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        • Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

          October 20, 2019

          Round Ten

          Late Games

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Caruana, Fabiano – Anton, David
          A27 English, Three Knights System

          1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5+ Ke8 9.O-O-O Be6 10.e4 Bh6 11.Bxh6 Nxh6 12.Be2 Ke7 13.b3 f6 14.h4 Nf7 15.f4 h5 16.Bf3 a5 17.Rhe1 Bg4 18.Bxg4 hxg4 19.g3 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.Rh1 Ke7 22.Kd2 b6 23.Nd1 a4 24.Nf2 axb3 25.axb3 Ra8 26.h5 Ra2+ 27.Ke3 gxh5 28.Rxh5 Rb2 29.Nxg4 Rxb3+ 30.Kf2 Rb2+ 31.Kf1 Rb1+ 32.Ke2 Rb2+ 33.Kf3 Rb3+ 34.Kg2 Rb2+ 35.Kh3 Rb1 36.Rf5 Nd6 37.Rxf6 Nxe4 38.Rg6 Rh1+ 39.Kg2 Rc1 40.Ne5 Rc2+ 41.Kh3 c5 42.Kg4 Nd6 43.f5 Nxc4 44.Re6+ Kd8 45.Nxc4 Rxc4+ 46.Kg5 Rc3 47.g4 c4 48.Kf6 Rg3 49.g5 c3 50.g6 b5 51.g7 b4 52.Kf7 Rxg7+ 53.Kxg7 c2 54.Re1 b3 55.f6 b2 56.f7 c1=Q 57.f8=Q+ Kd7 58.Qf5+ 1-0

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Carlsen, Magnus – Matlakov, Maxim
          D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.h4 g4 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Qe7 14.b3 Rg8 15.Qc2 b4 16.Na4 c3 17.a3 Nd7 18.Bg3 Bg7 19.Rd1 a5 20.O-O Bf6 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.dxc5 e5 23.Rd6 Bxh4 24.Bc4 Bg5 25.Qd3 Rg6 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Bxf4 28.Rxf4 c2 29.Qxc2 Rxd6 30.cxd6 Qxd6 31.e5 Qc5+ 32.Kh1 Qe3 33.Qf5 Kd8 34.Qxf7 Kc8 35.axb4 Qxe5 36.Qf8+ Kc7 37.Rf7+ Kb6 38.bxa5+ Qxa5 39.Qe7 Qh5+ 40.Kg1 Ra1+ 41.Bf1 Qxf7 42.Qxf7 Ba6 43.Qf2+ Kb7 44.Qd4 Rxf1+ 45.Kh2 h5 46.Qc5 Rb1 47.Qxh5 Kb6 48.Qxg4 Rxb3 49.Qg8 Rd3 50.g4 Rd5 51.g5 Bd3 52.g6 Bxg6 53.Qxg6 Kc7 54.Qf7+ Kb8 55.Kg3 Rg5+ 56.Kf4 Rd5 57.Qf8+ Kb7 58.Qb4+ Kc7 59.Ke4 Kc8 60.Qb6 Kd7 61.Qb7+ Kd6 62.Qc8 Kc5 63.Qb8 Rh5 64.Kf4 Rd5 65.Kg4 Kc4 66.Qb6 Rd4+ 67.Kf5 c5 68.Qa5 Rd5+ 69.Ke6 Rd4 70.Qa4+ Kc3 71.Qa3+ Kc4 72.Qa5 Rd3 73.Qa4+ Kc3 74.Qa3+ Kc4 75.Qc1+ Kb4 76.Qb2+ Kc4 77.Qc2+ Kd4 78.Kd6 c4 79.Qf2+ Re3 80.Qd2+ 1-0

          I was following this game on the sesse supercomputer site. Carlsen seemed excessively cautious but later said he had confidence because he knew that this endgame was winning for White since he was a schoolboy!

