Shenzhen Grandmaster Tournament 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Tournament 2018

November 3, 2018

This is taking place from November 3 to November 14, 2018 in a six-player double round robin with a great lineup of players: Ding Liren, MVL, Wojtaszek, Vitiugov, Giri and Yu Yangyi. The venue is the Longgang District of Shenzhen, China. Will Ding Liren remain unbeaten at the end of this tournament?

Schedule:

Round 1, Nov. 4

Giri-Ding Liren
Yu Yangyi-Wojtaszek
Vitiugov-MVL

Round 2, Nov. 5

Ding Liren-MVL
Wojtaszek-Vitiugov
Giri-Yu Yangyi

Round 3, Nov. 6

Yu Yangyi-Ding Liren
Vitiugov-Giri
MVL-Wojtaszek

Round 4, Nov. 7

Ding Liren-Wojtaszek
Giri-MVL
Yu Yangyi-Vitiugov

Round 5, Nov. 8

Vitiugov-Ding Liren
MVL-Yu Yangyi
Wojtaszek-Giri

Round 6, Nov. 10

Ding Liren-Giri
Wojtaszek-Yu Yangyi
MVL-Vitiugov

Round 7, Nov. 11

MVL-Ding Liren
Vitiugov-Wojtaszek
Yu Yangyi-Giri

Round 8, Nov. 12

Ding Liren-Yu Yangyi
Giri-Vitiugov
Wojtaszek-MVL

Round 9, Nov. 13

Wojtaszek-Ding Liren
MVL-Giri
Vitiugov-Yu Yangyi

Round 10, Nov. 14

Ding Liren-Vitiugov
Yu Yangyi-MVL
Giri-Wojtaszek

Time Control– 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 for the rest + 30 sec. incr. from move one

The prize fund is $90,000, with $20,000 for first place.

http://chess-results.com/tnr389821.a...t=2&turdet=YES

[Jeffrey Xu]

My prediction: Ding will win the tournament, remain unbeaten, and surpass Shak.

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmasters 2018

November 5, 2018

Round One

Round 1, Nov. 4, 2018
Giri, Anish – Ding, Liren
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 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 c5 13.a4 Be6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.g3 Qd7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Kg2 Qc6 19.Qe2 c4 20.h4 c3 21.b3 e5 22.Ng1 b4 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Bxh4 26.Qg4 d5 27.e5 Qg6 28.Qxg6 hxg6 29.Nf3 Be7 30.Kg3 Kf7 31.Kg4 Ra2 32.Rf2 Ra1 33.Re2 Rf1 34.Rh2 Rc1 35.Rg2 Bc5 36.Ng5+ Ke7 37.Nf3 Kf7 38.Ng5+ Ke7 39.Nf3 1/2-1/2

Round 1, Nov. 4
Yu, Yangyi – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.h4 h5 11.Ng3 Bd7 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.a4 O-O-O 14.a5 Rdf8 15.Bd3 Kb8 16.Bc2 Nfg8 17.O-O Ng6 18.Nf5 N8e7 19.f4 exf4 20.Nxe7 Nxe7 21.Bxf4 f6 22.Bg3 Ng6 23.Ba4 Re8 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Qa4 Kc8 26.Qxd7+ Kxd7 27.Rab1 Kc7 28.Rb5 Ne5 29.Rfb1 Rb8 30.Bxe5 fxe5 31.Rf1 Rhf8 32.Rb2 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Rf8+ 34.Rf2 Rxf2+ 35.Kxf2 b6 36.Ke2 1/2-1/2

Round 1, Nov. 4
Vitiugov, Nikita – MVL
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 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc7 Bxb2 23.Rxb7 Bxa3 24.Rxa7 Bb4 25.Re2 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Re1 27.Rxe1 Bxe1 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Bxe7 Bxf2 30.Bf6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

Chat Room Comments

• With this game, Ding will tie Tal for the longest unbeaten streak at 95 games.

