Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 12 , 2019

Round Four Pairings

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Board		Name		Pts.		Pts.			Name
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1		Caruana Fabiano		3		3			Wang Hao
2		Alekseenko Kirill		2½		2½			Grischuk Alexander
3		Cheparinov Ivan		2½		2½			Vitiugov Nikita
4		Maghsoodloo Parham		2½		2½			Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
5		Sargissian Gabriel		2½		2½			Fedoseev Vladimir
6		Mcshane Luke J		2½		2½			Adhiban B.
7		Kovalev Vladislav		2		2			Carlsen Magnus
8		Ganguly Surya Shekhar		2		2			Yu Yangyi
9		Karjakin Sergey		2		2			Demchenko Anton
10		Aronian Levon		2		2			Sevian Samuel
11		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2		2			Harikrishna Pentala
12		Wojtaszek Radoslaw		2		2			Melkumyan Hrant
13		Sarana Alexey		2		2			Artemiev Vladislav
14		Nakamura Hikaru		2		2			Mamedov Rauf
15		Svidler Peter		2		2			Riazantsev Alexander
16		Bu Xiangzhi		2		2			Papaioannou Ioannis
17		Matlakov Maxim		2		2			Lupulescu Constantin
18		Amin Bassem		2		2			Bluebaum Matthias
19		Howell David W L		2		2			Akopian Vladimir
20		Gelfand Boris		2		2			Adly Ahmed
21		Lenderman Aleksandr		2		2			Kamsky Gata
22		Hovhannisyan Robert		2		2			Korobov Anton
23		Kuzubov Yuriy		2		2			Sasikiran Krishnan
24		Mareco Sandro		2		2			Anton Guijarro David
25		Najer Evgeniy		2		2			Robson Ray
26		Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2		2			Safarli Eltaj
27		Saric Ivan		2		2			Sadhwani Raunak
28		Munguntuul Batkhuyag		2		2			Shirov Alexei
29		Eljanov Pavel		2		2			Keymer Vincent
30		Paravyan David		2		2			Dreev Aleksey
31		Tari Aryan		1½		1½			So Wesley
32		Anand Viswanathan		1½		1½			Parligras Mircea-Emilian
33		Volokitin Andrei		1½		1½			Le Quang Liem
34		Xiong Jeffery		1½		1½			Akobian Varuzhan
35		Huschenbeth Niclas		1½		1½			Shankland Sam
36		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		1½		1½			Dubov Daniil
37		Van Foreest Jorden		1½		1½			Vallejo Pons Francisco
38		Ragger Markus		1½		1½			Vovk Andriy
39		Durarbayli Vasif		1½		1½			Rodshtein Maxim
40		Ponomariov Ruslan		1½		1½			Jobava Baadur
41		Bacrot Etienne		1½		1½			Hansen Eric
42		Leko Peter		1½		1½			Nihal Sarin
43		Deac Bogdan-Daniel		1½		1½			Berkes Ferenc
44		Oparin Grigoriy		1½		1½			Efimenko Zahar
45		Motylev Alexander		1½		1½			Erdos Viktor
46		Chigaev Maksim		1½		1½			Yilmaz Mustafa
47		Narayanan.S.L		1½		1½			Zvjaginsev Vadim
48		Abdusattorov Nodirbek		1½		1½			Piorun Kacper
49		Puranik Abhimanyu		1½		1½			Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
50		Bjerre Jonas Buhl		1½		1½			Moiseenko Alexander
51		Sebag Marie		1½		1½			Abasov Nijat
52		Inarkiev Ernesto		1		1½			Christiansen Johan-Sebastian
53		Harika Dronavalli		1		1			Grandelius Nils
54		Jones Gawain C B		1		1			Gukesh D
55		Sjugirov Sanan		1		1			Henderson De La Fuente Lance
56		Kashlinskaya Alina		1		1			Nabaty Tamir
57		Stefanova Antoaneta		1		1			Zhang Zhong
58		Movsziszian Karen		1		1			Jumabayev Rinat
59		Alekseev Evgeny		1		1			Erenberg Ariel
60		Atalik Ekaterina		1		1			Bachmann Axel
61		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		1		1			Saduakassova Dinara
62		Lei Tingjie		1		1			Esipenko Andrey
63		Sethuraman S.P.		1		1			Clarke Brandon G I
64		Cramling Pia		1		1			Vocaturo Daniele
65		L'ami Erwin		1		1			Danielian Elina
66		Gavrilescu David		1		1			Lu Shanglei
67		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri		1		1			Soumya Swaminathan
68		Houska Jovanka		1		1			Boruchovsky Avital
69		Baron Tal		1		1			Dahl Baard
70		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina		½		½			Movsesian Sergei
71		Hess Robert		½		½			Solomon Kenny
72		Zatonskih Anna		½		½			Paehtz Elisabeth
73		Ushenina Anna		½		½			Kolbus Dietmar
74		Nebolsina Vera		½		0			Prithu Gupta
75		Jansa Vlastimil		0		0			Batsiashvili Nino
76		Wu Li		0		0			Arkell Keith C
77		Allen Keith		0		0			Bulmaga Irina
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[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 12 , 2019

Round Three

Late Games

Round 3, Oct. 12
Shirov, Alexei – Caruana, Fabiano
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 e5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.f3 Be6 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.g4 O-O 13.g5 Nh5 14.Rg1 b5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 f5 17.h4 Qe8 18.O-O-O Bd8 19.Na5 Bb6 20.Nc6 Nf4 21.Bxb6 Nxb6 22.Qb4 Qd7 23.c4 Kh8 24.Kb1 Rae8 25.cxb5 Nbxd5 26.Qb3 e4 27.Rxd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 exf3 29.Qd2 Re4 30.Rg3 Qe6 31.Bd3 Re3 32.Rg1 f2 33.Rc1 axb5 34.Nb4 Rf3 35.Bxb5 Qe4+ 36.Nc2 Rc8 37.Ba6 d5 38.a3 d4 39.Bxc8 f1=Q 40.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41.Ka2 d3 42.Ne3 Rf3 43.Bxf5 Qxe3 44.Qa5 Qe8 45.Qd5 Qg8 46.Be6 Qf8 47.h5 Re3 48.g6 d2 49.Bf7 Re2 50.Qd3 Rh2 51.Qf3 Rg2 52.Qd3 Qb8 0-1

Final Position



- Shirov was doing well against Caruana, except on the clock, but his 30.Rg3? and Fabi found the refutation 30...Qe6!

