Isle of Man International 2018

[Hans Jung]

There were so many good games in rd 3. Praggnanandhaa saved himself with queen sack high voltage tactics and a nice endgame ending up in black's worst knightmare.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 23, 2018

Round Four

Round 4, Oct. 23
Xiong, Jeffery – MVL
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qd3 Rc8 9.O-O Qc7 10.Rd1 Be6 11.a4 Nf6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.Nf1 Qc4 14.Ne3 Qxd3 15.Rxd3 Kd7 16.f3 Rc6 17.Bd2 Rhc8 18.b3 Nh5 19.g3 Bd8 20.a5 b5 21.Na2 Nf6 22.Nb4 R6c7 23.Nxa6 Ra7 24.Nb4 Rxa5 25.Rd1 Raa8 26.Be1 Be7 27.Kg2 g6 28.Bf2 Ke8 29.Kf1 Bd8 30.Be1 Bb6 31.Ke2 Bc5 32.Bc3 h5 33.h4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Oct. 23
Wang Hao – L’Ami, Erwin
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bc4 Qd8 9.Nbd2 h6 10.b4 Bd6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Be6 15.Nd2 Bf8 16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Nc4 Rad8 19.Ne3 Rd7 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 f6 22.Red1 Red8 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.a4 Nd8 27.Bc1 Nf7 28.Be3 b6 29.a5 Nd6 30.axb6 axb6 31.Nxd6 Bxd6 32.Ra8 Be7 33.Rc8 Bd8 34.g4 Rd6 35.Ra8 Kd7 36.c4 Re6 37.Kd3 Re8 38.Ra7 Ke6 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Rh8 41.Ra8 Kd7 42.Kc4 c6 43.Ra7+ Bc7 44.Bd2 Kc8 45.Ba5 Bb8 46.Rxg7 h5 47.h3 hxg4 48.hxg4 Rh2 49.Rf7 Rxf2 50.g5 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Tregubov, Pavel
C17 French, Winawer, Advance

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Nb5 Bb6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Nge7 11.Nbxd4 h5 12.Qf4 Ng6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qg3 a5 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.Qf4 Kg8 17.O-O Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.c4 Ng6 20.Qc1 h4 21.b5 cxb5 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Rd1 Rh5 24.h3 Qd7 25.Qc2 Ra7 26.Qd2 Rc7 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Ne7 29.Qb6 a4 30.Rac1 Rb7 31.Qa6 Ra7 32.Qd6 Rb7 33.Rc5 Qe8 34.Qa6 Qb8 35.Rdc1 Rh6 36.Qa5 Rhb6 37.Qb4 Rh6 38.Qg4 Re6 39.Ng5 Qxe5 40.Qxh4 1-0

Gelfand-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Adhiban-So 0.5-0.5
Short Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Sevian-Artemiev 0.5-0.5

Round 4, Oct. 23
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Vaibhav, Suri
D47 QGD Semi-Slav, neo-Meran

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 c4 15.bxc4 Qxc4 16.Nd2 Qb5 17.Qe2 Qxe2+ 18.Kxe2 Nb6 19.a3 Kd7 20.Rhb1 bxa3 21.Bxa3 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 Rhb8 23.g4 Nc8 24.Nb3 Rb6 25.Rc1 Rab8 26.Nc5+ Kd8 27.Nd3 R8b7 28.h4 h6 29.Nc5 Rb8 30.g5 Rc6 31.Ra2 Ke7 32.f4 h5 33.Rac2 Nd6 34.Ra2 Rc7 35.Rca1 Ra8 36.g6 fxg6 37.Ra6 Nf5 38.Kd3 Nxh4 39.Nxe6 Rb7 40.Nc5 Rc7 41.Rh1 Nf5 42.Rxg6 Kf7 43.Ra6 g6 44.e4 Ne7 45.e5 Nc6 46.Ke4 Rb8 47.Rc1 Ne7 48.Rca1 Rb4 49.Rf6+ Kg8 50.Na6 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Meier, Georg – Rapport, Richard
B06 Pirc-Robatsch

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.d5 Nb4 6.Be2 a5 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f5 11.exf5 h6 12.Bh4 Bxf5 13.O-O Qd7 14.Qd2 g5 15.Bg3 e5 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Nd4 Bf7 19.Ndb5 Nf6 20.h3 b6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Rfe1 Bg6 23.Bf3 Nd3 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Be2 Nh5 27.Bh2 Qf7 28.Nd5 Rf8 29.Nf3 Nf4 30.Nxf4 gxf4 31.Nxe5 Bxe5 32.Bf3 Qf5 33.Bg4 Qc2 34.Qxc2 Bxc2 35.Rc1 Be4 36.Re1 Bc6 37.Be6 a4 38.Bd5 Bd7 39.g4 fxg3 40.Bxg3 Re8 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Bxe5+ Rxe5 43.Rxe5 dxe5 44.bxa4 Bxa4 45.f4 Kf6 46.Kf3 Bc2 47.Be4 Bd1+ 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.fxe5 Kxe5 50.Bd3 c5 51.a3 Ba4 52.h4 Bb3 53.Be2 Kf5 54.Kf3 Bc2 55.Ke3 Ba4 56.Bf3 Bd7 57.Bd5 Ke5 58.Bf7 Bh3 59.Bd5 Kf5 60.Kf3 Bg4+ 61.Ke3 Bh5 62.Bg8 Bd1 63.Bf7 Bb3 64.Kf3 Ba4 65.Bd5 Bd1+ 66.Ke3 Kg4 67.Ke4 Kxh4 68.Bf7 Kg5 69.Kd5 Ba4 70.Kd6 h5 71.Be6 h4 72.Bh3 Kf4 73.Bf1 Kg3 74.Kc7 Kf2 75.Bh3 b5 76.cxb5 Bxb5 0-1

Round 4, Oct. 23
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – Praggnanandhaa, R.
E00 Catalan Opening

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.Bc3 Nf6 12.Qe2 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.d5 Qe7 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Qxe6+ fxe6 17.O-O Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rd8 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.Re3 Rhe8 21.Rae1 Bc7 22.h4 Re7 23.Kg2 h6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Bh5+ Kf8 26.Rxe6 Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Be5 28.b3 Rd7 29.f4 Bc3 30.Kf3 Kg7 31.Kg4 Rd3 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Re7+ Kf8 35.Rxa7 Be1 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Rxf6 Rxg3+ 38.Kf5 Rh3 39.Rxb6 Rxh4 40.Rxh6 Rxf4+ 41.Kxf4 Bd2+ 42.Ke4 Bxh6 43.Kd5 1-0

Final position



And now, Murderers’ Row on Boards 14 to 17:

