FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 25th December, 2017, 09:34 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 25, 2017

Along the lines of the philosophical question, 'If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?'

is this:

“If a tournament takes place with players, the majority of whom we don’t know the names, and the games are not broadcast, nor are the results, did it really take place?”

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 26th December, 2017, 12:38 AM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 26, 2017

Pairings/Results

Round 1

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Carlsen Magnus *) 2908 0 - 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654
2 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654 1 - 0 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
3 GM Aronian Levon 2819 ½ - ½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2653
4 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649 0 - 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813 1 - 0 GM Potkin Vladimir 2647
6 GM Miton Kamil 2644 ½ - ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2796
7 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780 ½ - ½ GM Laznicka Viktor 2640
8 GM Almasi Zoltan 2638 0 - 1 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771
9 GM Wang Hao 2770 1 - 0 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638
10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2634 0 - 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2767
11 GM Korobov Anton 2765 ½ - ½ GM Howell David W L 2626
12 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620 0 - 1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2758
13 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757 0 - 1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2619
14 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2618 ½ - ½ GM Yu Yangyi 2752
15 GM Le Quang Liem 2750 0 - 1 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2618
16 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2616 ½ - ½ GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748
17 GM Rapport Richard 2748 1 - 0 GM Andriasian Zaven 2615
18 GM Quparadze Giga 2614 0 - 1 GM Svidler Peter 2743
19 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2740 ½ - ½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2612
20 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610 ½ - ½ GM Ding Liren 2734
21 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732 0 - 1 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2608
22 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2601 ½ - ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2731
23 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729 1 - 0 GM Zhao Jun 2600
24 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2599 1 - 0 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2719
25 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715 1 - 0 GM Saric Ivan 2597
26 GM Dervishi Erald 2582 0 - 1 GM Guseinov Gadir 2714
27 GM Short Nigel D 2709 ½ - ½ GM Halkias Stelios 2575
28 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572 0 - 1 GM Amonatov Farrukh 2708
29 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707 1 - 0 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2565
30 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2551 ½ - ½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2706

The tournament is broadcast on chess24.com with the commentators E. Miroshnichenko and K. Tsatsalashvili.

Broadcasts start at 6 AM Toronto/Montreal time

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr3230...=2&rd=1&wi=821

**Nigel Hanrahan** · Tuesday, 26th December, 2017, 12:14 PM

Some remarks about the participants

Bulgarians GM Ivan Cheparinov and GM Kiril Georgiev are playing under the FIDE flag. As is GM Stefanova on the women's side. I think that has to do with dispute(s) between FIDE and the Bulgarian Federation. Hopefully, Cheparinov won't get paired with English GM Nigel Short again. lol. Cheparinov is the one who refused to shake Short's hand.

There are 11 (male) players from the host KSA. Their rating range is "C" Class to Expert. There are also 6 women players, none of whose rating is over 1500. One Iranian GM could give the whole lot of them a thumping in a simul. But what the heck. Their country is putting on the event.

I was astonished to see some Palestinian players. They are both under 2000, and have lost all of their games the first 3 rounds, but they're there. There is also a Palestinian WFM - Anwar Albzoor - playing.

So, the Saudi players will not face any Iranians, nor Qataris, and the Palestinians will not face any Israelis. Neither the Iranians nor the Qataris nor the Israelis have any players in the event. [So far. But I'll venture to say that this is unlikely to change.] This may become an issue in the Court of (Sports) Arbitration in Switzerland for next year's event in the same location. This remedy has already been mentioned in the Israeli press. We'll see.

**Sid Belzberg** · Tuesday, 26th December, 2017, 03:19 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

One of the many disgusting consequences of the Chess Federations terrible decision to succumb to corruption and support Putin's puppet in 2014.
https://www.facebook.com/Rick.Chartr...mentions_reply

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 26th December, 2017, 05:35 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 26, 2017

Rapid

Rounds One to Five

Results After Round Five and Round Six Pairings

Pairings/Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Movsesian Sergei 2685 3½ - 3½ GM Carlsen Magnus 2908
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771 4½ - 4½ GM Jobava Baadur 2672
3 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662 4 - 4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813
4 GM Anand Viswanathan 2758 4 - 4 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2673
5 GM Fressinet Laurent 2612 4 - 4 GM Rapport Richard 2748
6 GM Svidler Peter 2743 4 - 4 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694
7 GM Wang Yue 2702 3½ - 4 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610
8 GM Bortnyk Olexandr 2683 3½ - 3½ GM Wang Hao 2770
9 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748 3½ - 3½ GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681
10 GM Ding Liren 2734 3½ - 3½ GM Leko Peter 2671
11 GM Ni Hua 2663 3½ - 3½ GM McShane Luke J 2697
12 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2695 3½ - 3½ GM Quparadze Giga 2614
13 GM Bosiocic Marin 2524 3½ - 3½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2694
14 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654 3½ - 3½ GM Khismatullin Denis 2688
15 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2298 3½ - 3½ GM Harikrishna P. 2687
16 GM Savchenko Boris 2685 3 - 3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814
17 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2678 3 - 3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780
18 GM Demchenko Anton 2667 3 - 3 GM Korobov Anton 2765
19 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757 3 - 3 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2676
20 GM Yu Yangyi 2752 3 - 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673
21 GM Adhiban B. 2659 3 - 3 GM Le Quang Liem 2750
22 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2731 3 - 3 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654
23 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2719 3 - 3 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659
24 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2618 3 - 3 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715
25 GM Amonatov Farrukh 2708 3 - 3 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649
26 GM Bacrot Etienne 2706 3 - 3 GM Li Chao B 2663
27 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2696 3 - 3 FM Esipenko Andrey 2438
28 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2608 3 - 3 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695
29 GM Aronian Levon 2819 2½ - 3 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2601
30 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2796 2½ - 2½ GM Socko Bartosz 2655
31 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2665 2½ - 2½ GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2740
32 GM Guseinov Gadir 2714 2½ - 2½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2638
33 GM Potkin Vladimir 2647 2½ - 2½ GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707
34 GM Laznicka Viktor 2640 2½ - 2½ GM Meier Georg 2703
35 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2618 2½ - 2½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696
36 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693 2½ - 2½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2634
37 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679 2½ - 2½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2599
38 GM Andriasian Zaven 2615 2½ - 2½ GM Bocharov Dmitry 2678
39 GM Amin Bassem 2670 2½ - 2½ FM Dzhumagaliev Yan 2464
40 GM Zhao Jun 2600 2½ - 2½ GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668
41 GM Saric Ivan 2597 2½ - 2½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2666
42 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2767 2 - 2½ IM Minko Vladimir 2267
43 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572 2 - 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
44 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2565 2 - 2 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732
45 GM Khenkin Igor 2513 2 - 2 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729
46 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2381 2 - 2 GM Short Nigel D 2709
47 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687 2 - 2 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2616
48 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 2 - 2 GM Dervishi Erald 2582
49 GM Georgiev Kiril 2653 2 - 2 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2518
50 IM El Adnani Mokliss 2366 2 - 2 GM Miton Kamil 2644
51 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638 2 - 2 IM Tissir Mohamed 2366
52 GM Howell David W L 2626 2 - 2 FM Saeed Ishaq 2314

Selected Games

FIDE World Rapid Championship 2017 Open
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rapid 15/10
Round 1, Dec. 26,2017
Carlsen, Magnus – Bu, Xiangzhi
A22 English Opening

