Isle of Man International 2018

[Hans Jung]

A super strong tournament with many fighting games. None of the world's top ten finished in the top spots (Aronian, So, Kramnik, Giri, MVL) and several GM's finished with a minus score.

[Hans Jung]

Wojtaszek won the playoff over Naiditsch.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 29, 2018

Round Nine

Round 9, Oct. 28
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Nc6 13.Bg5 Ng4 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.Re1 Qd7 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Na7 18.a4 c6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qa1 cxd5 21.Be3 d4 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Bxd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qxf6 Rfe8 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qg5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 28
Xiong, Jeffery – Jones, Gawain
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.a3 Qxc5 6.b4 Qc7 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.c4 d6 9.g3 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Nf1 Qb8 16.Ne3 Qa8 17.g4 h6 18.h4 h5 19.g5 Ng4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Ne1 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Ne5 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Kg8 25.cxd6 exd6 26.Qd4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Qxd6 Nc4 30.Qd4 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Qe6 32.Qd3 a5 33.a4 Kh7 34.f3 Qc6 35.Qd4 Qb6 36.e3 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 Qa2 38.Kg3 Qxa4 39.Qd5 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 28
Grischuk, Alexander – MVL
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O b5 11.a3 Be7 12.g4 h6 13.Bh4 Rb8 14.Be1 g5 15.f5 Ne5 16.h4 Nfxg4 17.hxg5 Bxg5+ 18.Bd2 Bf6 19.Rh5 Rg8 20.Bh3 Qc4 21.Bxg4 Nxg4 22.Qxc4 bxc4 23.Na5 Ne5 24.Bf4 Rg4 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Kb1 Rh4 27.Rxh4 Bxh4 28.Nxc4 Kf8 29.fxe6 Bxe6 30.Nxe5 Bf6 31.Nc6 Rc8 32.Nd5 Rxc6 33.Nxf6 Kg7 34.Ne8+ Kf8 35.Nf6 Kg7 36.Nd5 h5 37.b3 Bg4 38.Rg1 Re6 39.Nf4 Rxe4 40.Nxh5+ Kg6 41.Ng3 Re3 42.Nh1 Kh5 43.Kc1 f5 44.Nf2 Re2 45.Nd3 Kg5 46.Rf1 Re4 47.Kd2 Re2+ 48.Kc3 Re4 49.Kd2 Re2+ 50.Kc3 Re4 51.Rg1 Re2 52.b4 f4 53.a4 f3 54.b5 axb5 55.axb5 Kh4 56.b6 Re8 57.Rh1+ Kg3 58.Rg1+ Kh4 59.Kd4 Bf5 60.b7 Bxd3 61.cxd3 f2 62.Rf1 Kg3 63.Kc5 Kg2 64.Rb1 1-0

Position after 59….Bf5



Wang Hao-Anand 0.5-0.5
Sethuraman-Giri 0.5-0.5
Fridman-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Rapport-Leko 0.5-0.5
Vidit-Melkumyan 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-Parligras 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Deac 0.5-0.5
Nihal-So 0.5-0.5

Round 9, Oct. 28
Shirov, Alexei – Kramnik, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.h3 h6 9.Be3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bf8 14.Qc2 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.Nfd2 d5 17.Qxc6 dxe4 18.Rfc1 Ra7 19.d5 Bd7 20.Qc4 Rb7 21.Qxa6 Rxb2 22.Qa7 Bb5 23.Qxc7 Qxd5 24.Nc4 Rb4 25.Nb6 Qe6 26.a4 Bd6 27.Qb7 Be2 28.Qd7 Qe5 29.Qxe8+ Qxe8 30.Rc8 Qxc8 31.Nxc8 Bf8 32.a5 Ba6 33.Nb6 Rb5 34.Rd1 Bb4 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Rd7 Bxa5 37.Ra7 Bxb6 38.Rxa6 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Bxe3 40.fxe3 Rb3 41.Ra7 Kg6 42.Kg3 Rxe3+ 43.Kf4 Re2 44.g4 h5 45.Ra5 hxg4 46.hxg4 f6 47.Ra1 Rf2+ 48.Ke3 Rb2 49.Ra7 Rg2 50.Kf4 Rg1 51.Rb7 e3 52.Rb2 Re1 53.Kf3 Kh6 54.Rh2+ Kg5 55.Rh5+ Kg6 56.Ra5 e2 57.Ra4 Rg1 58.Kxe2 Kg5 59.Kf3 Kh4 0-1