- There were some bumps along the road, but Fabiano Caruana finally out-tricked Alexei Shirov to move to 3/3 and will now play co-leader Wang Hao in Round 3 tomorrow!

Round 3, Oct. 12
Carlsen, Magnus – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
A37 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.h4 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.O-O d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Nb3 Nxc3 13.Nxa5 Nxd1 14.Nxc6 Nxb2 15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.Rac1 Bd7 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Rc7 Bb5 19.Bf3 a6 20.Rfc1 h6 21.Be3 Rbd8 22.Kg2 Kh7 23.Nc6 Rc8 24.Na7 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Kg8 26.Nxb5 axb5 27.h5 g5 28.Rb7 Nc4 29.Bc5 Ra8 30.Be4 Be5 31.Bb1 Bd6 32.Ba7 Bf8 33.f4 gxf4 34.gxf4 Na5 35.Rd7 Nc6 36.Bf2 Nb4 37.f5 exf5 38.Rd2 Be7 39.Be1 f4 40.Rd7 Bf8 41.Kf1 Bc5 42.Rb7 Nxa2 43.Rxb5 Bd4 44.Rb3 Kg7 45.Rd3 Bf6 46.Bd2 Ra4 47.Rd7 Kg8 48.Rc7 Rd4 49.Bxa2 Rxd2 50.Bxf7+ Kf8 51.Bc4 Bg5 52.Kf2 Rc2 53.Kf3 Rc3+ 54.Ke4 f3 55.exf3 1/2-1/2

Tarjei Svensen - Carlsen extends his unbeaten streak to 93 games, but I doubt he is happy about drawing today considering he had a very promising, possibly winning position.

Round 3, Oct. 12
Grischuk, Alexander – Oparin, Grigoriy
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.c3 d6 12.Na3 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 Nf4 17.Qd1 Ba6 18.c4 Bc8 19.Qd2 Bg4 20.Bd1 f5 21.Ne1 Qg5 22.Kh1 fxe4 23.Bxg4 Qxg4 24.dxe4 Ne6 25.Nc3 Ncd4 26.b4 Ng5 27.f3 Qe6 28.Qd3 Qf7 29.Nd5 c6 30.Ne3 Nge6 31.N1c2 Ra8 32.Nxd4 Nxd4 33.Nf5 Nxf5 34.exf5 d5 35.cxd5 Qxd5 36.Qxd5+ cxd5 37.Rb1 Rb8 38.b5 Rb6 39.g4 Kf7 40.h4 Kf6 41.h5 e4 42.fxe4 Kg5 43.e5 d4 44.e6 d3 45.Kg2 Kxg4 46.e7 Rb8 47.b6 Kxf5 48.Kf3 Kf6 49.Ke3 Kxe7 50.Kxd3 Kd6 51.Ke4 Rb7 52.Kf5 Kd5 53.Rd1+ Kc5 54.Rc1+ Kd5 55.Rb1 Kc5 56.Ke6 Kc6 57.Rc1+ Kb5 58.Kf5 Kb4 59.Kg6 Rxb6+ 60.Kxg7 Re6 61.Rg1 Kc5 62.Rg6 Kd5 63.Kxh6 Re8 64.Kg7 Re7+ 65.Kf6 Ra7 66.h6 Ke4 67.Rg4+ Kf3 68.Rg7 Ra6+ 69.Kg5 Ra5+ 70.Kg6 Ra6+ 71.Kh5 Ra5+ 72.Rg5 Ra7 73.Rf5+ Ke4 74.Kg6 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 12
Vovk, Andriy – Maghsoodloo, Parham
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nd4 a6 11.Ne4 Re8 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Bg5 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 g6 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Qh4 Nc6 17.Nf3 Rae8 18.Re3 f5 19.Qc4 b5 20.Qb3 Na5 21.Qa3 e5 22.Rae1 e4 23.Nd4 Qb6 24.c3 Be6 25.Bf1 Bc4 26.b4 Nb7 27.Bxc4+ bxc4 28.f3 Nd6 29.fxe4 Nxe4 30.Qb2 h5 31.a4 Kg7 32.a5 Qd6 33.b5 axb5 34.Nxb5 Qa6 35.Nd4 Re5 36.Qb6 Qxa5 37.Qb7+ R8e7 38.Qc8 Qc5 39.Qxc5 Rxc5 40.Ra1 Rcc7 41.h4 Ra7 42.Rd1 Red7 43.Rb1 Rdb7 44.Rbe1 Ra3 45.Ne6+ Kh6 46.Rd1 Re7 47.Ng5 Rxc3 48.Rxc3 Nxc3 49.Rd8 Ne4 50.Rh8+ Kg7 51.Rc8 Nxg5 52.hxg5 Re4 53.Rc7+ Kf8 54.Rc6 Kf7 55.Rf6+ Kg7 56.Rc6 Rg4 57.Rc7+ Kf8 58.Kh2 Rxg5 59.Rxc4 Kg7 60.Rc8 Rg4 61.Rc7+ Kh6 62.Rc6 Kg5 63.Ra6 Re4 64.Rb6 Re3 65.Ra6 f4 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 12
Keymer, Vincent – Sjugirov, Sanan
A41 Modern Defence

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 a6 8.b6 Qxb6 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.b3 a5 13.Nc4 Qa6 14.Na4 Ng4 15.Bb2 Bxb2 16.Naxb2 Nge5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.f4 Nd7 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.a4 Bg4 21.Rf2 Rfc8 22.h3 Bd7 23.e4 Qa7 24.f5 f6 25.h4 Kg7 26.g4 Rf8 27.g5 Rf7 28.Nd3 c4 29.Nf4 cxb3 30.Qxb3 Nxa4 31.Qg3 fxg5 32.Qxg5 Raf8 33.Rf1 Bxf5 34.exf5 Rxf5 35.Ne6+ Kg8 36.Nxf8 Rxg5 37.hxg5 Qe3 38.Kh1 Nc5 39.Nxh7 Nd7 40.Nf8 Nc5 41.Nxg6 Qxg5 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.R1f7+ Kxg6 44.Rg8+ Kxf7 45.Rxg5 Kf6 46.Rh5 a4 47.Bf1 Ne4 48.Kg2 Nc3 49.Bc4 a3 50.Kf3 e6 51.dxe6 d5 52.Rxd5 a2 53.Ra5 1-0

And the longest game of almost any tournament…!

