Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 5th November, 2019, 02:27 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 5, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

This tournament was scheduled to take place one day after the start of the Hamburg Grand Prix. I wonder how anyone can keep the flood of tournaments straight.

Rapid Schedule

Round 1, November 6

Giri-So
Caruana-Aronian
Karjakin-Korobov
Le-Mamedyarov
Artemiev-Anand

Round 2, November 6

So-Anand
Mamedyarov-Artemiev
Korobov-Le
Aronian-Karjakin
Giri-Caruana

Round 3, November 6

Caruana-So
Karjakin-Giri
Le-Aronian
Artemiev-Korobov
Anand-Mamedyarov

Round 4, November 7

So-Mamedyarov
Korobov-Anand
Aronian-Artemiev
Giri-Le
Caruana-Karjakin

Round 5, November 7

Karjakin-So
Le-Caruana
Artemiev-Giri
Anand-Aronian
Mamedyarov-Korobov

Round 6, November 7

So-Korobov
Aronian-Mamedyarov
Giri-Anand
Caruana-Artemiev
Karjakin-Le

Round 7, November 8

Le-So
Artemiev-Karjakin
Anand-Caruana
Mamedyarov-Giri
Korobov-Aronain

Round 8, November 8

So-Aronian
Giri-Korobov
CAruan-Mamedyharov
Karjakin-Anand
Le-Artemiev

Round 9, November 8

Artemiev-So
Anand-Le
Mamedyarov-Karjakin
Korobov-Caruana
Aronian-Giri

Blitz

Pairings for

Rounds 1-9 November 9
Rounds 10-18 November 10

given at

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...bet-2019/1/1/1

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 6th November, 2019, 11:09 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 5, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Rapid

Rounds One and Two

Round 1, Nov. 6
25+10
Karjakin, Sergey – Korobov, Anton
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.f3 b5 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 a5 12.c3 bxc3 13.Bb5+ Nbd7 14.Nxc3 O-O 15.O-O Nc5 16.Qf2 Rc8 17.Rfd1 e5 18.Nc2 Qe7 19.Ra3 Rfd8 20.b4 axb4 21.Nxb4 d5 22.Nbxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 e4 25.Ra2 exf3 26.gxf3 Nb7 27.a5 Qb4 28.Ba6 Qb3 29.Bxb7 Qxd1+ 30.Kg2 Rb8 31.a6 Qb1 32.Qc2 Rxb7 33.axb7 Qxb7 34.Qc6 Qe7 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Qxa8+ Bf8 37.Bh6 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Round 1, Nov. 6
25+10
Giri, Anish – So, Wesley
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.Nb5 b6 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Be8 18.Rxd8 Nxd8 19.Rc1 Bc6 20.c5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nd7 22.cxb6 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 axb6 24.Kf3 Nc6 25.Ke3 Kf8 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Kxd4 Ke7 28.Kc4 Kd6 29.Kb5 Kc7 30.g4 Nf6 31.Be3 Nd7 32.h4 f5 33.g5 g6 34.f4 Kb7 35.a4 Kc7 36.Bf2 Kb7 37.Bd4 Kc7 38.Bf6 h6 39.Bd8+ 1-0

Final Position

Round 1, Nov. 6
25+10
Caruana, Fabiano – Aronian, Levon
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nd5 e4 7.Nh4 d6 8.O-O g5 9.d4 h6 10.Be3 gxh4 11.Bxh6 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Bxe4 Re8 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Kh1 Nf5 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bxh4 Qh7 18.Rg1 Bd7 19.Qf3 Rxe4 20.Qxe4 Re8 21.Qd3 Kf7 22.Rad1 Qh5 23.f3 Ne3 24.Rc1 Ba5 25.b4 Bb6 26.b5 Kg7 27.a4 Qxd5 28.g4 c6 29.g5 f5 30.Bf2 f4 31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Qa6 Bc8 33.Qd3 c5 34.a5 c4 35.Qa3 Bxd4 36.Rgd1 Nxd1 37.Rxd1 Bc5 38.Qa4 Qe6 39.Bxc5 dxc5 40.Re1 Bb7 41.Kg2 Bc6 42.Qc2 Qe3 43.Qf5 Qe5 44.Qg4 Qd4 45.Qf5 Qe5 46.Qg4 c3 47.h4 c2 48.Kh3 Qd4 49.Kg2 Bd7 0-1

Round 1, Nov. 6
25+10
Artemiev, Vladislav – Anand, Vishy
A08 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 e6 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Re8 11.Re1 Rb8 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bg5 d4 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.a6 b6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxc6 Bxg5 18.Bxe8 Qxe8 19.h4 Bh6 20.c3 Rc8 21.Nd2 e4 22.Nf1 dxc3 23.bxc3 e3 24.Qa4 Bd7 25.Qd4 exf2+ 26.Qxf2 Rxc3 27.Rad1 Bf8 28.Qf4 Bb5 29.Kh2 Bxa6 30.Ra1 Bb7 31.Rxa7 Qc6 32.Ne3 Bd6 33.Qd4 Rxe3 34.Rxb7 Bxg3+ 35.Kg1 Qxb7 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qd4+ Re5 0-1

Round 1, Nov. 6
25+10
Le, Quang Liem – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Ne7 11.Bb3 c6 12.Be3 Bc7 13.Qc2 d5 14.Rad1 Ng6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Nb5 Bf5 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Qc1 Rfe8 19.d4 e4 20.Ne5 Rad8 21.Nxg6 Bxg6 22.Bf4 Qb6 23.Ba2 Kh7 24.Be5 Nd7 25.Bxd5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Rxe5 27.c4 Re7 28.Qe3 Qc7 29.f3 Rde8 30.fxe4 Bxe4 31.Bxe4+ Rxe4 32.Qxe4+ Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Qc6 34.Rd5 Qxa4 35.Kh2 Qc2 36.Rf4 Qxb2 37.Rxa5 f6 38.Rb5 Qd2 39.Rf1 Qd3 40.Rfb1 Qxc4 41.Rxb7 h5 42.Kh1 Kh6 43.Rd7 h4 44.Rd6 Qf4 45.Rbd1 g5 46.R6d3 Kg6 47.Rf3 Qe5 48.Rdf1 f5 49.Rxf5 Qxf5 50.Rxf5 Kxf5 51.Kg1 g4 52.hxg4+ Kxg4 53.Kh2 Kg5 54.g3 hxg3+ 55.Kxg3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Nov. 6
25+10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Artemiev, Vladislav
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Qc2 e6 8.b4 Qe7 9.a4 a5 10.bxa5 Rxa5 11.Nbd2 d6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Nb3 Ra7 14.a5 Be4 15.Qc3 Rfa8 16.Nfd2 Bc6 17.Ra3 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Rfa1 Qg5 20.Bf1 bxa5 21.Rxa5 Rxa5 22.Rxa5 Rxa5 23.Qxa5 Qxa5 24.Nxa5 c5 25.f3 Ba8 26.Kf2 f5 27.Nb3 Bc6 28.Na5 Ba8 29.Nb3 Kf7 30.Ba3 Bf8 31.Be2 Be7 32.h3 Bc6 33.g4 Ba4 34.Nc1 Bh4+ 35.Kg2 Bg5 36.f4 Be7 37.Kf2 Nf6 38.Bf3 Bc2 39.dxc5 dxc5 40.Ke2 Ne4 41.Nd3 Bb3 42.Ne5+ Ke8 43.Kd3 Nf2+ 44.Ke2 Ne4 45.Kd3 Nf2+ 46.Ke2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Nov. 6
25+10
Aronian, Levon – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc4 Nd7 9.a4 a5 10.Kh1 b6 11.b3 f6 12.Ng1 Nf8 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Be6 16.Ne2 Qd7 17.Qd2 Bb4 18.Qc1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Nf4 Bc3 21.Rb1 Rac8 22.Nb2 Bd4 23.Nc4 Re7 24.Qd2 Rce8 25.Rbe1 h6 26.Nxg6 Bxg6 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Re1 Bf7 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 c5 31.Qe3 Rxe5 32.Bxe5 c6 33.h3 Kh7 34.Kg1 Bg6 35.Bc3 Bh5 36.Qe4+ Kg8 37.g4 Bf7 38.Qe5 Bd5 39.Kf2 Qf7+ 40.Ke1 Bg2 41.h4 Kh7 42.Qf5+ Qxf5 43.gxf5 Kg8 44.Be5 b5 45.c4 bxa4 46.bxa4 Kf7 47.Bc3 Bh3 48.f6 g5 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Bxa5 Kxf6 51.Bd8+ Ke6 52.Bxg5 Kd7 53.Be3 Kc7 54.Bxc5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Nov. 6
25+10
So, Wesley – Anand, Vishy
A09 Reti, Advance variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.g3 a5 6.b5 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Bd6 9.d3 O-O 10.a4 Ra7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.e3 b6 13.Nh4 Nf8 14.Bc6 Bd7 15.Bxd7 Rxd7 16.e4 Ng6 17.Ng2 Rf8 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Ne8 20.Rf3 Nh4 21.Nxh4 Qxh4 22.Qf1 g6 23.Kh1 Ng7 24.e5 Be7 25.Ne4 f5 26.Rh3 Qg4 27.Ng3 h5 28.Ne2 h4 29.Bc1 Ne6 30.Rf3 Bd8 31.Bd2 Rg7 32.Qf2 Qh5 33.Rf1 g5 34.fxg5 Bxg5 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Qxf5 Qe8 37.Be1 Qa8+ 38.Qf3 Qxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Be7 40.Rf2 Rg5 41.Rg2 Kf7 42.Rxg5 Bxg5 43.Kg2 Kg6 44.Kf3 Kf5 45.h3 Bd8 46.Bd2 Bg5 47.Be1 Bd8 48.Bd2 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Nov. 6
25+10
Giri, Anish – Caruana, Fabiano
A40 Queen’s Pawn, Franco-Indian Defence