          Final Position

          

          White wins in 29 moves after 80…Ke4

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Karjakin, Sergey – Alekseenko, Kirill
          A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

          1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.d4 Nb6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.Ne5 c6 7.c4 f6 8.cxd5 fxe5 9.dxc6 e4 10.cxb7 Rb8 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Qxd4 16.Qc2 Qc4 17.Qxc4 Nxc4 18.Rfd1 Nxb2 19.Bc6+ Kf8 20.Rd7 Nd3 21.Rd1 Nc5 22.R7d2 Kf7 23.Rc2 Be7 24.Rb1 Rhd8 25.Rb5 Na6 26.Bf3 Nb4 27.Rc4 Nd5 28.Rc6 Rd7 29.Bg4 Nc7 30.Rb3 Bd6 31.Bf3 Nd5 32.Kg2 Ke7 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Re3+ Kf7 35.Rf3+ Ke7 36.Re3+ Kf6 37.Rf3+ Ke6 38.Re3+ Kf6 39.Rf3+ Ke5 40.Re3+ Kf5 41.Rf3+ Ke6 42.Re3+ Kf7 43.Rf3+ Kg8 44.Rc8+ Rd8 45.Rfc3 Kf7 46.R3c6 Ke7 47.Ra6 Rdxc8 48.bxc8=Q Rxc8 49.Rxa7+ Rc7 50.Ra5 Bc5 51.e3 Kd6 52.Ra6+ Kd7 53.Ra4 Ra7 54.Rh4 Rxa2 55.Kf3 h6 56.Rg4 Bf8 57.Rf4 Be7 58.Rf7 g6 59.h4 Ra6 60.Rh7 Rf6+ 61.Kg2 h5 62.Rh8 Rf8 63.Rh6 Rg8 64.Rh7 Ke6 65.Kg1 Rf8 66.Rg7 Kf6 67.Rh7 Rf7 68.Rh8 Bf8 69.Rg8 Kf5 70.Kg2 Rf6 71.Rh8 Ke6 72.Rh7 Rf7 73.Rh8 Ke7 74.f4 Kf6 75.Rg8 Bc5 76.Rd8 Ke6 77.Rg8 Kf5 78.Kf3 Rf8 79.Rg7 Re8 80.Rf7+ Ke6 81.Rb7 Ra8 82.Rg7 Ra3 83.Rxg6+ Ke7 84.Rg5 Rxe3+ 85.Kg2 Kd6 86.Rxh5 d4 87.Rh8 d3 88.h5 Kd7 89.Rh7+ Kc6 0-1

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Vitiugov, Nikita – Rakhmanov, Aleksandr
          D30 Queen’s Gambit declined

          1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.c5 b6 5.cxb6 cxb6 6.Bf4 Bb7 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Ngf6 9.h3 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.O-O Bd6 13.a4 Rfc8 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Rac1 Rab8 16.Rc2 Nh5 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Qf8 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.d5 Nf4 22.dxe6 Nxe6 23.Nd5 Ndc5 24.Qc4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qg4 Rd8 27.Rd2 Nd7 28.Nh4 Ra7 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Qxe6+ Kh7 31.Qe4+ g6 32.Nxg6 Qg7 33.Nge7+ Kh8 34.Nf4 Qf6 35.Nh5 Qg5 36.Rd5 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qc7+ 38.f4 Qb6 39.Ng6+ Kg8 40.Qe7 Qxg6 41.Qxd8+ Nf8 42.Rxb5 1-0

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Xiong, Jeffery – Sevian, Samuel
          A20 English

          1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.d5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Nge2 d6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Re8 12.Qa4 Rb8 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Bg4 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Rab1 Nd3 18.b4 h5 19.b5 cxb5 20.cxb5 Rbc8 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.bxc6 Rxc6 23.Bxf6 Rxc2 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Rb8+ Kh7 26.Rb7 Rxb7 27.Bxe4+ f5 28.Bxb7 Ra2 29.e4 Kg6 30.Rb1 Rxa3 31.Bc6 f4 32.Be8+ Kg5 33.Rb5+ Ne5 34.gxf4+ Kxf4 35.Bxh5 g6 36.Be2 Ra2 37.Kf1 Ra1+ 38.Kg2 Ra2 39.Kf1 Kxe4 40.Rb4+ Kf5 41.Rd4 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 Ra2 43.Kf1 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Re1 45.Bf1 a5 46.Rxd6 a4 47.Ra6 Ra1 48.h4 a3 49.Ra4 a2 1/2-1/2

