The Chess World Cup 2017

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 14, 2017

Round Four
Final Results

1. Bu-Svidler 1-3
2. MVL-Grischuk 3.5-2.5
3. Ivanchuk-Giri 1.5-0.5
4. Aronian-Dubov 1.5-0.5
5. So-Jobava 2.5-1.5
6. Fedoseev-Rodshtein 3-1
7. Najer-Rapport 1.5-2.5
8. Wang Hao-Ding Liren 0.5-1.5

Round Five Matchups

1. Peter Svidler-MVL
2. Vassily Ivanchuk-Levon Aronian
3. Wesley So-Vladimir Fedoseev
4. Richard Rapport-Ding Liren

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 14, 2017

Round Four Playoffs
Games Five and Six
10+10

Ivan says that the seconds of the two players are up in their hotel rooms analyzing the first two games today and sending down their results during the intermission.

Round 4, Game 5, Sept. 14
10+10
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 Ne7 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Ng6 15.Ng3 Re8 16.Bc4 c6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Ba2 Re5 19.Qc2 Rae8 20.Nf3 R5e7 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Rad1 Bc8 23.Bc4 Qf4 24.Qd2 Be6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Qxf4 Nxf4 27.e5 N6d5 28.Ne4 Rg6 29.Nh4 Rge6 30.Nd6 Rb8 31.g3 Nxh3+ 32.Kg2 Ng5 33.f4 Nh7 34.f5 Re7 35.c4 Nc7 36.e6 fxe6 37.Ng6 Rd7 38.fxe6 Rdd8 39.Ne7+ Kf8 40.Nxc6 Rxd6 41.Nxb8 Ke7 42.Rxd6 Kxd6 43.Rd1+ Kxe6 44.Rd7 1-0

On the chessbrah channel Yasser and Eric are talking. Eric says that this is the longest event that he ever commentated on.
Yasser said that the most enjoyable long commentate that he did was when he was working for chessbase and Frederic Friedel with the World Championship at San Luis, Argentina in 2005. This was an eight-player, double round robin event.

Round 4, Game 6, Sept. 14
10+10
Grischuk, Alexander – MVL
A34 English, symmetrical, Four Knights

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 Nge7 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nc7 8.O-O Be7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4 Rb8 12.Nc4 Rb4 13.Qa5 f6 14.b3 Bh3 15.Re1 Qb8 16.Ba3 Rb5 17.Nxb5 cxb5 18.Ne3 Qb7 19.f3 b4 20.Bb2 Na6 21.g4 h5 22.a3 Bd8 23.Qa4 hxg4 24.axb4 Nxb4 25.Qxa7 Qxa7 26.Rxa7 gxf3 27.Kf2 fxe2 28.Kxe2 Be6 29.Bc3 Bxb3 30.Rb1 Bf7 31.Bxb4 cxb4 32.Rxb4 f5 33.Rb8 e4 34.Raa8 exd3+ 35.Kxd3 Be7 36.Nxf5 Bg6 37.Rxf8+ Bxf8 38.Ke4 Kf7 39.Ke5 Bxf5 40.Kxf5 g6+ 41.Kg5 Bc5 42.Kh6 Be3+ 43.Kh7 g5 44.Kh6 Bf4 45.Ra2 g4+ 46.Kh5 g3 47.h3 Be3 48.Kg4 Bf2 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Ra5 Kh6 51.Rb5 Kg6 52.Rd5 Kh6 53.Re5 Kg6 54.Rb5 Kh6 55.Rb4 Kg5 56.Rg4+ Kh6 57.Ke4 Be1 58.Kf5 Bf2 59.Rg6+ Kh7 60.Kf6 Bd4+ 61.Kf7 Bf2 62.Kf6 Bd4+ 63.Kf5 Bf2 64.h4 Be1 65.h5 Bf2 66.Kf4 Be1 67.Kf3 Bf2 68.Ke2 Kh8 69.Kf3 Kh7 70.Kf4 Be1 71.Kg4 Bf2 72.Kf5 Be1 73.Kf4 Bf2 74.Ke5 Be1 75.Kf6 Bf2 76.Kf5 Be1 77.Kg5 Bf2 78.Kf5 Be1 79.Ke4 Bf2 80.Kf3 Be1 81.Re6 Bf2 82.h6 Bc5 83.Kxg3 Bf8 84.Kg4 Bxh6 85.Kf5 Bd2 86.Kf6 Kh6 87.Rc6 Kh5 88.Kf5 Kh4 89.Rc2 Be3 90.Re2 Bb6 91.Re6 Bc7 92.Rc6 Bb8 93.Rc3 Bg3 94.Rxg3 1/2-1/2

What a great ending! And this after Aronian-Dubov yesterday. Viewers were looking at tablebases to determine if Grischuk had a winning game somewhere at the end.