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.a3 Be7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 b6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bb7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.Bg3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 a4 15.e4 Nf6 16.Bd3 Nh5 17.Be5 Ra5 18.Rfd1 Qd7 19.h3 Bd6 20.Qe3 Qe7 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Rdb1 Qc7 23.Nd2 Ra7 24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Ra5 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Bf1 Rc5 28.c4 g6 29.Rab1 Ng7 30.g4 Ne8 31.Bg2 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Kg7 33.Rb4 Qd7 34.Re2 Qc6+ 35.Qf3 Qxf3+ 36.Nxf3 Nc7 37.Rxa4 b5 38.cxb5 Rxb5 39.Rc4 Nd5 40.a4 Rb3 41.Ra2 h6 42.h4 Ra8 43.Nd2 Rd3 44.a5 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Kf1 Nf4 47.a6 Rh8 48.Rxf4 gxf4 49.Ke2 Rd5 50.Nc4 Rb5 51.Kf3 Rb3+ 52.Ke4 Rb4 53.Kd3 Rc8 54.Nd6 Ra8 55.Kc3 Rb6 56.a7 f6 57.Kc4 fxe5 58.Kc5 Rb1 59.Nb5 Rc1+ 60.Kb6 e4 61.Nc7 Rc8 62.Nxe6+ Kf6 63.Nxf4 Rb1+ 64.Ka6 Ke5 65.Ng2 Rc6+ 66.Ka5 Rc5+ 67.Ka6 Rc6+ 68.Ka5 1/2-1/2

Final Position

Round 2, Nov. 6
25+10
Korobov, Anton – Le, Quang Liem
D00 Levitsky Attack

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.a3 Qe7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.h3 g6 13.b4 Bd7 14.Rab1 b5 15.Ba2 a5 16.Qb2 Ra7 17.Rfd1 axb4 18.axb4 Rfa8 19.d5 c5 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Bb3 b4 22.Ne2 Bd6 23.Nfd4 Qe5 24.g3 Ne4 25.Nc6 Qxb2 26.Rxb2 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 28.Kg2 Nc3 29.Nxc3 bxc3 30.Rc2 Bxc6 31.dxc6 Bb4 32.Kf3 Kf8 33.Ke2 Ke7 34.Kd3 Ba5 35.h4 Rd1+ 36.Kc4 Kd6 37.Kb5 Rb1 38.Kxa5 Rxb3 39.Ka4 Rb6 40.Rxc3 Rxc6 41.Kb3 1/2-1/2

(to be continued)

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 6th November, 2019, 11:09 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 5, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Rapid

Round Three (continued)

Round 3, Nov. 6
25+10
Karjakin, Sergey – Giri, Anish
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bb3 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Nh4 Nc5 12.Bxc5 Rxc5 13.Re1 Qd7 14.g3 O-O 15.Ng2 Bd8 16.Qd3 Ba5 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Re3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 b5 20.Qe2 Qc6 21.Qe1 h6 22.f3 Rc8 23.Rdd3 Bc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.h4 a5 26.Kh2 Qc5 27.g4 b4 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Nh5 30.Rd5 Qc7 31.cxb4 axb4 32.Re2 g6 33.Ne3 Nf4 34.Nxc4 Qxc4 35.Rdd2 Kg7 36.Re3 Qxa2 37.c4 Qxc4 38.Kg1 Qc5 0-1

Round 3, Nov. 6
25+10
Artemiev, Vladislav – Korobov, Anton
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O c6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.c4 Ne4 9.e3 Nd7 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Qb6 13.Rfc1 Rfe8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ne5 Nf6 16.Be1 Ne4 17.g4 Be6 18.h3 f6 19.Nd3 Bf7 20.Nc5 Nd6 21.Rd1 Qa7 22.Rac1 b6 23.Na4 Rac8 24.Bf1 b5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Nc5 e5 27.Qd2 b4 28.Rc1 Bh6 29.Qb2 exd4 30.Qxd4 Bg7 31.Ne6 Qxd4 32.Rxc8+ Nxc8 33.Nxd4 Ne7 34.Bb5 f5 35.f3 f4 36.Kf2 Bxd4 37.exd4 g5 38.Ke2 Kf8 39.h4 h6 40.Bd7 Be8 41.Be6 Kg7 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Bf5 Nxf5 44.gxf5 Bb5+ 45.Kd1 Kf6 46.a3 bxa3 47.Bxa5 a2 48.Bc3 Kxf5 49.Ke1 Ba6 50.Kf2 Bd3 51.Bb2 Bc2 52.b4 Bd3 53.Bc3 Ke6 54.Ke1 Kd7 55.Kd2 Bg6 56.b5 Bh5 57.Kc2 Bxf3 58.Kb2 Be2 59.b6 Bc4 60.Bb4 Kc6 61.Be7 g4 62.Bg5 f3 63.Bh4 Kxb6 0-1

Round 3, Nov. 6
25+10
Caruana, Fabiano – So, Wesley
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 O-O 8.Re1 Ba7 9.h3 Kh8 10.d4 Ng8 11.b4 exd4 12.cxd4 Nxb4 13.a5 f6 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Ne2 d5 16.exd5 Nbxd5 17.Ba3 Re8 18.Ng3 Bd7 19.Qb3 Bc6 20.Re4 b5 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Bxa6 Bd5 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Re1 Qd7 27.Qc5 Qc6 28.Qe7 Qd7 29.Nh4 Bf7 30.Bb5 Qxe7 31.Rxe7 Bd5 32.Nh5 Nc8 33.Rxg7 Bxd4 34.Bd3 Bg8 35.Nf5 Nd6 36.Nxd4 1-0

Final Position

Chess24 - Caruana grabs a win to end the day on 50% after So blunders a piece in a tough position – 35….Nd6??

