Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Wayne Komer]

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)

[Wayne Komer]

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

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 14, 2019

Round Six Pairings

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Bd		Name		Rtg	Pts.		Pts.		Name	Rtg
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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
		-

[Hans Jung]

Luke McShane almost took down Fab Fabi but couldnt finish a beautiful game.

[Hans Jung]

Adhiban tortured Howell in a nice finish.

[Hans Jung]

Enjoyed the Abdusattarov-Saric game.

[Hans Jung]

Jeffrey Xiong plays a very nice middlegame and a nice instructional bishop and knight vs rook endgame.

[Hans Jung]

Eric bounces back with a nice strategical win in rd 5.

[Hans Jung]

Nihal Sarin - lovely miniature!

[Hans Jung]

Will Magnus bounce back and win the tournament? Well he started right with a win in rd 5. Who would bet against him?

[Hans Jung]

No more perfect scores

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 14, 2019

Round Five

Early Games

Bits and Pieces

Fiona Steil-Antoni gives a quiz/poll each day.

Yesterday she asked:

Would you try the “Swiss Gambit” (losing or drawing in early rounds to avoid the strongest opposition)?

The results


15% Yes
50% No
10% Maybe
24% Isn’t it unethical

Based on 893 votes

This position with quadrupled pawns from Round 4, Paravyan – Dreev after 20.cxd3



Dreev won

The Dress Code again

Olimpiu Urcan - 19-year-old Iranian Parham Maghsoodloo does not need his lucky Adidas sleeveless jacket - a clothing item apparently not allowed by FIDE's dress code - to play well. He's currently one of the leaders in the Isle of Man event with 3½ out of 4.

Tarjei Svensen - NTB reports that Vienna, St. Petersburg and Monte Carlo have expressed interest in hosting the 2020 WC match. FIDE's decision will be announced November 1st.

Early Games

Round 5, Oct. 14
Papaloannou, Ioannis – Nakamura, Hikaru
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qc2 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd4 9.Nd2 c3 10.bxc3 Qc5 11.Rb1 Bd6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Qh5 14.Bf3 Qg6 15.Be4 Qh5 16.Bf3 Qg6 17.Be4 Qh5 1/2-1/2

With this draw, Nakamura drops out of the Top 25. His live rating is 2730.2

Round 5, Oct. 14
Keymer, Vincent – Leko, Peter
D14 QGD Slav, Exchange, Wuss Attack

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfc1 Rfc8 13.Ne2 h6 14.Nf4 Ne7 15.h3 Rxc1+ 16.Rxc1 Rc8 17.Rxc8+ Nxc8 18.Qc2 Qd8 19.Nd3 Nd6 20.Nd2 Qc8 21.Qxc8+ Nxc8 22.f3 Nd6 23.Kf2 g5 24.g4 Kg7 25.Ne5 Ng8 26.Ke2 Ne7 27.b3 f6 28.Nd3 Nc6 29.Nb1 Kf7 30.Nc3 b6 31.Kd2 Ke7 32.a4 a5 33.Ne2 Kf7 34.Ng3 Ke7 35.Nh5 Kf7 36.Ng3 Ke7 37.Nh5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

No big surprise as student and coach Keymer and Leko didn't go all-out to spoil each other's tournaments!

Round 5, Oct. 14
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Saric, Ivan
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.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfc1 h6 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nc5 17.Ra3 Nxb3 18.Rxb3 Nd7 19.Rc3 Qb8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Bd3 Rc7 22.b4 Qd8 23.g3 Qf8 24.c4 f5 25.Kg2 Kh8 26.h4 Rc8 27.Qc2 f4 28.Bf5 fxe3 29.Bxd7 Rb8 30.Qg6 e4 31.Qxe4 b6 32.axb6 Rxb6 33.b5 axb5 34.cxb5 Rb8 35.Qxe3 Bd8 36.Rc4 Bb6 37.Qe6 Bc5 38.Rf4 Qg8 39.h5 Rf8 40.Rxf8 Qxf8 41.f4 Qa8 42.Qf7 Qg8 43.Be6 Qxf7 44.Bxf7 g6 45.hxg6 Kg7 46.g4 Kf6 47.Kf3 Bb6 48.Ke4 Bc5 49.g5+ hxg5 50.fxg5+ Ke7 51.Be6 Kf8 52.Bc8 1-0

Ivan Saric’s opponents so far in this tournament have been:

Henderson Born 2003
Keymer Born 2004
Gukesh Born 2006
Sadhwani Born 2005
Abdusattorov Born 2004

