rh1 Rh4 27.Rf1 Nd6 28.Nc5 Nf5 29.Nxe5 Qxc5 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 30, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 16 to 18

Results of Round Sixteen

1. Carlsen (12) – Ivanchuk (10) 0-1
2. Mamedyarov (9.5) – Karjakin (11) 0-1
3. Nakamura (10.5) – Dominguez (10.5) 1-0
4. Grischuk (10) – Dubov (10.5) 1/2-1/2
5. Morozevich (10) – Bosiocic (10.5) 1-0
6. MVL (9.5) – Wojtaszek (9.5) 1-0
7. Leko (9.5) – Radjabov (9.5) 1/2-1/2
8. Cheparinov (9) – Artemiev (9) 1/2-1/2
9. Anand (9) – Mchedlishvili (9) 1/2-1/2
10. Jobava (9) – Wei Yi (9) 1-0

Results of Round Seventeen

1. Radjabov (10) – Carlsen (12) 0-1
2. Karjakin (12) – Ivanchuk (11) 1-0
3. Nakamura (11.5) – MVL (10.5) 0-1
4. Grischuk (10.5) – Morozevich (11) 1-0
5. Dubov (11) – Leko (10) 1/2-1/2
6. Dominguez (10.5) – Jobava (10) 0-1
7. Bosiocic (10.5) – Korobov (10) 0-1
8. Nepomniachtchi (9.5) – Salem (10) 0-1
9. Artemiev (9.5) – Wojtaszek (9.5) 1/2-1/2
10. Najer (9.5) – Mamedyarov (9.5) 0-1

Results of Round Eighteen

1. Jobava (11) – Carlsen (13) 0-1
2. Korobov (11) – Karjakin (13) 1/2-1/2
3. MVL (11.5) – Grischuk (11.5) 1/2-1/2
4. Ivanchuk (11) – Nakamura (11.5) 0-1
5. Salem (11) – Dubov (11.5) 0-1
6. Leko (10.5) – Morozevich (11) 1-0
7. Dominguez (10.5) – Mamedyarov (10.5) 1/2-1/2
8. Onischuk (10.5) – Bosiocic (10.5) 1-0
9. Artemiev (10) – Vallejo Pons (10) 1/2-1/2
10. Wojtaszek (10) – Radjabov (10) 1-0
11. Anand (10) – Naiditsch (10) 1-0

Ranking after Round Eighteen

1. Carlsen 14.0
2. Karjakin 13.5
3. Dubov 12.5
4. Nakamura 12.5
5. Grischuk 12.0
6. MVL 12.0
7. Korobov 11.5
8. Leko 11.5
9. Onischuk 11.5
10. Salem 11.0
11. Dominguez 11.0
12. Morozevich 11.0
13. Wojtaszek 11.0
14. Jobava 11.0
15. Ivanchuk 11.0
16. Anand 11.0
17. Matiakov 11.0
18. Mamedyarov 11.0
19. Melkumyan 11.0
20. Wei Yi 10.5

Women’s Blitz Ranking after Round Fifteen

1. Muzychuk, Anna 11.0
2. Tan, Zhongyi 10.5
3. Gunina, Valentina 10.5
4. Lagno, Kateryna 10.5
5. Harika, Dronavaili 9.0
6. Kostenkiuk, Alexandra 9.0
7. Zhao Xue 9.0
8. Paehtz, Elisabeth 9.0
9. Ju Wenjun 8.5
10. Kashlinskaya, Alina 8.5
11. Koneru, Humpy 8.5

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 30, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 16 to 18

The games:

Round 16, Dec. 30, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 b6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.Nc3 Qc7 9.Qg4 h5 10.Qg5 Ne5 11.Bf4 f6 12.Qg6+ Nxg6 13.Bxc7 a6 14.Bd3 b5 15.a4 b4 16.Nb1 Bc5 17.Nd2 Ra7 18.Ba5 Ne5 19.Nb3 Be7 20.Bb6 Ra8 21.Be2 g5 22.Rfd1 Bb7 23.f3 Rc8 24.Rd2 Rc6 25.Be3 Bc8 26.Kf1 Bd8 27.a5 Be7 28.Bb6 Nc4 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Nd4 Bb7 31.b3 Rc8 32.Rad1 Kf7 33.Ne2 d5 34.exd5 Bxd5 35.Nd4 h4 36.Nf5 h3 37.Nxe7 Kxe7 38.g4 Rc3 39.Rf2 Rhc8 40.Rdd2 Rxf3 41.Ke1 Rfc3 42.Bd4 Rf3 43.Rxf3 Bxf3 44.Rf2 e5 45.Rxf3 exd4 46.Kd2 Rc3 47.Rxc3 dxc3+ 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Ke3 f5 51.gxf5 Kxf5 0-1