Round 9, Oct. 28
Nakamura, Hikaru – Eljanov, Pavel
E16 Queen’s Indian, Riumin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Rfd1 Nbd7 11.Rac1 h6 12.Ne1 c5 13.cxd5 cxd4 14.d6 Bxd6 15.Bxb7 Nc5 16.Qc4 Nxb7 17.Qxd4 Qe7 18.Qh4 a6 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.e4 Rc4 21.b3 Rc5 22.e5 Bxe5 23.Ne4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Bd6 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Rc6 Bc5 28.b4 Nd8 29.Rc7 Bd6 30.Rd7 Bb8 31.Bxh6 Re8 32.Be3 Nc6 33.a3 b5 34.Rb7 Rc8 35.Rb6 Ba7 36.Rxa6 Bxe3 37.fxe3 Ne7 38.Nd4 Nd5 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.Rc6 Rh1 41.e4 Rxh2+ 42.Kf3 Ne7 43.Rc3 Ra2 44.Nxb5 f5 45.Nc7 Kf8 46.b5 Rb2 47.a4 fxe4+ 48.Kf4 Kg7 49.a5 Nd5+ 50.Nxd5 Rxb5 51.Ne3 Rxa5 52.Rc7 Kg6 53.Nc4 Rf5+ 54.Kxe4 f6 55.Rc6 Rg5 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Nd6+ Kg6 58.Ne4 Rf5+ 59.Kg4 Re5 60.Nc5 Kf7 61.Rc7+ Kg6 62.Nd3 f5+ 63.Kf3 Re4 64.Rc6 Kf7 65.Rc7+ Kg6 66.Nc5 Re1 67.Ra7 Kf6 68.Ra6 Kf7 69.Kf2 Re5 70.Ra7+ Kg6 71.Rc7 f4 72.gxf4 Rd5 73.Ke3 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 28
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Le, Quang Liem
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Bh7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Nd7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Nd4 a6 12.Qd2 Ne7 13.h5 Rc8 14.Bg2 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.O-O Nd7 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.Rab1 d4 20.Ne4 Nxe5 21.g5 Qd8 22.Ng3 Qxg5 23.Bxc6 d3 24.Qe3 dxc2 25.Rbc1 bxc6 26.f4 Qh4+ 27.Kg2 Ng4 28.Qe2 Nf6 29.Qf3 Rd8 30.Rfe1 Rd2+ 31.Re2 Rxe2+ 32.Qxe2 Qxf4 33.Qxa6 Be4+ 34.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 0-1

Playoff Games

Round 10, Oct. 28, 5 min blitz
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Naiditsch, Arkadij
E67 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 9.Be3 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 c6 12.c5 Ng4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 Nxc5 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.h3 Nh6 17.Be3 Bf8 18.Na4 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Qb4 20.Qc2 Be6 21.a3 Qc4 22.Qb1 Nf7 23.Nd2 Qa6 24.Rfe1 a4 25.Bf1 b5 26.Qc2 c5 27.Rc1 c4 28.Nb1 Qc8 29.Nc3 Rb8 30.Rcd1 Bxh3 31.Nd5 Kg7 32.Qe2 Bxf1 33.Rxf1 Bc5 34.Kg2 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 h5 36.f4 Qg4 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.Nxf6 Qe6 39.Nd7 Rxe4 40.Qc3+ Kh6 41.Nxb8 Re2+ 42.Rf2 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Re3 44.Qd2 Ng5 45.Qd6 Nh3+ 46.Kh2 Nxf2 47.Qf8+ Kg5 48.Qd8+ Kg4 49.Rd4 Kf3 50.Rxe4 Rxe4 51.Qf6+ Ke2 52.Kg2 Nd3 53.Qf3+ 1-0