Ivan is a Croatian born in 1990

Round 5, Oct. 14
So, Wesley – Bjerre, Jona
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.O-O e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bc5 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nb3 Qd6 17.Qd3 Bg4 18.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bb4 20.Rc1 Qa6 21.Qe4 Be6 22.Nxd4 Rb8 23.c5 Bd2 24.Rd1 Bh6 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.a3 Rf8 27.Rd6 Qb5 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Qe7 Rg8 30.Rd8 1-0

Round 5, Oct. 14
Nabaty, Tamir – L’Ami, Erwin
B24 Bishop’s Opening, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.f4 O-O 7.f5 gxf5 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Qf3 c6 10.Nge2 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bg7 15.O-O Be6 16.c4 Kh8 17.Ng3 f4 18.Nh5 Qg5 19.Nxg7 Kxg7 20.d4 Bg4 21.Qc3 Be2 22.Rf2 f3 23.dxe5 Rae8 24.e6+ f6 25.e7 Rf7 26.Re1 b5 27.b3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Qg4 29.Nxf6 Rxf6 30.Rexe2 1-0

Round 5, Oct. 14
Nihal Sarin – Zatonskih, Anna
D53 QGD

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 b6 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.h4 c5 13.g4 cxd4 14.exd4 Be7 15.g5 h5 16.Bh3 g6 17.Rhe1 Re8 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.Nb5 Bd8 21.Nxf7 Qxe1 22.Qxg6+ Kf8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Qh8+ Kxf7 25.Nd6+ 1-0

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

Round 5, Oct. 14
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 d6 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 b4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Be3 exd5 11.cxd5 a5 12.a3 bxa3 13.Rxa3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.Bd2 Rxb2 16.Bxa5 Qe7 17.Bc3 Rb7 18.Ng3 Ne5 19.Be2 h5 20.h4 Bd7 21.Kf2 Rfb8 22.Qd2 Rb3 23.Rha1 Nh7 24.Rxb3 Rxb3 25.Qc2 c4 26.Bxc4 Rb8 27.Be2 Rc8 28.Qb2 Qf6 29.Bxe5 dxe5 30.Rh1 Nf8 31.Nxh5 Qh6 32.g4 Ng6 33.Ra1 Nf4 34.Ra6 f6 35.Ra7 Nh3+ 36.Kg2 Qe3 37.Ra1 Nf4+ 38.Nxf4 exf4 39.Ra3 Qc5 40.Rb3 Kh7 41.Bd3 Ba4 42.e5+ Kh6 43.Rb8 Bd1 44.Rxc8 Bxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Qe3+ 46.Kg2 Qg3+ 47.Kf1 1-0

Round 5, Oct. 14
Jobava, Baadur – Houska, Jovanka
D35 QGD, Harrwitz Attack

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 Qh4 10.g3 Qh5 11.Bg2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Bf3 14.g4 Qh4 15.O-O Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Na6 17.Nd4 Qf6 18.c6 bxc6 19.c4 Rac8 20.Qe2 c5 21.Nb5 d4 22.a3 Rcd8 23.Rfd1 g5 24.Bh2 d3 25.Qf3 Qg6 26.Qf5 d2 27.Rc2 Rd3 28.Bg1 Rfd8 29.Qxg6+ hxg6 30.f3 Nf6 31.e4 Ne8 32.Nc3 Nec7 33.Nd5 Ne6 34.Rcxd2 Nf4+ 35.Kg3 Ne2+ 36.Kh2 Rxd2 37.Rxd2 Nxg1 38.Ne7+ Kg7 39.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 40.Kg3 Ne5 41.Rg8+ Kh7 42.Ra8 Nxc4 43.Rxa7 Nb8 44.Rb7 Na6 45.Nc6 1-0

Round 5, Oct. 14
Mamedov, Rauf – Svidler, Peter
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 Bd7 11.Bd2 Ndb4 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Qe8 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.a3 Nc6 18.d5 exd5 19.Qxe7 Bxe7 20.Nxd5 Rfd8 21.Nxe7+ Nxe7 22.Ne5 Be8 23.f3 Kf8 24.Kf2 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Ke3 Re8+ 27.Kf2 Red8 28.Ke3 Re8+ 29.Kf2 Red8 30.Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 13, 2019

Round Four Games (continued)