Round 4, Oct. 23
Giri, Anish – Debashis, Das
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Bxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd7+ Kxd7 11.O-O-O+ Kc6 12.f4 exf4 13.Nf3 f6 14.e5 Re8 15.Ne4 Kc7 16.Rd3 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Nf6 18.Rc3+ Kb8 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.Nd7+ Ka8 21.Nxf6 Rd8 22.Rc7 h5 23.a3 a6 24.Ne4 Bh6 25.Kb1 Rd4 26.Re1 Rd5 27.Re2 Re5 28.Rc5 Rd5 29.c4 Rd4 30.Rxh5 Rxc4 31.Nd6 f3 32.gxf3 Rc1+ 33.Ka2 Bg7 34.Rxh8+ Bxh8 35.Rxe6 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Kramnik, Vladimir – Dragnev, Valentin
A08 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bg4 9.Na3 Nd4 10.Rd3 Bd6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Ncxe5 Ne2+ 13.Kf1 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 Be6 15.b3 O-O 16.Re3 Rfd8 17.Nd3 c4 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.e5 Ng4 20.Re2 cxb3 21.axb3 Bc6 22.h3 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Nxe5 24.Bxb7 Rab8 25.Bg2 Rb5 26.Rce1 Ba5 27.Bd5 Bxe1 28.Rxe5 Bc3 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7 30.Rxb5 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd2 32.Nd3 Rxc2 33.Rc5 Ke6 34.Rc6+ Kd7 35.Rc4 Kd6 36.Nc5 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Anand, Vishy – Shyam, Sundar
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bc4 Na5 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nd5 Kh8 11.Qd3 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Qe3 c5 14.Bd3 b6 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Qd3 Qd7 17.Nd2 Raf8 18.Ne4 c4 19.Qe2 b5 20.b4 Nb7 21.a4 Bd8 22.Be3 Bb6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Qe3 bxa4 25.Qxb6 Rf4 26.f3 Qf7 27.Qb5 h6 28.Qxc4 g5 29.Rxa4 g4 30.Ra3 Qg6 31.Qe2 R8f7 32.Re3 h5 33.Rf2 Kg7 34.fxg4 hxg4 35.g3 Rxf2 36.Nxf2 Rc7 37.Re4 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Nakamura, Hikaru – Zumsande, Martin
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 b6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd4 Bb7 16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Ne2 a5 18.Ng3 f5 19.Nh5 Bc6 20.Qg3 Bd8 21.Be2 Ba4 22.Rc1 Ne4 23.Qe3 Bxc2+ 24.Ka1 Qd7 25.b3 a4 26.Kb2 g6 27.Ng3 a3+ 28.Kxa3 Be7+ 29.Kb2 Nxg3 30.hxg3 Be4 31.Bxb6 Bxg2 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rc1 Be4 34.Bd4 Bf8 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Qc3 Qd7 37.a3 g5 38.b4 gxf4 39.gxf4 Qg7 40.Bf2 Qh6 41.Qg3+ Kf7 42.Qh4 Qxh4 43.Bxh4 Bh6 44.Bg3 Ke7 45.Kc3 Kd7 46.a4 Bf8 47.Bf2 Kc7 48.a5 Be7 49.b5 Kb8 50.a6 Bg2 51.Bd4 Bh3 52.b6 Bg4 53.Bb5 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Keymer, Vincent – Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O dxc4 7.a4 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nd6 9.e4 Na6 10.Na3 Be6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bc3 Nc7 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.Ne5 f6 16.Nexc4 Nf7 17.Ne3 Bb3 18.Nac2 e5 19.Rd2 Bh6 20.Rd3 Ne6 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Ba5 Rxd3 23.Qxd3 Nc5 24.Qc3 b6 25.Bb4 Bxa4 26.Bxc5 Bxc2 27.Qxc2 bxc5 28.Nc4 Qc7 29.Bh3 Re8 30.Ra6 Bf8 31.Qa4 Ng5 32.Bg2 Ne6 33.Rxa7 Qb8 34.Qxc6 Qxa7 35.Qxe8 Qa1+ 36.Bf1 Ng5 37.Nd2 Qe1 38.h4 Nh3+ 39.Kg2 Qxf2+ 40.Kxh3 Qxd2 41.Bc4+ Kg7 42.Qf7+ 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 23
Zhukova, Natalia – Piasetski, Leon
E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Nd2 d6 10.Be2 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.h3 a6 14.Rb1 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.b4 cxb4 17.Na2 Na6 18.Nxb4 Nxb4 19.Rxb4 Qa5 20.Qb3 Bd7 21.Bb2 Rfe8 22.Ra1 Qc7 23.Bf3 h6 24.Bd4 Nh7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Qb2+ Nf6 27.Rb3 Rec8 28.Bd1 Ra8 29.Rf3 Qd8 30.Rfa3 Rxa3 31.Rxa3 Qe7 32.f4 Kg8 33.Bf3 Be8 34.Kh2 Nd7 35.Ra7 Qf6 36.Qxf6 Nxf6 37.e5 dxe5 38.fxe5 Nd7 39.Bg4 Rd8 40.e6 Nf6 41.exf7+ Bxf7 42.Be6 Bxe6 43.dxe6 Rxd2 44.Ra8+ Kg7 45.Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 23, 2018

Round Four (continued)