Round 11, Oct. 28, 5 min blitz
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bf4 Bc6 10.Rad1 Rd8 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5 Bb5 13.Rfe1+ Ne7 14.Ng5 h6 15.Ne4 f5 16.Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.c4 Bd7 19.c5 Qf6 20.Qb4 Kf7 21.Qxb7 Bc8 22.Qc7 Qxb2 23.d6 Qb7 24.Qxb7 Bxb7 25.d7 Nc6 26.Re8 Rg8 27.Rb1 Bxc5 28.Rxb7 Nd8 29.Rxg8 Kxg8 30.Rb8 Be7 31.Ra8 Kf7 32.Rxa6 Bf6 33.a4 Ke7 34.Ra7 Bd4 35.Ra5 Bb6 36.Rxf5 Kxd7 37.a5 Ba7 38.h4 Ke6 39.Rf3 Nc6 40.a6 g6 41.Rb3 Bd4 42.Rb7 h5 43.g3 Kd6 44.Kg2 Ke6 45.Rc7 Kd6 46.Rc8 Kd7 47.Rg8 Ne7 48.Rg7 Ke6 49.Rh7 Bc5 50.Kf3 Bd4 51.Ke4 Bxf2 52.Kd3 Nf5 53.Ke2 Bg1 54.Kf1 Bc5 55.Kg2 Ne7 56.Kf3 Kf6 57.Rh8 Ba7 58.Rd8 Ke6 59.Rd1 Nc6 60.Kf4 Nb4 61.Kg5 Nxa6 62.Ra1 Be3+ 63.Kxg6 Nc7 64.Re1 Nd5 65.Kxh5 Kf6 66.Rf1+ Kg7 67.Kg4 Nf6+ 68.Kf5 Nh5 69.Rf3 Bc5 70.Ke6 Bb4 71.g4 Kg6 72.gxh5+ Kxh5 73.Rf5+ Kg4 74.Rb5 Bd2 75.h5 Bg5 76.Rb1 Kxh5 77.Kf5 1-0

Round 12, Oct. 28, Armageddon White 5 min, Black 4 min
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Naiditsch, Arkadij
E67 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Re8 9.Be3 c6 10.h3 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Nd2 cxd5 13.cxd5 b6 14.a4 Ba6 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Nc4 Bxb5 17.axb5 Rab8 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qa4 h5 20.h4 Bh6 21.Rad1 g5 22.hxg5 Bxg5 23.Qb3 Kg7 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Bh6 26.e5 Ng4 27.Qh3 Rh8 28.f5 Kf8 29.e6 Qd8 30.f6 Nxf6 31.d6 fxe6 32.Ne5 Kg7 33.Qg3+ Ng4 34.Nxg4 hxg4 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Qxe6+ Kh7 37.Be4+ 1-0

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Round Nine Report by John Saunders

https://iominternationalchess.com

The 2018 Chess.com Isle of Man International was won by Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland after a play-off match with Arkadij Naiditsch of Azerbaijan. The two players led going into the last round and drew their ninth round game to finish on 7/9 while none of the four players on 6/8 managed to win in order to tie with them. They each take home a cheque for £37,500 with Wojtaszek also receiving a further £500 for winning the blitz play-off. The initial two-game blitz was tied on 1-1 but Wojtaszek chose White in the Armageddon game and duly won. Seven players finished on 6½: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk (both Russia), Hikaru Nakamura, Jeffery Xiong (both USA), Wang Hao (China), Gawain Jones (England) and Baskaran Adhiban (India).

The overall winner was upstaged by his wife Alina Kashlinskaya in the last round. For one thing it was her 25th birthday. Secondly, she only needed to sit down at her board to complete her requirement for a GM norm. Her next goal was the top women’s prize of £7,000. Her main rival for this was Alexandra Kosteniuk who was soon on top against Sundararajan Kidambi, so Alina would need to win herself in order to secure the prize on her own. This she proceeded to do in trenchant style, beating the talented young US GM Samuel Sevian and making light of the (almost) 200 rating point difference which she conceded to him.

Chat Room Comments

• Incredible Giri is 5th in the world now, just behind the 2800+ monsters.

• And So is out of top 10! Only one American in the top 10

• Adhiban was the best performer among the Indian contestant...never lost a game. Good on yah Adhiban!

