World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

[Hans Jung]

The Korobov- Le Quang Liem game became very interesting when 5 knights appeared on the board but by that point I think Le Quang had missed his winning opportunity.

[Hans Jung]

Sam Sevian defended resourcefully against Karjakhin but was eventually overwhelmed.

[Hans Jung]

Anton Guijarro played a heck of a game against Wei Yi!

[Hans Jung]

Grischuk had an edge but maybe time pressure played a role as they repeated moves.

[Hans Jung]

Firoujza survived by aggressive play but didnt take advantage of his opportunities later and it ended a draw.

[Hans Jung]

Peter Svidler missed 25.b3! (the tickler) a profound move which forces the black queen to back up (I love that idea)

[Hans Jung]

Aronian overwhelms Maghsoodloo with sharp tactics (although according to the computer Aronian missed a lot in terms of accuracy)

[Hans Jung]

Harikrishna - Fedoseev is humorous in that white misses the winning shot of Na6 but then wheels his knight around again and wins with Nxa6!

[Hans Jung]

Aravindh - Tomashevsky is a good positional game where the black queen starts late but gets a good workout and the game is decided by passed pawns.

[Hans Jung]

Nihal-Safarli white started with a quiet Ruy Lopez but built up positional trumps so that by strategic means his position was +10 before the tactics flowed. Havent seen that in a while.

[Hans Jung]

Hikaru tried to play it strategic but was overwhelmed by a tactical blizzard after he accepted his opponents queen sacrifice.

[Hans Jung]

The Shak strikes first in rd 2! What a dizzying amount of 2 knight combinational possibilities with a few other sacrifices thrown in !!

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 12, 2019

Round One

Playoffs (3)

Round 1, Game 4, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Matlakov, Maxim – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 b5 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Nf6 14.a4 Nxd5 15.exd5 f5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Ra8 20.Rxa8+ Bxa8 21.Qb3 Qb7 22.h4 Kf7 23.h5 Bf6 24.Qb4 Ke7 25.g4 e4 26.g5 Be5 27.f4 exf3 28.Bxf3 Qa6 29.Bd4 Kf7 30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.Qc5 Qb7 32.Qd6 Qa7+ 33.Kg2 Qe3 34.Qd7+ Kf8 35.Qxf5+ Ke8 36.Qc8+ Ke7 37.d6+ Kxd6 38.Qf8+ Kc7 39.Qxg7+ Kb6 40.Qf6+ Ka5 41.Qd8+ Kb4 42.Qf8+ Kc4 43.Qc8+ 1-0

Round 1, Game 5, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Gelfand, Boris – Lu, Shanglei
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nxc4 Bc5 9.a3 a5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Rc1 b6 13.Nce5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Bxd4 Ba3 20.Rc2 Rc7 21.Qa1 Bc5 22.Bxf6 Qxc6 23.Bxg7 Ra8 24.Qf6 Bxf2+ 25.Qxf2 Qxc2 26.Be5 Qc5 27.Bxc7 Qxc7 28.Qf6 Ra5 29.e4 Rc5 30.Rd1 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Le, Quang Liem – Aleksandrov, Aleksej
E94 Nimzo-Indian

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Re8 13.Ng3 Nc6 14.Bb2 c4 15.Qe2 h5 16.Qf2 b5 17.Rae1 h4 18.Nf5 h3 19.Qg3 g6 20.e4 hxg2 21.Qxg2 Kh8 22.Ng3 Ne7 23.Bc1 a5 24.Qh3+ Nh7 25.Bf4 Ra6 26.Kh1 Qc8 27.Qh4 Re6 28.e5 Rb6 29.Rg1 Nf5 30.Nxf5 Qxf5 31.Rg3 Rg8 32.Bg5 Re6 33.Rh3 Rg7 34.Bf6 g5 35.Bxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rg1 Rg6 1-0

Round 1, Game 5, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Korobov, Anton – Gupta, Abhijeet
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bf5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Ne4 11.e3 Qa5 12.Nh4 Nb6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qc2 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bd5 16.e4 Bc4 17.Nf3 c5 18.Bd2 Rac8 19.a4 Qa6 20.a5 Nd7 21.Qb2 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nc5 23.Re3 Rfd8 24.Bc3 Nd3 25.Qd2 Bh6 26.h4 Bb5 27.Ng5 f6 28.Bf1 fxg5 29.Bxd3 gxh4 30.Qa2+ Bc4 31.Rf3 hxg3 32.fxg3 Qe6 33.Bxc4 Qxc4 34.Qxc4+ Rxc4 35.Rb1 Rdc8 36.Rb3 b5 37.axb6 axb6 38.Bb2 e5 39.dxe5 Rxe4 40.Kf1 Rc6 41.Ra3 Bc1 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Bc3 Kh6 44.Kg2 Re2+ 45.Kh3 b5 46.Rb8 Re3 47.Rxe3 Bxe3 48.Bb4 Rb6 49.Re8 Kg7 50.e6 Bg5 51.Kg4 h6 52.Bc3+ Bf6 53.Re7+ Kf8 54.Rf7+ Ke8 55.Rxf6 b4 56.Bb2 Rc6 57.Rxg6 Ke7 58.Rxh6 Rc2 59.Be5 b3 60.Kf5 Rf2+ 61.Bf4 1-0

