The Chess World Cup 2017

[Kerry Liles]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

We have made a protest. Since the Olympiad is in the same country with the same organizers we need to have some discussions about a very public boycott if the protest does not yield a positive result.

By all means be sure to tell us the result of that protest... Maybe you will get a postcard from IllusionOf or one of his hired morons like Z.A.

I saw another post where someone wondered if Sambuev might have been persuaded to stay and act as a sort of 'second' for Anton... at first that
seemed like a great concept, but I have no idea whether the two of them get along or would get along. In any case, I imagine Sambuev likely had
a pre-booked flight to catch.

I really hope the CFC can actually support Anton in this outrageous incident. It seems sadly very clear the CFC has no leverage of any kind except
to stamp feet and complain about how pathetic FIDE is at all levels.

I can well understand Anton's reaction and in a way I respect his decision to effectively tell them to sod off. In an alternate universe he would have
taken off his shorts and played without pants...

I also noticed that Grischuk routinely wears t-shirts that can only be described as "Bohemian" (in a non-gyspy sort of way) and several other players
and Z.A. himself look far worse than Anton allegedly looked. I wonder if Anton regrets NOT punching him out...

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 11, 2017

Zurab Azmaiparashvili’s Statement from the official World Cup chess site today:

From 2012, when I became the Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, till nowadays, I have brought around 20 million USD for chess: We have organized top events like Grand Prix, Women Grand Prix (twice), Women and Individual European championships, European Youth and World Cadets Championship, FIDE World Cup and next year we are going to organize the Olympiad…

When a country and private sponsors invest such a big amount in chess, it is expected that it will be respected from all chess community and especially from the professional chess players who are the beneficiaries of the prize fund. Especially at the FIDE World Cup, for which we did anything possible (even took the loan from the Bank) to secure the chess players’ prize fund 4 months in advance.

When we are asking for sponsorship and big prize funds then the professional chess players and their unions should also bear the responsibility to protect these investments.

It is not appropriate for a chess player to declare a day before that he intentionally came with only one shorts and that he is ready to leave, because he has other more important obligations. Indeed, he left the tournament as he stated that he wished to do so only one day before!

(http://chess-news.ru/node/2368 1)

This is a top level tournament with 1,6 million prize fund and it is part of the WC cycle.

It is not a private or local tournament! It is not a youth event!

Such attitude is harming the organization through media and is preventing any future sponsor to invest in chess. This is a big damage to chess and its funding.

I have to dispel the confusion and say that nobody had told the player that he should be forfeited or that he could not play the game. Mr. Kovalyov was instructed by the Chief Arbiter as well as by the organizers, that according to the regulations he should have been dressed appropriately. But he was being ignorant. If he had just simply asked for our help, we would have sent a car to bring him some more clothes at our expense or even drive Mr. Kovalyov after the game to choose it by himself. What would be the problem in showing some respect to the organizers?

If I said some words, during a minute of an emotional conversation which followed, that insulted Mr. Kovalyov, I am ready to apologize and I would do it here as well as, in front of him if he were here in his position, playing his games, as he was supposed to do. I have always been ready in my life to correct any mistake and I have no problem to do it in this case as well.

But the truth is that nobody told that he should be forfeited, nobody told him that he could not play and nobody told him to leave the tournament. This was only his intention, which he revealed one day earlier.

And so, he left an empty board, a chess player without an opponent, damaging again the FIDE World Cup and its sponsors.

In social media, this fact has caused, in my opinion, incomprehensible reactions. Even a conspiracy theory was created – that all this was the reason Mr. Kovalyov left the tournament. It is absurd and even commenting on this subject is unnecessary. We respect each and every participant and naturally, we expect and demand from them the same respect and attitude towards the organizers and their colleagues. In spite of the fact, that Mr. Kovalyov’s attitude towards such a prestigious tournament was frivolous to begin with (changing the flight dates in a force majeure situation), nobody had even reprimanded him.

I am waiting for Mr. Kovalyov to also apologize for this disrespect towards the organizers and towards his colleagues for withdrawing from the tournament and affecting its results.

So, I want to ask any interested party, in your opinion is it worth for sponsors to put such amounts of money for prize funds, promoting their image, when chess players have such behaviors and attitude?