In any case, with a draw, MVL wins the match and goes on to Round Five tomorrow and Grischuk is eliminated.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 14, 2017

Round Four Playoffs
Games Three and Four
25+10

Round 4, Game 3, Sept. 14
25+10
Bu Xiangzhi – Svidler, Peter
A33 English, symmetrical variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 d5 7.e3 Bb4 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Ne4 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Rfd1 Bf5 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Rxd5 Qc7 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Be6 22.Rxe5 Nxg3 23.Rxe6 Ne2+ 24.Kf1 fxe6 25.Bxe2 Rec8 26.Bd1 Rb2 27.Bb3 Kf7 28.Rd1 Rxc3 29.g4 Ke7 30.Rd4 a5 31.Re4 Rc6 32.Kg2 Kf6 33.Rd4 Ke7 34.Re4 Rd6 35.Kg3 Kf6 36.f4 Rb1 37.Re5 a4 38.Bxa4 gxf4+ 39.Kxf4 Rd3 40.Ra5 Ra3 41.e4 Rf1# 0-1

Round 4, Game 3, Sept. 14
25+10
So, Wesley – Jobava, Baadur
E18 Queen’s Indian, old main line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.d4 Re8 10.Bf4 h6 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Qa4 Nf8 13.Nc6 Qd7 14.Nxe7+ Rxe7 15.Qxd7 Rxd7 16.Bh3 Re7 17.Nb5 Ng6 18.Be3 Ne4 19.a4 a6 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Rae8 22.Bg2 c6 23.Ra2 f6 24.Bc1 Nh8 25.Ba3 Rc7 26.Rb2 b5 27.e4 Nf7 28.Re3 bxa4 29.exd5 Rxe3 30.fxe3 cxd5 31.c4 Rd7 32.Bh3 Rc7 33.Bg2 Rd7 34.Rb6 Nd8 35.cxd5 f5 36.g4 Bxd5 37.gxf5 Bc4 38.Bf1 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 a5 40.Rb5 Nc6 41.Kf2 Ra7 42.Ke2 Kf7 43.Kd2 Nb4 44.e4 Rc7 45.Rxa5 Rc2+ 46.Kd1 Rc4 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Rxa4 Rxd4+ 49.Ke2 Rxe4+ 50.Kf3 Re5 51.Rxb4 Rxf5+ 52.Rf4 Ra5 53.Bb4 Rb5 54.Bc3 Rb7 55.Rc4 Rf7+ 56.Ke4 Kh7 57.Be5 Rf1 58.Rc7 Rg1 59.Kf5 Rg5+ 60.Ke6 Kg8 61.Rc3 Rg6+ 62.Kf5 Rg5+ 63.Kf4 Rg1 64.Kf5 Rf1+ 65.Kg6 Rg1+ 66.Bg3 1-0

