The Chess World Cup 2017

[Peter McKillop]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Common sense seems to be in short supply among FIDE arbiters. I would guess that, prior to a game, it is critical for a top GM to be in his mental zone in order to play well. Why disturb a player's mental equilibrium just prior to a round over a non-egregious dress code violation? After the round would be the time for a dress code discussion. Unfortunately, what's done is done.

[John Coleman]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

In other news, Carlsen just lost with white, to Bu

[Wayne Komer]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 9, 2017

This is my transcription of the following interview. I may have missed a few words but I believe it is substantially correct!

From YouTube:

Zurab Azmaiparashvili speaks about the shorts incident of Anton Kovalyov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukuxx1RHs3g&sns=em

Interviewer: Anton Kovalyov didn’t turn up for his game. Can you tell us exactly what happened?

Zurab: When I entered the playing hall, I saw there was some problem and the Chief Arbiter was not happy with the situation and I asked what is going on.

He said that he warned the player, Kovalyov, who was wearing short pants and he warned him he could not play because there is a Dress Code for the World Cup. And players know this very well because they signed the undertaking with FIDE where it is written and there is also a Law of Chess where it is written about the Chess Code.

So, when I see that there is a situation that the Chief Arbiter cannot solve himself, I went to the player, because I am not only here as Chairman but also as an Organizer of the tournament, and I have a responsibility.

I asked Mr. Kovalyov to follow the Dress Code rule and he said that previously that he had dressed this way at previous World Cups and I said that I don’t care how you played previously but that the Chief Arbiter asked him and I am asking him also to take normal pants and conform with the Dress Code in the playing hall. Otherwise, the Chief Arbiter and I will make a report and you will be punished financially by FIDE. There is a financial punishment.

Mr. Kovalyov, GM Kovalyov, didn’t like this and left.

But I really was thinking that he finally understood me so that he went to his room to change his pants. But later we understand that he just became angry and left the room and he didn’t come back. Which is very sad for me because I don’t like it when some player gets a point like this and it is not good generally for the tournament. But it if it is specified for the Dress Code I am in favour of following the Dress Code and if there is a rule then everybody must follow the rule including the players, the arbiters or the officials, it doesn’t matter. So, here we have to be a strong organization. I believe we have to be strong in FIDE and not allow anyone not to follow our regulations and our rules.

Interviewer: Kovalyov also dressed in a similar fashion against Anand and at that point he was allowed to play?

Zurab: Well actually, I asked about this incident to the Chief Arbiter because I have heard from other arbiters today that they said that Mr. Kovalyov has already used to play like this. I asked Arbiter Delega and he exactly told me that he didn’t know about this because they showed him this for the first time because the tournament is not so small and he was probably not in a visible distance from the Chief Arbiter. But there were many arbiters, Sector Arbiters, who must follow the regulations and we have to speak to the arbiters and, in my opinion, get a warning about this. And we have also have to discuss in FIDE not to allow such arbiters to work there who are not following the FIDE rules.

It is very sad news for me since I heard about this. And I am pretty sure that Vishy Anand is a very respectable player, one of my favorite gentlemen actually. I am sure that he did not feel not so comfortable when someone breaks the rules but did not ask the Arbiter, and behaved like a gentleman. This is the Arbiter’s job and unfortunately one of the arbiters there did not follow the rule and we, FIDE, would have to discuss this.

Interviewer: If Anton would like to play the next round, would he be allowed to do so?

Zurab: Of course, we’d allow, because there is no rule, which exists not to allow him to play. But if he makes such a protest, in any case, a protest from his side, the Chief Arbiter has to make his report and based on this, because this ignores the tournament, ignores the player, ignores the organizer and so on and if Mr. Kovalyov is trying to play some other dirty game, it is up to him. But normally of course the player comes tomorrow to play the game and follows the Dress Code otherwise it will be the same.

I am sure the Chief Arbiter will ask him again to follow the rule.

Interviewer: Will there be any other action taken against him apart from him losing the point?

Zurab: Well this is not really my job here. This is the job of the rules committee to make some action. Our job is to report to FIDE and FIDE makes the decision.

Interviewer: Thank you.

[Ken Einarsson]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

One story that's going around is that Anton didn't abide by the dress code.

He wore the same shorts as in the previous games he played in.

https://www.facebook.com/susanpolgar...55762173166664

[Sam Sharpe]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

If he has worn the same shorts throughout the tnmt, I can understand he would be upset, but still should have changed into a pair of pants or jeans. The Arbiters should be at the entrance checking all this stuff in a consistent manner. The dress code rules does not explicitly rule out shorts, but I fully suspect that Anton has no case to appeal. Quite unfortunate.

