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  • #16
    Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

    MVL in the lead with 3 rounds to go. Magnus, Vishy, and Levon a half point back. Should be a fantastic finish!

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    • #17
      Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

      Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
      Carlsen, Magnus – Karjakin, Sergey
      A05 Reti Opening

      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3
      Now that's what I like to see. Ideally on move one, but if not move one, move two is a fine time.
      everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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      • #18
        Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

        Sinquefield Cup 2017

        August 9, 2017

        Round Seven

        The first game to finish is So-Caruana and Maurice takes advantage of the time to have an extended interview with Wesley So.

        He says that the tournament so far has been difficult, to say the least. Today he was trying to prevent the losses from snowballing, so he treated the game like it was from the first round and to forget about the past. A draw was the solid result.
        It is very tough to think about winning the Grand Tour. He is sort of in competition with Fabi and Vladimir Kramnik but, as a chess professional, he leaves things to take care of themselves. In soccer or in the NBA you don’t have the rating system and your team can carry you. If things don’t work out, he will pack his bags and go to the next tournament. He doesn’t want to play in the Candidates and come out second or worse. You won’t have achieved anything. Every chess player has their ups and downs. Even Kasparov, the greatest player ever, had bad tournaments but no one ever remembers them, just the wins.

        (WK – what are K’s worst tournaments? I don’t remember any of them)

        Wesley – I looked briefly at the database of your games a few days ago.

        Maurice – My games! Are you trying to play worse?

        Wesley – I saw you playing Hikaru in 2003 and you were beating him.

        Maurice – I played Nd5 instead of 21.Bd5 and lost. Don’t remind me.

        The game can be seen at:

        http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259499

        and the comment is:

        Actually, Ashley was winning this game after 20. Qxe5! Where he started to stray was with 21. Nd5?! Instead, 21. Bd5! Bxd5 22. Nxd5 leaves White with a decisive advantage. After missing the win, Ashley soon made an uncharacteristic, decisive blunder with 25. Be6?? Instead, 25. Rd1 = holds.

        Of course Nakamura was quick to recover and take advantage of Ashley's big mistake, and happily took the swindle with the winning double attack 25... Qf2! This tactical surprise threatens to win the Rook or to pull off a back rank mate, with possibilities like 26. Qd2+ Kb1 27. Qd1+ Rxd1 28. Rd1#.
        ________

        Garry Kasparov comes in to analyze the games. Looking at Svidler-Carlsen he says that he reintroduced the Scotch into WC play in the 1990 New York City/Lyon Match. Readers will recall it was 102 moves long!

        See:

        http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067288

        He analyzes, discusses, refutes. Vintage Garry Kasparov.

        The present position in MVL-Karjakin is talked about at great length (see below).

        Vishy comes in to the postmortem and it is a great moment with two multi-time world champions in the discussion
        __________

        The games:

        Round 7, Aug. 9, 2017
        MVL – Karjakin, Sergey
        C87 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.g4 hxg4 16.hxg4 Ne7 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Kg2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rh1 Nd5 22.Bg3 Rh6 23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Kh3 Nxc3 25.Kh4 Nxa2 26.Kh5 Nc3 27.Kxh6 a5 28.f4 a4 29.f5 Ke8 30.g5 a3 31.e6 a2 32.Kg7 fxe6 33.f6 a1=Q 34.f7+ Kd7 35.Be5 Qa5 36.Bf6 Qc5 37.f8=Q Qxf8+ 38.Kxf8 Ne4 39.Kf7 Nxg5+ 40.Bxg5 Kd6 41.Kf6 e5 42.Kf5 Kd5 43.Bd8 Kd4 44.Bxc7 Kc3 45.Kxe5 Kxc2 1/2-1/2

        Round 7, Aug. 9, 2017
        Svidler, Peter – Carlsen, Magnus
        C45 Scotch, Mieses variation, main line

