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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 21, 2019
Round Eleven
Late Games
Yesterday’s Daily Question:
Whose story has been the most inspiring so far at the Isle of Man?
43% David Anton
17% Parham Maghsoodloo
27% Luke McShane
13% Other
584 votes
Round 11, Oct. 21
Alekseenko, Kirill – Vitiugov, Nikita
C50 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Rb1 b5 15.Ra1 Ree8 16.Nb3 Ne7 17.Bd2 Ng6 18.c4 c6 19.c5 dxc5 20.bxc5 Rad8 21.axb5 axb5 22.d4 Bb8 23.Ba5 Bc7 24.Bb6 Ra8 25.Rad1 Qc8 26.Bxc7 Qxc7 27.d5 Ra4 28.dxc6 Ra6 29.Rd6 Rxc6 30.Qd2 Rxd6 31.cxd6 Qb6 32.Qb4 Rc8 33.Rd1 Rc2 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Nfxd2 Nf4 36.Nc4 Qc6 37.Nxe5 Qc2 38.Nd2 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qe1 40.Qd4 Ne2 41.Ndf3 Nxd4 42.Nxe1 Kf8 43.f3 Ke8 44.N1d3 Nd7 45.Nxd7 Kxd7 46.e5 Ke6 47.f4 Nc6 48.Kg3 f6 49.Kg4 fxe5 50.fxe5 b4 51.Kf4 b3 52.Nc5+ Kd5 53.Nxb3 Nxe5 54.Kf5 Kxd6 55.Nd2 Nd3 56.Kg6 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Oct. 21
Anton, David – Hovhannisyan, Robert
D17 QGD Slav, Wiesbaden variation
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.Nxc4 O-O 9.Kf2 Nd5 10.Na2 b5 11.Nxb4 bxc4 12.Na2 c5 13.e4 cxd4 14.Bxc4 Nb6 15.Be2 Bg6 16.a5 Nc8 17.Nb4 Ne7 18.h4 h5 19.Nd3 Nbc6 20.Bf4 Nxa5 21.Qa4 Nac6 22.b4 e5 23.b5 exf4 24.bxc6 Qd6 25.Rhc1 Rfc8 26.Qb4 Qd8 27.Ra6 Rc7 28.Nxf4 Rac8 29.Bb5 d3 30.Qc5 Nxc6 31.Bxc6 Qxh4+ 32.g3 Qf6 33.Qc3 d2 34.Qxd2 Bxe4 35.fxe4 Rxc6 36.e5 Rc2 37.exf6 Rxd2+ 38.Ke3 Rxc1 39.Kxd2 Rh1 40.Ra5 h4 41.Rg5 g6 42.gxh4 Rxh4 43.Ke3 Kh7 44.Rc5 Kh6 45.Ne6 Rh3+ 46.Ke4 Rh4+ 47.Ke5 Rh1 48.Kd6 fxe6 49.Rc8 Rf1 50.Ke7 Kg5 51.f7 Rxf7+ 52.Kxf7 Kf5 53.Rc1 e5 54.Rf1+ Ke4 55.Kf6 g5 56.Kxg5 Kd3 57.Re1 Kc3 58.Rxe5 Kb4 59.Kf4 a5 60.Ke4 1-0
Round 11, Oct. 21
Vidit, Gujrathi – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.Bd2 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Bd6 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Bd3 a6 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.O-O Ne7 15.Na4 a5 16.Nc3 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nb5 Ne4 19.Rfc1 c6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Be1 Rc8 22.a4 Qe6 23.Qe2 Ra7 24.Ra3 c5 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Rb3 c4 27.Rb5 Nd6 28.Nd4 Qd7 29.Rb6 Raa8 30.Nb5 Ne4 31.Bc3 Qd8 32.Rb7 Nc5 33.Qg4 Ng6 34.Ra7 Rxa7 35.Nxa7 Ra8 36.Nc6 Qd6 37.Nd4 f6 38.Nf5 Qc7 39.Rd1 Rd8 40.h4 Ne5 41.Bxe5 fxe5 42.Rxd5 Rxd5 43.Qxc4 Qf7 44.Qxd5 Qxd5 45.Ne7+ Kf7 46.Nxd5 Nxa4 47.b4 Ke6 48.e4 axb4 49.Nxb4 Nc3 50.f3 Ne2+ 51.Kf2 Nf4 52.g3 Ng6 53.Ke3 Ne7 54.Kd3 Nc8 55.Kc3 Nd6 56.Nc2 Ne8 57.Ne3 Nf6 58.g4 Nd7 59.Kb4 h6 60.Kb5 Nf8 61.Kc6 Ng6 62.Nf5 Kf6 63.Kd6 Nf4 64.Ne3 Nd3 65.Nc4 g6 66.Nb6 Ne1 67.Nd7+ Kg7 68.Nxe5 Ng2 69.Ke7 h5 70.g5 1-0
Round 11, Oct. 21
McShane, Luke – Kuzubov, Yuriy
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3 Nbd7 8.g3 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Ra2 Be7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Qe2 dxe4 14.dxe4 e5 15.Nd1 Nc5 16.Ne3 Rfe8 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.a4 Bf8 19.b3 Nfd7 20.Rb1 Ne6 21.Qe1 b6 22.Qf1 Bb4 23.c3 Bf8 24.h4 Nf6 25.Rba1 h6 26.Qc1 Red8 27.Qc2 Rab8 28.Be1 Nc5 29.Nb2 Qc8 30.b4 axb4 31.cxb4 Ne6 32.Nc4 Nd4 33.Qc3 Qe6 34.Ne3 Ra8 35.Qc4 Qd7 36.Qf1 b5 37.axb5 Rxa2 38.Rxa2 cxb5 39.Bd2 Qe6 40.Qb1 Rc8 41.Ra3 h5 42.Qd1 g6 43.Bc3 Bxb4 44.Bxb4 Rc1 45.Qxc1 Ne2+ 46.Kh2 Nxc1 47.Bh3 Qb6 48.Rc3 Ne2 49.Rc8+ Kh7 50.Bc5 Qa5 51.Nd5 Nxe4 52.Rc7 Qe1 53.Rxf7+ Kg8 54.Rf8+ 0-1