[Sid Belzberg]

Re: Rd3.1 Kovalyov - Rodshtein

From ChessBase India:

ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili speaks about the shorts incident involving Anton Kovalyov at World Cup 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukuxx1RHs3g&sns=em

He was asked to change his clothes. He left the playing hall and did not return. I am surprised he did not return, maybe the location of his clothes was so far way that he could not make it back in time?

[Brent Golem]

Re: Rd3.1 Kovalyov - Rodshtein

From ChessBase India:

ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili speaks about the shorts incident involving Anton Kovalyov at World Cup 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukuxx1RHs3g&sns=em

[Sam Sharpe]

Re: Rd3.1 Kovalyov - Rodshtein

Were there any Canadian arbiters? That would explain things sufficiently.

[Nicolas Haynes]

Re: Rd3.1 Kovalyov - Rodshtein

Anton didn't show up this morning and been forfeited.

Kovalyov was there, it was a dress code violation for wearing shorts apparently. Ian Rogers said that Kovalyov has worn the exact same shorts during his two prior matches. This is really disappointing.

[Sam Sharpe]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

Gadzooks! I thought it just might have been that he overslept, pulling double duty between the tnmt and his studies as he is.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

One story that's going around is that Anton didn't abide by the dress code.

[Sam Sharpe]

Rd3.1 Kovalyov - Rodshtein

Anton didn't show up this morning and been forfeited.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Rd2.2 Kovalyov - Anand

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 8, 2017

Some 1/32 Playoff Games

Mamedyarov goes down to Kuzubov

25+10, Round 2.3, Sept. 8, 2017
Mamedarov, Shakhriyar – Kuzubov, Yuriy
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.axb4 Nxf4 12.exf4 Bb7 13.Be2 Nb6 14.O-O Qd6 15.Ra5 O-O 16.Rc5 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Na4 18.Ra5 Nb6 19.Ne5 Bd5 20.Rc5 Rab8 21.Ra1 Rb7 22.h4 h6 23.Ra6 Qe7 24.h5 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Ra3 Rd6 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rdb6 29.Ra4 Qd7 30.Ra5 Rb5 31.Qc3 Qd6 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Rxc7 Qxf4 34.Rc5 Rb8 35.b5 Qe4 36.Re5 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 Qf1 38.Qc2 Rxb5 39.Rc5 Rb8 40.d5 exd5 41.Rxd5 Re8 42.Qf5 Qe2 43.g3 Qxb2 44.Rd7 Qa2 45.Kg2 a6 46.Rd6 Qc4 47.Kh2 Qb5 48.Qf3 a5 49.Rd5 Qc6 50.Qd3 a4 51.Rd6 Qc5 52.Kg2 Qxh5 53.Ra6 Qg4 54.Qb5 Qe4+ 55.Kg1 Ra8 0-1

25+10 Game 2.4, Sept. 8, 2017
Kuzubov, Yuriy – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 Nh5 8.Be3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bg1 Kh8 12.h3 Nf6 13.O-O-O Nb4 14.g4 c6 15.Be2 Qa5 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bb3 Qc7 18.Ng5 d5 19.Ne2 a5 20.c3 a4 21.cxb4 axb3 22.a3 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bh2 Qb6 25.f5 gxf5 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 c5 28.Kb1 fxg4 29.hxg4 Qg6 30.Nf4 Qxg4 31.Rhg1 e3 32.Qxe3 Qf5+ 33.Ka1 Be6 34.Ng6+ hxg6 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rxg6+ Kf7 37.Rg5 Rxa3+ 38.bxa3 b2+ 39.Kxb2 Qf2+ 40.Kc1 Qe3+ 41.Rd2 Qxa3+ 42.Kd1 Qa1+ 43.Kc2 Qa2+ 44.Kc1 Qa3+ 45.Kb1 Qxb4+ 46.Kc1 Qc3+ 47.Kb1 Qb4+ 48.Kc1 Qc4+ 49.Kb1 Qe4+ 50.Kb2 Qb4+ 51.Kc1 Qc3+ 52.Kb1 Qb3+ 53.Kc1 Qc4+ 54.Kb1 Qe4+ 55.Kb2 Qb4+ 56.Kc1 Qa3+ 57.Kb1 Qb3+ 58.Kc1 Qc3+ 59.Kb1 Qb3+ 60.Kc1 Qc4+ 61.Kb1 Qf1+ 62.Kb2 Bf5 63.e6+ 1-0