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.b4 Nxc3 9.dxc3 Qd6 10.Bd3 f5 11.e4 f4 12.h3 a5 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.O-O Be6 16.Qe2 Qf7 17.Rd2 g5 18.b5 Ne7 19.c4 Ng6 20.Nh2 Rad8 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.Qh5 Rd7 23.Ng4 Rfd8 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Nf5 Qc5 26.Qe2 Nh4 27.Nxh4 gxh4 28.Qh5 Rg8 29.Bf1 Rdg7 30.Kh1 Qe7 31.Qf3 Rg5 32.a4 Bf7 33.Rd7 Qe6 34.Qe2 Bh5 35.f3 Rg3 36.Kh2 Qb6 37.c5 Qxc5 38.Kh1 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 26
Rapid 15/10
Pantsulaia, Levan – MVL
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 a5 7.O-O a4 8.b4 b5 9.Na3 c6 10.c4 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nd5 12.a3 Nb6 13.Na5 Ba6 14.Rc1 Bb5 15.Re1 Ra7 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.e4 Rc8 18.e5 e6 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Ne5 Rac7 21.Qc5 Qxc5 22.dxc5 N6d7 23.Nec4 Bxb2 24.Nxb2 Nf6 25.Nbc4 Rd8 26.Nd6 Ba6 27.Red1 Kf8 28.Ndc4 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Ke7 30.Ne5 Nd5 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.f4 f6 33.Nd3 Nd7 34.c6 Bxd3 35.Rxd3 Nb6 36.b5 e5 37.Nb7 d4 38.Rd1 Ke6 39.Rc1 Kd5 40.Rc5+ Ke4 41.Kf2 d3 42.Nd8 Rc8 43.c7 Nd7 44.Rc6 Kd5 45.Nb7 Nb6 46.Rd6+ 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 26
Rapid 15/10
Karjakin, Sergey – Eljanov, Pavel
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.c5 Re8 13.b4 Bf8 14.h3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 exf5 16.Ne5 g6 17.Ndf3 Bg7 18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Rad1 g5 20.a4 h5 21.Ne1 g4 22.Nc2 Qg5 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.Bc1 Qh5 25.Bf4 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Kg7 27.Rfe1 Rh8 28.Kf1 Qh1+ 29.Ke2 Qxg2 30.Rf1 Rh3 0-1

Round 2, Dec.26
Rapid 15/10
Khader, Sami – Karjakin, Sergey
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bh4 g6 9.f4 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.O-O-O b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd6 15.Qe3 Bb7 16.Bd3 f5 17.Nd4 Qb6 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Qg3 Nf8 20.Nxf5 Rh7 21.Rhe1 Kd7 22.Bf6 e4 23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.Qg4+ Kc7 25.Bh4 Qg6 26.Qf4+ Kd7 27.Rxe4 Rc8 28.c3 h5 29.Re6 Nxe6 30.dxe6+ Ke8 31.Qd6 Qh6+ 32.Kb1 Be4+ 33.Ka1 Bd3 34.Qxd3 Kf8 35.e7+ Kg7 36.Qd4+ Kf7 37.Rf1+ Ke6 38.Rf6+ 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 26
Rapid 15/10
Jobava, Baadur – Wang, Hao
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Nd2 c3 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.Bb5 Bxc5 10.Qh5 f5 11.Ngf3 Qf6 12.Rd1 a6 13.Be2 Be7 14.Nd4 Qg6 15.Qh3 Ne5 16.O-O Bd7 17.f4 Ng4 18.Nc4 Rd8 19.Qf3 Bc8 20.Nc6 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Bf6 22.Na7 O-O 23.h3 b5 24.Nd6 Bd7 25.hxg4 fxg4 26.Qxg4 Be7 27.Qxg6+ hxg6 28.Bf3 Rb8 29.Nxf7 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 26
Rapid 15/10
Carlsen, Magnus – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g4 a6 7.h4 b5 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Qf3 e5 10.g5 Be6 11.Bh3 Bxh3 12.Rxh3 Bc5 13.Bd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O f6 15.h5 fxg5 16.Bxg5 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Qd7 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Rd3 Qg4 20.Be3 Bxe3+ 21.Nxe3 Qxe4 22.Qe6+ Kb8 23.h6 Qh1+ 24.Rd1 Qxh6 25.Qxc6 1-0

Open Rapid Standings after Round 5

1-2 Jobava, Fedoseev 4.5
3-11 Ponkratov, Grischuk, Kravtsiv, Fressinet, Kuzubov, Svidler, Anand, Cheparinov and Rapport 4.0
12-30 Bu, Bosiocic, Leko, Ding Liren etc 3.5

Women’s Rapid Standings after Round 5

1 Ju, Wenjun 5.0
2-9 Khotenashvili, Pham, Padmini, Harika, Tan, Paehtz, Guo, Goryachkina 4.0
10-24 Mamedjarov, Lei, Vijayalakshmi, Sebag, Zozulia, Tokhirjonova, Gunina, Kosteniuk, Stefanova, Girya, Danielian, Batsiashvili, Huang, Ushenina, Abdumalik 3.5

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 27th December, 2017, 03:45 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 27, 2017

Rapid

Rounds Six to Ten

Round Ten Pairings and Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Carlsen Magnus *) 2908 6 1 - 0 6½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771 7½ ½ - ½ 7 GM Svidler Peter 2743
3 GM Anand Viswanathan 2758 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Wang Hao 2770
4 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Korobov Anton 2765
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2752 6 1 - 0 6 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659
6 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748 6 0 - 1 6 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654
7 GM Quparadze Giga 2614 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Rapport Richard 2748
8 GM Ding Liren 2734 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Saric Ivan 2597
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2687 6 0 - 1 6 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695
10 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694
11 GM Safarli Eltaj 2694 6 1 - 0 6 FM Esipenko Andrey 2438
12 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Aronian Levon 2819
13 GM Jobava Baadur 2672 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814
14 GM Savchenko Boris 2685 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2813
15 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Le Quang Liem 2750
16 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729
17 GM Fressinet Laurent 2612 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715
18 GM Short Nigel D 2709 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Laznicka Viktor 2640
19 GM Wang Yue 2702 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Bosiocic Marin 2524
20 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2719 5 0 - 1 5½ GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649
21 GM Guseinov Gadir 2714 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Leko Peter 2671
22 GM Amonatov Farrukh 2708 5 0 - 1 5 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673
23 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2673 5 0 - 1 5 GM McShane Luke J 2697
24 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2696 5 0 - 1 5 GM Adhiban B. 2659
25 GM Demchenko Anton 2667 5 0 - 1 5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696
26 GM Bortnyk Olexandr 2683 5 0 - 1 5 GM Li Chao B 2663
27 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656
28 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2298 5 0 - 1 5 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2678
29 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2731 4½ 0 - 1 5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620
30 GM Amin Bassem 2670 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
31 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Ni Hua 2663
32 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2740
33 GM Potkin Vladimir 2647 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2732
34 GM Eljanov Pavel 2619 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707
35 GM Bacrot Etienne 2706 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Socko Bartosz 2655
36 GM Andriasian Zaven 2615 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Meier Georg 2703
37 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2695 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Miton Kamil 2644
38 GM Khismatullin Denis 2688 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2638
39 GM Movsesian Sergei 2685 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Kovalev Vladislav 2608
40 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572
41 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2678 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2599
42 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2381 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2676
43 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2796 4 0 - 1 4 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2601
44 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693 4 1 - 0 4 GM Dervishi Erald 2582
45 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2565 4 0 - 1 4 GM Volokitin Andrei 2666