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Paravyan, David – McShane, Luke
          C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Nb3 Bd6 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 a6 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Bg5 c5 11.c3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Na5 b6 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.b3 b5 16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Bh4 Bf8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bg3 Nd7 20.h4 f6 21.h5 Bf7 22.Kg2 c4 23.bxc4 bxc4 24.dxc4 Red8 25.Qc2 Nb6 26.Nd2 Qd7 27.Rad1 Qa4 28.Qb3 Qc6 29.f3 Rab8 30.Qc2 Qa4 31.Qxa4 Nxa4 32.Nb3 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Nxc3 34.Rd2 Nxa2 35.Rxa2 Rxb3 36.Bf2 Ba3 37.Nc2 Be7 38.Ne3 Ba3 39.Nc2 Rb2 40.Rxa3 Rxc2 41.Rxa6 Bxc4 42.Ra3 Kf7 43.Kg3 Ke6 44.Be3 Bb5 45.Ra1 Rb2 46.Rc1 Kd7 47.Rd1+ Kc8 48.g5 Be2 49.h6 gxh6 50.gxf6 Bc4 51.Bc5 Bf7 52.Rd5 Ra2 53.Rxe5 Ra6 54.Be7 Kd7 55.Rb5 Ra8 56.Rb4 Rg8+ 57.Kf2 h5 58.Rd4+ Kc6 59.Rd1 Rg5 60.f4 Rb5 61.Rg1 Kd7 62.Rg7 Ke8 63.Rxh7 Bg6 64.Rh8+ Kf7 65.Ke3 Ke6 66.f5+ Bxf5 67.exf5+ Rxf5 68.Ke4 c5 69.Rc8 Re5+ 70.Kf4 Rf5+ 71.Kg3 Kf7 72.Rc7 Ke6 73.Kh4 Kf7 74.Rc8 Ke6 75.Rh8 Rf1 76.Rxh5 c4 77.Rc5 Rc1 78.Kg3 c3 79.Kf2 c2 80.Ke2 1-0

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Leko, Peter – Jumabayev, Rinat
          B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 Rb8 9.g3 Nf6 10.Ne3 h5 11.Bg2 h4 12.O-O Nd4 13.Ncd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd7 15.g4 h3 16.Bh1 g6 17.c3 Nf5 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.Bf3 Qh4 20.Kh1 Bh6 21.b3 Bf4 22.Nc4 Ke7 23.Ba3 e4 24.Qd4 Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.Be2 b5 27.Ne3 Rhg8 28.Rg1 Be5 29.Rxg8 Rxg8 30.Rg1 Rb8 31.c4 b4 32.Bc1 Bd4 33.Rd1 Bc3 34.f4 exf3 35.Bxf3 Re8 36.Nf1 Be5 37.Ng3 1-0

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Ponomariov, Ruslan – Lu, Shanglei
          D52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.a3 g6 8.b4 Bg7 9.O-O Nge7 10.bxc5 dxc5 11.d3 O-O 12.Rb1 h6 13.Nd5 f5 14.Qb3 b6 15.Bd2 g5 16.Bc3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Ng6 19.Qd1 Qh3 20.Kh1 Nh4 21.Rg1 Nxf3 22.Rg2 Rf8 23.Ne3 Nh4 24.Rg3 Qc8 25.Ng2 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 Nd4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.Rxg4 Be5 30.h4 Bf4 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.a4 Kg7 33.a5 d3 34.axb6 axb6 35.Rd1 Rd8 36.Kf3 b5 37.Rxf4 gxf4 38.Kxf4 bxc4 39.Ke3 Kf6 40.f3 Rh8 41.Rd2 Rh1 42.Rb2 Rd1 43.Rd2 Re1+ 44.Kf2 Rb1 45.Ke3 c3 0-1

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Durarbayli, Vasif – Soumya, Swaminathan
          B56 Sicilian, Defence