Round 3, Oct. 12
Kovalev, Vladislav – Gavrilescu, David
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.O-O Ng6 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Bxf4 14.g3 Bd6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Rac1 Rd8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Rxc4 Qb6 19.Ne5 g6 20.Rc3 O-O 21.Nc4 Qb8 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Qe5 Bc6 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.Rec1 Rfd8 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Rxd3 28.Ra6 Rd7 29.Kg2 Kg7 30.b4 Kf6 31.Kf3 Kf5 32.g4+ Kg5 33.Kg3 Kf6 34.h4 h5 35.g5+ Kf5 36.Ra5+ Ke4 37.f3+ Ke3 38.a3 Rd5 39.Rc5 Rf5 40.Rc3+ Kd4 41.Rc1 Ke3 42.Re1+ Kd3 43.a4 a6 44.Rc1 Ke3 45.Rc3+ Kd4 46.Rc6 Ke3 47.f4 Rxf4 48.Rc3+ Kd4 49.Kxf4 e5+ 50.Kf3 Kxc3 51.Ke4 Kxb4 52.Kxe5 Kxa4 53.Kf6 Kb4 54.Kxf7 a5 55.Kxg6 a4 56.Kxh5 a3 57.g6 a2 58.g7 a1=Q 59.g8=Q Qe5+ 60.Qg5 Qe8+ 61.Kg4 Qe2+ 62.Kf5 Qc2+ 63.Kf6 Qc6+ 64.Kf7 Qc4+ 65.Kg7 Qc7+ 66.Kg6 Qd6+ 67.Qf6 Qg3+ 68.Kf7 Qd3 69.Qf4+ Ka3 70.Kg7 Qd7+ 71.Kg6 Qe8+ 72.Kg5 Qg8+ 73.Kf5 Qf7+ 74.Kg4 Qg6+ 75.Kf3 Ka2 76.Qa4+ Kb2 77.Qd4+ Ka2 78.Qd5+ Ka1 79.h5 Qf6+ 80.Kg4 Qg7+ 81.Kf5 Qh7+ 82.Kf4 Qh6+ 83.Ke4 Qh7+ 84.Kf3 Qh6 85.Qd4+ Ka2 86.Qf2+ Ka1 87.Qg1+ Kb2 88.Qf2+ Ka1 89.Qe1+ Ka2 90.Qe2+ Kb1 91.Qe4+ Ka1 92.Qe5+ Ka2 93.Kg4 Qh7 94.Qe6+ Ka1 95.h6 Qb7 96.Qe5+ Ka2 97.Qe6+ Ka3 98.Qe3+ Ka2 99.Qf2+ Ka1 100.Kg5 Qd5+ 101.Qf5 Qg8+ 102.Kh4 Qd8+ 103.Kh3 Qb6 104.h7 Qe3+ 105.Kh4 Qe1+ 106.Kh5 Qh1+ 107.Kg6 Qg2+ 108.Kf6 Qc6+ 109.Kg7 Qc7+ 110.Qf7 Qg3+ 111.Qg6 Qc7+ 112.Kh8 Ka2 113.Kg8 Qd8+ 114.Kg7 Qd4+ 115.Qf6 Qg4+ 116.Kf8 Qc8+ 117.Kf7 Qd7+ 118.Qe7 Qf5+ 119.Kg7 Qg4+ 120.Kf8 Qc8+ 121.Kg7 Qg4+ 122.Kh6 Qh3+ 123.Kg5 Qg3+ 124.Kf5 Qf3+ 125.Kg6 Qd3+ 126.Kg7 Qg3+ 127.Kf8 Qb8+ 128.Kf7 Qf4+ 129.Qf6 Qc7+ 130.Kg6 Qg3+ 131.Qg5 Qd6+ 132.Kf7 Qd7+ 133.Kg8 Qe8+ 134.Kg7 Qd7+ 135.Kh8 Ka3 136.Qe3+ Ka4 137.Qe4+ Kb3 138.Kg8 Qd8+ 139.Kf7 Qd7+ 140.Kf6 Qd8+ 141.Kf5 Qf8+ 142.Kg4 Qg7+ 143.Kf3 Qf6+ 144.Ke2 Qb2+ 145.Ke3 Qc1+ 146.Kf2 Qb2+ 147.Qe2 Qh8 148.Qd3+ Kb2 149.Ke2 Qg7 150.Qe4 Kc1 151.Qh1+ 1-0

Final position




After 8 hours and 151 moves, Belarusian #1 Vladislav Kovalev (2661) wins a marathon game against young Romanian IM David Gavrilescu (2451) Kovalev's reward is white against world champion, @MagnusCarlsen in round 4

Round 3, Oct. 12
Hansen, Eric – Solomon, Kenny
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 a6 7.O-O Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Ng3 d5 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.b4 Rae8 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.Ra2 Ng6 18.Nf5 c6 19.c4 Rd8 20.Rae2 Ree8 21.c5 Bb8 22.Qc2 Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qb2 Nh5 25.Rd2 Kh7 26.N5d4 g6 27.e5 Re7 28.Rde2 Rde8 29.Qd2 g5 30.e6 fxe6 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Ng7 33.Qe2 Rf7 34.h4 gxh4 35.Qg4 Qd8 36.Nf3 Rg8 37.Qh3 Qf6 38.d4 Re8 39.Nxh4 Rfe7 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Kg8 42.Kh2 Ra8 43.Qg4 Kh7 44.bxc6 bxc6 45.Rb1 Rg8 46.Qh3 Rf7 47.Rbe1 Re8 48.Nf3 Kg8 49.Qg4 Kh7 50.Qh3 Kg8 51.Qg4 Kh7 52.Kg1 Rb7 53.Nh4 Rb4 54.Nf3 Rb7 55.R5e2 Rg8 56.Qh3 Re8 57.Ne5 Rc7 58.Ng4 Qg6 59.Ne5 Qf5 60.Qf3 Rb8 61.Nd3 Rf7 62.Ne5 Rc7 63.Qc3 Nh5 64.Nf3 Rg7 65.Rxe6 Nf6 66.Nh4 Qg5 67.Qh3 Ne4 68.Nf3 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 12
Henderson de La Fuente, Lance – Nabaty, Tamir
C70 Ruy Lopez, Classical Defence deferred]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.c3 Nge7 6.O-O Ng6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 d6 11.Re1 Kh8 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Rc1 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Be6 17.Nc3 Qd6 18.Qa4 Bb6 19.Nd2 f5 20.Nf3 f4 21.Bd2 a5 22.a3 Rae8 23.Ne4 Qd7 24.Bxa5 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qxh3 26.Neg5 Qg4+ 27.Kf1 Ra8 28.Qxc6 Rxa5 29.d5 Qf5 30.d6 Qd3+ 31.Re2 Rxg5 32.dxc7 Rd5 33.Rc3 Qb1+ 34.Ne1 f3 35.Rxf3 Rdf5 36.c8=Q Rxf3 37.Qc2 Qa1 38.Q8c6 Rxf2+ 39.Rxf2 Bxf2 40.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Qxb2+ 42.Nc2 Qb8 43.a4 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 Qg4+ 45.Kd2 h5 46.a5 Qg5+ 47.Kd1 Ne7 48.Qa8+ Kh7 49.a6 Nd5 50.Qc6 Qg1+ 51.Kd2 Qg2+ 52.Kc1 h4 53.a7 Qg1+ 54.Kd2 Qf2+ 55.Kc1 Qg1+ 56.Kd2 Qg2+ 57.Kc1 h3 58.a8=Q h2 59.Kb2 h1=Q 60.Qce8 Nc7 61.Qh8+ Kg6 62.Qxh1 Qxa8 63.Qxa8 Nxa8 64.Kc3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

