Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Hans Jung]

I envy Eric being able to compete in that field. It must be tremendously exciting.

[Hans Jung]

Magnus - Kuzubov great entertainment. Magnus's Ng3-Nf5-Nd6 etc but Kuzubov want done - he put up a great fight - if only he had found c4 and later c3.

[Hans Jung]

Post above should be: but Kuzubov wasnt done

[Hans Jung]

Vocatura - Xiong - dancing queens

[Hans Jung]

Fabulous Fabi also provided great entertainment.

[Hans Jung]

Full value and congrats to Erwin L'Ami against Sam Shankland. Opening, middlegame and endgame and kudos to Sam for playing on in the endgame.

[Hans Jung]

and about 50 other good games. Id say more but Im tired (but one happy chess fan) Thanks to all the players (and commentators!) for the great entertainment!

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 10 , 2019

First Round Results

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Bd		Name		Result		Name
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1		Carlsen Magnus		1 - 0		Kuzubov Yuriy
2		Zhang Zhong		0 - 1		Caruana Fabiano
3		So Wesley		½ - ½		Moiseenko Alexander
4		Najer Evgeniy		1 - 0		Anand Viswanathan
5		Yu Yangyi		1 - 0		Mareco Sandro
6		Abasov Nijat		½ - ½		Karjakin Sergey
7		Grischuk Alexander		½ - ½		Jumabayev Rinat
8		Tari Aryan		½ - ½		Aronian Levon
9		Harikrishna Pentala		½ - ½		Alekseev Evgeny
10		Bachmann Axel		½ - ½		Wojtaszek Radoslaw
11		Artemiev Vladislav		1 - 0		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo
12		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		½ - ½		Nakamura Hikaru
13		Vitiugov Nikita		1 - 0		Volokitin Andrei
14		Akobian Varuzhan		½ - ½		Svidler Peter
15		Wang Hao		1 - 0		Esipenko Andrey
16		Huschenbeth Niclas		0 - 1		Bu Xiangzhi
17		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		1 - 0		Sethuraman S.P.
18		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		½ - ½		Matlakov Maxim
19		Le Quang Liem		½ - ½		Van Foreest Jorden
20		Vocaturo Daniele		0 - 1		Xiong Jeffery
21		Shankland Sam		0 - 1		L'ami Erwin
22		Vovk Andriy		½ - ½		Amin Bassem
23		Dubov Daniil		½ - ½		Durarbayli Vasif
24		Jobava Baadur		1 - 0		Howell David W L
25		Vallejo Pons Francisco		½ - ½		Deac Bogdan-Daniel
26		Hansen Eric		½ - ½		Inarkiev Ernesto
27		Grandelius Nils		½ - ½		Narayanan.S.L
28		Nihal Sarin		½ - ½		Sargissian Gabriel
29		Jones Gawain C B		0 - 1		Abdusattorov Nodirbek
30		Efimenko Zahar		½ - ½		Gelfand Boris
31		Kamsky Gata		½ - ½		Erdos Viktor
32		Lu Shanglei		½ - ½		Ragger Markus
33		Rodshtein Maxim		½ - ½		Paravyan David
34		Yilmaz Mustafa		½ - ½		Mcshane Luke J
35		Korobov Anton		½ - ½		Safarli Eltaj
36		Hess Robert		½ - ½		Ponomariov Ruslan
37		Sasikiran Krishnan		½ - ½		Puranik Abhimanyu
38		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		½ - ½		Alekseenko Kirill
39		Anton Guijarro David		1 - 0		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri
40		Boruchovsky Avital		½ - ½		Bacrot Etienne
41		Cheparinov Ivan		1 - 0		Baron Tal
42		Gukesh D		½ - ½		Leko Peter
43		Robson Ray		½ - ½		Bjerre Jonas Buhl
44		Keymer Vincent		½ - ½		Kryvoruchko Yuriy
45		Berkes Ferenc		½ - ½		Harika Dronavalli
46		Henderson De La Fuente Lance		½ - ½		Saric Ivan
47		Fedoseev Vladimir		1 - 0		Prithu Gupta
48		Paehtz Elisabeth		½ - ½		Maghsoodloo Parham
49		Shirov Alexei		1 - 0		Kashlinskaya Alina
50		Saduakassova Dinara		½ - ½		Eljanov Pavel
51		Dreev Aleksey		1 - 0		Stefanova Antoaneta
52		Sadhwani Raunak		1 - 0		Sjugirov Sanan
53		Kovalev Vladislav		½ - ½		Movsziszian Karen
54		Lei Tingjie		½ - ½		Ganguly Surya Shekhar
55		Nabaty Tamir		½ - ½		Atalik Ekaterina
56		Erenberg Ariel		½ - ½		Kasimdzhanov Rustam
57		Demchenko Anton		1 - 0		Cramling Pia
58		Jansa Vlastimil		0 - 1		Sarana Alexey
59		Movsesian Sergei		½ - ½		Gavrilescu David
60		Arkell Keith C		0 - 1		Oparin Grigoriy
61		Sevian Samuel		1 - 0		Sebag Marie
62		Clarke Brandon G I		0 - 1		Motylev Alexander
63		Melkumyan Hrant		1 - 0		Bulmaga Irina
64		Ushenina Anna		½ - ½		Lenderman Aleksandr
65		Mamedov Rauf		1 - 0		Houska Jovanka
66		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina		½ - ½		Papaioannou Ioannis
67		Riazantsev Alexander		1 - 0		Batsiashvili Nino
68		Zatonskih Anna		½ - ½		Chigaev Maksim
69		Zvjaginsev Vadim		½ - ½		Munguntuul Batkhuyag
70		Danielian Elina		0 - 1		Bluebaum Matthias
71		Lupulescu Constantin		½ - ½		Solomon Kenny
72		Soumya Swaminathan		½ - ½		Piorun Kacper
73		Adhiban B.		1 - 0		Wu Li
74		Kolbus Dietmar		½ - ½		Hovhannisyan Robert
75		Akopian Vladimir		½ - ½		Nebolsina Vera
76		Allen Keith		0 - 1		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
77		Adly Ahmed		1 - 0		Dahl Baard

