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Nihal Sarin - lovely miniature!
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Eric bounces back with a nice strategical win in rd 5.Comment
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Jeffrey Xiong plays a very nice middlegame and a nice instructional bishop and knight vs rook endgame.Comment
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Enjoyed the Abdusattarov-Saric game.Comment
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Adhiban tortured Howell in a nice finish.Comment
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Luke McShane almost took down Fab Fabi but couldnt finish a beautiful game.Comment
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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 14, 2019
Round Six Pairings
- - Bd Name Rtg Pts. Pts. Name Rtg - - 1 Caruana Fabiano 2812 4 4 Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 2 Maghsoodloo Parham 2664 4 4 Grischuk Alexander 2759 3 Wang Hao 2726 4 4 McShane Luke J 2682 4 Carlsen Magnus 2876 3½ 4 Shirov Alexei 2664 5 Karjakin Sergey 2760 3½ 3½ Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2669 6 Aronian Levon 2758 3½ 3½ Dreev Aleksey 2662 7 Vitiugov Nikita 2732 3½ 3½ Bluebaum Matthias 2643 8 Gelfand Boris 2686 3½ 3½ Adhiban B. 2639 9 Alekseenko Kirill 2674 3½ 3½ Akopian Vladimir 2638 10 Lenderman Aleksandr 2648 3½ 3½ Anton Guijarro David 2674 11 Anand Viswanathan 2765 3 3½ Abdusattorov Nodirbek 2608 12 Sjugirov Sanan 2662 3 3 So Wesley 2767 13 Nabaty Tamir 2658 3 3 Yu Yangyi 2763 14 Kovalev Vladislav 2661 3 3 Harikrishna Pentala 2748 15 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2748 3 3 Demchenko Anton 2655 16 Mamedov Rauf 2645 3 3 Artemiev Vladislav 2746 17 Nakamura Hikaru 2745 3 3 Riazantsev Alexander 2645 18 Svidler Peter 2729 3 3 Lupulescu Constantin 2643 19 Bu Xiangzhi 2721 3 3 Zhang Zhong 2636 20 Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2657 3 3 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2718 21 Matlakov Maxim 2716 3 3 Papaioannou Ioannis 2645 22 Xiong Jeffery 2708 3 3 Najer Evgeniy 2635 23 Sargissian Gabriel 2690 3 3 Abasov Nijat 2632 24 Sarana Alexey 2655 3 3 Korobov Anton 2679 25 Hovhannisyan Robert 2639 3 3 Ponomariov Ruslan 2675 26 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2613 3 3 Sasikiran Krishnan 2675 27 Bacrot Etienne 2671 3 3 Jumabayev Rinat 2630 28 Kuzubov Yuriy 2636 3 3 Cheparinov Ivan 2670 29 Leko Peter 2670 3 3 Sadhwani Raunak 2479 30 Puranik Abhimanyu 2571 3 3 Robson Ray 2670 31 Eljanov Pavel 2663 3 3 Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2621 32 Le Quang Liem 2708 2½ 3 Keymer Vincent 2506 33 Alekseev Evgeny 2629 2½ 2½ Shankland Sam 2705 34 Amin Bassem 2699 2½ 2½ Esipenko Andrey 2624 35 Howell David W L 2694 2½ 2½ Akobian Varuzhan 2625 36 Volokitin Andrei 2627 2½ 2½ Vallejo Pons Francisco 2694 37 Huschenbeth Niclas 2624 2½ 2½ Grandelius Nils 2691 38 Van Foreest Jorden 2621 2½ 2½ Kamsky