Round 16, Dec. 30, 2016
Mamedyrarov, Shakhriyar – Karjakin, Sergey
E12 Queen’s Indian Accelerated, Petrofina System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.e3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 c5 14.dxc5 Nd7 15.c6 Ne5 16.Bxc4 Nxf3+ 17.Ke2 Ne5 18.c7 Qxc7 19.Bb5+ Kd8 20.Qe4 Rc8 21.Rd1+ Bd6 22.f4 Nd7 23.Nd2 Nc5 24.Qxb4 Ke7 25.Nc4 Ne4 26.Nxd6 Nxd6 27.Rac1 Qb8 28.e4 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 a5 30.Qa3 Rc8 31.Rd1 e5 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Qg3 Nxb5 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.axb5 Qxb5+ 36.Ke1 Qb4+ 37.Kf1 Qc4+ 38.Kg1 Qxe4 39.Rd8+ Rxd8 40.Qxd8+ Kg7 41.Qxa5 Qb1+ 42.Kf2 Qxb2+ 43.Kg3 Qd4 44.Qa2 Qf4+ 45.Kg2 h5 46.Qc2 Qg5+ 47.Kh1 Qf4 48.Qg2+ Kh6 49.Qc6+ f6 50.Qa6 e4 51.Kg1 e3 52.Qe2 Qg4+ 0-1

Round 16, Dec. 30, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – Dominguez, Leinier
A30 English, Symmetrical Variation

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 e5 6.Nbc3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.d3 d6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 b5 15.bxa5 Qxa5 16.Bd2 b4 17.Qb3 Bg4 18.Nc1 Rb6 19.Na2 Be2 20.Rfc1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qxa2 22.Rxb4 Rfb8 23.Rcb1 Rxb4 24.Rxb4 Rc8 25.e4 Bf8 26.h4 Kg7 27.Be3 Ng8 28.Rb7 Qc2 29.Qxc2 Rxc2 30.Bh3 h5 31.Kg2 Ra2 32.Bg5 Ra4 33.Be6 Nh6 34.Bxh6+ Kxh6 35.Rxf7 Bg7 36.f3 Ra6 37.Rd7 Bf6 38.Bg8 Bg7 39.Kh3 Rb6 40.Kg2 Ra6 41.Kf1 Rb6 42.Ke2 Ra6 43.Kd2 Ra3 44.Ke2 Ra2+ 45.Kf1 Ra1+ 46.Kg2 Ra6 47.g4 hxg4 48.fxg4 g5 49.hxg5+ Kg6 50.Be6 Bf8 51.Rf7 Ra8 52.Rf5 Be7 53.Bf7+ Kg7 54.g6 Ra2+ 55.Kf1 Ra4 56.Be8 Bh4 57.Bxa4 1-0

Round 16, Dec. 30, 2016
Adly, Ahmed – Flores, Diego
A04 Reti (English Symmetrical)