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 a5 10.Bb5 Na7 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.O-O-O Qb6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Kb1 Raa8 15.Na4 Qa7 16.Rhe1 Ne8 17.Nc3 Nc7 18.a4 Nxb5 19.Qxb5 g6 20.Nd5 Bd8 21.Nd2 Rc8 22.Qd3 Qc5 23.Nb3 Qc4 24.Nc3 Rc6 25.Qxc4 Bxc4 26.Nb5 b6 27.Nxd6 Be6 28.Nc1 Be7 29.Nb5 Bb4 30.Re3 f6 31.Red3 Be7 32.Rc3 Rfc8 33.Rxc6 Rxc6 34.Ne2 Kf7 35.Nec3 f5 36.b3 h5 37.Nd5 Bc5 38.h3 h4 39.Ndc7 fxe4 40.fxe4 Ke7 41.Nxe6 Kxe6 42.Nc3 Rc8 43.Rf1 Rf8 44.Rxf8 Bxf8 45.Nd5 Bc5 46.Kb2 Kd6 47.Kc3 g5 48.Kc4 Kc6 49.Nf6 Bf2 50.Ng4 Bg3 51.Nh6 Bh2 52.Nf7 Bf4 53.c3 Bh2 54.Nxg5 Bf4 55.Nf3 Bg3 56.b4 axb4 57.cxb4 Kd6 58.Kb5 Kc7 59.Ka6 Kc6 60.b5+ 1-0

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Boruchovsky, Avital
          E12 Queen’s Indian Accelerated, Petrosian System

          1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.d4 e6 4.a3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d5 O-O 7.g3 exd5 8.cxd5 b5 9.Bg2 b4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.Nh4 d6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.e4 Re8 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Nf5 Qd7 16.Bh3 Kh8 17.f3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qb5 19.Be3 Nfd7 20.Rb1 Qa6 21.Bd4 f6 22.Bf1 Qa5 23.Qc2 Ne5 24.Be2 a6 25.f4 Ned7 26.Ra1 Qb6 27.Reb1 Qa7 28.Bf3 a5 29.g4 Rg8 30.Qg2 g5 31.fxg5 Rxg5 32.h4 Rgg8 33.Kh2 Ne5 34.Be2 Rae8 35.g5 Qa8 36.Rg1 Ned7 37.Bb5 c6 38.Nxd6 Qb8 39.e5 fxe5 40.Nf7+ Kg7 41.Bxc5 Nxc5 42.Qf1 Ne4 43.h5 cxb5 44.Qf5 Qc8 45.Qxe4 Qxc3 46.Raf1 Qd2+ 47.Rg2 Qxd5 48.h6+ Kf8 49.Nxe5+ Ke7 50.Nc6+ Kd6 51.Rf6+ 1-0

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          Comments

          - By defeating Maxim Matlakov in round 10 of #IOMchess, Magnus Carlsen extends his unbeaten streak to 100 games!

          - "Anything you can do..." @MagnusCarlsen brings in the full point minutes after @FabianoCaruana had done the same. But, boy, did he make heavy weather of it... and he has half a point less than his big rival

          John Saunders - My nomination for game of the round is Dahl-Kolbus in which the lowest rated player in the event, playing on next to bottom board (2nd from left in photo), played a superb combination to win his game. Well played, Baard Dahl!

          Round 10, Oct. 20
          Dahl, Baard (2067) – Kolbus, Dietmar (2300)
          C16 French, Winawer, Advance variation

          1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.Qd1 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Bg5 Ne7 12.Ne2 Qd7 13.Ng3 g6 14.Qf3 c6 15.O-O Nc7 16.a4 Nf5 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Bf6 Rg8 19.Rfe1 Qe6 20.Rad1 Kd7 21.Qe2 b5 22.Ra1 Rgb8 23.Reb1 a6 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Qc1 Qe8 26.Rb3 Qf8 27.Ra2 Rab8 28.axb5 cxb5 29.e6+ fxe6 30.Be5 Rb6 31.Rba3 Ra8 32.Qa1 Qc8 33.Qb2 Rc6 34.Qb4 Qb7 35.c4 dxc4 36.Rg3 Rg8 37.Qd2 Nd5 38.Qh6 Rcc8 39.Rxg6 Rxg6 40.Qxg6 Re8 41.Qf7+ Re7 42.Qxh5 b4 43.Qf3 Qb5 44.h5 a5 45.h6 b3 46.cxb3 cxb3 47.Rb2 a4 48.Bg7 Qc4 49.h7 Rxg7 50.h8=Q Qxd4 51.Qfh5 Qxb2 52.Q5e8+ Kc7 53.Qc8+ Kb6 54.Qxe6+ Kc5 55.Qf8+ Re7 56.Qec8+ Kd4 57.Qh8+ Re5 58.f4 Qb1+ 59.Kh2 Nxf4 60.Qd7+ Nd5 61.Qxa4+ 1-0