Gata 2685 39 Ragger Markus 2684 2½ 2½ Vocaturo Daniele 2620 40 Sethuraman S.P. 2624 2½ 2½ Rodshtein Maxim 2684 41 Narayanan.S.L 2611 2½ 2½ Berkes Ferenc 2667 42 Saric Ivan 2667 2½ 2½ Vovk Andriy 2618 43 Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2658 2½ 2½ Jobava Baadur 2617 44 Oparin Grigoriy 2654 2½ 2½ Hansen Eric 2611 45 Paravyan David 2602 2½ 2½ Sevian Samuel 2654 46 Motylev Alexander 2651 2½ 2½ Nihal Sarin 2610 47 Yilmaz Mustafa 2595 2½ 2½ Melkumyan Hrant 2650 48 Chigaev Maksim 2644 2½ 2½ Erdos Viktor 2604 49 Bjerre Jonas Buhl 2506 2½ 2½ Zvjaginsev Vadim 2644 50 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2638 2½ 2½ Lu Shanglei 2602 51 Mareco Sandro 2634 2½ 2½ Safarli Eltaj 2593 52 Tari Aryan 2630 2½ 2½ Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2558 53 Jones Gawain C B 2688 2 2½ Saduakassova Dinara 2481 54 Baron Tal 2531 2 2 Dubov Daniil 2699 55 Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 2 2 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2494 56 Hess Robert 2581 2 2 Piorun Kacper 2643 57 Harika Dronavalli 2495 2 2 Adly Ahmed 2636 58 Prithu Gupta 2493 2 2 Moiseenko Alexander 2635 59 Stefanova Antoaneta 2479 2 2 Bachmann Axel 2629 60 Lei Tingjie 2469 2 2 Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2629 61 L'ami Erwin 2619 2 2 Boruchovsky Avital 2533 62 Durarbayli Vasif 2617 2 2 Erenberg Ariel 2463 63 Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2421 2 2 Efimenko Zahar 2604 64 Movsesian Sergei 2654 1½ 1½ Sebag Marie 2445 65 Ushenina Anna 2431 1½ 1½ Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2629 66 Gonzalez Vidal Yuri 2552 1½ 1½ Bulmaga Irina 2442 67 Gukesh D 2520 1½ 1½ Houska Jovanka 2430 68 Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina 2428 1½ 1½ Kashlinskaya Alina 2481 69 Movsziszian Karen 2475 1½ 1½ Soumya Swaminathan 2365 70 Cramling Pia 2462 1½ 1½ Danielian Elina 2385 71 Batsiashvili Nino 2422 1½ 1½ Arkell Keith C 2447 72 Zatonskih Anna 2422 1½ 1 Atalik Ekaterina 2464 73 Solomon Kenny 2382 1 1 Paehtz Elisabeth 2489 74 Jansa Vlastimil 2452 1 1 Clarke Brandon G I 2445 75 Gavrilescu David 2451 1 1 Dahl Baard 2067 76 Kolbus Dietmar 2300 1 ½ Wu Li 2332 77 Nebolsina Vera 2252 ½ ½ Allen Keith 2161 - Comment
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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 14, 2019
Round Five
Late Games
Peter Doggers - The day after Magnus Carlsen miraculously escaped from a dead-lost position, it was Caruana's turn to do something very similar. Afterward the American grandmaster revealed that he had been close to resigning more than once in the game.
Typically avoiding heavy theory, McShane played the Four Knights. Caruana followed suit with 4...Bd6!? and an original middlegame ensued with heavy pieces and knights for White vs. bishops for Black.
Caruana sacrificed a pawn, but failed to get compensation. Instead it was McShane who got an overwhelming position, and when he won an exchange the win seemed close.
