The Chess World Cup 2017

[Brent Golem]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Huge result for Anton winning as black. Biggest win for him ever? Have to imagine...

[Kerry Liles]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Huge result for Anton winning as black. Biggest win for him ever? Have to imagine...

Congratulations for a monumental win for Anton. I saw a tweet (I think from Susan Polgar?) asking whether Anand would regret the speculative piece sac that she showed on a diagram (Knight chops a pawn to get a second passer...) I haven't looked through the entire game but it seems he clearly didn't get compensation for one reason or another (I hope it was because Anton played sharply!)

Way to go!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Anand will have nightmares of playing against Canadians LOL

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 6, 2017

Anton’s win for the record

FIDE World Cup, 1/32 Finals
Game 1, Sept. 6
Anand, Vishy – Kovalyov, Anton
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qd2 b5 12.Rfd1 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bd7 17.a5 Qb7 18.Qe3 Be7 19.Qb6 Qxb6 20.axb6 Rb8 21.Rxa6 Bd8 22.b7 Ke7 23.Nc5 dxc5 24.d6+ Kf6 25.Bf3 Kf5 26.Bd5 e4 27.Re1 Bf6 28.Bxe4+ Kg5 29.Ra5 Bxb2 30.Rxc5+ Kf6 31.Re3 g6 32.Rf3+ Ke6 33.Rd3 Rhd8 34.Ra5 f5 35.Bf3 Bc3 36.h4 Kf6 37.g3 f4 38.Be4 Bf5 39.Bxf5 gxf5 40.Rb5 Ke6 41.Kf1 Rd7 42.gxf4 Rbxb7 43.Re3+ Kf6 0-1

chessbomb kibitzers:

- kova seems to have no fear at all
- getting serious for Anand
- Anton is playing some serious moves here
- wow
- if Anand lost in this fide world cup then he will not qualify for Candidates 2018
- no way old anand again meets Carlsen
- Kovyalov has played the top computer move since move 23, kudos
- Anand’s 23.Nc5 was an amazing move and Black played very well to refute it
- Bravo Anton!
- Only So can stop Kovalyov
- wow, Anand lost
- Good job, Canada 1-0

[Mathieu Cloutier]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

I don't understand the 'only So can stop him' comment? Anton is in a very tough bracket. Next up is Adams, then Nakamura and then So.

Nevertheless, there is still one game to play against Anand. A draw with the white pieces can't be that hard, but we know the old tiger will show his teeth.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 6, 2017

1/32 Finals Game One

Some games from this round:

Game One, Sept. 6
Dreev, Aleksey – Carlsen, Magnus
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 c4 11.b3 Be6 12.Ne5 O-O 13.e3 Nc6 14.Be2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qg6 16.O-O d4 17.exd4 cxb3 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.Qe3 Qg5 20.Rab1 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Rfd8 22.Bxb7 Rc3 23.d5 Bd7 24.Rf4 a5 25.Kf2 Rb8 26.Bc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rxc6 28.Rd4 Rc2+ 29.Kf3 b2 30.Rdd1 Rb5 31.a4 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Kh7 0-1

Game 1, Sept. 6
Kramnik, Vladimir – Demchenko, Anton
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.a4 Rb8 9.c4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.a5 dxe5 12.h3 Nh6 13.e4 f6 14.b4 Nf8 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Qe2 Qc8 17.Kh2 Nf7 18.Rfd1 c6 19.Bc1 f5 20.Be3 b6 21.axb6 axb6 22.Rac1 Qc7 23.Nd5 cxd5 24.cxd5 Qe7 25.dxe6 Nxe6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qb5 f4 28.gxf4 exf4 29.Rd7 Qf6 30.Bd2 Rbc8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Qxb6 Rc2 33.Qb7 Bf8 34.Qe4 Qg6 35.Qd5 Qf6 36.h4 Bg7 37.Bh3 Nf8 38.Rb7 h6 39.Bg4 Rb2 40.Bh5 Ng6 41.Bxg6 Qxg6 42.Rb8+ Bf8 43.Ne5 Rxd2 44.Rxf8+ 1-0

