European Club Cup 2018

[Wayne Komer]

European Club Cup 2018

September 2, 2018

The 34th European Club Cup and the 23rd European Women Club Cup will be simultaneously held from 11th-19th October 2018 in Porto Carras, the famous Greek seaside resort in Halkidiki.

The playing venue of the Championships will be the Congress Center of the Porto Carras Grand Resort and the official hotel of the event will be 5 stars hotel Sithonia.

Participation in 34th European Club Cup is open to:

Globus, Russia, the current cup holder in the open competition.

Three (3) clubs per federation in which a national team championship is organized or two (2) Clubs per federation in which no national team championship is organized.

A fourth club is allowed to that federation(s) in which a national team championship is organized, provided that at least 10 teams, 20 grandmasters and/or players with a FIDE rating over 2600 have participated in the most recent national team championship.

One additional club (only in the open competition) for the European federations, which are ranked in the first five places of the Federation ranking list. These federations are: Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Russia, Israel and Italy.

Any additional request for participation should be examined by the ECU Board.

Participation in 23rd European Club Cup for women is open to all Clubs whose federations are listed as ECU members.

Every federation that intends to participate, with one or more clubs, must inform the Organising Committee before 30th of June 2018 of its acceptance of the invitation, specifying also the exact number of the clubs participating. A copy should be sent to Tournament Director Mr. Petr Pisk, e-mail:

petr.pisk@chess.cz. Afterwards, the entry forms must be completed and returned to the Tournament office email: chess.at.holidays@gmail.com no later than Friday 10th August 2018- registration deadline.

The teams shall be composed of six (6) players and two (2) reserves in Men’s competition, while in the Women’s competition teams shall be composed of four (4) players and (1) reserve.

The Championships will be held in 7 rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Draw offers before the 30th move made by black are strictly forbidden and violating the draw offering rule will be punished.

The total prize fund of the event will be 40.000 EUR with 22.000 EUR reserved for the Men’s competition and 13.000 EUR reserved for the Women’s competition. The rest of 5.000 EUR will be distributed to the best individual players with the best board results. The first three teams of each category will receive cups and medals.

Participating Teams at:

http://chess-results.com/tnr373918.aspx?lan=1

[Wayne Komer]

European Club Cup 2018

September 2, 2018

From: Carlos Colodro at chess24.com:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/eur...and-ding-liren

“European Club Cup with Carlsen, Mamedyarov and Ding Liren

The line-ups for the 2018 European Chess Club Cup — to take place from 12-18 October in Chalkidiki, Greece — have been announced. Magnus Carlsen will participate in this tournament but not in the Olympiad, so, since Fabiano Caruana will not go to Greece, another pre-match encounter between the two seems highly unlikely. Besides Carlsen, the players' starting rank list includes Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Giri, Karjakin, Nepomniachtchi and Grischuk.

This will be the 34th edition of the European Chess Club Cup. This year, the event will take place at the Porto Carras Grand Resort in Chalkidiki, Greece. The format will be the same one used in previous years, a rather short 7-round Swiss tournament. The Open section has 58 teams listed by now, while the Women's includes 12.

The biggest highlight is the participation of World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who will play in Chalkidiki three weeks before his match against Caruana. The American, on the other hand, withdrew from the Isle of Man Open — understandable, since that event will finish on October 28th. Fabiano will represent the U.S. in the Olympiad, however, certainly a longer and more stressful event, in September.

Magnus will make his debut for the sixth seeded Valerenga Sjakklubb squad. The Norwegian team has strengthened its line-up remarkably, as they only had three titled players last year. Carlsen will be supported by David Howell, Nils Grandelius, Evgeny Romanov, Borki Predojevic and his compatriots Aryan Tari, Kjetil Lie and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen. In such a short event, it would not be a big surprise for this line-up to finish on the podium.”

[Wayne Komer]

European Club Cup 2018

September 28, 2018

Team-Starting rank Open

No. Team RtgAvg

1 Alkaloid 2738
2 Odlar Yurdu 2722
3 AVE Novy Bor 2713
4 Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg 2698
5 Valerenga Sjakklubb 2673
6 Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 2654
7 Molodezhka 2587
8 Beer Sheva Chess Club 2583
9 Itaka 2522
10 Sloven Ruma 2495
11 SV Werder Bremen 2464
12 KGSRL 2457
13 Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 2442
14 Schachgesellschaft Solingen 2436
15 Dunajska Streda 2436
16 DJK Aufwaerts Aachen 2430
17 E.S. Thessalonikis 2429
18 Schachgesellschaft Winterthur 2428
19 Reykjavik Chess Club 2419
20 Schachgesellschaft Zurich 2407
21 Eynatten 2404
22 Team Viking 2387
23 Nordstrand Sjakklubb 2384
24 LSG Leiden 2384
25 Rehovot Chess School 2380
26 BSG 2376
27 CC Gambit Asseco SEE 2366
28 Overtime 2366
29 Wood Green 2355
30 SK 1911 2347

(62 Teams)

http://eurochess2018.com

Composition of the Top Teams

1. Alkaloid(RtgAvg:2738 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)

Bo. Name Rtg FED

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2712 RUS
2 GM Ding Liren 2804 CHN
3 GM Eljanov Pavel 2703 UKR
4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2747 RUS
5 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2695 UKR
6 GM Nedev Trajko 2496 MKD
7 IM Pancevski Filip 2489 MKD
8 GM Yu Yangyi 2765 CHN

2. Odlar Yurdu(RtgAvg:2722 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)

Bo. Name Rtg FED

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2820 AZE
2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2721 AZE
4 GM Mamedov Rauf 2699 AZE
5 GM Safarli Eltaj 2676 AZE
6 GM Guseinov Gadir 2667 AZE
7 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2629 AZE
8 GM Abasov Nijat 2632 AZE


3. AVE Novy Bor(RtgAvg:2713 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)

Bo. Name Rtg FED

1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 POL
2 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2743 IND
3 GM Navara David 2740 CZE
4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711 IND
5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2672 IND
6 GM Ragger Markus 2686 AUT
7 GM Laznicka Viktor 2662 CZE
8 GM Bartel Mateusz 2598 POL


4. Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg(RtgAvg:2698 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)

Bo. Name Rtg FED

1 GM Svidler Peter 2756 RUS
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2726 RUS
3 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2712 RUS
4 GM Matlakov Maxim 2683 RUS
5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2674 ISR
6 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2639 RUS
7 GM Goganov Aleksey 2597 RUS


5. Valerenga Sjakklubb(RtgAvg:2673 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Borki Predojevic

Bo. Name Rtg FED

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2839 NOR
2 GM Howell David W L 2689 ENG
3 GM Grandelius Nils 2655 SWE
4 GM Romanov Evgeny 2611 RUS
5 GM Predojevic Borki 2624 BIH
6 GM Tari Aryan 2618 NOR
7 GM Lie Kjetil A. 2537 NOR
8 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2525 NOR

6. Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova(RtgAvg:2654 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)

Bo. Name Rtg FED

1 GM Wang Hao 2714 CHN
2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2713 ESP
3 GM Leko Peter 2690 HUN
4 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2637 PER
5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2615 ITA
6 GM David Alberto 2549 ITA
7 GM Brunello Sabino 2552 ITA
8 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2480 ITA

[Wayne Komer]

European Club Cup 2018

October 12, 2018

Round One

It is proposed to follow the games of the highest ranked players rather than the teams. The top fifteen by rating:

Starting rank

No. Name Rtg FED Team Bo.

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2839 NOR Valerenga Sjakklubb 1
2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2820 AZE Odlar Yurdu 1
3 GM Ding Liren 2804 CHN Alkaloid 1
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2765 CHN Alkaloid 2
5 GM Svidler Peter 2756 RUS Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg 1
6 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2752 RUS Alkaloid 4
7 GM Navara David 2740 CZE AVE Novy Bor 3
8 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2733 IND AVE Novy Bor 2
9 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 POL AVE Novy Bor 1
10 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2723 RUS Alkaloid 3
11 GM Wang Hao 2722 CHN Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 1
12 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2721 AZE Odlar Yurdu 2
13 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2713 RUS Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg 3
14 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2713 ESP Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 3
15 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711 IND AVE Novy Bor 4

The games:

Magnus Carlsen did not play in the first round. David Howell took the first board.