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 g6 10.f4 d6 11.Qf2 Nf6 12.Ba3 Qe6 13.Be2 dxe5 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.O-O exf4 16.Qxf4 Kg7 17.Nc3 Rae8 18.Bf3 Qe3+ 19.Qxe3 Rxe3 20.Na4 Bc8 21.Bxc6 Rd8 22.Rae1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rd2 24.Nc3 Rc2 25.Nb5 Rxa2 26.Nxc7 Rb2 27.Ne8+ Nxe8 28.Rxe8 Be6 29.Bd5 Bxd5 30.cxd5 Rxb3 31.d6 Rd3 32.Ra8 Rxd6 33.Rxa7 Rd2 34.Ra6 g5 35.h3 h5 36.Ra5 Kg6 37.Rb5 Ra2 38.Kf1 Ra6 39.Kf2 f5 40.Rb8 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Ra3+ 42.Kf2 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.g3 Ra2+ 45.Kf1 Ra1+ 46.Kf2 Ra2+ 47.Kf1 1/2-1/2

        Round 7, Aug. 0, 2017
        Nakamura, Hikaru – Aronian, Levon
        A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

        1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 e3 10.d3 d5 11.Qa4 h6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 f5 14.Nc5 f4 15.Ne4 Rb8 16.Qa3 Re6 17.c4 Nde7 18.Bb2 Nf5 19.d4 Ncxd4 20.Bxd4 Nxd4 21.Qxa7 Nc6 22.Qa3 Qf8 23.Qxf8+ Kxf8 24.Rfd1 g5 25.Nc3 Re7 26.Nd5 Rf7 27.h4 Ra8 28.a4 Na5 29.gxf4 gxf4 30.Kh2 Nxc4 31.Rac1 Nd2 32.Nxc7 Rxa4 33.Bh3 Nxf3+ 34.exf3 Ra2+ 35.Bg2 Rg7 36.Rg1 Rg3 37.Kh1 Bh3 38.Bf1 e2 39.Bxe2 Rxe2 40.Nd5 Rxf3 41.Rg6 Re6 42.Rcg1 Rxg6 43.Rxg6 Bd7 44.Kg2 Rg3+ 45.Rxg3 fxg3 46.Kxg3 Kf7 47.Kf4 Ke6 48.Nb4 Be8 49.Nd3 Kd5 50.Nf2 Bd7 51.Ke3 Ke5 52.Ne4 Bc6 53.Ng3 Bd5 54.Kd3 Kf4 0-1

        Round 7, Aug. 9, 2017
        Anand, Vishy – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
        B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 Nc5 14.Qf3 Bg7 15.Nec3 b5 16.Ne3 O-O 17.Rg1 Bh6 18.Ncd5 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Rc8 20.Be2 Kg7 21.f4 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 exf4 23.Qxf4 Re8 24.Rxd6 Qe7 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Qxe5+ Rxe5 27.Bf3 Ne4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxa6 Re2 30.c3 h4 31.Ra5 b4 32.cxb4 Rcc2 33.b3 Rb2+ 34.Ka1 Rxg2 35.Rxg2 Rxg2 36.b5 Re2 37.b6 Re8 38.b7 Rb8 39.Rb5 f5 40.Kb2 1-0

        Round 7, Aug 9,2017
        So, Wesley – Caruana, Fabiano
        D27 QGA, Classical

        1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Be2 Ke7 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.b3 Rd8 12.Bb2 b6 13.a3 a5 14.Rfc1 Bb7 15.Bxf6+ gxf6 16.Ne4 Bd6 17.Nxd6 Rxd6 18.Kf1 Rad8 19.g3 f5 20.Ke1 Kf6 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Kxe5 25.Kd2 Kd6 26.Kc3 Bc6 27.b4 axb4+ 28.Kxb4 h6 29.Bb5 Bf3 30.Be8 Ke7 31.Ba4 Kd6 32.Be8 Ke7 33.Ba4 1/2-1/2

        Standings after Round Seven

        1-3 Aronian, MVL, Anand 4.5
        4 Carlsen 4.0
        5-6 Caruana, Karjakin 3.5
        7 Svidler 3.0
        8-10 So, Nepo, Nakamura 2.5
        ________

        The MVL-Karjakin game attracted a lot of attention because it seemed like a draw but could go wrong for either player. At one time MVL had more than an hour on Sergey’s clock. Do you like White or Black’s chances?

        Position after Black’s 30….a3

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        • #19
          Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

          Incredible endgames this last round and MVL - Karjakhin was the most incredible of all! That Sergei held with less than 5 minutes on the clock by finding the precise Qa5 followed by Qc5 is incredible by itself. Minister of Defence indeed!

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          • #20
            Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

            After round seven Aronian, MVL, and Anand tied for the lead, and Carlsen a half point back. Who knows what will happen!?!? Key matchup round 8 - Vishy Anand vs MVL.