Position after Black’s 59…h1=Q

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 12 , 2019

Round Three

Early Games

Eric’s game against Gabriel Sargissian is analyzed by Kulkarni in chess.com and there is a nice photo of Eric at the board

https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide...-after-round-2

At the same site, there is comment on L’Ami vs Shirov:

Shirov, known for his creative style of play, brought fond memories from the past as he played a tactic that was reminiscent of the famous ...Bh3!! in Topalov vs. Shirov, Linares 1998.

From the L’Ami game with Shirov’s 36. Ba4!!



Daniel King analyzed a game of his against Shirov where Daniel said he was caught up in Shirov’s attacking tactics and then suddenly there was a mating position, which Shirov had seen way back when:

Round 4, January 1990
Gausdal Troll Masters
Gausdal, Norway
Shirov, Alexy – King, Daniel
A40 Queen’s Pawn, Franco-Indian Defence

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.f3 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.Ne2 a6 9.Ng3 b5 10.a4 bxa4 11.Qxa4 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.Qc2 a5 14.O-O c4 15.Nd1 Ba6 16.Ne3 Nfd7 17.Nef5 g6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Be3 f6 20.f4 a4 21.Kh1 Qc7 22.Rad1 Kg7 23.f5 Ne5 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Ng4 Nxg4 26.Bxg4 c3 27.Rf3 Nc4 28.Be6 Nxe3 29.Rxe3 Rh8 30.Rf3 Qc4 31.bxc3 Bc5 32.e5 dxe5 33.Nf5+ gxf5 34.Rg3+ Kf8 35.Qxf5 Qf4 36.Qg6 Ra7 37.Rh3 Rxh3 38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.d6+ 1-0

Daniel King said the following game by his friend Luke McShane might well be the game of the round:

Round 3, Oct. 12
Nguyen, Truong – McShane, Luke
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.h3 h4 14.Bh2 g4 15.Kh1 Kh8 16.f4 gxh3 17.gxh3 Bxh3 18.Rf3 Bg4 19.fxe5 Nh5 20.Qf1 Qg5 21.Nc4 f5 22.Nxb6 axb6 23.Bd7 Bxf3+ 24.Qxf3 fxe4 25.Qg4 Ng3+ 26.Bxg3 Qxg4 27.Bxg4 hxg3 28.exd6 Rf4 29.Be6 cxd6 30.dxe4 Rxe4 31.Bd5 Re2 32.b4 Rf8 33.Rd1 Rf4 0-1

- White played not badly
- But McShane played exactly like computer. Very amazing
- Many players would have shied away from Luke's moves 11-14. But perhaps they weren't actually so difficult to find - with anything else B is liable to suffer with the pin on f6.
- From move 15th till now it’s harder to find best line. But he found it!
- 11 to 14 is logical, not very hard

Round 3, Oct. 12
Jumabayev, Rinat – Karjakin, Sergey
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.h3 Rc8 15.Qa4 Bxe2 16.hxg4 b5 17.Qb3 Bxd1 18.Qxd1 b4 19.a3 a5 20.axb4 axb4 21.Be3 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Nd2 Qc7 24.Nf3 Rc2 25.Ne1 Rxb2 26.Nd3 Rc2 27.Nxb4 Rc3 28.Nd3 h6 29.Bf1 Qb6 30.g5 hxg5 31.Qg4 Qb3 32.Ne1 Qb2 33.Rd1 Qb3 34.Ra1 Qb2 35.Rd1 Qb3 36.Bd3 Rfc8 37.Qh5 Rc1 38.Be2 g6 39.Qg4 R8c4 40.Nd3 Rxd1+ 0-1

After Black’s 36….Rfc8, Jumabayev had the initiative but then The Minister of Defence went ahead in his opponent’s time pressure

Position after 36….Rfc8:



Round 3, Oct. 12
Gukesh, D. – Saric, Ivan
E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Nf3 Na6 8.Nd2 Nd7 9.g4 c5 10.d5 e6 11.Be2 Re8 12.Nb5 exd5 13.cxd5 Nf6 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.h4 b5 16.g5 Nh5 17.Nxb5 Qd7 18.a4 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Bg7 20.Na3 Nb4 21.Bb5 Rxb5 22.axb5 f5 23.gxf6 Nxf6 24.Nc2 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Nxb4 cxb4 27.Qe2 Qf5 28.Rd1 b3 29.Rd3 b2 30.Kd2 Rb4 31.Rb1 Bd7 32.Qd1 Bxb5 33.Ra3 Rxh4 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 12
Robson, Ray – Stefanova, Antoaneta
C78 Ruy Lopez, Moeller Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Ba7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d6 10.h3 Re8 11.Be3 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Bb1 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qb3 c5 17.a3 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Nxf2 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Qxb4 Qe2 21.Bxa7 Nxh3+ 22.gxh3 Qxf3 23.Bf2 Qxh3 24.Qh4 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 12
Esipenko, Andrey – Aronian, Levon
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 Nxf4 9.exf4 b6 10.c6 Nb8 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.a3 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nxc6 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 f5 16.h4 Rf7 17.h5 g5 18.g4 Qf8 19.Qxg5+ Rg7 20.Qh4 Rxg4 21.Qh2 Qh6 22.Ne2 Bb7 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.b4 Kh8 25.f3 Rgg8 26.Kf2 Qf8 27.Bb5 Nb8 28.Nd4 c5 29.Nxe6 Qe7 30.Ng5 h6 31.e6 hxg5 32.fxg5 Qxg5 33.Qe5+ Qg7 34.Rhe1 Nc6 35.Bxc6 Rxc6 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.Rg1+ Kh7 38.Rxg8 Kxg8 39.Rg1+ Kh7 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 12
Demchenko, Anton – Nakamura, Hikaru
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.c4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.a3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bd7 14.Qe2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Qc7 18.Qe1 Qb6 19.Qe2 Qc7 20.Qe1 Qb6 21.Qe2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