Round Two, Game One Pairings

Ding, Liren – Movsesian, Sergei
Najer, Evgeniy – Giri, Anish
MVL – Kovalenko, Igor
Demchenko, Anton – So, Wesley
Nepomniachtchi – Predke, Alexandr
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Aronian, Levon
Mamedarov, Shakhriyar – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
Abasov, Nijat – Dominguez, Leinier
Grischuk, Alexander – Bok, Benjamin
Sjugirov, Sanan – Radjabov, Teimour
Artemiev, Vladislav – Cheparinov, Ivan
Baskaran, Adhiban – Yu, Yangyi
Karjakin, Sergey – Sevian, Samuel
Nisipeanu, Liviu – Nakamura, Hikaru
Andreikin, Dmitry – Jumabayev, Rinat
Alekseenko, Kirill – Christiansen, Johan
Harikrishna, Pentala – Fedoseev, Vladimir
Nabaty, Tamir – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
Svidler, Peter – Esipenko, Andrey
Huschenbeth, Niclas – Vitiugov, Nikita
Wei, Yi – Anton, Guijarro, David
Korobov, Anton – Le Quang, Liem
Yuffa, Daniil – McShane, Luke
Inarkiev, Ernesto – Xu, Xiangyu
Wang, Hao – Rodshtein, Maxim
Nihal, Sarin – Safarli, Eltaj
Matlakov, Maxim – Gelfand, Boris
Aravindh, VR – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
Vidit, Gujrathi – Rakhmanov, Aleksandr
Jones, Gawain – Jakovenko, Dmitry
Xiong, Jeffery – Tabatabaei, M.
Dubov, Daniil – Firouzja, Alireza

32 matches

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The participation of the youngest player Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan at the World Cup has been completed today after his loss to the Russian Maxim Matlakov in the first round. Despite this, the 14-year-old does not seem much depressed during the interview with the Press Centre.

‘I have played with world grandmasters before and I have no fear of their names. Yes, I’m out of the Cup but it’s my first experience and I’m very content. I wasn’t too strong at the end, made a mistake, but in general it was an equal battle,’ says Nodirbek.

It should be added that Nodirbek lost to Maxim Matlakov only during the tiebreak.

‘The organization of the Tournament is just excellent. I feel comfortable despite Siberian climate,’ adds the chess player.

Nodirbek also tells why he chose this kind of sport. ‘My father taught me to play chess when I was 4. Since then I’ve been moving forward and have already achieved some success.’

Nodirbek Abdusattorov got the title of grandmaster at the age of 13 years 1 month old. In the whole chess history only two chess players have obtained this title earlier than the Uzbekistan player.

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 12, 2019

Round One

Playoffs (2)

Round 1, Game 4, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Anton Guijarro, David – Narayanan, S.
A13 English, Neo-Catalan