27/68 is not so impressive as 46/49 for Tal

• Tal played vs weaker opposition though, Ding played a candidates tour, world cup and supertours
• Better than Tiviakov. He played regular events and claims he was unbeaten for 110 games
• Ding has by far the best unbeaten streak in history. Competition matters

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmasters 2018

November 5, 2018

Round Two

From Macauley Peterson at chessbase.com

https://en.chessbase.com/post/shenze...rs-2018-round2

“In the tournament, two rounds have been played so far. All games ended in a draw. That already marks a non-trivial achievement for one of them; Ding Liren's streak of classical games without a loss now stands at 96 — one more than the legendary undefeated streak of the eighth World Champion Mikhail Tal.

Last year, New in Chessmagazine charted undefeated streaks and placed Tal in both spots one and two. Our "New in Chess Invincibility List" in May, 2017 attempted to set the record straight, noting when Wang Yue's 82 game streak was broken in 2008 that Sergei Tiviakov had reported a longer streak of 110 games. However, as Tiviakov himself informed us at that time:

Of course, my opponents were not all very strong...but they did include Ivanchuk, Aronian, Radjabov, Carlsen, Dreev, etc. So my record can still be compared with that of Wang Yue, for example.

Therefore, Ding's achievement is arguably now the most impressive such streak in history, given the incredible calibre of players he has faced since it began August 9th, 2017, when he lost to Anish Giri in the second game of a four-game match.”

Round 2, Nov. 5
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Vitiugov, Nikita
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Qd6 14.b5 axb5 15.axb5 Nb6 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Na4 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Bd7 20.Ne1 Ra8 21.Qc2 Ra3 22.Nd3 Rfa8 23.Nc5 Ra2 24.Qd1 Be8 25.Rc2 Bf8 26.Qd2 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Qc7 28.g3 Qa7 29.Rc1 Bxc5 30.Qxc5 Qxc5 31.Rxc5 Kf8 32.g4 Bd7 33.Kg2 Ke7 34.h4 Ra1 35.Rc2 Ra5 36.Kg3 Ra1 37.Rb2 Rg1+ 38.Kh2 Ra1 39.Bf3 Ra8 40.Kg3 Kd6 41.Rb1 Be6 42.Rb7 g5 43.Rb1 Rc8 44.Rc1 c5 45.dxc5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Nov. 5
Giri, Anish – Yu, Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Nb4 10.Bc4 d5 11.Bb3 c6 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.c3 Na6 14.Ng3 Nd6 15.Bc2 Nc7 16.Ne5 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Re3 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Bd3 f6 21.Nf3 Qh6 22.Rxe8+ Ncxe8 23.Qe2 Qf8 24.h4 Ng7 25.h5 g5 26.Qc2 h6 27.Re1 Be6 28.Bh7+ Kh8 29.Qg6 Bf7 30.Qxh6 Nxh5 31.Qxf8+ Rxf8 32.Nxh5 Bxh5 33.Bd3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Nov. 5
Ding, Liren – MVL
A36 English, ultra-symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Rb1 Nf6 6.a3 e6 7.b4 d5 8.bxc5 O-O 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxc3 12.dxc3 Qa5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.O-O Qxc5 15.a4 Rd8 16.Qd2 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Rxd4 20.Bxb7 Bxb7 21.Rxb7 Rxa4 22.Rc1 Ra6 23.Rcc7 Rf6 24.Rxa7 Rxa7 25.Rxa7 h5 26.Kg2 Re6 27.e3 Re5 28.h3 Kg7 29.Ra3 Rb5 30.h4 Rb4 31.Kf3 Rb5 32.Ra4 Rf5+ 33.Ke2 Rb5 34.Rd4 Rb2+ 35.Kf3 Rb3 36.Kf4 Rb2 37.f3 Rb6 38.e4 Rb3 39.Rd5 Ra3 40.g4 hxg4 41.Kxg4 Ra1 42.h5 gxh5+ 43.Rxh5 f6 44.Rd5 Kg6 45.Rd6 Ra4 46.Kf4 Rb4 47.Ke3 Rb3+ 48.Rd3 Rb1 49.f4 Re1+ 50.Kd4 Rf1 51.f5+ Kf7 52.Ra3 Rd1+ 53.Ke3 Re1+ 54.Kf3 Rf1+ 55.Ke2 Rb1 56.Ra7+ Kf8 57.Kd3 Rd1+ 58.Kc4 Rd2 59.Kc5 Rd1 60.Rb7 Ke8 61.Ra7 1/2-1/2

Position after Black’s 41…..Ra1



Was there a stronger move than 42.h5?