For the moment, with this game Wang Hao is the sole leader with a perfect score:

Round 3, Oct. 12
Wang, Hao – Bu, Xiangzhi
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nbd2 Nb6 9.Bb5 f6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nb3 Qd5 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.Bxc7 Rf7 14.Bg3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 fxe5 16.Be2 Rd8 17.c4 Qd6 18.Ng5 Bf5 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.Bd3 e4 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Qh5+ Kf6 23.Bxe4 Na4 24.b4 Qe5 25.f4 Qxe4 26.Rae1 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 12
Piorun, Kacper – Sargissian, Gabriel
E20 Nimzo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O c5 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Be1 cxd4 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Nxd4 Ne4 16.Nf5 Bf6 17.Bb4 Re8 18.Bb5 a5 19.Ba3 Re6 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 h5 22.Rfd1 Qh4 23.Rc2 Rc8 24.Re2 Qg5 25.f3 Nc5 26.Rc1 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Rexc6 28.Rd1 b5 29.b3 Ne6 30.Qd3 d4 31.f4 Qg4 32.h3 Qg3 33.Qe4 Rc3 34.Bd6 Rxe3 35.Rxe3 dxe3 36.Rf1 Nd4 37.Be5 e2 38.Rb1 e1=Q+ 39.Rxe1 Nf3+ 40.Qxf3 Qxe1+ 41.Kh2 h4 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 12
Vocaturo, Daniele – Howell, David
B15 Caro-Kann, Tartakower variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 h5 10.O-O h4 11.h3 Nd7 12.Be3 Nf8 13.c4 Bc7 14.Rad1 Qd6 15.Nf4 Bb8 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.Kf1 Ne6 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Bf5 Qh2 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.d5 cxd5 23.cxd5 Re8 24.Rd4 Kg8 25.Rxh4 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Rxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Qxe1+ 28.Kf3 Bd6 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Qxa8 Qd1+ 32.Ke4 Qc2+ 33.Ke3 Bc5+ 34.Rd4 Qxb2 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 12
Sevian, Samuel – Movsziszian, Karen
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.e5 Nh6 7.Ne4 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nc5 12.Nxc5 Qa5+ 13.Ke2 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.Bxd2 f6 17.Bc4+ Nf7 18.Bb4 Re8 19.h3 e6 20.Bc3 fxe5 21.fxe5 b5 22.Bb3 Bb7 23.Rhe1 a5 24.a3 Bf8 25.Kf2 b4 26.axb4 Bxb4 27.Bxb4 axb4 28.Rxa8 Bxa8 29.Nd4 Ng5 30.Ke3 Nf7 31.Nxe6 Bc6 32.Kd4 h6 33.Rc1 Bxg2 34.Nf4 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 12
Nihal Sarin – Nebolsina, Vera
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Ne5 c6 8.Be2 Nfd7 9.g4 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bxg4 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.Qxg4 Nd7 13.f4 Qc8 14.Qg3 f6 15.h5 gxh5 16.O-O-O fxe5 17.Rdg1 Rf7 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxh5 Ng4 20.Qh4 e5 21.Rxg4 Kf8 22.Rxg7 Rxg7 23.Rh8+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ Ke7 25.Qxe5+ 1-0

The game Aryan Tari against Elisabeth Paehtz is credited to Tari with no moves given. Probably a forfeit.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 11 , 2019

Round Three Pairings

I thought there would be perfect scores half-way through the tournament. There are just five of them going into Round Three!