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Bd6 9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc2 e5 11.b4 Re8 12.Re1 a6 13.Bg5 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bd7 15.c5 Bf8 16.f4 exf4 17.Rxe8 Bxe8 18.Qf3 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf4 Qxf4 21.gxf4 g6 22.Re1 Bd7 23.Bd5 Kg7 24.Nf3 Rd8 25.Kf2 a5 26.a3 Kf6 27.Ne5 Be8 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Re4 axb4 30.axb4 g5 31.Nxd4 gxf4 32.Nexc6 Bxc6 33.Rxf4+ Kg5 34.Nxc6 Rxd3 35.Rxf7 Bxc5+ 36.bxc5 Rc3 37.Nd4 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Tabatabaei, M. – Amin, Bassem
E94 King’s Indian, Orthodox variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.f3 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.Nd3 Bd7 15.b4 b6 16.Rb1 h5 17.Kh1 Rf6 18.Rg1 Kh7 19.g3 fxg3 20.Rxg3 Bh6 21.Be3 Rg6 22.Qd2 h4 23.Rg2 Ng7 24.Rbg1 Nh5 25.f4 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Nxf4 g4 28.Bxg4 Rxg4 29.Rxg4 Bxg4 30.Rxg4 Qf6 31.e5 Qf5 32.Qd3 Rf8 33.Ne4 dxe5 34.Ne6 Qf1+ 35.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kg2 Rf5 37.bxc5 Nxc5 38.N4xc5 bxc5 39.d6 Rf7 40.Nxc5 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Andreikin, Dmitry – Mekhitarian, Krikor
A37 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O 9.Re1 Rb8 10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Nf5 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Ne4 h6 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.d5 exd5 16.cxd5 Ne5 17.Bc3 Re8 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.Ba1 Qb6 20.Nfd2 Bb5 21.Nc4 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Rbc8 23.Qa4 Re7 24.Red1 Nd7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rb1 Qc7 27.Qxa7 Nc5 28.Nxc5 Qxc5 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.Bf1 Ra5 31.Rd2 Rc7 32.Rb6 Ra6 33.Rdb2 Nd4 34.Rxa6 bxa6 35.Rb6 Nf3+ 36.Kg2 Nd2 37.Rxd6 Nxf1 38.Rc6 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Sethuraman, S. – Nabaty, Tamir
D20 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bxc4 exd5 7.Nxd5 Be6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Nf3 Qa6 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 Be7 14.Rd1 O-O-O 15.Be3 Bf6 16.Rab1 Rhe8 17.Nd2 b5 18.f4 Kb7 19.e5 Be7 20.Ne4 g5 21.fxg5 Kc6 22.Rbc1 c4 23.Nd6 Nxe5 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.Kf1 Ng4 26.Bf4 f6 27.gxf6 Bxf6 28.b3 Be5 29.Bxe5 Ne3+ 30.Ke2 Nxd1 31.Kxd1 Rxe5 32.bxc4 b4 33.Kd2 Ra5 34.Rc2 Kc5 35.Kd3 Ra3+ 36.Ke4 a5 37.g4 Rh3 38.g5 a4 39.Kf5 b3 40.axb3 axb3 41.Rf2 Kxc4 42.Kg4 Rd3 43.h4 Rd4+ 44.Kh5 Kc3 45.Rf3+ Kb4 46.Rf7 b2 47.Rxh7 Kb3 48.Rb7+ Rb4 49.Rxb4+ Kxb4 50.Kh6 b1=Q 51.g6 Qc1+ 52.Kh5 Qc5+ 53.Kh6 Qe3+ 54.Kh5 Qe5+ 55.Kh6 Qh8+ 56.Kg5 Kc5 57.h5 Kd6 58.h6 Qe5+ 59.Kg4 Ke6 0-1

Round 1, Game 5, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Safarli, Eltaj – Shankland, Sam
C55 Scotch Gambit, Dubois-Reti Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bxc4 exd5 7.Nxd5 Be6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Nf3 Qa6 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 Be7 14.Rd1 O-O-O 15.Be3 Bf6 16.Rab1 Rhe8 17.Nd2 b5 18.f4 Kb7 19.e5 Be7 20.Ne4 g5 21.fxg5 Kc6 22.Rbc1 c4 23.Nd6 Nxe5 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.Kf1 Ng4 26.Bf4 f6 27.gxf6 Bxf6 28.b3 Be5 29.Bxe5 Ne3+ 30.Ke2 Nxd1 31.Kxd1 Rxe5 32.bxc4 b4 33.Kd2 Ra5 34.Rc2 Kc5 35.Kd3 Ra3+ 36.Ke4 a5 37.g4 Rh3 38.g5 a4 39.Kf5 b3 40.axb3 axb3 41.Rf2 Kxc4 42.Kg4 Rd3 43.h4 Rd4+ 44.Kh5 Kc3 45.Rf3+ Kb4 46.Rf7 b2 47.Rxh7 Kb3 48.Rb7+ Rb4 49.Rxb4+ Kxb4 50.Kh6 b1=Q 51.g6 Qc1+ 52.Kh5 Qc5+ 53.Kh6 Qe3+ 54.Kh5 Qe5+ 55.Kh6 Qh8+ 56.Kg5 Kc5 57.h5 Kd6 58.h6 Qe5+ 59.Kg4 Ke6 0-1

Round 1, Game 6, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Shankland, Sam – Safarli, Eltaj
D94 Grunfeld