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 10 , 2019

Round Two Pairings

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Bd		Name		Rtg	Pts.	-	Pts.		Name		Rtg
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1		Sarana Alexey		2655	1	-	1		Carlsen Magnus		2876
2		Caruana Fabiano		2812	1	-	1		Sevian Samuel		2654
3		Oparin Grigoriy		2654	1	-	1		Yu Yangyi		2763
4		Motylev Alexander		2651	1	-	1		Artemiev Vladislav		2746
5		Melkumyan Hrant		2650	1	-	1		Vitiugov Nikita		2732
6		Mamedov Rauf		2645	1	-	1		Wang Hao		2726
7		Bu Xiangzhi		2721	1	-	1		Riazantsev Alexander		2645
8		Bluebaum Matthias		2643	1	-	1		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		2718
9		Xiong Jeffery		2708	1	-	1		Adhiban B.		2639
10		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		2638	1	-	1		Anton Guijarro David		2674
11		Adly Ahmed		2636	1	-	1		Cheparinov Ivan		2670
12		Najer Evgeniy		2635	1	-	1		Fedoseev Vladimir		2664
13		L'ami Erwin		2619	1	-	1		Shirov Alexei		2664
14		Jobava Baadur		2617	1	-	1		Dreev Aleksey		2662
15		Abdusattorov Nodirbek		2608	1	-	1		Demchenko Anton		2655
16		Karjakin Sergey		2760	½	-	1		Sadhwani Raunak		2479
17		Jumabayev Rinat		2630	½	-	½		So Wesley		2767
18		Alekseev Evgeny		2629	½	-	½		Grischuk Alexander		2759
19		Aronian Levon		2758	½	-	½		Abasov Nijat		2632
20		Van Foreest Jorden		2621	½	-	½		Harikrishna Pentala		2748
21		Wojtaszek Radoslaw		2748	½	-	½		Tari Aryan		2630
22		Nakamura Hikaru		2745	½	-	½		Bachmann Axel		2629
23		Svidler Peter		2729	½	-	½		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		2629
24		Matlakov Maxim		2716	½	-	½		Akobian Varuzhan		2625
25		Durarbayli Vasif		2617	½	-	½		Le Quang Liem		2708
26		Amin Bassem		2699	½	-	½		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		2621
27		Deac Bogdan-Daniel		2613	½	-	½		Dubov Daniil		2699
28		Narayanan.S.L		2611	½	-	½		Vallejo Pons Francisco		2694
29		Inarkiev Ernesto		2693	½	-	½		Vovk Andriy		2618
30		Erdos Viktor		2604	½	-	½		Grandelius Nils		2691
31		Sargissian Gabriel		2690	½	-	½		Hansen Eric		2611
32		Gelfand Boris		2686	½	-	½		Nihal Sarin		2610
33		Paravyan David		2602	½	-	½		Kamsky Gata		2685
34		Ragger Markus		2684	½	-	½		Efimenko Zahar		2604
35		Safarli Eltaj		2593	½	-	½		Rodshtein Maxim		2684
36		Mcshane Luke J		2682	½	-	½		Lu Shanglei		2602
37		Puranik Abhimanyu		2571	½	-	½		Korobov Anton		2679
38		Ponomariov Ruslan		2675	½	-	½		Yilmaz Mustafa		2595
39		Bjerre Jonas Buhl		2506	½	-	½		Sasikiran Krishnan		2675
