Fall Chess Classic 2018

[Hans Jung]

Eric played a nice forcing maneuver (Bh3, Be6+, rook to the 4th and then Rh4 followed by a king march and rook to the 7th dominating). Nice to watch.

[Hans Jung]

Should be an entertaining final three rds.

[Wayne Komer]

Fall Chess Classic 2018

October 16, 2018

Round Six

Round 6, Oct. 15
Hansen, Eric – Sethuraman, S.P.
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f4 Bb4 9.Bd3 Na5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Bd4 Ne4 16.Nc5 Ncd6 17.O-O-O O-O 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.c4 Be6 20.Rhe1 Rfe8 21.f5 Bxf5 22.cxd5 Rad8 23.g4 Bg6 24.c4 Nd6 25.Bf1 f5 26.Bb6 Rc8 27.c5 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Ne4 29.gxf5 Nxc5 30.fxg6 Nd7+ 31.Kd2 Nxb6 32.Bh3 Rf8 33.Be6+ Kh8 34.Re4 Nc8 35.Rh4 h6 36.Bxc8 Rxc8 37.Kd3 Kg8 38.Kd4 b5 39.d6 Kf8 40.Kd5 1-0

Position after White’s 24.c4



Round 6, Oct. 15
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro – Robson, Ray
A30 English, symmetrical

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Qb1 Bg7 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Bb4 Bxb4 15.Qxb4 b6 16.h4 Qe7 17.h5 Nc6 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.Kd2 g5 20.Rae1 g4 21.Nh2 Rag8 22.Nf1 Rg5 23.Ne3 Kd6 24.h6 f5 25.Nc4+ Kc7 26.Rh4 Rf8 27.a3 Rf6 28.Ne3 Ne7 29.Reh1 Rgg6 30.Nc4 Ng8 31.Ne5 Rxh6 32.Rxh6 Rxh6 33.Rxh6 Nxh6 34.Ke3 Ng8 35.Kf4 Ne7 36.Kg5 Bc8 37.g3 Nd5 38.c4 Nc3 39.Kf6 a6 40.f3 h5 41.Kg5 Bb7 42.f4 b5 43.Kxh5 Kd6 44.Nf7+ Ke7 45.Ne5 Kd6 46.Nf7+ Ke7 47.Ne5 Be4 48.Bf1 Bf3 49.cxb5 axb5 50.Nxf3 gxf3 51.g4 Kf6 52.g5+ Kg7 53.Bd3 Ne2 54.Bxb5 Nxf4+ 55.Kh4 Ne2 56.a4 Nxd4 57.Bc4 e5 58.Kg3 e4 59.Kf4 Nc6 60.Bb5 Nb4 61.Bc4 Nc6 62.Bb5 Ne7 63.Bc4 Ng6+ 64.Ke3 Ne5 65.Bb5 Nf7 66.a5 Nxg5 67.Bc4 f4+ 68.Kxf4 e3 69.Kxe3 f2 70.a6 Ne6 71.a7 Nc7 72.Kd4 Kf6 73.Kc5 Ke7 74.Kc6 Kd8 75.Bf1 Kc8 76.Bh3+ Kd8 77.Kb7 1-0

White wins in 16 moves after 77…Na8

Round 6, Oct. 15
Hammer, Jon Ludvig – Lenderman, Aleksandr
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.c4 c5 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qa4 Qc8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Qg4 Nf6 14.Qh3 Rd8 15.Rfc1 Qd7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Qg2 Qa6 19.Rc2 c4 20.dxc4 Qxc4 21.Qf3 h6 22.Kg2 Qb4 23.Ne4 Be5 24.Rac1 Rab8 25.b3 Qa5 26.g4 Qd5 27.h4 f6 28.Rd2 Qa5 29.Rcc2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Rd8 31.Nc4 Qc5 32.Qe4 Qd5 33.Qxd5 Rxd5 34.e3 Bc7 35.Nd2 Bd8 36.Nf3 Kf7 37.Rc8 e5 38.h5 Rd7 39.Nh4 Be7 40.Kf3 Bb4 41.Ke4 Rd2 42.Rc7+ Kg8 43.Kf5 Rxf2+ 44.Ke6 f5 45.Rc8+ Bf8 46.gxf5 Rd2 47.Ng6 Rd6+ 48.Kxe5 Rf6 49.e4 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
Dreev, Aleksey – Kuzubov, Yuriy
D35 QGD, Exchange, positional line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.b3 a5 13.a4 Bb4 14.Ne2 Nc8 15.O-O Nd6 16.Na2 Ba3 17.Nac3 Bb4 18.Na2 Ba3 19.Nac3 Bb4 20.Na2 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Oct. 15
Swiercz, Dariusz – Akobian, Varuzhan
E00 Catalan Opening