Round 3, Nov. 6
25+10
Le, Quang Liem – Aronian, Levon
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 Bb6 8.Re1 Ne7 9.d4 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bf1 Re8 12.a4 d5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.exd5 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Rxe1 16.Qxe1 Qxd5 17.c4 Qe6 18.a5 Bc5 19.Bd2 a6 20.Bc3 Qxe1 21.Rxe1 Bd7 22.Bd3 Rd8 23.Bc2 Be6 24.b3 h6 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Re2 Ng8 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Nxd2 Nf6 29.Nf3 Ne8 30.Nd4 Bd7 31.Nf5 h5 32.Ng3 g6 33.Ne4 Be7 34.Ke2 Bf5 35.Bd3 Nc7 36.Nf6 Bxd3+ 37.Kxd3 Ne6 38.g3 Nc5+ 39.Kc2 Bxf6 40.Bxf6 Ne4 41.Bd4 Ng5 42.h4 Ne6 43.Bf6 Nc5 44.b4 Nd7 45.Bd4 Ke7 46.Kd3 Kd6 47.Be3 c5 48.b5 Ne5+ 49.Kc3 Ng4 50.Bf4+ Ke6 51.f3 Nh2 52.Be3 Kd6 53.Bf4+ Ke6 54.Be3 Kd6 55.Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Nov. 6
25+10
Anand, Vishy – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Bb3 c6 12.d4 Ng6 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Nf1 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qxh6 Rxe5 20.Ng3 Qe8 21.Bf4 Re6 22.Rad1 Bd7 23.Be3 c5 24.b3 Bc6 25.c4 Rd8 26.Ne2 Rd7 27.Qg5 Qe7 28.Rxd7 Bxd7 29.Rd1 Qxg5 30.Bxg5 Bc6 31.Be3 Kf8 32.Nc3 f5 33.h4 Ke8 34.g3 Re5 35.Kf1 Bc7 36.Bf4 Re7 37.Bxc7 Rxc7 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ne2 Ke5 41.Nf4 Rg7 42.Rd8 g5 43.hxg5 Rxg5 44.Ra8 Kd6 45.Rxa5 Rg8 46.Ne2 Rd8 47.Nf4 Rh8 48.Ne2 Rd8 49.Nf4 Rh8 50.Ne2 1/2-1/2

The commentators are Shahade, Ramirez, Chirila and Ashley. Cristian Chirila is the man at the site. Since he was born in Bucharest, he must be quite at home.

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 7th November, 2019, 04:43 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 7, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Rapid

Rounds Four and Five

Round 4, Nov. 7
25+10
So, Wesley – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A22 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 Bxc3 5.dxc3 d6 6.f3 a5 7.Nh3 O-O 8.Nf2 Be6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c6 11.O-O Re8 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bc2 h6 14.f4 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.f5 Bc4 17.Qd2 b4 18.b3 Ba6 19.c4 Qa7 20.Qe3 Qc7 21.g4 Bb7 22.h4 d5 23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qh3 e3 27.Bxe3 Rad8 28.f6 Qc6 29.Rd5 Nxf6 30.gxf6 Qxf6 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rf1 Qg6+ 33.Kh2 Rd6 34.Rg1 Qc2 35.Qh4 Qf5 36.c5 Rf6 37.Rg5 Qe6 38.Rh5 Kf8 39.Bg5 Qd5 40.Rh8+ Ke7 41.Bxf6+ gxf6 42.Rg8 Qxc5 43.Rg4 Bd5 44.Rg1 Qc2 45.Rd1 Bf3 46.Rd3 e4 47.Re3 Qd2 48.Rxe4+ Bxe4 49.Qxe4+ Kf8 50.Qa8+ Ke7 51.Qe4+ Kf8 52.Qa8+ Ke7 53.Qa7+ Kf8 54.Qb8+ Kg7 55.Qg3+ Kf8 56.Kh3 Qxa2 57.Ne4 Qa1 58.Qd6+ Kg7 59.Ng3 Qe5 60.Qd3 Qe6+ 61.Kh4 Qe1 62.Kg4 Qg1 63.Kf3 Qc5 64.Nf5+ Kg6 65.Ne3+ Kg7 66.Nf5+ Kg6 67.Nd6+ Kg7 68.Ne8+ Kf8 69.Qd6+ Qxd6 70.Nxd6 Ke7 71.Nc4 Ke6 72.Nxa5 Kd5 73.Kf4 1-0

Final Position

Round 4, Nov. 7
25+10
Aronian, Levon – Artemiev, Vladislav
B40 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.e5 Nd5 8.c4 Nc7 9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 f6 16.Rd3 fxe5 17.Bxe5 Qb7+ 18.f3 Na6 19.Nc3 Nb4 20.Rd2 Bg5 21.Ne4 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Nc6 23.Nd6 Qc7 24.Bc3 Ne7 25.Qg5 Ng6 26.Rd1 Qc6 27.Qg4 Qc5 28.f4 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 Qc5+ 30.Kf1 Qc6 31.h4 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 Qh2+ 33.Ke3 Qg2 34.Qg5 Qc2 35.Rd3 Qc1+ 36.Kf2 Qc2+ 37.Ke3 Qc1+ 38.Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Nov. 7
25+10
Giri, Anish – Le, Quang Liem
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5 9.e5 Nf7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 c5 12.dxc5 Bb7 13.Na3 Qc7 14.Be3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxe5 16.Qg3 Qb7 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.Nc4 Bd4 19.Qf3 Qb4 20.Rac1 Bxc5 21.Bd2 Qb5 22.a4 Bxf2+ 23.Qxf2 Qxa4 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 e6 26.Ra5 Qb3 27.Rc7 Qxb2 28.Rxd7 a6 29.Qe3 Rf7 30.Qxe6 Qb1+ 31.Kh2 Qb8+ 32.Re5 Qxe5+ 33.Qxe5 Rxd7 34.Bc3 Rad8 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qxh7+ Ke6 37.Qxg6+ Kd5 38.Qxa6 Rf8 39.Qb5+ Ke6 40.Qc6+ 1-0

Round 4, Nov. 7
25+10
Korobov, Anton – Anand, Vishy
D38 QGD, Ragozin, variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Rd1 Rd8 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.a3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Bd6 13.Bd3 e5 14.d5 Nb8 15.g4 Nd7 16.Rg1 Nc5 17.Bb1 b5 18.Nxb5 a5 19.g5 h5 20.g6 f5 21.Ng5 Qf6 22.Nf7 Ba6 23.Rg5 e4 24.Qe2 Bxb5 25.Qxh5 Kf8 26.Rxf5 Qxb2 27.Ne5+ 1-0

26.. Qxb2?? 27.Ne5+ ouch!

Round 4, Nov. 7
25+10
Caruana, Fabiano – Karjakin, Sergey
A28 English, Four Knights System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Qe4 Nb4 8.Qxe5+ Be7 9.Qe4 g6 10.Qb1 O-O 11.a3 Nc6 12.e3 Bf5 13.d3 Ne5 14.e4 Be6 15.Be2 Nc6 16.Be3 Nd4 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.O-O Rad8 19.Qc2 c6 20.Kh1 f5 21.Rad1 a5 22.Bf3 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Bf6 24.f4 Bg7 25.Na4 Kh8 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.Rb1 Qd6 28.g3 b6 29.Na4 c5 30.h4 Be6 31.Nc3 Bg8 32.Kg2 c4 33.Rbd1 cxd3 34.Rxd3 Qc5 35.Rfd1 Rxd3 36.Rxd3 b5 37.Qd2 b4 38.axb4 axb4 39.Nd5 Qc4 40.Bf3 b3 41.Ne3 Qc5 42.Bd5 Bxd5+ 43.Rxd5 Qe7 44.Kh2 Re8 45.Rd3 Qe6 46.Rd8 Qg8 47.Rxe8 Qxe8 48.Nc4 Qe7 49.Qd3 h6 50.Kg2 Qb7+ 51.Qf3 Qe7 52.Kf1 h5 53.Qxb3 Qe4 54.Ne5 Kh7 55.Qc3 Bf8 56.Qd3 Qh1+ 57.Ke2 Qg2+ 58.Kd1 Qg1+ 59.Kc2 Qc5+ 60.Nc4 Bg7 61.Qe2 Qg1 62.Qe3 Qg2+ 63.Kb3 Qd5 64.Qe2 Qb5+ 65.Kc2 Bxb2 66.f5 Bg7 67.fxg6+ Kxg6 68.Qe4+ Qf5 69.Kd3 Qxe4+ 70.Kxe4 Bc3 71.Ne5+ Kh6 72.Nd3 Kg6 73.Nf4+ Kh6 74.Kf5 Be1 75.Ne2 Bf2 76.Kf6 Be1 77.Kf5 Bf2 78.Kf4 Kg6 79.Ke5 Be1 80.Ke6 Bf2 81.Ke5 Be1 82.Ke4 Bf2 83.Kf3 Be1 84.Nf4+ Kh6 85.Nd5 Kg6 86.Ne3 Bd2 87.Ng2 Kh6 88.Ke4 Kg6 89.Ke5 Ba5 90.Ke6 Bc7 91.Nf4+ Kh6 92.Kf7 Bb8 93.Ne2 Kh7 94.Kf6 Kh6 95.Nd4 Bc7 96.Nf5+ Kh7 97.Kg5 Ba5 98.Kxh5 Be1 99.g4 1-0