However, like with Kovalev against Carlsen, McShane was handicapped by being low on time. After the trade of queens he needed to make four more moves to reach move 60. The English GM managed to do it, but then probably gave away the win on move 61.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019...-swiss-round-5
Round 5, Oct. 14
McShane, Luke – Caruana, Fabiano
C48, Four Knights, Spanish variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.Kh1 Re8 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ng1 Bf8 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 d5 12.e5 Bg4 13.Qd2 Nh5 14.Rae1 Rb8 15.h3 Nxf4 16.Qxf4 Bh5 17.Nd1 Rb4 18.Qf2 c5 19.b3 Rb6 20.Nf3 Rbe6 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.g4 Bg6 23.Ng2 c4 24.Nf4 cxd3 25.cxd3 Bb4 26.Rd1 R6e7 27.Qxa7 Bh7 28.Qd4 c5 29.Qxd5 Qa7 30.Qc4 Qxa2 31.g5 hxg5 32.Nxg5 Qa8+ 33.Kg1 Qc6 34.d4 Bf5 35.Nd5 Rd7 36.Ne3 Bg6 37.d5 Qc7 38.Ng4 Qd8 39.e6 fxe6 40.Nxe6 Qb8 41.d6 Rxd6 42.Nc7+ Rde6 43.Rd7 Kh8 44.Qf4 Qb6 45.Nxe6 Qxe6 46.Rd6 Qe4 47.Qg5 Kh7 48.Qh4+ Kg8 49.Qg3 Kh7 50.Nf2 Qc2 51.Nd3 Be4 52.Qg5 Qe2 53.Nxb4 cxb4 54.Rd2 Qa6 55.Qh5+ Qh6 56.Qxh6+ Kxh6 57.Re1 Re5 58.Kh2 Rd5 59.Rxd5 Bxd5 60.Re3 g5 61.Kg3 Kg6 62.Kf2 Kf5 63.Rg3 Be6 64.Ke2 Bd5 65.Kd2 Be6 66.Rf3+ Ke5 67.Re3+ Kf6 68.Kc2 Bf5+ 69.Kc1 Be6 70.Kd2 Bd5 71.Kc2 Be6 72.Kb2 Bf5 73.Rg3 Be6 74.Rd3 Ke5 75.Re3+ Kf6 76.Re4 Bxh3 77.Rxb4 g4 78.Re4 g3 79.Kc3 Kf5 80.Re1 Kf4 81.b4 Kf3 82.b5 Kf2 83.Kd2 g2 84.b6 Bc8 85.Re2+ 1/2-1/2
Position after Black’s 76…Bxh3
Round 5, Oct. 14
Wang, Hao – Maghsoodloo, Parham
E08 Catalan, Closed
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 b6 9.Rd1 Bb7 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.e4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Bxc4 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.e5 Ne8 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Be4 g6 18.Qa4 Qb7 19.Bg2 Nb8 20.Nce4 Be2 21.Re1 Qa6 22.Qb3 Qb5 23.Qc3 Qd3 24.Rxe2 Qxe2 25.Nc4 Qh5 26.Ba3 Bxa3 27.Qxa3 f5 28.Qe7 Rc7 29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.Ned2 Qg5 31.Ne3 f4 32.Ne4 Qd8 33.gxf4 Rxf4 34.Rd1 Ng7 35.Qb3 Nd7 36.e6 Nf6 37.Nxf6 Rxf6 38.d5 cxd5 39.Nxd5 Rxe6 40.Nxc7 Qxc7 41.Qg3 Qe7 42.Qb8+ Ne8 43.Kf1 Qa3 44.Qc8 Qxa2 45.Bf3 Kg7 46.Rd7+ Kf8 47.Rxh7 Qa1+ 48.Kg2 Re7 49.Bc6 Rxh7 1/2-1/2
Round 5, Oct. 14
Grischuk, Alexander – Cheparinov, Ivan
B50 Sicilian
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Nc6 8.d3 e5 9.a4 h6 10.Na3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Re8 13.a5 Rb8 14.Qa4 Bf5 15.Nfd2 Bxd3 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Re7 18.Ne3 Nf6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Qxc6 Rc8 21.Qa4 e4 22.Rd1 Rd7 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Nc4 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.a6 Rb8 28.Ra2 Rb3 29.Bxh6 Bd6 30.h4 f6 31.Be3 Kf7 32.Ra5 Rxb2 33.Bxc5 Bxc5 34.Rxc5 Ra2 35.Rc6 Ra3 36.g4 f5 37.g5 f4 38.Rf6+ Kg7 39.Rxf4 e3 40.fxe3 Rxa6 41.Kf2 Rc6 42.Ra4 1-0
Fire on board yet again
Round 5, Oct. 14