Round Five Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Wang Hao 2722 4 - 4 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2721
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2780 3½ - 3½ GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2623
3 GM Rapport Richard 2725 3½ - 3½ GM Xiong Jeffery 2656
4 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2588 3½ - 3½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711
5 GM Aronian Levon 2780 3 - 3 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2664
6 GM L'ami Erwin 2639 3 - 3 GM Giri Anish 2780
7 GM So Wesley 2776 3 - 3 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2660
8 GM Grischuk Alexander 2769 3 - 3 GM Short Nigel D 2652
9 GM Shirov Alexei 2636 3 - 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2763
10 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760 3 - 3 GM Sevian Samuel 2634
11 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2706 3 - 3 GM Donchenko Alexander 2610
12 GM Svane Rasmus 2595 3 - 3 GM Gelfand Boris 2701
13 GM Howell David W L 2689 3 - 3 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2605
14 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2593 3 - 3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2677
15 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2673 3 - 3 GM Wagner Dennis 2572
16 GM Nihal Sarin 2572 3 - 3 GM Adhiban B. 2668
17 IM Lomasov Semen 2540 2½ - 2½ GM Le Quang Liem 2715
18 GM Adams Michael 2712 2½ - 2½ GM Olafsson Helgi 2510
19 GM Almasi Zoltan 2702 2½ - 2½ GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2504
20 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2519 2½ - 2½ GM Meier Georg 2639
21 GM Sutovsky Emil 2633 2½ - 2½ GM Kobo Ori 2505
22 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2493 2½ - 2½ GM Tari Aryan 2618
23 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 2½ - 2½ IM Keymer Vincent 2491
24 GM Vaibhav Suri 2597 2½ - 2½ IM Krishna C R G 2445
25 GM Gormally Daniel W 2482 2½ - 2½ GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2594
26 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 2546 2½ - 2½ IM Seul Georg 2402
27 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2438 2½ - 2½ GM Kaidanov Gregory 2544
28 GM Eljanov Pavel 2703 2 - 2½ IM Karavade Eesha 2374
29 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2622 2 - 2 IM Lubbe Nikolas 2447
30 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2447 2 - 2 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2589
31 GM Hess Robert 2574 2 - 2 IM Merry Alan B 2435
32 GM Debashis Das 2548 2 - 2 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2423
33 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2445 2 - 2 GM Puranik Abhimanyu 2547
34 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2541 2 - 2 IM Erenberg Ariel 2407
35 IM Arjun Kalyan 2408 2 - 2 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2513
36 GM Dragnev Valentin 2508 2 - 2 GM Tarjan James 2404
37 IM Schneider Ilja 2507 2 - 2 IM Bulmaga Irina 2402
38 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505 2 - 2 IM Houska Jovanka 2402
39 GM Anurag Mhamal 2495 2 - 2 IM Rahul Srivatshav P 2395
40 FM Jackson James P 2371 2 - 2 IM Harsha Bharathakoti 2492
41 IM Zumsande Martin 2492 2 - 2 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2378
42 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 2 - 2 FM Serarols Mabras Bernat 2367
43 WIM Heinemann Josefine 2308 2 - 2 GM Batsiashvili Nino 2482
44 FM Paterek Michal 2311 2 - 2 GM Darini Pouria 2475
45 IM Cornette Deimante 2462 2 - 2 IM Ravi Teja S. 2357
46 IM Prithu Gupta 2458 2 - 2 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2334
47 FM House Glenn L 2180 2 - 2 GM Williams Simon K 2457
48 IM Gukesh D 2456 2 - 2 Bianco Valerio 2008
49 FM Pranav Anand 2269 2 - 2 IM Kolosowski Mateusz 2448
50 GM Khmelniker Ilya 2492 1½ - 1½ GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2345
51 Wu Li 2335 1½ - 1½ IM Bellaiche Anthony 2453
52 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 1½ - 1½ FM Dubinski Mateusz 2327
53 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2422 1½ - 1½ WIM Vaishali R 2313
54 WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii 2295 1½ - 1½ IM Raja Harshit 2420
55 IM Fenil Shah 2411 1½ - 1½ FM Dushyant Sharma 2289
56 IM Mannion Stephen R 2289 1½ - 1½ IM Gaponenko Inna 2409
57 IM Eggleston David J 2406 1½ - 1½ WIM Unuk Laura 2272
58 Chennaoui Yasin 2050 1½ - 1½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2403
59 IM Tania Sachdev 2400 1½ - 1½ WGM Paramzina Anastasya 2243
60 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2393 1½ - 1½ FM Ragnarsson Dagur 2251
61 IM Piasetski Leon 2252 1½ - 1½ IM Trent Lawrence 2391
80 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2779 3 ½ not paired
81 GM Anand Viswanathan 2771 3 ½ not paired
82 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 3½ ½ not paired
83 GM Nabaty Tamir 2692 1½ ½ not paired
84 GM Leko Peter 2690 2½ ½ not paired
85 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2588 3 ½ not paired
86 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2551 2½ ½ not paired
87 IM Bellin Robert 2326 1 ½ not paired

[Hans Jung]

GM Karjakhin delivered a rare pure two knight checkmate (black had one lone passed pawn) allowing black to queen and then delivering checkmate. Enough to make a true chess fan stand and applaud.

[Hans Jung]

Jeffery Xiong delivered some pyrotechnics of his own sacking a knight for 3 pawns but also getting the very rare diamond pawn formation with black pawns at e5, d4, e3 and f4. In chess diamonds are not forever but Jeffery got plenty of passed pawn action and cemented his advantage with the b4 tickler.

[Hans Jung]

After rd 5 there are 4 with 4.5, 7 with 4 points and 27 at 3 and a half points including worlds top ten Anand, Aronian, Kramnik, So, Giri and Grischuk. What a tournament!

[Hans Jung]

Tomorrow Jeffery Xiong on board one against Wang Hao. Cant wait.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 24, 2018

Round Five

Round 5, Oct. 24
Wang Hao – Naiditsch, Arkadij
D36 QGD, Exchange, Modern Line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Bf4 Ne6 13.Bh2 Ng7 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Be2 h5 17.Rfc1 Ne6 18.a3 h4 19.Na4 Qxb3 20.Nxb3 a5 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Nf3 g5 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Nf8 25.Nb6 Ra7 26.Bh2 Bd8 27.Na4 Nd7 28.b3 Be7 29.Nb2 Kg7 30.Nd3 Rea8 31.Kf1 f6 32.Ke1 Nf8 33.Nc5 Nd7 34.Nd3 Nf8 35.Nc5 Nd7 36.Nd3 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Oct. 24
MVL – Parligras, Mirea-Emilian
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.b4 d5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qd7 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 Rd8 18.Rad1 Rd6 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Na5 22.Qa4 b6 23.Rd1 Qe7 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Nxe5 Qd2 26.Nf3 Qxc3 27.e5 Nd7 28.Qe4 Nf8 29.Qa8 c6 30.g3 cxb5 31.Nf5 g6 32.Nxh6+ Kg7 33.Nxf7 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Kxf7 35.Qa7+ Kg8 36.Qxb6 Nc6 37.Qxb5 Nd8 38.Nd4 Qc7 39.Qd5+ Kg7 40.h4 Qe7 41.f4 Qb7 42.Qxb7+ Nxb7 43.Kf3 Nc5 44.g4 Nfd7 45.e6 Nb6 46.h5 gxh5 47.g5 Nd5 48.f5 Kf8 49.Kg3 Ke7 50.Kh4 Nf4 51.f6+ Ke8 52.e7 Ne4 53.Nf5 Kf7 54.Nh6+ Ke8 55.Nf5 Kf7 56.Nh6+ Ke8 57.Nf5 1/2-1/2

Final position




Mircea-Emilian Pârligras is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a two-time Romanian Chess Champion.