Round 4, Oct. 13
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Kamsky, Gata
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.b3 Na6 11.Ng5 Bc8 12.Bb2 h6 13.Nf3 Be6 14.e3 Nc5 15.Qc2 a5 16.Ne2 Bf7 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Nf4 Nfe4 19.Bd4 Ne6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nd4 Qe5 23.f4 Qe7 24.g4 c5 25.Nb5 Nf6 26.gxf5 Rad8 27.e4 gxf5 28.exf5 Rfe8 29.Qc3 Qe3+ 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Nxd6 b6 33.Bf3 Rd3 34.Nc8 a4 35.bxa4 Ra3 36.Nxb6 Rxa2 37.Rd1 Ra3 38.Bc6 Bh5 39.Re1 Bg4 40.Re7+ Kf8 41.Re5 Ra1+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Rxh2 44.Rxc5 h5 45.a5 Ra2 46.Ba4 Re2+ 47.Kd3 Re7 48.Bc6 Ra7 49.Bh1 Kg7 50.Kc3 h4 51.Nc8 Ra6 52.Rc7+ Kf8 53.Rc6 Rxc6 54.Bxc6 Bxf5 55.Nd6 Bd7 56.Bh1 Ke7 57.a6 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Shirov, Alexander
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bc1 Ngf6 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bc1 O-O 14.Nd2 Ngf6 15.Nc4 Nc5 16.Bf3 b5 17.axb5 Be6 18.Nd2 axb5 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Nxb5 Ncxe4 21.O-O Qb8 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Qe2 d5 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.c4 f5 26.Rd1 Qb7 27.b3 f4 28.Bb2 f3 29.gxf3 Rxf3 30.Bxe5 Bg4 31.Re1 e3 32.Bd4 Bb4 33.fxe3 Bxe1 34.Qxe1 Bh3 0-1

Fire back on board!

Round 4, Oct. 13
Ponomariov, Ruslan – Jobava, Baadur
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 Be7 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.Qe2 O-O 16.Ng6 Ba3 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Rd3 Bxb2 19.Bxb2 fxg6 20.hxg6 Qb5 21.Nh5 a5 22.Ka1 a4 23.Bc1 a3 24.g4 e5 25.g5 Nd5 26.Qf3 Re7 27.Rb3 Qc4 28.gxh6 gxh6 29.Bxa3 c5 30.Ng3 e4 31.Qh5 Qxd4+ 32.Bb2 Qd2 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
Bacrot, Etienne – Hansen, Eric
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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bg5 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Nf4 c5 16.Ng5 Rhd8 17.Nxh5 Ba6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rc1 Rd5 20.Re1 Rd2 21.g4 Nd4 22.Nxg7 Rxc2 23.h4 Bc8 24.h5 Bxg4 25.h6 Kf8 26.Kg2 Bc8 27.Nh5 Bb7+ 28.Kg1 Ne2+ 29.Kf1 Ba6 30.h7 Nf4+ 31.Kg1 Ng6 32.e6 Be2 33.Nf4 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
Leko, Peter – Nihal Sarin
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Bd2 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 Bf8 12.Nc3 Na5 13.Ba2 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Nd5 Nb7 16.c4 c6 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.b4 Qd7 19.a4 bxc4 20.dxc4 Re8 21.Bc3 Qc8 22.Qd3 Nd8 23.Bd2 Ne6 24.Rab1 Be7 25.Kh2 Bd8 26.a5 Rg6 27.Ra1 Rf8 28.Be3 Re8 29.b5 Qb7 30.Reb1 Bc7 31.Nh4 Rf6 32.Nf5 cxb5 33.cxb5 Nd4 34.bxa6 Qa8 35.Rb7 Nxf5 36.exf5 e4 37.Qb5 Re5 38.Qd7 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
Jones, Gawain – Gukesh, D
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 a5 15.Rec1 Rfb8 16.b3 a4 17.Nd2 axb3 18.axb3 Bf8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Ra4 Ra6 21.Rca1 Rba8 22.Nf3 Qb5 23.Qc2 Bf5 24.Qa2 Bd3 25.e6 f6 26.Bd2 Qb7 27.Qa3 Bb5 28.Qb4 Qc8 29.Rxa6 Rxa6 30.Re1 Bd3 31.Nh4 g5 32.Qc3 Be4 33.f3 gxh4 34.fxe4 Qxe6 35.e5 Ra2 36.Qb4 Qf5 37.exf6 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Oct. 13
Movsziszian, Karen – Jumabayev, Rinat
A00 Benko Opening

