Shenzhen Grandmaster Tournament 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Chess 2018

November 11, 2018

Round Eight

Round 8, Nov. 12
Ding, Liren – Yu, Yangyi
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 Re8 10.Rb1 Bf8 11.d3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Bf7 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.Nb3 Ne7 17.Bc5 Ned5 18.Qc2 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Na4 20.Qc2 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 c6 22.a4 Qe7 23.Rfc1 Rbc8 24.Ne4 Red8 25.h4 Rd4 26.b5 Rb4 27.Rxb4 Qxb4 28.Nd2 Qd4 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.Qd1 Qb6 31.Nc4 Qd8 32.Qe1 Bd5 33.Ne3 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 a5 35.Qc3 Bb4 36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Qe6 c5 38.Nd5 Qe8 39.Qxe8+ Rxe8 40.h5 f5 41.e4 g6 42.h6 Rd8 43.Kf3 Kg8 44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Nxb4 cxb4 46.Rc7+ Kf6 47.Rxh7 fxe4 48.dxe4 Kg5 49.Re7 Kxh6 50.Rxe5 b3 51.Rb5 Rd4 52.Ke3 Rxa4 53.Rxb3 Ra2 54.Rb6 a4 55.f3 a3 56.Ra6 Rg2 57.Kf4 a2 58.g4 Rf2 59.e5 Rb2 60.Ra7 Rb4+ 61.Kg3 Rb5 62.f4 g5 63.f5 Rxe5 64.Rxa2 Re3+ 65.Kf2 Re4 66.Kf3 Rf4+ 67.Kg3 Rb4 68.Ra6+ Kh7 69.Rg6 Rb3+ 70.Kf2 Rb2+ 71.Ke3 Rb3+ 72.Ke2 Rb2+ 73.Kd3 Rb3+ 74.Ke4 1-0

Position after White’s 62.f4




Chessbomb: Yu missed the draw when he didn't play 62...Rb3 63. Kh3 g5+ 64. fx65+ Kg5 65 Rxa2 Re3. Even though white has 3 pawns tablebases give this as a draw


Round 8, Nov. 12
Giri, Anish – Vitiugov, Nikita
A11 English

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Ne5 c5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.dxc5 dxc4 14.cxb6 cxb3 15.Qxb3 axb6 16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Rac1 Qb7 20.Nb5 Rec8 21.h3 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rc4 Rxc4 24.Qxc4 Nd7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nc3 Nf6 27.Qd4 Qc7 28.f4 Kg8 29.a4 h5 30.Kh2 Nd7 31.Ne4 Qc6 32.Ng5 f6 33.Ne4 Kf7 34.Nc3 1/2-1/2


Round 8, Nov. 12
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – MVL
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.f4 Nf6 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.e3 Be6 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 h5 14.Qb3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Qxb7 Rb6 18.Qxe4 Rxb2 19.Bc3 Rxa2 20.d5 Bxc3 21.dxe6 f5 22.Qd5 Qxd5 23.Bxd5 Rd2 24.Rxc3 Rxd5 25.Rc7 Re8 26.Rxa7 Rd6 27.Rfa1 Rxe6 28.Ra8 Rxa8 29.Rxa8+ Kf7 30.Kf2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

Standings after Round Eight

1-2 MVL, Ding Liren 4.5
3-5 Giri, Yu Yangyi, Vitiugov 4
6 Wojtaszek 3

[Wayne Komer]

Shenzhen Grandmaster Chess 2018

November 15, 2018

Rounds Nine and Ten

Round Nine

MVL-Giri 0.5-0.5
Vitiugov-Yu Yangyi 0.5-0.5
Wojtaszek-Ding Liren 0.5-0.5

Round Ten

Ding Liren-Vitiugov 0.5-0.5
Yu Yangyi-MVL 0.5-0.5
Giri-Wojtaszek 1-0

Round 9, Nov. 13
MVL-Giri, Anish
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Ngf3 b6 7.Ne5 c5 8.c3 Qc7 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Rc1 Rac8 12.O-O Nb8 13.c4 cxd4 14.exd4 Qb7 15.Qf3 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Bxg3 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qe3 Qa6 21.Qxe4 Qxa2 22.Qc2 Qa5 23.Ra1 Qxe5 24.Rxa7 Qc5 25.Rc1 b5 26.Ra3 bxc4 27.Rc3 Qd4 28.Qe2 Rb8 29.g3 g6 30.Qxc4 Qxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxb2 32.h4 Rbb8 33.Rc7 h5 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.R1c3 Ra8 36.R3c4 e5 37.Rc3 Rae8 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Ke4 Re6 40.R7c6 Re8 41.Rxe6+ Rxe6 42.f4 exf4+ 43.Kxf4 Ra6 44.Kf3 Ra5 45.Rb3 Kf5 46.Rc3 f6 47.Rb3 Rc5 48.Ra3 Ke5 49.Rd3 Rc4 50.Ra3 Rd4 51.Ra5+ Rd5 52.Ra3 Rc5 53.Rd3 g5 54.Re3+ Kd5 55.hxg5 fxg5 56.Re8 Rc3+ 57.Kf2 Rc2+ 58.Kf3 Kd4 59.Re4+ Kd5 60.Re8 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Nov. 14
Giri, Anish – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 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 Rab8 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rc1 g5 20.c5 Kf8 21.Rc4 Ke8 22.Kg2 h5 23.h3 Be5 24.Ra4 Rd7 25.Na5 Rc7 26.Nc4 Bg7 27.Rb4 Ke7 28.e3 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4 30.a4 a5 31.Rb3 Ra7 32.Rb6 Kd7 33.Rb8 Ke7 34.Rc8 Bc3 35.Rxc6 Bb4 36.Rc8 1-0

Final Standings

1-3 MVL, Giri, Ding Liren 5.5
4-5 Yu Yangyi, Vitiugov 5
6 Wojtaszek 3.5

Alex Yermolinsky sums up the tournament:

Vachier-Lagrave awarded Shenzen Masters win after three-way tie

“As tournaments go, this was an odd one: with nine draws and one win, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the Shenzhen Masters with a mere 5½ points from 10 games. Since Ding Liren and Anish Giri both also scored 5½, but 'MVL' beat Ding in their direct encounter, the Frenchman had the better tiebreak. Giri earned a notable first victory in the final round against Radoslaw Wojtaszek.

87% drawn

The tournament turned out to be a mild disappointment. Perhaps, the schedule is to blame. The European participants appeared to be fatigued after a stretch of important events: the Olympiad, followed by the Euro Club Cup, and then the Isle of Man. A long trip to China also didn't help.

In the end, Vachier-Lagrave, Giri and Vitiugov only managed to win one game each, while Wojtaszek, after his phenomenal IoM performance, crashed and burned with -3.

The main dish was the end of Ding Liren's 100 game unbeaten streak, which came at the hands of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.”

https://en.chessbase.com/post/shenzh...-2018-round-10