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.b4 d6 9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Nc4 d5 12.Ncd2 d4 13.c4 cxb4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Ba3 Nec6 16.Ne1 a5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 f5 19.Kh1 Kh7 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.e5 Rfe8 22.Nb3 b6 23.Bxb4 Nxb4 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Nf3 Nc6 26.Rg1 Bf7 27.Qg2 Rg8 28.Qh3 Bf8 29.Ng5+ Kg7 30.Nxf7 Kxf7 31.Qf3 Bb4 32.Qd5+ Qe6 33.Qf3 Bc3 34.Ra2 Nb4 35.Rag2 Qc6 36.Qxc6 Nxc6 37.Nc1 Bb4 38.Na2 Bc5 39.Rb1 Nd8 40.Rf2 Ne6 41.Nc1 a4 42.Ra1 Ra8 43.Kg2 Bb4 44.Rb1 Bc5 45.h4 Ra6 46.Kf3 Be7 47.Rh2 a3 48.Na2 Bc5 49.Rg2 Be7 50.Rbg1 b5 51.cxb5 Rb6 52.Rb1 Bxh4 53.Rc2 Be7 54.Rc6 Rb8 55.b6 g5 56.fxg5 hxg5 57.b7 g4+ 58.Kg3 Bg5 59.Rf1 Ke7 60.Rxf5 Rxb7 61.Ra6 Rb3 62.Ra7+ Ke8 63.Kxg4 Be7 64.Rf3 Rb2 65.Nc1 Rb1 66.Ne2 Re1 67.Nf4 Rxe5 68.Rxe7+ Kxe7 69.Ng6+ Kd6 70.Nxe5 Kxe5 71.Rf5+ Kd6 72.Ra5 Nc5 73.Rxa3 Kc6 74.Kf3 Kb5 75.Ke2 Kb4 76.Ra1 Nb3 77.Ra8 Kc3 78.Rc8+ Kb2 79.Rc4 Nc1+ 80.Kd1 Nxd3 81.Kd2 Ne5 82.Rc5 Nf3+ 83.Ke2 Ng1+ 84.Kf2 Nh3+ 85.Kf3 Ng1+ 86.Kf2 Nh3+ 87.Ke2 Nf4+ 88.Kd2 Kb3 89.Rf5 Ne6 90.Kd3 Kb4 91.Re5 Nc5+ 92.Kxd4 Nb3+ 93.Kd5 Kb5 94.Re8 Kb4 95.Rc8 Nd2 96.Rc2 Nb3 97.Rc4+ Kb5 98.Rh4 Nd2 99.Rh8 Kb4 100.Rh3 Nb3 101.Rd3 Nc5 102.Rd4+ Kb5 103.Rd1 Nb3 104.Rh1 Kb4 105.Rh3 Nc5 106.Rh4+ Kb5 107.Rh8 Na4 108.Rb8+ Nb6+ 109.Kd6 Ka5 110.Kc6 Na4 111.Rb5+ Ka6 112.Rh5 Nc3 113.Kc5 Na4+ 114.Kc6 Nc3 115.Rg5 Na4 116.Rh5 Nc3 117.Kc5 Na4+ 118.Kb4 Nb6 119.Rh6 Kb7 120.Kb5 Nd5 121.Rh7+ Nc7+ 122.Kc5 Kc8 123.Kd6 Nb5+ 124.Kc6 Nd4+ 125.Kc5 Ne6+ 126.Kd6 Nd4 127.Rh5 Kb8 128.Rd5 Nc2 129.Kc5 Kb7 130.Rd2 Ne3 131.Rd3 Nf5 132.Rd5 Ne3 133.Re5 Ng4 134.Re6 Kc7 135.Re7+ Kd8 136.Rf7 Ne5 137.Rf5 Nd7+ 138.Kd6 Ke8 139.Rf1 Nf8 140.Rf2 Nd7 141.Ra2 Nf6 142.Ke6 Nd7 143.Ra8+ Nb8 144.Rxb8# 1-0

Flores claimed a draw according to the fifty-move rule but it was 47 moves not fifty and so it was disallowed. The players made three more moves and Flores claimed again but it was somehow disallowed and then Flores got mated before claiming again and he walked away mad.

Round 17, Dec. 30, 2016
Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus
D16 QGD Slav, Soultanbeieff variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 Bb4 13.Qd3 Nce7 14.Rac1 b6 15.Bh4 Bb7 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Red1 f6 18.Bg3 Rc8 19.b3 Nf5 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.h3 Ne7 22.Bb5 Qd8 23.Bc4 Qe8 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Rc2 Rfd8 26.Rdc1 Ba3 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Bd2 Bd6 29.Rec1 Qe8 30.Qd3 Qg6 31.Qxg6 hxg6 32.Be3 Rc7 33.Nd2 Bb4 34.Bf4 Rcc8 35.Be3 g5 36.Ba6 Rxc2 37.Rxc2 Nf5 38.Bc4 Rc8 39.Nf1 Nd6 40.Bd2 Ba3 41.Ne3 Nxc4 42.bxc4 Bc6 43.a5 Bd6 44.axb6 axb6 45.Rb2 Bc7 46.Bb4+ Kf7 47.d5 exd5 48.cxd5 Bd7 49.d6 Bd8 50.g4 g6 51.Ra2 f5 52.gxf5 gxf5 53.Re2 Rc1+ 54.Kh2 Bc6 55.Re1 Rxe1 56.Bxe1 Ke6 57.Bb4 Bf6 58.Kg1 b5 59.Bc5 Be5 60.Nc2 Bd7 61.f3 Kd5 62.Be3 f4 63.Bd2 Bxh3 64.Nb4+ Kc4 65.Kh2 Bd7 0-1

