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Evgeny at Levitov
August 5, 2019
Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2019
Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2019 is a 7 rounds rapid tournament, held between August 4th and 6th 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Players: Gelfand, Boris; Nepomniachtchi, Ian; Anand, Viswanathan; Kramnik, Vladimir; Giri, Anis; Grischuk, Alexander; Svidler, Peter; Bareev, Evgeny
Time control: 25 min for all moves, then 10 sec increment, starting from move 1.
Schedule in UTC
Round 2 Aug 4, 2019 13:45
Round 3 Aug 5, 2019 10:30
Round 4 Aug 5, 2019 13:45
Round 5 Aug 5, 2019 16:45
Round 6 Aug 6, 2019 10:30
Round 7 Aug 6, 2019 13:45
Peter Doggers at chess.com:
Vladimir Kramnik is one of the participants in Levitov Chess Week, a small, private, top tournament held in the heart of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Together with Vishy Anand, Kramnik won the opening blitz tournament.
"Private" is probably the best adjective for a tournament that is not announced, has no spectators except for invited guests and does not relay its games live on the internet. Levitov Chess Week is . . . different.
The event is the brainchild of, and financed by, an old friend of the chess world: Ilya Levitov. The Russian businessman is back as an organizer for the first time since he was chairman of the Russian Chess Federation’s management board in 2011-2014.
Readers might also remember his name as a co-author, together with Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, of From London To Elista, a gripping book about three of Kramnik's world championship matches in the years 2000-2006.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019...ess-week-day-1
It seems a bit harsh that Evgeny will be thrown up against the best players in the world in this tourney but it is the best preparation for the tournaments in the fall.
Round 1, August 4
Kramnik, Vladimir – Bareev, Evgeny
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e4 N5b6 11.d4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.e5 Nd5 14.h4 Qa5 15.Qf3 Rfd8 16.Rd1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nb6 18.Rd3 Rd7 19.h5 gxh5 20.Qxh5 g6 21.Qg4 Kg7 22.Be4 Rh8 23.Rf3 Bd8 24.Kg2 Nd5 25.c4 Ne7 26.Bg5 Ng8 27.d5 Bxg5 28.Qxg5 cxd5 29.cxd5 Qd8 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.dxe6+ Kxe6 32.Qxg6+ Kxe5 33.Qf5+ Kd6 34.Rd1+ Ke7 35.Qe5+ Kf8 36.Rxd7 Qxd7 37.Qxh8 Qe6 38.Bxb7 Qxa2 39.Qe5 Ne7 40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Qa6 Qxa6 42.Bxa6 Nd5 43.Kf3 Nb4 44.Bb5+ Ke7 45.Ke4 a5 46.f4 Kd6 47.g4 Nd5 48.Bc4 Nb6 49.Ba2 a4 50.g5 a3 51.g6 1-0
Round 2, August 4
Bareev, Evgeny – Anand, Vishy
A06 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Qa5 11.Bf1 Ba3 12.Qc1 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Rac8 14.a3 Ne7 15.c4 dxc4 16.bxc4 Qc7 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Ndf3 Be8 19.a4 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Ne5 Nd7 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.a5 c5 24.d5 exd5 25.cxd5 Nf6 26.Bc4 Nxd5 27.Re5 Nf6 28.h3 Rd4 29.Ba6 Qxe5 30.Bxc8 g6 31.Qc1 Ne4 32.Qe1 Qf6 33.Rc1 c4 34.Bg4 Nc5 35.Be2 Nd3 36.Bxd3 cxd3 37.Qd2 Rd5 38.g3 Qa6 39.Rd1 Qb5 40.h4 h5 41.Qc3 Kh7 42.Kh2 a6 43.Rd2 Rd7 44.Kg1 Qd5 45.Kh2 Qd4 46.Qc6 Rd6 47.Qb7 Kg7 48.Qb3 g5 49.hxg5 h4 50.Qd1 hxg3+ 51.fxg3 Qc3 52.Rf2 d2 53.Rf1 Qxa5 54.Qf3 Qd5 55.Qc3+ Qd4 56.Qf3 Rd7 57.Rd1 a5 58.Kh3 a4 0-1
Round 3, August 5
Grischuk, Alexander – Bareev, Evgeny
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.a4 Nh6 9.Nb3 Nf5 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 f5 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.gxf5 exf5 15.Qf3 Qe6 16.a5 O-O 17.Be3 b5 18.Kh1 Kh8 19.Rg1 a6 20.Rg2 Be8 21.Nd2 Be7 22.Rag1 g6 23.Qh3 c5 24.Nf3 c4 25.Be2 Nb8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.Rxg5 Nc6 29.Bf2 Ra7 30.R5g2 Rf7 31.h4 Rfg7 32.h5 Nd8 33.Qg5 Qd7 34.Qf6 1-0
His pairings for the next rounds
Round 4, August 5
Giri-Bareev
Round 5, August 5
Bareev-Svidler
Round 6, August 6
Bareev-Gelfand
Round 7, August 6
Nepomniachtchti-Bareev
August 5, 2019
Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2019
Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2019 is a 7 rounds rapid tournament, held between August 4th and 6th 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Players: Gelfand, Boris; Nepomniachtchi, Ian; Anand, Viswanathan; Kramnik, Vladimir; Giri, Anis; Grischuk, Alexander; Svidler, Peter; Bareev, Evgeny
Time control: 25 min for all moves, then 10 sec increment, starting from move 1.