40		Alekseenko Kirill		2674	½	-	½		Hess Robert		2581
41		Bacrot Etienne		2671	½	-	½		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		2558
42		Leko Peter		2670	½	-	½		Boruchovsky Avital		2533
43		Harika Dronavalli		2495	½	-	½		Robson Ray		2670
44		Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2669	½	-	½		Gukesh D		2520
45		Movsziszian Karen		2475	½	-	½		Berkes Ferenc		2667
46		Saric Ivan		2667	½	-	½		Keymer Vincent		2506
47		Maghsoodloo Parham		2664	½	-	½		Henderson De La Fuente Lance		2494
48		Eljanov Pavel		2663	½	-	½		Paehtz Elisabeth		2489
49		Atalik Ekaterina		2464	½	-	½		Kovalev Vladislav		2661
50		Ganguly Surya Shekhar		2658	½	-	½		Saduakassova Dinara		2481
51		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2657	½	-	½		Lei Tingjie		2469
52		Munguntuul Batkhuyag		2421	½	-	½		Movsesian Sergei		2654
53		Lenderman Aleksandr		2648	½	-	½		Erenberg Ariel		2463
54		Papaioannou Ioannis		2645	½	-	½		Ushenina Anna		2431
55		Chigaev Maksim		2644	½	-	½		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina		2428
56		Gavrilescu David		2451	½	-	½		Zvjaginsev Vadim		2644
57		Nebolsina Vera		2252	½	-	½		Lupulescu Constantin		2643
58		Piorun Kacper		2643	½	-	½		Zatonskih Anna		2422
59		Hovhannisyan Robert		2639	½	-	½		Soumya Swaminathan		2365
60		Solomon Kenny		2382	½	-	½		Akopian Vladimir		2638
61		Moiseenko Alexander		2635	½	-	½		Kolbus Dietmar		2300
62		Anand Viswanathan		2765	0	-	0		Baron Tal		2531
63		Prithu Gupta		2493	0	-	0		Shankland Sam		2705
64		Howell David W L		2694	0	-	0		Kashlinskaya Alina		2481
65		Stefanova Antoaneta		2479	0	-	0		Jones Gawain C B		2688
66		Sjugirov Sanan		2662	0	-	0		Cramling Pia		2462
67		Kuzubov Yuriy		2636	0	-	0		Jansa Vlastimil		2452
68		Sebag Marie		2445	0	-	0		Zhang Zhong		2636
69		Mareco Sandro		2634	0	-	0		Arkell Keith C		2447
70		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		2629	0	-	0		Clarke Brandon G I		2445
71		Volokitin Andrei		2627	0	-	0		Bulmaga Irina		2442
72		Esipenko Andrey		2624	0	-	0		Houska Jovanka		2430
73		Batsiashvili Nino		2422	0	-	0		Huschenbeth Niclas		2624
74		Sethuraman S.P.		2624	0	-	0		Danielian Elina		2385
75		Wu Li		2332	0	-	0		Vocaturo Daniele		2620
76		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri		2552	0	-	0		Allen Keith		2161
77		Dahl Baard		2067	0	1			bye
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[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 10 , 2019