Round 17, Dec. 30, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Bb4 12.Be2 O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.h4 c5 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Qxh6 Nxe5 17.Rh3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Ra7 19.Rg3+ Ng6 20.h5 Qh4 21.Rg4 Qh2 22.Bd3 1-0

Round 17, Dec. 30, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – MVL
A20 English, Modern Nimzowitsch

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bf5 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Kh2 Rad8 14.a3 a5 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.bxc4 b6 18.Nf3 f6 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Qa4 Nd4 21.Qxd7 Bxd7 22.e3 Ne6 23.d4 exd4 24.exd4 Ba4 25.Rfe1 Kh8 26.Bd5 Bd7 27.h4 c5 28.dxc5 Nxc5 29.Bd4 Na4 30.Ne4 h6 31.Rcd1 Bg4 32.Rb1 Bf5 33.f3 Bxa3 34.Nxf6 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 Bb2 36.Bxb2 Nxb2 37.Ne8 b5 38.h5 Nxc4 39.Nc7 a4 40.Bc6 a3 41.Bxb5 Nd2 42.Ra1 Nxf3+ 43.Kg2 Bg4 44.Kf2 Rc8 45.Rxa3 Nd4 46.Ra4 Nxb5 47.Nxb5 Bxh5 48.Nd4 Rf8+ 49.Kg2 Be8 50.Ra7 Bf7 51.Rd7 Kg8 52.Nf5 Be6 53.Rxg7+ Kh8 54.Rg6 Bxf5 55.Rxh6+ Kg7 56.Rh4 Kg6 57.Rf4 Kg5 58.Kf3 Ra8 59.Kf2 Ra3 60.Rd4 Kf6 61.Rf4 Ke5 62.Rh4 Be4 63.Rg4 Kd4 64.Rf4 Ra2+ 65.Kg1 Ke3 66.Rf8 Rg2+ 67.Kf1 Rh2 68.Ke1 Ra2 69.Rd8 Rg2 70.Kf1 Rh2 0-1

Round 17, Dec. 30, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Morozevich, Alexander
C02 French, Advance, Euwe variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.O-O O-O-O 9.Qe2 Nge7 10.b4 c4 11.Bc2 Ng6 12.Re1 Be7 13.a4 fxe5 14.dxe5 Rdf8 15.Na3 Nf4 16.Qd1 Be8 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.Nfd4 Bh5 19.f3 Kb8 20.Be3 Nxg2 21.Kxg2 Nxe5 22.Bf4 Rxf4 23.Rxe5 g5 24.Qe1 Bf6 25.Rxe6 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Bf5 Qf7 28.Nd6 Qf8 29.Ne6 Qxd6 30.Nxf4 Bc6 31.Ne6 d4 32.Nxd4 Bxd4 33.cxd4 Qxd4 34.Rd1 Qb2+ 35.Qd2 c3 36.Qxb2 cxb2 37.Rb1 1-0

Round 18, Dec. 30, 2016
Jobava, Baadur – Carlsen, Magnus
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Chigorin variation

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.a3 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qh5 f5 13.h3 Rc8 14.Bh2 Qb6 15.Rad1 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qh4 Rce8 18.Bf1 e5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Qb4 Rc8 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxc5 Rxc5 23.b4 Rxc2 24.Rxd5 Rf7 25.Red1 Nf6 26.Rxe5 g6 27.Re6 Ne4 28.Rxa6 Nxf2 29.Re1 Rd7 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Bxe2 Ne4 32.Bxb5 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Kg7 34.Bc6 Nd2 35.Kg3 Nc4 36.a4 Nxe3 37.a5 g5 38.Kf2 f4 39.Ke2 Rb1 40.b5 Rb2+ 41.Kd3 Nxg2 42.Bxg2 Rxg2 43.b6 Rb2 44.Ra7+ Kg6 45.b7 f3 46.Ra6+ Kh5 47.Rf6 Rxb7 48.Rxf3 Rb3+ 49.Ke4 Rb4+ 50.Ke3 Ra4 51.Rf7 h6 52.Ra7 Ra3+ 53.Ke4 Rxh3 54.a6 Ra3 55.Ra8 Kg4 0-1

Jobava thought he had won the game and suddenly he lost and he sat there in disbelief.