25+10 Game 2.3, Sept. 8, 2017
Nakamura, Hikaru – Bruzon Batista Lazaro
A13 Reti, Queen’s Indian formation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.a3 c6 9.e4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.h4 Rc8 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.Qd3 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Nb8 17.h5 h6 18.Bf4 Nc6 19.g4 Ba6 20.Qe3 Ne7 21.Kh2 Kh7 22.Bh3 Rh8 23.Rg1 Kg8 24.a4 Qd7 25.b3 Rh7 26.Rac1 Nc6 27.Na2 Ne7 28.Nb4 Bb7 29.Bf1 Kf8 30.Bd3 Rh8 31.Bg3 a5 32.Na2 Ra8 33.Bh4 Ba6 34.Bb1 Ne8 35.Nc3 Rc8 36.Ne2 Rxc1 37.Rxc1 Nc6 38.f4 Nc7 39.Qc3 Bb7 40.Bd3 Qe8 41.Ng3 Kg8 42.f5 Nb4 43.Qxc7 Nxd3 44.Rc3 Ba6 45.Qxb6 Nb4 46.Qxa5 Qb8 47.Be7 Na2 48.Rf3 Qb7 49.f6 Kh7 50.Qd2 1-0

25+10 Game 2.3, Sept. 8, 2017
Rapport, Richard – Wei Yi
D30 QGD, Capablanca-Duras variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Re1 Qd8 12.Qb3 a5 13.e4 a4 14.Qa3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 e5 16.Nd6 exd4 17.c5 Nf6 18.Bc4 Nd5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.b4 b6 21.Red1 Bg4 22.h3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 bxc5 24.bxc5 Qg5 25.g3 Be5 26.h4 Qf6 27.Qxf6 Bxf6 28.c6 Be5 29.Nb5 Ra5 30.c7 Rxb5 31.c8=Q Rxc8 32.Rxc8+ Kg7 33.Ra8 Rb4 34.Ra5 Bc7 35.Rxd5 Rb2 36.R5xd4 Rxa2 37.R4d2 Ra3 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 h5 40.Ra3 Bd6 41.Rxa4 Bc5 42.Kg2 Bb6 43.Ra2 Bd4 44.Kf3 f5 45.Rd2 Be5 46.Rd5 Kf6 47.Ra5 Ke6 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.Ke3 Bc3 50.f4 Bf6 51.Kd3 Bb2 52.Kc4 Bf6 53.Rc6 Bb2 54.Kd5 Kg7 55.Ke6 Bd4 56.Rc7+ Kg8 57.Rd7 Bc3 58.Rd3 Bb2 59.g4 hxg4 60.h5 Kg7 61.Rd7+ Kh6 62.hxg6 Kxg6 63.Rf7 Bc1 64.Rxf5 Kh6 1-0

10+10 Round 2.6, Sept. 8, 2017
Aronian, Levon – Hou Yifan
E10 Queen’s Pawn

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bd3 g6 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Bg7 9.e4 a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.O-O Ne8 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Qg3 h6 16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Bc1 g5 18.Nd1 Ne5 19.Ne3 Ng6 20.Nf5 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Be2 Ng6 23.g3 Kh7 24.Kg2 Bf6 25.h4 gxh4 26.Bxh6 Ng7 27.Bxg7 Bxg7 28.b3 hxg3 29.Kxg3 Bc3 30.Rd1 Rfe8 31.Bd3 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.f4 c4 34.bxc4 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Rxe4 36.Nxd6 Re3+ 37.Rf3 Be1+ 38.Kg4 Rxf3 39.Kxf3 Ra3+ 40.Bd3 Kg7 41.Nc4 Rb3 42.d6 Bh4 43.Kg4 Bd8 44.Bxg6 Kxg6 45.Ne5+ Kg7 46.Nc6 Bf6 47.d7 Rb6 48.d8=Q Bxd8 49.Nxd8 Kf8 50.Rc1 Rb8 51.Nc6 Rc8 52.Rc4 1-0

5+3 Round 2.8, Sept. 8, 2017
Matlakov, Maxim – Andreikin, Dmitry
A42 Modern Defence, Averbakh System