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          • Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

            October 20, 2019

            Final Round Pairings

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


            • We have our first win of the last round Oparin-Amin If you look at the position at move 20 you would think nothing happening. Im willing to bet black exchanged queens and relaxed. Then came a school boy tactic. Horrors!

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              • Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

                October 21, 2019

                Round Eleven

                Early Games

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Nakamura, Hikaru – Caruana, Fabiano
                C01 French, Exchange

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Nb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Na6 13.Bc2 Nc7 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bh4 Nf4 16.Ne5 Ng6 17.Bg3 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nd2 Qd5 21.Re1 Bf5 22.Nb3 Rfe8 23.Qxd5 cxd5 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.f3 Nxe5 27.fxe4 dxe4 28.Rxe4 Nc6 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.Bf2 Nxd4 31.Rxd4 1/2-1/2

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Aronian, Levon – Carlsen, Magnus
                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 Nfd7 12.Ne2 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.Ng3 Re5 15.Kf2 Qh4 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Rc1 Ba6 18.b3 Nxd5 19.Rc4 Qe7 20.Re4 Qe6 21.Bf4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 Bxf1 23.Rxe5 dxe5 24.Qe4 Nc6 25.Rxf1 c4 26.Nf5 cxb3 27.Qxc6 Qxc6 28.Ne7+ Kf8 29.Nxc6 bxa2 30.Nxb4 Rb8 31.Ra1 Rxb4 32.Rxa2 Rb7 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Ra6 1/2-1/2

                Position after White’s 19.Rc4

                

                - Carlsen’s score since July 31st 2018, 446 days ago, is +33 =67 -0 against an average rating of 2757. Ding's score was +29 =71 -0 against an average of 2699.

                - Tiviakov's record is 110 games without defeat

                - now Magnus has the record, with 101 games?

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Wang, Hao – Howell, David
                E60 King’s Indian

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 c6 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 O-O 14.Be3 Be6 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Bxb7 Rxa2 17.Rxa2 Bxa2 18.Qa4 Bd5 19.Rd1 Bxb7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.f4 Bxb2 22.Qa7 Rd7 23.Qxb6 Ba1 24.Qb5 Rd1+ 25.Kf2 Bh1 26.Qe8+ Kg7 27.Bc5 h5 28.Bf8+ Kf6 29.Qe7+ Kf5 30.Qxf7+ Bf6 31.Be7 Rd2+ 32.Ke3 Rxh2 33.Qxf6+ Kg4 34.Qxg6+ Kh3 35.f5 Bd5 36.f6 Kg2 37.Qc2+ 1-0

                Position after the blunder 18….Bd5?

                

                Chessbomb chat comment - Giri is sitting in his bath caressing a piece of paper with his rating on it, saying "my precious!"

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Kovalev, Vladislav – Karjakin, Sergey
                C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nd5 d6 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bh4 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Be5 18.f4 c6 19.fxe5 cxd5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Bd3 Bd7 22.h3 b5 23.Bxb5 Qe8 24.Qxe8+ Bxe8 25.Ba6 Bg6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Bb7 Re8 28.Bxd5+ Bf7 29.Rb5 Re5 30.c4 Bxd5 31.cxd5 Kg7 32.Ra5 Kg6 33.Rxa7 Rxd5 34.a4 1/2-1/2

