Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Hans Jung]

Jobava - Zatonskih Jobava has great fun with his knights. Interesting sacrifices.

[Hans Jung]

Parligras - Harika Black in the Kings Indian plays a fine attack on the king.

[Hans Jung]

Adly - Hess Black strikes with the d4 tickler and finishes with queen and two knight tango.

[Hans Jung]

Zhang Zhong - Amin - both the D and E pawn of white will promote. Well done!

[Hans Jung]

Melkumyan - Bu - fine finish

[Hans Jung]

Grischuk - Caruana - great entertainment.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 7 Levon Aronian has marched his King to g7 in a rook and 4 pawns endgame (all on the kingside). Will he win it? Worth a look.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 15, 2019

Round Seven Pairings

Note: Round Seven takes place on Thursday, October 17

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Bd		Name		Rtg		Pts.		Pts.		Name	Rtg
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1		Grischuk Alexander		2759		4½		5		Caruana Fabiano	2812
2		Aronian Levon		2758		4½		5		Wang Hao	2726
3		Alekseenko Kirill		2674		4½		4½		Carlsen Magnus	2876
4		Anton Guijarro David		2674		4½		4½		Vitiugov Nikita	2732
5		Yu Yangyi		2763		4		4½		Maghsoodloo Parham	2664
6		Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2669		4		4		Anand Viswanathan	2765
7		Fedoseev Vladimir		2664		4		4		Karjakin Sergey	2760
8		Shirov Alexei		2664		4		4		Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2748
9		Adhiban B.		2639		4		4		Nakamura Hikaru	2745
10		Jumabayev Rinat		2630		4		4		Gelfand Boris	2686
11		McShane Luke J		2682		4		4		Kovalev Vladislav	2661
12		Artemiev Vladislav		2746		3½		4		Hovhannisyan Robert	2639
13		So Wesley		2767		3½		3½		Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2658
14		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2657		3½		3½		Svidler Peter	2729
15		Melkumyan Hrant		2650		3½		3½		Bu Xiangzhi	2721
16		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		2718		3½		3½		Sarana Alexey	2655
17		Akopian Vladimir		2638		3½		3½		Matlakov Maxim	2716
18		Papaioannou Ioannis		2645		3½		3½		Le Quang Liem	2708
19		Bluebaum Matthias		2643		3½		3½		Xiong Jeffery	2708
20		Zhang Zhong		2636		3½		3½		Amin Bassem	2699
21		Lupulescu Constantin		2643		3½		3½		Howell David W L	2694
22		Grandelius Nils		2691		3½		3½		Lenderman Aleksandr	2648
23		Sadhwani Raunak		2479		3½		3½		Sargissian Gabriel	2690
24		Korobov Anton		2679		3½		3½		Mamedov Rauf	2645
25		Sasikiran Krishnan		2675		3½		3½		Tari Aryan	2630
26		Cheparinov Ivan		2670		3½		3½		Sethuraman S.P.	2624
27		Najer Evgeniy		2635		3½		3½		Leko Peter	2670
28		Robson Ray		2670		3½		3½		Kuzubov Yuriy	2636
29		Abasov Nijat		2632		3½		3½		Saric Ivan	2667
30		Abdusattorov Nodirbek		2608		3½		3½		Eljanov Pavel	2663
31		Dreev Aleksey		2662		3½		3½		Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2613
32		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		2621		3½		3½		Sjugirov Sanan	2662
33		Harikrishna Pentala		2748		3		3½		Puranik Abhimanyu	2571
34		Shankland Sam		2705		3		3		Mareco Sandro	2634
35		Vallejo Pons Francisco		2694		3		3		Alekseev Evgeny	2629
36		Vocaturo Daniele		2620		3		3		Inarkiev Ernesto	2693
37		Kamsky Gata		2685		3		3		Volokitin Andrei	2627
38		Hansen Eric		2611		3		3		Ragger Markus	2684
39		Ponomariov Ruslan		2675		3		3		Van Foreest Jorden	2621
40		Nihal Sarin		2610		3		3		Bacrot Etienne	2671
41		Berkes Ferenc		2667		3		3		L'ami Erwin	2619
42		Erdos Viktor		2604		3		3		Nabaty Tamir	2658
43		Demchenko Anton		2655		3		3		Narayanan.S.L	2611
44		Lu Shanglei		2602		3		3		Oparin Grigoriy	2654
45		Sevian Samuel		2654		3		3		Safarli Eltaj	2593
46		Keymer Vincent		2506		3		3		Motylev Alexander	2651
47		Riazantsev Alexander		2645		3		3		Bjerre Jonas Buhl	2506
48		Saduakassova Dinara		2481		3		3		Chigaev Maksim	2644
49		Zvjaginsev Vadim		2644		3		3		Paravyan David	2602
50		Erenberg Ariel		2463		3		3		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2638
51		Moiseenko Alexander		2635		3		3		Baron Tal	2531
52		Efimenko Zahar		2604		2½		2½		Jones Gawain C B	2688
53		Rodshtein Maxim		2684		2½		2½		Yilmaz Mustafa	2595
54		Piorun Kacper		2643		2½		2½		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	2552
55		Adly Ahmed		2636		2½		2½		Hess Robert	2581
56		Bachmann Axel		2629		2½		2½		Gukesh D	2520
57		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		2629		2½		2½		Harika Dronavalli	2495
58		Akobian Varuzhan		2625		2½		2½		Stefanova Antoaneta	2479
59		Esipenko Andrey		2624		2½		2½		Ushenina Anna	2431
60		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		2558		2½		2½		Huschenbeth Niclas	2624
61		Vovk Andriy		2618		2½		2½		Lei Tingjie	2469
62		Jobava Baadur		2617		2½		2½		Zatonskih Anna	2422
63		Dubov Daniil		2699		2		2½		Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2421
64		Arkell Keith C		2447		2		2		Movsesian Sergei	2654
65		Sebag Marie		2445		2		2		Durarbayli Vasif	2617
66		Boruchovsky Avital		2533		2		2		Gavrilescu David	2451
67		Henderson De La Fuente Lance		2494		2		2		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina	2428
68		Danielian Elina		2385		2		2		Prithu Gupta	2493
69		Kashlinskaya Alina		2481		2		2		Kolbus Dietmar	2300
70		Clarke Brandon G I		2445		2		2		Movsziszian Karen	2475
71		Soumya Swaminathan		2365		2		2		Cramling Pia	2462
72		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		2629		1½		2		Batsiashvili Nino	2422
73		Bulmaga Irina		2442		1½		1½		Solomon Kenny	2382
74		Houska Jovanka		2430		1½		1½		Allen Keith	2161
75		Dahl Baard		2067		1		1		Jansa Vlastimil	2452
76		Atalik Ekaterina		2464		1		½		Nebolsina Vera	2252
77		Wu Li		2332		½				bye
78		Paehtz Elisabeth		2489		1½				not paired
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[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 15, 2019