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.e4 Nb6 12.Qd3 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 b5 14.Qxc6 Qxd4 15.Be3 Qe5 16.f4 Qe6 17.Qxe6 fxe6 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bc5 Rf7 21.h4 e6 22.g3 Rc7 23.Bd6 Rc2 24.Rfc1 Rac8 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.b4 Rc6 27.a4 Ra6 28.a5 Rc6 29.Bc5 a6 30.Kf2 Bf8 31.Rc1 Kf7 32.g4 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Ke3 Be7 35.Kd4 Bxh4 36.Rf1 Rc8 37.f5 Rg8 38.Bd6 Rc8 39.Kd3 Bg5 40.Rg1 Rg8 41.Rg2 exf5 42.Rc2 Bd8 43.Rc6 h4 44.Kd4 h3 45.Kxd5 Rg2 46.e6+ Kf6 47.Be5+ Ke7 48.Rxa6 Rd2+ 49.Bd4 h2 50.Ra7+ Ke8 51.Rh7 Bf6 52.Rxh2 Rxd4+ 53.Kc5 Rh4 54.Ra2 Be7+ 55.Kd5 Rc4 56.a6 Rc8 57.a7 Ra8 58.Kc6 Bxb4 59.Kb7 Rxa7+ 60.Kxa7 Ke7 61.Re2 Bc3 62.Kb6 b4 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 27.a4



Sam laboured under the additional burden of the AI prediction that said he would be in finals. Here is an attractive position where Stockfish recommended 27…Rxd6 28.axb5 Rd7 29.Kf1 Bf8

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Sjugirov, Sanan – Mareco, Sandro
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Be7 9.Nc3 Na6 10.e4 Rc8 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Nd4 d6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bf4 e5 15.Nf5 exf4 16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Nbxd6+ Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.e5 Ne8 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Nxc8 Qxc8 22.Rd4 fxg3 23.hxg3 h5 24.Rad1 h4 25.gxh4 Rh6 26.Qf3 Nc5 27.b4 Na4 28.c5 Qe6 29.c6 Nb2 30.Rc1 Qxe5 31.Qe3 Rg6+ 32.Kh1 Qb8 33.Rd7 Re6 34.Qf3 Rf6 35.Qg3 Qc8 36.b5 a6 37.Qa3+ Kg8 38.Qxb2 axb5 39.Qxb5 Qb8 40.c7 Qa8+ 41.Qd5 Qa4 42.Qd4 Qa3 43.Qe3 Qa8+ 44.Kh2 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
McShane, Luke – Delgado, Neuris
A13 English, Romanishin Gambit

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 Bb7 6.Nc3 b4 7.Na4 d6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.d4 Nb6 10.Nxb6 cxb6 11.d5 e5 12.Ne1 Be7 13.Nd3 a5 14.e4 Nd7 15.Qd2 Bf6 16.Bb2 O-O 17.f4 Re8 18.Kh1 Ba6 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.Bh3 Rc7 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Qf2 Qb8 24.Rcd1 Bc8 25.h3 Rb7 26.Kh2 Qd6 27.Bc1 Bd8 28.g4 Qg6 29.Qf3 Rd7 30.Bb2 Bc7 31.Kh1 Bd6 32.Rd2 f6 33.Rg2 Rc7 34.Qe3 Rb7 35.Bc1 h6 36.Qf3 Bd7 37.Be3 a4 38.Bd2 axb3 39.axb3 Ra8 40.Bxb4 Bxb4 41.Nxb4 Ra3 42.Nc2 Ra2 43.Ne3 Rxg2 44.Kxg2 Ra7 45.b4 Ra3 46.c5 Bb5 47.Re1 bxc5 48.bxc5 Bd3 49.Nf5 Qg5 50.Re3 g6 51.h4 Qf4 52.Qxf4 exf4 53.Rxd3 Rxd3 54.c6 Kf8 55.d6 Ke8 56.Ng7+ Kf7 57.c7 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Kovalenko, Igor – Lupulescu, Constantin
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Be2 d4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bc4 Bd5 10.Qb3 Bxc4 11.Qxc4 Nc6 12.O-O Qd7 13.d3 Be7 14.a3 O-O 15.b4 a6 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Rfe1 Qd5 18.Rac1 Rd7 19.Re4 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.h3 Rfd8 22.Qc2 Re7 23.Rxe7 Bxe7 24.Re1 Bf6 25.Bc1 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Re4 c6 28.h4 Bf6 29.Qe2 Kf7 30.g4 Qd7 31.g5 Be7 32.Bb2 c5 33.bxc5 Qc7 34.Bxd4 Bxc5 35.Qa2+ Kf8 36.Be5 Qe7 37.Bg3 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Bellahcene, Bilel – Nakamura, Hikaru
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 Ne8 10.d5 d6 11.Re1 Bf5 12.c4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Re8 14.h3 h6 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nd7 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Rac1 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 b6 20.Qd2 a5 21.b3 Qf6 22.Bd4 Qg5 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Kf1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Kf8 26.Ke2 f6 27.Kd2 Kf7 28.a3 Nf8 29.Ke2 Ng6 30.Kf1 Ne7 31.a4 Rh8 32.f3 Ng6 33.Bf2 Ne5 34.Bg3 Nd3 35.Re3 Nc5 36.Bf2 Nd7 37.Re4 Ne5 38.Bd4 Nd3 39.Re3 Nb4 40.Bc3 Na6 41.Bb2 Rh4 42.Ke2 Nc5 43.Kd2 Nd7 44.Kc2 Rh8 45.Bc3 Rc8 46.Bd4 Nf8 47.Kd2 Ng6 48.Ke2 Nh4 49.Kf2 Nf5 50.Re4 Rh8 51.Bc3 Ne7 52.Bd4 Ng6 53.Bc3 Nf4 54.Bd2 Nd3+ 55.Kf1 Nc5 56.Re3 Re8 57.Rc3 Kg6 58.Be3 Na6 59.Kf2 f5 60.Bc1 f4 61.Ba3 Nb8 62.Rd3 Nd7 63.Rc3 Nf6 64.Bc1 Nh5 65.Rc2 Ng3 66.Rb2 Kh5 67.Rc2 Kh4 68.Rb2 Kh5 69.Rc2 Kh6 70.Rb2 Kg6 71.Rc2 Nf5 72.Rc3 Kf7 73.Rd3 Ng3 74.Bd2 Re2+ 75.Kg1 Kg6 76.h4 Re8 77.hxg5 Kxg5 78.Kf2 Re2+ 79.Kg1 Kf5 80.Rd4 g5 81.Rd3 Re7 82.Kf2 Rh7 83.Rc3 Re7 84.Rd3 Re2+ 85.Kg1 Kg6 86.Rd4 Nf5 87.Rd3 Nh4 0-1