And I also want to say that if Mr. Kovalyov denied receiving his share of the prize fund this makes no difference for us. We have already paid 1.776 million to FIDE and we need to present to our sponsors what is the service that they paid for.

And finally, I would like to say – I’ll do my best to improve the image of our sport and the way chess top events look through mass media, including TV.

If we wish the sponsors to fund our tournaments and the media to promote them, we are all responsible to have an appropriate dress code for at least the official Chess World Championship Cycle competitions.

(signed) Tbilisi, 11.09.2017

http://cdn.fide.com/wp-content/uploa...-Statement.pdf
________

The statement has an air of injured innocence, that is, Z.A. is hurt by the notion that anyone would imply that he is in any way at fault.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Typical FIDE bullshit. They think all they have to do is write a letter and post it and that is all there is to it.
Z.A. is an incompetent moron and a suitable foil for IllusionOf. In his master's image...

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Shorts again in the playing hall. Now by Ivanchuk. The picture at http://chess-news.ru/node/23717 (text in Russian)
Though Ivanchuk was not playing.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

If we wish the sponsors to fund our tournaments and the media to promote them, we are all responsible to have an appropriate dress code for at least the official Chess World Championship Cycle competitions.

The same dress proposal had requirements for the official too. The chief arbiter should have kicked Zurab out of the hall if it was more than a proposal.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Shorts again in the playing hall. Now by Ivanchuk. The picture at http://chess-news.ru/node/23717 (text in Russian)
Though Ivanchuk was not playing.

lol - on a shorter person those might just be pants... :)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 11, 2017

Games from Round 3 Playoffs

Round 3, Game 3, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Lenderman, Aleksandr – MVL
A33 English, symmetrical variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bg5 Ne5 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.g3 Rad8 14.Rc1 h6 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.f4 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.e5 d4 20.Na4 Nd5 21.Rxc5 Qe7 22.Qc1 Qd7 23.b3 Rc8 24.Bf3 Nc3 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Nxc3 Rxc3 27.Qd1 Ne7 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.Qe2 Nf5 30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Rxb3 32.Rc1 Rb2 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Rc7 Re2 35.Nc5 Rc2 36.Rxf7 Kg6 37.e6 Rxc5 38.g4 Ne3 39.f5+ Kh7 40.e7 Re5 41.f6 Kg6 42.Rf8 d3 43.fxg7 Kxg7 44.Rd8 Rxe7 45.Rxd3 Nxg4 46.Rg3 h5 47.h3 Re3 0-1

Round 3, Game 3, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Giri, Anish – Sethuraman, S.P.
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 d6 7.c3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Re1 c6 10.Bb3 Bb6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Be6 13.Bxe6 Rxe6 14.d4 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rxe5 17.Bf4 Re6 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nf5 Nc5 20.Nd4 Rg6 21.Be3 Ne4 22.Qh5 Qc7 23.Rad1 Re8 24.f4 f6 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Qf3 Ne4 27.g4 Rf6 28.f5 Rff8 29.Qg2 Bxd4 30.Bxd4 g6 31.c4 b6 32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Re3 Qf7 34.Rf1 h6 35.b3 Kh7 36.fxg6+ Qxg6 37.Ref3 Rxf3 38.Qxf3 Ng5 39.Qxd5 Nxh3+ 40.Kh2 Ng5 41.Qd7+ Kg8 42.Rf5 Rf8 43.Qd5+ Ne6 44.Be3 Rf7 45.Qf3 Ng5 46.Bxg5 hxg5 47.Qd5 Qh6+ 48.Kg2 Qf8 49.Rxg5+ Kh8 50.Qe5+ Rg7 51.Qxg7+ Qxg7 52.Rxg7 Kxg7 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.Kf4 Kg6 55.g5 Kg7 56.Kf5 Kf7 57.g6+ Kg7 58.Kg5 Kg8 59.Kf6 Kf8 60.g7+ Kg8 61.Kg6 b5 62.b4 a6 63.a3 a5 64.bxa5 b4 65.a6 bxa3 66.a7 1-0