Round Six

Late Games

Round 6, Oct. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Fedoseev, Vladimir
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Bf4 Nge7 9.Bd6 O-O 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Qa4 Ra7 12.Bd3 b5 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 a5 16.h4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.b4 Na7 19.Qc5 Nac8 20.Bc7 Qe8 21.b5 d6 22.Qc4 d5 23.Qc5 dxe4 24.Nxe4 d3 25.Ra3 Re6 26.Nfg5 Nf5 27.Nxe6 Qxe6 28.Ra4 Re8 29.b6 Qd7 30.Qxa5 Nxb6 31.Bxb6 Qc6 32.f3 d2 33.Bf2 Bh6 34.Ra3 Qc2 35.Qd5 Qc1 36.Ra7 Rf8 37.Ra1 Ne3 38.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 39.Kh1 Qc7 40.Qd3 Bh6 41.Qd4 Rd8 42.Nf6+ Kh8 43.Nd5+ Kg8 44.Ra8 1-0

Fabiano Caruana defeats Vladimir Fedoseev on board 1 and grabs the sole lead with 5/6!

Round 6, Oct. 15
Wang, Hao – McShane, Luke
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd3 a5 11.Nd2 e5 12.Rfd1 Qb8 13.Rac1 Qa7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.h3 Rfd8 16.Ne3 h6 17.b3 Qb8 18.f4 b5 19.cxb5 Ne7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Qd6 Bxb5 23.Qxb8 Rxb8 24.fxe5 Nd7 25.e6 fxe6 26.Nd4 Ne5 27.Nxe6 Rc8 28.Nd5 N7g6 29.Nd4 Be8 30.Bf1 Bf7 31.Kf2 Rc5 32.Bg2 Nf8 33.Ke3 Nfd7 34.Ne2 Kf8 35.Rc1 Bxd5 36.Rxc5 Nxc5 37.exd5 Ke7 38.Nd4 Nb7 39.Ke4 Nd7 40.Kd3 Ne5+ 41.Ke4 Nd7 42.Nc6+ Kd6 43.Kd4 Kc7 44.Bf3 Kb6 45.Ne5 Nf6 46.Nc4+ Kc7 47.Ke5 Ne8 48.Ke6 Ned6 49.Nxd6 Nxd6 50.h4 g5 51.h5 Nb5 52.Ke7 Nd6 53.g4 Nb5 54.Be2 Nd6 55.Bd3 Nc8+ 56.Ke6 Nd6 57.Kf6 Kd8 58.Kg6 Ke7 59.Kxh6 Kf6 60.Kh7 Kf7 61.h6 Nc8 62.Bf5 Nd6 63.Be6+ 1-0

Wang Hao joins Caruana at the top.