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmasters 2018

November 7, 2018

Round Three

Ho-hum

Round 3, Nov. 6
MVL – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Nec3 Nb6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.b3 Be6 14.Ba3 Qc7 15.Qd3 Rfc8 16.Bb4 a5 17.Nxb5 Qxc2 18.Qxc2 Rxc2 19.Bxd6 Nc8 20.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Nxd6 22.Nxd6 a4 23.Nc4 Rb8 24.Rc3 axb3 25.axb3 Be7 26.Bf1 g6 27.Rc1 Rxb3 28.Nxe5 Bf6 29.Nd3 Bd4 30.Be2 Rc3 31.Rb1 g5 32.Ne1 h6 33.Kg2 Rb3 34.Rd1 Bb6 35.Nd3 Ra3 36.Rb1 Ba7 37.Nb4 Rb3 38.Rxb3 Bxb3 39.Bg4 Kg7 40.h4 Bd4 41.Nc6 Bc5 42.Bf5 Kf6 43.f4 Be3 44.fxg5+ hxg5 45.h5 Kg7 46.g4 Bc4 47.Kf3 Bc1 48.Ne5 Bb5 49.Kf2 Bf4 50.Nf3 Bd3 51.Ke1 Be3 52.Kd1 Bf4 53.Ne1 Bb1 54.Ke2 Kh6 55.Nf3 Kg7 56.Nd4 Be5 57.Nc6 Bf4 58.Nb4 Kh6 59.Nd5 Bc2 60.Nc3 Kg7 61.Nb5 Bc1 62.Nd4 Bb1 63.Kf3 Bd3 64.Bd7 Ba6 65.Nf5+ Kf8 66.Bc6 Bf4 67.Bd5 Bc8 68.Nd4 Kg7 69.h6+ Kxh6 70.Bxf7 Kg7 71.Be6 Ba6 72.Bd5 Kf6 73.Ne6 Bd6 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Nov. 6
Yu, Yangyi – Ding, Liren
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.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 Nc6 13.Bd2 d5 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Qe2 Nd7 16.Na2 Nb6 17.Nc1 Rf7 18.Nb3 Raf8 19.Rf1 Qd7 20.Rae1 Bd6 21.c3 h6 22.Be3 Na4 23.Rc1 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Qf7 25.Kh1 Qh5 26.Rg1 d4 27.Bd2 dxc3 28.Bxc3 Nd4 29.Qd1 Rf4 30.Rg2 Nxc3 31.Rxc3 Rh4 32.Nd2 Rh3 33.Nf1 Qxf3 34.Qxf3 Rxf3 35.Nd2 Rf4 36.Nb3 Kf7 37.Nc5 Ne2 38.Rc2 Nd4 39.Rc1 Bxc5 40.Rxc5 c6 41.Rxe5 g5 42.Rc5 Kf6 43.Kg1 h5 44.h3 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Nov. 6
Vitiugov, Nikita – Giri, Anish
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.Nf3 Rd8 13.e3 Bxf1 14.Rxf1 c5 15.dxc5 Rxd1+ 16.Qxd1 g5 17.Bg3 Qxc5 18.Qd8+ Kg7 19.Be5 Qc1+ 20.Ke2 Qc4+ 21.Ke1 Qc1+ 22.Ke2 Qc4+ 23.Ke1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Chess 2018