Round 18, Dec. 30, 2016
Korobov, Anton – Karjakin, Sergey
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O 9.f3 b6 10.Bd3 Qc6 11.Ne2 c4 12.Be4 Nxe4 13.fxe4 Bb7 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.O-O f5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxf5 Rae8 18.Nd4 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Qg6 20.exd5 Qxc2 21.Nxc2 Bxd5 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.Rf5 Bb7 24.h4 g6 25.Rf4 Ne4 26.Be1 Re5 27.g4 h6 28.Kf1 Bc8 29.Nf3 Re8 30.Nd2 Nxc3 31.Nxc4 Nd5 32.Rd4 Ba6 33.Kf2 Bxc4 34.Rxc4 Nxe3 35.Ra4 a5 36.Bd2 Nd1+ 37.Kf3 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Rd4 Rf8+ 40.Ke2 Nf2 41.Rd6 Ne4 42.Rxb6 Rf2+ 43.Ke3 Rxd2 44.Kxe4 Rxa2 45.Rb5 a4 46.Rxh5 a3 47.Ra5 Ra1 48.Kf3 Kg7 49.Ra6 1/2-1/2

Round 18, Dec. 30, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nakamura, Hikaru
D56 QGD, Lasker Defence

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Be2 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 e5 14.O-O exd4 15.Nxd4 Nf6 16.Bf3 Re8 17.Rfd1 a5 18.a3 Bd7 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 Bg4 21.Bxg4 Nxg4 22.Nf5 Nf6 23.Nd6 Red8 24.Rcc1 Rd7 25.Nc4 Re7 26.f3 b5 27.Nb6 Ra6 28.Rxc6 Rxe3 29.Nd5 Rxc6 30.Nxe3 g6 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rb8 Rc5 33.b4 Rc3 34.Kf2 Rxa3 35.bxa5 Rxa5 36.Rb7 h5 37.h4 Ne8 38.g4 hxg4 39.Nxg4 Ra2+ 40.Kf1 Nd6 41.Rd7 Nf5 42.Ne5 Kf6 43.f4 Nh6 44.Rb7 Rb2 45.Nd3 Rh2 46.Rb6+ Kg7 47.Rxb5 Nf5 48.Rb7 Rxh4 49.Kf2 Nd6 50.Rd7 Ne4+ 51.Kf3 Nf6 52.Ra7 Rh3+ 53.Ke2 Nd5 54.Rd7 Nf6 55.Ra7 Ng4 56.Rb7 Re3+ 57.Kd2 Re8 58.Ra7 Kf6 59.Ra6+ Re6 60.Ra5 Re7 61.Rb5 Ra7 62.Ke2 Nh6 63.Ne5 Nf5 64.Rb6+ Kg7 65.Kf3 Ra3+ 66.Kf2 Ra4 67.Kf3 Nd4+ 68.Ke3 Ne6 69.f5 gxf5 70.Rb7 Re4+ 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 30, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 19 to 21

Results of Round Nineteen

1. Carlsen (14) – Onischuk (11.5) 1-0
2. Karjakin (13.5) – Leko (11.5) 1-0
3. Nakamura (12.5) – Grischuk (12) 0-1
4. Dubov (12.5) – Korobov (11.5) 1/2-1/2
5. Mamedyarov (11) – MVL (12) 0-1
6. Matlakov (11) – Dominguez (11) 0-1
7. Anand (11) – Melkumyan (11) 1-0
8. Ivanchuk (11) – Jobava (11) 1/2-1/2
9. Morozevich (11) – Salem (11) 1/2-1/2
10. Riazantsev (10.5) – Wojtaszek (11) 0-1