Position after Black’s 93…Kh7

Round 5, Nov. 7
25+10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Korobov, Anton
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.a4 Qc7 10.Qe2 e5 11.Qxc4 exd4 12.Nb5 Qa5 13.Nbxd4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.b4 Qh5 16.Bb2 Bh3 17.b5 c5 18.Nf3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Be6 20.Qh4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qg6 22.Rc1 Qd3 23.Bf1 Qb3 24.Be5 Nd5 25.Qe4 f5 26.Qc4 Nb4 27.Nd2 Bxc4 28.Bxc4+ Qxc4 29.Nxc4 Rd8 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 g5 32.Bc7 Rd5 33.Ba5 Ke6 34.Bxb4 cxb4 35.Nd2 Rc5 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.f3 g4 38.f4 Kd5 39.Kd3 a5 40.Nb3 b6 41.Nd2 Be7 42.Nc4 Kc5 43.Nd2 Kd5 44.Nc4 Bd8 45.Nd2 h5 46.Nb3 Bf6 47.Nd2 Bc3 48.Nb3 Bf6 49.Nd2 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Nov. 7
25+10
Le, Quang Liem – Caruana, Fabiano
E54 Nimzo-Indian, Gligoric System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 h6 13.Bh4 Rc8 14.Bd3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Bg3 Qc6 17.Bb5 Qd5 18.c4 Qh5 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.c5 Bc6 21.Ba6 Ra8 22.Rfd1 bxc5 23.dxc5 e5 24.Bb5 Bxb5 25.Qxb5 e4 26.Nd4 Ne5 27.c6 e3 28.f3 e2 29.Re1 Qg5 30.Kh1 a6 31.Qb1 Nd3 32.f4 Nf2+ 33.Kg1 Nh3+ 34.Kh1 Ng4 0-1

The broadcast was all abuzz about the possibility of the two knights mate

Final Position

Round 5, Nov. 7
25+10
Anand, Vishy – Aronian, Levon
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.a4 O-O 7.O-O Ba7 8.Re1 d6 9.h3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Rxe6 12.b4 d5 13.Qc2 Ne7 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Nc4 Ng6 16.Ncxe5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Rxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxc3 19.Nxf7 Qd5 20.Be3 Bd4 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.Ng5 Re8 23.Qb3+ Nd5 24.Rf1 c6 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Qb4 27.Qxb4 Nxb4 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.d4 Rd8 30.Ne6 Rd6 31.Re1 Kf7 32.Ng5+ Kg6 33.Nf3 Kf6 34.Kf1 Na6 35.Rc1 Nc7 36.Ke2 Ne6 37.Ke3 Ke7 38.Ke4 Nd8 39.Ne5 g5 40.Ra1 Rf6 41.f3 h6 42.Ra7+ Ke8 43.g3 Rd6 44.f4 gxf4 45.gxf4 Ne6 46.Nf3 Nf8 47.Ne5 Ne6 48.Nf3 Nf8 49.f5 Nd7 50.Ra5 Ke7 51.Ra7 Ke8 52.Ne5 Nf6+ 53.Ke3 Nd5+ 54.Kd3 Rf6 55.Ra8+ Ke7 56.Ng6+ Kf7 57.Ke4 Nb6 58.Ra7+ Ke8 59.Ne5 Nc8 60.Ra8 Kd8 61.Ng4 Rf8 62.Nxh6 Kc7 63.Kf4 Rd8 64.Ra4 Nb6 65.Ra7+ Kb8 66.Rg7 Rxd4+ 67.Kg5 c5 68.f6 c4 69.f7 Nd7 70.Rg8+ Kc7 71.f8=Q Nxf8 72.Rxf8 Rd3 73.h4 Rg3+ 74.Ng4 Kb6 75.h5 Kb5 76.h6 Rh3 77.Kg6 c3 78.h7 Kb4 79.h8=Q 1-0

Round 5, Nov. 7
25+10
Artemiev, Vladislav – Giri, Anish
B13 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.O-O Bb8 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be5 Nd7 13.Qe2 a5 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Bd3 Ba6 16.h4 Rd8 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Qh5 h6 19.Ne4 Qb5 20.f4 Qxb2 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f5 exf5 23.Rxf5 Ne5 24.Rxe5 Bxe5 25.Qxe5+ Kf8 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Kf8 28.Qxh6+ Ke7 29.Qf6+ Kf8 30.Ng5 1-0

After the bolt from the blue 21.Bxg7! Vladislav Artemiev takes down the leader Anish Giri!

Giri seemed self-destructive near the end of the game

Round 5, Nov. 7
25+10
Karjakin, Sergey – So, Wesley
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.Bd2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 Rb8 11.a3 Bd6 12.h3 Bd7 13.b4 a5 14.exd5 Rxe1+ 15.Bxe1 axb4 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Rb1 Bc5 19.Rxb8 Qxb8 20.Bd2 h6 21.Qe1 Qa8 22.Bf1 Qa7 23.Bd3 Qb7 24.Bf1 Qa7 25.Bd3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

(to be continued)

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 7th November, 2019, 04:45 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 7, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Rapid (continued)

Round Six

Round 6, Nov. 7
25+10
So, Wesley – Korobov, Anton
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.b3 e6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.c4 a6 12.Nc3 Ne5 13.Kh1 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Nc6 15.f4 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 Rad8 17.Rd3 Qc6 18.Rg3 h6 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nh7 21.Qh5 Bg5 22.Rxf7 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Ba3 Bf4 25.Rf3 Qe4 26.Rf1 Qxe5 27.Qf3 Ng6 28.Ne4 Nh4 29.Qg4 Qxe4 30.Qxh4 Rd2 31.Qg4 h5 32.Qh3 Qe2 33.Rg1 b6 34.Bb4 Rd3 35.Qh4 g5 0-1

Round 6, Nov. 7
25+10
Aronian, Levon – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Rc1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Be2 Ne7 16.Ne5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 c6 18.g4 Ng6 19.f4 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qe7 22.g5 hxg5 23.Qg4 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qf5+ Qf7 26.Qc8+ Qe8 27.Qxb7 Qe6 28.Kf2 Qf5+ 29.Ke2 Qc2+ 30.Bd2 Qe4+ 31.Be3 Qc2+ 32.Bd2 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Nov. 7
25+10
Giri, Anish – Anand, Vishy
E00 Catalan opening

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bf4 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bc7 Qe8 13.Qb3 Rc8 14.Na3 Ba6 15.Nb5 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Nc5 17.Qxe8 Rfxe8 18.Bf4 Na4 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Nd7 22.Ne1 f5 23.e4 dxe4 24.Bf1 b5 25.Bxb5 Nab6 26.f3 Bf6 27.Nc2 exf3 28.a4 a6 29.Bxa6 Nxa4 30.Bc4 Kf7 31.Kf2 Nab6 32.Bb3 Ke7 33.Kxf3 Nd5 34.Bc4 g5 35.g4 f4 36.b4 N7b6 37.Bd3 h6 38.b5 Kd7 39.Ba3 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Nov. 7
25+10
Caruana, Fabiano – Artemiev, Vladislav
A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd5 6.dxc5 Nf6 7.b4 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nf3 d6 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.Be2 Bg4 12.O-O Nbd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qb3 a5 15.a3 Rfc8 16.Rac1 h6 17.Rfd1 axb4 18.axb4 Qe6 19.Qc3 Nb6 20.Ba1 Ra2 21.Rc2 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Nxc4 23.Qa2 Ne4 24.Qa7 Ncd2 25.Nd4 Qf6 26.f3 exd4 27.Qxb7 Rc2 28.Qa8+ Kh7 29.Bd3 Qg6 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 0-1

