Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Hans Jung]

Im currently enjoying Rakhmanov's king hunt. Exquisite torture. Play to the endgame - why not?

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 19, 2019

Round Nine

Early Games

Two new grandmasters. These postings tell all.

- It was enough for 13-year-old Sadhwani's opponent to turn up for him to earn the grandmaster title today, but it did no harm to beat former European Champion Alexander Motylev as well!

- Congratulations to 14-year-old Vincent Keymer on finally becoming a grandmaster after so many near misses in the past!

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Raunak Sadhwani is India’s 65^th grandmaster.

While I was typing this, Fiona had Jonas Buhl Bjerre in. He passed his GM norm yesterday and so is now the youngest Danish grandmaster (15 years old).

Fiona’s daily question:

Is it strange that @MagnusCarlsen & @FabianoCaruana were allowed to play in this event while they are not playing to qualify for the Candidates’ tournament?

Comments from viewers

- Yes, strange since they could influence who qualify to the candidates. It’s not about whether one think they would do such a thing or not, but about eliminating speculation if any unexpected result should arise in the end.

- Why not, they are entitled to win GBP 70000 like others.

- It's not at all strange. It honors both the players that they accept the invitation and the challenge. And their participation crowns this wonderful tournament. As all players accepting the invitation doing their part in making it happen and making it as big + unique as it is.

- Considering if they come top 2 and the candidates spot going to the player who comes 3rd it doesn’t really matter i guess

- If I wanted to qualify for the candidates, win and become world champion, I might as well start by defeating him and Caruana in IOM!

- I don't think it is strange. This can actually boost the popularity of the event. Having both top 2 players in the world playing in this tournament makes it more competitive and I love watching it

- As much as i am undecided over the question.
I would still like to ask this :

Would each one of us who is supporting C&C's participation be okay if C&C intentionally lose to a 2500 player in the final round , giving that player a seat over let’s say Aronian or Hikaru ?

- The tournament shouldn't be reduced to the function of qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. It's a great tournament in its own right, with prizes, rating adjustments, fun, and more. Qualification isn't relevant for C&C, but the rest is -- why not let them play?


Round 9, Oct. 19
Aronian, Levon – Anton, David
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Nf1 Qa7 12.d4 exd4 13.Bxc6 dxc3 14.Ba4 Bxf2+ 15.Kh2 Bxe1 16.Qxe1 d5 17.Be3 c5 18.e5 Ne4 19.bxc3 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Bc2 Qb8+ 22.Kh1 Bxh3 23.N3d2 Bf5 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Bxc5 Qe5 27.Bd4 Qh5+ 28.Kg1 Rf4 29.Qd1 Qxd1 30.Rxd1 b5 31.a3 Rc8 32.Ne3 Rf7 33.Rb1 Rb7 34.Kf2 Kh7 35.Nc2 Rc6 36.Rh1 Rf7+ 37.Kg1 Rfc7 38.Rh3 g5 39.Re3 Re7 40.Re1 Kg6 41.Rb1 Rb7 42.Kf2 h5 43.Ke3 Rbc7 44.Kxe4 Rxc3 45.Bxc3 Rxc3 46.Ne3 Rxa3 47.Rxb5 h4 48.Rb8 Ra4+ 49.Ke5 Rb4 50.Rg8+ Kh5 51.Rd8 a4 52.Kf6 Rb6+ 53.Kf5 Rb5+ 54.Nd5 Kh6 55.Kg4 a3 56.Rd6+ Kg7 57.Nc7 Ra5 58.Ne6+ Kf6 59.Nxg5+ Ke5 60.Nf7+ Ke4 61.Rd1 Ra4 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Caruana, Fabiano
A28 English, Four Knights, Nimzowitsch variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qf3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Ba5 10.Bf4 O-O 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Kb2 Rb8 13.Bd3 b5 14.cxb5 Bb7 15.Qh3 g6 16.Qe3 Rfe8 17.Rhe1 Bc6 18.a4 a6 19.Bg5 Bxc3+ 20.Kxc3 Qa3+ 21.Kd2 Qb4+ 22.Ke2 Qg4+ 23.Kd2 Qb4+ 24.Ke2 Qg4+ 25.Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Kovalev, Vladislav – Nakamura, Hikaru
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5 9.e5 Nf7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Nc3 c5 13.dxc5 e6 14.Be3 g5 15.Nh2 Bxe5 16.Bd4 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Qc7+ 18.Kg1 e5 19.Be3 f4 20.Bc1 Qxc5 21.Qxd7 Rab8 22.Qg4 Rfd8 23.h4 Rd3 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rbd8 26.Re1 Qd4 27.a4 Rd1 28.Qe2 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Qd1 30.Kf1 Qc2 31.Bxf4 gxf4 0-1