                Karjakin not in the Candidates

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Grischuk, Alexander – Gelfand
                C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.Qb3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rb8 14.f4 f5 15.a4 Qd7 16.d4 a5 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qc6 19.Rb1 b6 20.Ra2 Rfd8 21.h3 Rd7 22.Kh2 Qe6 23.Qb5 Rbd8 24.Rc2 h5 25.Rbc1 h4 26.Qe2 Qc6 27.Qh5 Rf8 28.c4 Qxa4 29.e6 Re7 30.cxd5 Qxd4 31.Qg5 Rf6 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Rxc7 Rg6 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Qh5+ Rh6 36.Qxf5+ 1-0

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Maghsoodloo, Parham – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
                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.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Bc4 Rc8 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bb3 Nb6 15.Rfd1 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Qb6 17.Rd3 Be7 18.c3 a5 19.a3 Rc5 20.Qe3 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Rfc8 22.g3 g6 23.Kg2 Qb7 24.Rad1 Kg7 25.h4 h5 26.R1d3 b4 27.Rxc5 Rxc5 28.cxb4 axb4 29.Rb3 Rc4 30.Nd2 d5 31.Nxc4 dxc4 32.Rxb4 Bxb4 33.axb4 1/2-1/2

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Oparin, Grigoriy – Amin, Bassem
                C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed Breyer, Borisenko variation

                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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.Nc3 b4 13.Ne2 Nxe4 14.Qc2 Nef6 15.Ng3 c5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Bd6 19.Re2 Qc7 20.Bg5 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Qxg3 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Rf1 Qg6 24.Re3 Qxc2 25.Bxc2 Be6 26.Rg3+ Kh8 27.Bxh7 1-0

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Kamsky, Gata – Durarbayli, Vasif
                A47 Queen’s Indian

                1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.h3 Be7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 d6 10.Bh2 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Re1 h6 13.c3 Bf8 14.Nc4 Ra7 15.Nfd2 Qc7 16.Ne3 Nbd7 17.a5 b5 18.c4 bxc4 19.Ndxc4 Ba8 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Qb7 23.f3 Qb4 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.Nxd2 d5 26.Nb3 Nb8 27.Nc5 g5 28.b4 Nc6 29.Nxa6 Nxb4 30.Bb5 Rd8 31.Bc7 Rc8 32.Bb6 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rxa6 34.Rc8 Bb7 35.Rc7 Ra8 36.Rxb7 Bd6 37.Rd7 Bf4 38.Rd8+ Rxd8 39.Bxd8 Be3+ 40.Kf1 Bxd4 41.Bb6 Bc3 42.a6 Nxa6 43.Bxa6 Be5 44.Bc5 Kg7 45.Bd3 Kg8 46.Ke2 Kg7 47.Kd2 Kg8 48.Kc2 Kg7 49.Kb3 Kg8 50.Ka4 Kg7 51.Kb5 Bg3 52.Be7 h5 53.Bxg5 hxg4 54.fxg4 Be5 55.Kc6 Bc3 56.Kd7 Bf6 57.Bd2 Bd4 58.g5 e5 59.Kc6 1-0

                Durarbayli is an Azerbaijan chess Grandmaster born in 1992

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Huschenbeth, Niclas – Dubov, Daniil
                C55 Scotch Gambit, Dubois-Reti Defence

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Be7 10.f3 Nc5 11.f4 Ne4 12.f5 c5 13.Nb3 Bb5 14.Re1 Bh4 15.g3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bxg3 17.Nc3 Qh4 18.Re2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 O-O 20.Nxc5 Bxe5 21.Nd3 Rfe8 22.Qg2 Bd4+ 23.Kf1 Qh5 24.Nf4 Qxf5 25.Qxd5 Qf6 26.Ne4 Qa6+ 27.Nd3 Rad8 28.Qf5 Qc6 29.Ndf2 Re5 30.Qf4 Rde8 0-1

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Shankland, Sam – Gavrilescu, David
                D31, QGD