Results of Round Twenty

1. Carlsen (15) – Anand (12) 1-0
2. Wojtaszek (12) – Karjakin (14.5) 0-1
3. MVL (13) – Dominguez (12) 1/2-1/2
4. Grischuk (13) – Korobov (12) 1-0
5. Nepomniachtchi (11.5) – Dubov (13) 1/2-1/2
6. Mamedov (11.5) – Nakamura (12.5) 0-1
7. Cheparinov (11.5) – Ivanchuk (11.5) 0-1
8. Jobava (11.5) – Morozevich (11.5) 1-0
9. Salem (11.5) – Onischuk (11.5) 1-0
10. Leko (11.50 – Wei Yi (22.5) 1-0

Results of Round 21

1. Leko (12.5) – Carlsen (16) 1/2-1/2
2. Karjakin (15.5) – Jobava (12.5) 1-0
3. Dominguez (12.5) – Grischuk (14) 1/2-1/2
4. Ivanchuk (12.5) – MVL (13.5) 1/2-1/2
5. Nakamura (13.5) – Artemiev (12) 1-0
6. Dubov (13.5) – Wojtaszek (12) 1-0
7. Korobov (12) – Salem (12.5) 1-0
8. Anand (12) – Mamedyarov (12) 1-0
9. Morozevich (11.5) – Nepomniachtchi (12) 0-1
10. Mchedlishvili (11.5) – Radjabov (11.5) 1/2-1/2

Final Ranking after 21 Rounds

1. Karjakin 16.5
2. Carlsen 16.5
3. Dubov 14.5
4. Nakamura 14.5
5. Grischuk 14.5
6. MVL 14.0
7. Dominguez 13.0
8. Korobov 13,0
9. Ivanchuk 13,0
10. Anand 13.0
11. Leko 13.0
12. Nepomniachtchi 13.0
13. Salem 12.5
14. Wei Yi 12.5
15. Jobava 12.5

Women’s Blitz Final Ranking after 17 Rounds

1. Muzychuk, Anna 13.0
2. Gunina 12.5
3. Lagno 12.5
4. Tan 11.0
5. Harika 10.5
6. Charochkina 10.5
7. Kosteniuk 10.0
8. Kashlinskaya 9.5
9. Ju Wenjun 9.5
10. Koneru 9.5

In the last round game, Carlsen could not get any serious winning chances against Peter Leko and settled for a perpetual. Karjakin won against Jobava and he had the better Elo average of his opponents and he won the tournament on the tie-break against Magnus. Carlsen won silver and Daniil Dubov the bronze.

Anna Muzychuk said she had the worse game against her last three opponents but won anyway. She has a double gold in rapid and in blitz. Gunina won silver and Lagno bronze on tie-break.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 30, 2016

World Blitz

Rounds 19 to 21

The games:

Round 19, Dec. 30, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Onischuk, Vladimir
B07 Pirc Defence

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 a6 5.h3 Bg7 6.f4 b5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Nf3 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O e6 11.Be4 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nc6 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Rad1 Nd5 15.c3 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.d5 Ne7 19.f5 exf5 20.Bh6 O-O-O 21.a4 Kb7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bg5 Bxg5 24.Nxg5 Ra8 25.Ne6 Nc8 26.b3 Nb6 27.c4 Rhe8 28.c5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Qxe6 30.Qxb5+ Kc8 31.cxd6 cxd6 32.Qc6+ 1-0

Round 19, Dec. 30, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Leko, Peter
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 a6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Re1 c6 11.b4 Ng6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qb3 Be6 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Ndf4 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Ba3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Rad1 Re8 22.Ne4 Qb6 23.Nd6 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 Bxe1 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Bb2 Rg8 28.Nf5 1-0