Final position



Round 9, Oct. 19
Grischuk, Alexander – Shirov, Alexei
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Rc8 16.O-O Qd8 17.Rf3 Rc4 18.Ne2 Qc8 19.Rb2 Bc5 20.h3 O-O 21.Kh2 f6 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Rg3+ Kh8 25.Nd4 Rg8 26.Rbb3 Rxg3 27.Rxg3 Qf8 28.Qe3 Rc4 29.Nxe6 Qe7 30.Ng5 Qe8 31.Qb6 Rc6 32.Qd4 Qe7 33.c3 Be8 34.Nf3 Bf7 35.Qd2 Rb6 36.Nd4 Bg6 37.f5 Bf7 38.Qf4 Bg8 39.Re3 Qd6 40.Qxd6 Rxd6 41.Re7 Rd8 42.Rc7 a5 43.a4 Re8 44.Kg3 Re1 45.Rc5 Kg7 46.Kf2 Rc1 47.Ne2 Rc2 48.Ke3 h5 49.h4 Ra2 50.Rxa5 Bh7 51.Rxd5 Rxa4 52.Nf4 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Robson, Ray – Svidler, Peter
B12 Caro-Kann

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 Ng6 8.b4 Be7 9.Bb2 a5 10.b5 a4 11.O-O Nf4 12.c4 Nd7 13.cxd5 Nc5 14.d6 Nfxd3 15.dxe7 Qxe7 16.Bd4 b6 17.Nbd2 Bb7 18.Nc4 O-O 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qd6 Qxd6 21.Nxd6 Bxf3 22.gxf3 f6 23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Ne4 Rxf3 25.Nxc5 bxc5 26.Rfc1 Rc8 27.Rc4 Rb3 28.Rxa4 Rxb5 29.Ra6 Kf7 30.Re1 Rb3 31.Raxe6 Rxa3 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Rb7 Ra6 34.Ree7 Rg6+ 35.Kf1 h6 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Rfc7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Rg5 39.f4 Rf5 40.Kg2 Kh7 41.Kf3 Kg6 42.Ke4 Rh5 43.f5+ Kf6 44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Rxc5 Rxh2 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.f6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

Final position – a draw after 48.Rc1



Round 9, Oct. 19
Vidit, Gujrathi – Tari, Aryan
A32 English, symmetrical variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Qa6 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Rxe6 Kxe6 18.c5+ Kd7 19.Bf1 d3 20.Bxd3 Nd4 21.Bxa6 Nxb3 22.Bb5+ Kc8 23.Nxb3 Nd5 24.Re1 a5 25.Be5 Bf6 26.Bd6 a4 27.Nd2 a3 28.bxa3 Rxa3 29.Bf1 b5 30.cxb6 Rxa2 31.Nc4 Bd4 32.Rb1 Rxd6 33.Nxd6+ Kb8 34.Ne4 Nxb6 35.Rd1 Ra4 36.Ng5 h6 37.Ne6 Bf6 38.Rb1 Ka7 39.Rc1 Re4 40.Nxg7 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Abasov, Nijat – Sjurirov, Sanan
D38 QGD, Ragozin, Marshall variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Be7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Qd3 Ba5 17.Bb5 Qb4 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.a3 Qe7 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Ne5 Qxd6 23.Qxd6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxb2 25.h4 Bb7 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Nxf7 Kg6 28.Ne5+ Kf6 29.f4 Kf5 30.Nd3 Rb5 31.Nf2 e5 32.g4+ Ke6 33.f5+ Ke7 34.Rg8 Kf7 35.Rb8 c5 36.Nd3 Kf6 37.Re8 Bd5 38.Nxe5 Rb7 39.e4 Bf7 40.Nd7+ 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Nabaty, Tamir – Paravyan, David
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Ne5 h5 10.f3 Qc7 11.c5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 Ncd7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Nc4 Bxh2 17.Bxh8 Bg3+ 18.Kf1 Rxh8 19.Qd4 Qf4 20.Rd1 exf3 21.Bxf3 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 e5 23.Rd2 e4 24.Bd1 Kc7 25.a4 Rd8 26.a5 b5 27.axb6+ axb6 28.Bc2 Ne3+ 29.Ke2 Nxc2 30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Kd2 e3+ 32.Ke2 Bg4+ 0-1