November 8, 2018

Round Four

Round 4, Nov. 7
Vitiugov, Nikita – Ding, Liren
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nd2 Bg7 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.b3 a4 9.Ba3 Re8 10.e3 Bf5 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Ne4 Nc7 15.Nc5 Nxc5 16.Bxc5 axb3 17.axb3 Bxb3 18.Qb2 Bc4 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Rb1 Ba6 21.Nf3 Qc8 22.Ne5 Ne6 23.Bb6 Nf8 24.Rc1 Qf5 25.h4 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.Qa3 Bb5 28.d5 h5 29.dxc6 Bxc6 30.Bxc6 bxc6 31.Qa4 Rc8 32.Bd4 e5 33.Bc5 Qd2 34.Rd1 Qe2 35.Rc1 Qf3 36.Bd6 Qg4 37.Qa6 Qe6 38.Qb7 e4 39.Ba3 Be5 40.Kg2 Qg4 41.Qe7 Qf5 42.Kg1 Kh7 43.Bd6 Bg7 44.Rc5 Qf3 45.Bf4 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qf3+ 47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Nov. 7
MVL – Yu, Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.h4 O-O-O 12.Bg5 Qe7 13.Qf4 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.f3 Rhg8 18.Ne2 Ng6 19.h5 Ne7 20.Nf4 Rg5 21.Re1 Nd5 22.Nd3 f5 23.c4 Nf6 24.Nf4 Re8 25.Kc1 Bd7 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Kd2 Ng7 28.Ke3 Ne6 29.Rh2 Kd8 30.Bd3 Nxf4 31.Kxf4 Ke7 32.g3 Kf6 33.Rh1 a5 34.a3 Rg8 35.Re1 b6 36.b3 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Nov. 7
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Giri, Anish
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.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Rfd1 Bb4 15.Rac1 Qd6 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Nfe5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Qb3 Rc7 21.Nd3 Rfc8 22.Nce5 Bd4 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.e3 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qb4 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 Qc1+ 30.Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Jeffrey Xu]

Ding and Yu both won in round 5. Ding is now 0.1 away from Shak and Yu has entered the top 10 live.

[Hans Jung]

and Ding Liren's unbeaten streak is at 99 games - next will be 100!

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Chess 2018

November 9, 2018

Round Five

Round 5, Nov. 8
Girish, Anish – MVL
A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qc7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 e6 9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 b5 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.Be2 Rd8 16.f4 f6 17.O-O-O c4 18.Nf3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bb7 20.g4 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.g5 fxg5 23.Nxg5 Bxg5 24.fxg5 a6 25.Kd2 Ne5 26.Bf4 Nf7 27.Ke3 e5 28.Bg3 Bc8 29.b4 g6 30.a4 Kf8 31.a5 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Nov. 8
Yu, Yangyi – Vitiugov, Nikita
C83 Ruy Lopez, open

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.Bf5 Ne6 16.N2b3 Rfd8 17.Be3 Bf8 18.h4 Re8 19.Bf2 Bg6 20.Bg4 h5 21.Bh3 Ncxd4 22.cxd4 Bb4 23.Re2 Qd8 24.a3 Bf8 25.g3 a5 26.f4 a4 27.Nc1 f5 28.Qd3 c5 29.Bxf5 c4 30.Qc2 Bxf5 31.Qxf5 Qb6 32.Qg6 Qa7 33.Rd2 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.f5 Nc7 36.Ne2 b4 37.axb4 Bxb4 38.Rdd1 Nb5 39.Nf4 Red8 40.Kf1 a3 41.bxa3 Rxa3 42.Rxa3 Nxa3 43.Ra1 c3 44.Ke2 c2 45.Be3 Nb5 46.Kd3 Rc8 47.Nxd5 Ba3 48.Bc1 Bxc1 49.Rxc1 Rd8 50.Kc4 Na3+ 51.Kc5 Rb8 52.Nb6 Rb7 53.Kc6 1-0