Round 4, Game 3, Sept. 14
25+10
Najer, Evgeniy – Rapport, Richard
C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop’s Opening)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Qe7 8.Re1 Bg7 9.Nbd2 Nh7 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Na5 Qe8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.a4 Rd8 16.Qb3 b6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qb5 Rd6 19.Be3 Rfd8 20.c4 Qd7 21.c5 Rd3 22.Qa6 Qc6 23.Bxh6 Qxc5 24.Rac1 Qb4 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nxe5 R3d6 27.Qxa7 Ng5 28.h4 Ne6 29.Qa6 Rh8 30.g3 Rh5 31.Nd3 Qd4 32.Re3 Ra5 33.Qb7 Rxa4 34.e5 Qd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Rc6 Rad4 37.Nf4 Nxf4 38.gxf4 Rxf4 39.Rxc7 Kh6 40.Kg2 Rf5 41.Re7 Rd4 42.Kg3 Kh5 43.f3 Rxh4 44.Rb3 Rhf4 45.e6 fxe6 46.Rxe6 b5 47.Ree3 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 3, Sept. 14
25+10
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Rodshtein, Maxim
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 a6 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.h3 Ba7 11.Bg3 Nd7 12.Nbd2 b5 13.Qc2 c5 14.Rfe1 c6 15.Nf1 Qf6 16.Ne3 Nf8 17.a4 Ng6 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Nd5 Qc6 20.c4 Bb8 21.cxb5 Qxb5 22.Rec1 Be6 23.Qxc5 Qxd3 24.Qc6 Ba7 25.Nc7 Rec8 26.Kh2 Rab8 27.Rc3 Qe2 28.Rc2 Qd3 29.Ra3 Rb3 30.Rc3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Qe2 32.Rc2 Qd3 33.Rd2 Qb3 34.Nxe5 Nxe5 35.Bxe5 Bb6 36.Rc2 Kh7 37.Qc3 Bxc7 38.Bxc7 Qb7 39.Qe5 Qb3 40.Rd2 Qc4 41.Bb6 Re8 42.f3 Qb4 43.Bd4 f6 44.Bc3 Qb7 45.Qf4 Qc6 46.e5 f5 47.Rd6 Qc8 48.Qa4 Bc4 49.Rc6 Bb5 50.Rxc8 Bxa4 51.Rc7 Re6 52.g4 Bc2 53.Kg3 Kg8 54.Bd4 Bb1 55.Rc1 Bd3 56.Kf4 fxg4 57.hxg4 g5+ 58.Ke3 Bb5 59.Rc7 Bc6 60.b4 Bd5 61.Bc5 Rc6 62.Ra7 Be6 63.Ke4 Bf7 64.Ra8+ Kg7 65.Kd4 Be6 66.Ra7+ Kg8 67.Re7 Bf7 68.Rd7 Be6 69.Rd8+ Kf7 70.Rf8+ Kg7 71.Rf6 Bd7 72.Bf8+ Kg8 73.Bxh6 Rxf6 74.exf6 Bc6 75.Ke3 1-0

Round 4, Game 3, Sept. 14
25+10
Grischuk, Alexander – MVL
A30 English, symmetrical

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.d5 exf3 7.dxc6 fxg2 8.cxd7+ Bxd7 9.Bxg2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Bg4 14.f3 Rad8 15.Qe2 Be6 16.f4 Qe7 17.Bf3 h5 18.Kb1 Bh6 19.a4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Ka2 Qd7 23.Nb5 Bg7 24.e4 Ne8 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.Nxa7 Bg4 27.Bxg4 hxg4 28.Nb5 Nh5 29.f5 gxf5 30.exf5 Qxf5 31.Nd6 Qd7 32.Qe5 b6 33.a5 bxa5 34.Qxc5 Ng7 35.Qd5 Ne6 36.c5 Qc7 37.Qa8+ Nf8 38.Qd5 Ne6 39.Qa8+ Nf8 40.Qe8 f6 41.b4 Qh7 42.Qe2 axb4 43.Qxg4+ Kh8 44.Kb3 Nd7 45.Qxb4 Qd3+ 46.Kb2 Ne5 47.Qh4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 4, Sept. 14
25+10
Svidler, Peter – Bu Xiangzhi
A04 Reti, Dutch

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d4 fxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Neg5 exd4 8.Bd3 Qd6 9.Nxd4 c5 10.Nb5 Qe5+ 11.Be3 Na6 12.O-O Nf6 13.Re1 Bg4 14.Qd2 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bf4 Qf6 17.Rxe4 O-O 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.Rxe7 Qxf4 20.Qxf4 Rxf4 21.Rxb7 Nb4 22.f3 Nxd3 23.cxd3 Bf5 24.Ree7 Bxd3 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 26.Rgc7 Bg6 27.h3 Rb4 28.Nxa7 Rxb7 29.Rxb7 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Bd3 31.Rd7 c4 32.Nc6 Rb1 33.Ne5 Bf1 34.Rd2 Ra1 35.a3 Ra2 36.Rf2 1-0

