Re: Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017
August 17, 2017
Blitz
Round B9 Results
Karjakin-Anand 1-0
Navara-Kasparov 0.5-0.5
Nepo-Le 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Nakamura 0-1
Dominguez-Aronian 0-1
Round B9 (18), Aug. 17, 2017
Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Vishy
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Nd3 13.Nf3 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 Be7 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.Qa4 Rc8 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Bb5 O-O 19.Bxc6 Bd3 20.Rfe1 Rc8 21.Qd1 Bg5 22.Bd7 Rc7 23.Qxd3 Bxc1 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Rxc1 Rc4 26.a4 Qc7 27.Qh3 Qxe5 28.Qe3 Re4 29.Qd2 Re2 30.Qd1 Qf4 31.f3 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Qg5 33.Qf1 Qe3 34.a5 Rb2 35.Qg1 Qxg1+ 36.Kxg1 Kf7 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Rd1 a6 39.h4 Ke5 40.g3 Kd6 41.f4 h5 42.Rd3 e5 43.fxe5+ Kxe5 44.Ke1 Ke4 45.Rd4+ Ke5 46.Kd1 Rg2 47.Rd3 Ke4 48.Rd4+ Ke5 49.b5 axb5 50.Rb4 Rxg3 51.Kc2 Rg1 52.Rxb5 Ra1 53.Kb2 Ra4 54.Kb3 Ra1 55.Kb2 Ra4 56.Kb3 Ra1 57.Kb2 Ra4 58.Kb3 Rxh4 59.a6 Rh1 60.Ka2 Rh2+ 61.Rb2 Rh4 62.Ka3 Rc4 63.a7 1-0
Round B9 (18), Aug. 17, 2017
Caruana, Fabiano – Nakamura, Hikaru
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.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Nc4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bg5 b5 12.Na5 Qd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.c4 c5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.Rad1 Re6 19.Nc1 bxc4 20.dxc4 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Qe3 Ba5 23.Nb3 Bb6 24.Nfd2 a5 25.a4 Qc6 26.Ra1 Rd6 27.f3 Qd7 28.Qe2 Rd3 29.Kf2 h5 30.Ra3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Kf8 32.Ke1 Rd6 33.Nc1 Ke7 34.Kd1 Qd8 35.Kc2 Qh8 36.Rd3 Rd4 37.Ncb3 Rxd3 38.Qxd3 Qe8 39.Nb1 Qxa4 40.Nc3 Qc6 41.Nd2 a4 42.Qd5 Qe8 43.Qb7 Kf8 44.Nd5 a3 45.b3 Qd8 46.Qa6 Kg7 47.Qxa3 Qh8 48.Qa6 Qd8 49.Nb1 Qb8 50.Kb2 Qd8 51.Kc2 Qb8 52.Nd2 Qd8 53.Qb7 Ba5 54.Qc6 Bb6 55.Nf1 Ba5 56.Qxc5 Be1 57.Qc6 Bh4 58.Nd2 Bg5 59.Nb1 Qh8 60.Qxc7 Qh2+ 61.Kc3 Qg1 62.Na3 Qe1+ 63.Kb2 Bc1+ 64.Kb1 Bxa3+ 65.Kc2 Qe2+ 66.Kc3 Qxf3+ 0-1
Round B9 (18), Aug. 17, 2017
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 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.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.a5 Be6 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Bc4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Nb3 Rfd8 17.Nxd4 Bxc4 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Qf3 Ne8 20.b3 Bb5 21.Qg3 Rd7 22.Be3 g6 23.Bc5 Nf6 24.Bxb4 Nh5 25.Qh4 Nf4 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Qe7 Qxe7 28.Bxe7 Rxe4 29.f3 Rd4 30.Rad1 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nc3 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Ng4 f5 34.Nh6+ Kg7 35.Bg5 Re8 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.g4 Bd7 38.h4 Nd5 39.Ke2 c5 40.Kd2 Be6 41.Kd3 Nb4+ 42.Kd2 Nc6 43.Bf4 Nxa5 44.g5 Nb7 45.Be5+ Kf8 46.f4 Ke7 47.c3 dxc3+ 48.Kxc3 Nd6 49.Bf6+ Kd7 50.Be5 Ne4+ 51.Kc2 Kc6 52.Kb2 Kb5 53.Ka3 Nd2 54.Bc3 Nf3 55.Kb2 Nxh4 56.Kc2 Nf3 57.Bb2 Nd4+ 0-1
Karjakin, in the nine games of blitz has scored 8 out of 9, with no losses. He is World Blitz Champion (Doha, 2016).
He said that he has been playing blitz since he was nine years old and is the form of chess that he enjoys most. He gained almost sixty points in the live blitz rating scale today.
Levon had a good day but tired near the end. He said playing is all right but it is the waiting for the next round that drains you of energy. He said that he is enjoying himself in Saint Louis.