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 Bd6 4.e4 d4 5.Nd2 h5 6.Ngf3 Bg4 7.c3 c5 8.Qb3 Bc8 9.Nc4 Nc6 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.O-O Nf6 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.h3 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 16.Qa3 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.f5 Bd7 20.Bd2 a5 21.a3 a4 22.Rac1 Ra6 23.Rf2 Rb6 24.Bf1 f6 25.Be1 Be8 26.Rfc2 Bf7 27.Be2 Rb3 28.Rd2 Rb5 29.Bd1 Bb3 30.Bf3 Kf7 31.Rg2 Ke7 32.Kf1 Kd7 33.h4 Bf7 34.Bd1 Bb3 35.Bf3 Ke7 36.Kg1 Bf7 37.Bd1 Bb3 38.Bf3 Rh7 39.Kf1 Kd6 40.Kg1 Kd7 41.Kf1 b6 42.Bd2 Kd6 43.Rf2 Rh8 44.Be1 Rc5 45.Bd2 Rxc1+ 46.Bxc1 Nb8 47.Bd2 Na6 48.Be1 Kd7 49.Rd2 Nc5 50.Be2 Kc6 51.Kg2 Kb7 52.Bf1 Ba2 53.Be2 Bb1 54.Rd1 Bc2 55.Rd2 Bb3 56.Kg1 b5 57.Bf1 Rc8 58.Be2 Rh8 59.Kg2 Kb6 60.Bf1 Na6 61.Be2 b4 62.Bf3 Rc8 63.Bxh5 Rc1 64.Kf2 bxa3 65.bxa3 Ra1 66.Be8 Rxa3 67.Rb2 Nc5 68.Ke2 Ra1 69.Bb4 Rg1 70.Bxc5+ Kxc5 71.Kf2 Rh1 72.Kg2 Rd1 73.Bxa4 Bxa4 74.Rb7 Rxd3 75.Rxg7 Bc6 76.g4 Bxe4+ 77.Kh2 Rd2+ 78.Kg3 d3 79.h5 Rg2+ 80.Kh3 d2 0-1

Round 4, Oct. 13
Ushenina, Anna – Kolbus, Dietmar
D18 QGD Slav, Dutch variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Bd3 7.Bxd3 cxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 Na6 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Qe2 a5 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Nc4 Ra6 16.Rd2 Re8 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.Bf4 Nb6 19.Ne3 Bd6 20.Bg3 Ra8 21.Qh5 Qd7 22.b3 Qd8 23.Ne2 Qd7 24.Ng4 Bxg3 25.hxg3 f6 26.Qc5 Ra6 27.Ne3 Qe7 28.g4 Nd7 29.Qc4 Nb6 30.Qc3 Raa8 31.Ng3 Qf8 32.Nh5 Qe7 33.f3 Qf8 34.Qc5 Nd7 35.Qc3 Nb6 36.Kf2 Qe7 37.Nf4 Qc7 38.g3 Qe7 39.Rh1 Rad8 40.Rh5 Ra8 41.Rd1 Red8 42.Kg2 Re8 43.Ne2 Nd7 44.Rdh1 h6 45.Nc4 b6 46.Nf4 c5 47.d5 exd5 48.Nxd5 Nxd5 49.Rxd5 Reb8 50.Rhd1 Ra7 51.Qd3 Nf8 52.Ne3 Ne6 53.Nf5 Qe8 54.e5 Qf7 55.Qc4 fxe5 56.Rxe5 Nd4 57.Nxd4 Qxc4 58.bxc4 cxd4 59.Rxd4 Rc8 60.Re6 Rac7 61.Ree4 Rc6 62.Kf2 R8c7 63.Ke3 Kf7 64.Kd3 Kf6 65.Rd5 Kf7 66.Red4 Ke7 67.Rf5 Re6 68.Rdd5 Re1 69.Rfe5+ Rxe5 70.Rxe5+ Kd6 71.Rd5+ Kc6 72.g5 hxg5 73.Rxg5 Re7 74.f4 Kd6 75.Kd4 Kc6 76.Rg6+ Kb7 77.g4 Rd7+ 78.Ke5 Rc7 79.Kd5 Rd7+ 80.Rd6 Re7 81.f5 Kc7 82.Rc6+ Kb7 83.Re6 Rd7+ 84.Rd6 Re7 85.g5 Kc7 86.Rc6+ Kb7 87.Kd6 Rf7 88.Ke6 Rxf5 89.Rxb6+ Kxb6 90.Kxf5 Kc5 91.Kg6 Kxc4 92.Kxg7 Kb3 93.g6 Kxa4 94.Kh6 Ka3 95.g7 a4 96.g8=Q Kb2 97.Qg2+ Kb3 98.Qd5+ Kb2 99.Qd4+ Kb3 100.Qa1 1-0

Position after White’s 90.Kxf5

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 13, 2019

Round Four Games

Carlsen had entered the tournament with a streak of 90 undefeated games, and added three more in the Isle of Man. It was 438 days ago that the Norwegian had lost a game for the last time.