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Bd		Name		Pts.		Pts.		Name
-			-				-
1		Shirov Alexei		2	-	2		Caruana Fabiano
2		Wang Hao		2	-	2		Bu Xiangzhi
3		Adhiban B.		2	-	1½		Wojtaszek Radoslaw
4		Carlsen Magnus		1½	-	1½		Kasimdzhanov Rustam
5		Yu Yangyi		1½	-	1½		Sarana Alexey
6		Grischuk Alexander		1½	-	1½		Oparin Grigoriy
7		Artemiev Vladislav		1½	-	1½		Melkumyan Hrant
8		Demchenko Anton		1½	-	1½		Nakamura Hikaru
9		Vitiugov Nikita		1½	-	1½		Motylev Alexander
10		Papaioannou Ioannis		1½	-	1½		Svidler Peter
11		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		1½	-	1½		Chigaev Maksim
12		Bluebaum Matthias		1½	-	1½		Matlakov Maxim
13		Lupulescu Constantin		1½	-	1½		Amin Bassem
14		Piorun Kacper		1½	-	1½		Sargissian Gabriel
15		Akopian Vladimir		1½	-	1½		Gelfand Boris
16		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		1½	-	1½		Mcshane Luke J
17		Korobov Anton		1½	-	1½		Adly Ahmed
18		Moiseenko Alexander		1½	-	1½		Alekseenko Kirill
19		Anton Guijarro David		1½	-	1½		Najer Evgeniy
20		Cheparinov Ivan		1½	-	1½		Jobava Baadur
21		Fedoseev Vladimir		1½	-	1½		Abdusattorov Nodirbek
22		Vovk Andriy		1½	-	1½		Maghsoodloo Parham
23		Safarli Eltaj		1½	-	1½		Eljanov Pavel
24		Dreev Aleksey		1½	-	1½		Munguntuul Batkhuyag
25		Sadhwani Raunak		1½	-	1½		Ganguly Surya Shekhar
26		So Wesley		1	-	1		Volokitin Andrei
27		Abasov Nijat		1	-	1		Anand Viswanathan
28		Jumabayev Rinat		1	-	1		Karjakin Sergey
29		Esipenko Andrey		1	-	1		Aronian Levon
30		Harikrishna Pentala		1	-	1		L'ami Erwin
31		Le Quang Liem		1	-	1		Deac Bogdan-Daniel
32		Huschenbeth Niclas		1	-	1		Xiong Jeffery
33		Shankland Sam		1	-	1		Van Foreest Jorden
34		Dubov Daniil		1	-	1		Narayanan.S.L
35		Vocaturo Daniele		1	-	1		Howell David W L
36		Vallejo Pons Francisco		1	-	1		Durarbayli Vasif
37		Grandelius Nils		1	-	1		Paravyan David
38		Kamsky Gata		1	-	1		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri
39		Erdos Viktor		1	-	1		Ragger Markus
40		Efimenko Zahar		1	-	1		Ponomariov Ruslan
41		Sasikiran Krishnan		1	-	1		Harika Dronavalli
42		Yilmaz Mustafa		1	-	1		Bacrot Etienne
43		Christiansen Johan-Sebast.		1	-	1		Leko Peter
44		Robson Ray		1	-	1		Stefanova Antoaneta
45		Boruchovsky Avital		1	-	1		Kryvoruchko Yuriy
46		Berkes Ferenc		1	-	1		Bjerre Jonas Buhl
47		Gukesh D		1	-	1		Saric Ivan
48		Keymer Vincent		1	-	1		Sjugirov Sanan
49		Kovalev Vladislav		1	-	1		Gavrilescu David
50		Sevian Samuel		1	-	1		Movsziszian Karen
51		Clarke Brandon G I		1	-	1		Lenderman Aleksandr
52		Erenberg Ariel		1	-	1		Mamedov Rauf
53		Riazantsev Alexander		1	-	1		Atalik Ekaterina
54		Zvjaginsev Vadim		1	-	1		Sebag Marie
55		Danielian Elina		1	-	1		Hovhannisyan Robert
56		Soumya Swaminathan		1	-	1		Kuzubov Yuriy
57		Dahl Baard		1	-	1		Mareco Sandro
58		Lu Shanglei		½	-	½		Inarkiev Ernesto
59		Rodshtein Maxim		½	-	½		Hess Robert
60		Henderson De La F. Lance		½	-	½		Nabaty Tamir
61		Movsesian Sergei		½	-	½		Puranik Abhimanyu
62		Tari Aryan		½	-	½		Paehtz Elisabeth
63		Saduakassova Dinara		½	-	½		Alekseev Evgeny
64		Bachmann Axel		½	-	½		Lei Tingjie
65		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		½	-	½		Ushenina Anna
66		Akobian Varuzhan		½	-	½		Rakotomaharo Fy Anten.
67		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		½	-	½		Zatonskih Anna
68		Hansen Eric		½	-	½		Solomon Kenny
69		Nihal Sarin		½	-	½		Nebolsina Vera
70		Kolbus Dietmar		½	-	0		Jones Gawain C B
71		Zhang Zhong		0	-	0		Jansa Vlastimil
72		Arkell Keith C		0	-	0		Iturrizaga Eduardo
73		Bulmaga Irina		0	-	0		Sethuraman S.P.
74		Baron Tal		0	-	0		Batsiashvili Nino
75		Houska Jovanka		0	-	0		Prithu Gupta
76		Kashlinskaya Alina		0	-	0		Wu Li
77		Cramling Pia		0	-	0		Allen Keith

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 11 , 2019

Round Two Games

Late Games

Round 2, Oct. 11
Caruana, Fabiano – Sevian, Samuel
A20 English, Modern Nimzowitsch

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 f6 9.Na3 Be6 10.Nc2 O-O 11.e4 Qd3 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Bf1 Qd7 14.d4 exd4 15.Ncxd4 Bg4 16.Qc2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Rfe8 18.Rac1 c6 19.b4 Kh8 20.b5 c5 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.h3 Bxf5 23.exf5 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 c4 25.a4 Bb4 26.Re4 Qd2 27.Qxd2 Bxd2 28.Bxc4 Nxa4 29.Ba3 Nb6 30.Bb3 Nc8 31.Bd5 a6 32.b6 Nxb6 33.Bxb7 a5 34.Bc5 Na8 35.Rc4 Bb4 36.Be3 h6 37.h4 Kh7 38.g4 Rb8 39.Be4 Nb6 40.Rc7 Na4 41.g5 Nc3 42.Bf3 Nb5 43.Rd7 hxg5 44.hxg5 Kh8 45.g6 Nc3 46.Bd2 a4 47.Rd3 a3 48.Bxc3 Bxc3 49.Bd5 Bd2 50.Rxd2 Rb1+ 51.Kg2 a2 52.Bb3 Rg1+ 53.Kf3 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 11
Mamedov, Rauf – Wang, Hao
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 c4 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.b3 a5 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.Nf1 Ba6 16.Ng3 Rfb8 17.Ba3 g6 18.Qe3 Nd3 19.h3 Nd7 20.Rab1 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Rb8 22.Nd2 Rxb1+ 23.Bxb1 N7c5 24.Bc2 Bb5 25.Ngf1 Na4 26.Nb1 Kg7 27.Nfd2 h6 28.Nf3 Bd8 29.h4 h5 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Bc1 Kg8 32.Qh6 Nc5 33.Nbd2 Nd7 34.Ba3 Nf6 35.Nxe5 dxe5 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.c4 Ba4 38.Bd6 Qd7 39.Nf3 Nxe4 40.Bxe5 f6 41.Bf4 Qe8 42.Qa3 Bb6 43.Kh2 0-1

Round 2, Oct. 11
L’Ami, Erwin – Shirov, Alexei
C02 French, Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O Bb4 12.a4 O-O 13.Ne2 Qa5 14.Bf4 b5 15.axb5 Qxb5 16.Ng3 a5 17.Nh5 Rfc8 18.g4 Ne7 19.Bd2 Ng6 20.Bxb4 Qxb4 21.Qd2 Nxe5 22.Qxb4 Nxf3+ 23.Kg2 Nh4+ 24.Kg3 axb4 25.Kxh4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Be8 27.Kg3 Rc4 28.Ra8 Kf8 29.f3 Rxd4 30.Rb8 Rc4 31.g5 d4 32.h4 d3 33.Rd8 e5 34.b3 Rd4 35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Kf2 Ba4 37.Nf4 d2 38.Ke2 Bxb3 39.Kxd2 Bc4 0-1