Bilel is an Algerian grandmaster, born in 1998.

Round 1, Game 4, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Parligras Mircea-Emilian
D02 Queen’s Pawn game

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nh4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.a4 Rd8 16.Be3 O-O 17.Qe2 Qa5 18.Rfc1 Bd6 19.e5 Be7 20.Rab1 Nb6 21.c4 Rd7 22.Bd2 Qxa4 23.Ra1 Qb3 24.Be3 Rfd8 25.Rxa7 Ba3 26.Qc2 Qb2 27.c5 Nd5 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.Qa4 Bb4 30.Rxb7 Rxd4 31.Qxc6 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Kg2 Qb1 34.Qf3 1-0

Mircea is a Romanian grandmaster, born in 1980

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 12, 2019

Round One

Playoffs (1)

From the official site:

A large group of participants secured the overall victory already in rapid chess: Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Evgeny Tomashevsky, Dmitry Andreikin, Maxim Matlakov, Sanan Sjugirov, Alexandr Predke (all from Russia), Benjamin Bok (Netherlands), David Anton Guijarro (Spain), Tamir Nabaty (Israel), Luke McShane (England), Igor Kovalenko (Latvia), Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany), Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), and Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei (Iran).

Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia), Yu Yangyi, Wang Hao (both from China), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Anton Korobov (Ukraine), and Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan) were more successful than their rivals in 10-minute games and also advanced to the Second Round.

The young Chithambaram Aravindh (India) defeated the experienced Michael Adams (England): after seven draws in a row, the Indian grandmaster managed to win in a second blitz game.

The dramatic match between Kacper Piorun (Poland) and Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan) also reached the blitz stage. The players exchanged victories in rapid and 10-minute games, but Abasov proved stronger in blitz.

Round 1, Game 5, Sept. 12
10 min
Ganguly, Shekhar – Fedoseev, Vladimir
A11 English

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Bc4 e6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.exf5 Nd5 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.O-O Bc5 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Qg3 g6 17.f6 Rc8 18.Rfd1 h5 19.h4 Kd7 20.a3 Bd4 21.Rd2 Bxb2 22.Rad1 Rc3 23.Be3 Qb3 24.Qh3 Kc6 25.Rd4 Bxa3 26.Kh2 Bc5 27.Qf3 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Rc4 29.Qf4 a5 30.Bc1 a4 31.Qd2 Rxd4 32.Qxd4 Qc4 33.Qa1 b5 34.Be3 Ra8 0-1