Round 4, Game 4, Sept. 14
25+10
Jobava, Baadur – So, Wesley
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.Bd3 Qa5 11.a3 Ne5 12.h4 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 Bf5 14.Qd4 Rfe8 15.g4 Bf6 16.Qf4 Be4 17.Rxd6 Qa4 18.Rd3 b5 19.g5 Bxd3 20.Qxa4 bxa4 21.cxd3 Bd8 22.Nd2 Bb6 23.Ne4 Re5 24.Rg1 Bxe3+ 25.fxe3 Rf5 26.Rg4 Rf3 27.Nc5 Rxe3 28.Rxa4 Re2 29.Ra6 f5 30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Rxc6 f5 32.Nd7 Rd8 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.Nxh7 Rxd3 35.Ng5+ Ke7 36.Ra6 f4 37.Rxa7+ Ke8 38.Ra8+ Ke7 39.Ra7+ Ke8 40.Ra8+ Ke7 41.Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

Three times repetition of position

Round 4, Game 4, Sept. 14
25+10
Rapport, Richard – Najer, Evgeniy
A09 Reti, Advance variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Bg4 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 e5 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.a3 a5 8.b5 Bd6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxb7 Rb8 11.Bg2 Ngf6 12.d3 Qe7+ 13.Kf1 Nc5 14.Bc6+ Kf8 15.Ra2 Nfd7 16.gxf4 Qf6 17.Nd2 Qxf4 18.Ne4 Qf5 19.h4 h5 20.Bg5 Ne5 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Be4 Qe6 23.Bd5 Qf5 24.Be4 Qe6 25.f3 Rxb5 26.Bd5 Qd6 27.Bxf7 Rb7 28.Bd5 c6 29.Be4 Bxa3 30.Qa4 Bb4 31.f4 Rf7 32.Kg2 Ng4 33.Qxc6 Qxc6 34.Bxc6 Ne3+ 35.Kf3 g6 36.Be4 Kg7 37.c5 Ng4 38.c6 Rc8 39.Rc1 Bc3 40.Bd5 Ne5+ 41.Ke2 Nxc6 42.Bxf7 Kxf7 43.Rb1 Re8+ 44.Kf1 Re3 45.Rb6 Nb4 46.Re2 Nxd3 47.f5 Rxe2 48.fxg6+ Kg7 49.Kxe2 Nc1+ 50.Bxc1 1-0

Round 4, Game 4, Sept. 14
25+10
Rodshtein, Maxim – Fedoseev, Vladimir
D30 Queen’s Gambit declined

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O a5 8.a4 c6 9.Ne1 Nd5 10.e4 Nb6 11.Nc2 bxa4 12.e5 Be7 13.Qg4 g6 14.Ne4 h5 15.Qf3 h4 16.Rd1 Ba6 17.Ne3 Rh5 18.g4 Rh7 19.g5 N8d7 20.Ng4 Bb5 21.Bh3 Rh8 22.Nh6 Rf8 23.Qg4 Qc7 24.Qxh4 O-O-O 25.Bd2 Nd5 26.Qg3 Qb6 27.Bc3 c5 28.Bg2 Nxc3 29.bxc3 cxd4 30.cxd4 Nb8 31.Nc3 Bb4 32.d5 a3 33.Rdc1 Ba6 34.Rab1 Nd7 35.Bf1 Nc5 36.Qf3 exd5 37.Nxd5 Rxd5 38.Qxd5 Bb7 39.Qxc4 Qc6 40.Qg4+ Kb8 41.f3 Qd5 42.Bg2 Nb3 43.Rd1 a2 0-1

Round 4, Game 4, Sept. 14
25+10
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 Ne7 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ng6 14.N2f3 c6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bc4 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Bd3 Ne4 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Nf4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Rxe4 Qf6 23.Re3 Nd5 24.Re1 Nf4 25.Re3 Nd5 26.Re1 Nf4 1/2-1/2

Results of Games Three and Four

Eliminated

Baadur Jobava
Bu Xiangzhi
Evgeniy Najer
Maxim Rodshtein

Going to Round Five (Sept. 15)

Wesley So
Peter Svidler
Richard Rapport
Vladimir Fedoseev

Going to 10+10

Grischuk-MVL

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 14, 2017

That Ending!

From Peter Doggers:

Despite calling his play in both games "embarrassing," Levon Aronian managed to advance to the next round. Where he missed a win in yesterday's game ("I totally forgot about Ne8"), he "missed" a win 10 times today—but more about that later.

"First of all my opponent played a very suspicious line in the opening and instead of playing very solidly for some reason I decided to play for mate," Aronian said about the first phase. "I blundered a couple of things. First of I forgot that he threatened to exchange queens, and if it wasn't enough, I also blundered 17... f6."