- Luke clearly suffering from tiredness - missing tactics in the last two rounds.
Round 11, Oct. 21
Sasikiran, Krishnan – Hess, Robert
C16 French, Winawer, Petrosian variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bb5 c6 8.Be2 Ba6 9.O-O Ne7 10.Rd1 Nf5 11.Nh4 h5 12.Qh3 Nxh4 13.Qxh4 Be7 14.Qg3 g6 15.a4 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Na6 17.Bg5 h4 18.Qf4 Rc8 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qd2 Kf8 21.Ra3 Kg7 22.a5 b5 23.Rf3 Rh5 24.g4 hxg3 25.fxg3 Rch8 26.Rf2 Rf5 27.Nf4 Qg5 28.Rdf1 Nb8 29.Rg2 Qg4 30.Rff2 Nd7 31.h3 Rxh3 32.Nxh3 Qxh3 33.Rxf5 exf5 34.Qg5 f6 35.Qf4 fxe5 36.dxe5 Qh5 37.Rd2 Nc5 38.e6 Nxe6 39.Qe5+ Kf7 40.Re2 Nf8 41.Qe8+ Kg8 42.Kg2 Qg5 43.Qxc6 f4 44.Qc3 b4 45.Qf3 fxg3 46.Re8 Qd2+ 47.Qe2 Qxe2+ 48.Rxe2 Kf7 49.Re3 Ne6 50.Rb3 Nd4 51.Rxb4 Nxc2 52.Rb7+ Ke6 53.Rxa7 d4 54.Kxg3 d3 55.Kf2 Nd4 56.Ke3 1-0
Round 11, Oct. 21
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – L’Ami, Erwin
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.Nbd2 a6 9.a4 Re8 10.Nf1 Ba7 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.b4 d5 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Ba3 b5 16.Bb2 Rd8 17.h3 Bb6 18.Nf5 Ree8 19.Rad1 Qe6 20.Ng3 dxe4 21.dxe4 Qc4 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rc1 Ne8 24.Nd2 Qd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd3 26.Nf3 Nd6 27.a5 Ba7 28.Kf1 Nc4 29.Ba1 Ne7 30.Ke2 Rd8 31.Nf1 c5 32.N1d2 Nxd2 33.Nxd2 c4 34.Rc2 f5 35.Bb2 Kf7 36.exf5 Nxf5 37.Ne4 Ke6 38.Bc1 Rd5 39.Rd2 Ne7 40.Kf3 Ng8 41.Rxd5 Kxd5 42.Be3 Bxe3 43.fxe3 Kc6 44.Nc5 Nf6 45.e4 h5 46.Nxa6 Nd7 47.h4 Kd6 48.Ke3 Kc6 49.Kd2 Kd6 50.Kc1 Kc6 51.Kc2 Nf8 52.Nc5 Kc7 53.Kd2 Kc6 54.Ke3 g6 55.Kf3 Kc7 56.g4 Kc6 57.a6 Kb6 58.Nb7 Kxa6 59.Nd6 Kb6 60.Nf7 Nd7 61.Nh8 hxg4+ 62.Kxg4 Nf6+ 63.Kf3 Kc7 64.Nf7 Nd7 65.Ke3 Kc6 66.Kf2 Kc7 67.Kf3 Kc6 68.Kg4 Nf6+ 69.Kg5 Nxe4+ 70.Kxg6 Nxc3 71.h5 Ne2 72.h6 c3 73.Nxe5+ Kd5 74.Ng4 Ke4 75.Nf2+ Kf3 76.Nd3 Ke3 77.Nc5 c2 78.Nb3 Kd3 79.h7 Kc3 80.Nc1 Nxc1 81.h8=Q+ Kb3 82.Qg8+ Kxb4 83.Qc8 Kb3 84.Qe6+ Ka3 85.Qa6+ Kb2 86.Qf6+ Kb1 87.Qc3 b4 88.Qxb4+ Nb3 89.Qxb3+ Ka1 90.Qxc2 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Round 11, Oct. 21
Jumabayev, Rinat – Kashlinskaya, Alina
A20 Amsterdam Attack
1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 O-O 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.a3 Ba5 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.b4 Bb6 10.Na4 f5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.Qb3 Bd7 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.O-O Qe7 15.Bb2 Qf7 16.f4 Rae8 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Rac1 c6 19.b5 Kh8 20.a4 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Nxd5 22.Bc4 Nc7 23.Bb3 e4 24.g4 fxg4 25.Be5 Be6 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Bd1 Nd5 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Rxc6 Re8 30.Bd4 h5 31.Be2 Bf7 32.Bc4 Re7 33.Rd6 Nf6 34.Bb5 Nd5 35.Bxb6 Nxb6 36.Rxb6 Ra7 37.Bc6 Bg6 38.Rb7 Ra5 39.Bb5 Kh7 40.Rb6 Ra8 41.Bc6 Rd8 42.Rb2 Rc8 43.Rc2 Rb8 44.Kg2 Rb1 45.Rc4 Rb2 46.Rd4 Rc2 47.Bd7 Ra2 48.Kg3 Kh6 49.Kf4 Ra1 50.Bb5 Rg1 51.a5 h4 52.Rd6 Kh7 53.Bd7 g3 54.hxg3 hxg3 55.a6 Rf1+ 56.Kxg3 Bf5 57.a7 1-0
Round 11, Oct. 21
Demnchenko, Anton – Vovk, Andriy