European Club Cup 2018
Chalkidiki, Greece
Round 1, Oct. 12
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Sammalvuo, Tapani
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.e3 Nh5 11.Bg3 Be7 12.Be2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 h6 14.g4 Rc8 15.Nb5 f5 16.Nfd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 b5 18.gxf5 bxc4 19.fxe6 Qa5+ 20.Qc3 Qxc3+ 21.bxc3 dxe6 22.Nxe6 Rf6 23.Nxg7 Bxa3 24.Nh5 Rd6 25.Rh4 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Kf8 27.Ng3 Bxg2 28.Rxh6 Rc7 29.Rh5 Bd6 30.f4 Bc5 31.Nf5 Bb6 32.Kd2 Bd5 33.Rh8+ Kf7 34.Rd8 Rc5 35.Rd6 Ra5 36.Bh5+ Kf8 37.e4 Bxe4 38.Rf6+ Kg8 39.Bf7+ Kf8 40.Bxc4+ Ke8 41.Nd6+ 1-0

Ding Liren did not play first board for Alkaloid. Yu Yangyi took his place

Round 1, Oct. 12
Yu Yangyi – Beerdsen, Thomas
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.e3 a5 12.a3 Bd6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nc5 16.Qc2 Ne4 17.f3 Ng5 18.c5 b5 19.c6 Ba6 20.Rfc1 Qe8 21.h4 Nf7 22.Bd4 a4 23.b4 Nd8 24.Bf1 Qh5 25.Be2 Nf7 26.Kg2 Rfb8 27.Ra2 Nd8 28.Qd1 Qe8 29.Rac2 Bc8 30.Qf1 Ba6 31.Bd3 Qh5 32.Qe2 1-0

Peter Svidler did not play for St. Petersburg. Vitiugov did the honours today

Round 1, Oct. 12
Bates, Richard – Vitiugov, Nikita
E10 Dzindzikhashvili Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Bh4 c6 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.Nxe6 Rxe6 14.Qf5 Qc7 15.Bg3 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Rae8 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Bd3 g6 19.Qf4 h5 20.Qh4 Kg7 21.Ne2 Qb4 22.Nf4 R6e7 23.Rc2 N8h7 24.a3 Qd6 25.b4 Rh8 26.Rfc1 Ng4 27.Bxa6 bxa6 28.Rxc6 Qd7 29.Nxd5 Re4 30.Nf4 Rhe8 31.Nxg6 Qxd4 32.Nf4 Rxe3 33.Nxh5+ Kf8 0-1

Round 1, Oct. 12
Admiraal, Miguoel – Navara, David
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.Bg5 Qc7 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nf6 13.Nf1 b5 14.a3 Qc4 15.Ne3 Qxd3 16.cxd3 Be6 17.O-O Be7 18.Rfd1 Bd8 19.d4 Ba5 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Bxc3 22.bxc3 e4 23.Bxd6 Nd5 24.Bb4 Kd7 25.a4 Nxc3 26.Bxc3 Rxc3 27.axb5 axb5 28.d5 b4 29.d6 Rd3 30.Rdb1 Ra3 31.g4 Rha8 0-1

Round 1, Oct. 12
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Ledger, Andrew
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.c3 Ng6 8.Be3 Nh4 9.Nxh4 Qxh4 10.Be2 Qe4 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Be7 13.Rc1 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qd4 Qxd4 16.cxd4 Bb4+ 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.g4 Bh7 19.Rh3 Kd7 20.Na5 Rab8 21.Rb3 Kc7 22.Ba6 bxa6 23.Rxc6+ Kd7 24.Rxd6+ 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 12
Jesper Sondergaard – Leko, Peter
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 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rd1 a5 15.Nbd2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 c6 17.Nc4 Na6 18.Qf4 Nb4 19.e3 Nd5 20.Qe4 g6 21.Rac1 Qc7 22.h4 h5 23.Qd3 Nb4 24.Qe4 Kg7 25.Kg2 Rfe8 26.Rd2 Nd5 27.Qb1 Rad8 28.Rcd1 Rd7 29.Qe4 Red8 30.Rc2 Re7 31.Rcc1 Red7 32.Rh1 Rh8 33.Rhd1 Re7 34.Qb1 Nb4 35.Nd2 Rd7 36.Ne4 Be7 37.Nc5 Rdd8 38.Nd3 Qb6 39.Nxb4 Qxb4 40.Qc2 Rd7 41.Rd3 Rhd8 42.Rcd1 Qb6 43.b3 Qc7 44.Qc4 Bb4 45.Be2 Rd6 46.Rc1 Qe7 47.Rdd1 Qf6 48.Qc2 c5 49.Qe4 cxd4 50.Rxd4 Rxd4 51.exd4 Rxd4 52.Qxb7 Rd2 53.Qf3 Qxf3+ 54.Bxf3 Rb2 55.Bc6 Rxb3 56.Rc2 Bc3 57.Bb5 Bd4 58.Rd2 Bc5 59.Rc2 Be7 60.Rd2 Rc3 61.Rd3 Rc2 62.Re3 Bc5 63.Re2 Rc3 64.Rd2 e5 65.Re2 Bd4 66.Rd2 Kf6 67.Re2 Ke6 68.Rd2 Kd5 69.Be8 Rc7 70.Bb5 e4 71.Re2 Ke5 72.Rd2 Rc3 73.Re2 f5 74.Be8 Kf6 75.Rd2 Bc5 76.Rb2 e3 77.fxe3 Rxe3 78.Bc6 Bd6 79.Bf3 Ra3 80.Rd2 Ke6 81.Bd5+ Kd7 82.Bf3 Rxa4 83.Rb2 Ke6 84.Re2+ Be5 85.Re3 Ra2+ 86.Be2 a4 87.Kf3 Kf6 88.Rd3 a3 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Magnus is playing as well as a lot of chess superstars. A wealth and luxury of good games.

[Serge Archambault]

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[Hans Jung]

Magnus had a nice win in the endgame this round but I prefer miniatures. Although it is hard to defend against the French I admire White's play here: https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...k_Lasse_Ostebo

[Wayne Komer]

European Club Cup 2018

October 13, 2018

Round Two

A selection of games:

Round 1, Oct. 12
Michalczak, Thomas – Ho, Conrad
C16 French, Winawer, Advance variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Ne2 c5 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.O-O cxd4 14.cxd4 Qxc2 15.Qf3 Qa4 16.Rfd1 Nc7 17.Ng3 Nb5 18.Nxh5 Rh7 19.Nxg7+ Rxg7 20.h5 Ne7 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Qf6+ Kf8 23.h6 Rh7 24.Kh2 Nxd4 25.Rd3 Nf5 26.Rh3 Qf4+ 27.Kg1 Rxh6 28.Qh8+ Rxh8 29.Rxh8+ Kg7 30.Rxa8 Qe4 31.Rf1 Nh4 32.f3 Qe2 33.Rf2 Qe1+ 34.Rf1 Qe3+ 35.Rf2 Nf5 36.g4 Qe1+ 0-1

Round 2, Oct. 13
Ho, Conrad – Schartz, Alain
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nge2 b5 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Ne7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rad1 d6 13.Rfe1 Qc7 14.a4 Bc6 15.Nd5 Qb7 16.a5 e5 17.Qd3 Bxd5 18.exd5 Be7 19.f4 exf4 20.Qe2 fxg3 21.hxg3 Ra7 22.Rd4 O-O 23.Qh5 Bg5 24.Rg4 Qc7 25.Be4 Qd8 26.Kg2 Re7 27.Rh1 Re5 28.Rf1 f5 29.Rxf5 Rexf5 30.Qg6 Qf6 31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.Qe6+ Kh8 33.Re4 Qf1+ 0-1

Round 2, Oct. 13
Carlsen, Magnus – Potkin, Vladimir
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.Bb3 Ne7 9.Nc4 Ng6 10.O-O c6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.a4 Re8 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bc2 d5 15.h3 Qc7 16.Re1 h6 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bd2 Bf5 19.d4 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 exd4 21.Nxd4 c5 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Nf5 Qc6 24.c4 Ndf4 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Bxf4 Nxf4 27.Ne3 Rd8 28.Rb1 h5 29.a5 h4 30.Rb6 Qd7 31.Qb2 Nd3 32.Qb1 Nb4 33.Qe4 Qd4 34.Qxd4 cxd4 35.Rxb4 dxe3 36.fxe3 Rd1+ 37.Kf2 Ra1 38.Rb5 Ra2+ 39.Kf3 g6 40.c5 Kg7 41.Ke4 Rxg2 42.Rxb7 g5 43.c6 g4 44.c7 Rc2 45.Kd3 Rc1 46.Kd2 Rc6 47.a6 gxh3 48.a7 h2 49.Rb1 1-0