Aronian, who felt he was in trouble, made a practical draw offer which Dubov declined by making a mistake. According to Aronian Black should have played 19... Rac8 instead of taking the pawn. After 23... g5 24. f4! it was Aronian who declined a draw offer.

Eventually he won an exchange, and a complicated endgame appeared on the board with rook vs (light-squared) bishop, and g-pawns for both. It was similar to Aronian's blitz game vs David Navara in St. Louis last month, where the pawns were on h4 and h5, when it's a draw (as Navara showed).



Black to play his 47th move

For this exact position, Aronian wasn't even sure if it was a win or a draw. As Dejan Bojkov wrote, how complex this ending is, was revealed during the live transmission of the game. Neither commentator GM Ivan Sokolov knew, nor was super GM Vassily Ivanchuk sure about the evaluation. Actually they both guessed it should be a draw!

https://www.chess.com/news/view/aron...-to-1-4-finals

Note added later: TommyCB 9/14/2017 re:Aronian - Dubov

This endgame is extremely complex, but is "solved" by the 6 piece endgame tablebases.

From move 47. Rxb5 the position is a 6 piece endgame tablebase position.

From move 43...Rxe7 until move 73. g3? the position is always winning for White.

From 73. g3? until 92...Bd3?, there are 18(!!) moves played that change the evaluation either from winning to drawn, or from drawn to winning.

The final blunder was 92...Bd3? when 92...Ke5 is the only move that draws.

After 47. Rxb5, it might be worth pointing out that the most stubborn defense by Black, 47...Kg6, (with best play by White), takes 42 moves of maneuvering before a pawn push, capture or checkmate occur. If White deviates, it takes more than 42(!!) moves to reset the 50 move counter.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 13, 2017

Round Four
Game Two

Gennady Sosonko joins the commentators for a while and the conversation seems to be almost entirely between Ivan and Gennady. Keti has a grin on her face and doesn’t seem to mind. She has hoop earrings on but I will not say, under any circumstance, that she looks like a gypsy.

When the last game was going on after four and a half hour, Sokolov said that was the end of their day and the broadcast ceased. Evidently myself and the rest of the viewers went over to watch Aman Hambleton and Yasser Seirawan discuss the ending of the Aronian-Dubov game.

And what a game that was! Aronian could not see the winning way until he had just seconds left on his clock.

This is the position after Black’s 49th move. How should white play?