Round 5, Oct. 24
Rapport, Richard – Xiong, Jeffery
A45 Queen’s pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bh4 b6 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 dxe4 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bc6 Bxc6 12.Nxc6 Qc8 13.Qe2 Qb7 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.O-O Bf4 17.f3 e3 18.Nc4 Nd5 19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.Ne5+ Ke8 21.Qe1 c5 22.c4 cxd4 23.cxd5 Qxd5 24.Nd3 Qf5 25.Qd1 Ke7 26.Qb3 Rhd8 27.Rfc1 Rac8 28.Rc4 b5 29.Rc2 Kf8 30.Rac1 e5 31.h3 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Kg7 33.Rc7 Re8 34.Qd5 Re6 35.Nxf4 Rf6 36.Ne2 d3 37.Nc3 Rg6 38.Re7 b4 39.Nb1 e2 40.Qxe5+ Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Rc6 0-1

John Saunders - amazing win for Jeffery Xiong against Richard Rapport after saccing a piece for murky complications - now tied for the lead on 4.5/5

Gupta-Vidit 1-0
Aronian-Kovalev 0.5-0.5
L’Ami-Giri 0.5-0.5
So-Melkumyan 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-Short 0.5-0.5

Nigel Short - I have faced @SergeyKaryakin and Alexander Grischuk on successive days. I am just not used to playing world-class opponents any more. It is a big strain

Round 5, Oct. 24
Shirov, Alexei – Nakamura, Hikaru
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nb3 g5 9.Ne1 Qc7 10.f4 c5 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Qxc5+ 13.Kh1 d4 14.Nd3 Qc7 15.fxg5 O-O-O 16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf5 18.Rxf5 exf5 19.Qxf5+ Kb8 20.g6 fxg6 21.Qxg6 Be7 22.Bf4 Bg5 23.Bg3 Qxc2 24.h4 Be3 25.e6+ Ka8 26.Qe4 Rhg8 27.Rf1 Rde8 28.Rf7 Qc6 29.Qxc6 bxc6 30.Bd6 Rxe6 31.Bc5 Re4 32.Be7 Reg4 0-1

Round 5, Oct. 24
Karjakin, Sergey – Sevian, Samuel
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.Nbd2 Qc8 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 h6 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Qe2 Bf8 16.Nfd2 g6 17.Ba4 Qb7 18.Qf3 Nh7 19.Qg3 Bg7 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Nf6 22.Be3 Nd7 23.Qf2 Nc5 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 b3 27.c3 Nd7 28.Qe3 d5 29.exd5 Bxd5 30.Qxh6 Re8 31.Ne3 Ne5 32.c4 Bxg2 33.Nxg2 Nxd3 34.Re3 Qc5 35.Kh1 Nf2+ 36.Kh2 Qd6+ 37.Kg1 Rxe3 38.Qxe3 Nxh3+ 39.Kh1 Kg7 40.Re1 Rh8 41.Qe5+ Qxe5 42.Rxe5 Ng5+ 43.Kg1 Rd8 44.Rd5 Rxd5 45.cxd5 Kf6 46.Nxb3 Ne4 47.Ne3 Ke5 48.Kg2 f5 49.Nc1 f4 50.Nc2 Kxd5 51.Nb4+ Kc4 52.Nxa6 Kb5 53.Nxc7+ Kxa5 54.Nd3 Nd2 55.Ne6 Kb5 56.Nexf4 Nc4 57.Ne6 Nxb2 58.Nxb2 g5 59.Nd4+ Kc5 60.Nf5 g4 61.Ng3 Kd4 62.Kf2 Kc3 63.Nd1+ Kd3 64.Ke1 Kc4 65.Kd2 Kd4 66.Nc3 Kc4 67.Nce2 Kd5 68.Kc3 Kc5 69.Nf4 Kc6 70.Kc4 Kd6 71.Nd3 Kc6 72.Ne5+ Kd6 73.Kd4 Ke6 74.Nc4 Kf6 75.Ne3 Ke6 76.Nef5 Kd7 77.Kd5 Kc7 78.Nd4 Kd7 79.Ne6 Ke7 80.Nc5 Kf7 81.Kd6 Kf6 82.Nce4+ Kf7 83.Kd7 Kf8 84.Nd6 Kg7 85.Ke6 Kg6 86.Nde4 Kg7 87.Ke7 Kg8 88.Kf6 Kh7 89.Nf5 Kg8 90.Ke7 g3 91.Nf6+ Kh8 92.Kf8 1-0

Final position, White wins in 2 moves after 92…g2



John Saunders - Karjakin 1-0 Sevian: "it's been a Hard Day's Knight" says Beatles nut @DanielKingChess - @SamSevian could have drawn with 81...Ke8 - great win for @SergeyKaryakin

Round 5, Oct. 24
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Meier, Georg
C11 French, Modern Burn variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 c5 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Bc4 Bd7 14.Bb3 a5 15.a3 a4 16.Ba2 Qa5 17.Rhe1 Qxd2+ 18.Rxd2 Ra5 19.f3 Rc8 20.Re3 Kf8 21.Ne2 Ke7 22.Rd4 Rac5 23.Rc3 b5 24.Kd2 g5 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Rb4 Nd5 27.Bxd5 Rxd5+ 28.Ke3 Rd1 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Nd4 Rc1 31.g4 Re1+ 32.Kd2 Re5 33.b3 axb3 34.cxb3 f5 35.gxf5 exf5 36.a4 bxa4 37.bxa4 f4 38.Ne2 Bc6 39.Nd4 Bd7 40.Ne2 Re3 41.Nxf4 gxf4 42.Rxf4 Ra3 43.Ke2 Bxa4 44.Re4+ Kf6 45.Kf2 Bc6 46.Re3 Ra8 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Rd3 Ke5 49.Rc3 Bd5 50.Rd3 Bc4 51.Re3+ Kd4 52.Re4+ Kd3 53.Re5 Kd2 54.Re4 Bd3 55.Re5 Ra1 56.Kg2 Be2 57.Rd5+ Ke1 58.Rd7 Ra8 59.Rg7 Rf8 60.Rg3 Rf5 61.f4 Rxf4 62.Re3 Rg4+ 63.Rg3 Re4 64.Ra3 Kd2 65.Kg3 Rg4+ 66.Kf2 Rf4+ 67.Kg3 Rf5 68.Ra7 Bf3 69.Ra2+ Ke3 70.Ra3+ Ke4 71.Kf2 Bd1+ 72.Ke1 Rd5 73.Ra2 Bf3 74.Rd2 Rh5 75.Rb2 Rd5 76.Rd2 Rc5 77.Rb2 Rc3 78.Kf2 Kf4 79.Rd2 Re3 80.Rd4+ Be4 81.Rd2 Bd3 82.Rb2 Rf3+ 83.Ke1 Ke4 84.Rf2 Re3+ 85.Kd2 Kd4 86.Rf4+ Be4 87.Rf2 Rb3 88.Ke2 Ra3 89.Kd2 Bf3 90.Ke1 Ke3 91.Re2+ Kf4 92.Rb2 Kg3 93.Kd2 Be4 94.Ke2 Bf3+ 95.Kd2 Kf4 96.Ke1 Be4 97.Rf2+ Kg3 98.Rb2 Bd3 99.Kd2 Kf3 100.Ke1 Be2 101.Rb8 Bd3 102.Rb2 Kg3 103.Kd2 Kf2 104.Rb4 Kf3 105.Rb2 Bc4 106.Rb4 Bd5 107.Rh4 Be6 108.Rd4 Bf5 109.Rd5 Rd3+ 110.Rxd3+ Bxd3 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 90.Ke1



