Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[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]

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]

Fab Fabi - nice game.

[Hans Jung]

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

[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

[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 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 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 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 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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[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 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 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

[Hans Jung]

No more perfect scores

[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?