Shirov, Alexei – Sargissian, Gabriel
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Nbd2 Nxb3 14.axb3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Qc2 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 c5 18.dxc5 d4 19.Bf4 Bg6 20.Qc1 a5 21.Nf3 Qd5 22.e6 Qxc5 23.Qd2 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Bf6 25.Be5 d3 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.b4 Qd6 29.bxa5 b4 30.a6 Rxa6 31.Rxa6 Qxa6 32.Qxb4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qc1 34.Kg3 Qc2 35.Qd4 Qc7+ 36.Qf4 Qb6 37.b4 Kf8 38.Nd2 Ke7 39.h4 Qb5 40.Qd4 Ke6 41.Kf4 Qh5 42.Nf3 Qh6+ 43.Kg3 Qc1 44.h5 Bf5 45.Qf4 Qc3 46.b5 1-0
Round 5, Oct. 14
Carlsen, Magnus – Ganguly Shekar
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.g4 h6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Qc7 12.h4 Nf8 13.Rg1 Be6 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 N6d7 16.Nd5 Qc6 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.a5 b5 19.O-O-O Rc8 20.Kb1 Nc5 21.Be2 Bd8 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Be7 25.Nxe7 Kxe7 26.Bd6+ Ke8 27.Qc3 Rh7 28.Bg3 b4 29.Qd3 c4 30.Qd6 Qxe4 31.Rd4 Qb7 32.Qb6 Qa8 33.Rgd1 Rh1 34.Be1 Ne5 35.Bxb4 Rxd1+ 36.Rxd1 Qc6 37.Qe3 Qb5 38.Bc3 Rc5 39.b4 Nd3 40.cxd3 Rd5 41.dxc4 1-0
Peter Doggers - The world champ took some risks today. "I am not sure I would recommend this whole 10.a4 business because when you go a2-a4 and g2-g4 there is no good way to castle, and in the Sicilian king safety is very important," he said.
Carlsen said that his opponent played "a little too positionally in the opening." Carlsen got the better chances after throwing in 18.a5 b5, which improved White's king safety and left Black with little counterplay.
It was a "tough fight," said Carlsen. "I think I was always likely to end up ahead there. But yeah, it was another tough game but compared to yesterday it was a walk in the park," he said.
Round 5, Oct. 14
Adhiban, B. – Howell, David
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Be7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Bg5 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Ra7 14.Qxc4 Rb7 15.Qc2 Rb4 16.e3 Bxa4 17.Rxa4 Rxa4 18.Qxa4 Qd7 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Bf1 Nb8 22.Nd2 Kf8 23.Nb3 Be7 24.Ra1 Ke8 25.Ra5 Bb4 26.Ra4 Be7 27.Kg2 Kd7 28.Kf3 h5 29.h4 g6 30.Ra5 Rd8 31.Bc4 Ke8 32.Bxa6 Nxa6 33.Rxa6 Rb8 34.Na5 Bf6 35.Nc4 Rb4 36.Rc6 Kd7 37.Rc5 Bg7 38.Ke2 Ra4 39.Kf3 Rb4 40.Ke4 Rb3 41.Ra5 Rb4 42.Kd3 Rb8 43.Kc3 Bf6 44.b4 Kc6 45.Ra6+ Kb5 46.Ra5+ Kc6 47.Nb2 Be7 48.Nd3 Bd6 49.Kc4 Rg8 50.f4 Rd8 51.e4 Kb6 52.Ra3 Kc6 53.b5+ Kb7 54.Ra6 Rd7 55.Nc1 Rd8 56.Nb3 Re8 57.Na5+ Kb8 58.b6 c6 59.Nxc6+ Kb7 60.Kb5 Rc8 61.Ra7# 1-0
Round 5, Oct. 14
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian – Xiong, Jeffery