Round 2, Oct. 11
Alekseev, Evgeny – Grischuk, Alexander
C00 French, Schlechter variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Ne2 Be7 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Nbd7 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Be2 Bxc5 12.Nb3 Be7 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.O-O Rfc8 15.Rd1 Bb4 16.Bd2 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.a3 Be7 19.Na5 Rcc8 20.Bf4 b6 21.Nb7 Bc6 22.Nd6 Rd8 23.Ndb5 a6 24.Nd4 Be8 25.Nb3 Rdc8 26.Bd6 Bd8 27.Nd4 b5 28.Rd3 Ba5 29.Nde2 Bb6 30.Rad1 Bc6 31.Bf4 Nd5 32.Be5 f6 33.Bg3 Nxc3 34.Nxc3 e5 35.h3 Bd4 36.Kh2 a5 37.f4 b4 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.axb4 axb4 40.Ne2 Be4 41.Nxd4 Bxd3 42.Rxd3 exd4 43.Rxd4 Rxc2 44.Rxb4 Re8 45.Rb8 Rxb8 46.Bxb8 Rxb2 47.Be5 Re2 48.Bb8 Kf7 49.Kg3 Ke6 50.Kf3 Rb2 51.Bc7 Rb3+ 52.Kf2 Kd5 53.Bf4 Ke4 54.Bd6 Rb2+ 55.Kf1 Rc2 56.Bb8 g6 57.Bh2 Ke3 58.Bg1+ Kd2 59.Bb6 Kd1 60.Bd4 Rc4 61.Be3 Rc7 62.Bd4 Rf7+ 63.Bf2 h5 64.g3 g5 65.Kg2 Ke2 66.Bb6 g4 67.hxg4 hxg4 0-1

Final Position, Black wins in 22 moves after 68.Bg1





Round 2, Oct. 11
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Tari, Aryan
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 d6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.a4 c4 14.b4 cxb3 15.Qxb3 Nc5 16.Qb4 Nfd7 17.Rab1 Rc8 18.Be2 Re8 19.Rfd1 Nf6 20.Bf3 Nfd7 21.Be1 f5 22.a5 Ne5 23.Be2 Ned7 24.Bf1 g5 25.Ne2 Re4 26.Qd2 Qf6 27.Ng3 Rh4 28.f4 Rf8 29.Rb4 Qg6 30.Qc2 Rh6 31.Be2 Kh8 32.Bf3 Rh4 33.Rdb1 gxf4 34.exf4 Bh6 35.Nxf5 Rxf4 36.Bc3+ Ne5 37.Bxe5+ dxe5 38.Rxf4 Bxf4 39.Qxc5 Qxf5 40.Be4 Rc8 41.Qe7 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 11
Gelfand, Boris – Nihal Sarin
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 Qa5 12.Rd1 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Ng4 14.Nd2 Nge5 15.Nb3 Qb4 16.Bd2 Qc4 17.Bf1 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 Be8 19.Be3 f5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 b6 22.Be3 Bg6 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nb5 h6 25.Rac1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Nb4 27.Nd4 Rd8 28.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 exf5 30.Bd4 Nec6 31.Bc3 Nd5 32.Bb3 Ne7 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.h4 g6 35.Bd2 h5 36.Bg5 Ke8 37.Ke2 Nc7 38.Ke3 Nc6 39.Bf4 Nb5 40.Bc4 Nbd4 41.Bg5 b5 42.Bd5 Nc2+ 43.Kd2 N2b4 44.Bb3 Na6 45.Be3 Ke7 46.Bd5 Nab4 47.Bc5+ Kf6 48.Bb3 Na6 49.Be3 Ke7 50.Bd5 Nab4 51.Bc5+ Kf6 52.Bb3 Na6 53.Bd6 Na5 54.Bd5 Nc4+ 55.Bxc4 bxc4 56.Bf4 Ke6 57.Be3 f4 58.Bxa7 fxg3 59.fxg3 Nb4 60.Kc3 Nxa2+ 61.Kxc4 Nc1 62.b4 Kd7 63.Be3 Ne2 64.Bf4 Kc6 65.Kd3 Ng1 66.Ke3 Kb5 67.Bd6 Nh3 68.Be7 Kc6 69.Kf3 Kd7 70.Bf6 Ke6 71.Kg2 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 11
McShane, Luke – Lu, Shanglei
B24 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 Nd4 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nh3 d6 9.O-O Ne7 10.f4 O-O 11.Nd5 Nec6 12.Ne7+ Kh8 13.Nxc8 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Raxc8 15.c3 Nb5 16.f5 Kg8 17.f6 Bh8 18.g4 Ne5 19.g5 Nxd3 20.Nf2 Nxf2 21.Rxf2 Rfd8 22.Bf4 Nc7 23.Rd1 e5 24.Be3 Ne8 25.Bf1 h6 26.h4 h5 27.Bc4 Kf8 28.Rfd2 Rc7 29.Kg2 a6 30.a4 Rc6 31.a5 Rb8 32.Kh3 b5 33.axb6 Rcxb6 34.b4 cxb4 35.Bxb6 Rxb6 36.cxb4 Rxb4 37.Bd5 Bxf6 38.Rf2 Ke7 39.Rdf1 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 11
Leko, Peter – Boruschovsky, AvitalA13 English

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.g3 c5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.O-O b5 12.Nf4 Qd6 13.Rc1 g6 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.Rfe1 a5 16.Qb1 a4 17.bxa4 b4 18.d3 Rxa4 19.e4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Qb8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd5 Bg7 23.Rxc5 Qa7 24.Rc2 Ra8 25.Nc7 Rd8 26.e5 Ne7 27.Qb3 h6 28.Nh4 Bxg2 29.Nxg2 Qa5 30.Ne3 Ra3 31.Nc4 Rxb3 32.Nxa5 Rc3 33.Rxc3 bxc3 34.Nb3 c2 35.f4 Nc6 36.Kf1 Rd1 37.Nb5 Nb4 38.Ke2 Rb1 39.Nc3 Nxa2 40.Nxa2 Rxb3 41.Nc1 Rb6 42.Kd3 f6 43.Kxc2 fxe5 44.fxe5 Kf7 45.Nd3 g5 46.Kc3 Rc6+ 47.Kd4 Rc2 48.h3 h5 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Rg2 51.Re4 Ke6 52.Nc5+ Ke7 53.Kd5 Rd2+ 54.Rd4 Re2 55.Ne4 Re1 56.Rd3 Ra1 57.Nc5 Rg1 58.Rd4 Re1 59.Re4 Rd1+ 60.Kc6 Rd2 61.Nb3 Rd8 62.Nd4 Bh8 63.Nf3 Rg8 64.Kd5 Rd8+ 65.Kc4 Rg8 66.Kd4 Ra8 67.Kc5 Rc8+ 68.Kd5 Rd8+ 69.Kc4 Rg8 70.Kd3 Ke6 71.Ke3 Re8 72.Nxg5+ Kd5 73.Rd4+ Kc5 74.Rd1 Bxe5 75.Ne4+ Kc6 76.g5 Rf8 77.g6 Rg8 78.Rg1 Kd5 79.Rg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