Round 1, Game 5, Sept. 12
10 min
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Ganguly, Shekhar
E91 King’s Indian, Kazakh variation

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Bc4 e6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.exf5 Nd5 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.O-O Bc5 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Qg3 g6 17.f6 Rc8 18.Rfd1 h5 19.h4 Kd7 20.a3 Bd4 21.Rd2 Bxb2 22.Rad1 Rc3 23.Be3 Qb3 24.Qh3 Kc6 25.Rd4 Bxa3 26.Kh2 Bc5 27.Qf3 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Rc4 29.Qf4 a5 30.Bc1 a4 31.Qd2 Rxd4 32.Qxd4 Qc4 33.Qa1 b5 34.Be3 Ra8 0-1

Round 1, Game 8, Sept. 12
5 minutes
Piorun, Kacper – Abasov, Nijat
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 Nh5 7.Nc3 b6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Qd2 e5 10.Ne2 h6 11.g4 Nf6 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.g5 hxg5 14.Nxg5 Nh5 15.Rhg1 f6 16.Nf3 Qf7 17.Kb1 Bxh3 18.Nh4 g5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 O-O-O 21.Nc3 Bf8 22.Qe2 Be7 23.Qf3 Ng7 24.Qxc6+ Kb8 25.a4 Nxf5 26.a5 Qe8 27.Qe6 Qd7 28.Qb3 Qc6 29.axb6 axb6 30.Rg4 Kb7 31.Ra4 Ra8 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Nd5 Bd8 34.Nc3 Nd6 35.Re1 Bc7 36.Nd5 Bd8 37.Nc3 c4 38.dxc4 Qxc4 39.Rd1 Qxb3 40.cxb3 Kc6 41.b4 f5 42.Rd5 f4 43.b5+ Kd7 44.Ne4 fxe3 45.Rxd6+ Ke7 46.Rd3 exf2 47.Nxf2 Ra4 48.Re3 Ke6 49.Ne4 g4 50.Kc2 Rd4 51.Nf2 Kf5 52.Nd3 e4 53.Nf2 Bg5 54.Re2 g3 55.Nh3 Bh6 56.Ng1 Rd5 57.Re1 Bf4 58.Rf1 Kg4 59.Kc3 Rc5+ 60.Kd4 e3 61.Ne2 Bg5 62.Rg1 Bh4 63.Kxe3 Rxb5 64.Ra1 Rb3+ 65.Ke4 Rxb2 66.Nd4 Rb4 67.Ra8 Bf6 68.Rg8+ Kh3 69.Kf3 Rxd4 70.Rxg3+ Kh4 71.Rg6 Rd6 72.Rg4+ Kh5 73.Rb4 Kg6 74.Ke4 Kf7 75.Rb3 Ke7 0-1

Final position, Black wins in 24 moves



Round 1, Game 6, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Wang, Hao – Pridorozhni, Aleksei
A13 English

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 d5 6.Nh3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nf4 dxc4 9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Nd5 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.e3 Nxf4 13.exf4 Na6 14.Ba3 Nc7 15.Rac1 Qe7 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Na4 Nd5 18.Nc5 Rf7 19.Nd3 Rc7 20.Ne5 Bd7 21.h4 Be8 22.Bf3 h6 23.Re1 Kh7 24.Nc4 Qe7 25.Re2 Rd8 26.Rce1 Bf7 27.Ne5 Nf6 28.Qc4 Qf8 29.Kg2 Bg8 30.Re3 Qd6 31.Rd1 Qf8 32.Qa4 a6 33.Qa5 Qe7 34.a3 Bf7 35.Nxf7 Qxf7 36.Rxe6 Qxe6 37.Qxc7 Qd7 38.Qa5 h5 39.Re1 g6 40.Qb4 Nd5 41.Qc5 Kg7 42.Re5 Kf7 43.Qc4 Qd6 44.Qb3 Rd7 45.a4 Kg7 46.Bxd5 cxd5 47.a5 Kf7 48.Kh2 Qc6 49.Qe3 Qd6 50.Qf3 Qc6 51.Kg2 Qd6 52.Qe3 Rc7 53.Qb3 Rd7 54.Kh3 Qc6 55.Kg2 Qd6 56.Qd3 Qc6 57.g4 hxg4 58.h5 Qf6 59.hxg6+ Kxg6 60.Qe3 Kf7 61.Qd3 Kg6 62.Qe2 Kf7 63.Qc2 Kg6 64.Qc8 Qd8 65.Qc5 Rd6 66.Re8 Qd7 67.Re5 Qc6 68.Qa3 Qd7 69.Qe3 Kf7 70.Qd3 Rf6 71.Qb3 Rd6 72.Qc2 Rf6 73.Qb3 Rd6 74.Qb1 Kg6 75.Qe1 Rf6 76.Qh1 Re6 77.Qh4 Rxe5 78.Qg5+ Kf7 79.fxe5 Qe6 80.Kg3 Ke8 81.Kf4 b5 82.axb6 Qxb6 83.Qg8+ Ke7 84.Qxd5 a5 85.Qc4 Qb4 86.Qc7+ Ke6 87.Qc6+ Ke7 88.Qf6+ Ke8 89.Qe6+ Kd8 90.Qg8+ Ke7 91.Qg7+ Ke8 92.Qg8+ Ke7 93.Qg7+ Ke8 94.Qg6+ Ke7 95.Qf6+ Ke8 96.Qc6+ Ke7 97.Qc7+ Ke8 98.Kxf5 Qf8+ 99.Ke6 Qh6+ 100.Kd5 Qh1+ 101.Kd6 Qh6+ 102.Kd5 Qh1+ 103.Kd6 Qh6+ 104.e6 Qf4+ 105.Kc6 Qe4+ 106.d5 Qc4+ 107.Kb6 Qb4+ 108.Ka6 1-0