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd3 Be6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Ne8 13.Na5 Qc8 14.b4 Bd8 15.Nb3 e4 16.Qxe4 Nef6 17.Qc4 Qxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne5 19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Nxd5 21.Rfe1 Bf6 22.Rac1 Rfc8 23.Na5 b5 24.Nb7 Be7 25.Na5 Kf8 26.Kf1 Bf6 27.Nb7 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Ke7 29.Ke2 Kd7 30.Kf3 Re8 31.Na5 Bd4 32.Nb3 Bb2 33.Rb1 Bf6 34.Rc1 Re6 35.Rc2 Bd8 36.Nd4 Rf6+ 37.Ke4 Ne7 38.Bg5 d5+ 39.Ke3 Rg6 40.Nf3 f6 41.Bf4 Rg4 42.g3 g5 43.Bxg5 Nf5+ 44.Kd2 Rxg5 45.Nxg5 fxg5 46.h3 Bb6 47.Ke1 Nd4 48.Rc1 h5 49.a3 Bc7 50.Rc5 Kd6 51.Rc1 Ne6 52.Kf1 Kd7 53.Re1 Bd6 54.Rc1 Nd4 55.Rc3 h4 56.gxh4 gxh4 57.Kg2 Ne2 58.Rc2 Nf4+ 59.Kf3 Nxd3 60.Kg4 Ne5+ 61.Kxh4 d4 62.Kg5 d3 63.Rc1 Nc4 64.Rb1 d2 0-1
Round 5, Oct. 14
Hansen, Eric – Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina
C92 Ruy Lope, Closed Flohr-Zaitsev System
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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b3 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.a4 c5 17.d5 Nh5 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Bf1 Reb8 20.Qc2 Bg7 21.Ra2 Nf4 22.Rea1 Rf8 23.Bc1 f5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.c4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Bb7 28.Nfd2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bc8 30.Ra8 Ba6 31.Rxf8+ Nxf8 32.Qa4 Kf7 33.Ba3 Bc8 34.Qa8 Bd7 35.Qb7 Qa5 36.Bb2 Kg8 37.Bc3 Qa4 38.Qb3 Qxb3 39.Nxb3 Ba4 40.Nbd2 Bd1 41.Nxd6 Ne2+ 42.Bxe2 Bxe2 43.f3 Nd7 44.Kf2 Bd1 45.N2e4 Bf8 46.Ke3 Bc2 47.Ba5 h5 48.Kd2 Bb3 49.Kd3 Be7 50.Nb7 Ba2 51.Kc3 Kg7 52.Bc7 Bb1 53.Nd2 Ba2 54.Kb2 1-0
Comments
- Nice to see Dreev & Gelfand in the top 10 boards as well. They still got it!
- The #IOMChess Round 6 pairings include the blast from the past Carlsen-Shirov!
- After almost 7 hours and 85 moves Fabiano Caruana survives against Luke McShane!
- A missed chance for Caruana, who while playing on McShane's time trouble overlooked 39...Qxg5!! 40.exd7 Re4! https://
- A great day for world no. 1 @MagnusCarlsen, who scores a smooth win over Ganguly while Luke McShane is on the verge of beating world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana!
- Once upon a time it was a good idea to take kids into the endgame... but not anymore! 15-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov beats a 3rd strong GM (Saric) in #IOMChess to move to 3.5/5
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Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019
October 15, 2019
Round Six
Early Games
Round 6, Oct. 15
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Grischuk, Alexander
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Nxe5 Bxb3 9.axb3 Qd4 10.Ng4 Nxg4 11.Qxg4 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 O-O 13.Ra4 f5 14.exf5 Qxf5 15.Bd2 Bc5 16.Re1 Qxg4+ 17.Rxg4 Rae8 18.Rge4 Rxe4 19.Rxe4 Rf1+ 20.Re1 Rf2 21.Re2 Rf1+ 22.Re1 Rf2 23.Re2 Rf1+ 24.Re1 1/2-1/2
Position after Black’s 11….Qxf2+
Round 6, Oct. 15
Aronian, Levon – Dreev, Aleksey