Final position in Carlsen – Potkin




Round 2, Oct. 13
Gorodetzky, David – Ding Liren
A05 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O Bg6 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nc5 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Nd2 Qh4 12.h3 O-O-O 13.Qg4 Be7 14.Qxh4 Rxh4 15.Ba3 a5 16.Nf3 Rhh8 17.Nd4 c6 18.Rac1 Rd7 19.Bb2 a4 20.Rfd1 Kc7 21.c4 axb3 22.axb3 dxc4 23.Rxc4 Ra8 24.Rcc1 Ra2 25.Bc3 Rd5 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Na6 28.Rc1 Kb6 29.Kf1 c5 30.Nf3 Kc6 31.Ke2 b5 32.Nd2 Kb6 33.Ra1 Nb8 34.f4 Nc6 35.g4 Rd8 36.Rh1 Ra8 37.Ra1 Rh8 38.Rh1 b4 39.Nc4+ Kb5 40.Bb2 Na5 41.Nxa5 Kxa5 42.Ra1+ Kb6 43.Kd3 Rd8+ 44.Ke2 Rh8 45.Kd3 Bd8 46.Rh1 Kb5 47.h4 Bb6 48.h5 Rd8+ 49.Ke4 gxh5 50.gxh5 Rd2 51.Ba1 c4 52.bxc4+ Kxc4 53.Rc1+ Kb5 54.Rg1 Re2 55.Bd4 Bxd4 56.Kxd4 Rd2+ 57.Ke4 b3 58.f5 exf5+ 59.Kxf5 Rf2+ 60.Kg5 b2 61.e6 fxe6 62.Kg6 Rc2 63.Rb1 Rg2+ 64.Kf7 e5 65.Ke6 e4 66.Kd5 Kb4 67.Kxe4 Kc3 68.Kf5 Kc2 69.Rh1 b1=Q 70.Rxb1 Kxb1 71.e4 Kc2 72.e5 Kd3 73.e6 Kd4 0-1

Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Elsness, Frode
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 12.O-O c4 13.Qb1 Qd7 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qb5 Rad8 17.a4 Rd7 18.Ne1 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Nc2 a6 21.Qb2 Re6 22.Ne3 Qg5 23.Rae1 Rde7 24.Qb6 h6 25.Qc5 Kh8 26.Rb1 Rd7 27.Rfe1 Kh7 28.h3 Rg6 29.Rb2 h5 30.Reb1 Nd8 31.Qc8 Rdd6 32.Qf5 Qxf5 33.Nxf5 Rde6 34.Nh4 Rgf6 35.Nf3 Kg8 36.Ne5 Rd6 37.g3 b6 38.Kg2 g5 39.Re1 Nf7 40.Rbe2 Rfe6 41.f4 gxf4 42.gxf4 Rf6 43.Kf3 Ng5+ 44.Ke3 Ne6 45.Rg2+ Kh7 46.Rf1 Rd8 47.f5 Ng7 48.Rg5 b5 49.a5 Rdf8 50.Nd7 Re8+ 51.Kd2 Rf7 52.Ne5 Rf6 53.Rg6 Rxg6 54.fxg6+ Kg8 55.Nd7 Rd8 56.Rf7 Kh8 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 13
Svidler, Peter – Indjic, Aleksandar
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f4 Rc8 10.O-O-O h5 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Bd3 b5 13.h3 h4 14.Rhf1 Qc7 15.a3 Nb6 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Rde1 Nh5 18.f5 Bd7 19.Nd5 Qa7 20.Qa5 Nf6 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 O-O 25.Rf3 d5 26.Rd1 Bd8 27.Qe1 Qa4 28.Bxd5 Nxd5 29.Nc5 Qb5 30.Rb3 Ba5 31.Rxb5 Rxb5 32.Qxh4 Nc3+ 33.Ka1 Nxd1 34.f6 Bc3 35.Na4 gxf6 36.bxc3 Rd8 37.Qxf6 Rd7 38.Qxa6 Rdb7 39.Ka2 Kg7 40.Qc6 Rb1 41.Qc5 f6 42.g4 Nb2 43.Kxb1 Nxa4+ 44.Qb4 Nxc3+ 45.Kc2 Rxb4 46.axb4 Nxe4 47.b5 Nd6 48.b6 Kf7 49.h4 Ke6 50.Kc3 Kd7 51.Kd3 Kc6 52.g5 Kxb6 0-1

Chessbomb kibitzers:

- 0-1
- wow
- Wow is right
- 40. c4 was completely winning for Svidler
- he probably missed 44...Nxc3+ in his calculations

One of the teams is called Blackthorne Russia and is made up of English players. Blackthorne Transport, its sponsor, dispatches cargoes to Russia. Its first board Richard Bates dispatched Constantin Vogel today:

Round 2, Oct. 13
Vogel, Constantin – Bates, Richard
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 Bb7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.a3 a5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nd4 Qb8 15.Rc1 Nc5 16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Qb1 Nf6 18.Ng5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.Kg1 Qd5 21.Ngf3 Nxb3 22.Rcd1 a4 23.Nxb3 Qxb3 24.Rd3 Qc2 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Rb1 Rac8 27.Nd4 R2c4 28.Nb5 Nd5 29.Kg2 h6 30.Bd4 f5 31.Be5 Kf7 32.f3 Rc2 33.Kf2 Ra2 34.Ke1 Rcc2 35.Nd4 Rc4 36.Nb5 Bc5 37.Bd6 Rcc2 38.e4 Rxh2 0-1

Another team has the odd name of “Overtime”. It consists of Khalifman, Kazakovskiy, Novik, Sotsky, Baliasnyj and Marinskii. Perhaps someone can tell me how they got their name!

Overtime played Wood Green. The latter are multi-time winners of the London League Championship.

A quiet draw on top board:

Round 2, Oct. 13
Khalifman, Alexander – Speelman, Jon
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 O-O 9.a3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bc5 11.Nc3 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.b3 c6 14.Qd3 Nfd7 15.a4 Nc5 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Rad1 Re8 18.Rd2 Bd7 19.e4 Rad8 20.h3 Na8 21.Kh2 Nc7 22.f4 N7a6 23.Qd1 Nb4 24.Qf3 f6 25.Rfd1 Bc8 26.Re2 Qf7 27.Re3 f5 28.exf5 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Bxf5 30.Nxf5 Qxf5 31.Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

And a miniature on board 3:

Round 2, Oct. 13
Novik, Maxim – Taylor, Adam
A22 English, Carls’ Bremen System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 Re8 7.O-O e4 8.b3 d5 9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Ba3 Bg4 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nf4 Qe7 13.g4 Bg6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Nxe4 Nd3 17.Nxc5 N7xc5 18.Qc2 1-0

Finally, two games from yesterday’s action that have drawn some comment:


Chris Rice on the EC Forum:

Bit of a shocker from Round 1. A Swedish IM playing Black, rated 219 points higher, 27 minutes left on his clock and just needing to play 45...Ke7 when White can resign decided to play 45...Rbf2?? instead.