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            • #21
              Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

              Go Vishy!

              I'll not forget the day he told me during the game "Ahh! You're stronger."

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              • #22
                Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

                Sinquefield Cup 2017

                August 10, 2017

                Round Eight

                A caller from Saudi Arabia likes the way that Maurice talks about squares and asks what book he recommends for a 1700 player. Yasser comes in too and we got these titles:

                1) David Bronstein - Zurich 1953 (just examples of good play)
                2) Richard Reti – Masters of the Chessboard
                3) Israel Gelfer – Positional Chess Handbook – 495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games
                4) Jeremy Silman - How to Reassess your Chess
                5) Ludek Pachman – Modern Chess Strategy (somewhat outdated)
                6) Mihal Suba - Dynamic Chess Strategy and Positional Chess Sacrifices
                7) Jonathan Tisdall – Improve Your Chess Now
                _________

                Jan Gustafsson is on the other channel commentating in German. He is so well-liked that one chat-room denizen, says, that if Jan lapses into English tell him immediately so he can switch over.
                ________

                The worldchess people just don’t understand how to make an interesting chess broadcast. One has to have a good fan base, good commentators and an atmosphere of friendliness. Here is there latest attempt (from The Telegraph this morning):
                In a new attempt to make chess more exciting for viewers, its stars are being asked to wear biometrics devices when the next big title match is held. The innovation is being pushed so fans can track the ups and downs of cerebral game's biggest moment.
                However, the thoughts of players - including the key points when they feel calm or stressed - have, by some, been closely guarded secrets.

                Ilya Merenzon, chief executive of World Chess, said: "Chess matches can be very dramatic, and biometric data gives fans and spectators alike another opportunity to follow the games and relate to them on much deeper level.

                "It’s not enough to know what the next best move is anymore: you have to know what the grandmaster is thinking.

                "This makes watching the games so much more exciting. This is also one of our efforts to develop the premium broadcasting experience and bring value to chess fans."
                _______

                Rustam Kasimdzhanov is interviewed by Cristian. Rustam is one of the players I can always learn something from. He is the second of Fabiano Caruana.

                He says the present way to the Candidates is very heavy and hard to understand. The previous system with knockouts was good because everyone got a chance.
                ________

                Everyone is talking about Levon winning the game against Svidler and possibly the tournament. It is a very short game ending in blunders. What happened?

                Round 8, Aug. 10, 2017
                Aronian, Levon – Svidler, Peter
                A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

                1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.h5 Nc6 9.Be2 Bf5 10.Qb3 b6 11.Ng5 e6 12.f4 h6 13.Qa4 Rc8 14.Ne4 g5 15.Bb5 Qd5 16.Nf2 Qd6 17.Ne4 Qd5 18.Nf2 Qd6 19.Ne4 1/2-1/2

                The gallery wanted Peter to play 16…Qxg2

                - Peter needs to go to the confessional and receive absolution for not taking on g2

                There is only one decided game Karjakin-So, the rest being drawn. Thus that leaves Aronian, MVL and Anand at 5.0 and Carlsen and Karjakin at 4.5, so five players could theoretically have a chance at top spot.

                The pairings for tomorrow are:

                Carlsen-Aronian
                MVL-Nepo
                So-Anand
                Nakamura-Karjakin
                Svidler-Caruana

                Standings after Round Eight

                1-3 Aronian, MVL, Anand 5.0
                4-5 Carlsen, Karjakin 4.5
                6 Caruana 4.0
                7 Svidler 3.5
                8-9 Nepo, Nakamura 3.0
                10 So 2.5

                The rest of the Round 8 Games:

                Round 8, Aug. 10, 2017
                Anand, Vishy – MVL
                A31 English, symmetrical variation

                1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bc4 N8c6 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.O-O e6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qd2 Be8 14.Rfd1 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Rc8 16.Nb5 e5 17.Bg3 Na5 18.Bf1 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 f6 20.Rad1 Kf7 21.f3 a6 22.Bf1 Nc4 23.Bxc4+ Rxc4 24.Rd7 Rb8 25.Kf1 Ke8 26.Be1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Ke2 Rc2+ 29.Rd2 Rxd2+ 30.Bxd2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