The 25-year-old Belarusian grandmaster Kovalev got incredibly close to changing that.

In what was a Moscow variation of the Sicilian (where White checks with the bishop on move three), Carlsen chose a somewhat odd setup with his king's bishop on d8. It was playable, but after a few inaccuracies he allowed his opponent a serious advantage.

White had a stellar knight on e4, a protected passed pawn on d6 and a centralized queen on d5—what more can you wish for? Few had expected the game to take this turn, especially taking into account that Kovalev, the winner of the 2019 Tata Steel Challengers, had played a game of 152 moves the day before!

At some point the engines were giving the Belarusian player an advantage of the equivalent of a full queen, but in practice it wasn't that easy. For starters, Kovalev was in time trouble — he had to make 14 moves in less than two minutes plus a 30-second increment. Secondly, he had to avoid a three-fold move repetition in the process. And thirdly, Carlsen was defending extremely well.

In the end it proved too difficult to convert for Kovalev. What was almost a big sensation became a (very) narrow escape for the world champion.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019...-swiss-round-4

Round 4, Oct. 13
Caruana, Fabiano – Wang, Hao
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxf5 Qxf5 13.Qxb7 Qd7 14.Qxd7 Nxd7 15.c5 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 Ne4 17.Bf4 Rfe8 18.f3 Nef6 19.Nf1 Nf8 20.Be5 Ne6 21.Rad1 a5 22.Ne3 Nd7 23.Bd6 g6 24.Rd3 Ra7 25.Nc2 h5 26.Ra3 Rea8 27.Ra4 Ng7 28.Bf4 Nf5 29.Bd2 Nf8 30.Kh2 Ne6 31.g4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Nh4 33.Kg3 g5 34.Ra3 Ng6 35.Rb3 Ngf4 36.Rb6 Kg7 37.Rh1 Rc7 38.Bc3 Kg6 39.Kf3 Ng7 40.a4 Nfe6 41.b4 axb4 42.Nxb4 Rxa4 43.Nxc6 f6 44.Ke3 Ra3 45.Rc1 Ra8 46.Ra1 1/2-1/2

(Doggers) – Remarkably, Caruana had never managed to beat Wang in eight classical games. He again failed to do so in today’s Clash on board one.

Round 4, Oct. 13
Cheparinov, Ivan – Vitiugov, Nikita
E10 Dzindzikhashvili Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Be5 Nhf6 12.Qb3 g4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Qxb7 Rd8 17.Qc6+ Ke7 18.O-O h5 19.Rae1 Kf6 20.e4 Bd6 21.g3 d4 22.Nd5+ Kg7 23.h4 gxh3 24.f4 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qf6 26.Rf3 Rhg8 27.Qc2 Rde8 28.Ref1 Kf8 29.Qh2 h4 30.Qxh3 hxg3 31.Rxg3 Rh8 32.Qg4 Re3 33.Rff3 Rxf3 34.Qxf3 Bxf4 35.d6 Qxd6 36.Qa8+ Ke7 37.Qxh8 Bxg3 38.Qh7 Qf4 39.Qe4+ Qxe4 40.Bxe4 Kd6 41.Kg2 Bf4 42.Bd3 a5 43.Kf3 Bc1 44.b3 Ke5 45.a4 Bd2 46.Bc4 f5 47.Bd3 f4 48.Ke2 Be3 49.Bc2 Kd5 50.Bd1 Kc5 51.Kd3 Kb4 52.Kc2 Bf2 53.Be2 Be1 54.Bd1 Bc3 55.Be2 Kc5 56.Kd3 Kd5 57.Bf3+ Kc5 58.Kc2 Kb4 59.Be2 c5 60.Bc4 f3 61.Bd5 f2 62.Bc4 Be1 63.Bf1 c4 64.Bxc4 Kc5 65.Kd1 Kd6 66.Ke2 Ke5 67.Kf3 Kf5 68.Bd3+ Kg5 69.Be2 Kf5 70.Bd3+ Ke5 71.Bc4 Kd6 72.Ke2 Kc6 73.Kd1 Kc5 74.Bd3 Kd6 75.Ke2 Kd5 76.b4 axb4 77.a5 b3 78.a6 Kc6 79.Kf1 Kb6 80.Ke2 Bb4 81.Kxf2 Bc5 82.Bc4 b2 83.Bd3 Ka5 84.Ke2 Kb4 85.Kd2 Kb3 86.Bb1 Bb6 87.Kd3 1/2-1/2

Final Position



Round 4, Oct. 13
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Vidit, Gujrathi
A30 English, symmetrical