Position after White’s 45^thmove:




Round 1, Oct. 12
Wundermann, Xavier – Cramling, Dan
B07 Pirc Defence

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.a3 Nbd7 8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.h5 Ne6 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Nf3 Qc7 16.Qd6 Ne8 17.Qxc7 N8xc7 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Rxh6 Nf4 20.Rh2 Bg4 21.Ng5 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Nce6 23.Nxe6 Nxe6 24.Rd7 Ng5 25.f3 Rfd8 26.Re7 Re8 27.Rc7 Re6 28.Nc3 a5 29.a4 b4 30.Nb1 Rd6 31.Nd2 Rad8 32.Nc4 Rd1+ 33.Ke2 Rc1 34.Ne3 Ne6 35.Rcxh7 Nf4+ 36.Kf2 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Re2 38.Ng4 Nh5+ 39.R2xh5 gxh5 40.Rxh5 Rcxc2 41.Rxe5 Rxb2 42.Kf4 Rxg2 43.Kf5 b3 44.Nf6+ Kf7 45.Rxa5 Rbf2 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.Ke6 1-0

European Women Club Cup 2018
Round 1, Oct. 13
Bodnaruk, Anastasia – Gunina, Valentina
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 a6 5.h5 h6 6.g4 Bd7 7.f4 c5 8.c3 e6 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Kf2 Nc6 11.Kg3 O-O-O 12.Rh2 g6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.Qd3 cxd4 15.cxd4 g5 16.Nxg5 Nge7 17.Nf7 Rg8 18.Kh3 Nxd4 19.Be3 Nef5 20.gxf5 Bb5 21.Rc2+ Nxc2 22.Qxc2+ Bc5 23.Bxb5 d4 24.Nxd8 Kxd8 25.Ba4 Qc7 26.f6 Qf7 27.Kh4 dxe3 28.Qxc5 Rg1 29.Qd6+ Kc8 30.Qc5+ Kb8 31.Qd6+ Ka7 32.Qd4+ Ka8 33.Qd8+ Ka7 34.Qd4+ Ka8 35.Qd8+ Ka7 36.Qe8 Qc7 37.f7 Rh1+ 38.Kg4 Qc4 39.Nc3 Rh4+ 40.Kxh4 Qxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

European Chess Club Cup 2018

October 14, 2018

Round Three

AVE Novy Bor – Valerenga Sjakklubb 3-3

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 1
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Carlsen, Magnus
E60 KID/Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rfc1 Nd6 17.b3 Qf6 18.e3 Ba6 19.a4 Qe7 20.Na2 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 23.a5 Qc7 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Qb4 Ba6 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Nc3 Bd3 28.Bf1 Bc2 29.b4 Ne4 30.Nb5 Bd1 31.Bd3 Nd2 32.Nc3 Bb3 33.Kg2 Bc4 34.Bc2 Bf1+ 35.Kg1 Bc4 36.Kg2 g5 37.g4 Bf1+ 38.Kg3 Nc4 39.h4 h6 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Ba4 Nb2 42.Bc2 Kf6 43.f4 Bd3 44.Bb3 Bc4 45.Bc2 Bd3 46.Bb3 Bc4 47.Bc2 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 2
Howell, David – Harikrishna, Pentala
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.Nb5 b6 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Be8 18.Rd3 Nb4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Bc3 Nc6 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Bd2 h6 23.Kf1 Bd7 24.Ke1 Kf8 25.h3 Ke8 26.g4 Ng8 27.f4 Nge7 28.Kf2 f6 29.Be4 e5 30.f5 Nd8 31.Bb4 Bc6 32.Bd3 Nf7 33.Nd2 Rd8 34.Ke3 Nd6 35.Bb1 Bg2 36.Kf2 Bb7 37.Nf1 Nc6 38.Ba3 Na5 39.c5 Nb5 40.Bb2 Rc8 41.Bd3 Nd4 42.e3 Ndc6 43.Ba3 Ne7 44.Ng3 Bd5 45.Ba6 Bb7 46.Bb5+ Bc6 47.Ne4 Nb7 48.Bxc6+ Rxc6 49.cxb6 Rxc1 50.Bxc1 axb6 51.Ba3 Nd5 52.Ke2 b5 53.Kd3 b4 54.Bb2 Kd7 55.Ng3 Nc5+ 56.Kc4 Kc6 57.e4 Ne3+ 58.Kxb4 Nd1 59.Ba3 Nf2 60.Kc4 Nd7 61.h4 Nxg4 62.Kd3 Nf2+ 63.Ke3 Nd1+ 64.Kd2 Nf2 65.Ke3 Nd1+ 66.Kd2 Nf2 67.Ke2 Nh3 68.Nh5 Nf4+ 69.Nxf4 exf4 70.Kf3 h5 71.Kxf4 Ne5 72.Bf8 Kd7 73.Bxg7 Ke7 74.a4 Nd3+ 75.Kf3 Ne5+ 76.Ke2 Nd7 77.a5 Kd6 78.Bh6 Kc5 79.Be3+ Kb5 80.Bb6 Ne5 81.Bd8 Nd7 82.Ke3 Ne5 83.Kf4 Nd3+ 84.Ke3 Ne5 85.Bxf6 1-0

Howard Staunton on Howell (tweet) - The slow process by which the professor forces victory savours a good deal of a cat playing with the mouse before she breakfasts on him.

John Moore - Well done to David - and bear in mind that the position was level at move 54 when David had 32 seconds and Harikrishna 14 minutes 25 seconds. I simply don't understand how he can win so many games playing on increments.


Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 3
Navara, David – Grandelius, Nils
D16 QGD Slav, Soultanbeieff variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 b6 12.d5 Na5 13.Ba2 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.b4 Nc4 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qh5 Rac8 19.Rac1 h6 20.Nd4 Nd2 21.Nxe6 Nxf1 22.Re1 Kh8 23.Bb1 Nd2 24.Qd1 fxe6 25.Qxd2 Qf6 26.g3 Qc3 27.Qe2 Qxb4 28.Qxe6 Qd2 29.Bf5 Rc1 30.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31.Kg2 Qg5 32.Bd3 Rd8 33.Be4 Qf6 34.Qc4 Qd4 35.Qe6 Qf6 36.Qc4 Rf8 37.f3 Re8 38.h4 Qe6 39.Qc7 Qa2+ 40.Kh3 Qe6+ 41.Kg2 a6 42.Qb7 Rd8 43.Qxa6 Rd2+ 44.Kg1 Qf6 45.Qc8+ Rd8 46.Qc2 Qd4+ 47.Kg2 Qd2+ 48.Qxd2 Rxd2+ 49.Kh3 Rd4 50.Bc6 g6 51.f4 Kg7 52.h5 g5 53.Kg4 Kf6 54.Be8 Rb4 55.Bd7 Rb1 56.Bb5 Rg1 57.Kf3 Rd1 58.Kg4 Rd4 59.Be8 Ke6 60.Bb5 Rb4 61.Be8 gxf4 62.gxf4 Rb1 63.Bc6 Rg1+ 64.Kf3 Kd6 65.Bb5 Kd5 66.Be8 Rf1+ 67.Kg4 Ke4 68.Bc6+ Ke3 69.Kf5 Rxf4+ 70.Kg6 Rd4 71.Be8 Rd6+ 72.Kf5 Kf3 73.Bg6 Kg3 74.Ke5 Rd8 75.Kf6 Kg4 76.Ke7 Rd4 77.Be8 Re4+ 78.Kd8 Rxe8+ 79.Kxe8 Kxh5 0-1

Grandelius has gained 22.2 rating points for an ELO of 2677 prompting Jon Ludvig Hammer to tweet: Swede on fire! Someone throw this guy in a pool to cool him off.

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 4
Tari, Aryan – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5 9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.e6 Ne5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Qb8 15.Qe2 Bxe5 16.Qxe5 Qxb2 17.c4 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 Rfd8 19.Re3 Rd6 20.Nd2 Rad8 21.Nb3 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Rc1 Kg7 24.Kf1 Kf6 25.Ke2 Rd6 26.Nxc5 Bc8 27.Ke3 Bxe6 28.f4 g5 29.g3 Bf7 30.Nd3 gxf4+ 31.gxf4 Kg7 32.Rg1+ Kf8 33.Ne5 c5 34.Rb1 Rh6 35.Nd7+ Ke8 36.Nxc5 Bxc4 37.a4 Rxh3+ 38.Kd4 Be2 39.Rb2 Bf1 40.Rb1 Rf3 41.Ke5 Kf7 42.Kxf5 Rc3 43.Ne4 Bd3 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rd4 Rc5+ 46.Kg4 Bxe4 47.Rxe4 Kf6 48.Kh4 e6 49.Kg4 h6 50.Kg3 Kf5 51.Re3 h5 52.Kh4 Rc1 53.Kg3 h4+ 54.Kh3 Kxf4 55.Rxe6 Rh1+ 56.Kg2 Ra1 57.Kh3 Rxa4 58.Re8 Kf5 59.Ra8 Ke6 60.Ra6+ Kd7 61.Rh6 Rc4 62.Kg2 Rf4 63.Rg6 a4 64.Rh6 Kc7 65.Re6 Kb7 0-1

Mednyi Vsadnik St. Petersburg – KGSRL 4-2

Peter Svidler falls to Edouard

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 1
Svidler, Peter – Edouard, Romain
A29 English, Bremen

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nh4 c6 13.e3 Nf5 14.Bh3 Qd7 15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.Nxf5 Qxf5 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.e4 Qd7 19.a4 f5 20.a5 Nc8 21.f4 Bf6 22.Ne2 exf4 23.Bxf4 Re8 24.Rbd1 Ne7 25.e5 Nd5 26.exf6 Rxe2 27.fxg7+ Qxg7 28.d4 Nxf4 29.Rxf4 Rae8 30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Qh6 32.Qf3 Qxh2+ 33.Kf1 f4 0-1

32.Qf3?

