FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

December 30, 2018

Rounds Thirteen to Twenty-One

Carlsen’s games today

Round 19, Dec. 30
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Carlsen, Magnus
D30 Queen’s Gambit declined

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Qb1 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.h3 h6 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rd1 b4 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Na4 Nxa4 21.bxa4 Qd5 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qb3 a5 24.Qc2 Qc6 25.Qxc6 Bxc6 26.Bd1 f5 27.Nd4 Bd5 28.Bb3 Bb7 29.Bc4 Bc5 30.Kf1 Bxd4 31.exd4 Bc6 32.Bb3 f4 33.g3 fxg3 34.fxg3 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.g4 f6 37.Ke3 Kd6 38.Kf4 Bd5 39.h4 Bxb3 40.axb3 Kd5 41.Ke3 e5 42.dxe5 Kxe5 43.Kf3 Kd4 44.Kf4 Kc3 45.Kf5 Kxb3 46.Kxf6 Kxa4 47.g5 hxg5 48.hxg5 b3 49.g6 b2 50.g7 b1=Q 51.g8=Q Qb2+ 52.Kf5 Qd4 53.Qa2+ Kb4 54.Qb1+ Kc5 55.Qc2+ Kd6 56.Qe4 Kc5 57.Qc2+ Qc4 58.Qf2+ Kc6 59.Ke5 Qc5+ 0-1

Chessbomb kibitzers

it was a drawn endgame, because of the a-pawn, and white could even allow queen trade, just bringing the king closer to the a-file

Yes, he just needed to bring the king closer to Blacks king

computer-draw, tablebase-draw is one thing... holding with two seconds per move is another.

centralizing queen instead of checking was great Magnus touch

nice, well done mag

Duda winning too

Standing after Round Nineteen

1 Carlsen 15.5
2 Duda 14.5
3-4 Svidler, Nakamura 13.5
5-6 Aronian, Nepo 13.0

Pairings for Round Twenty

1 Nepo-Carlsen
2 Indjic-Duda
3 Svidler-Nakamura
4 Aronian-Vitiugov
5 Giri-Karjakin
6 Gelfand-Matlakov
7 Korobov-Grischuk
8 Dreev-Andreikin
9 Mamedyarov-Adly
10 Kamsky-Fedoseev

Nepo has not showed up at the start of his game with Magnus. What has happened?

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

December 30, 2018

Blitz

Final Round Pairings (open)

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Carlsen Magnus *) 2939 16 - 13 GM Korobov Anton 2677
2 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2694 15½ - 13 GM Gelfand Boris 2722
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2889 14 - 13½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2846
4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2759 13 - 14 GM Svidler Peter 2770
5 GM Dubov Daniil 2743 13 - 13½ GM Aronian Levon 2858
6 GM Matlakov Maxim 2653 13 - 13 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2754
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2696 13 - 13 GM Giri Anish 2751
8 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2750 13 - 13 GM Nihal Sarin 2506
9 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2643 12½ - 12½ GM Artemiev Vladislav 2825
10 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2777 12½ - 12½ GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2642
11 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2616 12½ - 12½ GM Dreev Aleksey 2675
12 IM Sychev Klementy 2594 12½ - 12½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2674
13 GM Anand Viswanathan 2832 12 - 12 GM Kamsky Gata 2657
14 GM Grischuk Alexander 2825 12 - 12 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2582
15 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2748 12 - 12 GM Amin Bassem 2659
16 GM Zubov Alexander 2729 12 - 12 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2641
17 GM Jones Gawain C B 2722 12 - 12 IM Golubov Saveliy 2574
18 GM Adly Ahmed 2675 12 - 12 GM Kovalenko Igor 2693
19 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2693 12 - 12 IM Tsydypov Zhamsaran 2573
20 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2657 12 - 11½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2699
21 GM Yu Yangyi 2804 11½ - 11½ GM Alekseenko Kirill 2665
22 GM Anton Guijarro David 2631 11½ - 11½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2741
23 GM Jobava Baadur 2705 11½ - 11½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2645
24 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2688 11½ - 11½ GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2588
25 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2673 11½ - 11½ GM Predke Alexandr 2482
26 GM Firouzja Alireza 2667 11½ - 11½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2618
27 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2602 11 - 11 GM Wang Hao 2775
28 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam 2582 11 - 11 IM Bocharov Ivan 2715
29 GM Guseinov Gadir 2708 11 - 11 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2591
30 GM Popov Valerij 2574 11 - 11 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2700
31 GM Yudin Sergei 2533 11 - 11 GM Esipenko Andrey 2673
32 GM Bosiocic Marin 2653 11 - 11 GM Gareyev Timur 2577
33 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2651 11 - 11 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2521
34 GM Savchenko Boris 2639 11 - 11 GM Fridman Daniel 2530
35 GM Sarana Alexey 2616 11 - 11 GM Tang Andrew 2501
36 GM Motylev Alexander 2609 11 - 11 IM Usmanov Vasily 2459
37 Bazeev German 2422 11 - 11 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2607
38 GM Sakaev Konstantin 2551 10½ - 10½ GM Le Quang Liem 2749
39 GM Shirov Alexei 2699 10½ - 10½ GM Popov Ivan 2560
40 GM Hakobyan Aram 2451 10½ - 10½ GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2635
41 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2633 10½ - 10½ GM Timofeev Artyom 2568
42 GM Paravyan David 2629 10½ - 10½ GM Moiseenko Vadim 2560
43 GM Roiz Michael 2617 10½ - 10½ GM Potkin Vladimir 2494
44 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2554 10½ - 10½ GM Tari Aryan 2608
45 GM Najer Evgeniy 2573 10½ - 10½ GM Miton Kamil 2520