Schedule in UTC
Round 2 Aug 4, 2019 13:45
Round 3 Aug 5, 2019 10:30
Round 4 Aug 5, 2019 13:45
Round 5 Aug 5, 2019 16:45
Round 6 Aug 6, 2019 10:30
Round 7 Aug 6, 2019 13:45
Peter Doggers at chess.com:
Vladimir Kramnik is one of the participants in Levitov Chess Week, a small, private, top tournament held in the heart of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Together with Vishy Anand, Kramnik won the opening blitz tournament.
"Private" is probably the best adjective for a tournament that is not announced, has no spectators except for invited guests and does not relay its games live on the internet. Levitov Chess Week is . . . different.
The event is the brainchild of, and financed by, an old friend of the chess world: Ilya Levitov. The Russian businessman is back as an organizer for the first time since he was chairman of the Russian Chess Federation’s management board in 2011-2014.
Readers might also remember his name as a co-author, together with Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, of From London To Elista, a gripping book about three of Kramnik's world championship matches in the years 2000-2006.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019...ess-week-day-1
It seems a bit harsh that Evgeny will be thrown up against the best players in the world in this tourney but it is the best preparation for the tournaments in the fall.
Round 1, August 4
Kramnik, Vladimir – Bareev, Evgeny
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e4 N5b6 11.d4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.e5 Nd5 14.h4 Qa5 15.Qf3 Rfd8 16.Rd1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nb6 18.Rd3 Rd7 19.h5 gxh5 20.Qxh5 g6 21.Qg4 Kg7 22.Be4 Rh8 23.Rf3 Bd8 24.Kg2 Nd5 25.c4 Ne7 26.Bg5 Ng8 27.d5 Bxg5 28.Qxg5 cxd5 29.cxd5 Qd8 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.dxe6+ Kxe6 32.Qxg6+ Kxe5 33.Qf5+ Kd6 34.Rd1+ Ke7 35.Qe5+ Kf8 36.Rxd7 Qxd7 37.Qxh8 Qe6 38.Bxb7 Qxa2 39.Qe5 Ne7 40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Qa6 Qxa6 42.Bxa6 Nd5 43.Kf3 Nb4 44.Bb5+ Ke7 45.Ke4 a5 46.f4 Kd6 47.g4 Nd5 48.Bc4 Nb6 49.Ba2 a4 50.g5 a3 51.g6 1-0
Round 2, August 4
Bareev, Evgeny – Anand, Vishy
A06 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Qa5 11.Bf1 Ba3 12.Qc1 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Rac8 14.a3 Ne7 15.c4 dxc4 16.bxc4 Qc7 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Ndf3 Be8 19.a4 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Ne5 Nd7 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.a5 c5 24.d5 exd5 25.cxd5 Nf6 26.Bc4 Nxd5 27.Re5 Nf6 28.h3 Rd4 29.Ba6 Qxe5 30.Bxc8 g6 31.Qc1 Ne4 32.Qe1 Qf6 33.Rc1 c4 34.Bg4 Nc5 35.Be2 Nd3 36.Bxd3 cxd3 37.Qd2 Rd5 38.g3 Qa6 39.Rd1 Qb5 40.h4 h5 41.Qc3 Kh7 42.Kh2 a6 43.Rd2 Rd7 44.Kg1 Qd5 45.Kh2 Qd4 46.Qc6 Rd6 47.Qb7 Kg7 48.Qb3 g5 49.hxg5 h4 50.Qd1 hxg3+ 51.fxg3 Qc3 52.Rf2 d2 53.Rf1 Qxa5 54.Qf3 Qd5 55.Qc3+ Qd4 56.Qf3 Rd7 57.Rd1 a5 58.Kh3 a4 0-1
Round 3, August 5
Grischuk, Alexander – Bareev, Evgeny
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.a4 Nh6 9.Nb3 Nf5 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 f5 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.gxf5 exf5 15.Qf3 Qe6 16.a5 O-O 17.Be3 b5 18.Kh1 Kh8 19.Rg1 a6 20.Rg2 Be8 21.Nd2 Be7 22.Rag1 g6 23.Qh3 c5 24.Nf3 c4 25.Be2 Nb8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.Rxg5 Nc6 29.Bf2 Ra7 30.R5g2 Rf7 31.h4 Rfg7 32.h5 Nd8 33.Qg5 Qd7 34.Qf6 1-0
His pairings for the next rounds
Round 4, August 5
Giri-Bareev
Round 5, August 5
Bareev-Svidler
Round 6, August 6
Bareev-Gelfand
Round 7, August 6
Nepomniachtchti-Bareev
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