Yu Yangyi now in the top ten with 2769.1

Round 5, Nov. 8
Ding, Liren – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qh4 h6 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ba6 O-O 16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Qh5 Bc6 18.Bc4 Qc8 19.b3 f5 20.Nd2 Bf6 21.Ba3 Qe8 22.Qxe8 Rfxe8 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rac1 a5 25.Nc4 a4 26.bxa4 Rec8 27.Bd6 Rb7 28.Ne3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Bxa2 30.a5 Bd4 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Nc2 Bd5 33.Nb4 Be4 34.Rc4 Ba7 35.Rc7 Kg6 36.Kf1 Kf6 37.f3 Rxc7 38.Bxc7 Bb7 39.Nd3 Bd4 40.f4 Kf7 41.Bb6 Bf6 42.Kf2 g5 43.Ke3 gxf4+ 44.gxf4 Be7 45.Kd4 Bd6 46.e3 Ke8 47.Bc5 Bc7 48.Bb4 Bb8 49.h4 h5 50.Nf2 Kd7 51.Nh3 Kc6 52.Ng5 Ba7+ 53.Ke5 Bxe3 54.Nxe6 Bc8 55.Ng7 Bf2 56.Nxf5 Kb5 57.Be7 Kxa5 58.Kf6 Kb6 59.Kg6 Kc6 60.Ng7 Kd5 61.f5 Ke5 62.Bg5 Bc5 63.f6 Ba6 64.Nxh5 Kd5 1-0

Position after 52….Ba7+. Was there a better move available?





Standings after Round Five

1-2 Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi 3
3-4 Giri, MVL 2.5
5-6 Wojtaszek, Vitiugov 2

[Hans Jung]

Rd 6 Ding Liren's unbeaten streak has reached 100 games. Impressive!

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Chess 2018

November 10, 2018

Round Six

Round 6, Nov. 10
Ding, Liren – Giri, Anish
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.d3 Be6 10.Be3 f5 11.Rc1 Kh8 12.b4 a6 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Bxb6 cxb6 15.e3 Bf6 16.d4 exd4 17.exd4 Bg8 18.Ne2 Qd6 19.Qd3 g6 20.b5 axb5 21.Qxb5 Rbd8 22.a4 Bd5 23.Ne5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Bxe5 26.Rb1 f4 27.gxf4 Bxf4 28.Red1 Qe6 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Nxf4 Qg4+ 31.Kf1 Qxf4 32.Qb2+ Kg8 33.Qb3+ Kf8 34.Qa3+ Kg8 35.Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Nov. 10
MVL – Vitiugov, Nikita
D35 QGD, Exchange, positional line

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Nh4 Be7 12.Ne2 f5 13.g3 Bxh4 14.gxh4 Nf6 15.Bh3 Nh5 16.b4 Ke7 17.Kd2 a6 18.a4 Kd6 19.Ra3 Rhe8 20.Rha1 h6 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Rxa3 23.Rxa3 f4 24.exf4 cxb5 25.Rb3 Nf6 26.f3 Ra8 27.Nc3 Ra1 28.Ke3 Re1+ 29.Kf2 Rc1 30.Nxb5+ Kc6 31.Na7+ Kc7 32.Nb5+ Kc6 33.Na7+ Kc7 34.Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Nov. 10
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Yu, Yangyi
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 b6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rfd1 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Ne1 c5 13.cxd5 cxd4 14.d6 Bxg2 15.dxe7 Qxe7 16.Nxg2 Nc5 17.Qa3 dxc3 18.Bxc3 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bb4 Qb7 21.Ne3 h6 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Qa5 Rd4 24.b3 Nd7 25.Qd8+ Nf8 26.Qa5 Nd7 27.Nc4 Rd5 28.f3 Nb8 29.Ne3 Nc6 30.Qe1 Re5 31.Nc4 Rd5 32.Ne3 Re5 33.Qd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Grey Guo]

the streak stopped at 100

[Jeffrey Xu]

At least now there's no more pressure to continue his streak. In a way, it may be a good thing for his chess.