                1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Bf5 8.f3 Nc6 9.Ne2 h5 10.Ra2 Qd7 11.Nf4 Na5 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.O-O Qc6 14.Nd3 Bxd3 15.Bxd3 Rhe8 16.a4 a6 17.Re2 Nc4 18.Qb3 Nd6 19.Ba3 Re7 20.Rc1 Qe8 21.Kf2 Re6 22.Rb1 Qc6 23.Bxd6 Rexd6 24.Reb2 Qb6 25.Qxb6 cxb6 26.Rxb6 Rxb6 27.Rxb6 Kc7 28.Rb2 Nd7 29.e4 dxe4 30.fxe4 Nb6 31.a5 Nc8 32.e5 f6 33.Be4 b6 34.exf6 Rf8 35.axb6+ Nxb6 36.Ra2 Rxf6+ 37.Ke2 Nd7 38.c4 Rd6 39.Ke3 Nf6 40.Bf3 g5 41.g3 g4 42.Bg2 Rb6 43.c5 Rb3+ 44.Kf4 Rb4 45.Rxa6 Rxd4+ 46.Ke3 1-0

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Efimenko, Zahar – Iturrizaga, Eduardo
                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.Ne2 Re8 9.Qc2 h5 10.O-O h4 11.h3 Na6 12.Be3 Nc7 13.c4 Ne6 14.Rfe1 Bc7 15.Rad1 Qd6 16.Nf4 g5 17.c5 Qd8 18.Nh5 Ng7 19.Qe2 Be6 20.Qf3 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 Kf8 22.Bxg5 fxg5 23.Qh6+ 1-0

                An interesting interview with Dinara Saduakassova (born 1996). She is a Kazakhstani player who is an IM who got her grandmaster norm after Round 9 of this tournament.

                In 2017 she became the National Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Kazakhstan.

                Round 11, Oct. 21
                Adly, Ahmed – Saduakassova, Dinara
                A17 English, Nimzo-English Opening

                1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.b3 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Bb2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 c5 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 Nb4 12.Bxb4 cxb4 13.h3 a5 14.Bd3 a4 15.g4 g6 16.Qd2 axb3 17.axb3 Qa5 18.Rhe1 b5 19.Qb2 bxc4 20.bxc4 Ba6 21.Kb1 d5 22.Nd2 dxc4 23.Nxc4 Qc7 24.Ne3 Bxd3+ 25.Rxd3 Ne4 26.Nd5 Qc4 27.Rde3 Qxd5 28.Rxe4 b3 29.Re5 Qc4 30.R5e3 Rfb8 31.Rc1 Qd5 32.Rc5 Qh1+ 33.Rc1 Qd5 34.Rc5 Qd6 35.Rxb3 Rxb3 36.Qxb3 Qxd4 37.Qc3 Qd1+ 38.Kb2 Qe2+ 39.Kc1 Qf1+ 40.Kb2 Qxf2+ 41.Kb1 Qf1+ 42.Kb2 Qg2+ 43.Kc1 Qf1+ 44.Kb2 Rb8+ 45.Kc2 Qb1+ 46.Kd2 Rd8+ 47.Ke3 Qf1 48.Ke4 Re8+ 49.Kd5 Qd1+ 50.Kc4 Re4+ 51.Kb5 Qa4+ 52.Kb6 Re6+ 53.Rc6 Qxc6+ 54.Qxc6 Rxc6+ 55.Kxc6 Kg7 56.Kd6 Kf6 57.h4 h6 58.Kd5 h5 59.Ke4 hxg4 60.Kf4 Kg7 61.Kxg4 Kh6 0-1

                (to be continued)

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                • We are treated to lovely positional chess in the last round. Kamsky with Rc8! (classy) and then in the endgame Kf1-e2 -d2 all the way to d7 (Im coming to get you!)

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                  • Anton capped off a fabulous tournament (playing all the who's who) with a marvellous positional masterpiece in the last rounds. Look at the efforts made to keep the passed C pawn and his opponent trading everything to try and get all the pawns off. But no - the shocking and exhilarating Ne6!! Bravo!!

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                    • Vidit - more lovely knight play

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                      • and bishop play by Jumbayev!

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                        • Dubov - ferocious attack

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                          • Ditto for Demchenko

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                            • Lupulescu - lovely piece play!

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                              • Robert Hess - nice try - but there just wasnt enough there

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