Round Eleven Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654 7 - 7 GM Carlsen Magnus 2908
2 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695 7 - 8 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771
3 GM Svidler Peter 2743 7½ - 7½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2758
4 GM Wang Hao 2770 7½ - 7 GM Safarli Eltaj 2694
5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814 6½ - 7 GM Yu Yangyi 2752
6 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780 6½ - 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662
7 GM Korobov Anton 2765 6½ - 6½ GM Quparadze Giga 2614
8 GM Rapport Richard 2748 6½ - 6½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654
9 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694 6½ - 6½ GM Ding Liren 2734
10 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715 6½ - 6½ GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610
11 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649 6½ - 6½ GM Wang Yue 2702
12 GM Saric Ivan 2597 6½ - 6½ GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687
13 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813 6 - 6 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2678
14 GM Le Quang Liem 2750 6 - 6 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673
15 GM Li Chao B 2663 6 - 6 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748
16 GM Adhiban B. 2659 6 - 6 GM Short Nigel D 2709
17 GM McShane Luke J 2697 6 - 6 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668
18 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696 6 - 6 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659
19 GM Laznicka Viktor 2640 6 - 6 GM Harikrishna P. 2687
20 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620 6 - 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2685
21 FM Esipenko Andrey 2438 6 - 5½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
22 GM Aronian Levon 2819 5½ - 5½ GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2678
23 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 5½ - 5½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2757
24 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2740 5½ - 5½ GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681
25 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729 5½ - 5½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2612
26 GM Bosiocic Marin 2524 5½ - 5½ GM Guseinov Gadir 2714
27 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707 5½ - 5½ GM Jobava Baadur 2672
28 GM Leko Peter 2671 5½ - 5½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2706
29 GM Almasi Zoltan 2638 5½ - 5½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2685
30 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732 5 - 5 GM Andriasian Zaven 2615
31 GM Volokitin Andrei 2666 5 - 5 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2719
32 GM Potkin Vladimir 2647 5 - 5 GM Amonatov Farrukh 2708
33 GM Meier Georg 2703 5 - 5 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2381
34 GM Miton Kamil 2644 5 - 5 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2696
35 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2634 5 - 5 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2695
36 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2618 5 - 5 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693
37 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2601 5 - 5 GM Bortnyk Olexandr 2683
38 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2616 5 - 5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679
39 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2676 5 - 5 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2298
40 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572 5 - 5 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2673
41 IM Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed 2368 5 - 5 GM Demchenko Anton 2667
42 GM Eljanov Pavel 2619 4½ - 4½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2767
43 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2608 4½ - 4½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2731
44 GM Khismatullin Denis 2688 4½ - 4½ GM Zhao Jun 2600
45 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2599 4½ - 4½ GM Amin Bassem 2670
46 GM Ni Hua 2663 4½ - 4½ GM Halkias Stelios 2575
47 GM Socko Bartosz 2655 4½ - 4½ GM Khenkin Igor 2513
48 GM Sanal Vahap 2499 4½ - 4½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638
49 GM Howell David W L 2626 4½ - 4½ FM Dzhumagaliev Yan 2464
50 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2518 4 4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2796

Standings after Round Ten

1 Fedoseev 8.0
2-4 Anand, Svidler, Wang Hao 7.5
5-9 Pantsulaia, Carlsen, Yu Yangyi, Mamedov, Safarli 7.0
10-24 Bu, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Rapport etc 6.5

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 28th December, 2017, 01:05 AM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 27, 2017

Rapid

Rounds Six to Ten

Selected Games

Peter Doggers at:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/fedo...id-after-day-2

Unlike on the first day, Carlsen was sharp from the start this time. He was one of the first to win his game in round six, as Black against Sergei Movsesian, despite a suspicious-looking middlegame that arose from a Nimzowitsch Defense (1.e4 Nc6).

Speaking of Nimzowitsch, the old master would have been proud of Baadur Jobava's 34...e5!! against Vladimir Fedoseev in what was the clash of the leaders. It seemed that Jobava, who had managed to bring a novelty on the board as early as move five, was grabbing the initiative there. However, Fedoseev was extremely resourceful in the remainder. A great game from both sides.

World Rapids 2017
Round 6, Dec. 27
15/10
Movsesian, Sergei – Carlsen, Magnus
B00 KP, Nimzowitsch Defence

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bd3 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.g4 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O d5 13.Nxe5 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe5 15.Bg2 Rb8 16.Rhe1 Be6 17.Na4 Qd6 18.c3 Rb5 19.f4 Bg7 20.Bf1 Ra5 21.Qc2 c5 22.c4 Rb8 23.Bd2 Rxa4 24.Qxa4 Bxb2+ 25.Kc2 Bd7 26.Qb3 Rxb3 27.axb3 Bd4 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 27
15/10
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Jobava, Baadur
D11 Queen’s Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Na6 5.e3 Nc7 6.b3 Bg4 7.Ne5 e6 8.Nxg4 Nxg4 9.h3 Nf6 10.Bd3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Ba3 Bf8 13.Bb2 Bg7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.b4 Nd7 16.f4 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.c5 Ra7 19.a4 Qe7 20.a5 Rfa8 21.Nb3 f5 22.g4 Nf6 23.g5 Ne4 24.h4 Kf7 25.Rf3 h6 26.Kg2 Rh8 27.Rh1 hxg5 28.hxg5 Rxh1 29.Kxh1 Ra8 30.Rh3 Na6 31.Bc3 Nc7 32.Be1 Qd7 33.Qh2 Kg8 34.Nc1 e5 35.dxe5 Ne6 36.Bb4 N4xc5 37.Qc2 Ne4 38.Kg2 c5 39.Be1 Qc6 40.Bxe4 fxe4 41.Ne2 Rd8 42.Ng3 Qb5 43.Rh1 Qd3 44.Qxd3 exd3 45.Kf3 Rf8 46.Kg4 d4 47.Bd2 c4 48.exd4 Nxd4 49.Ne4 Nb3 50.Bc3 Rd8 51.f5 gxf5+ 52.Kxf5 Nd4+ 53.Kg6 Nc6 54.Nf6+ Kf8 55.e6 Ne7+ 56.Kh7 Bxf6 57.gxf6 d2 58.Bb4 d1=Q 59.Rxd1 Rxd1 60.Bxe7+ Ke8 61.Bc5 Rf1 62.Kg7 1-0

Fedoseev just kept on winning. He beat Kuzubov convincingly after getting a promising position out of the opening, and then stayed tactically alert till the end. How strong has this man become in such a short time!

Round 7, Dec. 27
15/10
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Kuzubov, Yuriy
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.a4 b6 9.Na3 Bb7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Be1 a5 12.bxa5 bxa5 13.Ne5 Ba6 14.c5 f6 15.Nec4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Nd7 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qb3 f5 19.Nxa5 Bf6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Rb1 Qc8 22.e3 Ne5 23.Qxc8 Nf3+ 24.Kg2 Rfxc8 25.Nc4 Rxa4 26.Nd6 Rf8 27.Nxf5 Ra2 28.Nd6 Re2 29.Bc3 Bg5 30.Rb2 Ne1+ 31.Rxe1 Rfxf2+ 32.Kh3 Rxb2 33.Bxb2 Rxb2 34.Nf7+ 1-0

Peter Svidler is having one of the best years of his life:

Round 7, Dec. 27
15/10
Jobava, Baadur – Svidler, Peter
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Kb1 g6 11.h4 h5 12.g3 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Bh3 Bxh3 15.Rxh3 Bg7 16.Rhh1 Rc8 17.f4 Qc4 18.Rhe1 Ng4 19.Qd2 e6 20.Rf1 O-O 21.Rf3 b5 22.a3 Rb8 23.Nce2 Qc7 24.Qc3 Rfc8 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Rd2 Rc4 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.Nxc3 Rc8 29.Nde2 Rc6 30.Nd4 Rc4 31.Nde2 Nf2 32.Rxd6 Nxe4 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Nd1 e5 35.f5 Bh6 36.fxg6+ Kxg6 37.c3 Rc6 38.Kc2 Kf5 39.Rd7 Kg4 40.Rxf7 Rd6 41.Rh7 Rd2+ 42.Kc1 Rd6+ 43.Kc2 Kf3 44.Nc1 Bxc1 45.Kxc1 Ke2 46.Rxh5 Rxd1+ 47.Kc2 Rd5 48.g4 Nf6 49.Rg5 e4 50.Rg6 Rd2+ 51.Kb3 Nd5 52.h5 Kf3 53.h6 e3 54.Rd6 Nf4 55.h7 Rh2 0-1

Svidler's reward for this one was facing Carlsen in the next round; a solid game from both players that ended in a draw.

Round 8 had the game Karjakin – Esipenko. It is given in “Games from Recent Events” in this forum.

Round nine saw the clash between world champions Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, a Nimzo-Indian that was about equal all the time until Carlsen blundered a nasty tactic.