Round 6, Oct. 15
Carlsen, Magnus – Shirov, Alexei
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 f5 11.Be3 c5 12.Be2 Be6 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.a4 Rad8 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Rfb1 b6 17.Rd1 g5 18.h3 Rd7 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rad1 gxf4 21.Bxf4 d4 22.Qf2 Kh8 23.Kh1 Qc8 24.Kh2 Rg8 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Bc5 28.c3 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Qd7 30.Qd2 Bd5 31.e6 Qxe6 32.Be5+ Rg7 33.Qc3 Bxf3 34.Qxf3 Qe8 35.Qxf5 Kg8 36.Bxg7 Kxg7 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qf4+ Ke7 39.Qe4+ Kf8 40.Qxh7 Qxa4 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kf7 43.h4 1-0

Tarjei Svensen - Carlsen beats Shirov for the 7th time in his career, scores his 3rd win in the tournament and has again taken his 2019 performance above 2900. And the World Champion is now on 96 games without a loss, breaking Tal's record of 95!


Round 6, Oct. 15
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Anton, David
D29 QGA, Classical

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.f3 Rac8 16.Bf2 Ne5 17.Rc2 Nh5 18.g3 Nf6 19.Rcd2 h6 20.Kg2 g5 21.h3 Ng6 22.Be3 Rfe8 23.Nc2 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Qxe3 25.Nxe3 h5 26.g4 h4 27.a3 Kf8 28.Ne2 Rc7 29.Nd4 Rec8 30.Kh2 Ke7 31.Kg2 Ne5 32.Rc2 Rxc2+ 33.Bxc2 Nfd7 34.Bd3 Ng6 35.Kf2 Nde5 36.Bf1 Nf4 37.Nb3 Rc7 38.Rd2 Bc8 39.Rd1 Bd7 40.Rd2 Be8 41.Rd1 b4 42.Ra1 bxa3 43.Rxa3 Bb5 44.Ra5 Bxf1 45.Kxf1 Rb7 46.Nd4 Rxb2 47.Nec2 Rb1+ 48.Kf2 Nxh3+ 49.Kg2 Nf4+ 50.Kh2 Kf6 51.Rxa6 Rd1 52.Ra3 Rd2+ 53.Kh1 Ned3 54.Ra1 Rg2 55.Ne3 Nf2# 0-1

Round 6, Oct. 15
Svidler, Peter – Lupulescu, Constantin
C02 French, Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.Bb2 Nge7 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.g4 Nh6 12.Rg1 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nc3 Nf7 15.h4 Ne7 16.Bd3 Bg7 17.Ne2 e5 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Nf4 Rf8 20.g5 d4 21.g6 Bh6 22.gxf7+ Rxf7 23.Nxe5 Rxf4 24.Qe2 Rxh4 25.Bxh7 Bb5 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Nxd3 Rc6 28.Nc5 Rg6 29.Rf1 Qc6 30.Qd3 b6 31.Nb3 Qe6+ 32.Kd1 Rh3 33.Qb5+ Kf8 34.Nxd4 Qe4 35.f3 Qf4 36.Qe2 Rh2 37.Rf2 Rh1+ 38.Kc2 Rxa1 39.Bxa1 Qc1+ 40.Kb3 Qxa1 41.Qe4 Qd1+ 42.Ka2 Rg1 43.Re2 Qa1+ 44.Kb3 Qb1+ 45.Ka4 Qxe4 46.fxe4 Rd1 47.Nb5 Nc6 48.Rh2 Kg7 49.Rc2 Rc1 50.Rxc1 Bxc1 51.Nd6 Kf8 52.Kb5 Nd4+ 53.Kc4 Nc6 54.Kb5 Nd4+ 55.Kc4 Ne6 56.Nc8 a6 57.Nxb6 Bxa3 58.Kb3 Bc1 59.Ka4 Bd2 60.Ka5 Nc5 61.Nd5 Kf7 62.Nc7 Nxe4 63.Nxa6 Ke6 64.Kb5 Kd5 65.Nc7+ Kd4 66.Ne6+ Ke5 67.Nc5 Nd6+ 68.Kc6 Nf5 69.Nd7+ Ke6 70.Nc5+ Ke7 71.Nd3 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 63.Nxa6