Round 3, Game 3, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Rapport, Richard – Li, Chao
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nb6 9.Qa3 Na6 10.h3 Be6 11.e3 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Nc4 14.Nxc4 Bxc4 15.c6 bxc6 16.Re1 Rb8 17.Nd4 Nb4 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Bxc6 Qc7 20.Qa4 Bd3 21.e4 Be5 22.Qa3 Rfd8 23.Bd5 Bc2 24.Bg5 Bxb2 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Bf4 Qc3 27.Re3 Qd4 28.Rf1 Rb6 29.Bh6 Rf6 30.Qe2 Rc8 31.Bg5 Rb6 32.Bxe7 Ba4 33.Qf3 Be8 34.e5 Rb5 35.Be6 Rcb8 36.Bd6 Rd8 37.Bb3 Qb6 38.e6 Rf5 39.Bf4 Bd4 40.Re4 a5 41.g4 Rf6 42.Qg3 a4 43.Bc7 Bxf2+ 44.Rxf2 Rd3 45.exf7+ Bxf7 46.Bxf7+ Kxf7 47.Bxb6 Rxg3+ 48.Kh2 Rxf2+ 49.Bxf2 Ra3 50.Re7+ Kf6 51.Bd4+ Kg5 52.Re2 Kf4 53.Bf2 Kf3 54.Rc2 Rd3 55.Bc5 h5 56.Rf2+ Ke4 57.g5 Rd5 58.Be7 Ke3 59.Rf6 h4 60.Re6+ Kf3 61.Rf6+ Ke3 62.a3 Rd2+ 63.Kg1 Rd5 64.Rf2 Rd7 65.Kf1 Rd1+ 66.Kg2 Rd7 67.Rf3+ Ke4 68.Bf6 Rd2+ 69.Rf2 Rd3 70.Re2+ Kf4 71.Rf2+ Ke4 72.Rb2 Rxa3 73.Rb4+ Kf5 74.Rxh4 Ra2+ 75.Kf3 Ra3+ 76.Ke2 Ra2+ 77.Kd3 a3 78.Ra4 Rg2 79.Ra5+ Kf4 80.Kc4 a2 81.Kb3 Rg3+ 82.Kxa2 Rxh3 83.Ra4+ Kf5 84.Kb2 Rd3 85.Kc2 Rd7 86.Kc3 Rd1 87.Rd4 Re1 88.Kd2 Re6 89.Kd1 Re3 90.Rd2 Kg4 91.Re2 Rb3 92.Ke1 Rb1+ 93.Kf2 Rb4 94.Kg2 Kh5 95.Kf3 Rb3+ 96.Kf4 Rb4+ 97.Ke5 Rh4 98.Kd6 Ra4 99.Rh2+ Kg4 100.Ke6 Ra7 101.Rh6 Ra6+ 102.Kf7 Kf5 103.Rh1 Ra7+ 104.Be7 Rb7 105.Rf1+ Kg4 106.Kxg6 Rxe7 107.Rg1+ Kf4 108.Kh6 Re2 109.g6 Kf5 110.Rf1+ Ke6 111.g7 Rh2+ 112.Kg6 Rg2+ 113.Kh7 Rh2+ 114.Kg8 Ra2 115.Rh1 1-0

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Sethuraman, S.P. – Giri, Anish
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.Bg2 Be7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.h4 Nde5 11.g5 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd4 O-O 14.O-O-O b5 15.f4 Nc4 16.Kb1 e5 17.Qd3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Re8 19.Qg3 Qa5 20.Bc1 b4 21.Ne2 Rab8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.h5 Qe5 24.Bf4 Qc5 25.Rhf1 Rec8 26.Rf2 a5 27.Bc1 a4 28.g6 fxg6 29.hxg6 h5 30.Bh3 Bxh3 31.Qxh3 Qe5 32.Rf5 Qxe4 33.Rxh5 Na3+ 34.Ka1 1-0

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Jobava, Baadur – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
B50 Sicilian, Kopec System