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.c3 d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Rxe5+ Kf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Kg8 16.Nf3 g5 17.Bg3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Re1 d4 20.Be5 d3 21.Re3 Ba6 22.Qa4 Qb6 23.Rd1 Rc8 24.h4 Qc6 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qf5 g4 27.Ng5 Qb7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Re6 Bc4 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Nxf7 Bxe6 32.Qxh8+ 1-0
Round 11, Oct. 21
Jansa, Vlastimil – Zatonskih, Anna
C42 Petrov’s Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.Bc2 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Bf8 13.Rxe8 Qxe8 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.Bb3 Re8 16.Qf1 h6 17.Re1 Qd8 18.Rxe8 Qxe8 19.c4 g6 20.Ba4 Bg7 21.b4 Qa8 22.a3 a5 23.Qd1 axb4 24.axb4 Nf8 25.d5 N8d7 26.Qc2 Qd8 27.Bb5 Qa8 28.Ba4 Qd8 29.Nb3 Qe7 30.Bb5 Ne5 31.Nfd4 Bc8 32.Qd2 Bd7 33.Qe2 Bxb5 34.Nxb5 Nh5 35.Bd2 Qd8 36.f4 Nd7 37.N3d4 Nb8 38.g4 Nf6 39.Bc3 Qd7 40.Qf3 Qe7 41.Kg2 Ne8 42.Bd2 Bf6 43.Qe3 Qxe3 44.Bxe3 Bxd4 45.Nxd4 Kf8 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.Bf2 f6 48.Ke4 Ng7 49.h4 Nd7 50.Nc6+ Kf7 51.Kd3 Ke8 52.Nd4 Nf8 53.Ke4 h5 54.g5 f5+ 55.Kd3 Nd7 56.Nc6 Nf8 57.Bd4 Kf7 58.Nd8+ Kg8 59.Kc3 Nd7 60.Bxg7 Kxg7 61.Ne6+ Kf7 62.Nxc7 Ke7 63.Nb5 Nb8 64.Kb3 Kd7 65.Nd4 Kc8 66.Ka4 Kb7 67.Nb5 1-0
Round 11, Oct. 21
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Tari, Aryan
E60 King’s Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a4 e6 9.d6 axb5 10.Bxb5 Bb7 11.Nf3 Na6 12.O-O Nb4 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Ng5 Bc6 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Bc3 f6 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.e4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 f5 21.e5 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Bxe5 23.Bxd7 Qxd6 24.Rad1 Qe7 25.Rfe1 Qf6 26.Rd3 Kh8 27.Qc6 Bxc3 28.Rxe6 Qg7 29.Qxc5 Bf6 30.Qc4 Rad8 31.Red6 f4 32.a5 Bxh4 33.a6 Be7 34.R6d5 Ra8 35.Bb5 Rac8 36.Qd4 Rc1+ 37.Rd1 Qxd4 38.Rxd4 Rxd1+ 39.Rxd1 Bc5 40.Bc6 Rf6 41.Bb7 Kg7 42.Kf1 h6 43.Ke2 f3+ 44.gxf3 g5 45.Rc1 Ba7 46.Bc8 Rf7 47.Rc6 Re7+ 48.Kf1 Bd4 49.Be6 h5 50.Kg2 h4 51.Bc4 Rd7 52.Be6 Re7 53.Bd5 Kf8 54.Rc8+ Re8 55.Rc4 Ba7 56.Rc7 Re7 57.Rxa7 Rxa7 58.Bb7 Ke7 59.Kh3 Kf6 60.Kg4 Ke5 61.f4+ gxf4 62.Kxh4 f3 63.Kg4 Kf6 64.Kxf3 Kf5 65.Ke3 Ke5 66.Kd3 Kf4 67.Ke2 Kg5 68.Ke3 Kf5 69.Kf3 1-
(to be continued)
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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 21, 2019
Final Standings
- - Rank Name FED Rtg Pts. - - 1 Wang Hao CHN 2726 8 2 Caruana Fabiano USA 2812 8 3 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2674 7.5 4 Aronian Levon ARM 2758 7.5 5 Anton Guijarro David ESP 2674 7.5 6 Carlsen Magnus NOR 2876 7.5 7 Nakamura Hikaru USA 2745 7.5 8 Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2732 7.5 9 Grischuk Alexander RUS 2759 7 10 Paravyan David RUS 2602 7 11 Howell David W L ENG 2694 7 12 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2718 7 13 Le Quang Liem VIE 2708 7 14 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2664 6.5 15 Abasov Nijat AZE 2632 6.5 16 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2661 6.5 17 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2664 6.5 18 Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2621 6.5 19 Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2669 