Magnus is playing Korobov. The guys say that Korobov is afraid of nobody in the world. He just believes in good moves.

Duda is playing Boris Gelfand. Naka-Nepo and, down the table, Anand vs Kamsky

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

December 30, 2018

Blitz

Games of the Open Final

Round 21, Dec. 30
Carlsen, Magnus – Korobov, Anton
A46 Queen’s pawn, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 d6 5.c3 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Qe7 12.Nfd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 a6 14.f4 d5 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.Ne3 Bb7 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 f5 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.O-O-O O-O 21.Nxf5 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Gelfand, Boris
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.c4 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.d5 b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.axb5 Qxd5 9.Qxd5 Bxd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 e6 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nxc4 Bg7 16.b6 Ke7 17.b7 Rab8 18.Rxa7 Ne5 19.Na5 Rhd8 20.Ke2 Kd7 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Nb5+ Kb6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Ra8 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30
Nakamura, Hikaru – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 Nd7 10.a3 c5 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Re1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc3 14.Bxc3 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rxc3 16.Ne4 Rc8 17.a4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Qd3 Rfd8 21.Qa6 h6 1/2-1/2

Round 21, Dec. 30
Karjakin, Sergey – Svidler, Peter
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 a5 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Nf1 Qa7 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Ne7 14.a4 Ng6 15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Rfe8 17.Qb3 Qc5 18.Ne3 Qc6 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.axb5 Nf4 21.Red1 b6 22.Kh2 Rad8 23.g3 Ne6 24.Kg2 Nc5 25.c4 g6 26.Ra3 Kg7 27.Nd2 Ng8 28.Nb1 Ne7 29.Nc3 f5 30.exf5 Nxf5 31.Ncd5 Nxe3+ 32.fxe3 Rd7 33.b4 axb4 34.Nxb4 Rf8 35.Rf1 Rdf7 36.Rxf7+ Rxf7 37.Ra7 h5 38.h4 g5 39.hxg5 Kg6 40.Ra3 Kxg5 41.Ra8 e4 42.d4 Nd3 43.Rg8+ Kh6 44.Nd5 Rf2+ 45.Kh3 Ne1 46.Nf4 Nf3 47.Rh8+ Kg7 48.Rxh5 Rc2 49.Kg4 Rxc4 50.Kf5 Rc3 51.Kxe4 Nd2+ 52.Kd5 Nc4 53.e4 Na3 54.Ke6 Rxg3 55.Ke7 Rg4 56.Rf5 Nxb5 57.Ne6+ Kg6 58.Rxb5 Rxe4 59.d5 Kf5 60.Kd7 Rc4 61.Nxc7 Ke5 62.Rxb6 Rh4 63.Rb1 Rh7+ 64.Kc6 1-0

Blitz Final Standings Open

1 Carlsen 17
2 Duda 16.5
3 Nakamura 14.5
4-7 Aronian, Svidler, Nepo, Karjakin 14

Games of the Women’s Final

Round 17, Dec. 30
Lagno, Kateryna – Mamedjarova, Zeinab
C41 Philidor, Exchange variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8 9.Re1 c6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Nb3 Nb6 12.g4 d5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Be6 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.c3 Kh7 22.Nf5 Kg6 23.Kf1 a5 24.c4 Nf6 25.f3 a4 26.Be5 Bb4 27.Re2 Rad8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.a3 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Bc5 31.Bc3 Rg1+ 32.Kh2 Rf1 33.h4 Rxf3 34.Kg2 Rd3 35.h5+ Nxh5 36.gxh5+ Kxf5 37.Re5+ Kg4 38.Rxc5 Kxh5 39.Rf5 Rd7 40.Kg3 Rd3+ 41.Kg2 Rd7 42.Kg3 Rd3+ 43.Kg2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