Game 1, Sept. 6
Navara, David – Cheparinov, Ivan
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.d4 Nc6 9.Bg5 Qg6 10.d5 Nb8 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Qd6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Qa4 Qa3 15.Qb3 a5 16.Qc2 Qd6 17.Bd3 Be7 18.Rd1 a4 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfe1 b6 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Bf5 Qf6 23.g4 Qd6 24.Bc1 a3 25.Bxd7 Bxd7 26.Nxe5 Ba4 27.Qf5 Bxd1 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxf7 Bh4 30.g5 Ba4 31.Re7 Bxf2+ 32.Kh1 1-0

Game 1, Sept. 6
Fedoseev, Vladimir - Inarkiev, Ernesto
B30 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6 9.g4 a6 10.h4 b5 11.h5 b4 12.Nd5 e6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Qxd6 e5 16.O-O-O a5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.g5 Rd8 19.Qc5 Nd7 20.Qd5 Nb6 21.Qb5 Nd5 22.Qa4 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Qc7 24.Bc4 Nd4 25.Nxa5 Ra8 26.exd4 Qxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxa4 28.dxe5 Re8 29.Kb1 Bxe5 30.Nb6 Ra7 31.Nd5 Kg7 32.Rh3 Ra4 33.Rdh1 Rd8 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nc6 Re8 37.Rh8+ 1-0

Game 1, Sept 6
MVL – Grachev, Boris
B29 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.e6 fxe6 6.Bb5 Nc6 7.O-O g6 8.Qe2 Bg7 9.Qxe6 Nb6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Bd7 12.Qxc5 d4 13.Ne4 Rc8 14.Qa3 O-O 15.d3 h6 16.Re1 Kh7 17.c4 dxc3 18.Nxc3 Bc6 19.Qxe7 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rc7 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Bf4 Rf7 23.Be3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxd3 25.Bd4 Nd5 26.Rad1 Rdxf3 27.c4 Nb4 28.Rd2 R3f4 29.Re8 g5 30.Be5 Rg4+ 31.Kf1 Nc6 32.Bb2 Rgf4 33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Rd6+ Kf5 35.Rxc6 Kg4 36.h3+ Kxh3 37.Rhxh6+ Kg4 38.Rhf6 Rb7 39.Be5 Kf3 40.Bxf4 1-0

Game 1, Sept. 6
Le, Quang Liem – Vidit, Santosh
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 c6 12.Nd2 Ne4 13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Rfxd8 15.f3 c5 16.Kf2 Rac8 17.Rhc1 Rc7 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Bg6 20.Bf3 Ne5 21.Ke3 Nc6 22.Nb3 cxd4+ 23.cxd4 Re7 24.g4 f6 25.Re1 Bf7 26.Rad1 Nb4 27.Rd2 Rc7 28.Kf2 Nxa2 29.d5 Nc3 30.Nd4 Rc4 31.Re3 Be8 32.Bg2 Nb5 33.Nxb5 Bxb5 34.Bf1 Rc5 35.Bxb5 Rxb5 36.Rc3 Rd7 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Rdc2 a5 39.Rc7 Ke7 40.Rc8 a4 41.Ra8 Rb4 42.Kd3 Rd8 43.Ra7 Kd6 44.Rc4 Rxc4 45.Kxc4 Ke5 46.Rxb7 Ra8 47.Rb2 a3 48.Ra2 Kxe4 49.d6 Ke5 50.Kc5 Rc8+ 51.Kb4 Kxd6 52.Rxa3 Rc7 53.Re3 Kd5 54.h3 g6 55.Re8 f5 56.Rg8 Rc6 57.Kb5 Rf6 58.gxf5 gxf5 59.Rd8+ Ke4 60.Re8+ Kf3 61.Kc4 Rd6 62.Kc5 Rd1 63.Rh8 f4 64.Rxh6 Kg3 65.Rg6+ Kxh3 66.Rf6 Kg3 67.Rg6+ Kf2 68.Kc4 f3 69.Kc3 Kf1 70.Kc2 Rd5 0-1