6.5 20 Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2643 6.5 21 Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2650 6.5 22 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2716 6.5 23 Karjakin Sergey RUS 2760 6.5 24 Yu Yangyi CHN 2763 6.5 25 Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2636 6.5 26 Anand Viswanathan IND 2765 6.5 27 So Wesley USA 2767 6.5 28 Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2748 6.5 29 Svidler Peter RUS 2729 6.5 30 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2638 6.5 31 Sevian Samuel USA 2654 6.5 32 Xiong Jeffery USA 2708 6.5 33 Harikrishna Pentala IND 2748 6.5 34 Robson Ray USA 2670 6.5 35 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2654 6.5 36 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2624 6.5 37 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2639 6.5 38 Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2694 6.5 39 Grandelius Nils SWE 2691 6.5 40 Dreev Aleksey RUS 2662 6.5 41 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2675 6.5 42 Leko Peter HUN 2670 6.5 43 Sarana Alexey RUS 2655 6 44 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2635 6 45 Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2613 6 46 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2608 6 47 Narayanan.S.L IND 2611 6 48 Gukesh D IND 2520 6 49 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2630 6 50 Akopian Vladimir ARM 2638 6 51 Gelfand Boris ISR 2686 6 52 Cheparinov Ivan GEO 2670 6 53 Zhang Zhong CHN 2636 6 54 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2690 6 55 Korobov Anton UKR 2679 6 56 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2624 6 57 Mareco Sandro ARG 2634 6 58 Kamsky Gata USA 2685 6 59 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2693 6 60 Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2645 6 61 Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2635 6 62 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2662 6 63 Saric Ivan CRO 2667 6 64 Eljanov Pavel UKR 2663 6 65 Adhiban B. IND 2639 5.5 66 Shirov Alexei ESP 2664 5.5 67 Van Foreest Jorden NED 2621 5.5 68 Tari Aryan NOR 2630 5.5 69 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2645 5.5 70 Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 5.5 71 Sadhwani Raunak IND 2479 5.5 72 Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2657 5.5 73 McShane Luke J ENG 2682 5.5 74 Hess Robert USA 2581 5.5 75 L'ami Erwin NED 2619 5.5 76 Bjerre Jonas Buhl DEN 2506 5.5 77 Safarli Eltaj AZE 2593 5.5 78 Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2595 5.5 79 Erdos Viktor HUN 2604 5.5 80 Lu Shanglei CHN 2602 5.5 81 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2643 5.5 82 Akobian Varuzhan USA 2625 5.5 83 Harika Dronavalli IND 2495 5.5 84 Papaioannou Ioannis GRE 2645 5.5 85 Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2481 5.5 86 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2721 5.5 87 Jobava Baadur GEO 2617 5.5 88 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2746 5.5 89 Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2658 5.5 90 Baron Tal ISR 2531 5.5 91 Amin Bassem EGY 2699 5.5 92 Demchenko Anton RUS 2655 5.5 93 Ragger Markus AUT 2684 5.5 94 Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2629 5.5 95 Bacrot Etienne FRA 2671 5.5 96 Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2629 5.5 97 Efimenko Zahar UKR 2604 5.5 98 Motylev Alexander RUS 2651 5.5 99 Berkes Ferenc HUN 2667 5.5 100 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2644 5.5 101 Dubov Daniil RUS 2699 5.5 102 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2644 5.5 103 Piorun Kacper POL 2643 5.5 104 Movsesian Sergei ARM 2654 5.5 105 Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2571 5 106 Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2620 5 107 Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 2421 5 108 Lei Tingjie CHN 2469 5 109 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2558 5 110 Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2648 5 111 Erenberg Ariel ISR 2463 5 112 Hansen Eric CAN 2611 5 113 Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2617 5 114 Shankland Sam USA 2705 5 115 Nabaty Tamir ISR 2658 5 '- Comment
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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 21, 2019
Final Standings (continued)
Round 11 Report- - Rank Name FED Rtg Pts. - - 116 Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2481 5 117 Bachmann Axel PAR 2629 5 118 Jones Gawain C B ENG 2688 5 119 Keymer Vincent GER 2506 4.5 120 Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2624 4.5 121 Nihal Sarin IND 2610 4.5 122 Vovk Andriy UKR 2618 4.5 123 Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2675 4.5 124 Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina MAD 2428 4.5 125 Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 2494 4.5 126 Soumya Swaminathan IND 2365 4.5 127 Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2479 4.5 128 Adly Ahmed EGY 2636 4.5 129 Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2684 4.5 130 Movsziszian Karen ARM 2475 4.5 131 Arkell Keith C ENG 2447 4.5 132 Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2422 4.5 133 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2629 4.5 134 Cramling Pia SWE 2462 4.5 135 Ushenina Anna UKR 2431 4 136 Gavrilescu David ROU 2451 4 137 Boruchovsky Avital ISR 2533 4 138 Sebag Marie FRA 2445 4 139 Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2552 4 140 Danielian Elina ARM 2385 4 141 Clarke Brandon G I ENG 2445 4 142 Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2452 4 143 Houska Jovanka ENG 2430 3.5 144 Atalik Ekaterina TUR 2464 3.5 145 Bulmaga Irina ROU 2442 3.5 146 Zatonskih Anna USA 2422 3 147 Prithu Gupta IND 2493 3 148 Kolbus Dietmar GER 2300 3 149 Dahl Baard ENG 2067 3 150 Wu Li ENG 2332 3 -
John Saunders reports: the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss ended in a tie for first place between Wang Hao (China) and Fabiano Caruana (USA) on 8 points out of 11. Wang Hao, who defeated David Howell in the final round whilst other leading games were drawn, was placed first on tie-break and he qualifies for a place in the 2020 Candidates’ tournament in Ekaterinburg. Six players tied for third place on 7½: in tie-break order, Kirill Alekseenko (Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), David Antón Guijarro (Spain), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Nikita Vitiugov (Russia). The top women’s prize was shared by Harika Dronavalli (India) and Dinara Saduakassova (Kazakhstan) who both scored 5½ points, with the Indian player receiving the trophy on tie-break.