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Bc2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.a3 b5 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.Nb3 Na5 15.Nxa5 Qxa5 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Bg5 Rfe8 18.Qd2 a5 19.Bh6 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.e5 Nd5 22.Be4 e6 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nh2 Ne7 25.Ng4 Ng8 26.Re3 dxe5 27.dxe5 Bc6 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rf3 Rd8 30.Qf4 Qc7 31.Nf6 Rc4 32.Qe3 Rcd4 33.Qxd4 1-0

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Ding Liren – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bc3 c6 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 b6 11.Nfd2 Ndf6 12.Qc2 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Bb7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Qc7 16.c5 Rfd8 17.Rfe1 Rd7 18.Ng5 bxc5 19.d5 cxd5 20.Bxf6 g6 21.Qb2 h6 22.Nf3 d4 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Ne5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Rd8 26.Rac1 Rd5 27.Qe2 Kg7 28.Rc4 f6 29.Nd3 e5 30.Qf3 Qd8 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Nxc5 Qa5 33.Rc1 Qxa2 34.Ne6+ Rxe6 35.Qb7+ Kf8 36.Rc8+ Re8 37.Rc7 Qa3 38.Rf7+ 1-0

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 11, 2017
25+10
Caruana, Fabiano – Najer, Evgeniy
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.Nbd2 Bb6 9.Nf1 Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.h3 Nge5 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.Ng3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Ba5+ 15.Kf1 Nc4 16.Kg1 c5 17.d5 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Rxf5 20.Bc2 Rf7 21.Qe2 Qf8 22.Be4 Re8 23.f3 Qe7 24.Rb1 Qe5 25.b3 Nb6 26.Qd3 Bc3 27.Be3 c4 28.Qd1 Nd7 29.bxc4 Nf6 30.h4 Nxe4 31.fxe4 Qxe4 32.Rh3 bxc4 33.Rc1 Be5 34.Qa4 Rc8 35.Qxa6 Rff8 36.Qa4 Qxd5 37.Qc2 c3 38.Rd1 Qc4 39.h5 Ra8 40.Ra1 Rab8 41.Bc1 Qf1# 0-1

Round 3, Game 5, Sept. 11, 2017
10+10
Giri, Anish – Sethuraman, S.P.
D05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Nxc5 Rxc5 16.Bxb7 Ra7 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bg2 a5 19.Rfd1 Rac7 20.Qc3 Qf6 21.Rd6 Qe5 22.Rad1 Nf6 23.e4 Qh5 24.h3 Qg6 25.e5 Ne4 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Qe3 f5 28.exf6 Nxf6 29.Qxe6 c3 30.bxc3 Rxc3 31.R1d4 h5 32.Be4 Nxe4 33.Rh8+ 1-0

Round 3, Game 5, Sept. 11, 2017
10+10
Aronian, Levon – Matlakov, Maxim
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Be3 Qxb3 9.axb3 a6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Ke7 13.Nc3 Rhc8 14.d4 Kf8 15.Bd2 Be7 16.e3 Nb6 17.Ne2 Ne4 18.Be1 f5 19.Nf4 Kf7 20.Nd3 Nd7 21.Be2 Bd6 22.b4 dxc4 23.Nc5 Ndxc5 24.bxc5 Bc7 25.Bxc4 Ke7 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Ra4 Rd7 28.f3 Nf6 29.Bf2 e5 30.Rb4 Rb8 31.g4 exd4 32.exd4 Nd5 33.Re1+ Kf6 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Re2 Rd7 36.b3 h5 37.gxh5 a5 38.Rc4 Rh8 39.b4 Rxh5 40.bxa5 Bxa5 41.Ra2 Bc7 42.Rb4 Rg5+ 43.Kf1 Bg3 44.Ra7 Bxf2 45.Kxf2 f4 46.Raxb7 Rxb7 47.Rxb7 Rd5 48.Rb4 Kg5 49.Ke2 Kh4 50.Kd3 Kg3 51.Rb6 Kxf3 52.Rxc6 g5 53.Rg6 1-0