Round One Games

Round 1, Oct. 10
Carlsen, Magnus – Kuzubov, Yuriy
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.O-O-O Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nb6 12.e4 Be6 13.Bd3 Qf6 14.e5 Qg7 15.Nh2 g4 16.Ne2 O-O-O 17.Nf4 Qg5 18.Kb1 h5 19.Nf1 Rh6 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Bxf5 h4 23.Ne2 hxg3 24.Rxh6 Bxh6 25.Nxg3 Nc4 26.Bd3 Nd2+ 27.Ka1 Qf4 28.Nf5 Bg5 29.Nd6 Qxf2 30.Qc3 Rd7 31.Qb4 a5 32.Qxa5 Qxd4 33.Rxd2 Bxd2 34.Qxd2 Qxe5 35.Nf5 c5 36.Bb1 d4 37.Qd3 Qd5 38.Qg3+ Ka7 39.Qxg4 d3 40.Ne3 Qd4 41.Qf3 d2 42.Nd1 Qc4 43.Qe3 Rd4 44.a3 Qc1 45.Qb3 Rd6 46.Ka2 c4 47.Qf3 Rb6 48.Bf5 Rb5 49.Qe3+ Ka6 50.Bg4 Qc2 51.Qc3 Qb3+ 52.Kb1 Rd5 1-0

Magnus Carlsen came dangerously close to ending his 90-game unbeaten streak but instead Yuriy Kuzubov lost on time after losing the thread of the game!

Round 1, Oct. 10
Zhang, Zhong – Caruana, Fabiano
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Qb6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxb2 6.Rb1 Qa3 7.Bxb8 Rxb8 8.Rb3 Qa5 9.Rb5 Qc7 10.Rc5 Qb6 11.Qc4 Kd8 12.Rb5 Qc6 13.Rc5 Qe6 14.Qa4 Qb6 15.Rb5 Qc7 16.Rb3 a6 17.Nf3 e6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Qh4 Be7 20.O-O Bb7 21.Qh3 h5 22.Ne2 Ng4 23.Rc1 g5 24.c4 b4 25.c5 Bd5 26.Rb2 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Ne5 28.Rd2 Bf6 29.Be4 g4 30.fxg4 hxg4 31.Qg3 Ke7 32.Nf4 Rbg8 33.Kf1 Qa5 34.Nd3 Rg5 35.Nxe5 Rxe5 36.Rcd1 Qb5+ 37.Kg1 Rd8 38.Bd3 Qc6 39.Bf1 a5 40.Rc1 Rxc5 41.Rxc5 Qxc5 42.Qxg4 d5 43.Qd1 Bc3 44.Rd3 Rg8+ 45.Bg2 Qc4 46.e4 Qxe4 47.Rg3 Rxg3 48.hxg3 Qc4 49.Qa4 Qc5 50.Qc2 Bd4 51.Qxc5+ Bxc5 52.Bf1 a4 53.Bd3 Kd6 54.Kf1 Ke5 55.Ke2 Kd4 56.Kd2 b3 0-1