Round 5, Oct. 24
Nihal Sarin – Adhiban, B.
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Re1 a6 7.c3 O-O 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Nf1 d5 11.exd5 Nb6 12.Bd3 Nbxd5 13.Bd2 Nf5 14.Ng3 b6 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.Rad1 Kh7 17.Be4 Qc8 18.c4 Nf6 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Bc3 b5 21.b3 Rfe8 22.Qc2 Ne7 23.Ne5 Kg8 24.Rc1 h5 25.h3 h4 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Nf5 28.Nf3 bxc4 29.bxc4 c5 30.Rce1 Reb8 31.dxc5 Bxc3 32.Qxc3 Qb2 33.Qa5 Qb4 34.Qxb4 Rxb4 35.Nxh4 Nxh4 36.Rxh4 Rc8 37.Re2 Rxc5 38.Rc2 Ra4 39.g3 Kf8 40.Rh8+ Kg7 41.Ra8 Rca5 42.c5 Rxa2 43.Rxa2 Rxa2 44.c6 Rc2 45.Rxa6 e5 46.h4 f5 47.Kf1 Kh6 48.Ke1 e4 49.Kd1 Rc4 50.Ke2 Kh5 51.Ke3 Kg4 52.c7 Rc3+ 53.Ke2 Rc2+ 54.Ke3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Oct. 24
Piasetski, Leon – Trent, Lawrence
A40 Queen’s Pawn, English Defence

1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.a3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 d6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 g4 11.Nd2 h5 12.f3 h4 13.Bf2 c5 14.fxg4 h3 15.Bf3 hxg2 16.Rg1 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Rxh2 18.Rxg2 Rh1+ 19.Rg1 Rxg1+ 20.Bxg1 Nh7 21.Nb5 d5 22.Bh2 Kf8 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Qxd5 Ndf6 25.Qf5 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Qd5 27.Bf4 Qh1+ 28.Nf1 Qg2 29.O-O-O Qxg4 30.Qxg4 Nxg4 31.Ng3 Rc8+ 32.Kb1 Nhf6 33.Ngf5 Bc5 34.Nb5 a6 35.Nbd6 Rd8 36.b4 Bxd6 37.Bxd6+ Ke8 38.Ng7+ Kd7 39.Bc5+ Kc8 40.Rxd8+ Kxd8 41.Bxb6+ Kd7 42.Bd4 Nd5 43.Nf5 Ke6 44.e4 Ndf6 45.Ng3 Ne8 46.Kc2 Nd6 47.a4 Ne5 48.Kc3 Nd7 49.Bc5 Nb7 50.Kd4 Ne5 51.Bf8 Nc6+ 52.Kc4 Ke5 53.Bh6 Nb8 54.Kd3 a5 55.Ne2 Na6 56.Bf4+ Ke6 57.bxa5 Nxa5 58.Nd4+ Kd7 59.Kc3 Nb7 60.Kc4 Nac5 61.a5 Nxe4 62.a6 Nbd6+ 63.Kd3 Nc5+ 1/2-1/2


Standings after Round Five

1-4 Wang, Naiditsch, Xiong, Gupta 4.5
5-11 MVL, Karjakin, Jumabayev, Parligras, Wojtaszek, Svane, Nakamura 4

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 24, 2018

Round Five (continued)

Round Six Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Xiong Jeffery 2656 4½ - 4½ GM Wang Hao 2722
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2763 4 - 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2588
3 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2605 4 - 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2780
4 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2623 4 - 4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 4 - 4 GM Svane Rasmus 2595
6 GM Adhiban B. 2668 3½ - 3½ GM Aronian Levon 2780
7 GM Giri Anish 2780 3½ - 3½ GM Kovalev Vladislav 2664
8 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2779 3½ - 3½ GM L'ami Erwin 2639
9 GM Short Nigel D 2652 3½ - 3½ GM So Wesley 2776
10 GM Anand Viswanathan 2771 3½ - 3½ GM Fridman Daniel 2600
11 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2660 3½ - 3½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2769
12 GM Donchenko Alexander 2610 3½ - 3½ GM Rapport Richard 2725
13 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2594 3½ - 3½ GM Adams Michael 2712
14 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711 3½ - 3½ GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2593
15 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2588 3½ - 3½ GM Artemiev Vladislav 2706
16 GM Wagner Dennis 2572 3½ - 3½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2702
17 GM Jones Gawain C B 2677 3½ - 3½ GM Nihal Sarin 2572
18 GM Kaidanov Gregory 2544 3½ - 3½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2673
19 GM Le Quang Liem 2715 3 - 3½ GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2493
20 GM Eljanov Pavel 2703 3 - 3 IM Schneider Ilja 2507
21 GM Leko Peter 2690 3 - 3 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505
22 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2513 3 - 3 GM Howell David W L 2689
23 GM Meier Georg 2639 3 - 3 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
24 GM Kobo Ori 2505 3 - 3 GM Shirov Alexei 2636
25 GM Sevian Samuel 2634 3 - 3 GM Anurag Mhamal 2495
26 IM Harsha Bharathakoti 2492 3 - 3 GM Sutovsky Emil 2633
27 GM Darini Pouria 2475 3 - 3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2622
28 GM Williams Simon K 2457 3 - 3 GM Vaibhav Suri 2597
29 IM Kolosowski Mateusz 2448 3 - 3 GM Hess Robert 2574
30 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2551 3 - 3 IM Gukesh D 2456
31 IM Krishna C R G 2445 3 - 3 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 2546
32 GM Tarjan James 2404 3 - 3 IM Lomasov Semen 2540
33 IM Seul Georg 2402 3 - 3 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2519
34 GM Tari Aryan 2618 2½ - 3 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2445
35 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2589 2½ - 2½ IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427
36 IM Raja Harshit 2420 2½ - 2½ GM Debashis Das 2548
37 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2423 2½ - 2½ IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2541
38 GM Olafsson Helgi 2510 2½ - 2½ IM Fenil Shah 2411
39 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2504 2½ - 2½ IM Eggleston David J 2406
40 IM Gaponenko Inna 2409 2½ - 2½ GM Khmelniker Ilya 2492
41 IM Erenberg Ariel 2407 2½ - 2½ IM Zumsande Martin 2492
42 IM Keymer Vincent 2491 2½ - 2½ FM Hoefelsauer Thomas 2380
43 GM Batsiashvili Nino 2482 2½ - 2½ WGM Lubbe Melanie 2359
44 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2378 2½ - 2½ GM Gormally Daniel W 2482
45 IM Karavade Eesha 2374 2½ - 2½ IM Cornette Deimante 2462
46 IM Ravi Teja S. 2357 2½ - 2½ IM Prithu Gupta 2458
47 IM Bellaiche Anthony 2453 2½ - 2½ WIM Heinemann Josefine 2308
48 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2334 2½ - 2½ IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2447
49 WIM Vaishali R 2313 2½ - 2½ FM Sadhwani Raunak 2438
50 FM Ragnarsson Dagur 2251 2½ - 2 GM Nabaty Tamir 2692