Round 3, Game 6, Sept. 11, 2017
10+10
Sethuraman, S.P. – Giri, Anish
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.a4 d6 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Bg3 g6 11.d4 Bf6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Qc2 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Rd1 Kg7 16.O-O Nxg3 17.hxg3 h5 18.Rfe1 Ng8 19.b4 Nh6 20.b5 cxb5 21.axb5 Qc7 22.Bd5 Rb8 23.c4 Rxb5 24.Ra1 Rb8 25.Nb1 Ng4 26.Nc3 a6 27.Reb1 Bd8 28.Rxb8 Qxb8 29.Rb1 Qa7 30.Na4 Bd7 31.Nb2 Nxf2 32.c5 Ng4 33.Nd3 Bb5 34.Rc1 Bxd3 35.Qxd3 Bb6 36.Qe2 Bxc5+ 37.Kh1 Nf2+ 38.Kh2 Ng4+ 39.Kh1 a5 40.Rb1 Nf2+ 41.Kh2 Ng4+ 42.Kh1 Rb8 43.Rf1 Nf2+ 44.Kh2 Ng4+ 45.Kh1 Ne3 46.Ng5 Nxf1 47.Qxf1 Qe7 48.Qc1 Ba3 49.Qd2 Rb2 50.Qe3 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Bc5 52.Qf3 Bg1+ 53.Kh3 Be3 0-1

Round 3, Game 6, Sept. 11, 2017
10+10
Matiakov, Maxim – Aronian, Levon
D17 QGD Slav, Wiesbaden variation

[1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.h4 h6 15.Rd1 Rg8 16.Kf2 Rc8 17.Ba2 Bb4 18.h5 Bh7 19.Rd2 Ke7 20.Rhd1 f6 21.f4 Rgd8 22.f5 Nc5 23.Kf3 exf5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.g4 Bh7 26.Bxc5+ Bxc5 27.Nd5+ Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Bc2 29.Re1+ Kf8 30.Rd7 1-0

Round 3, Game 6, Sept. 11, 2017
10+10
Grischuk, Alexander – Navara, David
A39 Reti/English, symmetrical

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.Nd5 d6 11.Nf4 Qe5 12.e4 a5 13.a4 Nb4 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bd2 Nh5 16.Bc3 Qg5 17.h4 Qh6 18.Bd2 Bxb2 19.Ne6 g5 20.Nc7 Bxa1 21.Nxa1 Bd7 22.e5 Nd3 23.Bxg5 Qg6 24.Be4 Bf5 25.Bxd3 Bxd3 26.exd6 f6 27.d7 Red8 28.Nxa8 fxg5 29.Rxe7 Rxa8 30.hxg5 Rd8 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 33.Qxd3 Qe1+ 34.Qf1 Qe5 35.Nc2 Qxg5 36.Qd3 Nf6 37.Qd8+ Kf7 38.Qc7+ Kg6 39.Ne3 Ne4 40.Qxb7 Qe5 41.Qc6+ Kf7 42.Qd7+ Qe7 43.Qd5+ Qe6 44.Qxa5 Nf6 45.Qf5 1-0

Round 3, Game 7, Sept. 11, 2017
5+3
Matiakov, Maxim – Aronian, Levon
A56 Benoni

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 b6 10.O-O e5 11.a5 bxa5 12.Qa4 Rb8 13.Qxa5 Qe7 14.Rb1 Nh5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bc2 f5 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.exf5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.f3 Qg7 22.f6 Qxf6 23.Ne4 Qh4 24.Qe1 g5 25.Kh2 Bf5 26.b3 Qh6 27.Bd3 g4 28.fxg4 Bxg4 29.Nf2 f3+ 30.Kg1 fxg2 31.Nxg4 gxf1=Q+ 32.Bxf1 Qg6 33.Kh1 Rbe8 34.Rd1 h5 35.Bd3 Qg7 36.Nxe5 Rxe5 37.Qh4 Rg5 38.Qe4 Rg3 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Be4 Rf6 41.Qc8+ Qf8 42.Qd7 Rf1+ 43.Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

You have to love the fighting qualities of Matiakov and Sethuraman!

[Neil Frarey]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

About 80% of those game results prove true to their opening database stats!

About 20% of those game results prove untrue to their opening database stats!

[Mathieu Cloutier]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

lol - on a shorter person those might just be pants... :)

That's eh... a good point, actually.

Seriously, just wear a pair of pants for anything important you have to do. It might not mean anything for you, but it does for some people.