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Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Bu, Xiangzhi – Svidler, Peter
A54 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qc7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O e6 9.e4 Bd6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Qe2 Na5 13.e5 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Be7 Re8 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Jobava, Baadur – So, Wesley
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Nxd4 6.Bxd4 Be7 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 c5 9.Be5 d6 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.Bh4 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.d4 Nb6 14.a4 a5 15.Qd2 Rfd8 16.d5 Bg6 17.h4 Bh5 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 f5 20.f4 exf3 21.gxf3 Re8 22.Kd2 Qf6 23.f4 Re7 24.Rh3 Nd7 25.Rg1 Nb8 26.Qd1 Nd7 27.Rg5 Rf7 28.Kc2 Re8 29.Qd3 h6 30.Rg1 Nf8 31.h5 b6 32.Rhg3 Ree7 33.Nb1 Qh4 34.Qf1 Rd7 35.Nd2 Nh7 36.Nf3 Qe7 37.Qd3 Qe4 38.Nh4 Qxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Nf8 40.Ke2 Rf6 41.Kf3 Re7 42.Ng6 Nxg6 43.Rxg6 Ref7 44.Re1 Re7 45.Reg1 Ref7 46.Rxf6 Rxf6 47.e4 fxe4+ 48.Kxe4 Kf7 49.Kf3 Kf8 50.Re1 Kf7 51.Kg4 Kf8 52.Re6 Kf7 53.f5 Kf8 54.Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Najer, Evgeniy – Rapport, Richard
C10 French, Paulsen variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 f6 5.Bb5 Qd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bd3 fxe5 8.dxe5 Nh6 9.O-O g6 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qd2 Nf7 12.Rfe1 b6 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rad1 Ne7 15.Ng5 O-O 16.Nxf7 Rxf7 17.Bh6 Raf8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.f3 c5 20.Ne2 Qa4 21.c3 Qh4 22.Rf1 Bc6 23.Bxa6 b5 24.a4 bxa4 25.Qe3 Rb8 26.Qxc5 Rxb2 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Rb1 Ra2 29.Rb7 Qg5 30.Be2 Nf5 31.f4 Nxd4 32.Qxd4 Qf5 33.Bf3 Be8 34.Bxd5 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 Qc2 36.Qc5 Bf7 37.h4 Qb2 38.Bf3 Ra1 39.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 40.Kh2 Qc1 41.Kg3 a3 42.Qe7 Qxc3 43.h5 gxh5 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Giri, Anish – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E67 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 a6 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Re1 Ne5 12.b3 c5 13.Nf3 Nfg4 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bb2 Nc6 16.Qd2 Qa5 17.Rad1 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.Nd5 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxb2 21.Rxb2 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Nd4 23.f4 a5 24.Kf2 f6 25.h4 Re7 26.g4 h6 27.Ke3 f5 28.Kd3 fxg4 29.e5 Kg7 30.Re4 Nf5 31.Kc4 Ra6 32.a3 h5 33.Ree2 Nd4 34.Re4 b5+ 35.Kc3 b4+ 36.Kc4 bxa3 37.Ra2 Rb7 38.Rxa3 Nf5 39.Kc3 Rab6 40.Bf1 g3 41.Bh3 Nd4 42.Kd2 Nxb3+ 43.Kd3 Nd4 44.exd6 Rxd6 45.Kc4 Rb4+ 46.Kxc5 Rdb6 47.Rxd4 R6b5+ 48.Kc6 Rb6+ 49.Kc5 R6b5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Ding Liren – Wang Hao
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.e3 a5 15.b4 axb4 16.Qxb4 Ra7 17.a5 Na6 18.Qb6 Qa8 19.Ne4 Bd8 20.Qb2 Nb8 21.Nd6 Bxa5 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Rxa5 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rbc7 26.Ra8 Kf8 27.h4 Ke7 28.h5 Kd6 29.e4 Ke7 30.e5 Rd8 31.Kg2 Rb7 32.Rc4 f6 33.Be4 fxe5 34.dxe5 Rb2 35.Bg6 Nd7 36.Ra7 Re2 37.Re4 Rxe4 38.Bxe4 Rc8 39.f4 Kd8 40.Kf3 c5 41.Ke3 Rc7 42.Ra8+ Rc8 43.Ra6 Ke7 44.Ra7 c4 45.Kd2 c3+ 46.Kc2 Kd8 47.Bd3 Rc5 48.Ra8+ Ke7 49.Ra7 Kd8 50.Ra3 Nb6 51.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 52.Kxc3 Nd5+ 53.Kd4 Ke7 54.Be4 Nb4 55.Kc5 Na2 56.Kc4 Nc1 57.Bd3 1-0

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Rodshtein, Maxim
E15 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 c5 11.Be3 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.Bc3 O-O-O 15.f4 h5 16.e3 g5 17.Kf2 h4 18.g4 gxf4 19.exf4 d6 20.exd6 Rxd6 21.Qf3 Rhd8 22.Kg1 Rd3 23.Qe4 h3 24.Rae1 Kb7 25.Re3 f5 26.gxf5 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 exf5 28.Qxh3 Rg8+ 29.Kh1 Nd4 30.Bxd4 Qc6+ 31.Qf3 cxd4 32.Qxc6+ Kxc6 33.Rg1 Re8 34.b4 b5 35.c5 Kd5 36.Rg7 d3 37.Rd7+ Kc4 38.Kg2 Kc3 39.h4 d2 0-1