https://iominternationalchess.com/ne...11-report.html
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This may be nit-picky but I don't think any fair tiebreak system should lead to Hao outperforming Fabi.
If they simply swapped ratings- Fabi would have won on tiebreak but he got penalized for being so highly rated. He played board 1 the whole event, his other tiebreak scores were the best in the event and the system is easily gamed where players behind you in the standings can choose their strategy based on your strong performances early.
At absolute minimum I think tiebreaks should ignore the elo of games against opponents you are tied with (using this system Hao would still win very slightly but Fabi isn't as actively penalized for having such a high rating to help your opponents tie breaks).
My other potential idea if tiebreak systems aren't improved is that higher placed players should have the opportunity of swapping out to get a tougher opponent to not lose on tiebreaks (for instance if Fabi needed to be playing an opponent 70 points higher to win on tiebreaks- he should be able to kick out a 2700 and sub in a 2770 to make up for the poor tiebreak system penalizing him).
In practice I think it would be better to just aggregate multiple tiebreak systems, or just have a playoff match. I'm relieved this won't cost him a seat in the candidates as it would be far more disappointing if anyone other than Magnus/Fabi/Ding was penalized in this fashion.Comment
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You will be happy to know that the Banff Open has an Armageddon playoff for 1st place with $500 at stake. Much more exciting imho. Personally, I think most tiebreaks are unfair in some way.Originally posted by Mike McDonald View Post
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I agree about playoffs. There should be playoffs. More entertainment. I even think players should be allowed to hire playoff specialists to play for them. Can you imagine? Then it would get interesting. These playoff specialists could be like tort lawyers and take a percentage of the win or at the very least signed papers on future work as seconds. We could have an entirely new form of entertainment with these specialists waiting on site for their chance to perform, Even last minute bidding for their services.Comment
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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 22, 2019
The Summing Up
Somerset Maugham gave the above title to a memoir about his life and work. Still, it seems to be appropriate to a summary of this most enjoyable tournament.
Christopher Kreuzer on the ECForum gave these statistics:
Some statistics...
154 players in total.
26 from Russia and 15 from India.
2 players on 8/11
6 players on 7.5/11
5 players on 7/11
29 players on 6.5/11
22 players on 6/11
40 players on 5.5/11
64 players scored above 50%.
104 players scored 50% or more.
50 players scored less than 50%.
841 games in total.
263 White wins.
441 draws.
136 Black wins.
1 forfeit
(I think the forfeit was in last round by Prithu Gupta, and the 5 byes and withdrawal of Elisabeth Paehtz not included)
Highest placed IMs were Sadhwani, Bjerre and Saduakassova on 5.5.
19 players went undefeated at this tournament. Two players (Van Foreest and Erdos) drew all 11 games!