Round 19, Dec. 30, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Jobava, Baadur
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O 8.Nf4 a5 9.Be2 Na6 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.b3 e5 12.Nd3 d6 13.Nxc5 bxc5 14.e4 Ne8 15.Bg4 Bg5 16.O-O Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Bc8 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Qe3 Nf6 20.g3 Nd7 21.f3 Rb8 22.Kg2 Re8 23.h4 Nf8 24.h5 h6 25.g4 Nh7 26.Ne2 Qd8 27.Ng3 Qg5 28.Qc3 Ra8 29.Rf2 Nf6 30.Rbb2 Reb8 31.Rf1 Qf4 32.Qc1 Qxc1 33.Rxc1 a4 34.Rcb1 Nd7 35.Nf5 Kf8 36.b4 cxb4 37.Rxb4 Rxb4 38.Rxb4 Nc5 39.Ne3 Ke7 40.Nd1 g6 41.hxg6 fxg6 42.Nc3 Kd7 43.Rb1 Nd3 44.Kg3 h5 45.g5 Nc5 46.Rb4 Kc8 47.Kg2 Rb8 48.Rxb8+ Kxb8 49.Kg3 Kc8 50.Kh4 Kb7 51.Kg3 Kb6 52.Kh4 Ka5 53.Nb5 Kb6 54.Nc3 c6 55.dxc6 Kxc6 56.Kg3 Ne6 57.Kh4 Nd4 58.Kg3 Ne6 59.Kh4 Nd4 60.Kg3 Nc2 61.Nxa4 Nxa3 62.Nc3 Nxc4 63.Nd5 Kd7 64.Kf2 Nb2 65.Ke2 Na4 66.f4 Nc5 67.f5 Nxe4 68.fxg6 Ke8 69.Ke3 Nxg5 70.Nf6+ Kf8 71.Nxh5 Ke7 72.Ng7 d5 73.Nf5+ Kf6 74.g7 Kf7 75.g8=Q+ 1/2-1/2

Round 20, Dec. 30, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Anand, Vishy
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qa4 Rb8 11.Qa3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 cxd4 13.cxd4 a5 14.O-O Qb6 15.b3 Ba6 16.Rfc1 Nd7 17.Qd6 Qa7 18.Rxc6 Bb5 19.Rc7 Rb7 20.Rac1 a4 21.Rxb7 Qxb7 22.Rc7 Qb8 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Qxd7 1-0

Round 20, Dec. 30, 2016
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – 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 d5 8.O-O c6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bc1 Nhf6 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Nc3 Nh5 17.Bc1 Nhf6 18.Bf4 h6 19.e4 dxc4 20.Nd2 b5 21.bxc4 bxc4 22.Bf1 Nb6 23.a4 g5 24.Be3 Ng4 25.a5 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Nd7 27.Bxc4 Bb5 28.e5 g4 29.Qe4 Bg5 30.Qxg4 Kh8 31.Qe4 f5 32.Qf3 Qe8 33.h4 Bd8 34.Ne2 Rg8 35.Kh2 Nf8 36.Nf4 Rg4 37.Rac1 Bxa5 38.e4 Bxd2 39.Rxd2 Bxc4 40.Rxc4 Ng6 41.exf5 exf5 42.Rg2 Nxf4 43.gxf4 Qh5 44.Rxg4 fxg4 45.Qg3 Qf5 46.d5 Rb8 47.Qc3 cxd5 48.e6+ Kg8 49.Rc7 Qxf4+ 50.Kg2 Qe4+ 51.Kg3 d4 52.Rc8+ Rxc8 53.Qxc8+ Kg7 54.Qd7+ Kf6 55.Qf7+ Ke5 56.e7 Qe3+ 57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Kg3 Qe3+ 59.Kg2 Qe2+ 60.Qf2 Qe4+ 61.Kg3 Kd6 62.Qf6+ Kd7 63.Qxh6 Qe3+ 0-1

Round 20, Dec. 30, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Korobov, Anton
D43 QBD, Semi-Slav

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4 Bg7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.e5 Rf8 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bc7+ Kg8 19.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20.Bxf1 Rxd8 21.Qg4 c5 22.Re1 Rxd4 23.Qxe6+ 1-0

Round 20, Dec. 30, 2016
Cheparinov, Ivan – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 d6 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e4 e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Bg2 Nc5 12.Nh4 a4 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.O-O g6 16.f4 exf4 17.Bc3 O-O 18.Rxf4 Ng4 19.Qe2 Ne5 20.Nf3 Bg4 21.Rxg4 Nxg4 22.h3 Nf6 23.e5 Nfe4 24.Be1 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Re8 26.Ng4 h5 27.Ne3 Qg5 28.Qf3 Re5 29.h4 Qe7 30.Bb4 Re8 31.Nc2 Nf6 32.Rf1 Rf5 33.Qd1 Rxf1+ 34.Qxf1 Ng4 35.Bf3 b6 36.Kg2 Ne3+ 37.Nxe3 Qxe3 38.Bc3 Nd3 39.d6 cxd6 40.Bd5 Re7 41.Qf3 Ne1+ 42.Bxe1 Qxe1 0-1