Round 17, Dec. 30
Tan, Zhongyi – Lei, Tingjlie
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ngf3 Qb6 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.c4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd4 9.cxd5 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Bh6 11.Nc4 Qb4+ 12.Qc3 Qxc3+ 13.bxc3 b6 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Rd1 O-O-O 16.Bf3 Rd7 17.Ne3 Kb8 18.Nf5 Bf4 19.O-O Rc8 20.Rd4 Be5 21.Rh4 Ba6 22.Rd1 e6 23.Ne3 Rxc3 24.Rxh7 Bf4 25.dxe6 Rdc7 26.exf7 Rc8 27.Nd5 Rc1 28.Nxf4 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Rd8 30.Bf3 Bb7 1-0

Round 17, Dec. 30
Gunina, Valentina – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O h6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.c5 Qc7 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.Qa4 O-O 12.b4 a6 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.a4 Bd8 15.b5 Bc7 16.Ra2 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Qc7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 axb5 23.axb5 Rxa2 24.Qxa2 cxb5 25.Rb1 Nb8 26.Rxb5 Nc6 27.Qb2 Qd8 28.Rxb7 Nxd4 29.c6 Qg5+ 30.Kf1 Qxe5 31.Bb1 Qd5 32.Kg1 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nd2+ 34.Kg1 Qg5+ 35.Kh1 Nf3 36.Bh7+ Kxh7 37.Qb1+ f5 38.c7 Qf4 39.Kg2 Qg4+ 40.Kh1 Qh3 0-1

Round 17, Dec. 30
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Bodnaruk, Anastasia
E63 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Panno System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8 9.d5 Na5 10.Bd2 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Rc1 e6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 h6 15.h3 Be6 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rfd1 Ne8 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Nxd6 Rd8 20.c5 f5 21.Qc2 Nb4 22.Qb1 Nd5 23.Nxe8 Rfxe8 24.Bd2 e4 25.Nh2 Rc8 26.b4 Bf7 27.Nf1 Be5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Bc3 Bxc3 30.Rxc3 Qe5 31.Qc1 Bxa2 32.Rd6 Bf7 33.Rb6 Re7 34.c6 bxc6 35.Rbxc6 Rxc6 36.Rxc6 f4 37.gxf4 Qxf4 38.Ng4 Qxc1+ 39.Rxc1 Nxg4 40.hxg4 Rb7 41.Bxe4 Rxb4 42.f3 a5 43.Rc7 Kg8 44.Ra7 a4 45.Ra6 Kg7 46.Kf2 Rd4 47.Bd3 Rb4 48.Ra7 Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.Kg3 Rd4 51.f4 Rb4 52.f5 gxf5 53.gxf5 Bc4 54.Bxc4 Rxc4 55.Kf3 Rb4 56.e4 Rb1 57.Rxa4 Rf1+ 58.Kg4 Rg1+ 59.Kf4 Rf1+ 60.Ke5 h5 61.Ra7+ Kh6 62.Ra6+ Kh7 63.Rg6 Rf2 64.Ke6 h4 65.Rg4 Rh2 66.f6 h3 67.f7 Rf2 68.Rh4+ Kg7 69.Rg4+ Kh7 70.Rh4+ Kg7 71.Rxh3 Rf6+ 72.Ke7 Rxf7+ 73.Ke6 Ra7 74.Rb3 Ra1 75.Rb7+ Kf8 76.Rb8+ Kg7 77.e5 Re1 78.Rb7+ Kf8 79.Rb8+ Kg7 80.Kd6 Kf7 81.Rb7+ Ke8 82.Ke6 Kf8 83.Rb8+ Kg7 84.Ra8 Re2 85.Rd8 Re1 86.Kd6 Kf7 87.Rd7+ Ke8 88.Rh7 Kf8 89.Ke6 Re2 90.Rf7+ Ke8 91.Ra7 Kf8 92.Ra8+ Kg7 93.Rc8 Re1 94.Rc5 Kf8 95.Kf6 Rf1+ 96.Ke6 Re1 97.Rc8+ Kg7 98.Re8 Re2 99.Kd7 Rd2+ 100.Ke7 Ra2 101.Rd8 Re2 102.e6 Re1 103.Kd7 Rd1+ 104.Ke8 Re1 105.e7 Re2 106.Rd4 Re1 107.Kd7 Kf7 108.Rf4+ Kg6 109.e8=Q+ 1-0

Blitz Final Standings Women

1 Lagno 13.5
2 Khademalsharieh 13
3 Lei Tingjie 12.5
4 Gunina 12
5-7 Tan, Goryachkina, Ushenina 11.5

[Hans Jung]

Lots of entertainment. Carlsen-Giri classic queenside king attack, can-opener, and draw the king out. I know its "only" speed but still.