Alkaloid – SV Werder Bremen 5-1

Tarjei J. Svensen (tweet) - The invincible Ding Liren drew Jan Werle and is now undefeated in an unbelievable 89 games in a row. However, he is now 2nd on the list of top rating performances behind Carlsen: 2842 vs 2840.

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 1
Ding Liren – Werle, Jan
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bc4 Nd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bd3 b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.e5 Ne8 15.h4 g6 16.Rd1 Ng7 17.Ng5 Rc8 18.Be3 Rc7 19.a4 Bd5 20.Rbc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Qa8 22.Qg4 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Kh2 Qe8 25.h5 Nxh5 26.Nxh7 Kxh7 27.Qxh5+ Kg8 28.Qg4 Kg7 29.Qh3 Qh8 30.Qxh8+ Kxh8 31.Bb5 Kg7 32.g4 g5 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 3
Andrekin, Dmitry – Markgraf, Alexander
A80 Dutch

1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.h4 h6 6.Qf3 c6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bd3 Be6 9.h5 Nxh5 10.Rxh5 gxh5 11.Bxf5 Bf7 12.Qh3 Nd7 13.Nf3 Bg7 14.O-O-O e6 15.Bxe6 Bxe6 16.Qxe6+ Qe7 17.Qh3 Qf7 18.Ne2 O-O-O 19.Ng3 Rhg8 20.Nxh5 Bh8 21.Nh4 Qxh5 22.Nf5 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 4
Grigorian, Spartak – Jakovenko, Dmitry
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Fianchetto (Lasker)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.e3 a6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.O-O d5 8.b3 b4 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.axb4 Bxb4 13.c3 Bc5 14.c4 O-O 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.e4 Bb7 17.Qe2 a5 18.Nc4 Ba6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nf5 dxc4 22.Rad1 c3 23.Qh5 Nxe5 24.Bxc3 Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qxc3 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 5
Eljanov, Pavel – Meins, Gerlef
B32 Sicilian, Kalashnikov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6 9.Nc2 Bg5 10.Bd3 Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Ne7 16.Ne3 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Qb8 18.a4 Nd7 19.b4 Rc8 20.a5 Rxc1+ 21.Qxc1 Qc8 22.Qxc8+ Nxc8 23.g3 Kf8 24.Kg2 g6 25.f4 Ke7 26.h4 Na7 27.Kf3 Nb5 28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Nc2 Nb8 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.g4 Na6 32.g5 Kd6 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Kd3 f6 35.Kc3 fxg5 36.hxg5 Nc7 37.Ne1 Ne8 38.Nd3 Nd6 39.Nc5 Kd8 40.Nxb7+ 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 6
Richter, Christian – Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Rac1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ncb5 Qb7+ 16.Kg1 Be7 17.Nf3 Rc6 18.Ne5 Rc5 19.Nd3 Rf5 20.Nf4 Nc6 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Rc8 23.Rcd1 Nb8 24.b3 Ra5 25.Qb4 Rxa2 26.Qc3 Ra5 27.f3 Qc7 28.Kg2 Qc5 29.b4 Qe5 30.Qb3 Ra1 31.Rxa1 Qxa1 32.Rd2 Qe5 33.Ra2 Nc6 34.Rd2 Qc7 35.c5 bxc5 36.bxc5 Rb8 37.Qc3 Qe5 38.Qa3 a5 39.Rxd7 g5 40.Qa4 Rc8 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

European Chess Club Cup 2018

October 16, 2018

Round Four

Alkaloid – M.V. St. Petersburg 3.5-2.5

Well, Peter Svidler met the immovable object

Round 4, Oct. 15
Ding Liren – Svidler, Peter
E60 King’s Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.f4 Ned7 8.Nh3 Nc5 9.Nf2 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Be3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Qa5 13.O-O Bd7 14.e5 Ne8 15.Qd4 Na4 16.Nxa4 Qxa4 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.Ne4 Bb5 19.Bxb5 Qxb5 20.b3 dxe5 21.fxe5 Nd6 22.Bf4 Rac8 23.Nc3 Qa5 24.Qd3 Nf5 25.g4 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Qd4 27.Qe4 Qxe4+ 28.Nxe4 Nd4 29.Rcd1 Ne2 30.Bg5 f6 31.exf6 exf6 32.Nxf6+ Bxf6 33.Bxf6 Nc3 34.Rd4 Rcd8 35.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 36.Kg2 Rf7 37.d6 Rd7 38.Bg5 Nxa2 39.Bd2 b5 40.b4 Kf7 41.Rd3 1-0

Position after White’s 39.Bd2




Comments by chessbomb kibitzers:

- Peter, dress up in your spiderman costume and start playing!
- Svidler off form
- Ding dong...Liren is getting closer to beating Tal's record
- 93 now
- and tal's record is...?
- 95?
- right
- wow unbeaten for 93!!! classical games!
- yes, and he only lost 3 games in 2017
- Despite being in crutches Ding still plays as much as he can. Hats off.
- maybe it makes him concentrate even more on chess
- yeah, he had injury, too
- He is also signed up to play in Isle of Man...
- unbeaten for a year and two months now
- he might become the next world championship contender with this performance
- very likely

White Rose – Schachgesellschaft Zurich 1.5-4.5

Round 3, Oct. 14, Board 6
Friedrich, Norbert – Ho, Conrad
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.h3 O-O 14.Bg5 b6 15.c3 Bb7 16.Bc2 Nd5 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 Bf4 19.Be4 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Ne7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Qf6 Nd5 24.Qe5 Rc5 25.Qe4 Qc8 26.Nb3 Rc4 27.Rd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 Qc7 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.g3 h5 1/2-1/2

Hillerod Skakklub – White Rose 3-3

Round 4, Oct. 15, Board 6
Ho, Conrad – Nilsson, Lars Kjoller
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Nxd2 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Ne2 e5 9.O-O Re8 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.b4 exd4 12.exd4 Nf8 13.Qc2 Ne6 14.Nb3 b6 15.Rfe1 Bb7 16.d5 Nf8 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 g6 20.Qd2 Qd8 21.f4 f5 22.Bc2 a6 23.Ba4 b5 24.cxb5 Bxd5 25.bxa6 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rb6 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Bxc6 Rxa6 29.Qd4 Rxc6 30.Qd5+ Kg7 31.Qxc6 1-0

Overtime – Eynatten 2.5-3.5

Round 4, Oct. 15. Board 1
Khalifman, Alexander – Petrov, Marian
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.c4 c5 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Qb4 19.Rc2 Nd7 20.Rdc1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qxd2 22.Bxd2 Bd4+ 23.Kf1 Nc5 24.Bb5 Kg7 25.Ke2 h5 26.h4 e5 27.dxe6 Nxe6 28.Bc4 Bc5 29.Kd3 Nc7 30.a4 b6 31.Bc3+ Kf8 32.Bf6 Ne8 33.Bb2 Nc7 34.g4 Ke7 35.gxh5 gxh5 36.Rg2 d5 37.Bxd5 Nxd5 38.exd5 Kd6 39.Rg5 Re8 40.Bc1 Re1 41.Bf4+ Kd7 42.Rf5 Rf1 43.Bg5 Ke8 44.Kc4 Rb1 45.Bh6 Be7 46.Rxh5 Rf1 47.Re5 Kd7 48.Rf5 1-0

KGSRL – Team Viking 4.5 -1.5

Round 4, Oct. 15, Board 2
Sagit, Rauan – Sokolov, Ivan
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 a5 6.a3 Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Qc7 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.e3 g5 15.Qe2 Rae8 16.c4 Bc5 17.Nf3 h6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bd4 Bd6 20.Rfc1 Rf7 21.Ra2 Nf8 22.Qb2 Ng6 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Nd4 Be5 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Be4 Nh4 27.Kh1 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 Nf3 30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.Qe4+ g6 32.Kg2 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qg1+ 34.Ke2 Nd4+ 35.Kd2 Rxf2+ 36.Kc3 Nb5+ 37.Kc4 Qxc1+ 38.Rc2 Qxc2# 0-1

Mate



Peter Doggers on Round Four:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/euro...ead-of-caruana


European Chess Club Cup: Carlsen 4.3 Points Ahead Of Caruana

After drawing two games in a row at the European Club Cup, Magnus Carlsen saw his lead over Fabiano Caruana in the live ratings decrease to just 4.3 points. Alkaloid and Padova lead the championship after four rounds.