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Nge2 Nc6 6.Be3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nd4 Nf6 10.Nxf5 gxf5 11.Be2 Nfg4 12.O-O Nxe3 13.Bh5+ Kd7 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.Bf3 Kc8 17.Qa4 Kb8 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd4 Rhe8 20.Bd5 c6 21.Ne6 Rxe6 22.Bxe6 Ng4 23.Rxf5 Qxe3 24.Qa5 Re8 25.Re1 Qd4 26.Bd7 Re5 27.Rexe5 Bxe5 28.Rf8+ Ka7 29.Bxg4 Qxg4 30.Qd2 Qxc4 31.b3 Qe4 32.Rf1 c5 33.Qf2 Kb6 34.Qf3 Qc2 35.Qf2 Qg6 36.g3 h5 37.Qf5 Qh6 38.Qe4 Qd2 39.Rf7 Qc1+ 40.Kg2 Qd2+ 41.Kh3 Ka5 42.Rxb7 Bd4 43.Qc6 1-0

25+10 Round 2.4, Sept. 8, 2017
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Adhiban, Baskaran
E90 King’s Indian

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Be3 c6 8.Rc1 e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Ne8 11.g4 Kh8 12.Be2 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.Bg4 Bh6 17.h4 Bg6 18.Bh5 Bf5 19.Bg4 Bg6 20.Ne6 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Nc5 22.Nxf8 Qxf8 23.h5 Qh6 24.Qf3 Bd3 25.b4 Na6 26.Kd2 e4 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Nf6 29.Qd4 Re8 30.Be6 Nxb4 31.Rhf1 Rf8 32.Qxb4 Qg5 33.Qd4 Qg2+ 34.Kd3 Qg5 35.Rf5 Qg7 36.Rcf1 1-0

25+10 Round 2.3, Sept. 8, 2017
Gelfand, Boris – Wang, Hao
A29 English, Bremen

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Bb6 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Nxa5 12.Qc2 Nb3 13.Rb1 Nxc1 14.Rfxc1 Rxa2 15.Rb2 Rxb2 16.Qxb2 Re8 17.e3 h6 18.h4 Qd6 19.Nd2 Qxd3 20.Nc4 Qd8 21.Nxb6 cxb6 22.Qb4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Qb5 Kg7 25.Bf3 Bd7 26.Qb1 Qf6 27.Bxb7 Rh8 28.Qb2 Bg4 29.Bg2 Rd8 30.Qb4 Be2 31.Re1 Bh5 32.Rc1 Qd6 33.Qb2 Qf6 34.Qb4 Bg6 35.Qb2 Rd6 36.Qb4 Qd8 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 Rd1+ 39.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40.Kh2 exf4 41.exf4 Qh5+ 42.Kg3 Qc5 43.Qb2+ Kg8 44.Qf6 b5 45.Qe5 Qxe5 46.fxe5 b4 47.Bd5 Bf5 48.Kf4 Be6 49.Be4 Kg7 50.Ke3 Kh6 51.Kd4 Kg5 52.Bc6 Kf4 53.Be4 b3 0-1

5+3 Round 2.7 Sept. 8, 2017
Artemiev, Vladislav – Radjabov, Teimour
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.c3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 c5 9.a5 Qc7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Ne5 c4 12.Bc2 b5 13.f4 Nbd7 14.Qf3 b4 15.g4 Rab8 16.g5 Ne8 17.Qh3 g6 18.Ndf3 Bc8 19.Ba4 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rb2 21.Ng4 f5 22.Nge5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Nc7 24.O-O a6 25.Qh6 Rd8 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.Qxg6+ Kh8 28.Rf3 1-0
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25+10 Round 2.3, Sept. 8, 2017
Svidler, Peter – Erdos, Viktor
A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 h6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.h3 Bc5 8.a3 a6 9.d3 Nd4 10.b4 Ba7 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O c6 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Nb1 b5 15.Nd2 Be6 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.Nb3 c5 19.bxc5 bxc4 20.Rxc4 dxc5 21.e5 Nh7 22.Qc2 g5 23.Nh5 Be6 24.Nd2 f5 25.Ra4 a5 26.Nc4 Bb6 27.Rb1 Bc7 28.Rb7 f4 29.Qe2 Bd5 30.Bxd5+ Qxd5 31.Ra7 f3 32.Qe1 Qd7 33.e6 Qxa4 34.e7 Qd7 35.Qe4 Kh8 36.exf8=Q+ Nxf8 37.Qxf3 Qe6 38.Rxc7 Rxc7 39.Qxf8+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kg6 41.Ne4 1-0

There was also some crazy stuff left behind the scenes, as Svidler told Chess.com.