Round 6, Nov. 7
25+10
Karjakin, Sergey – Le, Quang Liem
D05 Queen’s Pawn game

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bc4 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rfd8 14.Kf1 Kf8 15.a4 a5 16.Ke2 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Ba3+ Be7 20.Bxe7+ Kxe7 21.Kd2 f6 22.exf6+ gxf6 23.Kc3 c5 24.Bb5 Kd6 25.g3 1/2-1/2

Standings after Round Six

1 Korobov 9
2 Giri 8
3-4 Caruana, Anand 7
5-6 Aronian, Artemiev 6
7 Mamedyarov 5
8-10 So, Karjakin, Le 4

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 8th November, 2019, 04:08 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 8, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Rapid

Rounds Seven and Eight

Round 7, Nov. 8
25+10
Artemiev, Vladislav – Karjakin, Sergey
A29 English, Bremen

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 c6 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.Nd3 Nc6 12.Nf4 Nf6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qb5 Bd7 15.Qd3 a6 16.Qc2 Rc8 17.d3 Bf5 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Bb2 h6 20.Rfe1 Qa5 21.a3 Nd4 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Qb5 25.Bc1 Ne6 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.c4 Qb1 28.Bxd5 Bh3 29.d4 Qa1 30.Bxb7 Nxd4 31.Bd2 Qb2 32.Bg2 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qb7+ 34.Kh3 Qd7+ 35.Kg2 Qc6+ 36.Kh3 Nf3 37.Qe7 Qc8+ 38.Kg2 Nxd2 39.c5 Nb3 0-1

Round 7, Nov. 8
25+10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Giri, Anish
E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Rxb8 12.Qa4+ Ke7 13.Qd4 b6 14.c6 Be6 15.e3 Qd6 16.f3 Nc5 17.Ne2 Qxc6 18.Qd2 Qd6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Bb5 Kf8 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.O-O Rg8 23.Rad1 Rd8 24.g4 h5 25.Nf5 hxg4 26.fxg4 Qa4 27.h3 Rh8 28.Qh2 Ne6 29.Nd6 Nf4 30.exf4 Rxd6 31.fxg5 Qc6 32.Rf3 Rh7 33.Rdf1 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Qc6 35.Kg1 Kg8 36.R1f2 Rg7 37.Rf6 Re6 38.Qf4 Qxc3 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Rxf7 Rg6 41.Rf8 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 1-0

Round 7, Nov. 8
25+10
Anand, Vishy – Caruana, Fabiano
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 g5 7.Nf1 g4 8.N3d2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 f5 12.O-O Bd6 13.d4 Qe7 14.e4 f4 15.Bd5 h5 16.Nc4 Rf8 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.Rxf4 Rxf4 22.Qxf4 Qxf4 23.Bxf4 O-O-O 24.Kf2 Rd3 25.Rc1 c5 26.Ke2 c4 27.Be3 Bd7 28.Rf1 Bc6 29.Rf4 a6 30.Bd4 a5 31.b3 Bb5 32.Rf5 c6 33.a4 Ba6 34.Rxa5 1-0

Round 7, Nov. 8
25+10
Korobov, Anton – Aronian, Levon
E54 Nimzo-Indian, Gligoric System, Taimanov variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O Bd7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nb5 Bxb5 11.Bxb5 cxd4 12.Nxd4 a6 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.a3 Bd6 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.f4 Bc5 18.Rfd1 Nd5 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.e4 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.f5 exf5 23.exf5 Bf4 24.Qf3 Be5 25.Bc4 h6 26.Bd5 Rd7 27.Rab1 Re8 28.b4 Bf6 29.Re1 Red8 30.Rbd1 Qb5 31.Be4 b6 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.g3 a5 34.bxa5 bxa5 35.Kg2 Qb5 36.Kh3 Qc4 37.Re2 a4 38.Rc2 Qb3 39.Rc7 Qxf3 40.Bxf3 Bb2 41.Bh5 Rf8 42.Ra7 Bxa3 43.Rxa4 Bc5 44.Ra5 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Nov. 8
25+10
Le, Quang Liem – So, Wesley
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.f3 Qe7 13.Qc2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Kb8 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Ne8 18.Be1 Nd6 19.Bg3 Ka8 20.Rh2 g5 21.Re2 Rh6 22.Qd3 Re6 23.Bg2 Nb5 24.Bf2 Nd7 25.Qc2 Nf8 26.Ree1 Qf6 27.a4 Nc7 28.e4 Ng6 29.e5 Qe7 30.Bf1 Rh8 31.Qd2 f6 32.Bd3 Qf7 33.Bf5 Ree8 34.exf6 gxf6 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Re1 Ne6 37.Bg3 a6 38.Ka2 Nh4 39.Bxe6 Rxe6 40.Qa5 Re8 41.Qc7 Qg8 42.Re7 Rxe7 43.Qxe7 Qh8 44.Bc7 Nxf3 45.Qd7 Nxd4 46.Bd8 Qxh3 47.Qc8+ Ka7 48.a5 Qb3+ 49.Kb1 Qd3+ 50.Ka2 Qc4+ 51.Kb1 Qc2+ 52.Ka2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Nov. 8
25+10
Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Vishy
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 h6 9.Nbd2 a5 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nf1 Qe8 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Ng3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Qf7 16.Qb3 Nc5 17.Qc2 Rab8 18.Rf1 Qd7 19.Nd2 Ne7 20.Ra1 Ng6 21.Ne2 b5 22.d4 Nxa4 23.b3 Nb6 24.Rxa5 Ra8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Nf3 Qc6 27.dxe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 dxe5 29.Nc1 Nd7 30.Nd3 Qd6 31.b4 c5 32.bxc5 Nxc5 33.Qe2 Rd8 34.Nxc5 Qxc5 35.Qg4 Qe7 36.Qh5 Qg5 37.Qe2 Kh7 38.g3 Rb8 39.Qb2 Qe7 40.Kg2 Qc5 41.Qa2 Qc4 42.Qa7 Rf8 43.Qa3 Rf7 44.Qd6 Qa2 45.Rf3 Rxf3 46.Kxf3 Qb3 47.Qc5 Kg6 48.h4 Kf6 49.Qf8+ Kg6 50.h5+ Kh7 51.Qc5 Qd1+ 52.Kg2 Qxh5 53.Qxb5 Qg5 54.Qd7 Qg6 55.Qd3 h5 56.c4 h4 57.c5 hxg3 58.fxg3 Qe8 59.Qc3 Qa4 60.Kf3 Qd1+ 61.Kf2 Qd7 62.c6 Qc7 63.Qc5 Kg6 64.Ke3 Kg5 65.Kd3 Kg4 66.Kc4 Kxg3 67.Kb5 Kf4 68.Qb6 Qd6 69.c7 Qd3+ 70.Kc6 1-0

Final Position

Round 8, Nov. 8
25+10
So, Wesley – Aronian, Levon
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Bb6 8.a4 Ng4 9.Rf1 Kh8 10.h3 Nh6 11.b4 a6 12.Bb3 f5 13.Nbd2 Qf6 14.Ra2 a5 15.b5 Nd8 16.Nc4 fxe4 17.dxe4 Bc5 18.Bg5 Qg6 19.Bxd8 Bxh3 20.Bg5 Bg4 21.Ncd2 Rxf3 22.Nxf3 Rf8 23.Nxe5 Qxg5 24.Nxg4 Nxg4 25.Be6 Ne5 26.Kh1 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Rf6 28.Bh3 g5 29.Qd5 g4 30.Qxb7 gxh3 31.Qc8+ Kg7 32.Qxh3 Nf3+ 33.Kh1 Rh6 0-1