Round 1, Oct. 10
Najer, Evgeniy – Anand, Vishy
E46 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.Rc1 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bb1 d4 15.Nb5 d3 16.Nd4 a5 17.Qg4 g6 18.f5 Ne4 19.Bxd3 Nxd2 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Bxg6 Kh8 22.Bxh7 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Bg5 24.Nf5 Qd3 25.Re1 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bh6 27.Qg6 Bxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Qd5+ 29.Kh3 Qd3+ 30.Kh4 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 10
Artemiev, Vladislav – Iturrizaga, Eduardo
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.O-O h6 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.e3 Ne7 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bxc4 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Rxc4 d5 17.Bxe4 Rfd8 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Bf5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Qxf5 21.Rxc7 d4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.exd4 a5 24.Rxb7 Qd5 25.Re7 axb4 26.axb4 Rab8 27.Qd2 Qc4 28.Rd1 Qxb4 29.Rxf7 Qc4 30.Re7 Rd5 31.Qf4 Rg8 32.h4 Qa4 33.Rd2 Qb4 34.Qe3 Ra5 35.Re8 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Qb1 37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Qf3 Qg1+ 39.Kh3 Qf1+ 40.Qg2 Qe1 41.Qd5+ Kh7 42.Rb2 Qf1+ 43.Kg4 Ra6 44.h5 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 10
Vitiugov, Nikita – Volokitin, Andrei
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.O-O Rc8 11.Nd5 Nb4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.c3 Nc6 15.Rd1 O-O 16.Be3 Na5 17.Nd2 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Ne4 Be7 20.b4 Nc4 21.Bc5 Rf7 22.Rd3 b6 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Rad1 Rd7 25.Qg4 Rc6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Rg6 28.Qe2 Kh8 29.h4 Qxh4 30.Rxd5 Rh6 31.f3 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Qh1+ 33.Kf2 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Qh1+ 36.Kf2 Qh4+ 37.Ng3 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Rg6 39.Kg1 Rxg3 40.Rd4 Qg5 41.Rxc4 g6 42.Kh2 h5 43.Qf2 h4 44.Re4 Kg7 45.c4 Qd8 46.c5 bxc5 47.Qxc5 Rg5 48.b6 Qd2 49.Rg4 Rxg4 50.Qxe5+ Kh6 51.fxg4 Qb4 52.Qc7 Qa5 53.Qf4+ g5 54.Qf6+ Kh7 55.Qf5+ 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 10
Vocaturo, Daniele – Xiong, Jeffery
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bb3 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Bb6 10.Nc4 Be6 11.d4 Ng6 12.Nxb6 Bxb3 13.axb3 axb6 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Qc2 exd4 16.cxd4 c6 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Nd2 d5 19.e5 Ng4 20.Nf3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Ne7 22.Rf1 f6 23.g4 Qa8 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Ne5 Qc8 26.b4 Qe6 27.Qa4 Qc8 28.Qc2 b5 29.h3 Qe6 30.Ra1 Rf8 31.Ra7 Rb8 32.Ra1 Nc8 33.Rf1 Nd6 34.Qf2 Nc4 35.Nxc4 bxc4 36.Qf4 Ra8 37.Rf2 Qe7 38.Kg2 Kh8 39.Kg3 Re8 40.Rf3 Qxb4 41.h4 Qxb2 42.Qf7 Rg8 43.Rf6 Qb1 44.Re6 Qb4 45.Qh5 Ra8 46.g5 Qe1+ 47.Kh3 Qh1+ 48.Kg3 Qg1+ 49.Kh3 Qf1+ 50.Kg3 Qg1+ 51.Kh3 Qf1+ 52.Kg3 Kg8 53.gxh6 Qg1+ 54.Kh3 Qh1+ 55.Kg3 Qe1+ 56.Kh3 Qf1+ 57.Kg3 Rf8 58.Re8 c3 59.Qe5 gxh6 60.Kh2 Qf2+ 61.Kh3 Qf3+ 62.Kh2 c2 63.Qe6+ Qf7 64.Rxf8+ Kxf8 65.Qxh6+ Ke8 66.e4 Qf2+ 67.Kh3 Qf1+ 68.Kg3 c1=Q 0-1

Round 1, Oct. 10
Shankland, Sam – L’ami, Erwin
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.c3 d6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.b5 Ne7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Ng6 12.d4 Re8 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Ba3 Qb8 16.Nc4 exd4 17.Nxb6 cxb6 18.Nxd4 Rxe4 19.Rxe4 Nxe4 20.Re1 Nf6 21.c4 Qc7 22.Nf5 Re8 23.Rd1 Ne4 24.Qb2 Re5 25.Ne3 Nc5 26.Qc2 Ne7 27.h3 Qd7 28.Bb2 Re4 29.Bd4 Qe6 30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Qxe4 b6 33.g3 g6 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Kf3 Qf6+ 36.Ke2 Qb2+ 37.Kf1 Qf6 38.Qb7 Qe6 39.h4 Nf5 40.Nd5 Qe4 41.Kg1 Nd4 42.Qe7 Nf3+ 43.Kh1 Qxe7 44.Nxe7 Ne5 45.Nd5 Nxc4 46.Kg2 f5 47.Kf1 Kf7 48.Ke2 Ke6 49.Nf4+ Kf6 50.Kd3 Ne5+ 51.Kc3 Nd7 52.f3 g5 53.hxg5+ hxg5 54.Nd5+ Ke6 55.Ne3 f4 56.gxf4 gxf4 57.Ng2 Kf5 58.Kd3 Ne5+ 59.Ke2 Kg5 60.Ne1 Kh4 61.Kf2 Kh3 62.Nc2 Nd3+ 0-1