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 e5 7.e3 Nxc3 8.Bxc3 Bd6 9.Bb5 Qe7 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.d3 Ba6 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.Ba5 Rd7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Nc4 f5 16.e4 Qg5 17.f3 Rf6 18.h4 Qg3+ 19.Qf2 Qg6 20.h5 Qf7 21.Qc2 Rh6 22.O-O-O Rxh5 23.Nxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxh5 Qxh5 25.Qxc5 Qh6+ 26.Kc2 fxe4 27.fxe4 Qf6 28.Qxa7 c5 29.Bc3 Qf2+ 30.Rd2 Bxd3+ 31.Kb2 Qf1 32.Qb8+ Qf8 33.Qxf8+ Kxf8 34.Bxe5 Rd7 35.Kc3 Bb5 36.Rxd7 Bxd7 37.Kc4 Bc6 38.Kxc5 Bxe4 39.Kd6 Bxg2 40.b4 Ke8 41.Kc7 Ke7 42.b5 Ke6 43.Bd6 h5 44.b6 h4 45.a4 g5 46.a5 Bb7 47.Kxb7 Kxd6 48.Kc8 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
McShane, Luke – Adhiban
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.c4 Rc8 10.b3 g6 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.f4 Qb8 16.Nf3 Nh5 17.f5 Re8 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Ne4 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 d5 23.g4 dxe4 24.gxh5 e5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Qg2 Rc6 27.Rd7 Rd6 28.Rdf7 Qc8 29.R7f6 Rxf6 30.Rxf6 Re7 31.Rxg6+ Kh8 32.Qg5 Qf8 33.Qh5+ Rh7 34.Qxe5+ Rg7 35.Qxg7+ Qxg7 36.Rxg7 Kxg7 37.Kg2 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
Kovalev, Vladislav – Carlsen, Magnus
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 Bd8 9.O-O Nge7 10.b4 O-O 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Nd5 Ng6 13.Be3 b6 14.Nd2 f5 15.exf5 Qxf5 16.Ne4 Nf4 17.g3 Qg6 18.Kh1 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Ne7 20.d6 Nf5 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Qd5 Bf6 23.Rae1 Rad8 24.f4 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 exf4 26.Rxf4 h6 27.d7 Be7 28.Ref3 Rxf4 29.Rxf4 b5 30.Nxc5 Bxc5 31.Qxc5 Kh7 32.Qd5 Qg5 33.Qe4+ Qg6 34.Qd5 Qg5 35.Qd6 Qg6 36.Qc7 Qg5 37.Qd6 Qg6 38.Qc7 Qg5 39.Qc6 Qe7 40.Qxb5 Rxd7 41.Qf5+ g6 42.Qf8 Qxf8 43.Rxf8 Kg7 44.Ra8 Kf6 45.Kg2 Rxd3 46.Rxa7 Rd2+ 47.Kg1 1/2-1/2

Chris Rice in the EC Forum - A Sutovsky post on FB serves as a nice summary for Round 4: "Magnus was not on the verge of losing. He was lost. Deadly and hopelessly. But no, there was a glimmer of a hope - white could win in so many different ways, that Kovalev must have felt himself as a kid in toys-r-us. A choice was so wide. And he still had time to enjoy his position and kept choosing between a variety of winning moves. Once Yusupov taught us, the young students of Polugaevsky chess school: when you are clearly winning - pick one move, focus on it and calculate till the end. Do not compare. But to Magnus' luck, Kovalev did not attend that lesson... Carlsen escapes, though he is yet to find his play. Meanwhile Caruana, Wang Hao and McShane share the lead with 3.5/4."

Round 4, Oct. 13
Aronian, Levon – Sevian, Samuel
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 a6 11.Ng5 Qc7 12.e4 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 c5 14.e5 cxd4 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.f4 Bg3 17.Rf3 Be1 18.Bd3 h6 19.Nh7 Nxh7 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 Bb7 23.Rf1 Rac8 24.Bd3 Bh4 25.Bd2 Bd5 26.b3 Be7 27.Rfd1 Ba3 28.Bc1 Bb4 29.Bb2 Bc3 30.Nxc3 dxc3 31.Ba3 Rfd8 32.Rac1 Bb7 33.Bb4 Rd4 34.Bxc3 Rxf4 35.Kg1 Rg4 36.Bf1 Kg8 37.Be1 Rxc1 38.Rxc1 Rd4 39.Rc7 Bd5 40.Be2 Be4 41.Bh5 f6 42.Bf7+ Kh8 43.Bxe6 Rd1 44.Kf2 Rb1 45.Bb4 Rb2+ 46.Ke3 Bb1 47.g4 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 13
Matlakov, Maxim – Lupulescu, Constantin
A13 English Opening