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Bok, Benjamin – Saric, Ivan
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Nh5 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Nxg3 14.hxg3 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Bg7 16.Ne3 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 Rd8 18.Nf5 Kf8 19.Rd6 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Ne5 21.Qc3 Qc7 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Nxg7 Kxg7 24.Qxe5+ Qf6 25.Qxb5 h5 26.Qb4 Re8 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.bxc3 1-0

Round 1, Game 5, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Bu, Xiangzhi – Zu, Xiangyu
D23 QGA, Mannheim variation

9.Qb5+ Nc6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Ne5 13.O-O c6 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.b3 Bb4 17.Bb2 Qa5 18.Ne4 Rad8 19.f4 Bg4 20.Qc2 Nd3 21.Bd4 c5 22.Bf6 Rd7 23.a3 Be1 24.Raxe1 Nxe1 25.Qb2 Nxg2 26.Bxg7 f5 27.Bxf8 fxe4 28.b4 Qa6 29.Bxc5 Nh4 30.b5 Qg6 31.Qe5 Nf3+ 32.Rxf3 exf3 33.Qb8+ Kf7 34.Qf8+ Ke6 35.e4 Qxe4 36.Qg8+ Kf6 37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Qg8+ Rg7 0-1

Round 1, Game 3, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Sarana, Alexey – Predke, Alexandr
D38 QGD, Ragozin

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 c6 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O Nb6 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.a4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qd6 16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Rfc1 Nd7 18.Nd3 Rfc8 19.Qa3 Qxa3 20.Rxa3 a5 21.b4 axb4 22.Rb3 Nb6 23.Rxb4 Nc4 24.Nc5 b6 25.Nd7 Rb7 26.Ne5 c5 27.Rb3 Ra7 28.Nxc4 cxd4 29.exd4 Rxa4 30.Rxb6 Raxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Kf1 Rxd4 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Rd8 Kg6 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Ke3 Rd1 37.Ke2 Rd4 38.Ke3 Re4+ 39.Kd3 Re5 40.Rd6+ Ke7 41.Ra6 h5 42.g3 g5 43.h3 f6 44.Kd4 Kf7 45.Ra2 Kg6 46.Rb2 Kf5 47.Ra2 h4 48.Rb2 Re1 49.gxh4 Re4+ 50.Kxd5 Rxh4 51.Rb3 Rf4 52.Rb2 Rf3 53.Kd6 Rxh3 54.Rb5+ Kg6 55.Ke7 Rf3 56.Rb2 g4 57.Ke6 f5 58.Ke5 Kg5 59.Ra2 Kh4 60.Kf6 Kh3 61.Kg5 Kg2 62.Kh4 Rxf2 63.Ra3 Kh2 64.Rb3 g3 0-1