Round 8, Nov. 8
25+10
Giri, Anish – Korobov, Anton
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.f5 Qc5 13.fxe6 Qg5+ 14.Kb1 fxe6 15.Bc4 O-O-O 16.Rhf1 Be7 17.e5 d5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Bg4 20.Nxe7+ Kb8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Qxf6 Qd2 23.a3 Be2 24.Rg1 Bd1 25.Ka2 Bxc2 26.e6 Rd3 27.Ka1 Bb3 28.Rb1 Qc2 29.Qf8+ Ka7 30.Nc8+ Kb8 31.Ne7+ Ka7 32.Nc8+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Nov. 8
25+10
Caruana, Fabiano – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Bb3 Ng6 12.d4 c6 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Be3 Be6 16.Ncd2 Qe7 17.Nf1 Rad8 18.Ng3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.Qc2 exd4 22.Bxd4 Nf4 23.Be5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qf7 25.Kh2 Bd5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Ne1 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Nxg2 29.Re4 Bxe4 30.Qxe4 Nf4 31.Qd4 Kh7 32.b4 Nd5 33.bxa5 Qf3 34.Ne4 Qf4+ 35.Ng3 Qf3 36.Ne4 Qf7 37.Qe5 g5 38.Kg3 Nf4 39.Nd6 Qc7 40.c4 Ng6 41.Qd4 c5 42.Qd3 Qxa5 43.Nxb7 Qa7 44.Qe4 Qxa4 45.Nxc5 Qa3+ 46.Nd3 h5 47.c5 Kh6 48.Kh2 Qc3 49.Qe3 Nh4 50.Ne5 Qxe5+ 0-1

Final Position

Round 8, Nov. 8
25+10
Le, Quang Liem – Artemiev, Vladislav
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Qd3 b6 9.a3 Be7 10.Qg3 d6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.O-O Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Nf8 16.b4 Ng6 17.Qf2 Rab8 18.Kh1 Ba8 19.Nb3 Nd7 20.c5 bxc5 21.Bxa6 Rd8 22.Bf1 c4 23.Na5 Nge5 24.Ba7 h5 25.Bxb8 Rxb8 26.Nxc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Qxc4 28.Nd5 exd5 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Qa7 Bc6 31.Qc7 Ba4 32.Rc1 Bb5 33.g3 Bf6 34.Rxc4 Bxc4 35.Qxc4 Ne5 36.Qb3 Nc6 37.Kg2 Nd4 38.Qc4 Ra8 39.b5 Ne6 40.b6 Nc5 41.Qd5 Rxa3 42.Qxd6 Ra2+ 43.Kh3 Ne6 44.g4 Ng5+ 45.Kg3 h4+ 46.Kf4 Ne6+ 47.Kf5 Nd4+ 48.Kf4 Ne6+ 49.Kf5 Ra5+ 50.e5 Bxe5 51.Qxe5 Nd4+ 52.Ke4 Rxe5+ 53.Kxe5 Nc6+ 54.Kd6 Na5 55.Kc5 Kf8 56.Kb5 Nb7 57.Kc6 Nd8+ 58.Kd7 Nb7 59.Kc6 Na5+ 60.Kb5 Nb7 61.Kc6 1/2-1/2

(to be continued)

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 8th November, 2019, 04:11 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 8, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Rapid (continued)

Round Nine

Round 9, Nov. 8
25+10
Artemiev, Vladislav – So, Wesley
D73 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Na3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 c3 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Nxc3 Nxc5 11.Be3 Nfe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Nd6 16.Rac1 Rd8 17.f4 Bg4 18.h3 Bd7 19.Rc7 Rac8 20.Rfc1 Kf8 21.Kf2 f6 22.Bd5 Bxh3 23.Be6 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 f5 25.Bd5 Ne4+ 26.Bxe4 Rxd4 27.Bxb7 Rd2 28.Bf3 Rxb2 29.Rxa7 Bg4 30.Ra8+ Kg7 31.Bxg4 fxg4 32.a4 Ra2 33.a5 h5 34.a6 Kf7 35.a7 Kg7 36.Kf1 Ra1+ 37.Kf2 Ra2 38.Ke3 Ra3+ 39.Kf2 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Nov. 8
25+10
Anand, Vishy – Le, Quang Liem
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
d
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 e5 7.Be3 b6 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.a4 a5 10.Nc4 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.O-O Ne7 13.Nfd2 O-O 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Qd8 16.Rb1 f5 17.Qe2 g5 18.Bd6 f4 19.e5 Rf7 20.Ne4 Nf5 21.c3 Bd5 22.Rfe1 Nh4 23.Qf2 Ng6 24.d4 cxd4 25.cxd4 Nf8 26.Nc3 Ne6 27.Rbd1 h5 28.Qc2 f3 29.Rf1 g4 30.hxg4 hxg4 31.g3 Ng5 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.Ne3 Nh3+ 34.Kh1 Qg5 35.Nxd5 Qh6 36.Rd2 Nf2+ 37.Kg1 Nh3+ 38.Kh1 f2 39.Kg2 Ng5 40.Nf4 Nf3 41.Kxf2 Qh2+ 42.Ke3 Qxg3 43.e6 Ng5+ 44.Ke2 Nxe6 45.Qe4 Re8 46.Nxe6 Qxd6 47.d5 Qh2+ 48.Ke1 Rxf1+ 49.Kxf1 Qxd2 0-1

Round 9, Nov. 8
25+10
Korobov, Anton – Caruana, Fabiano
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Qb1 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ne4 16.Nxd5 Nxg5 17.exd4 Bxd4 18.b4 Qd8 19.Qb3 Rc8 20.O-O Rc6 21.h4 Ne6 22.Nf3 Rd6 23.a4 f6 24.Rfe1 Kh8 25.h5 Rd7 26.a5 Rf8 27.Nh4 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Qa4 Rxd5 30.cxd5 Qxd5 31.Nf3 e4 32.Nxd4 Nxd4 33.Qa3 Rd8 34.Qe3 h6 35.Rc1 f5 36.Qg3 Ne6 37.Red1 Nd4 38.Kh1 f4 39.Qxf4 Qxh5+ 40.Qh2 Rd5 41.Ra1 Kh7 42.Qh3 Qg6 43.g4 e3 44.fxe3 Qe4+ 45.Qg2 Qxe3 46.Qxd5 Qh3+ 47.Kg1 Qg3+ 48.Qg2 Nf3+ 49.Kf1 Nh2+ 50.Kg1 Nf3+ 51.Kf1 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Nov. 8
25+10
Aronian, Levon – Giri, Anish
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 h5 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Qa5 Rc8 15.c3 Bd8 16.h4 Nbxd5 17.Qxc7 Bxc7 18.Bg5 O-O 19.g3 Ne7 20.Bg2 Rb8 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.gxf4 Rfd8 24.Nd4 d5 25.Ne2 b5 26.b4 a5 27.Rh3 Kf8 28.Rhd3 Re8 29.Bf3 Nf5 30.Bxh5 Nxh4 31.Rxd5 axb4 32.cxb4 Ng2 33.Rd7 Re7 34.Rxe7 Kxe7 35.Nd4 Kf8 36.Nf5 Nxf4 37.Bf3 Rd8 38.Rxd8+ Bxd8 39.Bc6 Bb6 40.Kb2 Ne2 41.Bxb5 Nd4 42.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 43.Kb3 Ke7 44.Kc4 Be3 45.Kd5 Kd8 46.Kc6 Kc8 47.a4 Bd2 48.a5 Kb8 49.Kc5 Be3+ 50.Kc4 Bd2 51.Bd7 Kc7 52.Bf5 Be1 53.Kb5 Bd2 54.Ka4 Kd6 55.b5 Kc5 56.b6 Bc3 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Nov. 8
25+10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Karjakin, Sergey
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.e3 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.Rc1 Ne5 15.Be2 Qxc2 16.Rxc2 Rd8 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.O-O Bd7 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.Kf1 Kf8 21.Ke1 Ne7 22.Ne5 Rxc2 23.Nxd7+ Rxd7 24.Rxc2 Nd5 25.Bf3 Ke7 26.Ke2 b6 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Rc7+ Rd7 29.Rc8 Rd5 30.f4 Rb5 31.Rc7+ Kf6 32.Rxa7 Rxb2+ 33.Kf3 b5 34.a4 bxa4 35.Rxa4 1/2-1/2