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 d4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.exd4 cxd4 7.O-O Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.a3 a5 13.Ne4 Bc7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 Qxb4 17.Rb1 Qe7 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 O-O 20.c5 Rd8 21.Qc3 Qd7 22.Rb3 Qa4 23.h4 Be5 24.Qxe5 Qxb3 25.Qc7 Rf8 26.Nd6 b6 27.Nxc8 bxc5 28.Bf1 Qc3 29.Nb6 Qd4 30.Nd7 Ra8 31.Qc6 Qa4 32.Qxa4 Rxa4 33.Nxc5 Ra5 34.Nb3 Ra3 35.Nd2 h5 36.Kg2 g6 37.Kf3 Kg7 38.Ke3 Ra1 39.d4 Ra3+ 40.Bd3 Kf8 41.Nc4 Ra4 42.Ne5 Ra3 43.Kd2 Ra2+ 44.Bc2 Kg7 45.Kc3 Ra8 46.Bb3 Rd8 47.d5 exd5 48.Kd4 Re8 49.Bxd5 f6 50.Nd3 Re2 51.Bf3 Ra2 52.Be4 Ra4+ 53.Ke3 Ra3 54.Ke2 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 Ra3 56.Bd5 Ra5 57.Nf4 Ra3+ 58.Kd2 f5 59.Bc6 Kf7 60.Nd3 Kf6 61.Ke3 Ra6 62.Nb4 Ra5 63.Kd4 Ra1 64.Nd5+ Kf7 65.Bb5 Ra2 66.Ke3 Ra5 67.Bc4 Kg7 68.Kd4 Ra1 69.Ke5 Ra4 70.Ne3 Rb4 71.Kf4 Kh6 72.Kf3 Kg7 73.Kf4 Kh6 74.Ke5 Kg7 75.Bd3 Rb2 76.Bc2 Rb5+ 77.Kd4 Rb4+ 78.Kc3 Rb8 79.Nd5 Re8 80.Nf4 Rc8+ 81.Kd2 Rd8+ 82.Nd3 Kf6 83.f4 Ra8 84.Bb3 Ra3 85.Bc4 Ra4 86.Ne5 Ra3 87.Bd3 Ra2+ 88.Ke3 Ra3 89.Kf2 Ra2+ 90.Kf3 Ra3 91.Kg2 Ra2+ 92.Kh3 Ra5 93.Bc4 Ra7 94.Bb5 Ra8 95.Bc6 Rd8 96.Kg2 Kg7 97.Kf3 Kf6 98.Ke3 Kg7 99.Bb5 Ra8 100.Kd4 Kf6 101.Bc6 Ra3 102.Nd3 1/2-1/2

Position after Black’s 88…Ra3



(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 13, 2019

Round Five Pairings

On Board 26, Vincent Keymer is playing his mentor, Peter Leko.