Game 1, Sept. 6
So, Wesley – Bluebaum, Matthias
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 f6 10.c3 Be7 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Ned4 O-O 15.Be2 Bd7 16.O-O Rae8 17.Qe3 Ng4 18.Qd2 e5 19.fxe5 Ngxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Re1 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Re3 b5 25.a3 h6 26.Qe1 Qg5 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.Rxg3 Rf6 29.Rf3 Rd6 30.Kf2 Rd5 31.Ke3 Re5+ 32.Kf4 Re7 33.h4 Bc8 34.Rf2 Bb7 35.Rd2 Re4+ 36.Kg3 Re3+ 37.Kf2 Re4 38.g3 Re7 39.Re2 Rf7+ 40.Ke1 Kh7 41.Re5 Bc8 42.Re2 Kg6 43.Rf2 Re7+ 44.Re2 Rf7 45.Rf2 Re7+ 46.Re2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

Many short draws today.
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Round 2. Results

Name G1

Round 2 Match 01
Dreev Aleksey (RUS) 0
Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 1
Round 2 Match 02
So Wesley (USA) ½
Bluebaum Matthias (GER) ½
Round 2 Match 03
Lenic Luka (SLO) ½
Caruana Fabiano (USA) ½
Round 2 Match 04
Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 1
Demchenko Anton (RUS) 0
Round 2 Match 05
Hou Yifan (CHN) ½
Aronian Levon (ARM) ½
Round 2 Match 06
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE) ½
Kuzubov Yuriy (UKR) ½
Round 2 Match 07
Bruzon Batista Lazaro (CUB) ½
Nakamura Hikaru (USA) ½
Round 2 Match 08
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) 1
Grachev Boris (RUS) 0
Round 2 Match 09
Cori Jorge (PER) ½
Grischuk Alexander (RUS) ½
Round 2 Match 10
Anand Viswanathan (IND) 0
Kovalyov Anton (CAN) 1
Round 2 Match 11
Kravtsiv Martyn (UKR) ½
Ding Liren (CHN) ½
Round 2 Match 12
Karjakin Sergey (RUS) ½
Dubov Daniil (RUS) ½
Round 2 Match 13
Motylev Alexander (RUS) ½
Giri Anish (NED) ½
Round 2 Match 14
Wei Yi (CHN) ½
Rapport Richard (HUN) ½
Round 2 Match 15
Adhiban B. (IND) ½
Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS) ½
Round 2 Match 16
Svidler Peter (RUS) ½
Erdos Viktor (HUN) ½
Round 2 Match 17
Onischuk Alexander (USA) ½
Wojtaszek Radoslaw (POL) ½
Round 2 Match 18
Yu Yangyi (CHN) ½
Jobava Baadur (GEO) ½
Round 2 Match 19
Sevian Samuel (USA) ½
Li Chao b (CHN) ½
Round 2 Match 20
Harikrishna P. (IND) ½
Sethuraman S.P. (IND) ½
Round 2 Match 21
Artemiev Vladislav (RUS) ½
Radjabov Teimour (AZE) ½
Round 2 Match 22
Le Quang Liem (VIE) 0
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND) 1
Round 2 Match 23
Rodshtein Maxim (ISR) ½
Adams Michael (ENG) ½
Round 2 Match 24
Navara David (CZE) 1
Cheparinov Ivan (BUL) 0
Round 2 Match 25
Fedoseev Vladimir (RUS) 1
Inarkiev Ernesto (RUS) 0
Round 2 Match 26
Wang Hao (CHN) ½
Gelfand Boris (ISR) ½
Round 2 Match 27
Matlakov Maxim (RUS) ½
Andreikin Dmitry (RUS) ½
Round 2 Match 28
Duda Jan-Krzysztof (POL) ½
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) ½
Round 2 Match 29
Vitiugov Nikita (RUS) ½
Najer Evgeniy (RUS) ½
Round 2 Match 30
Tomashevsky Evgeny (RUS) ½
Vallejo Pons Francisco (ESP) ½
Round 2 Match 31
Bacrot Etienne (FRA) ½
Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) ½
Round 2 Match 32
Tari Aryan (NOR) ½
Lenderman Aleksandr (USA) ½