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Bf4 c6 10.Nc3 g5 11.Bc1 f5 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Ne1 Bf6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.e3 Rac8 17.Nd3 c5 18.Ba3 Qg7 19.Ne2 Rfd8 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.f3 Nd6 22.cxd5 Bxd5 23.Nf2 Nb5 24.Bc1 Ne5 25.e4 Nd4 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Qe2 Bb7 28.f4 Rxc1 29.fxe5 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bxe5 31.exf5 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 exf5 33.Nd3 Qb7+ 34.Kg1 Bg7 35.Re1 Rf8 36.Qh5 Qa6 37.Qxg5 Qxd3 38.Re7 Rf7 39.Re8+ Rf8 40.Re7 Qb1+ 41.Kg2 Qb2+ 42.Kh3 d3 43.Rxa7 Qd4 44.Ra4 Qd7 45.Qd2 f4+ 46.Kg2 f3+ 0-1

Standings after Round Six

1 Dreev 4
2-6 Lenderman, Bruzon Batista, Akobian, Kuzubov, Hansen 3.5
7 Hammer 3
8 Robson 2.5
9 Sethuraman 2
10 Swiercz 1

Pairings

Round Seven

Akobian-Hansen
Kuzubov-Swiercz
Lenderman-Dreev
Robson-Hammer
Sethuraman-Bruzon Batista

Round Eight

Hansen-Bruzon Batista
Hammer-Sethuraman
Dreev-Robson
Swiercz-Lenderman
Akobian-Kuzubov

Round Nine

Kuzubov-Hansen
Lenderman-Akobian
Robson-Swiercz
Sethuraman-Dreev
Bruzon Batista-Hammer

[Hans Jung]

In the B section GM Gabuzyan is running away with the tournament. He has 4 wins and 2 draws from 6 games and leads the field by 1 and a half points. One more win would probably wrap it up.

[Hugh Brodie]

A draw for Eric today against Akobian. He's still tied for 2nd - a point behind Dreev.

[Wayne Komer]

Fall Chess Classic 2018

October 17, 2018

Round Seven

Round 7, Oct. 16
Akobian, Varuzhan – Hansen, Eric
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.c4 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Na6 14.Be2 b6 15.Nb1 f5 16.f3 fxe4 17.fxe4 Re8 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.Kd2 Nc7 20.Bf4 Rac8 21.Rhf1 exd5 22.exd5 b5 23.Bd3 b4 24.Ne4 Nxd5 25.cxd5 c4 26.Nd6 Bc3+ 27.Rxc3 bxc3+ 28.Kxc3 cxd3+ 29.Nxc8 Rxc8+ 30.Kd2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 16
Kuzubov, Yuriy – Swiercz Dariusz
D12 QGD Slav

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Rd8 15.Nb1 Na6 16.b4 Nc7 17.O-O Nfd5 18.Qb3 Nb6 19.Rfd1 Qd5 20.Qb2 Nb5 21.Be1 Qg5 22.Qb3 Nd6 23.Nd2 Nf5 24.Nf1 Qh6 25.Bf2 Rac8 26.a3 a6 27.Rc3 Nd5 28.Rcd3 Nc7 29.e4 Nd6 30.Be3 Bg5 31.f4 Be7 32.Bf3 g5 33.Qc2 Qg6 34.fxg5 Bxg5 35.Bxg5 Qxg5 36.a4 Nde8 37.Qc3 Nf6 38.Kg2 Qg6 39.Nd2 Nce8 40.Re3 Rc7 41.Nc4 Nd5 42.exd5 cxd5 43.Bxd5 exd5 44.Qe1 Rxc4 45.Rxe8+ Rxe8 46.Qxe8+ Kh7 47.Qe1 Qc2+ 48.Rd2 Qxa4 49.Qe7 Qxb4 50.Qh4+ Kg8 51.Qd8+ Qf8 52.Qxd5 Qc8 53.Qe5 Rc2 54.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 55.Kh3 Qc8+ 56.g4 f6 57.Qe7 Qc6 58.Qd8+ Kf7 59.d5 Qc3+ 60.Kg2 Qb2+ 61.Kf1 Qb5+ 62.Kf2 Qc5+ 63.Kf3 Qa3+ 64.Kf2 Qe7 65.Qc8 a5 66.d6 Qxd6 67.Qxb7+ Kg6 68.Qb1+ Kh6 69.Qc1+ g5 70.Qc8 Qxh2+ 71.Kf1 Qf4+ 72.Kg2 Qe4+ 73.Kg3 Kg7 74.Kf2 a4 75.Qd7+ Kg6 76.Qc8 Qd4+ 77.Kg3 Qd3+ 78.Kf2 Qd2+ 79.Kf1 Qd1+ 80.Kf2 Qd4+ 81.Kf3 Qd5+ 82.Kf2 a3 83.Qe8+ Qf7 84.Qa4 a2 85.Ke3 Qe6+ 86.Kd3 f5 87.gxf5+ Qxf5+ 0-1