Late games to follow

[Hans Jung]

Abasov - Sjugirov In the end the black king gets trapped and results in a picturesque pawn checkmate.

[Hans Jung]

Vidit's two piece sacrifice (actually technically a rook sacrifice) leads to very interesting play.

[Hans Jung]

Sadhwani - Motylev Black allows White to keep the knights and they end up having a field day.

[Hans Jung]

Demchenko - L'Ami black knights carry the play with alot of help from White.

[Hans Jung]

Sevian - Baron bishops vs rooks but the passed pawn decides.

[Hans Jung]

When I saw the matchup Shankland - Hess I thought this will be a thriller and it is! Look at the black knights perform.

[Hans Jung]

Anton attacked with vigor but missed the zwischenzug (in between move) tickler 18...cxb2 which would have kept all his pawns together. Now we'll see if Levon can grind the position.

[Hans Jung]

Anton has the pleasure of playing Aronian.

[Hans Jung]

In Nabaty - Paravyan I dont know if White forgot the line but the result is picturesque. First win of the round.

[Hans Jung]

Even tho it was a draw I liked Fabulous Fabi's try against Magnus.

[Hans Jung]

Eric Hansen is in attacking mode!

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 18, 2019

Round Nine Pairings

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Bd		Name		Rtg		Pts.		Pts.		Name		Rtg
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1		Aronian Levon		2758		6		6		Anton Guijarro David		2674
2		Carlsen Magnus		2876		5½		6		Caruana Fabiano		2812
3		Alekseenko Kirill		2674		5½		5½		Anand Viswanathan		2765
4		Maghsoodloo Parham		2664		5½		5½		Karjakin Sergey		2760
5		Kovalev Vladislav		2661		5½		5½		Nakamura Hikaru		2745
6		Vitiugov Nikita		2732		5½		5½		Wang Hao		2726
7		Matlakov Maxim		2716		5		5½		Gelfand Boris		2686
8		McShane Luke J		2682		5		5		So Wesley		2767
9		Yu Yangyi		2763		5		5		Adhiban B.		2639
10		Grischuk Alexander		2759		5		5		Shirov Alexei		2664
11		Robson Ray		2670		5		5		Svidler Peter		2729
12		Le Quang Liem		2708		5		5		Hovhannisyan Robert		2639
13		Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2669		5		5		Xiong Jeffery		2708
14		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2657		5		5		Howell David W L		2694
15		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		2621		5		5		Ragger Markus		2684
16		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		2718		4½		5		Tari Aryan		2630
17		Lupulescu Constantin		2643		4½		4½		Wojtaszek Radoslaw		2748
18		Artemiev Vladislav		2746		4½		4½		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		2638
19		Vallejo Pons Francisco		2694		4½		4½		Lenderman Aleksandr		2648
20		Akopian Vladimir		2638		4½		4½		Inarkiev Ernesto		2693
21		Grandelius Nils		2691		4½		4½		Mamedov Rauf		2645
22		Zhang Zhong		2636		4½		4½		Sargissian Gabriel		2690
23		Korobov Anton		2679		4½		4½		Mareco Sandro		2634
24		Cheparinov Ivan		2670		4½		4½		Deac Bogdan-Daniel		2613
25		Moiseenko Alexander		2635		4½		4½		Leko Peter		2670
26		Fedoseev Vladimir		2664		4½		4½		Sethuraman S.P.		2624
27		Jumabayev Rinat		2630		4½		4½		Eljanov Pavel		2663