Round 9, Dec. 27
15/10
Carlsen, Magnus – Anand, Vishy
E49 Nimzo-Indian, Botvinnik System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Be2 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.c4 Rac8 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Ng4 16.g3 Ngf6 17.Rfd1 Ne4 18.Ne1 Nd6 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 c4 21.Qc2 b5 22.Ng2 Nc5 23.Nf4 Qe7 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.Qc3 f5 26.Bf3 Rcd7 27.Qb4 Nb3 28.Ne6 Nxc1 29.Rxc1 Nc8 30.Qxb5 Rxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Qb4 Nd6 33.Nc5 Rxc5 34.Qxc5 Qe4 0-1

Round 10, Dec. 27
15/10
Carlsen, Magnus – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5+ Nc6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.Bb2 h6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.f4 exf4 14.exf4 Bf5 15.Nde4 Re8 16.Qf3 Nf6 17.Rae1 Qd7 18.Na4 Rab8 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nc3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Kf2 Kg7 25.g4 Bd7 26.Ne4 Qe7 27.Ng3 Kf8 28.f5 Qe5 29.Qe3 Qb2+ 30.Qe2 Qd4+ 31.Kf3 Qa1 32.Nh5 Qh1+ 33.Kg3 Qg1+ 34.Kh3 Qd4 35.Kg2 d5 36.Kf3 Qa1 37.Qe3 Kg8 38.Kg3 Kh7 39.h3 Bc8 40.Qe8 Be6 41.Kf2 Qb2+ 42.Kf3 Qa1 43.Ng3 Qd1+ 44.Kf2 Qxd3 45.Ne2 d4 46.fxe6 Qe3+ 47.Kf1 Qxh3+ 48.Ke1 Qh4+ 49.Kd1 fxe6 50.Qxe6 d3 51.Qf5+ Kg7 52.Nf4 Qh1+ 53.Kd2 Qa1 54.Qd7+ 1-0

After Carlsen’s 40th move, Nepo had an astonished look on his face and then, with his face radiant with happiness, played Be6! Does he have the draw in his pocket now?

Position after Black’s 40….Be6.

And finally, in the Women’s Championship, Elisabeth Paehtz was being killed by Nino Batsiashvili and one asked why she kept playing on?

World Women Rapid 2017
Round 8, Dec. 27
15/10
Paehtz, Elisabeth – Batsiashvili, Nino
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.c3 d6 6.O-O Bd7 7.d4 Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Bc2 O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.d5 Ne7 12.c4 h6 13.Nc3 Nh5 14.Nd2 Rf8 15.c5 Nf4 16.a4 f5 17.Nc4 fxe4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Bb6 Qb8 20.Bxe4 Nf5 21.Ne2 Rf6 22.Ra3 Qf8 23.Nxf4 exf4 24.Bf3 h5 25.Nd2 Nh4 26.Ne4 Rf5 27.Nc3 Re8 28.Kh1 Rfe5 29.Ra1 Qf5 30.a5 R5e7 31.Bc7 Qf6 32.Bb6 Qg5 33.Ra3 Bf5 34.Nb1 Nxf3 35.Rxf3 Be4 36.Nd2 Bxd5 37.b4 Bc3 38.Rg1 Bxd2 39.Qxd2 Bxf3 40.gxf3 Qf5 41.Kh2 Re6 42.h4 Kh7 43.Rg5 Qf7 44.Qd3 Re5 45.Rg2 Qf6 46.Rg5 Rxg5 47.hxg5 Qxg5 48.Qc4 Qf6 49.Bd4 Qe6 50.Qc7+ Qe7 51.Qc4 Kh6 52.Bc3 Rf8 53.Qd4 h4 54.Qd5 g5 55.Bd4 Kh5 56.b5 axb5 57.Qxb5 Qf7 58.Bb2 Re8 59.Qd3 Re6 60.Qd5 Rf6 61.Qd4 Rh6 62.Bc3 Qe6 63.Qd3 Rg6 64.Qb5 Qf7 65.Bd4 d5 66.Qd3 g4 67.fxg4+ Rxg4 68.Qf3 Qf5 69.Kh3 Kg6 70.Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 71.Kxg4 Kf7 72.Kxh4 Ke6 73.Kg4 Kd7 74.Kxf4 Kc6 75.Ke5 Kb5 76.Bb6 Kc4 77.f4 1-0

Position after White’s 69.Kh3

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 28th December, 2017, 11:28 AM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 28, 2017

Rapid

Rounds Eleven to Fifteen

Round Eleven Pairings and Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654 7 0 - 1 7 GM Carlsen Magnus 2908
2 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695 7 ½ - ½ 8 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771
3 GM Svidler Peter 2743 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2758
4 GM Wang Hao 2770 7½ ½ - ½ 7 GM Safarli Eltaj 2694
5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814 6½ 1 - 0 7 GM Yu Yangyi 2752
6 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662
7 GM Korobov Anton 2765 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Quparadze Giga 2614
8 GM Rapport Richard 2748 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654
9 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Ding Liren 2734
10 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610
11 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Wang Yue 2702
12 GM Saric Ivan 2597 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687
13 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813 6 1 - 0 6 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2678
14 GM Le Quang Liem 2750 6 1 - 0 6 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673
15 GM Li Chao B 2663 6 0 - 1 6 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748
16 GM Adhiban B. 2659 6 1 - 0 5½ GM Short Nigel D 2709
17 GM McShane Luke J 2697 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668
18 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659
19 GM Laznicka Viktor 2640 6½ ½ - ½ 6 GM Harikrishna P. 2687
20 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620 6 0 - 1 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2685
21 FM Esipenko Andrey 2438 6 0 - 1 5½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
22 GM Aronian Levon 2819 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2678
23 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2757
24 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2740 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681
25 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2612
26 GM Bosiocic Marin 2524 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Guseinov Gadir 2714
27 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Jobava Baadur 2672
28 GM Leko Peter 2671 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2706
29 GM Almasi Zoltan 2638 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2685
30 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732 5 1 - 0 5 GM Andriasian

Round Twelve Pairings and Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771 8½ 0 - 1 8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2908
2 GM Svidler Peter 2743 8 ½ - ½ 8 GM Wang Hao 2770
3 GM Anand Viswanathan 2758 8 ½ - ½ 7½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780
4 GM Safarli Eltaj 2694 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814
5 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2695
6 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610 7½ 0 - 1 7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813
7 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687 7 1 - 0 7 GM Korobov Anton 2765
8 GM Yu Yangyi 2752 7 1 - 0 7 GM Savchenko Boris 2685
9 GM Quparadze Giga 2614 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Le Quang Liem 2750
10 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748 7 1 - 0 7 GM Adhiban B. 2659
11 GM Rapport Richard 2748 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Saric Ivan 2597
12 GM Ding Liren 2734 7 + - - 7 GM Laznicka Viktor 2640
13 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654 7 1 - 0 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694
14 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757 6½ ½ - ½ 7 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654
15 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM McShane Luke J 2697
16 GM Harikrishna P. 2687 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Aronian Levon 2819
17 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715
18 GM Guseinov Gadir 2714 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696
19 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707
20 GM Wang Yue 2702 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668
21 GM Fressinet Laurent 2612 6½ 0 - 1 6 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732
22 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673 6 1 - 0 6 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2740
23 GM Bacrot Etienne 2706 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Almasi Zoltan 2638
24 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2695 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Leko Peter 2671
25 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Li Chao B 2663
26 GM Movsesian Sergei 2685 6 1 - 0 6 GM Miton Kamil 2644
27 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2381 6 0 - 1 6 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681
28 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620
29 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2678 6 ½ - ½ 6 FM Esipenko Andrey 2438
30 GM Demchenko Anton 2667 6 1 - 0 6 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2676 Zaven 2615

Round Thirteen Pairings and Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Carlsen Magnus *) 2908 9 ½ - ½ 8½ GM Wang Hao 2770
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771 8½ ½ - ½ 8 GM Yu Yangyi 2752
3 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748 8 ½ - ½ 8½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2758
4 GM Ding Liren 2734 8 ½ - ½ 8½ GM Svidler Peter 2743
5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814 8 0 - 1 8 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813 8 1 - 0 8 GM Safarli Eltaj 2694
7 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780 8 1 - 0 8 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649
8 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695 8 0 - 1 8 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687
9 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
10 GM Le Quang Liem 2750 7½ 1 - 0 7½ GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610
11 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Rapport Richard 2748
12 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Guseinov Gadir 2714
13 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Quparadze Giga 2614
14 GM Saric Ivan 2597 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Harikrishna P. 2687
15 GM Korobov Anton 2765 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673
16 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681 7 1 - 0 7 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757
17 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Demchenko Anton 2667
18 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694 7 1 - 0 7 GM Laznicka Viktor 2640
19 GM Adhiban B. 2659 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Movsesian Sergei 2685
20 GM Savchenko Boris 2685 7 1 - 0 6½ GM Amonatov Farrukh 2708
21 GM Aronian Levon 2819 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Jobava Baadur 2672
22 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2715 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638
23 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2706
24 GM Li Chao B 2663 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Wang Yue 2702
25 GM McShane Luke J 2697 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662
26 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2612
27 GM Howell David W L 2626 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2695
28 GM Leko Peter 2671 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693
29 GM Almasi Zoltan 2638 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679
30 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Bocharov Dmitry 2678