Position after Black’s 65….a5



Round 7, Oct. 16
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Dreev, Aleksey
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.f3 Bh5 10.Qh4 Bg6 11.Bxg6 fxg6 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Nd2 e5 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Nb3 O-O 16.Qg5 Qc7 17.Ng3 Rae8 18.Bf2 e4 19.Be3 h6 20.Qh4 exf3 21.Rae1 g5 22.Qh3 g4 23.Qh4 Ne7 0-1

Round 7, Oct. 16
Robson, Ray – Hammer, Jon Ludvig
A28 English, Four Knights

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Ne7 7.c5 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.cxd6 cxd6 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.e4 O-O 12.a4 Qg4 13.h3 Qd7 14.O-O Rfc8 15.Qd3 h6 16.Be3 g5 17.Qb5 a6 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Nd2 Ng6 20.Ne2 Nf4 21.Ng3 Nd3 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.a5 Nf6 24.f3 Rc2 25.b3 Nh5 26.Nc4 Nhf4 27.Bd2 Rc8 28.Nfe3 R8xc4 29.Nxc4 Ne2+ 30.Kh2 f5 31.Rfd1 fxe4 32.fxe4 Nc5 33.Ne3 Rb2 34.Bb4 Nxe4 35.Rdb1 Rxb1 36.Rxb1 Nd4 37.Nc4 Nb5 38.Rc1 Nd4 39.Nxe5 Nc5 40.Bxc5 Nxb3 41.Rb1 Nxc5 42.Nc4 Be7 43.Kh1 Kg7 44.g4 Kf8 45.Rb6 Bd8 46.Rxd6 Bc7 47.Rf6+ 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 16
Sethuraman, S.P. – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf4 a6 9.Qd2 Bf5 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nb6 13.d5 Qd7 14.b3 O-O-O 15.a4 Qg4 16.g3 Qg6 17.Qd4 Ng4 18.a5 Bf6 19.Qb4 Nd7 20.Ne4 Rhe8 21.Rhe1 Be5 22.Nxe5 Ngxe5 23.h3 f5 24.Nd2 Qf7 25.Qd4 Qf6 26.Be3 Nc5 27.Kb1 Ned7 28.Nf3 Qf7 29.b4 Ne4 30.Kb2 Nef6 31.c3 Re4 32.Qd3 Rde8 33.Nd2 R4e7 34.Nc4 Qh5 35.Nd2 f4 36.gxf4 Qxd5 37.Qg6 Qc6 38.Nb3 Qe4 39.Qxe4 Rxe4 40.Rg1 Nh5 41.Nd4 Rf8 42.f5 Rf7 43.Rg4 Ndf6 44.Rxe4 Nxe4 45.Rg1 Nef6 46.c4 Kd7 47.Kc2 Ne8 48.b5 Nhf6 49.bxa6 bxa6 50.Rb1 Kc8 51.Nc6 Nd7 52.f4 Nef6 53.Na7+ Kd8 54.Nc6+ Kc8 55.Bf2 Rf8 56.Na7+ Kd8 57.Nc6+ Kc8 58.c5 Re8 59.Na7+ Kd8 60.Nc6+ Kc8 61.Bd4 Nxc5 62.Bxc5 dxc5 63.Na7+ Kd7 64.Rd1+ Ke7 65.Nc6+ Kf8 66.Kc3 Re4 67.Rd8+ Kf7 68.Kd3 Rxf4 69.Ne5+ Ke7 70.Ng6+ Kxd8 71.Nxf4 Kd7 72.Ne6 Kc6 73.Nxg7 Kb5 74.Ne6 Kxa5 75.Kc4 Kb6 76.Nxc5 a5 77.Nb3 Ne8 78.Kd5 a4 79.Nd2 Kb5 80.Nb1 Kb4 81.Kc6 Kb3 82.Kd7 Nf6+ 83.Kxc7 Kc2 84.Na3+ Kb3 85.Nb5 Kc4 86.Kc6 Ng8 87.Kb6 Kb4 88.Nd4 Kc4 89.Nb5 Ne7 90.Ka5 Nxf5 91.Kxa4 h5 92.Nc7 Kd4 93.Kb3 Ne3 94.Ne6+ Ke5 95.Ng7 h4 96.Kc3 Nd5+ 97.Kd3 Kf4 98.Ke2 Nc7 99.Kf2 Kg5 100.Kf3 Kg6 101.Kg4 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