There are nine rounds of blitz tomorrow

Standings after Rapids Leg

1 Korobov 12
2-4 Giri, Mamedyarov, Aronian 10
5-6 Karjakin, Anand 9
7-9 Caruana, Le, Artemiev 8
10 So 6

**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 9th November, 2019, 03:59 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 9, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Blitz

Rounds One to Nine

Round 1

Giri-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
Korobov-Le 0-1
Caruana-Anand 1-0
Mamedyarov-Aronian 0.5-0.5
So-Karjakin 1-0

Round 2

Karjakin-Le 0.5-0.5
Anand-Mamedyarov 1-0
Aronian-Korobov 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-Caruana 0.5-0.5
So-Giri 0.5-0.5

Round 3

Caruana-So 0-1
Giri-Karjakin 0-1
Korobov-Anand 0-1
Mamedyarov-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
Le-Aronian 0.5-0.5

Round 4

Anand-Le 0-1
Karjakin-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Giri-Caruana 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-Korobov 0.5-0.5
So-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5

Round 5

Korobov-So 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Giri 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Anand 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Karjakin 1-0
Le-Artemiev 1-0

Round 6

So-Le 0-1
Karjakin-Anand 1-0
Giri-Korobov 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-Aronian 0-1
Caruana-Mamedyarov 0-1

Round 7

Le-Giri 1-0
Mamedarov-Karjakin 0-1
Korobov-Caruana 1-0
Aronian-So 1-0
Anand-Artemiev 1-0

Round 8

Karjakin-Artemiev 0.5-0.5
So-Anand 0.5-0.5
Giri-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Korobov 0-1
Caruana-Le 0.5-0.5

Round 9

Le-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
Korobov-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Caruana 0.5-0.5
Anand-Giri 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-So 0.5-0.5

Standings

1 Korobov 16.5
2 Aronian 15.5
3 Le 15
4 Karjakin 14
5-7 Giri, Mamedyarov, Anand 13.5
8 Caruana 12
9 Artemiev 11
10 So 10.5

The star of the day is Quang Liem Le who has scored 7/9. It should be remarked that he was World Blitz Champion in 2013.

Here is what Peter Doggers had to say about today’s round:

Anton Korobov didn't disappoint either and is still the leader at Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour with one day to go.

Saturday was the day of Le. His first rapid win against Vishy Anand on Friday apparently gave him wings, and today the former world blitz champion was in a class of his own. (The second-best performer today was Levon Aronian, with 5.5/9.)

In the first round of the day, Le took down the leader right away and made the field even more tightly packed at the top. Korobov must have miscalculated in the endgame:

After draws with Sergey Karjakin and Aronian, Le won no less than four games in a row, against Anand, Vladislav Artemiev, Wesley So and Anish Giri. The Dutchman was completely crushed, and left the board in disbelief of what just happened:

Le also had a bit of luck on his side, as he survived a lost position vs. Fabiano Caruana but that was not just luck, because the Vietnamese player also showed perfect defense in the subsequent rook ending for 64 moves.

Yesterday Korobov said his main goal was not to lose 18 blitz games in a row, but that turned out to be too modest. After his first-round loss with Le, the Ukrainian scored four draws and a loss to Anand but then suddenly won two games in a row, vs. Caruana and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

In both games Korobov was lost, but he has more lives than a cat in this tournament.

Korobov notably has been playing the somewhat old-fashioned Rubinstein variation (4.e3) against the Nimzo-Indian and in his interview at the end of the day he revealed that the other day he had been reading Mark Taimanov's book on the opening, which was first published in Russia in 1956!

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019...-le-quang-liem

Round 1, Nov. 9
5+3
Korobov, Anton – Le, Quang Liem
D27 QGA, Classical

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Na5 O-O 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Be1 Bf6 14.Rab1 Ndc5 15.Be2 b6 16.Nc4 b5 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nh6+ Kf8 22.f3 Bg5 23.Ng4 Nf6 24.Nxe5 Bxe3+ 25.Kf1 Ne6 26.Bc3 Bg5 27.a3 Nf4 28.Rd6 N6d5 29.Rxa6 Nxe2 30.Nd7+ Ke8 31.Nxb8 Nexc3 32.bxc3 Rxb8 33.Rb3 Nc7 34.Rc6 Kd7 35.Rc5 Be7 36.Re5 Ra8 37.Re2 Bd6 38.h3 Rxa3 39.Rxa3 Bxa3 40.Ra2 Bc5 41.Ke2 Nd5 42.Kd3 f5 43.Kc2 Ne3+ 44.Kb3 f4 45.Ra5 Kc6 46.Ra6+ Bb6 47.Ra2 g5 48.Re2 h5 49.Ra2 Bc5 50.Re2 Kd5 51.Rd2+ Ke5 52.Ra2 Kd5 53.Rd2+ Kc6 54.Ra2 g4 55.hxg4 hxg4 56.fxg4 Nxg4 57.Kc2 Kd5 58.Kd3 Ne5+ 59.Ke2 Kc4 60.Rb2 Nd3 61.Rb1 Ne5 62.Rb2 Ba3 63.Rb1 Bd6 64.Rd1 Bc5 65.Rb1 Nc6 66.Kf3 Bd6 67.Ke4 Be5 68.Kf5 Bxc3 69.Kxf4 b4 70.g4 Bd2+ 71.Kf5 Nd4+ 72.Kf6 Nf3 73.Kf5 b3 74.Ke4 Ng5+ 75.Kf5 Kc3 0-1

Final Position

Round 7, Nov. 9
5+3
Le, Quang Liem – Giri, Anish
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd4 Ne5 13.Qd1 Rc8 14.Nd5 Nc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b3 Ne5 17.c4 Nc6 18.Qd2 Re8 19.f4 Kg8 20.Nc3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Qd4 22.Qe1 a6 23.Rd1 Qc5 24.f5 Bd7 25.Nd5 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Qd2 Qa7 28.f6 Kh8 29.Qh6 Rg8 30.fxe7 Rg7 31.Rc1 Re8 32.Nf6 Rxe7 33.Nxh7 1-0

Final Position

Find the mate in 6 for White

Round 8, Nov. 9
5+3
Caruana, Fabiano – Le, Quang Liem
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Re1 O-O 10.c4 Nb6 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.g4 Be6 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Bf4 Rae8 15.Qd2 Qc8 16.Bg3 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.Ne4 Qa8 19.Nd6 Re7 20.Re2 Ne5 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Rae1 Rd7 23.Bxe5 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Rxd6 26.Re7 Rdf6 27.Qh6 R6f7 28.R1e6 Qc8 29.f3 Kh8 30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Rxg6 Qf8 32.Qxf8+ Rxf8 33.Rd6 Rxf3 34.Rd7 Rg3+ 35.Kh2 Rxg4 36.Rxb7 Rg7 37.Rb8+ Rg8 38.Rb3 Rg7 39.Ra3 Rd7 40.Kg3 Kg7 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.b3 Ke6 43.Ra5 Kd6 44.a3 Rb7 45.b4 cxb4 46.axb4 Rxb4 47.Rxa7 Rb1 48.Rxh7 Re1 49.d4 Rf1+ 50.Ke4 Re1+ 51.Kd3 Rd1+ 52.Ke3 Re1+ 53.Kd2 Rg1 54.Rh6+ Kd7 55.Kc3 Rg4 56.Rh7+ Kc8 57.Rf7 Rh4 58.Rg7 Rf4 59.Kd3 Rh4 60.c5 Rf4 61.Rh7 Rg4 62.Ke3 Kd8 63.Kd3 Kc8 64.Kc3 Kd8 65.Kc4 Kc8 66.Kd3 Kd8 67.Ke3 Kc8 68.Rf7 Kd8 69.Rf4 Rg1 70.Ke4 Re1+ 71.Kf5 Kd7 72.Rh4 Rf1+ 73.Ke5 Re1+ 74.Re4 Rh1 75.Rf4 Re1+ 76.Kf6 Re2 77.Rg4 Rf2+ 78.Ke5 Re2+ 79.Kf4 Rf2+ 80.Ke3 Rf7 81.Ke4 Rh7 82.Kf5 Rh5+ 83.Kf6 Rd5 84.Rh4 Kc8 85.Ke6 Kc7 86.Rg4 Kc8 87.Rf4 Kc7 88.Ke7 Rd7+ 89.Kf6 Rd5 90.Re4 Kd7 91.Kg6 Kd8 92.Kf7 Kd7 93.Rf4 Kd8 94.Kf8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Nov. 9
5+3
Korobov, Anton – Caruana, Fabiano
E54 Nimzo-Indian, Gligoric System, Taimanov variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 Bc6 11.Rd1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.c4 Rfe8 15.Bb2 Qf4 16.Qe3 Qf5 17.Ne1 b5 18.c5 a5 19.Nd3 Rab8 20.Bc2 Qh5 21.a3 Red8 22.Rac1 Qg4 23.f3 Qh4 24.Qd2 Ra8 25.Re1 Nd5 26.Re4 Qe7 27.Rce1 N7f6 28.Ne5 Qc7 29.Rh4 Ne7 30.Qf4 Ned5 31.Qg3 b4 32.a4 b3 33.Bb1 Bxa4 34.Bc1 Be8 35.Bg5 a4 36.Qh3 g6 37.Ng4 Nh5 38.Rxh5 gxh5 39.Bxh7+ Kf8 40.Qxh5 f6 41.Bh6+ Ke7 42.Qf5 Ra6 43.Bg8 Bf7 44.Bxf7 Kxf7 45.Ne5+ Qxe5 46.Qh7+ Ke8 47.dxe5 f5 48.Bg5 Rda8 49.c6 Kf8 50.Bf6 1-0