Rank after Round 13

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 GM Carlsen Magnus NOR 2908 9.5
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2771 9
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2654 9
4 GM Anand Viswanathan IND 2758 9
5 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2743 9
6 GM Wang Hao CHN 2770 9
7 GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2813 9
8 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2780 9
9 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2687 9
10 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2752 8.5
11 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2748 8.5
12 GM Ding Liren CHN 2734 8.5
13 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2687 8.5
14 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2714 8.5
15 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2750 8.5
16 GM Quparadze Giga GEO 2614 8
17 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2659 8
18 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2814 8
19 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2649 8
20 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2685 8
21 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2694 8
22 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2681 8
23 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2694 8
24 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2748 8
25 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2695 8
26 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2668 8
27 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2707 8
28 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2839 8
29 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2654 7.5
30 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2662 7.5

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 28th December, 2017, 02:50 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 28, 2017

Rapid

Rounds Eleven to Fifteen

Round Fourteen Pairings and Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687 9 ½ - ½ 9½ GM Carlsen Magnus 2908
2 GM Anand Viswanathan 2758 9 1 - 0 9 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813
3 GM Svidler Peter 2743 9 ½ - ½ 9 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780
4 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654 9 ½ - ½ 9 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771
5 GM Wang Hao 2770 9 ½ - ½ 8½ GM Le Quang Liem 2750
6 GM Yu Yangyi 2752 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Ding Liren 2734
7 GM Guseinov Gadir 2714 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748
8 GM Harikrishna P. 2687 8½ ½ - ½ 8 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814
9 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839 8 0 - 1 8 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681
10 GM Rapport Richard 2748 8 ½ - ½ 8 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668
11 GM Safarli Eltaj 2694 8 ½ - ½ 8 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707
12 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695 8 1 - 0 8 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659
13 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649 8 ½ - ½ 8 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694
14 GM Quparadze Giga 2614 8 0 - 1 8 GM Savchenko Boris 2685
15 GM Fressinet Laurent 2612 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Korobov Anton 2765
16 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2732
17 GM Wang Yue 2702 7½ 1 - 0 7½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656
18 GM Movsesian Sergei 2685 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620
19 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654
20 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2678 7½ 1 - 0 7½ GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2610
21 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Saric Ivan 2597
22 GM Demchenko Anton 2667 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572
23 GM Zhao Jun 2600 7½ 1 - 0 7½ GM Adhiban B. 2659
24 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638 7½ 0 - 1 7 GM Aronian Levon 2819
25 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757 7 1 - 0 7 GM Miton Kamil 2644
26 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2695 7 0 - 1 7 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2618
27 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Howell David W L 2626
28 GM Jobava Baadur 2672 7 1 - 0 7 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2616
29 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2665 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Leko Peter 2671
30 GM Laznicka Viktor 2640 7 0 - 1 6½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729

Pairings and Results of the Fifteenth Round

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Carlsen Magnus *) 2908 10 0 - 1 9 GM Grischuk Alexander 2813
2 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2654 9½ ½ - ½ 10 GM Anand Viswanathan 2758
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2780 9½ 1 - 0 9½ GM Wang Hao 2770
4 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2771 9½ 1 - 0 9½ GM Artemiev Vladislav 2687
5 GM Savchenko Boris 2685 9 1 - 0 9½ GM Svidler Peter 2743
6 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2748 9 ½ - ½ 9 GM Yu Yangyi 2752
7 GM Le Quang Liem 2750 9 0 - 1 9 GM Mamedov Rauf 2695
8 GM Ding Liren 2734 9 ½ - ½ 9 GM Harikrishna P. 2687
9 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2681 9 0 - 1 9 GM Guseinov Gadir 2714
10 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2668 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2814
11 GM Korobov Anton 2765 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2694
12 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2572 8½ 1 - 0 8½ GM Rapport Richard 2748
13 GM Anton Guijarro David 2732 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2678
14 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2707 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2649
15 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2654 8½ ½ - ½ 8½ GM Wang Yue 2702
16 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2694 8½ 0 - 1 8½ GM Zhao Jun 2600
17 GM Dreev Aleksey 2659 8 ½ - ½ 8 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2839
18 GM Aronian Levon 2819 8 1 - 0 8 GM Quparadze Giga 2614
19 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2618 8 0 - 1 8 GM Karjakin Sergey 2757
20 GM Saric Ivan 2597 8 1 - 0 8 GM Movsesian Sergei 2685
21 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2620 8 1 - 0 8 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673
22 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2696 7½ 1 - 0 8 GM Jobava Baadur 2672
23 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2729 7½ 1 - 0 7½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2662
24 GM Adhiban B. 2659 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2693
25 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2679
26 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2676 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2638
27 GM Almasi Zoltan 2638 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Ponkratov Pavel 2673
28 GM Leko Peter 2671 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2618
29 GM Howell David W L 2626 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Demchenko Anton 2667
30 GM Volokitin Andrei 2666 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2612

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 28th December, 2017, 02:52 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 28, 2017