                Round 8, Aug. 10, 2017
                Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Carlsen, Magnus
                A29 English, Bremen

                1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bxc7 Rd4 12.c5 Rc4 13.O-O Rxc5 14.Rfc1 Nf6 15.Bd6 Rh5 16.Rd1 Be6 17.Bf3 Ra5 18.Rd2 h6 19.Rad1 Ra6 20.e4 Bg4 21.Bxg4 Nxg4 22.Kg2 Ne5 23.b3 Nc4 24.bxc4 Bxc3 25.Rc2 Bg7 26.c5 Re8 27.e5 b5 28.cxb6 axb6 29.Rxc6 Rxa2 30.Re1 b5 31.Rb6 Rd2 32.Rxb5 1/2-1/2

                Well, well.. a King’s Indian!

                Round 8, Aug. 10, 2017
                Caruana, Fabiano – Nakamura, Hikaru
                E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.exd5 b6 11.Be2 Na6 12.O-O Nc7 13.Qb3 Bb7 14.Bc4 Rb8 15.a4 a6 16.Rfe1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bd3 b4 19.Ne4 f5 20.Ned2 Nxd5 21.Bc4 Nb6 22.Qxb4 Nxc4 23.Qxc4 Bd5 24.Qc3 Qb6 25.b3 Rfd8 26.Rac1 Bh6 27.Rc2 Qb7 28.Qd3 Qa8 29.Qf1 Qb7 30.Rc5 Qb4 31.Rc2 Ra8 32.Rd1 Qb7 33.Re1 Rd6 34.Rc5 Ra2 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Qe1 Bf4 37.g3 Bxf3 38.gxf4 Be4 39.Nxe4 fxe4 40.Qc3 Qa6 41.d5+ Kh6 42.Rg8 Ra1+ 43.Kh2 Rh1+ 44.Kxh1 Qf1+ 45.Kh2 Qxf2+ 46.Kh1 Qf1+ 47.Kh2 Qf2+ 48.Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

                Round 8, Aug. 10, 2017
                Karjakin, Sergey – So Wesley
                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 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 Qe8 13.Nf1 Nh5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Nf4 16.Rb1 b5 17.Ra1 Qg6 18.Ng3 Qf6 19.Ne2 Ng6 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rf1 Rab8 22.g3 Qf7 23.Nh2 d5 24.Rf3 Qd7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Kg2 Rxf3 27.Nxf3 Rf8 28.Neg1 Ra8 29.Rc1 Qd6 30.Ne1 Nge7 31.Ngf3 Ng8 32.Nc2 Nf6 33.Re1 Rf8 34.Na3 Rb8 35.Nc2 Rf8 36.Na3 Rb8 37.Nb1 Nd7 38.Nbd2 d4 39.Rc1 dxc3 40.Qxc3 Rb6 41.Nb3 Nxb4 42.Qxc7 Kh7 43.d4 Qxc7 44.Rxc7 Nf6 45.Nc5 Na6 46.Rc8 Nxc5 47.dxc5 Ra6 48.Nxe5 Nxe4 49.c6 Ra2 50.Kf3 Ng5+ 51.Ke3 Nxh3 52.Rb8 Rc2 53.f4 h5 54.Rxb5 Nf2 55.Kd4 Rd2+ 56.Kc5 Ne4+ 57.Kb6 Rc2 58.c7 Nd6 59.Rb3 Ne8 60.Nc6 Nxc7 61.Kxc7 Rc4 62.Kd6 h4 63.Ne5 1-0
                ________

                On yesterday’s sharp game MVL-Karjakin, Sergey tweeted afterwards:

                I have checked my notes I knew everything till 38….Ne4. But had to spend about 2 hours to remember (it all).

                To that Joanathan Tisdall tweeted: The MVL game just terrifies me. What top chess has become!
                Last edited by Wayne Komer; Friday, 11th August, 2017, 02:29 PM.

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                • #23
                  Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

                  Key matchup last round. Magnus vs Levon.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

                    I enjoyed Peter Svidlers interviews as well as confessionals. Almost as interesting as Garry Kasparov's commentary.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

                      Sinquefield Cup 2017

                      August 11, 2017

                      Round Nine

                      Tony Rich comes on to explain what happens if there are players tied for first at the end. He is the event organizer and the rules and regulations were a collaborative effort between the organizers of the Grand Chess Tour – so Malcom Pein in London, David Sedgwick (Chief Tour Arbiter) and Michael Khordarkovsky of the Kasparov Chess Foundation.