28		Dreev Aleksey		2662		4½		4½		Narayanan.S.L		2611
29		Abasov Nijat		2632		4½		4½		Sjugirov Sanan		2662
30		Nabaty Tamir		2658		4½		4½		Paravyan David		2602
31		Sevian Samuel		2654		4½		4½		Baron Tal		2531
32		Melkumyan Hrant		2650		4½		4½		Gukesh D		2520
33		Abdusattorov Nodirbek		2608		4½		4		Bu Xiangzhi		2721
34		Harikrishna Pentala		2748		4		4		Durarbayli Vasif		2617
35		Jobava Baadur		2617		4		4		Amin Bassem		2699
36		Esipenko Andrey		2624		4		4		Jones Gawain C B		2688
37		Kamsky Gata		2685		4		4		Safarli Eltaj		2593
38		Sasikiran Krishnan		2675		4		4		Volokitin Andrei		2627
39		Vocaturo Daniele		2620		4		4		Bacrot Etienne		2671
40		Berkes Ferenc		2667		4		4		Van Foreest Jorden		2621
41		Hansen Eric		2611		4		4		Saric Ivan		2667
42		Vovk Andriy		2618		4		4		Ganguly Surya Shekhar		2658
43		Erdos Viktor		2604		4		4		Sarana Alexey		2655
44		Saduakassova Dinara		2481		4		4		Oparin Grigoriy		2654
45		Sadhwani Raunak		2479		4		4		Motylev Alexander		2651
46		Papaioannou Ioannis		2645		4		4		Yilmaz Mustafa		2595
47		Nihal Sarin		2610		4		4		Chigaev Maksim		2644
48		Bluebaum Matthias		2643		4		4		Puranik Abhimanyu		2571
49		Lu Shanglei		2602		4		4		Kuzubov Yuriy		2636
50		Najer Evgeniy		2635		4		4		Soumya Swaminathan		2365
51		Alekseev Evgeny		2629		4		4		Bjerre Jonas Buhl		2506
52		Shankland Sam		2705		3½		3½		Hess Robert		2581
53		Huschenbeth Niclas		2624		3½		3½		Ponomariov Ruslan		2675
54		Demchenko Anton		2655		3½		3½		L'ami Erwin		2619
55		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		2558		3½		3½		Movsesian Sergei		2654
56		Riazantsev Alexander		2645		3½		3½		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri		2552
57		Zvjaginsev Vadim		2644		3½		3½		Keymer Vincent		2506
58		Piorun Kacper		2643		3½		3½		Kashlinskaya Alina		2481
59		Adly Ahmed		2636		3½		3½		Stefanova Antoaneta		2479
60		Bachmann Axel		2629		3½		3½		Harika Dronavalli		2495
61		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		2629		3½		3½		Munguntuul Batkhuyag		2421
62		Akobian Varuzhan		2625		3½		3½		Ushenina Anna		2431
63		Dubov Daniil		2699		3		3		Movsziszian Karen		2475
64		Danielian Elina		2385		3		3		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		2629
65		Efimenko Zahar		2604		3		3		Lei Tingjie		2469
66		Henderson De La Fuente Lance		2494		3		3		Gavrilescu David		2451
67		Prithu Gupta		2493		3		3		Erenberg Ariel		2463
68		Clarke Brandon G I		2445		3		2½		Houska Jovanka		2430
69		Rodshtein Maxim		2684		2½		2½		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina		2428
70		Boruchovsky Avital		2533		2½		2½		Batsiashvili Nino		2422
71		Atalik Ekaterina		2464		2½		2½		Solomon Kenny		2382
72		Cramling Pia		2462		2½		2½		Zatonskih Anna		2422
73		Arkell Keith C		2447		2½		2½		Kolbus Dietmar		2300
74		Bulmaga Irina		2442		2½		2		Jansa Vlastimil		2452
75		Sebag Marie		2445		2		1½		Wu Li		2332
76		Nebolsina Vera		2252		1½		1½		Dahl Baard		2067
77		Allen Keith		2161		2				bye
78		Paehtz Elisabeth		2489		1½				not paired
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[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 18, 2019