Rapid

Rounds Eleven to Fifteen

Final Ranking after Fifteen Rounds

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp K rtg+/-

1 GM Anand Viswanathan IND 2758 10.5 0 2733 129 2874 20 46.8
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2771 10.5 0 2728 129.5 2871 20 39.4
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2780 10.5 0 2700 121.5 2843 20 24.8
4 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2654 10 0 2746 130.5 2867 20 85.4
5 GM Carlsen Magnus NOR 2908 10 0 2712 129 2823 20 -27.8
6 GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2813 10 0 2709 124 2827 20 5.4
7 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2685 10 0 2686 123 2786 20 42
8 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2695 10 0 2652 120 2753 20 25.6
9 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2714 10 0 2648 111 2754 20 16.6
10 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2743 9.5 0 2729 129.5 2805 20 27.4
11 GM Wang Hao CHN 2770 9.5 0 2726 126.5 2814 20 18.8
12 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2752 9.5 0 2694 120 2778 20 11.8
13 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2687 9.5 0 2680 119 2754 20 30.2
14 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2748 9.5 0 2678 119 2757 20 6.2
15 GM Ding Liren CHN 2734 9.5 0 2674 117.5 2748 20 4.6
16 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2687 9.5 0 2666 120 2737 20 26
17 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2572 9.5 0 2635 107.5 2659 20 67.6
18 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2600 9.5 0 2591 107 2618 20 53
19 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2654 9 0 2738 125.5 2806 20 62.2
20 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2597 9 0 2699 119.5 2716 20 60.4
21 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2649 9 0 2693 117 2728 20 39.2
22 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2681 9 0 2684 114 2730 20 24
23 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2814 9 0 2680 124 2747 20 -25.4
24 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2694 9 0 2672 120.5 2725 20 15.2
25 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2678 9 0 2662 118.5 2698 20 16.2
26 GM Wang Yue CHN 2702 9 0 2659 114 2721 20 8.2
27 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2668 9 0 2658 113.5 2678 20 20.6
28 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2765 9 0 2656 115 2708 20 -20
29 GM Aronian Levon ARM 2819 9 0 2653 116 2706 20 -40
30 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2750 9 0 2636 116.5 2686 20 -19.4
31 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2707 9 0 2636 109.5 2686 20 -5.6
32 GM Akobian Varuzhan USA 2620 9 0 2618 111.5 2647 20 26.6
33 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2732 9 0 2597 111 2638 20 -26.6
34 GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2757 9 0 2597 109.5 2653 10 -16.6
35 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2659 8.5 0 2720 118 2699 20 35.4
36 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2610 8.5 0 2713 121.5 2760 20 60.8
37 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2679 8.5 0 2700 120 2721 20 18.8
38 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2694 8.5 0 2666 123 2701 20 3.2
39 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2748 8.5 0 2646 120 2691 20 -23.4
40 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2729 8.5 0 2634 110 2662 20 -24
41 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2839 8.5 0 2617 113 2650 20 -65
42 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2696 8.5 0 2595 109 2625 20 -24.4
43 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2693 8.5 0 2580 101.5 2611 20 -27.4
44 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2672 8 0 2731 122 2675 20 24
45 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2612 8 0 2729 121.5 2745 20 55.2
46 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2640 8 0 2728 121 2773 20 52.2
47 GM Quparadze Giga GEO 2614 8 0 2721 123.5 2686 20 42.2
48 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2673 8 0 2714 126 2694 20 17.6
49 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2618 8 0 2707 112 2705 20 37.8
50 GM Leko Peter HUN 2671 8 0 2704 116.5 2677 20 14.6
51 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2673 8 0 2688 117 2664 20 8
52 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2667 8 0 2680 120 2646 20 7.4
53 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2638 8 0 2662 108.5 2647 20 12.2
54 GM Howell David W L ENG 2626 8 0 2660 107.5 2645 20 16.4
55 GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2708 8 0 2649 115.5 2664 20 -16.4
56 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2685 8 0 2643 113 2642 20 -14.6
57 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2666 8 0 2634 114.5 2603 20 -10.4
58 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2719 8 0 2630 108.5 2629 20 -32
59 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2647 8 0 2617 103.5 2603 20 -6
60 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2618 8 0 2610 103 2597 20 0.8
61 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2676 8 0 2606 113 2595 20 -21.8
62 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2638 8 0 2586 102.5 2567 20 -9.6
63 GM Meier Georg GER 2703 8 0 2576 103.5 2583 20 -43
64 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2662 7.5 0 2736 123 2704 20 17.2
65 GM Adhiban B. IND 2659 7.5 0 2718 117.5 2650 20 14
66 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2601 7.5 0 2713 110 2710 20 44.2
67 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2438 7.5 0 2709 116.5 2622 20 82.6
68 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2656 7.5 0 2701 110.5 2626 20 8
69 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2608 7.5 0 2687 113 2661 20 23.6
70 GM McShane Luke J ENG 2697 7.5 0 2678 115 2667 20 -12.2
71 GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2731 7.5 0 2644 110 2637 20 -38.2
72 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2706 7.5 0 2642 108 2623 20 -32.6
73 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2551 7.5 0 2636 105.5 2594 20 24.2
74 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2655 7.5 0 2631 102.5 2550 20 -16.4
75 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2695 7.5 0 2620 111.5 2608 20 -35
76 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2575 7.5 0 2619 103.5 2549 20 12.6
77 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2616 7.5 0 2600 106.5 2569 20 -9.8
78 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2696 7.5 0 2589 101 2570 20 -48.4
79 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2688 7.5 0 2574 110 2554 20 -47.6
80 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2665 7.5 0 2527 100.5 2482 20 -49.4
81 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2524 7 0 2704 116 2660 20 51
82 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2619 7 0 2703 118 2655 20 14.4
83 GM Li Chao B CHN 2663 7 0 2693 113 2610 20 -6.8
84 GM Ni Hua CHN 2663 7 0 2670 112.5 2586 20 -15.8
85 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2298 7 0 2666 115.5 2626 20 102.6
86 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2715 7 0 2647 113 2623 20 -39.2
87 GM Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 2683 7 0 2623 106 2581 20 -40.4
88 GM Miton Kamil POL 2644 7 0 2613 106 2559 20 -25.2
89 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2670 7 0 2607 103 2542 20 -35
90 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2709 7 0 2603 106 2566 20 -56.2
91 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2615 7 0 2584 105 2521 20 -14.4
92 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2381 7 0 2564 105.5 2478 20 46.2
93 GM Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2565 7 0 2521 105.5 2437 20 -19.4
94 GM Ibrahimov Rasul AZE 2518 7 0 2515 97 2439 10 -1.3
95 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2678 6.5 0 2640 115.5 2557 20 -40.2
96 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2599 6.5 0 2637 106.5 2552 20 -12.8
97 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2740 6.5 0 2635 111 2580 20 -64.8
98 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2796 6.5 0 2619 106 2552 20 -92
99 GM Georgiev Kiril FID 2653 6.5 0 2610 105 2540 20 -42.4
100 FM Dzhumagaliev Yan RUS 2464 6.5 0 2590 101.5 2478 20 24.2
101 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2634 6.5 0 2563 101 2476 20 -50
102 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2767 6.5 0 2546 101 2466 20 -96.2

There are three with the same top score of 10.5 at the end of the tournament. Anand, Fedoseev and Nepomniachtchi. By the tie-break rules, Anand and Fedoseev play two games at 3/2 for the championship and Nepo gets the bronze medal because he had the worst average of opponent's ratings.

The “old” man, who should be retiring, beats Fedoseev and wins the World Rapid Championship. Congratulations to Vishy Anand.

Games to follow

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 28th December, 2017, 03:53 PM

Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 28, 2017

Rapid

Rounds Eleven to Fifteen and Playoff

Selected Games

Playoff Games between Anand and Fedoseev

World Rapid 2017
Tie-Break, 3/2, Game 1, Dec. 28
Anand, Vishy – Fedoseev, Vladimir
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.c3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Kg7 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Re1 Be6 12.Bb5 Ba7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.d4 Nh5 15.dxe5 Nxg3 16.hxg3 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Qf6 18.Nef3 Rad8 19.Qe2 g4 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Qxd4 22.Nb3 Qb4 23.Rac1 a4 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.a3 Qb5 26.Qc2 Rfe8 27.Nxa4 Kg8 28.Nc5 Re5 29.b4 Rde8 1-0

Fedoseev couldn't adjust to the faster time limit, was soon one minute behind and lost on time in a terrible position.

World Rapid 2017
Tie-Break, 3/2, Game 2, Dec. 28
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Anand, Vishy
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.c4 d4 6.e3 e5 7.exd4 exd4 8.d3 Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Bc1 Nf6 12.Na3 a6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 Bd6 15.Re1 Rb8 16.Nc2 h6 17.b4 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Ba3 Qa5 20.Qc1 Rd8 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Bxd6 Rxd6 23.Qf4 Qc7 24.c5 Rd7 25.c6 Qxf4 26.cxd7 Qc7 27.Re8+ Kh7 28.d8=Q Nxe8 29.Qxe8 Bf5 30.Qa4 Qc3 31.Rd1 Bxd3 32.h4 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Bxb1 34.Qe8 Bg6 35.Bd5 d3 36.Bxf7 Bxf7 37.Qxf7 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 d2 0-1

Impressive Vishy. No defeats and 2-0 win in the tiebreak.
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World Rapid 2017
Round 12, Dec. 28
15/10
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Carlsen, Magnus
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Nbd2 Nxb3 13.axb3 c5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.e5 cxd4 16.Bxd4 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Re8 19.Bc3 Bf8 20.h3 Bh5 21.Qf5 Bg6 22.Qf4 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qd7 24.Nf3 f6 25.Bb4 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.b4 Qe7 29.Nd4 Kf7 30.Qd2 Qd6 31.Qc3 Bd7 32.Qb3+ Be6 33.Qc3 Bd7 34.Qb3+ Ke7 35.Qc3 Qe5 36.Qd2 g5 37.Ne2 Bc6 38.Nd4 Bd5 39.Qc3 Kf7 40.Qd3 Kf8 41.Qc3 h5 42.f3 h4 43.Kf2 Kf7 44.Qe3 Qxe3+ 45.Kxe3 Ke7 46.Nc2 Bb3 47.Nd4 Bd5 48.Nc2 Ke6 49.Ne1 Bc4 50.f4 Kf5 51.fxg5 fxg5 52.Nf3 Bd5 53.Nd4+ Kf6 54.Nf3 Bb7 55.Kf2 Kf5 56.g3 hxg3+ 57.Kxg3 Bc8 58.Nd2 Bb7 59.Nf3 Bd5 60.Nd2 Bf7 61.Nf3 Be8 62.Nd2 Bf7 63.Nf3 Bh5 64.Nd4+ Ke5 65.Nf3+ Kd5 66.Nxg5 Kc4 67.Ne4 Kxb4 68.Kf4 a5 69.Nd2 a4 70.Ke4 Kc5 71.Ke3 b4 72.Ne4+ Kd5 73.Nd2 Bg6 74.Ke2 a3 75.bxa3 bxa3 76.Kd1 a2 77.Nb3 Kc4 78.Na1 Kc3 79.Kc1 Bf5 80.h4 Bg6 81.h5 Bxh5 82.Nc2 Be8 83.Na1 Ba4 84.Nc2 Kb3 0-1