"Funnily enough, once again in a game with Viktor, somebody fails to promote properly. For the first time in my life, I actually left the pawn on f8 and pressed the clock when I took e7xf8. I don't know what happened to my brain at that point."

And so, like in his game with Bassem Amin, Erdos was given two extra minutes on the clock—something that got the players laughing about while the arbiter was resetting the clock. Svidler was lucky that an illegal move doesn't lose on the first instance, but only on the second.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/hari...exit-world-cup

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Rd2.2 Kovalyov - Anand

The Chess World Cup 2017

September 8, 2017

World Cup Notes

There is a good variety in the broadcast of the event. Ivan Sokolov and Keti Tsatsalashvili are quite good. Ivan was born in Bosnia (1968) and now lives and plays in the Netherlands. Keti (b. 1992) is Georgian and holds her own. On her chessgames page a reader writes, “Don't worry. It's an open secret that if you put I. Sokolov in front of a mic you must be ready to get a continuous chess lecture for hours.

The chessbrahs are very entertaining but I must admit to being overwhelmed by Aman Hambleton’s hair. It looks like he hasn’t had a haircut for a year and his beard defies adjectivizing!

At the end of today’s transmission Eric and Aman called up the bracket for tomorrow’s matches on the screen. It was clear and right up-to-the-moment and I wondered where they found it. It turned out it was on the Wikipedia World Cup 2017 article. See for yourself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2017

Somebody at Wikipedia is really on the ball!
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From chess.com

Anand's early elimination is good news for the organizers of the Chess.com Isle of Man tournament, which runs Saturday September 23 to Sunday October 1. The Indian legend is on the participants list, under the condition that he could withdraw if he made it to the World Cup semifinal. (This is also the case for e.g. MVL, Caruana, So and Nakamura.)

Kovalyov was happy obviously, but again said that this tournament is also tough because he needs to combine it with his computer science studies. "I will be really stressed now. But for now I will try to enjoy and worry later," he said.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/favo...in-knocked-out
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Today, Peter Svidler eliminated Viktor Erdos, the young Hungarian in two rapid games.

Then “Svidler remained downstairs for the rest of the day and was mostly cheering for Maxim Matlakov, his friend and occasional second from St. Petersburg. Matlakov had a long match, and eventually eliminated Dmitry Andreikin in the 5+3 segment.”
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Vassily Ivanchuk and many onlookers, such as Giri and Svidler, were just astonished when Jan-Krzysztof Duda played the following combination with little time on the clock. Never has the word "study-like" been more appropriate:

25+10
Round 2.3, Sept. 8
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B17 Caro-Kann, Petrosian-Smyslov variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.O-O b6 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.Re1 c5 14.Qh4 Bb7 15.Be4 Be7 16.Qh3 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Rd8 18.c3 Qb7 19.Re2 Kg8 20.Bf4 Nf8 21.Rae1 Ng6 22.Bc1 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Kh7 24.Qf3 Qxf3 25.Nxf3 Rd7 26.g3 Rc8 27.h4 h5 28.Kf1 Kg8 29.Rd2 Rdc7 30.Rd3 Kf8 31.Bd2 Ke8 32.Bg5 f6 33.Be3 Kf7 34.Red1 b5 35.Rd7 Nf8 36.Rxc7 Rxc7 37.Ke2 Nd7 38.Kd3 a6 39.Ra1 Bc5 40.a4 b4 41.cxb4 Bxb4 42.Rc1 Rxc1 43.Bxc1 Bc5 44.Ke2 e5 45.Bd2 Ke6 46.Be1 Kd5 47.b3 e4 48.Nd2 Ne5 49.f3 f5 50.fxe4+ fxe4 51.Nf1 Nd3 52.Bc3 Nc1+ 53.Kd1 Nxb3 54.Bxg7 e3 55.Bb2 Ke4 56.Ke2 Bd4 57.Ba3 a5 58.g4 hxg4 59.Ng3+ Ke5 60.Nf1 Kf4 61.Bd6+ Ke4 62.Ng3+ Kd5 63.Bc7 Kc6 64.Bf4 Nc1+ 65.Kd1 Nd3 66.Bg5 Kd5 67.h5 Nf2+ 68.Ke2 Ne4 69.Nxe4 Kxe4 70.h6 g3 71.h7 g2 72.Bxe3 Bxe3 73.h8=Q g1=Q 74.Qh1+ Kd4 75.Qe4+ Kxe4 1/2-1/2




White to play his 72nd move

For their first 10+10 game, Ivanchuk arrived 3.5 minutes late. He apologized to both his opponent and the arbiter, and to the latter he said that it is difficult to keep track of the time when you're not allowed to bring in a watch. (This is an anti-cheating measure as smartwatches get more and more sophisticated these days.)