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Bd		Name		Rtg		Pts.		Pts.		Name		Rtg
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1		McShane Luke J		2682		3½	-	3½		Caruana Fabiano		2812
2		Wang Hao		2726		3½		3½		Maghsoodloo Parham		2664
3		Anton Guijarro David		2674		3		3		Karjakin Sergey		2760
4		Grischuk Alexander		2759		3		3		Cheparinov Ivan		2670
5		Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2669		3		3		Aronian Levon		2758
6		Fedoseev Vladimir		2664		3		3		Wojtaszek Radoslaw		2748
7		Vitiugov Nikita		2732		3		3		Lenderman Aleksandr		2648
8		Shirov Alexei		2664		3		3		Sargissian Gabriel		2690
9		Dreev Aleksey		2662		3		3		Gelfand Boris		2686
10		Bluebaum Matthias		2643		3		3		Alekseenko Kirill		2674
11		Carlsen Magnus		2876		2½		2½		Ganguly Surya Shekhar		2658
12		Yu Yangyi		2763		2½		2½		Kovalev Vladislav		2661
13		Harikrishna Pentala		2748		2½		2½		Sarana Alexey		2655
14		Artemiev Vladislav		2746		2½		2½		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2657
15		Papaioannou Ioannis		2645		2½		2½		Nakamura Hikaru		2745
16		Mamedov Rauf		2645		2½		2½		Svidler Peter		2729
17		Lupulescu Constantin		2643		2½		2½		Bu Xiangzhi		2721
18		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		2718		2½		2½		Hovhannisyan Robert		2639
19		Riazantsev Alexander		2645		2½		2½		Matlakov Maxim		2716
20		Adhiban B.		2639		2½		2½		Howell David W L		2694
21		Akopian Vladimir		2638		2½		2½		Ragger Markus		2684
22		Korobov Anton		2679		2½		2½		Kuzubov Yuriy		2636
23		Ponomariov Ruslan		2675		2½		2½		Najer Evgeniy		2635
24		Sasikiran Krishnan		2675		2½		2½		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		2621
25		Abasov Nijat		2632		2½		2½		Bacrot Etienne		2671
26		Keymer Vincent		2506		2½		2½		Leko Peter		2670
27		Robson Ray		2670		2½		2½		Deac Bogdan-Daniel		2613
28		Abdusattorov Nodirbek		2608		2½		2½		Saric Ivan		2667
29		Sadhwani Raunak		2479		2½		2½		Eljanov Pavel		2663
30		So Wesley		2767		2		2½		Bjerre Jonas Buhl		2506
31		Bachmann Axel		2629		2		2		Anand Viswanathan		2765
32		Le Quang Liem		2708		2		2		Tari Aryan		2630
33		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		2629		2		2		Xiong Jeffery		2708
34		Shankland Sam		2705		2		2		Volokitin Andrei		2627
35		Akobian Varuzhan		2625		2		2		Amin Bassem		2699
36		Vallejo Pons Francisco		2694		2		2		Huschenbeth Niclas		2624
37		Kamsky Gata		2685		2		2		Sethuraman S.P.		2624
38		Rodshtein Maxim		2684		2		2		Van Foreest Jorden		2621
39		Efimenko Zahar		2604		2		2		Sjugirov Sanan		2662
40		Nabaty Tamir		2658		2		2		L'ami Erwin		2619
41		Demchenko Anton		2655		2		2		Durarbayli Vasif		2617
42		Erdos Viktor		2604		2		2		Oparin Grigoriy		2654
43		Sevian Samuel		2654		2		2		Narayanan.S.L		2611
44		Lu Shanglei		2602		2		2		Motylev Alexander		2651
45		Melkumyan Hrant		2650		2		2		Paravyan David		2602
46		Safarli Eltaj		2593		2		2		Chigaev Maksim		2644
47		Zvjaginsev Vadim		2644		2		2		Yilmaz Mustafa		2595
48		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		2558		2		2		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		2638
49		Adly Ahmed		2636		2		2		Puranik Abhimanyu		2571
50		Zhang Zhong		2636		2		2		Baron Tal		2531
51		Saduakassova Dinara		2481		2		2		Mareco Sandro		2634
52		Jumabayev Rinat		2630		2		2		Munguntuul Batkhuyag		2421
53		Dubov Daniil		2699		1½		1½		Hess Robert		2581
54		Boruchovsky Avital		2533		1½		1½		Inarkiev Ernesto		2693
55		Grandelius Nils		2691		1½		1½		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri		2552
56		Erenberg Ariel		2463		1½		1½		Jones Gawain C B		2688
57		Berkes Ferenc		2667		1½		1½		Gukesh D		2520
58		Piorun Kacper		2643		1½		1½		Harika Dronavalli		2495
59		Moiseenko Alexander		2635		1½		1½		Lei Tingjie		2469
60		Soumya Swaminathan		2365		1½		1½		Alekseev Evgeny		2629
61		Esipenko Andrey		2624		1½		1½		Cramling Pia		2462
62		Vocaturo Daniele		2620		1½		1½		Sebag Marie		2445
63		Vovk Andriy		2618		1½		1½		Ushenina Anna		2431
64		Jobava Baadur		2617		1½		1½		Houska Jovanka		2430
65		Hansen Eric		2611		1½		1½		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina		2428
66		Nihal Sarin		2610		1½		1½		Zatonskih Anna		2422
67		Bulmaga Irina		2442		1		1		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		2629
68		Henderson De La Fuente Lance		2494		1		1		Atalik Ekaterina		2464
69		Prithu Gupta		2493		1		1		Gavrilescu David		2451
70		Arkell Keith C		2447		1		1		Kashlinskaya Alina		2481
71		Clarke Brandon G I		2445		1		1		Stefanova Antoaneta		2479
72		Danielian Elina		2385		1		1		Movsziszian Karen		2475
73		Dahl Baard		2067		1		½		Movsesian Sergei		2654
74		Paehtz Elisabeth		2489		½		½		Kolbus Dietmar		2300
75		Solomon Kenny		2382		½		½		Jansa Vlastimil		2452
76		Batsiashvili Nino		2422		½		½		Nebolsina Vera		2252
77		Allen Keith		2161		0		0		Wu Li		2332
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