Round Eight

Late Games

Round 8, Oct. 18
Svidler, Peter – Jumabayev, Rinat
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Bd3 b4 10.Na4 c4 11.Be2 c3 12.Qc1 cxb2 13.Qxb2 Qa5 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.c3 Na5 16.Qc2 Rb8 17.O-O Be7 18.Rab1 O-O 19.Bd3 g6 20.g4 Nb6 21.f5 Nac4 22.cxb4 exf5 23.gxf5 Nxa4 24.Bh6 Qc6 25.e6 Bb7 26.Qg2 Kh8 27.Ng5 Qb6 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.exf7 Qxd4+ 30.Rf2 Qxd3 31.Re1 Ne5 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Rxe5 Qxh6 34.Rxe7 Bc6 35.Re6 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Matlakov, Maxim – Najer, Evgeniy
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qd3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.g4 Bb7 9.g5 Nh5 10.Bh3 c5 11.Bg4 g6 12.Bxh5 gxh5 13.Ne4 c4 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.O-O-O Qd5 17.Nc3 Qf5 18.d5 Nb4 19.Nd4 Qg6 20.f4 Rg8 21.f5 exf5 22.Rhf1 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Nxf5 Qe6 25.Nxe7 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Xiong, Jeffery – Papaloannou, Ioannis
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Qe7 8.O-O e5 9.b4 e4 10.Ne1 d5 11.b5 Rd8 12.a4 Bg4 13.Ba3 Qe6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bc4 Nd7 16.Nc2 N7f6 17.Rfc1 Qf5 18.Nb4 Qg5 19.Kh1 Qh6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qc2 Qe6 22.Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Qxc7 b6 24.h3 Be6 25.Qg3 Rdc8 26.Bd6 f6 27.Bc7 Bd7 28.Rab1 Re8 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.Bxd6 Be6 31.a5 Rec8 32.axb6 axb6 33.Rc6 Ra2 34.Bg3 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Ragger, Markus – Sadhwani, Raunak
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Be6 7.b3 Nd7 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Qe2 Bf5 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.O-O-O Qe4 12.d3 Qxe2 13.Bxe2 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.g4 hxg3 17.fxg3 g6 18.g4 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Be6 20.h4 Bg7 21.Rde1 Bd5 22.g5 Nh5 23.Bg4 Rd8 24.Rhf1 Rg8 25.Ba3 Bf8 26.c4 Be6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rf3 Rd4 29.Ref1 Rxh4 30.Rxf8+ 1-0