81 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2721 4½ ½ not paired
82 GM Gelfand Boris 2701 3 ½ not paired
83 GM Zhukova Natalia 2403 2½ ½ not paired
84 Wu Li 2335 1½ ½ not paired
85 IM Piasetski Leon 2252 2 ½ not paired

[Hans Jung]

Jeffery Xiong came up just short against Wang Hao. Draw. Was the endgame winnable?

[Hans Jung]

Speaking of short, Nigel Short survived his third monster. He plays well for an old man.

[Hans Jung]

6 way tie for first with 5 out of 6. All 2700's except for Jeffery Xiong, and he will soon be there. Congratulations Jeffery!

[Hans Jung]

Nakamura vs Xiong. Its a challenge. How exciting!

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 26, 2018

Round Six

Round 6, Oct. 26
Xiong, Jeffery – Wang, Hao
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.b4 Bd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qb3 c6 16.e3 Ne4 17.Rfc1 Bf6 18.Rab1 Re8 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Qd7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rc2 Qd6 23.Rbc1 Reb8 24.Qd3 Rb6 25.Ne1 Ng5 26.Qf5 Ne6 27.Nf3 Rab8 28.h4 Nd8 29.h5 Qe6 30.Bh3 Kf8 31.Kg2 Qxf5 32.Bxf5 Ke7 33.Ra1 Kd6 34.Nh2 Ne6 35.Ra7 R8b7 36.Ra8 Rb8 37.Rxb8 Rxb8 38.Ng4 Rc8 39.Ra2 c5 40.Ra6+ Rc6 41.dxc5+ Nxc5 42.Rxc6+ Kxc6 43.Nxf6 gxf6 44.f4 Kd6 45.g4 Ne6 46.Kf3 Ng7 47.Bc8 Ke7 48.Bb7 f5 49.g5 Nxh5 50.gxh6 Kf6 51.Bxd5 Kg6 52.h7 Kxh7 53.Bxf7 Nf6 54.Ke2 Kg7 55.Be6 Ne4 56.Bd7 Kf6 57.Bc6 Ng3+ 58.Kd3 Nh5 59.Kd4 Ng7 60.Kd5 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Oct. 25
Nakamura, Hikaru - Gupta, Abhijeet
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Na4 Bc5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.b3 Re8 14.f3 a6 15.Nc3 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Qb8 18.Nc3 d5 19.Bb2 Qa7+ 20.Kh1 Qe3 21.Rfd1 Qf2 22.Re1 Nb4 23.Nb5 Nc2 24.Bd4 Ne3 25.Bxe3 Rxe3 26.Rf1 Qxe2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Nd4 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 25
Jumabayev, Rinat – MVL
E61 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Nd2 e5 8.d5 e4 9.g4 Bc8 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Ndxe4 f5 12.gxf6 Nxf6 13.Ng3 Bh3 14.e4 Nbd7 15.Bg5 c6 16.Qd2 Qa5 17.f3 Ne5 18.Rg1 cxd5 19.cxd5 Rac8 20.Nd1 Qa4 21.Nc3 Qb4 22.Nd1 Qa4 23.Nc3 Qd7 24.Bh6 b5 25.Bxg7 Qxg7 26.Nxb5 Qb7 27.Nd4 Qb6 28.Rd1 Rce8 29.Qc3 Rc8 30.Qd2 Rce8 31.Qc3 Rc8 32.Qa3 Rc2 33.f4 Rxb2 34.Nf1 Nxe4 35.fxe5 dxe5 36.Ng3 exd4 0-1