Round 1, Oct. 10
Jobava, Baadur – Howell, David
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.h3 h6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Rc8 9.O-O a6 10.Bxc6+ Rxc6 11.a4 Bh7 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.a5 Be7 14.Na4 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rxc2 16.Rfc1 O-O 17.b4 Qe8 18.Rxc2 Bxc2 19.Nc5 Qb5 20.Rc1 Bh7 21.Ncd7 Rd8 22.Rc7 Ne8 23.Nxf7 Rxd7 24.Nxh6+ Kf8 25.Qf4+ Nf6 26.Rc8+ Rd8 27.Rc7 Rd7 28.Rc8+ Rd8 29.Rc7 Qd3 30.Bd4 Qb1+ 31.Kh2 Qe4 32.Qg3 Nh5 33.Bxg7+ Ke8 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Qg5+ Kd7 36.Qxh5 Bg6 37.Qg5 Kc8 38.Be5 Be8 39.Bd4 Qh7 40.Ng4 Bc6 41.Qe5 Qf7 42.Ba7 Qe7 43.Bc5 Qf7 44.Nf6 Rh8 45.g4 Qg7 46.Ba7 Qc7 47.Qxc7+ Kxc7 48.Bd4 Kd6 49.Ne4+ dxe4 50.Bxh8 e5 51.Kg3 Ke6 52.h4 Ba4 53.h5 Bb5 54.Kh4 1-0

Jobava - "I lost another 5 years of my life expectancy with this game. Why can't I play a normal, quiet game of chess?"

Round 1, Oct. 10
Hansen, Eric – Inarkiev, Ernesto
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 a5 16.Bd3 c6 17.Qc2 axb4 18.cxb4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Rc8 20.Rad1 Nh5 21.Qb2 Nf4 22.Bf1 Qc7 23.Rc1 Qb8 24.Be3 Ne6 25.Nb3 Ba8 26.Na5 Be7 27.Red1 Red8 28.Qb1 Bf6 29.Qd3 Ndf8 30.Nb3 Ng6 31.Qb1 Re8 32.Nfd4 Ng5 33.Nd2 Bb7 34.Nf5 Rcd8 35.h4 Ne6 36.Nf3 Ba8 37.h5 Ngf4 38.Ng3 d5 39.exd5 Rxd5 40.Ne4 Be7 41.Rxd5 cxd5 42.Ng3 Bf6 43.Qf5 Rd8 44.Rc5 d4 45.Rxb5 Qd6 46.Bd2 d3 47.Ne4 Qc6 48.Nxf6+ gxf6 49.Bxf4 Nxf4 50.Qg4+ Kf8 51.Qxf4 Qxb5 52.Qxf6 Ke8 53.Ne5 Qb7 54.Qg7 Qe7 55.Bxd3 Rd5 56.Qg8+ Qf8 57.Qg3 Qd6 58.f4 Kf8 59.Qe3 Rd4 60.Kh2 Qd5 61.Qg3 Qe6 62.Qf2 Qd5 63.Qg3 Qe6 64.Qf2 Qd5 65.Qg3 1/2-1/2

Final Position




Round 1, Oct. 10
Jones, Gawain – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
B23 Neo-Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nb3 e5 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Re8 12.Qxd6 Qxd6 13.Bxd6 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Bf3 Re6 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.Bd5 Bg4 19.Rd4 Be6 20.Bxb7 Bxb3 21.Bxa8 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1 Bxc2 24.Bd5 Bf5 25.h3 h5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.g4 Kf6 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Rd1 Bb6 30.Bb4 Kg5 31.Re1 Rc8 32.Bd2+ Kh4 33.Be3 Kxh3 34.Bxb6 axb6 35.Re3+ Kg4 36.Rb3 Rc6 37.a4 f4 38.Kh2 h4 39.Rb5 h3 40.a5 Rc2+ 41.Kg1 f3 42.Rxb6 h2+ 43.Kh1 Rc1+ 44.Kxh2 f2 45.Rg6+ Kf5 0-1