[Grey Guo]

yes, actually rumor around about he was under pressure either from media or sponsor to reach 100, seems he started something different in the 101th game

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Chess 2018

November 11, 2018

Round Seven

Round 7, Nov. 11
Yu, Yangyi – Giri, Anish
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Qc2 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Ba6 11.O-O Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nbd7 13.a4 Re8 14.c4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Bb2 Nc4 18.Nb5 Nxb2 19.Qxb2 Qe5 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.Rfc1 Ne8 22.Kf1 g6 23.Ke2 h5 24.Rc6 Kg7 25.h3 Re4 26.Nd4 Re7 27.Rac1 Rd8 28.R6c4 Rdd7 29.Nc6 Re6 30.Nd4 Ree7 31.Nc6 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Nov. 11
Vitiugov, Nikita – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bd6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Re8 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be5 13.Qd2 d4 14.exd4 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Bxd4 16.Bf3 Be6 17.Rad1 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Rac8 19.Bd4 b6 20.Rd2 Bf5 21.Be3 Be4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Rfd1 Kf8 24.h3 Re6 25.Rd4 h6 26.Ra4 Re7 27.Rdd4 Ke8 28.g4 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Kxd8 30.g5 Ng8 31.Bxb6+ axb6 32.Ra8+ Kd7 33.Rxg8 hxg5 34.Rxg7 1-0

And now, the game of the tournament:

Round 7, Nov. 11
MVL – Ding, Liren
E50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ba7 11.Na3 Nh7 12.Nd2 g4 13.Nb5 Bb6 14.Bb3 a4 15.Bc2 h5 16.h4 d5 17.d4 dxe4 18.dxe5 Ra5 19.c4 e3 20.fxe3 Nb4 21.a3 Nd3 22.b4 axb3 23.Nxb3 Nxe1 24.Qxe1 Ra6 25.c5 Ba7 26.Qb1 f5 27.exf6 Nxf6 28.Nxa7 Rxa7 29.Nd4 Qe7 30.Bf4 Qxc5 31.Bb3+ Kg7 32.Be6 Ra4 33.Qd3 Ra6 34.Bxc8 Rxc8 35.Qxa6 Qxd4 36.Qf1 Qe4 37.Rd1 c5 38.Rd6 Qe7 39.Qa1 Kf7 40.Be5 Ne4 41.Rh6 Qxh4 42.Qf1+ Ke7 43.Rh7+ Ke6 44.Bc7 Rxc7 45.Rxc7 Nd6 46.Rxc5 b6 47.Rc6 g3 48.Qf3 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 Qh1+ 50.Ke2 Qb1 51.Qxh5 Qa2+ 52.Kf3 Kd7 53.Rxb6 Qf2+ 54.Kg4 Qe2+ 55.Kh4 Qxg2 56.Qh7+ Kc8 57.Qg8+ Kd7 58.Rxd6+ 1-0

Position after 48.Qf3




On-line Comments

• "Outside of chess, Vachier-Lagrave holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics, which he earned in 2010." according to wiki

• I think 12 ..g4, was weakening his kingside too much, and then a slightly inferior position becomes even worse while almost all best moves are played .... :-

• Looks like it will all end at 100

• I'm still not counting out Ding yet.

• ding is stalling for a miracle/natural disaster

• Oo..... The Wall of China broken

• Ding has played 55 games in 2018 with performance 2850 if we exclude today's loss

• Tiviakov is relieved - his streak against my cat my grandma and my grandson is still the best

• this MVL-Ding game is also the most interesting game of the tournament even if it had ended in a draw ! What a fight !

Coda

Tweet from Sergey Tiviakov today:

Good news from China. Finally, Ding Liren lost. I will stay a world record holder for a while :-)

_________

People are saying that the quality of the opposition in Ding Liren’s case is much higher than Tiviakov’s.

Tiviakov, to set the record straight, sent a list of his 110 opponents to ChessBase and they are given today by Macauley Peterson:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/ding-defeated

Tiviakov writes there:

“At the end of 2005 my rating was 2700 (#20 in the world). Considering the rating inflation it is about 2750 now. And among my opponents were Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Aronian, Radjabov, Dreev, Wojtaszek and many others.

Of course, it is impossible to compare the rating and the strength of the players then and now. Every time had its own heroes.

I am very annoyed that lot of people on Internet do not want to accept my record. There is even one person, who permanently deletes my editing of Wikipedia, restoring the record of Tal.

And now I am blocked, cannot edit Wikipedia page anymore :-“