Round 14, Dec. 28
15/10
Anand, Vishy – Grischuk, Alexander
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb6 11.Qc2 c5 12.d5 Re8 13.b3 Bg4 14.Bb2 Bh5 15.Rae1 Bg6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nc4 Ba7 18.Qd3 h6 19.Re3 Rad8 20.g3 Bh7 21.Rfe1 g5 22.Qe2 Kg7 23.Rd1 Qg6 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Kg2 g4 26.Nh4 Qg5 27.f4 gxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Qf6 29.Qe2 Qg5 30.Rf1 Kg8 31.Nf5 Rxe4 32.Nxh6+ Qxh6 33.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34.Qxe4 Kf8 35.Re1 Qf6 36.Re2 Bb6 37.h4 Kg7 38.Rf2 Qg6 39.Rf5 Kf8 40.h5 Qh7 41.g4 Re8 42.Qf3 Kg8 43.Kh3 Re1 44.Qf4 Kf8 45.Qg5 Qh8 46.Rf3 Qg7 47.Qxg7+ Kxg7 48.g5 Rd1 49.Ne3 Rh1+ 50.Kg4 c4 51.Nf5+ Kf8 52.bxc4 Rg1+ 53.Rg3 Rc1 54.g6 fxg6 55.hxg6 Rxc4+ 56.Kh5 Bd4 57.Rg4 1-0

Round 15, Dec. 28
15/10
Carlsen, Magnus – Grischuk, Alexander
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 e5 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 e4 12.Nd4 e3 13.f4 Ng4 14.Nc2 Ndf6 15.Qe1 Bf5 16.Nd4 Be4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Ne6 fxe6 19.Bxg7 Nd2 20.Bb2 Nxf1 21.Qxf1 e5 22.Qf3 h5 23.h3 e4 24.Qf1 Nh6 25.Kh2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Nf5 27.Qe1 Qe7 28.Rc4 Rxc4 29.bxc4 Rc8 30.Qc3 Kh7 31.a4 b6 32.Ba1 a6 33.Qb2 g5 34.Qb1 Rxc4 35.Qb2 Rc8 36.Bxe4 Qxe4 37.Qf6 Rg8 38.fxg5 h4 39.Kg1 Qb1+ 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.Kg1 hxg3 42.h4 Qb1+ 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg1 Qb1+ 45.Kg2 Nxh4+ 46.Kxg3 Qe1+ 47.Kh3 Qh1+ 48.Kg4 Qe4+ 49.Kh5 Qg6+ 50.Kxh4 Qxf6 51.Bxf6 Kg6 52.Kg4 b5 53.axb5 axb5 54.Kf4 Re8 55.Bc3 Rc8 56.Bf6 Rc5 57.Kxe3 Rxd5 58.Ke4 Rd1 59.Kf3 b4 60.e4 Re1 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 28
15/10
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Artemiev, Vladislav
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Qd3 b6 8.Qg3 d6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Bf1 Be7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Ng6 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Kh1 Qb8 17.f3 Bd8 18.Qf2 Rc5 19.b4 Rh5 20.g3 Bc7 21.Kg1 Ne5 22.Be2 Rh6 23.b5 a5 24.Rcd1 g5 25.Bc1 Rg6 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Nb3 Ba8 28.Bd4 Nfd7 29.Qe3 Bd8 30.Nd2 Nc5 31.Kf2 f5 32.exf5 exf5 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.cxd5 f4 35.Qa3 Bf6 36.Bxc5 Rxc5 37.Ne4 Rh6 38.Kg2 Qc8 39.g4 Rc2 40.Rc1 Nxg4 41.fxg4 Rxe2+ 42.Rxe2 Qxg4+ 43.Kf1 Bd4 44.Rg2 Qh4 45.Nxg5 Kf8 46.Qd3 Be5 47.Qf5+ Rf6 48.Nxh7+ 1-0
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Final Standings of some non-prize winners

10 Svidler 9.5
13 Artemiev 9.5
15 Ding Liren 9.5
23 Mamedyarov 9.0
29 Aronian 9.0
34 Karjakin 9.0
39 Rapport 8.5
41 MVL 8.5
44 Jobava 8.0
67 Esipenko 7.5
90 Short 7.0
98 Ivanchuk 6.5

Final Standings Women’s Championship

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4

1 GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2537 11.5 0 2459 133.5 7
2 GM Lei Tingjie CHN 2450 11 0 2429 127 7
3 IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2467 10.5 0 2433 127 8
4 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2425 10 0 2449 128 7
5 IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2390 10 0 2441 131.5 7
6 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2508 10 0 2423 124 7
7 WGM Fataliyeva Ulviyya AZE 2085 10 0 2421 110.5 8
8 IM Atalik Ekaterina TUR 2389 10 0 2354 119.5 7
9 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2473 9.5 0 2422 128 7
10 FM Assaubayeva Bibisara RUS 1949 9.5 0 2416 109 7
11 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2460 9.5 0 2415 125.5 8
12 WIM Shuvalova Polina RUS 2241 9.5 0 2415 119.5 7
13 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2453 9.5 0 2370 118 8
14 IM Shen Yang CHN 2450 9.5 0 2319 110 7
15 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2586 9 0 2435 131.5 7
16 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan AZE 2286 9 0 2435 122 8
17 IM Guo Qi CHN 2451 9 0 2416 125.5 7
18 GM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2502 9 0 2397 118 7
19 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2466 9 0 2394 127 7
20 GM Sebag Marie FRA 2445 9 0 2390 118 7
21 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2566 9 0 2382 108.5 8
22 IM Padmini Rout IND 2409 9 0 2371 125.5 7
23 GM Lagno Kateryna RUS 2590 9 0 2366 106.5 8
24 GM Ushenina Anna UKR 2482 9 0 2364 109 7
25 GM Socko Monika POL 2421 9 0 2361 105 7
26 IM Nechaeva Marina RUS 2419 9 0 2354 109.5 8
27 WGM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim UZB 2171 8.5 0 2419 123 8
28 IM Charochkina Daria RUS 2307 8.5 0 2415 114.5 7
29 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2390 8.5 0 2385 116.5 8
30 GM Krush Irina USA 2441 8.5 0 2327 105.5 8
31 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2439 8.5 0 2320 110.5 8

**Nigel Hanrahan** · Thursday, 28th December, 2017, 03:58 PM

Hooray for the Tiger from Madras!

Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post

There are three with the same top score of 10.5 at the end of the tournament. Anand, Fedoseev and Nepomniachtchi. By the tie-break rules, Anand and Fedoseev play two games at 3/2 for the championship and Nepo gets the bronze medal because he had the worst average of opponent's ratings.

The “old” man, who should be retiring, beats Fedoseev and wins the World Rapid Championship. Congratulations to Vishy Anand.

aha ha ha ha. It's a great and heart-warming result for such "old" chess players everywhere. Hooray for the Tiger from Madras.

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 29th December, 2017, 12:26 AM

Re: Hooray for the Tiger from Madras!

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 28, 2017

Blitz

The blitz tournament is a 21-round Swiss, with the first 11 rounds played on December 29 and the second 10 on December 30. The time control is 3 minutes per player for all moves, with a 2-second increment per move from move 1.