Final Position



Round 2, Oct. 11
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – Gukesh, D
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bd3 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.c3 dxc3 11.dxc3 Bd6 12.c4 Nf6 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bg5 O-O-O 16.b4 Bxb4 17.Rab1 Be7 18.Be3 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bc6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Qe3 Rd7 24.c5 Rc7 25.Rfc1 Rd8 26.h3 Rd5 27.Rb6 Qa4 28.Rbb1 Qxa2 29.c6 bxc6 30.Ra1 Qd2 31.Qb6 Kd7 32.Qxa6 Rd6 33.Qb6 c5 34.Qb8 Rc8 35.Ra7+ Kd8 36.Qb1 Rc7 37.Qb8+ Rc8 38.Qb1 Rc7 39.Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Oct. 11
Saric, Ivan – 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.Bg2 Be7 9.g5 O-O 10.h4 Nc6 11.b3 Qb6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Bb2 e5 15.Qd2 Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.O-O-O f6 18.g6 hxg6 19.f4 Bg4 20.Bh3 Bxh3 21.Rxh3 exf4 22.Qxf4 Qa5 23.Rg3 Qh5 24.Rdg1 Kh7 25.Kb1 Rfe8 26.Qf1 d5 27.Rxg6 Qxg6 28.Rxg6 Kxg6 29.Qf5+ Kf7 30.e5 g6 31.Qd7 fxe5 32.Bxe5 Rad8 33.Qb7 Rc8 34.Bd6 Rcd8 35.Bc7 Rc8 36.c3 Rh8 37.Be5 Rhf8 38.Bd6 Rce8 39.Bg3 Kg8 40.Qxc6 Bf6 41.Qxd5+ Kg7 42.h5 gxh5 43.Qxh5 Re4 44.c4 Rd8 45.Qf5 Rd1+ 46.Kc2 Rdd4 47.Qh5 Re3 48.Qh2 Rde4 49.Bf2 Re2+ 50.Kd1 Bg5 51.Qc7+ Re7 52.Qg3 Rd2+ 53.Kc1 Kg6 54.Qxg5+ Kxg5 55.Kxd2 Kf5 56.Bc5 Rc7 57.Bb6 Rb7 58.c5 Rg7 59.Kc3 Rg4 60.b4 Ke6 61.c6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Oct. 11
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Henderson, Lance
E07 Catalan, Closed, Botvinnik variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Qd3 Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Rd1 Nf6 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.c5 Qc7 19.Ne5 Nd5 20.a4 bxc5 21.Qxc5 a5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rac1 Rfc8 24.b4 axb4 25.Qxb4 Rcb8 26.Qa3 f6 27.Nd3 Bc8 28.Re1 Bf5 29.Nc5 Qa5 30.Qf3 Bg6 31.h4 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.h5 Re1+ 34.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35.Kg2 Be4 36.Nxe4 dxe4 37.Qb3+ Kf8 38.Qa3+ Kf7 39.Qa2+ Ke7 40.a5 Qb4 41.a6 Qb8 42.a7 Qa8 43.g4 c5 44.dxc5 e3+ 45.f3 h6 46.Qa6 Kf7 47.c6 e2 48.Kf2 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 11
Prithu Gupta – Shankland, Sam
A37 English, symmetrical, Botvinnik System reversed

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O d6 7.a3 a5 8.d3 Nge7 9.Ne1 Be6 10.Nc2 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne3 Nb6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Ne4 c4 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.dxc4 O-O 17.Nc5 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Bxc4 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rc2 Rd1+ 21.Kg2 Rd4 22.e4 a4 23.Be3 Rxe4 24.Nxe4 Bd3 25.Rd2 Bxe4+ 26.f3 Bd5 27.Rc1 f5 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Re2 Rb8 30.Bc5 Rb3 31.Rc3 Rb5 32.Bb4 e4 33.fxe4 Bd4+ 34.Ke1 fxe4 35.Rc1 c5 36.Bc3 Ke6 37.Rd2 Ke5 38.Re2 Rb8 39.Rf2 e3 40.Rf4 g5 41.Rg4 h6 42.Rd1 Bxc3+ 43.bxc3 Bf3 44.Rc4 Rb2 45.Rxc5+ Ke6 0-1

[Hans Jung]

A lovely Grand Prix attack by Luke McShane (for us Canadian fans who remember) Pure torture for his opponent.

[Hans Jung]

Fab Fabi - nice game.

[Hans Jung]

In the Kuzubov - Jansa game I admire the legendary GM Jansa playing the Pirc at his age (you gotta believe!) but one slip and he was gone. The finish was nice by Kuzubov.

[Hans Jung]

You maybe a great young talent but dont play the two knights vs the bishops in the endgame unless you want a lesson - Boris Gelfand-Nihal Sarin

[Hans Jung]

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

[Hans Jung]

Wang Hao played a wonderful game.

[Hans Jung]

Where did Eric go wrong?

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 11 , 2019

Round Two Games

Early Games

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

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

Final Position



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

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

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

Final Position



Nice bishops, Hikaru!

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

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

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

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

Final Position



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

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

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

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

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

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

And a big upset in Iturrizaga – Clarke

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

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

Final Position





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

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

Final Position



Ouch!

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

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Kh8 16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Nd4 Bg8 18.Bc2 Ne5 19.b4 Nc4 20.Qe2 a5 21.Qf3 Qb6 22.Qg3 axb4 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.cxb4 d4 25.Ne7 Be6 26.Nc6 Rd6 27.Na5 Bf5 28.Bxf5 Qxf5 29.Nb3 d3 30.Rad1 d2 31.Re7 Rg6 32.Nd4 Qf6 33.Re6 Qxd4 34.Rxg6 Qe4 0-1

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

[Hans Jung]

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

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 10 , 2019

Round One Games

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final Position




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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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