Round 20, Dec. 30, 2016
Jobava, Baadur – Morozevich, Alexander
D08 QGD, Albin Counter-Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Na3 Nge7 6.Nc2 Nf5 7.e4 Nh4 8.Nfxd4 Nxe5 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Qh5 Nhg6 12.Be2 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Bd2 14.Rd1 Bf4 15.Nf5 Qf6 16.Nce3 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 c6 18.f3 O-O 19.Kf2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.g3 Qf6 22.f4 Nd7 23.e5 Qe7 24.Nf5 Qc5+ 25.Kg2 g6 26.Qg5 Nb6 27.Ne7+ Kg7 28.Qf6+ Kh6 29.g4 Rh8 1-0

Round 20, Dec. 30, 2016
Leko, Peter – Wei Yi
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.h4 O-O-O 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be5 14.Be2 g6 15.h5 Qa4 16.c4 Qc6 17.Qc3 Qxg2 18.Bf3 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Qxf2 20.Rf4 Qc5 21.b3 Qe5 22.Qd2 Kb8 23.Re1 Qg5 24.Qb4 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30, 2106
Leko, Peter – Carlsen, Magnus
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.c3 d6 7.Re1 Ba7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.h3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Nf1 c6 12.Ng3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 h6 16.Bc2 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bb3 Qe5 19.Kh2 Ngf4 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Qf3 Ne6 22.Nxe6 Bxe6 23.Re1 Qd6 24.Kg1 Nf6 25.Bf4 Qe7 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Re8 29.Qe5 Qd7 30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.Qxe4 Qd5 32.a3 Kf7 33.Qf4+ Qf5 34.Qc7+ Re7 35.Qd6 Qc2 36.Qf4+ Kg8 37.Qb4 Rf7 38.Qb6 Qd2 39.Rxe6 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

Round 21, Dec. 30, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Jobava, Baadur
C42 Petrov’s Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Ne3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nc4 Bc5 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bf5 16.Ne5 Bxc2 17.Rac1 Bd6 18.Nxc6 Be4 19.Rfe1 Bxf3 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.gxf3 f5 22.Bxd6 cxd6 23.Kf1 a6 24.Rd1 Nb6 25.b3 d5 26.Nd4 g6 27.Rc1 Nd7 28.Rc6 a5 29.Rd6 Ne5 30.Rxd5 Nd3 31.Ne2 Rxe2 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Kxe2 Nc1+ 34.Kd2 Nxa2 35.Ra8 Nb4 36.Rxa5 Nc6 37.Ra4 Ne5 38.Ke3 g5 39.h3 h5 40.f4 gxf4+ 41.Kxf4 Nd3+ 42.Kxf5 Nxf2 43.h4 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30, 2016
Dubov, Daniil – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Re8 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Ne7 10.Nd2 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.a3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 d5 14.Rc1 Be6 15.b4 Qd7 16.e3 a6 17.Rc5 Rac8 18.b5 Ne7 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.bxa6 bxa6 21.Qa1 f6 22.Rc1 Bh3 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Bxh3 Qxh3 25.Bb4 Nc6 26.Qa2 Qd7 27.e4 Nd4 28.Bc3 Nb5 29.Bd2 h5 30.exd5 h4 31.Be3 Nc3 32.Qc4 Nxd5 33.gxh4 Kh7 34.Qe4+ Kg8 35.h5 Nxe3 36.fxe3 Qd6 37.a4 Qa3 38.h6 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 gxh6 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Qxh6+ Kf7 42.Qh5+ Ke6 43.Qg4+ Ke7 44.Qb4+ 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30, 2016
Morozevich, Alexander – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
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 Be7 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.Nd4 O-O 13.g3 Qd7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Qxf5 16.Bg2 Rac8 17.Kb1 Nc4 18.Qd3 Qa5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 b5 21.Rhe1 Bf6 22.Bc1 Qb4 23.a3 Qc5 24.Re4 Ne5 25.Qe2 a5 26.g4 h6 27.h4 Bxh4 28.Ba2 Nc4 29.a4 d5 30.Red4 bxa4 31.Rxd5 Qb4 32.c3 Qb6 33.Bxc4 Bf6 34.Rb5 Qc6 35.Bd5 Qa6 36.c4 Rc7 37.Qf3 Re7 38.Qa3 Rfe8 39.Qxa4 Qa7 40.c5 Re2 41.Qc4 R8e7 42.c6 a4 43.Rb7 0-1