Round 1, Game 4, Sept. 12
25 minutes
Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Petrov, Nikita
E17 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nc3 f5 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Nb5 Bd6 14.Qb3+ Rf7 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.d5 Ne7 17.Rad1 Ng6 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.f3 Qf6 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Rf1 Qd4+ 22.Be3 Rxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Qf6 24.Bh3 Rf8 25.Rf1 Qe5 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Qc3 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Qxc3 29.bxc3 Ba6 30.Bg5 Bc4 31.a3 Nf8 32.Bf7 Nd7 33.Kf2 Nf6 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Be6 Kg7 36.g4 h6 37.e3 Bd3 38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Kf4 Kg7 40.Bf5 Kf7 41.Bd7 Bc4 42.Be6+ Kg7 43.Kf5 Bb3 44.Kxe4 Bc2+ 45.Kf4 Bd3 46.h4 Bc2 47.Bd7 Bd3 48.e4 Bc2 49.Be8 Kf8 50.Bc6 Kf7 51.Bb5 Bd1 52.Kf5 Bc2 53.Bd7 Bd3 54.Kf4 Bc2 55.Be6+ Kg7 56.Ke3 Kf8 57.Kd4 Bb3 58.Bf5 Kf7 59.Kd3 Kg7 60.Ke3 Kf7 61.Kf4 Bc2 62.Bd7 Bd3 63.Be6+ Kg7 64.Ke3 Bc2 65.Kd4 Kf8 66.Kc4 Ba4 67.Kb4 Be8 68.Bc8 Ke7 69.Kc4 Kd8 70.Bf5 Ba4 71.Kd3 Bb3 72.Ke3 Ke7 73.Kf4 Kf7 74.Be6+ Kg7 75.g5 hxg5+ 76.hxg5 Bc2 77.Bf5 fxg5+ 78.Kxg5 Bb3 79.e5 dxe5 80.Be4 Kf7 81.Kf5 Ke7 82.Kxe5 Ba4 83.Bd3 Kd7 84.Bf5+ Ke7 85.d6+ Kd8 86.Kd5 Bb5 87.c4 Ba4 88.c5 bxc5 89.Kxc5 Be8 90.Be6 Ba4 91.Kb4 Bc6 92.Kc5 Ba4 93.Bd5 Be8 94.Bc6 Bh5 95.Kb5 Be2+ 96.Ka5 Bd3 97.Bb5 Be4 98.Ka6 Bf3 99.Kxa7 Be4 100.Kb6 Bf3 101.Bc6 1-0

Final position, White wins in 14 moves



Round 1, Game 8, Sept. 12
5 minutes
Aravindh, C. – Adams, Michael
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.h3 Ne7 10.d4 Ng6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Nf3 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Rad1 f6 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Rd6 21.Red3 a5 22.Kf1 Raa6 23.Ke2 Rab6 24.R1d2 Kf7 25.Ne1 Ke6 26.h4 h5 27.g3 g6 28.Ng2 Rxd3 29.Kxd3 Nd6 30.Ne3 Rc6 31.f4 exf4 32.gxf4 f5 33.e5 Ne4 34.Rg2 Nc5+ 35.Kc2 Kf7 36.b3 Ne6 37.Rf2 Ra6 38.Nc4 Ra8 39.Rd2 Ke7 40.Rf2 b6 41.Ne3 Rd8 42.Ng2 Nc5 43.Ne1 c6 44.Rg2 Kf7 45.Nf3 Ne6 46.Ng5+ Nxg5 47.Rxg5 b5 48.Rg3 Rd5 49.Rd3 Ke6 50.Rg3 Kf7 51.Rd3 Ke6 52.Rxd5 Kxd5 53.Kd3 bxa4 54.bxa4 c5 55.Kd2 Ke6 56.Ke3 Kd5 57.Kd3 c4+ 58.Ke3 Kc5 59.Ke2 Kc6 60.Kf3 Kc5 61.Ke3 Kd5 62.e6 Kxe6 63.Kd4 Kd6 64.Kxc4 Kc6 65.Kd4 Kd6 66.c4 Kc6 67.c5 Kd7 68.Kd5 Kc7 69.c6 1-0

Round 1, Game 6, Sept. 12
10 minutes
Yu, Yangyi – Ghaem, Ehsan
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.Rb1 Nxe5 13.dxe5 b6 14.Be3 f6 15.d4 Qd7 16.f4 fxe5 17.dxe5 Rad8 18.Qd3 Qe6 19.Rbe1 g6 20.h3 h5 21.a4 c5 22.Rd1 Qf5 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.g4 Kg7 25.Kg2 Kg6 26.Kf3 Rh8 27.gxf5+ Kxf5 28.Rg1 Rhg8 29.Rxg8 Rxg8 30.Rxd5 Bh4 31.e6+ Kxe6 32.Re5+ Kf7 33.Rxh5 Bf6 34.c4 Kg6 35.Rd5 Rh8 36.Kg4 Re8 37.f5+ Kf7 38.Rd7+ Kg8 39.Bg5 Bxg5 40.Kxg5 Re3 41.Rxa7 Rc3 42.Rb7 1-0

(to be continued)