Round 6, Oct. 25
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian – Karjakin, Sergey
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.e3 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.b4 Qe7 15.O-O Rd8 16.Bd3 h6 17.Be4 Rb8 18.Nc4 a6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Na5 Bb7 21.Rac1 Rd6 22.Rfd1 Rbd8 23.h3 Ba8 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Qe2 Qd8 26.Nb3 Bb7 27.e4 e5 28.Na5 Ba8 29.Nc4 Rd4 30.Nxe5 c5 31.Rxc5 Bxe4 32.Qxa6 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Qd2 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Qg4 Qe1 36.Nf3 Qh1+ 37.Kg3 Bg6 38.Rc3 Rd8 39.Qf4 Qa1 40.Qc1 Qa2 41.Qe3 Rd6 42.b5 Re6 43.Qc5 Be4 44.Kh2 Rg6 45.Qd4 Qb1 46.Qc4 Bb7 47.Qxf7 Qxb5 48.Rb3 Qf1 49.Ng5+ Rxg5 50.Qxb7 Qxf2 51.Qe4+ Qf5 52.Qxf5+ Rxf5 53.a4 Ra5 54.Ra3 Kg6 55.Kg3 Kf5 56.Kf3 h5 57.Ke3 Ke5 58.Kd3 Kd5 59.Kc3 Kc5 60.Ra2 Kb6 61.Kd4 Kc6 62.Kc4 Kb6 63.Kb4 Rg5 64.a5+ Ka6 65.Kc4 h4 66.Kd4 Rb5 67.Ke4 g5 68.Kf3 Rb4 69.Rd2 Rf4+ 70.Ke3 Rf5 71.Ra2 Rb5 72.Ke4 Rc5 73.Rf2 Rxa5 74.Rf5 Ra4+ 75.Kf3 Ra3+ 76.Kg4 Rg3+ 77.Kh5 Rxg2 78.Rxg5 Rh2 79.Kxh4 Kb6 80.Rd5 Kc6 81.Rd3 Ra2 82.Kg5 Ra5+ 83.Kg4 Ra4+ 84.Kg5 Ra5+ 85.Kg6 Ra4 86.Kf6 Kc7 87.Kg5 Ra5+ 88.Kg4 Ra4+ 89.Kg3 Ra8 90.h4 Rd8 91.Rxd8 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Oct. 25
Anand, Vishy – Fridman, Daniel
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.Bb3 Bf6 13.Ne5 Na5 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Rc1 Bxc2 17.Rxc2 Nf5 18.Rd2 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 bxc6 21.Be5 Bg5 22.Rd1 Qd7 23.Qe2 Re8 24.Qg4 Bd8 25.h3 g6 26.Qf3 f6 27.Bf4 Nxd4 28.Qd3 c5 29.Qc4+ Qf7 30.Qxc5 Ne6 31.Qc4 Nxf4 32.Qxf4 f5 33.Qa4 Bf6 34.Qxa7 Qc4 35.Nd5 Bxb2 36.Nxc7 Rf8 37.Nd5 Qc2 38.Ne3 Qc6 39.Qe7 Bf6 40.Qb4 Kg7 41.a4 Ra8 42.a5 Ra7 43.Qb6 Ra6 44.Qb4 Ra7 45.g3 Rb7 46.Qa3 Ra7 47.Nd5 Rd7 48.Qb3 Rb7 49.Nb6 Ra7 50.Rd5 Bc3 51.Qa3 Bf6 52.Qd3 Qc3 53.Nc4 Qxd3 54.Rxd3 Kf7 55.Rb3 Bd4 56.Nd6+ Ke6 57.Nb5 Bxf2+ 58.Kxf2 Rxa5 59.Nd4+ Kf6 60.Rb6+ Kg5 61.Ne6+ Kf6 62.h4 Ra2+ 63.Kf3 Ra3+ 64.Kg2 Ra2+ 65.Kh3 Ra7 66.h5 Ke5 67.Kh4 Ra1 68.Nf4 Ke4 69.hxg6 hxg6 70.Rb4+ Kf3 71.Rb3+ Kf2 72.Kg5 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 25
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Svane, Rasmus
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Na6 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 b6 9.c4 Bb7 10.e3 e6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Nf6 16.Nfe5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Nc5 19.b4 Ncd7 20.b5 Nb8 21.Qf3 Nfd7 22.Qxf7+ Qxf7 23.Nxf7 Rf8 24.Bxg7 Rxf7 25.Bb2 Rf5 26.Nd6 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc5 28.Rxc5 Nxc5 29.Nc8 Na4 30.Bd4 Nd7 31.f4 Kf7 32.Nxa7 Ke7 33.Nc8+ Kd8 34.Nd6 Ke7 35.Nc4 1-0

Adhiban-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Giri-Kovalev 0.5-0.5
Short-So 0.5-0.5
Melkumyan-Grischuk 0.5-0.5

Round 6, Oct. 25
Kramnik, Vladimir – L’Ami, Erwin
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.O-O-O Nxg3 11.hxg3 g4 12.Nh4 Nb6 13.e4 Be6 14.e5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 16.Nf5 Qa5 17.Kb1 O-O-O 18.Ne3 Bb4 19.Ne2 b5 20.Nf4 c3 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rd3 cxb2 23.Qxc6+ Kb8 24.Qxe6 Rc8 25.Qb3 Rc7 26.Qxb2 Bc3 27.Qb3 Rhc8 28.Rhd1 b4 29.e6 Rb7 30.d5 Bf6 31.Nxg4 Bg7 32.d6 Rc3 33.d7 Rxb3+ 34.Rxb3 Qd8 35.e7 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 25
Donchenko, Alexander – Rapport, Richard
A25 English, Closed System

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 Nd4 6.Nge2 Nxe2 7.Qxe2 Ne7 8.d3 d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Rb1 Nd4 12.Qd1 h5 13.h4 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Ne2 b5 16.b3 c5 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.O-O O-O 20.a4 bxc4 21.bxc4 Qc7 22.Bb4 Bh6 23.f4 exf4 24.gxf4 a5 25.Bd2 Bg4 26.Bf3 Rxb1 27.Qxb1 Rb8 28.Qd1 Bh3 29.Rf2 d5 30.exd5 Bxf4 31.Bxf4 Qxf4 32.Bg2 Qg3 33.Qf1 Bxg2 34.Rxg2 Qxh4 35.d6 Re8 36.d7 Re6 37.Re2 Rd6 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Qf3 Rxd7 40.Qa8 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+ 42.Kg1 Re7 43.Rg8+ Kf6 44.Qd8 Qg3+ 45.Kh1 Qh3+ 46.Kg1 Qe3+ 47.Kh1 Kf5 48.Qd5+ Kg4 0-1

Round 6, Oct. 25
Jones, Gawain – Nihal Sarin
C02 French, Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Be2 Na5 9.O-O Ne7 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.Ne1 Nc8 12.f4 Nb6 13.Bg4 g6 14.Ndf3 O-O-O 15.Be3 h6 16.Bf2 Kb8 17.Bh4 Re8 18.Qd2 Na4 19.Nc2 Qb6 20.Ne3 Bc8 21.Bh3 h5 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Ng5 Qc7 24.Nh7 Be7 25.g4 hxg4 26.Nxg4 Rh8 27.Bxh8 Rxh8 28.Ng5 Bxg5 29.fxg5 Rxh3 30.Nh6 Nc6 31.Qc2 Nc5 32.Qg2 Rd3 33.Rxf7 Qb6 34.dxc5 Qxc5+ 35.Qf2 d4 36.Ng4 Qd5 37.Re1 dxc3 38.bxc3 Rxc3 39.Nf6 Qd3 40.Qc5 Qd4+ 41.Qxd4 Nxd4 42.Rd1 Nf3+ 43.Kf1 Nxe5 44.Rf8 Kc7 45.Ne8+ Kc6 46.Nf6 Kc7 47.Rg8 Rxa3 48.Rdd8 Bd7 49.Nxd7 Nxd7 50.Rc8+ Kd6 51.Rxc4 Ra1+ 52.Kg2 Ra2+ 53.Kg3 Ra3+ 54.Kf4 Kd5 55.Rc2 Ra4+ 56.Kg3 Ra3+ 57.Kg2 Ke4 58.Rf2 Nc5 59.Rxg6 Nd3 60.Rxe6+ Kd5 61.Re3 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 25
Tarjan, James – Lomasov, Semyon
A25 English, Closed System