Round 1, Oct. 10
Paehtz, Elisabeth – Maghsoodloo, Parham
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Nc3 e5 7.O-O Nf6 8.a4 Nh5 9.Be3 h6 10.Nd2 Nf4 11.a5 Rb8 12.Nc4 Ne6 13.Ne2 g5 14.Ng3 Nf4 15.b4 Be6 16.bxc5 Bxc4 17.dxc4 Rd8 18.Qe1 f6 19.a6 Rh7 20.Nf5 bxa6 21.Rxa6 Ne6 22.Qb4 Rhd7 23.Qa4 Rc8 24.Ra5 Rcd8 25.Ra6 Rc8 26.Ra5 Kf7 27.g3 Kg6 28.Ra1 Qd8 29.Kg2 Rcc7 30.h3 Qe8 31.Qa3 Qd8 32.Qa4 h5 33.c3 Qb8 34.Qa2 Rb7 35.Qa4 Nd8 36.Rd1 Qc7 37.Rxd7 Qxd7 38.Qc2 Ne6 39.h4 g4 40.Kh2 Qd8 41.Ra6 Rc7 42.Nd6 Bxd6 43.cxd6 Qxd6 44.Bxa7 Rd7 45.Be3 Nd8 46.Ra2 Qd3 47.Qxd3 Rxd3 48.Ra8 Kf7 49.Kg2 Nb7 50.Ra7 Rd7 51.f3 Kg6 52.fxg4 hxg4 53.Kf2 Rf7 54.Ke2 Nd6 55.Rxf7 Kxf7 56.Kd3 Ne8 57.Bh6 Nc7 58.Be3 Ne6 59.Bf2 Ng7 60.Be1 Ke6 61.Bf2 f5 62.exf5+ Kxf5 63.Bb6 Nh5 64.Bf2 Nf6 65.Be1 Ne4 66.Ke3 Nc5 67.Bd2 Na4 68.h5 Nc5 69.Bc1 Ne4 70.h6 Nf6 71.Ba3 Nh7 72.Be7 Ke6 73.Bd8 Kf5 74.Bh4 Nf8 75.Be7 Nh7 1/2-1/2

Round 1, Oct. 10
Shirov, Alexei – Kashlinskaya, Alina
D20 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bxc4 c5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Be2 Bg4 14.Nxc5 Rfc8 15.Nxb7 Bxe2 16.Kxe2 Nc4 17.e5 Rab8 18.exf6 Rxb7 19.b3 Ne3 20.Rac1 Nxg2 21.Nd5 Re8+ 22.Kf2 Nh4 23.Rhe1 Rxe1 24.Rc8+ 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 10
Sevian, Samuel – Sebag, Marie
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne-Sax Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.g3 Qc7 13.Rg1 b5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 g6 18.f4 f5 19.h3 Kf7 20.Qd2 b4 21.g4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bf6 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Rdf1 Rh5 25.Qe2 Rch8 26.Qxa6 Rh2 27.Qc6 Rc8 28.fxe5 Nxe5 29.Qxc7+ Rxc7 30.Rxf5 Rcxc2 31.Bd4 Ke7 32.Na5 Bh4 33.Rf4 Bf2 1-0

[Hans Jung]

Adhiban played a lovely game. Its not often one breaks thru so easily on the white side of a Petroff (or Russian defence).

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 11 , 2019

Round Two Games

Early Games

Round 2, Oct. 11
Sarana, Alexey – Carlsen, Magnus
B33 Sicilian, Sveshnikov, Novosibirsk variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.Qh5 d5 16.cxd5 Qd8 17.exf5 Qxd5 18.Rad1 e4 19.Bxb5 Qxf5 20.Qxf5 Bxf5 21.Bd7 Bxd7 22.Rxd7 Bxb2 23.Nc4 Bg7 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Rfd1 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Rc8 27.Nd6 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Rc2 29.Nxe4 Rxa2 30.Rd8+ Bf8 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kg8 33.g4 a5 34.g5 a4 35.h4 Rb2 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.h5 Rb5 38.f4 h6 39.Ng4 Ba3 40.Nxh6 Be7 41.Rd7 Bxg5 42.Nxf7 Rb2+ 43.Kf3 Bxf4 44.Ne5+ Kh6 45.Kxf4 a3 46.Rd5 Rb4+ 47.Kg3 a2 48.Ra5 a1=Q 49.Rxa1 Kxh5 50.Ra5 Rb1 51.Kf4 Rf1+ 52.Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

Final Position



And it's a draw, with Alexey Sarana deciding Magnus probably knows how to draw R vs. R+N!

Round 2, Oct. 11
Nakamura, Hikaru – Bachmann, Axel
D27 QGA, Classical

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Be2 b6 10.Nfd2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.f3 Nbd7 13.e4 Nc5 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Be3 Na4 16.b3 Nc5 17.Nd2 Rac8 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nb6 Rcd8 20.Rac1 Rfe8 21.Nxb5 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Nd3 23.Rc7 Bxe4 24.fxe4 axb5 25.Be2 Bd8 26.Rc8 Bxb6 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.Bxb6 Nc1 29.Bxb5 Nd6 30.Bc6 Nxa2 31.Bc5 1-0

Final Position



Nice bishops, Hikaru!