Standings after Round B9
1 Aronian 18.5
2 Nakamura 16.5
3 Karjakin 16
4 Nepomniachtchi 15
5 Caruana 14.5
6-7 Le, Dominguez 12
8-9 Kasparov, Anand 10.5
10 Navara 9.5
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2017
August 17, 2017
Blitz
Round B9 Results
Karjakin-Anand 1-0
Navara-Kasparov 0.5-0.5
Nepo-Le 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Nakamura 0-1
Dominguez-Aronian 0-1
Round B9 (18), Aug. 17, 2017
Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Vishy
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Nd3 13.Nf3 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 Be7 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.Qa4 Rc8 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Bb5 O-O 19.Bxc6 Bd3 20.Rfe1 Rc8 21.Qd1 Bg5 22.Bd7 Rc7 23.Qxd3 Bxc1 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Rxc1 Rc4 26.a4 Qc7 27.Qh3 Qxe5 28.Qe3 Re4 29.Qd2 Re2 30.Qd1 Qf4 31.f3 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Qg5 33.Qf1 Qe3 34.a5 Rb2 35.Qg1 Qxg1+ 36.Kxg1 Kf7 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Rd1 a6 39.h4 Ke5 40.g3 Kd6 41.f4 h5 42.Rd3 e5 43.fxe5+ Kxe5 44.Ke1 Ke4 45.Rd4+ Ke5 46.Kd1 Rg2 47.Rd3 Ke4 48.Rd4+ Ke5 49.b5 axb5 50.Rb4 Rxg3 51.Kc2 Rg1 52.Rxb5 Ra1 53.Kb2 Ra4 54.Kb3 Ra1 55.Kb2 Ra4 56.Kb3 Ra1 57.Kb2 Ra4 58.Kb3 Rxh4 59.a6 Rh1 60.Ka2 Rh2+ 61.Rb2 Rh4 62.Ka3 Rc4 63.a7 1-0
Round B9 (18), Aug. 17, 2017
Caruana, Fabiano – Nakamura, Hikaru
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.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Nc4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bg5 b5 12.Na5 Qd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.c4 c5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.Rad1 Re6 19.Nc1 bxc4 20.dxc4 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Qe3 Ba5 23.Nb3 Bb6 24.Nfd2 a5 25.a4 Qc6 26.Ra1 Rd6 27.f3 Qd7 28.Qe2 Rd3 29.Kf2 h5 30.Ra3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Kf8 32.Ke1 Rd6 33.Nc1 Ke7 34.Kd1 Qd8 35.Kc2 Qh8 36.Rd3 Rd4 37.Ncb3 Rxd3 38.Qxd3 Qe8 39.Nb1 Qxa4 40.Nc3 Qc6 41.Nd2 a4 42.Qd5 Qe8 43.Qb7 Kf8 44.Nd5 a3 45.b3 Qd8 46.Qa6 Kg7 47.Qxa3 Qh8 48.Qa6 Qd8 49.Nb1 Qb8 50.Kb2 Qd8 51.Kc2 Qb8 52.Nd2 Qd8 53.Qb7 Ba5 54.Qc6 Bb6 55.Nf1 Ba5 56.Qxc5 Be1 57.Qc6 Bh4 58.Nd2 Bg5 59.Nb1 Qh8 60.Qxc7 Qh2+ 61.Kc3 Qg1 62.Na3 Qe1+ 63.Kb2 Bc1+ 64.Kb1 Bxa3+ 65.Kc2 Qe2+ 66.Kc3 Qxf3+ 0-1
Round B9 (18), Aug. 17, 2017
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – 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.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.a5 Be6 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Bc4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Nb3 Rfd8 17.Nxd4 Bxc4 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Qf3 Ne8 20.b3 Bb5 21.Qg3 Rd7 22.Be3 g6 23.Bc5 Nf6 24.Bxb4 Nh5 25.Qh4 Nf4 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Qe7 Qxe7 28.Bxe7 Rxe4 29.f3 Rd4 30.Rad1 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nc3 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Ng4 f5 34.Nh6+ Kg7 35.Bg5 Re8 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.g4 Bd7 38.h4 Nd5 39.Ke2 c5 40.Kd2 Be6 41.Kd3 Nb4+ 42.Kd2 Nc6 43.Bf4 Nxa5 44.g5 Nb7 45.Be5+ Kf8 46.f4 Ke7 47.c3 dxc3+ 48.Kxc3 Nd6 49.Bf6+ Kd7 50.Be5 Ne4+ 51.Kc2 Kc6 52.Kb2 Kb5 53.Ka3 Nd2 54.Bc3 Nf3 55.Kb2 Nxh4 56.Kc2 Nf3 57.Bb2 Nd4+ 0-1
Karjakin, in the nine games of blitz has scored 8 out of 9, with no losses. He is World Blitz Champion (Doha, 2016).
He said that he has been playing blitz since he was nine years old and is the form of chess that he enjoys most. He gained almost sixty points in the live blitz rating scale today.
Levon had a good day but tired near the end. He said playing is all right but it is the waiting for the next round that drains you of energy. He said that he is enjoying himself in Saint Louis.
Standings after Round B9
1 Aronian 18.5
2 Nakamura 16.5
3 Karjakin 16
4 Nepomniachtchi 15
5 Caruana 14.5
6-7 Le, Dominguez 12
8-9 Kasparov, Anand 10.5
10 Navara 9.5
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