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 h5 6.h4 Nd4 7.Nge2 Ne6 8.d3 c6 9.O-O d6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.f3 O-O 12.Qd2 a5 13.b3 Bd7 14.d4 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bh3 Nd4 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Kg2 Ra6 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Nd5 f6 21.Be3 Nd6 22.Nec3 a4 23.Nxa4 Nxc4 24.bxc4 Qxa4 25.Qd3 Kh7 26.Rf2 f5 27.Rb1 Qd7 28.Rfb2 fxe4 29.Qxe4 Nxf3 30.Bxc5 Rf7 31.Bf2 Nd4 32.Rxb7 Qf5 33.Qxf5 Rxf5 34.R1b2 Nf3 35.Re7 g5 36.Rbb7 Rg6 37.hxg5 Nxg5 38.Ne3 Rf8 39.Rxe5 h4 40.Rf5 h3+ 41.Kh2 Ra8 42.Rf4 Rxa2 43.Nf5 Ne6 44.Rh4+ Kg8 45.Ne7+ Kf7 46.Nxg6+ Kxg6 47.Rg4+ Kf6 48.Rb6 Rxf2+ 49.Kxh3 Re2 50.Rd4 Kf5 51.g4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Oct. 25
Seul, Georg – Praggnanandhaa, R.
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Qe1 Nf6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.f3 Bh5 13.f4 Bg6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.a4 h6 16.Nc1 g5 17.Nd3 Rae8 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Qd2 Rf5 21.Rae1 Na5 22.Nde5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Nc6 24.Nd3 Ref8 25.Rxf5 Rxf5 26.g4 Rf6 27.Qxg5 Qf8 28.Qe3 Qf7 29.Kg2 Qg6 30.h3 Na5 31.Re2 Nc4 32.Qg3 Nd6 33.Nf2 Nf7 34.h4 Nh6 35.h5 Qg5 36.Qe5 Qxe5 37.dxe5 Rf4 38.Kg3 Rxa4 39.Rd2 Ra1 40.c4 dxc4 41.Rd8+ Kf7 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rxb7 Re1 44.Rb8+ Ke7 45.Rb7+ Kf8 46.Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 26, 2018

Round Six (continued)

Round Seven Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2780 5 - 5 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2721
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2763 5 - 5 GM Xiong Jeffery 2656
3 GM Wang Hao 2722 5 - 5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
4 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2706 4½ - 4½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2779
5 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2673 4½ - 4½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2771
6 GM Rapport Richard 2725 4½ - 4½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2677
7 GM Adams Michael 2712 4½ - 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2588
8 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2593 4½ - 4 GM Giri Anish 2780
9 GM Aronian Levon 2780 4 - 4 GM Short Nigel D 2652
10 GM So Wesley 2776 4 - 4 GM Sevian Samuel 2634
11 GM Grischuk Alexander 2769 4 - 4 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2605
12 GM Shirov Alexei 2636 4 - 4 GM Le Quang Liem 2715
13 GM Almasi Zoltan 2702 4 - 4 GM Williams Simon K 2457
14 GM Svane Rasmus 2595 4 - 4 GM Leko Peter 2690
15 GM Hess Robert 2574 4 - 4 GM Adhiban B. 2668
16 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2664 4 - 4 GM Wagner Dennis 2572
17 IM Gukesh D 2456 4 - 4 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2660
18 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711 3½ - 4 IM Krishna C R G 2445
19 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2493 3½ - 3½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2703
20 GM Gelfand Boris 2701 3½ - 3½ IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2513
21 GM Howell David W L 2689 3½ - 3½ GM Olafsson Helgi 2510
22 GM L'ami Erwin 2639 3½ - 3½ IM Keymer Vincent 2491
23 IM Schneider Ilja 2507 3½ - 3½ GM Meier Georg 2639
24 GM Sutovsky Emil 2633 3½ - 3½ GM Batsiashvili Nino 2482
25 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2622 3½ - 3½ IM Harsha Bharathakoti 2492
26 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 3½ - 3½ GM Donchenko Alexander 2610
27 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 3½ - 3½ GM Darini Pouria 2475
28 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2447 3½ - 3½ GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2594
29 IM Eggleston David J 2406 3½ - 3½ GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2588
30 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2445 3½ - 3½ GM Kaidanov Gregory 2544
31 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2541 3½ - 3½ GM Tarjan James 2404
32 IM Lomasov Semen 2540 3½ - 3½ IM Seul Georg 2402
33 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2519 3½ - 3½ IM Ravi Teja S. 2357
34 GM Vaibhav Suri 2597 3 - 3½ WIM Vaishali R 2313
35 GM Nabaty Tamir 2692 3 - 3 IM Kolosowski Mateusz 2448
36 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 3 - 3 GM Tari Aryan 2618
37 IM Arjun Kalyan 2408 3 - 3 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2589
38 GM Zhukova Natalia 2403 3 - 3 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2551
39 GM Debashis Das 2548 3 - 3 IM Lubbe Nikolas 2447
40 IM Tania Sachdev 2400 3 - 3 GM Puranik Abhimanyu 2547
41 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 2546 3 - 3 IM Gaponenko Inna 2409
42 FM Jackson James P 2371 3 - 3 GM Dragnev Valentin 2508
43 IM Strunski Andreas 2306 3 - 3 GM Kobo Ori 2505
44 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505 3 - 3 IM Raja Harshit 2420
45 GM Anurag Mhamal 2495 3 - 3 IM Erenberg Ariel 2407
46 GM Khmelniker Ilya 2492 3 - 3 IM Trent Lawrence 2391
47 IM Zumsande Martin 2492 3 - 3 IM Karavade Eesha 2374
48 GM Gormally Daniel W 2482 3 - 3 FM Serarols Mabras Bernat 2367
49 IM Cornette Deimante 2462 3 - 3 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2378
50 WGM Lubbe Melanie 2359 2½ - 2½ GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2504
51 GM Cramling Pia 2465 2½ - 2½ FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2334
52 IM Prithu Gupta 2458 2½ - 2½ FM Dubinski Mateusz 2327
53 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2438 2½ - 2½ IM Kolbus Dietmar 2313
54 Kulkarni Rakesh 2297 2½ - 2½ WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2423
55 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2422 2½ - 2½ FM Pranav Anand 2269
56 IM Fenil Shah 2411 2½ - 2½ FM Ragnarsson Dagur 2251
57 WFM Janzelj Lara 2244 2½ - 2½ IM Houska Jovanka 2402
58 Grant Jonathan I M 2203 2½ - 2½ IM Rahul Srivatshav P 2395
59 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2393 2½ - 2½ IM Piasetski Leon 2252

81 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760 4½ ½ not paired
82 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2623 4½ ½ not paired

Standings after Round Six

1-6 MVL, Nakamura, Wojtaszek, Wang Hao, Naiditsch, Xiong 5.0

7-17 Kramnik, Anand, Karjakin, Rapport, Adams, Artemiev, Jones, Sethuraman, Parligras, Antipov, Gupta 4.5

18-38 Aronian, Giri, So, Grischuk, Le Quang, Almasi, Leko, Adhiban, Kovalev, Melkumyan, Short, Shirov, Sevian, Jumabayev, Svane, Hess, Wagner, Williams Gukesh, Krishna

140 Piasetski 2.5