                      If there is a two-player tie, there would be a playoff match.

                      But here there are five scenarios. The first is 3 players tied for 1st with 6 points; the second is 3 players tied for 1st with 5.5 points; the third is Carlsen beating Aronian and tying with MVL and Anand; the fourth is with Aronian, MVL and Anand tying but Karjakin winning his game; the fifth is with Karjakin and Carlsen winning and Anand and MVL drawing.

                      I have not given all the details above because several pages could be written about the possibilities and the rationale of the tie-breaks and playoffs.
                      ________

                      John Urschel comes on to talk with Maurice. He is massive. He was a lineman for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL, but retired at the young age of twenty-six and is pursuing his Ph.D in mathematics at MIT. He learned chess during football practices from a friend. He likes the analytical and competitive aspects of chess. He says that what he learned from football which helps him in chess is the dictum that ‘preparation calms nerves’.

                      He is working on machine-learning on the theoretical computer science side.

                      Cristian Chirila predicts that MVL will beat Nepomniachtchi and win the tournament.

                      Maurice says that Peter Svidler might win the Brilliancy Prize with his game over Caruana. 18.Nf4 would start the combo.

                      The team thinks that Magnus is winning over Aronian.

                      How will these three predictions work out?
                      ________

                      Well, in with a complete disregard for the tie-break rules, MVL won his game against Nepo and the tournament.

                      Magnus beat Levon and tied for second with Vishy Anand.

                      Peter Svidler didn’t play the line that everyone wanted him to because he couldn’t work out all the variations but he did win against Fabiano.

                      Comments

                      - Vive la France
                      - (Garry Kasparov) – Congratulations to MVL on a big win. As they say, if you can make it in Saint Louis you can make it anywhere
                      - Nakamura-Karjakin tied. It is now mathematically impossible for Karjakin to tie for first
                      - Congratulations to Vachier Lagrave for winning the 2017 Sinquefield Cup. He collects 13 GCT points and $75,000
                      - Five different winners of the Sinquefield – Carlsen (2013), Caruana (2014), Aronian (2015), So (2016) and MVL (2017)
                      - Peter Svidler in the confession booth, “Life is hard”
                      - Three days until Kasparov rises from his tomb
                      - It would be hilarious if So ranked 8th qualified on rating ahead of Aronian ranked 2nd and Kramnik ranked third
                      - I am surprised Nakamura could not score even one win.
                      - A very smooth win for MVL, following the basic strategy of exchanging off minor pieces that control d5 and occupying that square with a knight. All moves were logical and simple up to 43. c5.
                      - Congrats MVL, Carlsen is still probably best in the world just needs to finish better missed some big chances that would have given him clear 1st.
                      - MVL played a master piece here that showed the superiority of the knight over bishop in these types of Sicilian positions.
                      - Félicitations à Maxime pour sa victoire étonnante!
                      _______

                      The games:

                      Round 9, Aug. 11, 2017
                      Carlsen, Magnus – Aronian, Levon
                      C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

                      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d6 10.d3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.c3 Qe8 14.Nc4 Qg6 15.h3 Nd7 16.Be3 d5 17.Ncd2 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.Qa4 Rb2 21.Rf1 Na7 22.Nxe5 Qh6 23.Ndf3 Nb5 24.Rae1 Nxc3 25.Qc6 Bb4 26.Kh1 dxe4 27.dxe4 Ne2 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Bd6 30.Qxa6 Nf4 31.Qb5 c5 32.a6 Bxe5 33.Nxe5 Qg5 34.Ng4 h5 35.Ne3 Nxg2 36.Nxg2 Rxf2 37.Rg1 Kh7 38.Qd3 Qe5 39.Qe3 Ra2 40.Qf4 Qc3 41.Ne3 Qf6 42.Qxf6 gxf6 43.Rc1 Rxa6 44.Kg2 Ra2+ 45.Rc2 Ra5 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.h4 Rb5 48.Ra2 Rb1 49.Rc2 Rb5 50.Rc3 f5 51.exf5+ exf5 52.Rd3 1-0