Position after 89…Ne7



Standings after Round Seven

1 Dreev 5
2-4 Akobian, Hansen, Bruzon Batista 4
5-7 Kuzubov, Lenderman, Robson 3.5
8 Hammer 3
9 Sethuraman 2.5
10 Swiercz 2

[Wayne Komer]

Fall Chess Classic 2018

October 17, 2018

Round Eight

Round 8, Oct. 17
Hansen, Eric – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.d5 d6 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.c3 a5 15.a4 Bg5 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Nf3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Nf6 19.Bc4 g6 20.Re1 Kg7 21.h3 c6 22.Nd4 cxd5 23.Bb5 Bxb5 24.Qxb5 Qc7 25.Re3 Rd8 26.Nb3 Ra8 27.Nd4 Rd8 28.g4 h6 29.f4 Qd7 30.Qxa5 Re8 31.Nc2 d4 32.cxd4 Rc8 33.Re2 Qc6 34.d5 Qc4 35.Qd2 Qxa4 36.Kh2 Rc4 37.g5 hxg5 38.fxg5 Nd7 39.Ne3 Ne5 40.Rf2 Rd4 41.Qc2 Qb4 42.Kg2 Rd3 0-1

Position after Black’s 39…Ne5





Round 8, Oct. 17
Hammer, Jon Ludvig – Sethuraman, S.P.
A28 English, Four Knights, Romanishin varation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Qb4+ 11.Kf1 Qe7 12.f3 f5 13.Kg1 Nc5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc3 a5 16.b3 Ne6 17.c5 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Ba3 Raa8 20.h4 f4 21.e4 a4 22.b4 Rad8 23.Rd1 d6 24.cxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Kh2 Qe7 27.Rd1 Qxh4+ 28.Kg1 Rf6 29.Qxc6 h5 30.Qc2 Rg6 31.Qf2 Rg3 32.Rd3 Ng5 33.Qe2 Nh3+ 34.Kf1 Rg6 35.b5 Qg3 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Rd5 Kh6 38.Rd8 Kh7 39.Rd5 Kh6 40.Rd8 Kh7 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Oct. 17
Dreev, Aleksey – Robson, Ray
D92 Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 Be6 7.e3 dxc4 8.Ng5 Bd5 9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.d5 Nd4 15.O-O Qd7 16.h4 Rfe8 17.a3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 e6 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxe6 Rxe6 21.Nb5 Bxb2 22.Nxc7 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Nxe6 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 fxe6 26.Kf1 Nd5 27.Ke2 b5 28.Bd2 Ne7 29.Kd3 Nc6 30.Bc3 Kf7 31.g4 a5 32.Bb2 Kg8 33.Ke4 Kf8 34.Kf4 Kf7 35.f3 Ne7 36.Ke4 Nc6 37.Ba1 Kg8 38.Bb2 Kf7 39.f4 Kg8 40.f5 exf5+ 41.gxf5 Kf7 42.fxg6+ Kxg6 43.Kd5 Ne7+ 44.Kc5 Nf5 45.Kxb5 Nxh4 46.a4 Kf7 47.Kxa5 Nf5 48.Kb6 Nd6 49.Be5 Nc4+ 50.Kb5 Na3+ 51.Kc5 Ke7 52.a5 Kd7 53.a6 Kc8 54.Bd6 Nc2 55.Kb6 Ne3 56.a7 Nd5+ 57.Ka6 1-0