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

[QUOTE=Sid Belzberg;117399]

Francis, I watched you badger Paul Hoffman(Kasparov's right hand man) on twitter for weeks during the 2014 FIDE election.

Sid,

I haven't the faintest idea what you're on about, or who Paul Hoffman is!!
(perhaps you could provide a link?)

I haven't been on Twitter for 10 years now, and my last
involvement there was unconnected to chess!

I have been a diehard Garry supporter for ages, and seen my
previous federation join his initiative with great success.

I don't badger or troll anyone - closest is making sport of
sport of geniuses like Aris - because he's a good sport!

I have though, taken on the choleric Hanrahan, for his rabid anti-Kaspy rant!
'Nuff said

[Sid Belzberg]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

[QUOTE=Francis Rodriguez;117539]

Sid,

I haven't the faintest idea what you're on about, or who Paul Hoffman is!!
(perhaps you could provide a link?)

I haven't been on Twitter for 10 years now, and my last
involvement there was unconnected to chess!

I have been a diehard Garry supporter for ages, and seen my
previous federation join his initiative with great success.

I don't badger or troll anyone - closest is making sport of
sport of geniuses like Aris - because he's a good sport!

I have though, taken on the choleric Hanrahan, for his rabid anti-Kaspy rant!
'Nuff said

Then I must have misidentified you with someone else on twitter, my apologies.

[Ken Einarsson]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Shorts again in the playing hall. Now by Ivanchuk. The picture at http://chess-news.ru/node/23717 (text in Russian)
Though Ivanchuk was not playing.

The dress code is quite vague and states that "Attire worn during all phases of the championships and events..." which could also mean when not playing as well during the event. I wonder if Ivanchuk was spoken to as well as he is wearing shorts plus he is wearing flip flops which is clearly stated as not to be worn.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The dress code is quite vague and states that "Attire worn during all phases of the championships and events..." which could also mean when not playing as well during the event. I wonder if Ivanchuk was spoken to as well as he is wearing shorts plus he is wearing flip flops which is clearly stated as not to be worn.

lol - indeed. Actually I wonder if Ivanchuk is just wearing sandals?
In any case, socks and sandals? There are too many fashionistas here already, but seriously?

The dress code is vague as are most pronouncements from FIDE.
The real point is that Anton was treated with the utmost disrespect by Z.A. (note: NOT by the chief arbiter or any arbiter)
and this would not and apparently DOES NOT happen with other GMs
This is the only issue - the shorts are simply the catalyst for the firestorm.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 12, 2017

1/8 Finals (Round 4)
Game One

The venue has changed to the Rustaveli hall on the 2nd floor of the Hualing Hotel. The eight tables are together in two rows.

There is no rest day until the 1/4 finals are over. That would be September 18. The players appear very tired now. Jobava, for example, has played 19 games.

Fedoseev beats Rodshtein. One viewer says “after a 4-day rest, a loss with the white pieces is truly baffling to me”.
Other comments “Fedo will win the World Cup” and “This guy Vlad is on fire – watch out, world!”

Ivan Sokolov says that Giri surprised Ivanchuk with a novelty in the opening and then Chuky steadily outplayed him to win the game.

MVL-Grischuk is played to the bare kings on the board and Rapport-Najer goes on to a K vs K+B draw.

All the games:

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Svidler, Peter – Bu, Xianghzhi
C24 Bishop’s Opening, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.c3 Nc5 9.Bc2 Bg4 10.Nc4 Bh5 11.Ne3 d5 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Qe2 Bf8 14.h3 Qc7 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Nh2 a5 17.Ng4 Qd6 18.Qf3 Nfd7 19.Ne3 Qf6 20.Nef5 Bxf5 21.Nxf5 g6 22.Qg3 Ne6 23.Ne3 h5 24.exd5 Nf4 25.Qf3 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Qxf3 27.gxf3 cxd5 28.Ba4 Rad8 29.Be3 Re6 30.Rfe1 Nc5 31.Bb5 Rb6 32.a4 d4 33.Bd2 Nb3 34.Rad1 f6 35.Re4 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
So, Wesley – Jobava, Baadur
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O c6 10.Kb1 d5 11.h4 Bc5 12.Bd3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Nf6 14.Rde1 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Re7 Re8 17.Rhe1 Rxe7 18.Rxe7 Kf8 19.Re1 h6 20.a3 Ng4 21.Ne5 Nxf2 22.Rf1 Ng4 23.Rxf7+ Ke8 24.Rf1 Nxe5 25.Re1 Bg4 26.Rxe5+ Kd7 27.c4 Kd6 28.Re3 dxc4 29.Bxc4 Rf8 30.g3 Rf2 31.b4 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Kb2 b5 34.Bd3 Bf3 35.Kc3 g4 36.Bf5 Rg2 37.Kd4 Rd2+ 38.Kc3 Rg2 39.Kd4 Rd2+ 40.Kc3 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Rapport, Richard – Najer, Evgeniy
D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.a3 Nh5 13.Be5 f6 14.Bf4 Nxf4 15.exf4 g6 16.O-O Kf7 17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.h4 f5 19.Qb3 Bf6 20.Nb5 Be8 21.Rad1 a6 22.Nc3 b5 23.Re2 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 25.Bxf5 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 gxf5 27.Nxd5 Qxh4 28.Ne3 Qf6 29.Rd6 Rc1+ 30.Rf1 Rc6 31.Rfd1 Rg8 32.Rxc6 Bxc6 33.Rd6 Rc8 34.Qd1 Ke7 35.Qd2 a5 36.Rd3 h5 37.Rc3 Rd8 38.Qe1 Be4 39.Qe2 Qh4 40.Qxb5 Qxf4 41.Qxa5 Rd7 42.Qc5+ Qd6 43.Qxd6+ Rxd6 44.Nf1 Rd1 45.Kf2 f4 46.Rh3 Bd3 47.Nh2 Bg6 48.Nf3 Rb1 49.Rh4 Rxb2+ 50.Kg1 Ra2 51.Rxf4 Rxa3 52.Kf2 Bf5 53.Nh4 Bg4 54.Ng6+ Kd6 55.Rd4+ Kc5 56.Rd2 Bf5 57.Ne5 Rb3 58.Nf3 Be4 59.Nd4 Rb6 60.Ke3 Bd5 61.Kf4 Rb1 62.Ke5 Kc4 63.g3 Rg1 64.Rc2+ Kd3 65.Rc3+ Kxc3 66.Ne2+ Kd3 67.Nxg1 Ke3 68.Nh3 Kf3 69.Nf4 Kg4 70.Ne2 Bc4 71.Nf4 Bb3 72.Ne2 Bc4 73.Nf4 Bd5 74.Ne2 Bb3 75.Nf4 Bc4 76.Ke4 Ba6 77.Nxe6 Kxg3 78.Ng7 h4 79.Nf5+ Kg4 80.Nxh4 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Giri, Anish
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Qh5 Qf6 9.Be3 O-O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qe6 12.Rfe1 f6 13.Bd2 Qg8 14.Rab1 Kb8 15.h3 b6 16.Ba6 g5 17.Qf3 g4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Qxf6 Rf8 20.Qh4 h5 21.Bg5 Rh7 22.Re3 Bc8 23.Bxc8 Kxc8 24.Rbe1 Qg6 25.Be7 Bxe7 26.Rxe7 Qxc2 27.Qg3 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qf4 30.f3 a5 31.Re5 Qf7 32.Qh3+ Kb7 33.Rxh5 a4 34.Rh7 Qf4+ 35.Qg3 a3 36.Qxf4 Rxf4 37.Re7 Rf6 38.Re3 Rh6+ 39.Kg1 Ka6 40.f4 c5 41.f5 1-0