Round 6, Oct. 15
Le, Quang Liem – Keymer, Vincent
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be3 Ne5 10.h3 Rc8 11.a4 Be7 12.Nde2 O-O 13.b3 Nc6 14.g4 Nb4 15.a5 Bc6 16.g5 Nd7 17.f4 Nc5 18.Ng3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Rf2 Ne6 23.Bb6 Qd7 24.Qg4 Qc6 25.Re1 Bb4 26.Ree2 Nc5 27.f5 Ne4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 Bc5 30.Bxc5 Qxc5 31.b4 Qc3 32.f6 Rfe8 33.Re7 Rxe7 34.fxe7 Re8 35.Re2 Qc7 36.Kf1 Rxe7 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Qc8+ Qf8 39.Qxb7 h6 40.gxh6 Qd6 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.hxg7 Qf4+ 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kg4 Qe4+ 46.Kg5 Kxg7 47.Qc3+ Kg8 48.Qg3 Kg7 49.c3 Kf8 50.Qd6+ Kg8 51.Qd4 Qf3 52.Kh4 Kh7 53.Qe5 Qf2+ 54.Kg4 Qg2+ 55.Qg3 Qe4+ 56.Qf4 Qg2+ 57.Kh4 Qg6 58.Qf3 Kh6 59.Qf4+ Kh7 60.c4 Qe6 61.c5 Qe1+ 62.Kg4 Qe2+ 63.Qf3 f5+ 64.Kf4 Qc4+ 65.Ke5 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
Howell, David – Akobian, Varuzhan
E09 Catalan, Closed, main line

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qd1 Qc7 14.Nb1 b5 15.Bf1 b4 16.a3 a5 17.axb4 axb4 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Bf4 Nc7 20.Nbd2 Ra8 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.h4 Ba6 23.Bb1 Nb5 24.Nb3 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Rc8 26.Ng5 Nf8 27.Qh5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Nxd4 29.Be3 Be2 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Qxe2 Qb6 32.Qe3 Qb8 33.h5 Nd7 34.Kg2 h6 35.Nd4 Qa7 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
L’Ami, Erwin – Boruchovsky, Avital
D36 QGD, Exchange, Modern line

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bh6 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ne6 15.f4 Nc5 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.f5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Qxf5 c5 21.Qf4 Qg6 22.Nxd5 Bd8 23.h4 Kh8 24.Rf1 Re6 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rg8 27.Nf6 Qxg5 28.Nxg8 Qxf4 29.exf4 Kxg8 30.Rd1 Rb6 31.f5 Kf8 32.b3 Ke7 33.Kf2 c4 34.bxc4 Rb2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.Rh1 Kf8 37.Rxh7 Kg8 38.Rh1 Rc2 39.Rd1 Rc3+ 40.Kf4 f6 41.exf6 a5 42.g4 Rxc4+ 43.Kg5 Rb4 44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Rd7+ Kf8 46.f7 Kg7 47.f6+ Kf8 48.Kf5 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
Van Foreest, Jorden – Kamsky, Gata
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bh6 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ne6 15.f4 Nc5 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.f5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Qxf5 c5 21.Qf4 Qg6 22.Nxd5 Bd8 23.h4 Kh8 24.Rf1 Re6 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rg8 27.Nf6 Qxg5 28.Nxg8 Qxf4 29.exf4 Kxg8 30.Rd1 Rb6 31.f5 Kf8 32.b3 Ke7 33.Kf2 c4 34.bxc4 Rb2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.Rh1 Kf8 37.Rxh7 Kg8 38.Rh1 Rc2 39.Rd1 Rc3+ 40.Kf4 f6 41.exf6 a5 42.g4 Rxc4+ 43.Kg5 Rb4 44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Rd7+ Kf8 46.f7 Kg7 47.f6+ Kf8 48.Kf5 1-0

Position after 70.Kb1

[Hans Jung]

Although I marvel at some of Fabulous Fabi's moves.

[Hans Jung]

Of the leaders I liked the Wang Hao - McShane game the best.

[Hans Jung]

Eric Hansen

[Hans Jung]

Lenderman - Anton Guijarro was all about knight play and ended in a nice mate.

[Hans Jung]

Erwin L'Ami got a beautiful knight outpost on f6 and then enjoyed the resulting rook and pawn endgame.

[Hans Jung]

Vitiugov had a king hunt with a happy finish against Bluebaum