Round 2, Oct. 11
Svidler, Peter – Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.c3 Ba7 7.a4 d6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Nf1 c6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Bb3 d5 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Bxa7 Rxa7 17.d4 exd4 18.Qxd4 c5 19.Qd2 dxe4 20.Ng5 Rf8 21.N3xe4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 b6 23.Rad1 Bb7 24.Nd6 Bc6 25.Qg5 Qb8 26.Bxf7+ Raxf7 27.Nxf7 Qf4 28.Qxf4 Nxf4 29.Ng5 Bxg2 30.Ne6 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 11
Sargissian, Gabriel – Hansen, Eric
D90 Grunfeld, Three Knights variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.h4 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 O-O 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bxb5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxb5 13.h5 Qc4 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Rh4 Bg4 16.Nd2 Qxc3 17.Qxg4 Qxa1 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Qxe7 Qxc1+ 20.Ke2 Rxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Qxd2+ 22.Kg1 h5 23.Qf8+ Kh7 24.Re4 Nc6 25.Qxa8 Qxd5 26.Qe8 c4 27.Qe6 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 1-0

Final Position



Round 2, Oct. 11
Anand, Vishy – Baron, Tal
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Be2 a6 12.Na3 a5 13.Bb5 f5 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.O-O-O Nc5 16.f4 Bf6 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 b6 19.Nc4 Rb8 20.Nxa5 bxa5 21.Bxc5 Rf7 22.Kb1 f4 23.d6 Bf5 24.Rd5 Bg6 25.d7 e4 26.Rf1 Bg5 27.Qg4 1-0

Vishy Anand bounced back with a crushing win over Tal Baron on board 62!

Round 2, Oct. 11
Safarli, Eltaj – Rodshtein, Maxim
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Qe1 Be7 9.Bf4 Qd7 10.Ng3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Nh5 12.Nxh5 Bxh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Qe3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 O-O 17.f4 g6 18.Nf3 Rac8 19.Rae1 Qd6 20.Ng5 Kg7 21.Qh3 Rh8 22.Qh6+ Kg8 23.f5 exf5 24.Rxf5 Rf8 25.Ne6 1-0

Safarli-Rodshtein was a lot of fun! (for White)

And a big upset in Iturrizaga – Clarke

Round 2, Oct. 11
Iturrizaga, Eduardo (2629) – Clarke, Brandon (2445)
E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.g4 Nc6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Nb3 Be6 12.Be2 b5 13.c5 Bxb3 14.axb3 dxc5 15.Bxh5 gxh5 16.Bxc5 Qc7 17.Nd5 Qe5 18.Qe2 Qxg5 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Rg1 Qh4 21.Qf3 Kh8 22.Qxf7 Bxb2 23.Ra2 Qxh3+ 24.Ke2 Qxb3 25.Ra3 Qc4+ 26.Rd3 Qxe4+ 27.Re3 Qc4+ 28.Ke1 Rxd5 0-1

Final Position





Round 2, Oct. 11
Kuzubov, Yuriy – Jansa, Vlastimil
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.e5 Ne8 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.O-O-O h6 10.Bh4 Qc8 11.Nd5 g5 12.Bg3 e6 13.Ne3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 dxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.h4 Ng7 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Ng4 Bf4+ 20.Kb1 Re8 21.Nf6+ Kf8 22.Rh8+ Ke7 23.Nd5+ 1-0

Final Position



Ouch!

Round 2, Oct. 11
Xiong, Jeffery – Adhiban, B.
C82 Ruy Lopez, open, Motzko Attack

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 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Kh8 16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Nd4 Bg8 18.Bc2 Ne5 19.b4 Nc4 20.Qe2 a5 21.Qf3 Qb6 22.Qg3 axb4 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.cxb4 d4 25.Ne7 Be6 26.Nc6 Rd6 27.Na5 Bf5 28.Bxf5 Qxf5 29.Nb3 d3 30.Rad1 d2 31.Re7 Rg6 32.Nd4 Qf6 33.Re6 Qxd4 34.Rxg6 Qe4 0-1

- Adhiban is no slouch, when in good shape, look what he did in tata steel 2017...
- Xiong is the Chinese word for bear
- Jeffery just had a bad game
- another good game by Adhiban

[Hans Jung]

Where did Eric go wrong?

[Hans Jung]

Wang Hao played a wonderful game.

[Hans Jung]

Shirov played the French (Mr Fire on Board) and he won easily. French Dynamics.