The games start at 2 PM local time or 6 AM Toronto/Montreal time.

The broadcast is shown on chess24.com at:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...hip-2017/1/1/1

Round One Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Result Name Rtg

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2986 - GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2614
2 GM Fressinet Laurent 2608 - GM Aronian Levon 2863
3 GM Karjakin Sergey 2854 - GM Onischuk Vladimir 2607
4 GM Rapport Richard 2600 - GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2853
5 GM Ding Liren 2837 - GM Ponkratov Pavel 2599
6 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2597 - GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2815
7 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2810 - GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2596
8 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2596 - GM Artemiev Vladislav 2798
9 GM Svidler Peter 2797 - GM Zhigalko Sergei 2586
10 GM Jobava Baadur 2585 - GM Leko Peter 2790
11 GM Le Quang Liem 2771 - GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2582
12 FM Esipenko Andrey 2581 - GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2770
13 GM Korobov Anton 2760 - GM Alekseev Evgeny 2578
14 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2578 - GM Harikrishna P. 2759
15 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2757 - GM Adhiban B. 2577
16 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2573 - GM Andriasian Zaven 2755
17 GM Mamedov Rauf 2755 - GM Bosiocic Marin 2572
18 GM Howell David W L 2571 - GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2750
19 GM Wang Hao 2737 - GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2568
20 GM Zhao Jun 2568 - GM Anand Viswanathan 2736
21 GM Grischuk Alexander 2725 - GM Grigoriants Sergey 2559
22 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2558 - GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2711
23 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2705 - GM Jumabayev Rinat 2556
24 GM Ni Hua 2553 - GM McShane Luke J 2702
25 GM Yu Yangyi 2701 - GM Dervishi Erald 2552
26 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2551 - GM Safarli Eltaj 2695
27 GM Guseinov Gadir 2694 - GM Potkin Vladimir 2549
28 GM Miton Kamil 2541 - GM Kokarev Dmitry 2694
29 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2692 - GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2533
30 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2523 - GM Riazantsev Alexander 2691
31 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2688 - GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2518
32 GM Halkias Stelios 2513 - GM Melkumyan Hrant 2686
33 GM Wang Yue 2686 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2512
34 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 2511 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2682
35 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2682 - IM El Adnani Mokliss 2510
36 GM Dobrov Vladimir 2508 - GM Laznicka Viktor 2681
37 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2679 - GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2505
38 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2498 - GM Adly Ahmed 2678
39 GM Bortnyk Olexandr 2677 - GM Haddouche Mohamed 2494
40 FM Dzhumagaliev Yan 2490 - GM Saric Ivan 2674
41 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 - GM Sanal Vahap 2448
42 IM Tissir Mohamed 2388 - GM Movsesian Sergei 2669
43 GM Li Chao B 2668 - IM Abdyjapar Asyl 2383
44 IM Shytaj Luca 2378 - GM Khismatullin Denis 2662
45 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2662 - IM Minko Vladimir 2373
46 IM Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed 2359 - GM Eljanov Pavel 2659
47 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2656 - FM Samhouri A. 2355
48 IM Khader Sami 2328 - GM Akobian Varuzhan 2655
49 GM Amin Bassem 2655 - IM Lodhi Mahmood 2306
50 FM Saeed Ishaq 2306 - GM Malakhov Vladimir 2655
51 GM Quparadze Giga 2654 - IM Omar Noaman 2293
52 CM Al Ghamdi Ahmed M 2158 - GM Meier Georg 2652
53 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2651 - FM Lam Daniel King-Wai 2154
54 FM Al-Hajiri Bader 2141 - GM Sjugirov Sanan 2645
55 GM Demchenko Anton 2644 - FM Amer Said Salim Al Maashani 2104
56 Al Jabri Mohammed Ali 2095 - GM Sargissian Gabriel 2644
57 GM Dreev Aleksey 2640 - Al Habeeb Emad 2022
58 Farhan Marwan Ali 2005 - IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2640
59 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2633 - Bukannan Ahmed A 1965
60 CM Masrahi Abdulrahman A 1962 - GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2632
61 GM Anton Guijarro David 2631 - FM Al Nhier Hamoud 1959
62 Al Zamel Khaled 1942 - GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2629
63 GM Georgiev Kiril 2629 - Miswadah Baha 1880
64 Al Abdali Zeyad Saleh 1814 - GM Amonatov Farrukh 2628
65 GM Bacrot Etienne 2621 - Alem Ali Hussien 1745
66 Salama Taher 1734 - GM Savchenko Boris 2619
67 GM Socko Bartosz 2619 - Alanazy Mohammed 1611
68 Al Saidi Mohammed Khalfan 1468 - GM Volokitin Andrei 2618
69 GM Short Nigel D 2617 - Al Mahmood Salman 1411

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 29th December, 2017, 12:39 PM

Re: Hooray for the Tiger from Madras!

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 29, 2017

Blitz

Scandal in Round One

This is the official score of the game on first board

World Blitz
Round 1, Dec. 29
3/2
Carlsen, Magnus – Inarkiev, Ernesto
B 20 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Nxb4 5.d4 d5 6.c3 Nc6 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Na3 Bf5 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.Nxa7 Nxa7 11.Rxa7 e5 12.Nf3 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Nb5 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Bc6 16.Bd3 Bc5 17.Re1+ Ne7 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 Rd8 20.Nd4 Kd7 21.Ra7 Rhe8 22.Kc2 Kc7 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.f3 Nd5 25.Nxc6 Kxc6 26.Bb5+ Kb6 27.Rxb7+ 1-0

The position after 27.Rxb7+

Now, Black is in check, but instead of moving his king, Black plays Ne3+. Magnus should have stopped the clock and called the arbiter but instead, he played Kd3, after which Inarkiev called over the arbiter and because Magnus had played an illegal move, he forfeited the game! Supposedly Inarkiev gave an interview after in which he was very happy that he had beaten the WC.

You can see all this on this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ4xeEbLajA

But on that video, someone appended this note:

FIDE regulations say a game is only lost after the second illegal move. After long discussion they decided that they have to continue playing the match with the standing right before the first illegal move. Inarkiev refused to do so - Carlsen won.

I have checked and Carlsen has been indeed credited with this as a win:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr3235...0&wi=821&snr=1

Comments?

**Egidijus Zeromskis** · Friday, 29th December, 2017, 01:11 PM

Re: Hooray for the Tiger from Madras!

Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Ch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 29, 2017

Blitz

Scandal in Round One

This is the official score of the game on first board

World Blitz
Round 1, Dec. 29
3/2
Carlsen, Magnus – Inarkiev, Ernesto
B 20 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Nxb4 5.d4 d5 6.c3 Nc6 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Na3 Bf5 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.Nxa7 Nxa7 11.Rxa7 e5 12.Nf3 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Nb5 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Bc6 16.Bd3 Bc5 17.Re1+ Ne7 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 Rd8 20.Nd4 Kd7 21.Ra7 Rhe8 22.Kc2 Kc7 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.f3 Nd5 25.Nxc6 Kxc6 26.Bb5+ Kb6 27.Rxb7+ 1-0

The position after 27.Rxb7+

Now, Black is in check, but instead of moving his king, Black plays Ne3+. Magnus should have stopped the clock and called the arbiter but instead, he played Kd3, after which Inarkiev called over the arbiter and because Magnus had played an illegal move, he forfeited the game! Supposedly Inarkiev gave an interview after in which he was very happy that he had beaten the WC.

You can see all this on this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ4xeEbLajA

But on that video, someone appended this note:

FIDE regulations say a game is only lost after the second illegal move. After long discussion they decided that they have to continue playing the match with the standing right before the first illegal move. Inarkiev refused to do so - Carlsen won.

I have checked and Carlsen has been indeed credited with this as a win:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr3235...0&wi=821&snr=1

Comments?

the comment on youtube should right. I think the blitz championship is going with the Competition rues (though that should be confirmed in regulations which I can not find now) - only the second illegal move (by the same player) is penalized with a forfeit.
Kd3 was only the first illegal
Ne3 was first too.
Game shall continue from the position after Rxb7.