• Impressive tournament by Wang and Xiong

• Naiditsch is 33 but looks like 50

• Wojtaszek is now higher rated than nakamura

passing, wang, wei, navara, svidler, duda, topalov and naka, and almost karjakin too

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man International 2018

October 29, 2018

Round Nine

Round Nine Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2721 6½ - 6½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
2 GM Xiong Jeffery 2656 6 - 6 GM Jones Gawain C B 2677
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2769 5½ - 6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2780
4 GM Wang Hao 2722 6 - 5½ GM Anand Viswanathan 2771
5 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2673 5½ - 5½ GM Giri Anish 2780
6 GM Shirov Alexei 2636 5½ - 5½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2779
7 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2763 5½ - 5½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2703
8 GM Fridman Daniel 2600 5½ - 5½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
9 GM Rapport Richard 2725 5½ - 5½ GM Leko Peter 2690
10 GM Adams Michael 2712 5½ - 5½ GM Adhiban B. 2668
11 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711 5½ - 5½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2660
12 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2706 5½ - 5½ GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2623
13 GM Aronian Levon 2780 5 - 5 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2594
14 GM Nihal Sarin 2572 5 - 5 GM So Wesley 2776
15 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2519 5 - 5 GM Le Quang Liem 2715
16 IM Gukesh D 2456 5 - 5 GM Almasi Zoltan 2702
17 GM Nabaty Tamir 2692 5 - 5 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2589
18 GM Howell David W L 2689 5 - 5 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2588
19 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2664 5 - 5 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2588
20 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2447 5 - 5 GM Sevian Samuel 2634
21 GM Sutovsky Emil 2633 5 - 5 IM Keymer Vincent 2491
22 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2622 5 - 5 GM Wagner Dennis 2572
23 GM L'ami Erwin 2639 4½ - 5 GM Williams Simon K 2457
24 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2504 4½ - 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2652
25 GM Meier Georg 2639 4½ - 4½ GM Darini Pouria 2475
26 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505 4½ - 4½ GM Donchenko Alexander 2610
27 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2493 4½ - 4½ GM Svane Rasmus 2595
28 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2593 4½ - 4½ IM Bellaiche Anthony 2453
29 GM Hess Robert 2574 4½ - 4½ IM Lubbe Nikolas 2447
30 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2551 4½ - 4½ GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2445

Final Ranking after Round Nine

Rk. Namesex FED Rtg TB1

1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 7
GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2721 7
3 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2779 6.5
GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2769 6.5
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2763 6.5
GM Wang Hao CHN 2722 6.5
GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2677 6.5
GM Adhiban B. IND 2668 6.5
GM Xiong Jeffery USA 2656 6.5
10 GM Giri Anish NED 2780 6
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2780 6
GM Anand Viswanathan IND 2771 6
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2760 6
GM Rapport Richard HUN 2725 6
GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2715 6
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2711 6
GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2706 6
GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2702 6
GM Leko Peter HUN 2690 6
GM Howell David W L ENG 2689 6
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2673 6
GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2664 6
GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2660 6
GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2633 6
GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2623 6
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2622 6
GM Fridman Daniel GER 2600 6
IM Kashlinskaya Alina w RUS 2447 6
29 GM Aronian Levon ARM 2780 5.5
GM So Wesley USA 2776 5.5
GM Adams Michael ENG 2712 5.5
GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2703 5.5
GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2692 5.5
GM L'ami Erwin NED 2639 5.5
GM Shirov Alexei ESP 2636 5.5
GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2610 5.5
GM Svane Rasmus GER 2595 5.5
GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2594 5.5
GM Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2589 5.5
GM Hess Robert USA 2574 5.5
GM Nihal Sarin IND 2572 5.5
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra w RUS 2551 5.5
GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2547 5.5
GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2546 5.5
IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2540 5.5
GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2504 5.5
IM Prithu Gupta IND 2458 5.5
IM Bellaiche Anthony FRA 2453 5.5
IM Krishna C R G IND 2445 5.5
50 GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2701 5
GM Meier Georg GER 2639 5
GM Sevian Samuel USA 2634 5
GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2605 5
GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2597 5
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2588 5
GM Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2588 5
GM Wagner Dennis GER 2572 5
GM Debashis Das IND 2548 5
GM Kaidanov Gregory USA 2544 5
GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2519 5
GM Kobo Ori ISR 2505 5
GM Anurag Mhamal IND 2495 5
IM Zumsande Martin GER 2492 5
IM Keymer Vincent GER 2491 5
IM Henderson De La Fuente
IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2252 2.5

[Hans Jung]

Radek Wojtaszek is now 2749 and number 16 in the world (ahead of Nakamura!) Alina Kashlinskaya is Radek Wojtaszek's wife.

[Hans Jung]

Arkadij Naiditsch is now 2736 and number 21 in the world and played for Azerbaijan (Shak's home country) in the Olympiad.