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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

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    Evgeny at Levitov

    August 6, 2019

    Levitov Chess Week Rapid 2019

    Rounds Four to Seven

    Bishops vs Knights

    Round 4, August 5
    Giri, Anish – Bareev, Evgeny
    C10 French, Fort Knox variation

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 c6 10.b3 a5 11.a3 g6 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Rfe1 O-O 14.Rad1 Re8 15.c4 Qc7 16.Bb1 Rad8 17.Nf1 b5 18.Ne3 bxc4 19.bxc4 e5 20.d5 Nc5 21.Qe2 Rb8 22.d6 Qb6 23.Bc3 Qb3 24.Bxa5 Qxa3 25.Bc7 Rb2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Nfd7 28.Nc2 Qa6 29.Nb4 Qxc4 30.Nxc6 Ra8 31.Na5 Qd4 32.Qc1 e4 33.Nc6 Qc3 34.Ne7+ Kf8 35.Nd5 Qxc1 36.Rxc1 Ra1 37.Rd1 f5 38.Kf1 Be5 39.g3 Kf7 40.Nb4 Ne6 41.Nc6 Nd4 42.Nxe5+ Nxe5 43.Kg2 Ke6 44.h3 Nb5 45.Bc2 Rxd1 46.Bxd1 Kd7 47.Ba4 Kc6 48.g4 f4 49.Bd8 Kc5 50.Bf6 Nd7 51.Bg5 f3+ 52.Kg3 Kb4 53.Bc2 Nxd6 54.Be7 Kc3 55.Bb1 Nc8 56.Ba3 Nf6 57.Kf4 Nb6 58.Bxe4 Nbd5+ 59.Kxf3 Kc4 60.Bc2 Nd7 61.Ke4 Nc3+ 62.Kf4 h6 63.Bxg6 1-0

    Final position

    

    Round 5, August 5
    Bareev, Evgeny – Svidler, Peter
    A45 Queen’s Pawn game

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.a4 a6 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Be4 Ndf6 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.g3 b5 18.Qb3 Qc6 19.Ra2 Nd5 20.Rea1 Rab8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra6 Rb6 23.Rxb6 Qxb6 24.Qa2 Nhf6 25.Qa6 Rb8 26.Qxb6 Nxb6 27.b3 Rc8 28.Ra6 Nfd5 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 Nxc4 31.Nxc4 Rxc4 32.Rxd6 g5 1/2-1/2

    Round 6, August 6
    Bareev, Evgeny – Gelfand, Boris
    E12 Queen’s Indian

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bf4 Be7 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bg3 d6 8.d5 e5 9.Nd2 g6 10.Be2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nd7 12.g4 Bf6 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.O-O-O a6 15.Rh3 Qe7 16.Kb1 O-O-O 17.e4 Kb8 18.b4 Nf6 19.Nb3 Bc8 20.Rg3 h5 21.g5 Nd7 22.c5 dxc5 23.d6 cxd6 24.Nd5 Qe6 25.b5 Bb7 26.bxa6 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Ka7 28.Bc4 Qe7 29.a4 Nb8 30.Bb5 h4 31.Rgd3 Qxg5 32.a5 Bf8 33.axb6+ Kxb6 34.Nxc5 Ka7 35.Nb7 Qe7 36.Nxd8 Qxd8 37.Qc5+ Qb6 38.Qxb6+ Kxb6 39.Rb3 Ka7 40.Bc4 1-0

    Round 7, August 6
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Bareev, Evgeny
    A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

    1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bf3 Ne5 13.Bxd5 Neg4 14.Nf3 Nxh2 15.Nxh2 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Ng4+ 17.Kg3 Qd6+ 18.Kf3 Qh6 19.Qd4 Qh5 20.Rh1 1-0

    

    Final standings

    1-2 Nepo, Grischuk 5
    3 Giri 4.5
    4-5 Anand, Gelfand 3.5
    6-7 Kramnik, Svidler 2.5
    8 Bareev 1.5

    The average rating of the 8 players was 2737. Evgeny presently has 2664.

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