B40 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg2 Qe7+ 6.Kf1 Nc6 7.d4 Qd8 8.c4 dxc4 9.d5 Nb4 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Nxc4 Bf5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.a3 Nd3 15.f4 O-O 16.f5 c4 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.Kg2 N7e5 20.Nxc4 Rxf3 21.Nxe5 Rf2+ 22.Kg1 Qb6 23.Be3 Qxb2 24.Nxd3 Rg2+ 25.Kf1 Rf8+ 26.Bf4 1-0
Round 6, Oct. 15
Amin, Bassem – Esipenko, Andrey
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 h6 8.Nbd2 a5 9.Nf1 a4 10.Ng3 Ra5 11.d4 Bb6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.a3 Nce7 16.Qd3 Ra8 17.Ba2 Ng6 18.Ne5 Ndf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qf3 Qxd4 21.Rad1 Qxb2 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.Rd8+ Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qxf4+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh7 27.Qg6+ Kg8 28.Nd3 Bxf2+ 29.Kh1 1-0
Round 6, Oct. 15
Jansa, Vlastimil – Clarke, Brandon
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bf1 g5 8.d4 g4 9.hxg4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxg4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 e5 13.Nf3 Rg8 14.Be3 Qf6 15.g3 Be7 16.Bg2 Qg6 17.Nh2 Nf6 18.Qd3 h5 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Nh2 h4 21.Nxg4 Qxg4 22.Bd2 hxg3 23.Qxg3 Qxg3 24.fxg3 Rxg3 25.Re3 Rg6 26.Rf1 Be6 27.Rff3 d5 28.Rc3 Bb4 0-1
Recall that Brandon Clarke beat Iturrizaga in Round Two. He got his place in this tournament because his father is from the Isle of Man. Jansa is a Czech, who was born in 1942. He is here because he is World Senior Champion in the 65+ category.
There was some oohing and awing at the ending of Nakamura’s game
Round 6, Oct. 15
Nakamura, Hikaru – Riazantsev, Alexander
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Ne4 O-O-O 14.g3 Be7 15.Nxf6 Nxf6 16.Qe2 Rhe8 17.Kb1 Nd7 18.Rhe1 Kb8 19.c4 Ka8 20.c5 Qc8 21.Qc4 Nf6 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Qa4 Rd5 24.Nc4 Bd8 25.Bf4 Rxh5 26.Re3 a6 27.Nd6 Qc7 28.Nxb7 Qxb7 29.Rb3 Nd5 30.Rxb7 Kxb7 31.Qb3+ Kc8 32.Qb8+ 1-0
Position after White’s 26.Re3
Round 6, Oct. 15
Ganguly, Surya – Jobava, Baadur
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Bf4 Nge7 7.Nd2 f6 8.Qe2 Bd7 9.Nb3 b6 10.h4 a5 11.Nd2 a4 12.a3 h5 13.O-O-O Kf7 14.Nh3 b5 15.Nf3 Kg8 16.Kb1 Na5 17.Bxb5 Nc4 18.Ka1 Ng6 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Rc8 21.Qd3 Qe8 22.Rhe1 Bb5 23.Qe4 Bc4 24.d5 e5 25.Nd2 Bb5 26.Bg3 Bd7 27.f4 f5 28.Qb1 e4 29.d6 Rh6 30.Ng5 Nh8 31.Ndxe4 fxe4 32.Qa2+ Be6 33.d7 Qxd7 34.Rxd7 Bxa2 35.Kxa2 1-0
Round 6, Oct. 15
Vitiugov, Nikita – Bluebaum, Matthias
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 e5 8.Nf3 exd4 9.Bg5 Qe6+ 10.Be2 Be7 11.Nxd4 Qe4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Qf6 15.Bf3 Qa6 16.Bd5 c6 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Re8 Qxc4 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Qg5 Qxc3 23.Qd8+ Kf7 24.Nf3 h6 25.Ne5+ Ke6 26.Kf1 Kd6 27.Nxd7 Qd3+ 28.Kg1 Nxd7 29.Qxa8 Qd2 30.Rf1 Qxa2 31.Qxb7 Qa4 32.Qb2 Nf6 33.Re1 Qa5 34.Qd4+ Nd5 35.Qe5+ 1-0
Vitiugov, like Grischuk has had his head shaved (practically). He sounds like he has not completely recovered from the World Cup.