It shouldn't be the main story of the European Club Cup, but it is definitely one that a lot of fans are keeping an eye on. Carlsen playing the event, and putting his number-one status on the line, is something to follow now that the gap between the world number-one and two is so small.

Just one loss for Carlsen can tip the balance.

[Wayne Komer]

European Club Cup 2018

October 17, 2018

Round Five

Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova – Alkaloid 3-3

Round 5, Oct. 16, Board 1
Wang Hao – Ding Liren
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Bd2 c5 13.Nc3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nb4 15.Ne4 Qd5 16.Nf3 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Re3 Nd4 19.Bc3 Rac8 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Re5 Qd7 22.Qd2 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bf8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Kg2 Re6 26.h4 Qc6 27.h5 Rf6 28.Qe2 Re6 29.Qd2 Rf6 30.Qe2 Re6 1/2-1/2

Chess24.com 92 games unbeaten and counting for Ding

Odlar Yurdu – Valerenga Sjakklubb 2.5 – 3.5

Round 5, Oct. 16, Board 1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Carlsen, Magnus
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 c6 12.Nd2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Qxh4 14.Nd6 Bg4 15.g3 Qf6 16.Bxg4 Qxd6 17.Qa3 Qc7 18.Rc1 Nf6 19.Bf3 a5 20.O-O Rfe8 21.Rc2 Qd7 22.Rc5 Qd8 23.b4 axb4 24.Qxb4 Ra7 25.a4 Ne4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.a5 Re7 28.Rb1 Ra6 29.Qd2 Rd7 30.Rb3 g6 1/2-1/2

Chess24.com – The gap between Magnus & Fabiano Caruana is now exactly 4 points!

AVE Novy Bor – Beer Sheva Chess Club 3.5 – 2.5

Round 5, Oct. 16, Board 1
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Efimenko, Zahar
E12 Queen’s Indian Accelerated, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bf4 Be7 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.e4 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.b3 Qc8 14.Rad1 Qb7 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.d5 Bf6 17.Qc2 h6 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Nh2 b5 20.dxe6 Rxe6 21.cxb5 Rde8 22.Ng4 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 Rxe4 24.Bd2 Bd4 25.Bxa5 Nc5 26.b4 Ne6 27.Qc6 Qxc6 28.bxc6 h5 29.Ne3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rxe3 31.b5 Kf8 32.Bxc7 Nxc7 33.b6 Rc3 34.Rxd6 Na6 35.Rd8+ Ke7 36.Ra8 Kd6 37.b7 1-0

Menyi Vsadnik St. Petersburg – Schachgesellschaft Zurich 4.5 – 1.5

Round 5, Oct. 16, Board 1
Svidler, Peter – Bauer, Christian
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nb4 5.Na3 e6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Qb3 Rb8 8.O-O Be7 9.Bf4 a6 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.Rfd1 O-O 12.c4 Nb4 13.Rac1 c6 14.c5 a5 15.Nb1 Nh5 16.Bd2 f6 17.Nf3 g5 18.a3 Na6 19.Nc3 b6 20.cxb6 Rxb6 21.Qa2 Qd7 22.Na4 Rb5 23.Rc3 Ng7 24.Rdc1 Nb8 25.Bf1 Ne8 26.e3 Nd6 27.Nc5 Qe8 28.a4 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 Ne4 30.Bxa5 Qh5 31.Bg2 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Bh3 33.Nd4 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 g4 35.Nxe6 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Nd7 37.Nf4 Qh6 38.Nxd5 Kh8 39.Nf4 Ng5 40.Kg2 Ne5 41.Bc3 Nd3 42.Kh1 Nf3 43.h4 Nxh4 0-1

Position after Black’s 40…Ne5



Chess24.com - This is getting really painful... If Svidler had played 41.Qb1 he'd be winning, as that stops 41...Nd3 - now after 41.Bc3? it'll be a grim struggle to survive if Black plays the knight move


Round 5, Oct. 16, Board 4
Mutschnik, Iliya – Matlakov, Maxim
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O b5 10.f4 Be7 11.f5 Bc4 12.g4 Nxg4 13.Rg1 Ndf6 14.Be2 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 g6 17.Rdf1 Rc8 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bg5+ 20.Kb1 O-O 21.h4 Bf4 22.Nd2 Kh8 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Ne4 Rf5 25.b3 Qb6 26.h5 Rxh5 27.Rh1 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Qc7 29.Qg2 Kg7 30.c3 Rd8 31.Qg4 h6 32.Kb2 Qf7 33.Rg1 a5 34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 g5 36.Kc2 Be3 37.Rb1 h5 38.Qe6 Qxe6 39.dxe6 Kg6 40.Rb7 Re8 41.e7 Bc5 42.Kd3 h4 43.Rd7 h3 0-1

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Chat Room Comment –

Carlsen minus Caruana = 4 elo

Carlsen-Ding in 8 hours, game of the day

if Carlsen wins the game he gains 4.5 elo

if Carlsen loses the game he loses 5.5 elo and he would be #2 behind Caruana

[Wayne Komer]

European Chess Club Cup 2018

October 17, 2018

Round Six

AVE Novy Bor – Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 3-3

Round 6, Oct. 17, Board 3
Navara, David – Vallejo Pons, Francisco
D31 QGD, Janowski variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.Qc2 g6 10.h4 Bf5 11.Bxf5 Nxf5 12.h5 Rf8 13.g4 Ne7 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Rc1 Nd7 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 O-O-O 19.Qb3 Nf6 20.Nf3 Nxg4 21.Ke2 Rfe8 22.Rh4 f5 23.Rch1 Re7 24.Rh8 Kb8 25.Ng5 Ka7 26.Qb4 Nf6 27.Qc5+ b6 28.Qc4 Rxh8 29.Rxh8 Nd5 30.Nf3 Kb7 31.Ne5 Re6 32.b4 Qe7 33.a3 g5 34.Nxc6 Nf4+ 35.Kd2 Rxc6 36.Qg8 a5 37.b5 Rc2+ 38.Kxc2 Qe4+ 39.Kb2 Nd3+ 40.Kc3 1-0

Valerenga Sjakklubb – Alkaloid 3.5-2.5

Round 6, Oct. 17, Board 1
Carlsen, Magnus – Ding Liren
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.h3 h6 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.b3 Rb4 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rfe1 a5 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.Qe3 Rc8 19.Qa7 Rh4 20.Re3 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Na4 c5 23.g4 d4 24.Rf3 Nxg4 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Nb6 Bc6 27.Rg3 g5 28.Re5 Nh5 29.Bf5 Rf4 30.Rg4 Bf3 31.Rxf4 Nxf4 32.Nd7 c4 33.bxc4 Rxc4 34.Rxa5 Rb4 35.Kh2 Rb1 36.Ne5 Rh1+ 37.Kg3 Bd5 38.f3 Re1 39.Nd3 Rg1+ 40.Kf2 Rg2+ 41.Ke1 Re2+ 42.Kf1 Bc4 43.Kg1 Rg2+ 44.Kh1 Bxd3 45.Bxd3 Rg3 46.h4 Rh3+ 47.Kg1 Rxh4 48.Bf1 Kg7 49.a4 Ng6 50.Rc5 d3 51.a5 dxc2 52.Rxc2 Ra4 53.a6 h5 54.Rc5 Kf6 55.Rc6+ Kg7 56.Rc5 Kf6 57.Rc6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

Chess24.com - Carlsen pulls off a great escape and remains the world no. 1 - Ding Liren moves to 93 games unbeaten, but he missed a great chance today!