                      Round 9, Aug. 11, 2017
                      MVL-Nepomnaichtchi
                      B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 O-O 10.Nd2 Nc5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc4 Be7 13.a5 Rb8 14.Nb6 Nd7 15.Ncd5 Nxb6 16.Nxb6 Be6 17.Bc4 Qc7 18.Qd3 Bd8 19.c3 Qc6 20.Bd5 Qe8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Nd5 f5 23.O-O Rc8 24.Rfd1 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Qf5 26.Qe2 Kh8 27.c4 Bh4 28.g3 Bg5 29.Ra3 Rce8 30.h4 Bd8 31.b4 Qg6 32.h5 Qf5 33.Ne3 Qe6 34.Rad3 Be7 35.Nd5 Bd8 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.Qxf3 Kg8 38.Kg2 e4 39.Qe2 Qe5 40.Ne3 Bg5 41.Rd5 Qf6 42.Nf5 Re6 43.c5 dxc5 44.Qc4 Qf7 45.Rxc5 h6 46.Rc8+ Kh7 47.g4 Re7 48.Qd4 Re6 49.Qd5 g6 50.hxg6+ Kxg6 51.Rf8 Qxf8 52.Qxe6+ 1-0

                      Round 9, Aug. 11, 2017
                      So, Wesley – Anand, Vishy
                      E52 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

                      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Rc2 c4 16.e3 Bb5 17.Qb4 Rc8 18.Be2 Nd7 19.O-O Rab8 20.Rfc1 a5 21.Qc3 Kg7 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.Nxd4 Ba6 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.Ke1 f5 26.Nf3 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Rb3 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Rxb2 31.Rc5 Rb1+ 32.Ke2 Rh1 33.Rxa5 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

                      Round 9, Aug. 11, 2017
                      Nakamura, Hikaru – Karjakin, Sergey
                      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.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.d3 Bb6 10.b4 e4 11.Ng5 Qd4 12.Be3 Qxb4 13.Nxe4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rb1 Qe7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Nc3 f6 18.Nd5 Qd7 19.Rfc1 Bf7 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Nb4 Nd4 22.Nc2 Nc6 23.Nb4 Nd4 24.e3 Nf5 25.d4 c5 26.Nc2 cxd4 27.Nxd4 Nxd4 28.exd4 Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Rxd4 30.Rxb6 Bxa2 31.Rxb7 Rdd8 32.Ra7 Be6 33.Re7 Rfe8 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 1/2-1/2

                      Round 9, Aug. 11, 2017
                      Svidler, Peter – Caruana, Fabiano
                      A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

                      1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.Nb3 a5 7.d3 a4 8.N3d2 d5 9.cxd5 exd3 10.O-O cxd5 11.exd3 Be7 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.b4 axb3 15.Bb2 Qd8 16.Qxb3 Be6 17.Ne2 Bb4 18.Red1 O-O 19.Nf4 Bc5 20.Nf3 Bg4 21.Rac1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Rc2 b6 25.Bxd5 Ra7 26.Bf3 Re8 27.Ne2 h5 28.Nxd4 Qxd4 29.Rc4 Qe5 30.a4 Qa5 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.d4 Nd5 33.Rdc1 g6 34.Rc8 Rd7 35.Qc4 Kg7 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.Rb1 Nf6 38.d5 Ra8 39.d6 Ra7 40.Rd1 Nd7 41.Bc6 Qc5 42.Qd4+ Qxd4 43.Rxd4 Kf6 44.Re4 1-0

                      Final Standings

                      1 Vachier-Lagrave 6.0
                      2-3 Carlsen, Anand 5.5
                      4-5 Aronian, Karjakin 5.0
                      6 Svidler 4.5
                      7 Caruana 4.0
                      8 Nakamura 3.5
                      9-10 So, Nepo 3.0
                      ________

                      Peter said that his score was nothing to write home about. He only went one-ply in his analysis of lines before the combination that would have been a good win. “I played like a human being near the end of the tournament”

                      Next for him is the World Cup in Tbilisi like almost everyone else.

                      The Rapid and Blitz with Garry Kasparov participating starts August 14.
                      Last edited by Wayne Komer; Friday, 11th August, 2017, 09:36 PM.

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                      • #26
                        Re: Sinquefield Cup 2017

                        Peter Svidler played !4.b4! a multi faceted tickler!! (havent seen that in a while) against Fabi Caruana in rd 9! Really enjoyed the games and commentary in this tournament.

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