Position after Black’s 46…Kf7



Draw after 47.Kxa5

White wins in 27 moves after 48.Kb6


Round 8, Oct. 17
Swiercz, Dariusz – Lenderman, Aleksandr
C01 French, Exchange

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.f3 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.Ng3 Nb4 12.Be2 h6 13.Bf4 c5 14.Nb5 c4 15.c3 Na6 16.b3 Be6 17.Rab1 Qd7 18.a4 Rfc8 19.Rfe1 Qc6 20.Bd1 Bf8 21.Bc2 cxb3 22.Rxb3 Nb8 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Nbd7 25.Reb1 Be7 26.Kh1 Bf8 27.Bg3 Be7 28.Re1 Bf8 29.Reb1 Be7 30.Bf4 Bf8 31.Kg1 Be7 32.g4 Ne8 33.Re1 Bf8 34.Rbb1 Rd8 35.Bc2 Nb6 36.h4 g6 37.h5 g5 38.Qd3 Nf6 39.Bc7 Re8 40.Be5 Nbd7 41.Kg2 Re6 42.Bg3 Rae8 43.Rxe6 Rxe6 44.Nc7 Re7 45.Rb5 Bg7 46.Rxa5 b6 47.Ra7 Nf8 48.Nb5 Rxa7 49.Nxa7 Qb7 50.Nb5 Ne6 51.Qe3 Qc6 52.Bf5 Nf4+ 53.Bxf4 gxf4 54.Qxf4 Qc4 55.Qd2 Qxa4 56.Bd3 Ne8 57.Qc2 Qa8 58.Bh7+ Kh8 59.Bf5 Qd8 60.Qa2 Bf6 61.Qa7 Kg8 62.Qd7 Qa8 63.Kh3 Kf8 64.Nd6 Nxd6 65.Qxd6+ Kg7 66.Bd3 Qa1 67.Qxd5 Qh1+ 68.Kg3 Qe1+ 69.Kh3 Qh1+ 70.Kg3 Qe1+ 71.Kh3 Qh1+ 72.Kg3 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Oct. 17
Akobian, Varuzhan – Kusubov, Yuriy
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.g3 Rfd8 16.Bg2 Ba4 17.O-O Rac8 18.Rac1 Nb3 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Bxd5 Nxd4 21.exd4 b6 22.b3 Bd7 23.Re1 Kf8 24.Bf3 Bh3 25.Bg2 Bd7 26.Be4 Bh3 27.d5 Bd7 28.Re3 Ke7 29.Bxh7+ Kd6 30.Be4 Bh3 31.f3 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Rf1+ 33.Ke2 Rh1 34.Rc3 Rxh2+ 35.Ke3 Bd7 36.Kf4 a5 37.a4 Re2 38.g4 f6 39.g5 fxg5+ 40.Kxg5 Rg2+ 41.Kf4 g5+ 42.Ke3 g4 43.fxg4 Rg3+ 44.Kd4 Rxc3 45.Kxc3 Bxg4 46.b4 Bd1 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Bc2 Bxc2 49.Kxc2 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

Standings after Round 8

1 Dreev 6
2 Bruzon Batista 5
3 Akobian 4.5
4—6 Lenderman, Kuzubov, Hansen 4
7-8 Robson, Hammer 3.5
9 Sethuraman 3
10 Swiercz 2.5

Final Round Pairings

Kuzubov-Hansen
Lenderman-Aobian
Robson-Swiercz
Sethuraman-Dreev
Bruzon Batista-Hammer

The final round starts at 11 AM local which is noon Toronto/Montreal

[Wayne Komer]

Fall Chess Classic 2018

October 18, 2018

Round Nine

Final round games:

Round 9, Oct. 18
Kuzubov, Yuriy – Hansen, Eric
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nbd2 a5 10.Ne4 h6 11.Bd2 Nf5 12.Rfe1 Kh7 13.Rac1 a4 14.Nc5 Qe8 15.e3 Nd6 16.Qc2 f5 17.Bc3 a3 18.bxa3 Rxa3 19.Nd2 Ra7 20.Qb2 b6 21.Ncb3 Bb7 22.d4 e4 23.Bf1 Ne7 24.Bb4 Nd5 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Nc4 Qd8 27.Nbd2 h5 28.Rb1 h4 29.Nxb6 hxg3 30.hxg3 f4 31.exf4 Nxf4 32.Nxe4 Ne6 33.Rbd1 d5 34.Bh3 dxe4 35.Bxe6 Rf6 36.Qb3 Rf3 37.Re3 Rxe3 38.fxe3 Ra6 39.Kg2 Bh6 40.Nc4 Qe7 41.d5 1-0