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Grischuk, Alexander – MCL
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Nb3 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Game 2, Sept. 13, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Dubov, Daniil
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.e5 Nc6 13.h4 Qd5 14.h5 Rfd8 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.h6 Bf8 17.e6 f6 18.O-O Qxd2 19.Bxd2 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Be3 Rdd8 22.Bb5 Bd5 23.Bd7 g5 24.f4 Bxh6 25.fxg5 Bg7 26.Bd4 fxg5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rf7+ Kg6 29.Rxe7 Rf8 30.Re1 Bxa2 31.Bb5 a6 32.Bd3+ Kf6 33.Rxh7 b5 34.Rh6+ Ke7 35.Rh7+ Kf6 36.e7 Rg8 37.Rh6+ Kf7 38.Rh7+ Kf6 39.Be4 Rae8 40.Rh6+ Kf7 41.Bc6 Bc4 42.Bxe8+ Rxe8 43.Rxa6 Rxe7 44.Rxe7+ Kxe7 45.Kf2 Kf7 46.Rb6 Be6 47.Rxb5 Kf6 48.Kf3 Bf5 49.Rc5 Bd3 50.Ke3 Bf5 51.Kd4 Bb1 52.Rc1 Bg6 53.Rc6+ Kg7 54.Ke5 Bb1 55.Ra6 Bc2 56.Rd6 Kf7 57.Rf6+ Kg7 58.Rf2 Bb1 59.Rb2 Bd3 60.Rd2 Bb1 61.Ke6 Be4 62.Re2 Bd3 63.Rd2 Be4 64.Ke5 Bb1 65.Rd4 Kf7 66.Ra4 Bc2 67.Ra5 Bb1 68.Rc5 Kg6 69.Rc1 Bd3 70.Rd1 Bc2 71.Rd2 Bb1 72.Ke6 Be4 73.g3 Bb1 74.Rb2 Bd3 75.Ke7 Be4 76.Rb6+ Kg7 77.Rb5 Kg6 78.Rb4 Bc2 79.Kf8 Kf6 80.Kg8 Bd3 81.Rd4 Bc2 82.Rd2 Bb1 83.Rf2+ Kg6 84.Rb2 Bd3 85.Rb6+ Kf5 86.Rb4 Kf6 87.Rd4 Bc2 88.Rd2 Bb1 89.Rf2+ Kg6 90.g4 Be4 91.Rd2 Kf6 92.Rb2 Bd3 93.Rb6+ Ke5 94.Kg7 Kf4 95.Rb4+ Be4 96.Rxe4+ Kxe4 97.Kg6 Kd5 1-0
_________

Ivanchuk had a winning position but then played 45…Rb4+ instead of Rdb6 and Giri luckily escaped with a draw again. But he is out after today’s game.

Summary

Going on to Round Five (Sept. 15)

Vassily Ivanchuk
Levon Aronian
Ding Liren

Eliminated

Anish Giri
Daniil Dubov
Wang Hao

Going to the Playoffs (Sept. 14)

Bu-Svidler
MVL-Grischuk
So-Jobava
Fedoseev-Rodshtein
Najer-Rapport

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 12, 2017

Round Four Notes

Moving to a new hall probably saved some costs, but it also came with a cost. The players' rest area, for getting drinks and snacks, is an ad-hoc area just outside the doors of the hall, and in the same corridor as where spectators enter. Furthermore, a walk to the toilet means even more potential interaction with spectators or hotel guests. Cheating is unlikely going to happen, but the possibility to do so has definitely increased.

The smoking area is not outside anymore, but in the hallway to the elevator. Luckily only Jobava and Grischuk smoke; the smell would have been worse if Kramnik and Kuzubov would still have been in the tournament.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/ivan...nd-4-with-wins

Jonathan Tisdall - Great fights today. Impressed with: Jobava's solidity; Bu's calculations; Grischuk's guts; Fedoseev's trickery; and Chukky - just Chukky.
_________

The World Juniors 2014 were held in Pune, India. Two youngsters were clear favourites to win the title: one was the top seed Vladimir Fedoseev and the other was the Chinese phenom Wei Yi. In the end it was Lu Shanglei who won the title, Wei Yi finished second and Fedoseev had to settle for the bronze. In the next two years Wei Yi climbed the rating ladder and reached 2740 on the Elo list, while Fedoseev was stuck somewhere around the 2650-80 mark. Something was definitely going wrong in this Russian grandmaster's preparation or play over the board.

Subsequently, Fedoseev was able to fix these small holes in his play and the result is there for everyone to see. Vladimir has gained nearly 85 Elo points in last six months and now has a live rating of 2742 and is currently world number 17!

http://en.chessbase.com/post/fide-wo...uk-is-ivanchuk

Geoff Chandler on the EC Forum to Anton:

But as a fellow player I know how upsetting any distraction before a game can be. What we can agree on is that this tirade should not have happened before an important game. And now the full details are coming out Zurab Azmaiprashvili was clearly in the wrong.

Here you have a case. Contact a no win no fee lawyer and get him to put one together. You were not warned after round one, you were bullied and insulted right before an important game and felt the only action was to walk away. Now you are getting slandered in chess forums etc... etc...

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic....205739#p205739

[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

[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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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!

[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!