Round 6, Oct. 17, Board 3
Grandelius, Nils – Andreikin, Dmitry
B01 Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.g3 Bf5 7.Bg2 h6 8.O-O e6 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.c4 g5 12.Be3 Bg7 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Bd2 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Ne4 18.Bb4 Qc7 19.Qa3 O-O 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 Qe5 23.c6 Qxb2 24.Qxb2 Bxb2 25.c7 Rb6 26.Be3 Be5 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Rfd1 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Bxc7 30.Bf1 b4 31.Rd7 Be5 32.Bd3 Bh3 33.Be2 Bf5 34.Bh5 f6 35.g4 Be4 36.Bf7+ Kf8 37.Bxe6 Bg6 38.h3 h5 39.Bd5 h4 40.Kg2 Be8 41.Rb7 Bd4 42.Kf3 Bc5 43.Rc7 Bg6 44.Ke2 Be8 45.Bc4 Bg6 46.Rc8+ Kg7 47.Bb3 f5 48.Kf3 f4 49.Ke2 Kf6 50.Rc6+ Kg7 51.Re6 Bd4 52.Re7+ Kf6 53.Re6+ Kg7 54.f3 Bc5 55.Re5 Kf6 56.Re6+ Kg7 57.Re5 Kf6 58.Rd5 Be7 59.Kd1 Be8 60.Rf5+ Kg7 61.Re5 Kf8 62.Ke2 Bc6 63.Re6 Bb5+ 64.Ke1 Bd8 65.Rd6 Ke8 66.Bd1 Be7 67.Rxb6 Bc4 68.Bb3 Bd3 69.Rb7 Ba6 70.Ra7 Bd3 71.Ba4+ Kf7 72.Rb7 Kf8 73.Bb5 Bg6 74.Bc4 Bc2 75.Kd2 Bg6 76.Kc1 Be8 77.Bd5 Ba4 78.Rb6 Be8 79.Kc2 Bc5 80.Ra6 Ke7 81.Kb3 Bb5 82.Ra5 Kd6 83.Rxb5 Kxd5 84.Kc2 Kd4 85.Kd2 Kc4 86.Rb7 Be3+ 87.Kc2 Bd4 88.Rc7+ 1-0

Molodezhka-Itaka 4-2

Nordstrand Sjakklubb-Mednyi Vsadnik St. Petersburg 1-5

Round 6, Oct. 17, Board 1
Blomqvist, Erik – Svidler, Peter
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 g6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.Bd5 Qc7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Nd5 Rc8 14.Re2 h6 15.h3 Kf8 16.Nxf6 Bxf6 17.Qd3 Kg7 18.c3 Nc5 19.Qc2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Be3 b4 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.cxd4 b3 24.Qb1 Ne6 25.Ra3 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Re3 Ra4 28.Qd3 Qb4 29.Kh2 Nxd4 30.Nd2 e5 31.Nxb3 Nxb3 32.Qxb3 Qxb3 33.Rxb3 Rxe4 34.Rd3 Re2 35.Kg3 Rxb2 36.Rxd6 g5 37.Kf3 e4+ 38.Kxe4 Rxf2 39.g4 Rh2 40.Rd3 Kg6 41.Re3 h5 42.Ra3 Rf2 43.Rg3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Rf4+ 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.Rg2 Ke5 47.Rg1 f6 48.Ke2 Kd4 49.Rg3 Ke4 50.Re3+ Kd5 51.Rg3 Ra4 52.Rf3 Re4+ 53.Kd3 Rf4 54.Rg3 Ra4 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Re3+ Kf4 57.Rf3+ Kxg4 58.Rxf6 Ra2+ 59.Kf1 Kg3 60.Rf8 g4 61.Rg8 Ra1+ 62.Ke2 Rg1 63.Rh8 Kg2 64.Rg8 g3 65.Rh8 Ra1 66.Rh7 Kg1 0-1

Dunajska Streda - Odlar Yurdu 0.5-5.5

Round 6, Oct. 17, Board 1
Petenyi, Tamas – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C60 Ruy Lopez, Fianchetto Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Be3 f5 8.Qe2 f4 9.Bd2 c5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Rde1 O-O 12.h3 Be6 13.Kb1 a5 14.Qd1 Nd4 15.Ne2 Nxf3 16.gxf3 Qh4 17.Ref1 b5 18.Qc1 Rfd8 19.Qe1 a4 20.Nc1 Rac8 21.a3 Rb8 22.Ba5 Rb7 23.Qc3 Ra8 24.b4 Rxa5 25.bxa5 Qe7 26.a6 Ra7 27.Qa5 Qd6 28.Qxb5 Rxa6 29.Qe8+ Bf8 30.c3 c4 31.Kc2 cxd3+ 32.Kd2 Qxa3 33.Nxd3 Qa2+ 34.Ke1 Rd6 0-1

White Rose – Dublin Chess Club 5.5-0.5

Round 6, Oct. 17, Board 6
Marhoefer, Daniel – Ho, Conrad
B00 Owen Defence

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Ba6 10.a3 Be7 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.O-O c5 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.c3 Rc8 15.Rac1 O-O 16.Qd3 Nb8 17.Rfd1 c4 18.Qc2 Nc6 19.Re1 b5 20.Nd2 Rc7 21.f4 a5 22.g4 f5 23.gxf5 Rxf5 24.Rf1 g6 25.Ng3 Rf8 26.Nf3 Rxf4 27.Qd2 Rf7 28.Qh6 Qd8 29.Qh3 Qd7 30.Qg4 Rc8 31.Ng5 Bxg5 32.Qxg5 Rcf8 33.Rxf7 Qxf7 34.Rf1 Qg7 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Kf2 h6 37.Qg4 Qf7+ 38.Ke3 Ne7 39.Qh4 Kg7 40.Qg4 Nf5+ 41.Nxf5+ Qxf5 42.Qh4 g5 43.Qh5 Qd3+ 44.Kf2 Qd2+ 45.Kg3 Qe1+ 46.Kg2 Qe4+ 47.Kg3 Qg6 48.Kg4 Qxh5+ 49.Kxh5 Kh7 50.h3 Kg7 51.h4 gxh4 52.Kxh4 Kg6 53.Kg4 h5+ 54.Kh4 Kh6 55.Kh3 Kg5 56.Kg3 h4+ 57.Kh3 Kh5 58.Kh2 Kg4 59.Kg2 h3+ 60.Kh2 Kh4 61.Kh1 Kg3 62.Kg1 h2+ 63.Kh1 Kh3 0-1

Jetsmark – White Rose 4-2

Round 5, Oct. 16, Board 6
Ho, Conrad – Grubert, Christian
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nde2 Nf6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.h3 Rc8 11.Be3 Na5 12.a4 a6 13.Ra2 Nc4 14.Bc1 Bc6 15.b3 Nb6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Be3 e6 18.a5 Na8 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Rd1 Ne8 21.Na4 Qe7 22.c4 f5 23.c5 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Nd4 Nf6 26.b4 Ne4 27.Qc1 Rce8 28.Nb6 Nxb6 29.Nxc6 bxc6 30.axb6 Nc3 31.Rxa6 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxc1 33.Ra7 Qe6 34.Bxc1 Ra8 35.Rc7 Rf7 36.b7 Rb8 37.Rxc6 Qxc6 38.Bxd5 Qa4 0-1

Standings

1 Valerenga Sjakklubb 11 MP
2 Molodezhka 10 MP
3 Mednyi Vsadnik St. Petersburg 10 MP
4 AVE Novy Bor 10 MP
5 Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 10 MP
6 Odlar Yurdu 9 MP
7. Alkaloid 9 MP

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Svidler-Carlsen in 8 hours, game of the final day

If Carlsen wins the game, he gains 3.9 elo

If Carlsen draws the game, he loses 1.1 elo

[Wayne Komer]

European Chess Club Cup

October 18, 2018

Round Seven

Mednyi Vsadnik St. Petersburg – Valerenga Sjakklubb 4-2

Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 1
Svidler, Peter – Carlsen, Magnus
B15 Caro-Kann, Tartakower variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Be3 h6 10.Ne2 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.c4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxe2 14.Bxe2 Ne6 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Bg4 Rad8 17.Rfe1 Bf4 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.h4 Qa5 21.g3 f5 22.Bf3 Re1+ 23.Kh2 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Ng6 25.a3 f4 26.Be4 fxg3+ 27.fxg3 Nf8 28.d5 cxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Bxd5 b6 31.b4 Nd7 32.Kg2 Kf8 33.Kf2 Nf6 34.Bf3 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Kd4 Ng8 37.c5+ bxc5+ 38.bxc5+ Kc7 39.Bd5 Ne7 40.Ke5 Nxd5 41.Kxd5 h5 42.c6 a6 43.a4 a5 44.Kc5 f6 45.Kd5 g5 46.Ke6 Kxc6 47.Kxf6 gxh4 48.gxh4 Kd6 49.Kg5 Ke5 50.Kxh5 Kf5 51.Kh6 Kf6 52.h5 Kf7 53.Kg5 Kg7 54.h6+ Kh7 55.Kh5 Kh8 56.Kg6 Kg8 57.h7+ Kh8 58.Kh6 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 42.c6. Is the reply a6 a mistake?



Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 3
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Grandelius, Nils
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7 9.Bh3 g6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Ne4 a5 14.Rd2 a4 15.a3 Ra5 16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.axb4 Rb5 18.Rxa4 Nb6 19.Ra2 Rxb4 20.Nc5 Nd7 21.Nd3 Rb5 22.Rc2 Rd8 23.e3 Nb8 24.Bf1 Na6 25.Ra4 Bf8 26.Nde5 Nb4 27.Rc1 Rb6 28.Nd2 Nd5 29.Ra2 Nb4 30.Ra7 Be7 31.Rca1 c5 32.Ndc4 Ra6 33.R1xa6 Nxa6 34.Nb6 cxd4 35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Bxa6 dxe3 37.Rxb7 Bf6 38.Nxf7 exf2+ 39.Kxf2 Bg7 40.Bd3 1-0

Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova – Molodezhka 3-3

Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 1
Wang Hao – Potkin, Vladimir
A22 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.O-O Re8 8.Ne1 e4 9.Nc2 Nbd7 10.b3 b6 11.Nb4 Bb7 12.Bf4 h6 13.Nd5 Ne5 14.h3 Nxd5 15.cxd5 f5 16.c4 Qf6 17.Be3 Re7 18.Qd2 Rae8 19.Bd4 Qg6 20.Rac1 a5 21.Rc3 Bc8 22.a3 Rf8 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Qf6 26.e3 Bd7 27.Ra1 Re7 28.Ra7 Be8 29.c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 Bf7 31.Bf1 Qe5 32.Qc1 Bxd5 33.cxd6 cxd6 34.Ra5 Rb8 35.Rxd5 Qxd5 36.Bc4 1-0

Daniel Vocaturo wins his fifth game in a row!

Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 5
Vocaturo, Daniele – Antipov, Mikhail
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nh4 Be4 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.f3 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Rc1 O-O 15.h4 e5 16.Ne2 a5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd4 a4 19.Qc2 a3 20.b3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qxc6 Bd6 23.Bd3 Qe7 24.g4 Rc7 25.Qa4 Ra7 26.Qd4 Be5 27.Qc5 Bd6 28.Qc2 Rc7 29.Qd1 Qe5 30.Rc2 Ne4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.f4 Qe6 33.Rxc7 Bxc7 34.Bc1 Rd8 35.Qe2 Bd6 36.Rd1 Rb8 37.g5 Be7 38.Rd4 Rb4 39.Qd2 Rxd4 40.Qxd4 Kh7 41.b4 Qa6 42.Qxe4 Bf8 43.Bd2 f5 44.Qd4 Qc6 45.Qd3 Qg2 46.Qd4 Qc6 47.Qd3 Qg2 48.b5 Bb4 49.Bc1 Qb7 50.Qc4 Be7 51.Kc2 Qg2+ 52.Kb3 Qh1 53.Kc2 Qxh4 54.Bd2 Qh1 55.Bc3 Qf3 56.Bd4 Qe4+ 57.Kb3 Qb7 58.Qc6 Qb8 59.b6 Qg8+ 60.Qc4 Qe8 61.Qd5 Bd8 62.Kxa3 Bc7 63.Kb3 Bb8 64.a4 Qe7 65.a5 Bd6 66.a6 Ba3 67.a7 Qb4+ 68.Ka2 1-0

Odlar Yurdu – AVE Novy Bor 2-4

Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Rac8 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Qb5 Qxb5 15.Nxb5 Be8 16.Nc3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Bc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Bxd8 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 b6 23.f4 f6 24.Kf2 Kf7 25.Bc3 Be7 26.Bd4 Bd8 27.Bc3 Be7 28.Bd4 Bd8 29.Bc3 1/2-1/2

Alkaloid – Beer Sheva Chess Club 4.5-1.5

Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 1
Ding Liren – Efimenko, Zahar
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 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Nd8 12.Nf1 Ne6 13.Ng3 c5 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Nf5 c4 18.Bc2 Bb4 19.Re3 Rad8 20.Ng3 Bc6 21.h4 bxa4 22.h5 a5 23.Ra2 g6 24.Nh2 Kh8 25.Ne2 Ng7 26.Rh3 Be7 27.f3 Nxh5 28.fxe4 dxe4 29.Bxa4 f6 30.exf6 Bxf6 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Bh6 Rf7 33.Ng4 c3 34.Rxc3 Qe6 35.Nxf6 Nxf6 36.Rxa5 Ng4 37.Bf4 Rdf8 38.Qc1 e3 39.Rc7 Qe4 40.Rxf7 1-0

Blackthorne Russia – White Rose 4-2

Round 7, Oct. 18, Board 6
Ho, Conrad – Ledger, Stephen
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1 Bxc1 8.Qxc1 Nf6 9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Ne5 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Ncd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Ng6 17.Rf3 Ne7 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.Rf1 Qe7 22.Qf2 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra1 Rf8 25.Qe1 Ne5 26.Qg3 h6 27.h3 Rf6 28.Ra5 b4 29.b3 Rg6 30.Qf4 Rf6 31.Qg3 Rg6 32.Qf4 Rf6 1/2-1/2


Standings after Final Round

1 Mednyi Vsadnik St. Petersburg 12 MP
2 AVE Novy Bor 12 MP
3 Molodezhka 11
4 Alkaloid 11
5 Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 11
6 Valerenga Sjakklubb 11
46 White Rose 5

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Antonio Pereira at ChessBase:

European Club Cup: Svidler's Mednyi Vsadnik take gold

Any of the top teams could have won it, but Mednyi Vsadnik ended up ahead at the European Club Cup in Porto Carras. Valerenga arrived in the last round as sole leaders but barely one point ahead of the four-team chasing pack — the eventual champions from Saint Petersburg defeated Carlsen's squad and edged AVE Novy Bor on tiebreak criteria to take home the gold medals.

Two recurring storylines of the tournament converged on the first board of the top match: the looming threat of Magnus Carlsen losing his number one spot in the ratings list before the World Championship match and Peter Svidler's mystifying streak of bad results — the Russian GM lost four games in a row before beating Erik Blomqvist (258 points lower-rated than him) in round six.

The eventual champions were not the only ones to finish with 12/14 match points, however. The second-seeded AVE Novy Bor defeated Odlar Yurdu 4:2 to get silver medals. Both Czech players in the line-up — David Navara and Viktor Laznicka — won in the last round to boost the result of their country's team.

As a last remark, we should mention that Magnus Carlsen managed to retain the number one spot in the ratings list. However, it is very telling that, with only a couple of weeks left before the World Championship match, Fabiano Caruana is a mere 2.4 points behind the Norwegian — an ideal setup for what seems will be a very exciting match!

https://en.chessbase.com/post/euro-c...p-2018-round-7

Peter Svidler - Congrats to my home town team, Bronze Horseman (@N_Vitiugov, V. Fedoseev, M. Matlakov, @Maxrodmax, K. Alekseenko, A. Goganov) for winning their 2nd ECC, despite giving the field a one board handicap.

Vålerenga Sjakklubb - A very tough week is over. We lost the last round and finished in 5th place. We played all the strongest teams and put up a fight in every round. We won four individual medals which says a lot about our overall performance. Next year we will come back even stronger!

[Vadim Tsypin]

Photo courtesy of Anastasia Karlovich, the FIDE Press Officer.