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 10th November, 2019, 11:13 PM

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

November 10, 2019

2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Blitz

Levon Aronian only finished in 5th place with 10 points from 18 games in this weekend's blitz tournament, but when combined with his 10 points in the rapid, his total tally tied him for first place with Sergey Karjakin, who won the blitz portion jointly with Le Quang Liem scoring 11/18. In the resulting playoff, Aronian scored a full point in the second game to snare the overall victory in the Romanian capital, Bucharest.

The Superbet Rapid & Blitz finished in Bucharest with 18 rounds of 5 minutes plus 3-second delay blitz chess. Anton Korobov kept a narrow edge from the rapid through the first half of the blitz tournament, but faded on Sunday as he suffered a five-game losing streak at the outset and could not recover. In the first half of the day, it looked like former blitz champion Le Quang Liem could be on the verge of adding a first Grand Chess Tour title to his list of accolades this year. Despite finishing with 11/18, tied with Sergey Karjakin at the top of the blitz standings, he needed to post much higher numbers to make up the ground lost in the rapid tournament where he scored in the bottom half.

Karjakin's 9 points and 5th place in the rapid standings combined with his 11 points at the close of the blitz left him equal with Levon Aronian on 20/36. Karjakin missed a clear win in his final round blitz game, and was even lucky to draw in the end, which undoubtedly left a sour taste in his mouth as he moved on to the playoff. After a draw in the first game, Aronian won a near-miniature in game two to take home the tournament trophy. Both players shared the first two prizes totalling USD $31,250 apiece.

Macauley Peterson in ChessBase

https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand-...d-blitz-live-2

Rounds Ten to Eighteen

Round 10

Artemiev-Giri 1-0
Anand-Caruana 1-0
Le-Korobov 1-0
Aronian-Mamedyarov 1-0
Karjakin-So 0.5-0.5

Round 11

Caruana-Artemiev 0-1
Le-Karjakin 0-1
Korobov-Aronian 0-1
Mamedyarov-Anand 0-1
Giri-So 0.5-0.5

Round 12

So-Caruana 1-0
Karjakin-Giri 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Le 1-0
Anand-Korobov 1-0
Artemiev-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5

Round 13

Caruana-Giri 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Karjakin 0-1
Le-Anand 0.5-0.5
Korobov-Artemiev 0-1
Mamedyarov-So 0.5-0.5

Round 14

Giri-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
So-Korobov 1-0
Anand-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-Le 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Caruana 1-0

Round 15

Le-So 0-1
Korobov-Giri 0.5-0.5
Anand-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Artemiev 0-1
Mamedyarov-Caruana 1-0

Round 16

Giri-Le 1-0
Karjakin-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
So-Aronian 1-0
Artemiev-Anand 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Korobov 1-0

Round 17

Korobov-Mamedyarov 1-0
Artemiev-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Giri 0.5-0.5
Anand-So 0.5-0.5
Le-Caruana 1-0

Round 18

Mamedyarov-Le 0-1
Giri-Anand 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Korobov 0.5-0.5
So-Artemiev 0-1

Tiebreak Game 1

Karjakin-Aronian 0.5-0.5

Tiebreak Game 2

Aronian-Karjakin 1-0

Final Standings

1 Aronian 20
2 Karjakin 20
3 Anand 19.5
4 Le 19
5 Korobov 18.5
6-7 Giri, Artemiev 18
8-9 Mamedyarov, So 16.5
10 Caruana 14

In Round 18, with little time on the clock, Korobov agreed to a draw while having a forced mate on the board:

Blitz
Round 18, Nov. 10
5+3
Karjakin, Sergey – Korobov, Anton
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qe2 b5 9.a3 Nbd7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Rae1 Rac8 14.Kh1 Nc5 15.b4 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Qd7 17.Nd4 Rc7 18.Na2 Rfc8 19.Nc1 g6 20.Ncb3 e5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Nf3 Qe6 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.bxc5 Rxc5 25.Ng5 Qe7 26.Bb4 h6 27.Nf3 a5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.Qxa5 Nh5 31.Qb4 Qc7 32.Qd2 Qd6 33.g3 f5 34.exf5 gxf5 35.Kg1 Nf6 36.Nh4 Qc6 37.Qg2 Qb6 38.Nxf5+ Kh7 39.Qh3 Rc2+ 40.d4 Ng4 41.Ne3 Qxd4 42.Rf7+ Kg6 43.Rxb7 Nxe3 44.Qe6+ Kh5 45.Qf7+ Kg5 46.Qg7+ Kh5 47.Qf7+ Kg5 48.Rd7 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Rxh2+ 50.Kg1 Rg2+ 51.Kh1 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

- With the amazing 43. Rf4!! Karjakin would probably have made it to London.

Position after White’s 50.Kg1

50….Rh1+! leads to checkmate soon

Tiebreak
Game 2, Nov. 10
10+5
Aronian, Levon – Karjakin, Sergey
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Be2 Rae8 16.O-O h6 17.Rae1 Qd6 18.Bc1 Ba5 19.Qd2 Re4 20.Bd1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rxd4 22.Qc2 Rc4 23.Ba3 Bb4 24.Qd3 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Bxa3 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Qf5+ 1-0

Peter Doggers at chess.com

The big star of the day was, in fact, Vladislav Artemiev. Like the other wildcard, Le Quang Liem, the other day, Artemiev scored a fantastic, undefeated 7/9. And like against Le, Anish Giri lost in a ferocious attack to the strongest blitz player of the day (although in this game the Dutchman had outplayed his opponent in the opening and early middlegame).

Round 10, Nov. 10
5+3
Artemiev, Vladislav – Giri, Anish
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c4 dxc4 5.bxc4 Bg7 6.g3 c5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Bc3 Rad8 13.Qb2 Ne8 14.Ne4 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 Nf6 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Rab1 Qb8 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.Qb2 Kg8 20.Rd2 Nd4 21.Ne1 h5 22.h3 e5 23.e4 h4 24.Kh2 Nh5 25.Nf3 hxg3+ 26.fxg3 Qd6 27.Rf1 Re7 28.Rdf2 Rf8 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.Nh4 f6 31.Qd1 Qd7 32.Nb5 Nxb5 33.cxb5 Bc8 34.Rf5 Rh8 35.Nxg6 Kxg6 36.Qg4+ Kf7 37.Qh4 Kg7 38.Rxh5 Rxh5 39.Qxh5 Qxd3 40.Rd1 Qxb5 41.Rd8 Bd7 42.Qh8+ Kf7 43.Qg8# 1-0

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Aronian won the tournament but both he and Karjakin got $31,250 each prize money and 11 GCT points.

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

Grand Chess Tour Bucharest 2019

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