Round 6, Oct. 15
Tari, Aryan – Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
C11 French, Steinitz variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be7 8.c3 Qb6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bh3 a5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Be3 b5 13.g4 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ng3 b4 16.Qc2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Bd6 18.g5 Ne8 19.Ne2 cxd4 20.Nfxd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxf4 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Bxd5 Rb8 25.Qe4 Be6 26.Bxe6 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Nd6 28.Qf4 Qd8 29.c4 a4 30.c5 Ne4 31.Nc6 1-0
Round 6, Oct. 15
Inarkiev, Ernesto – Henderson de La Fuente, Lance
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.b3 h6 13.Nge4 Bd7 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Rd3 Nh4 16.Ne2 Bf5 17.N2g3 Be6 18.Nh5 Rg8 19.f3 b6 20.g3 Ng6 21.Kg2 Kb7 22.g4 a5 23.a4 Rae8 24.Re1 Bb4 25.Ree3 Bd5 26.c4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd4 Rxd4 30.Bxd4 Bf8 31.f4 Ne7 32.Kf3 c5 33.Bc3 Kc8 34.Ke4 g6 35.Nf6 Kd8 36.h4 Bg7 37.Nd5 Bf8 38.h5 gxh5 39.gxh5 Nc6 40.Nf6 Ke7 41.Kd5 Nb8 42.Ng8+ Ke8 43.f5 c6+ 44.Ke4 Na6 45.Bd2 Nb4 46.Bxh6 Bxh6 47.Nxh6 Nc2 48.f6 Nd4 49.Nf5 1-0
Round 6, Oct. 15
Gukesh, D. – Houska, Jovanka
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.Na3 Nec6 8.c4 Be4 9.Nb5 Nd7 10.Bg5 Qb8 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Nd2 Bd5 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.exd6 Nxd4 17.Re1+ Kf8 18.Nf3 Qxd6 19.Be7+ Qxe7 20.Rxe7 Kxe7 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Qxd4 Rhc8 23.Re1+ Kf8 24.Qxd5 Nc5 25.b4 Ne6 26.Qxb7 Rcb8 27.Qe4 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Qxh7 Rb4 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Qxg7 1-0
Round 6, Oct. 15
Oparin, Grigoriy – Hansen, Eric
A06 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Bxc4 e6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 a6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Rd1+ Ke8 15.Nd2 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Bc5 17.Rd3 Ke7 18.Rad1 Rhe8 19.g4 h6 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.h4 g5 22.h5 Rec8 23.Kg2 Nd5 24.Kf3 b5 25.e4 Nf4 26.Rd7+ Ke8 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Bc1 Be7 29.Be3 f6 30.Bxf4 gxf4 31.Nd3 e5 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Nxc1 Kd7 34.Nd3 Bd6 35.Ke2 Kc6 36.Kd2 Kb6 37.Kc3 Kc6 38.b4 Kb6 39.Kb3 Kc6 40.a4 Kb6 41.f3 Kc6 42.Nc1 Be7 43.Na2 Bd8 44.Nc3 Be7 45.axb5+ axb5 46.Nd5 Bd8 47.Kc3 Kd6 48.Kd3 Kc6 49.Ke2 Kd6 50.Kf1 Be7 51.Kg2 Kd7 52.Kh3 Ke6 53.Nc7+ Kd7 54.Nd5 Ke6 55.Nc7+ 1/2-1/2
Final Position
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An interesting poll by Fiona
Which player picture would you like to see the most in IOM?
Grischuk 12% (29 votes)
Peter Svidler 10% (24 votes)
Anna Rudolf 9% (22 votes)
Magnus Carlsen 9% (22 votes)
Eric Hansen 8% (19 votes)
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Vitiugov had a king hunt with a happy finish against BluebaumComment
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Erwin L'Ami got a beautiful knight outpost on f6 and then enjoyed the resulting rook and pawn endgame.Comment
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Lenderman - Anton Guijarro was all about knight play and ended in a nice mate.Comment
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Eric HansenComment
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Of the leaders I liked the Wang Hao - McShane game the best.Comment
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Although I marvel at some of Fabulous Fabi's moves.Comment
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