Position after 36.Qb3



36…Rf3 – better is 36..Bh6


Round 9, Oct. 18
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Akobian, Varuzhan
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.d4 c4 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 Rc8 14.e4 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 dxe4 16.Bb4 Qe6 17.Qxa7 Nd5 18.Bc5 h5 19.Rae1 Rh6 20.f3 e3 21.f4 Qd7 22.Qa6 f5 23.Qxc4 Re6 24.a4 Ra8 25.Qe2 g6 26.Ra1 Kf7 27.g3 h4 28.a5 hxg3 29.hxg3 Rh8 30.a6 Kf6 31.Kg2 Ree8 32.a7 Qe6 33.Rf3 Qe4 34.Bd6 Ra8 35.Be5+ 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 18
Robson, Ray – Swiercz, Dariusz
A13 English opening, Agincourt variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 b6 5.d4 Bb7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bc4 Rad8 15.Qc2 a5 16.h3 Rd2 17.Qc1 Rdd8 18.a3 Bc5 19.Qc2 h6 20.Rfd1 Rfe8 21.Qc3 Kf8 22.Rdc1 Kg8 23.Bb5 c6 24.Be2 Bc8 25.e6 f6 26.Bh5 Bxe6 27.Bxe8 Rd3 28.Bxc6 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 f5 30.Bb5 Qd6 31.b4 Qd2 32.Rb1 axb4 33.axb4 Bxb4 34.Rc7 Ba2 35.Rxg7+ Kf8 36.Ra7 Qc2 37.Rc1 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 18
Sethuraman, S.P. – Dreev, Aleksey
A11 English

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nh4 Be4 9.f3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd5 11.g3 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 b5 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O O-O 16.Rfd1 Rd7 17.Be1 Qb6 18.Bf2 Rfd8 19.Ng2 Nc6 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 h6 23.Ne1 Ne5 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Nd5 26.a3 Qc7 27.e4 Nb6 28.Kf1 Bxf2 29.Kxf2 Qc5+ 30.Ne3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 18
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro – Hammer, Jon Ludvig
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.d5 d6 13.c3 c6 14.Qf3 cxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc7 16.Qf3 d5 17.Be3 d4 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Nc3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Be6 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.f4 Qb4 23.Rd2 Qa5 24.Qd4 Re8 25.Qd6 Na8 26.Bb5 Rc8 27.Bd3 g6 28.Be2 Qb6+ 29.Qxb6 Nxb6 30.Rd4 Rc7 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.g4 a6 33.h3 Ke7 34.Rb4 Nd5 35.Nxd5+ Bxd5 36.Bf3 Rc2+ 37.Ke3 Bxf3 38.Kxf3 b5 39.a4 bxa4 40.Rxa4 Rxb2 41.Rxa6 Rb3+ 42.Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

Final Standings

1 Dreev 6.5
2 Bruzon Batista 5.5
3-4 Lenderman, Kuzubov 5
5-6 Robson, Akobian 4.5
7-8 Hansen, Hammer 4
9 Sethuraman 3.5
10 Swiercz 2.5

Players Rating TPR

Dreev 2649 2821
Bruzon 2653 2734
Kuzubov 2652 2697
Lenderman 2630 2700
Robson 2682 2651
Akobian 2641 2655
Hammer 2662 2610
Hansen 2629 2614
Sethuraman 2673 2572
Swiercz 2669 2486

https://www.uschesschamps.com/2018-f...ings-results-a

[Hans Jung]

Eric had a rollercoaster of a tournament.

[Hans Jung]

GM Dreev got the wins when he needed them to win the tournament, especially a miniature as black against Lenderman in rd 7 (queen trap)

[Wayne Komer]

Fall Chess Classic 2018

October 20, 2018

From:

http://chess-news.ru/node/25194

Alexey Dreev secured his first place at the end of the tournament, scoring four wins and never losing.

Immediately after the awards, he shared his impressions with our site:

"I played for the first time in the famous St. Louis Club, where in recent years the elite have played. A very good club. I liked the chess atmosphere, chess on the nearby street too, and commentary on the games. Well organized. Maybe our club on Gogol is better, but they are quite different.

As for the games themselves, everything went smoothly for me. Had no problems; even though I was not able to win a won-game against Hammer in the second round - still not acclimatized . And then everything became normal, my head cleared up. In fact, I had not set any goals for myself before the tournament... I just started gaining points naturally

Almost all the victories were won in the endgame. I don't want to say that my opponents did not know how to play the endings, but still ... at this stage of their development there are many gaps in their knowledge.

Added 20 ranking points. I asked myself, “Am I going to return to 2700?” Reply - I have already been and that is enough [in 2011]. Is that so wonderful? I don't cherish any illusions. Of course, pleased that I played well with my 50th birthday coming up.