The last game to finish

Round 8, Oct. 18
Sethuraman, S.P. – Korobov, Anton
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 g5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Nce2 Be7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Nxf4 O-O-O 16.Kb1 Rdg8 17.Nd3 Be8 18.Rhf1 Nfd7 19.Nf4 Kb8 20.Qe2 Rh7 21.Nh5 Rg6 22.Rfe1 Bh4 23.Rf1 Be7 24.Qf2 Nf6 25.Nf4 Rg8 26.Qe2 h5 27.gxh5 Rgh8 28.Qe1 Nxh5 29.Nd3 Rg8 30.Qf2 Rhg7 31.Rg1 Nxd3 32.cxd3 Nf4 33.Qxf4 Rxg2 34.Rxg2 Rxg2 35.Qf3 Rg8 36.Ne2 Qc5 37.Bd4 Qb5 38.Rg1 Rxg1+ 39.Bxg1 f5 40.exf5 Bc6 41.Qg3 Qxf5 42.Nd4 Qf1+ 43.Kc2 Bd7 44.Qg7 Qf6 45.Qxf6 Bxf6 46.Nf3 e5 47.h4 Bg4 48.Nh2 Bh5 49.Bf2 Kc7 50.Nf1 d5 51.Nd2 Kd6 52.Kc3 Be2 53.b4 Ke6 54.Nb3 d4+ 55.Kc2 Bf3 56.Nc5+ Kf5 57.a4 Be7 58.Bg3 a5 59.Be1 axb4 60.Bxb4 Bxh4 61.a5 Bc6 62.a6 bxa6 63.Nxa6 Kf4 64.Bd6 Bf6 65.Kd2 Kf3 66.Nc5 Bg5+ 67.Kc2 Bf4 68.Bb8 Kg4 69.Bc7 Kf5 70.Bd6 Bg5 71.Kd1 Bd8 72.Ke2 Ba5 73.Nb3 Bc3 74.Nc5 Bb5 75.Ne4 Ba5 76.Nc5 Be8 77.Kd1 Bh5+ 78.Kc2 Bf3 79.Nb3 Bd8 80.Nc5 Bg5 81.Bf8 Bf4 82.Bd6 Kg4 83.Ne6 Bg3 84.Nc5 Bc6 85.Kd2 Kf3 86.Bb8 Bf4+ 87.Kc2 Ke2 88.Bd6 Bg3 89.Bc7 Bf3 90.Nb3 Ke3 91.Nc5 Bg4 92.Bd6 Ke2 93.Nb3 Kf2 94.Bc7 Be2 95.Nc5 Ke3 96.Bd6 Bh2 97.Bc7 Kf2 98.Ne4+ Ke1 99.Ba5+ Kf1 100.Bc7 Bf3 101.Nc5 Bg4 102.Nb3 Kg2 103.Bd6 Bf5 104.Nc5 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 99.Ba5+



Round 8, Oct. 18
Hess, Robert – Nabaty, Tamir
A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.d4 c6 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.O-O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 a5 12.g4 g6 13.g5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bxb5 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Rd3 a4 18.Kb1 axb3 19.axb3 Rfa8 20.Rc3 Nb6 21.Rc1 Qa7 22.Qd3 Ra2 23.Rc5 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Nc4 25.bxc4 Rxb2+ 26.Kxb2 Qa2+ 27.Kc3 d4+ 28.Kxd4 Rd8+ 29.Ke4 Qa8+ 0-1

Round 8, Oct. 18
Gonzalez, Yuri – Sevian, Samuel
C03 French, Tarrasch

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O g5 9.dxc5 Ndxe5 10.Bb5 Ng6 11.c4 O-O 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Nb3 g4 14.Nfd2 Nce5 15.Re1 a6 16.Bf1 a5 17.a4 Rd8 18.Qc2 Nd3 19.Bxd3 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Ra3 e5 22.Nc4 Be6 23.Nbxa5 Rxa3 24.bxa3 Bxc5 25.Nxb7 Bd4 26.Ncd6 Bd5 27.Be3 Rxa4 28.Nc5 Rxa3 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.h3 gxh3 31.Nf5 h5 32.Nd7 Ra6 33.g3 d3 34.f4 Kh8 35.Kh2 Ra2+ 0-1

Round 8, Oct. 18
Baron, Tal – Riazantsev, Alexander
B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 Rb8 9.Bd3 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nce7 13.Ne3 f5 14.c4 Nf6 15.f4 O-O 16.Kh1 Nd7 17.Rb1 Kh8 18.b3 Ng8 19.Bb2 Ngf6 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Nc2 Nfg4 22.Be2 Qh4 23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.h3 f4 27.Rbe1 Nh6 28.Kg1 b5 29.cxb5 Rxb5 30.Qe4 Qf6 31.g4 Qc3 32.Rf3 Qc5+ 33.Nd4 Rb4 34.Rd1 g5 35.a3 Rb5 36.Re1 Nf7 37.b4 Qa7 38.Kf1 Ne5 39.Rc3 f3 40.Ne6 Rb7 41.Nxf8 Kxf8 42.Qf5+ 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Gukesh, D. – Svjaginsev, Vadim
B07 Pirc Defence