These are the undefeated players:
Caruana (8/11)
Alekseenko (7.5)
Aronian (7.5)
Carlsen (7.5)
Nakamura (7.5)
Vitiugov (7.5)
Le Quang Liem (7)
Abasov (6.5)
Kryvoruchko (6.5)
Lupulescu (6.5)
Yu Yangyi (6.5)
So (6.5)
Svidler (6.5)
Robson (6.5)
Leko (6.5)
Korobov (6)
Eljanov (6)
Jordan Van Foreest (5.5)
Viktor Erdos (5.5)
https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic...1ce096#p236278
Norms
Chess.com has a group photograph of players holding their certificates, with this caption:
Final GM norms for Jonas Buhl Bjerre, Raunak Sadhwani and Vincent Keymer; a first GM norm for Dinara Saduakassova; and an IM norm for Soumya Swaminathan
https://www.chess.com/news/view/wang...for-candidates
Prize Fund
Kreuzer writes:
Prize fund is here:
https://iominternationalchess.com/info/ ... swiss.html
"All prize money is divided equally where players have the same score (after 11 rounds)."
Highest placed woman was Dronavalli on 5.5/11, which means the Open prizes all went to men (and grandmasters).
Top 30 is at 6.5/11, which extends down to place 42.
So the split is 2/6/5/29.
I make it the following:
1-2: Wang Hao and Caruana - $60,000 each
3-8: $27,667 each
9-13: $9,600 each
14-42: $2,276 each
If David Howell had drawn, that puts Caruana up to $70,000 instead, and splits a larger prize fund between places 2-9, so that would have been $28,625 instead of $9,600, so that loss cost Howell $19,025. I assume that all titled players still got appearance fees of some sort, or at least something covering costs.
Qualification
Wang Hao’s performance has seen him regain that 2752 rating on the live rating list, which is currently sufficient to make him world no. 17 (though effectively 16 since Kramnik is retired). It also, of course, catapulted him into the Candidates Tournament. We now know 4 of the 8 players for that qualifier to face Magnus Carlsen:
1. Fabiano Caruana (as the last challenger)
2. Teimour Radjabov (the World Cup winner)
3. Ding Liren (the World Cup runner-up)
4. Wang Hao (the Grand Slam winner)
Anish Giri almost has the rating spot tied up, while there are still two players to be decided by the Grand Prix series and one wild card.
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wan...ss-conclusions
Conclusion
Colin McGourty writes in chess24:
A Swiss tournament usually has one very happy winner as well as a lot of pretty happy people who finished near the top, but this year’s event on the Isle of Man would end in disappointment for all but one of the players fighting for a spot in the Candidates Tournament. We saw the dejection of David Howell, who got a chance he could barely have believed before the event, but it must have been tougher for elite players who consider the Candidates almost a birth right. The likes of Vishy Anand, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian now have no path to the 2020 Candidates, and will have to wait until at least 2022 for a next shot at the World Championship title.
Carlsen’s Streak
Magnus, who knew he couldn’t win the event unless Caruana lost to Nakamura, had decided just to enjoy himself, and it didn’t hurt that he also surpassed Ding Liren’s 100-game winning streak. He was asked afterwards what he thought about the claims of 110-game unbeaten streaks by Sergei Tiviakov and Bogdan Lalic:
“For sure, I’m not going to make any judgments on whether their streaks qualify, because I’m not qualified and also heavily biased, of course! I feel like 100 is kind of a magic number – never thought I’d get there! I’ve had some luck, for sure, also in this tournament, but now that I haven’t been playing so well recently at least that’s a big reason to be happy.”
Other
The Chess.24 article gives other highlights of the tourney: Anton and Alekseenko got a chance to shine, Anish Giri was spiritually present on the Isle of Man, The Grand Swiss was a gruelling event, with a murderous time control, The birthplace of grandmasters and the fight for women’s prizes and The chess world keeps on turning.
The latter mentions that the European Team Championship starts on Thursday in Batumi and the Fischer Random World Championship starts on Sunday in Norway. The Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix, the Super Rapid and Bitz Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest and the European Club Cup in Montenegro follow closely.
I should also like to say that I appreciate the broadcast team of Anna Rudolf, Daniel King and Fiona Steil-Antoni, which was a refreshing change from other recent event coverage.
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As a fan I really enjoyed the event. I can only wish there were more of that calibre. After the World Cup and Isle of Man I will probably suffer from withdrawal. Life goes back to normalComment
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