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Dubov, Daniil – Aronian, Levon
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Bg5 Bc6 10.Rd1 a5 11.Na3 Na6 12.Nxc4 Nb4 13.Qc1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nfe5 Bd5 16.Qc3 b6 17.e4 Bb7 18.Ng4 Be7 19.Qb3 Qe8 20.d5 Bc5 21.d6 Qd8 22.e5 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 h5 24.Nge3 cxd6 25.Nxd6 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Nc2 27.Qf3 Nxa1 28.Qxh5 f6 29.Rxa1 fxe5 30.Qxe5 Qf6 31.Qe3 Rad8 32.Rd1 Qe7 33.Qxb6 Rb8 34.Qc6 Qf6 35.Rd2 Rxb2 36.Ne8 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Wang Hao – Ding Liren
D47 QGD, Semi-Slav, Meran, Wade variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.O-O c5 12.Na2 a5 13.Nxb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Be2 O-O 16.Bd2 Bd5 17.dxc5 Rb8 18.Qa1 Nxc5 19.Qxa8 Bxa8 20.Ne5 Nfe4 21.Be1 f6 22.f3 fxe5 23.fxe4 Bxe4 24.Bg3 Bd3 25.Bxe5 Rc8 26.Rc1 Bxe2 27.Bd4 e5 28.Bxc5 Bd3 29.Kf2 Be4 30.g3 g5 31.Ke2 g4 32.Kd2 Rd8+ 33.Ke1 b3 34.Bb6 Rd6 35.Bc7 Rh6 36.Rc4 Bf3 37.Rb4 Rxh2 38.Rxb3 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Rodshtein, Maxim – Fedoseev, Vladimir
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Be7 9.b4 c5 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.Rb1 Qc8 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qc2 Nfe4 15.Rfc1 f6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Nd4 f5 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Qc3 Rf7 20.Qe3 Qd7 21.Ba1 Raf8 22.f4 e5 23.fxe5 Qg4 24.Rf1 h5 25.h3 Qg6 26.Kh2 h4 27.g4 Bg5 28.Qc3 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rxf1 30.Bxf1 Qf7 31.Nf5 Ne6 32.Kg1 g6 33.Nd6 Qf4 34.Bg2 Bd8 35.Nc4 e3 36.Bxd5 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Bg5 39.Bxe6+ Kg7 40.Qxe3 Bxe3 41.Nxe3 Qxa1 0-1

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
MVL – Grischuk, Alexander
C50 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bb5 Na7 12.d4 Nxb5 13.dxc5 Na7 14.b3 Re8 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.Ba3 Qa6 17.b4 axb4 18.cxb4 b5 19.Bb2 Nc6 20.Nxe5 Nxb4 21.Re3 bxa4 22.Rg3 Red8 23.Qf3 Kh7 24.Ndc4 Nc2 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Nc6 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Bxc4 28.e5 Rg8 29.Nf5+ Kh7 30.Ne7 Rab8 31.exf6 Qb7 32.Qxb7 Rxb7 33.Nxg8 Rxb2 34.Rxa4 Kxg8 35.Rxc4 Rb6 36.Rxc7 Rxf6 37.Rc5 Kg7 38.g4 Rf3 39.Kg2 Ra3 40.f3 Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Ra3 42.h4 Rb3 43.h5 Ra3 44.Kf4 Ra4+ 45.Kf5 Ra3 46.f4 Rf3 47.Rc6 Rf1 48.g5 hxg5 49.h6+ Kh7 50.Kxg5 Rg1+ 51.Kf5 Rh1 52.Ke5 Rxh6 53.Rxh6+ Kxh6 54.Kf6 Kh5 55.Kxf7 Kg4 56.Ke6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Brent Golem]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

I created gifs for all the games, so hopefully I linked them properly. Let me know if a game looks off.

The Chess World Cup 2017

Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Svidler, Peter – Bu, Xianghzhi
C24 Bishop’s Opening, Berlin Defence
1/2-1/2


Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
So, Wesley – Jobava, Baadur
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1/2-1/2



Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Rapport, Richard – Najer, Evgeniy
D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation
1/2-1/2



Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Giri, Anish
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation
1-0



Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Dubov, Daniil – Aronian, Levon
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line
1/2-1/2



Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Wang Hao – Ding Liren
D47 QGD, Semi-Slav, Meran, Wade variation
1/2-1/2



Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
Rodshtein, Maxim – Fedoseev, Vladimir
E01 Catalan, Closed
0-1


Round 4, Game 1, Sept. 12, 2017
MVL – Grischuk, Alexander
C50 Giuoco Piano
1/2-1/2