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Nc6 5.Qd2 Ng4 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bh4 Bh6 8.f4 f5 9.h3 Nf6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Qf2 Nf7 12.exf5 c6 13.fxg6 hxg6 14.Bxf6 exf6 15.Bd3 Qb6 16.Nge2 Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 f5 18.g4 Bd7 19.g5 Bg7 20.h4 O-O-O 21.h5 gxh5 22.Ng3 Rdf8 23.Rxh5 Bd4+ 24.Kg2 Rxh5 25.Nxh5 Nh8 26.Ne2 Bb6 27.Nf6 Ng6 28.Rh1 Ne7 29.Rh7 Kd8 30.Nxd7 Kxd7 31.Ng3 Kd8 32.dxc6 bxc6 33.Kf3 d5 34.Rh6 Bc7 35.Rh7 d4 36.Rxe7 Kxe7 37.Nxf5+ Ke8 38.Kg4 c5 39.Bc4 Bd8 40.Bd5 a5 41.b3 Bc7 42.Bc4 Bd8 43.Nh4 Rh8 44.f5 Kd7 45.f6 Kd6 46.Nf5+ Ke5 47.f7 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Mareco, Sandro – Keymer, Vincent
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.Be3 Be7 9.g5 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.h4 Nc6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.f3 Rb8 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Rh3 b4 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.h5 Bc8 19.Qh2 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Bc1 Bd7 22.f4 Rfc8 23.g6 Nxe4 24.gxf7+ Kf8 25.Rdd3 Nxc3+ 26.Rxc3 Qxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.h6 g6 29.f5 Rf3 30.fxg6 Rxf1 31.Qh5 Bf6 32.g7+ Ke7 33.c3 Rg1 34.f8=Q+ Rxf8 35.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 36.Qh2 Rd1 37.Qc2 Rd5 38.Qxh7 Bb5 39.Qc7 Bd3+ 40.Ka2 Be7 41.b3 Re5 42.Bf4 Rd5 43.c4 Rc5 44.Qb6 e5 45.Bg5 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Movsesian, Sergei – Boruchovsky, Avital
C44 Konstantinopolsky Opening

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Nbc3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Nf4 f5 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.h4 Ne5 16.Rxe4 Bxb5 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Re1 Bc6 19.h5 h6 20.Bxh6 Qf7 21.hxg6 Nxg6 22.Qd2 Bxb2 23.Rab1 Be5 24.Qg5 Bg7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Nxc7 Qxa2 27.Rc1 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Wu, Li – Bulmaga, Irina
E18 Queen’s Indian, old main line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 c5 9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 d6 12.e4 Bf6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.f4 Ba6 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Qa4 Bd3 17.Nb5 c4 18.Nxd6 b5 19.Qa6 Bxb2 20.Nxe8 Qxe8 21.e5 Nc5 22.Qa5 Ne4 23.Rac1 a6 24.Bf1 Bxc1 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Rxe4 Qd7 27.d6 Qc6 28.Qc7 Qxe4 29.d7 Ba3 30.d8=Q+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Bf8 32.e6 Qxf3 33.exf7+ Kxf7 34.Qd7+ Kg8 35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Qe8 Qd1+ 0-1

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Peter Doggers - By the time the 18th move had been reached, the chief arbiter Alex Holowczak decided to end this little comedy and move one of the games, Shirov-Yu, to the other playing hall. From that moment the games immediately deviated, with White doing well in both but eventually only Karjakin won, while Shirov drew.

Holowczak made an appearance on Chess.com's live broadcast, and he made it clear that he did not suspect anyone of wrongdoing.

"In particular I saw Yu Yangyi sort of look quite nervous when he [looked] over to Dreev, who made a move maybe a minute or so before," said Holowczak. "So I thought in the interest of everybody feeling comfortable with the game it was better to just move it to the second hall so that nobody can accuse anyone of anything."

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In terms of standings, the more important story was Anton's upset victory over Grischuk. Not only was Grischuk the favorite in this game, but the way he lost was surprising as well.

The win was largely based on preparation, as Anton revealed afterward.

Anton: "My trainer [IM David Martinez –PD] had been analyzing it during the night. I checked it in the morning for one hour more."

When Grischuk deviated from his preparation, Anton spent a full hour on his 15th move, and on the next move he sacrificed a piece after just 19 seconds. Soon White was completely winning. Impressive stuff by the 24-year-old Spaniard.

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