[John Upper]

Anand - Kovalyov

Anand - Kovalyov, annotated and with quotes from post-game interview, on the CFC Newsfeed:

http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/997

[Neil Frarey]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

the chess world cup 2017

september 6, 2017

anton’s win for the record

fide world cup, 1/32 finals
game 1, sept. 6
anand, vishy – kovalyov, anton
b90 sicilian, najdorf, adams attack

1.e4 c5 2.nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.nxd4 nf6 5.nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.nb3 be6 8.be3 h5 9.be2 nbd7 10.o-o rc8 11.qd2 b5 12.rfd1 nb6 13.bxb6 qxb6 14.a4 b4 15.nd5 nxd5 16.exd5 bd7 17.a5 qb7 18.qe3 be7 19.qb6 qxb6 20.axb6 rb8 21.rxa6 bd8 22.b7 ke7 23.nc5 dxc5 24.d6+ kf6 25.bf3 kf5 26.bd5 e4 27.re1 bf6 28.bxe4+ kg5 29.ra5 bxb2 30.rxc5+ kf6 31.re3 g6 32.rf3+ ke6 33.rd3 rhd8 34.ra5 f5 35.bf3 bc3 36.h4 kf6 37.g3 f4 38.be4 bf5 39.bxf5 gxf5 40.rb5 ke6 41.kf1 rd7 42.gxf4 rbxb7 43.re3+ kf6 0-1

chessbomb kibitzers:

- kova seems to have no fear at all
- getting serious for anand
- anton is playing some serious moves here
- wow
- if anand lost in this fide world cup then he will not for candidates 2018
- no way old anand again meets carlsen
- kovyalov has played the top computer move since move 23, kudos
- anand’s 23.nc5 was an amazing move and black played very well to refute it
- bravo anton!
- only so can stop kovalyov
- wow, anand lost
- good job, canada 1-0

Congrats Anton!

Go Canada Go!

[Gordon Ritchie]

Re: Anand - Kovalyov

Thanks, John. Great coverage.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Anand - Kovalyov

Congratulations Anton! This places him in the top 100 in the world for the first time. A significant milestone! and beating the legend Anand! WoW!

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Kovalyov wins!

Holy moly!

This like when Spiderman staggered the Hulk.

Congratulations, Anton!

[Duncan Smith]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Congrats Anton!

Go Canada Go!

The irony here is you support Trump and his closed border ideas concerning immigration.

[Neil Frarey]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The irony here is you support Trump and his closed border ideas concerning immigration.

The irony here is your hero Trump would oppose many skilled immigrants from coming into his country.

Would Trump have allowed him to immigrate into his country ?

Duncan, instead of crapping on Wayne's good effort ... please use Peter McKillop's thread as your Trump toilette bowl.

You have our thanks.

[Duncan Smith]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Duncan, instead of crapping on Wayne's good effort ... please use Peter McKillop's thread as your Trump toilette bowl.

You have our thanks.

I'm not crapping on Wayne's effort. I'm crapping on your idiotic beliefs that are scattered all over this forum. Anton is a recent
immigrant that was welcomed by Canada; your hero Trump is openly hostile about immigrants regardless of their skills. This is a
perfect time to illustrate what immigrants can bring to a country.

[Neil Frarey]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

I'm not crapping on Wayne's effort. I'm crapping on your idiotic beliefs that are scattered all over this forum. Anton is a recent
immigrant that was welcomed by Canada; your hero Trump is openly hostile about immigrants regardless of their skills. This is a
perfect time to illustrate what immigrants can bring to a country.

And yet you continue with your anti-Trump crap ...sigh.