The arbiter was obviously right in pointing out to Chuky that outside the playing hall it's perfectly fine to wear a watch on your wrist. At the same time it is also a bit strange that neither in the playing hall nor in the hotel lobby (where most players hang out during breaks) a clock is hanging on a wall.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/hari...exit-world-cup

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Knight promotion to mate by Ding Liren:

25+10
Round 2.3, Sept. 8
Kravtsiv, Martyn – Ding Liren
E54 Nimzo-Indian, Gligoric System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Bd2 Ne4 16.f3 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rac8 18.Bb3 Bd5 19.Qd3 Qc6 20.Rac1 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Rc2 Rfd8 23.Kf2 h5 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.Ke2 b5 26.f4 f6 27.Kd3 e5 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.Rb1 a6 30.Rbb2 exd4 31.cxd4 Rdxd4+ 32.Ke3 Re4+ 33.Kf3 Rf4+ 34.Ke3 Kh7 35.g3 Rfe4+ 36.Kf3 Rxc2 37.Rxc2 Ra4 38.h4 Kg6 39.Rc6+ Kf7 40.Rc7+ Kf6 41.Rc6+ Ke5 42.Rc5+ Kf6 43.Rc6+ Kf7 44.Rc7+ Kg6 45.Rc6+ Kh7 46.Rc2 g6 47.Ke3 Kg7 48.Rc7+ Kf6 49.Rc6+ Kf5 50.Rc5+ Ke6 51.Rc6+ Ke5 52.Rxg6 Ra3+ 53.Kd2 Rxa2+ 54.Kc3 Ke4 55.Rg5 Kf3 56.Rxh5 Kxg3 57.Rh8 Ra4 58.h5 Kg4 59.Kb3 Kg5 60.Kb2 Rh4 61.Ra8 Rb4+ 62.Kc3 Rc4+ 63.Kb3 Rc6 64.Rh8 Rh6 65.Rd8 Kxh5 66.Rd5+ Kg4 67.Kb4 Kf4 68.Rd1 Ke3 69.Kc5 Ke2 70.Rd4 Rh1 71.Rd6 Ra1 72.Rh6 Kd3 73.Kb4 Rb1+ 74.Ka5 Ra1+ 75.Kb4 Kd4 76.Rh4+ Ke5 77.Rh5+ Kf6 78.Rh6+ Kg5 79.Rd6 Ra4+ 80.Kb3 Kf5 81.Rh6 Ke5 82.Rg6 Kd5 83.Rf6 Kc5 84.Rh6 Ra1 85.Kb2 Ra4 86.Kb3 Rb4+ 87.Ka3 a5 88.Rh5+ Kd6 89.Rh6+ Ke5 90.Rh5+ Kf6 91.Rh6+ Kg5 92.Ra6 Ra4+ 93.Kb3 Kf5 94.Rh6 Rg4 95.Rb6 a4+ 96.Ka2 Rb4 97.Rh6 Rb3 98.Rh4 Ke5 99.Rg4 Kd5 100.Rh4 Kc5 101.Rh5+ Kb4 102.Rh4+ Ka5 103.Rh5 Rf3 104.Rg5 a3 105.Rg4 b4 106.Rh4 Rf2+ 107.Kb3 Rb2+ 108.Kc4 a2 109.Rh8 Rc2+ 110.Kb3 a1=N# 0-1



Black to make his 110th move

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Rd2.2 Kovalyov - Anand

In the top 20 live its basically a sea of red. (except for Magnus) gotta love it!

Basically, because of the effect of DRAWS resulting in rating decreases of the higher rated players. I hope that someday, rating calculations should only be computed if a game is decisive and ratings of both players remain unchanged in case of a DRAW result. I doubt if someone will ever break the 2900 regular rating barrier. How on earth can a tournament winner without a loss lost Rating points? At least, a player should earn a minimum of 1 point rating increase for every win as a reward even if there is big rating difference. Definitely, this is one of the reasons why the elite GMs don't play in OPEN chess tournaments because they wanted to protect their ratings. If a DRAW result will not affect their ratings, we might see more elite players joining OPEN chess tournaments that offer attractive cash prizes.