Gareyev at the Chigorin Memorial 2019

[Wayne Komer]

Gareyev at the Chigorin Memorial 2019

October 6, 2019

The International chess festival “M. Chigorin Memorial” 2019 is taking place at the Azimut hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is a classical chess tournament taking place from October 4 to October 13 (9 rounds).

The participants:

There are 434 players. The top twenty by rating are:
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No		Name		ELO
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1		Kovalenko, Igor		2674
2		Alekseenko, Kirill		2671
3		Chigaev, Maksim		2644
4		Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel		2623
5		Khalifman, Alex		2614
6		Petrosyan, Manuel		2613
7		Khismatullin, Denis		2611
8		Kryakvin, Dmitry		2610
9		Kokarev, Dmitry		2601
10		Smirin, Ilia		2599
11		Gareyev, Timur		2591
12		Rozum, Ivan		2596
13		Shimanov, Aleksandr		2587
14		Yuffa, Daniil		2577
15		Aleksandrov, Aleksej		2577
16		Goganov, Aleksey		2566
17		Sivuk, Vitaly		2559
18		Bocharov, Ivan		2557
19		Volkov, Sergey		2557
20		Moroni, Luca Jr		2553

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Round 1, Oct. 5
Mkrtchyan, Mariam (2039) – Gareyev, Timur (2591)
A59 Benko Gambit, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bg7 7.Nc3 Bxa6 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 O-O 10.g3 d6 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.Nd2 Rfb8 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Re1 Rb4 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Qxa6 Rxa6 18.Re2 Nd3 19.Nf3 Nd7 20.a3 Rb3 21.Nd1 Nb6 22.Nd2 Rb5 23.Nc3 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Rxb2 25.Ncb1 Kf8 26.Kf1 f5 27.f3 Ra4 28.Ke1 Rd4 29.Nc3 fxe4 30.fxe4 Rd3 31.Ndb1 Rb3 32.Rec2 Nc4 33.a4 Ke8 34.Nb5 Nb2 35.Nc7+ Kd7 36.Ne6 Bh6 37.Nd2 Rbc3 38.Rxc3 Bxd2+ 39.Ke2 Bxc3 40.Nf4 Rd2+ 41.Ke3 Nc4+ 42.Kf3 Ne5+ 43.Ke3 Ng4+ 44.Kf3 h5 45.Ne2 Nxh2+ 46.Ke3 Ng4+ 47.Kf3 Bd4 0-1

Round 2, Oct. 6
Gareyev, Timur (2591) – Saidov, Bilukhadzh (2260)
A11 English

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Qe7 9.O-O b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 Ba3 15.Bxa3 Qxa3 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Ne5 c5 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc5 21.Rad1 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Rc8 24.Nc6 Ra8 25.Nxa7 g5 26.Nc6 Rxa2 27.h4 h6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.b4 Nh5 30.Ne5 Nf4 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rd7 Kf6 33.Ng4+ Kg6 34.Ne5+ Kf6 35.Ng4+ Kg6 36.Ne5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Hans Jung]

Thanks for posting the Gareev games. Im always interested. Tactics galore.

[Wayne Komer]

Gareyev at the Chigorin Memorial 2019

October 10, 2019

Round Three

The organizers are releasing a round with 175 games every few days. So, the players are in Round Six and this is Gareyev’s game from Round Three.

Round 3, Oct. 7
Nikologorsky, Matfel (2220) – Gareyev, Timur (2591)
C78 Ruy Lopez, Moeller Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Bxd1 exf3 11.Bxf3 Bb7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Re1 Rad8 14.a4 Nd5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nb3 b4 17.Na5 Nxa5 18.Rxa5 bxc3 19.Ra7 Bc6 20.bxc3 Rfe8 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc7 Rxc5 23.h3 h5 24.Ba3 Rc4 25.Bb4 Re6 26.f3 e4 27.fxe4 Rg6 28.Re2 Rxe4 29.Rf2 Re3 30.Kh2 f5 31.Re7 Reg3 32.Ree2 f4 33.Rd2 f3 34.gxf3 Bxf3 35.h4 Be4 36.Rd4 Bg2 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.Be7 Rh3+ 39.Kg1 Rh1+ 40.Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

Final Position

[Wayne Komer]

Gareyev at the Chigorin Memorial 2019

October 13, 2019

Rounds Four to Six

Round 4, Oct. 8
Gareyev, Timur – Suleymenov, Alisher
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d4 b6 4.dxc5 bxc5 5.e4 Bb7 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be4 Qc8 10.Re1 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Na3 O-O 14.Nc4 Nc6 15.Qe2 Kh8 16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Bg3 Rf5 18.Rad1 Raf8 19.Qc2 Nf4 { illegible notation } 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Oct. 9
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra – Gareyev, Timur
A04 Reti

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 e5 7.c4 Nge7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Ne4 b6 10.Nc3 Nde7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Nc4 Be6 13.a4 Rc8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 Nd4 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Nbd6 Rcd8 18.Nb7 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Rb8 20.Be3 Nec6 21.Bxd4 exd4 0-1

Round 5, Oct. 10
Gareyev, Timur – Smirnov, Artem
E94 King’s Indian, Orthodox variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Rb1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.f3 a5 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 Nfd7 14.Bf1 Ne5 15.Red1 Qe7 16.Nc2 Bf8 17.Re1 Be6 18.b3 Rad8 19.Nd4 Bg7 20.Rbd1 Bc8 21.h3 Qc7 22.Bf2 { illegible notation } 1-0

Oh well, even with the best intentions, you cannot replay games with illegible notations.

[Wayne Komer]

Gareyev at the Chigorin Memorial 2019

October 14, 2019

Rounds Seven to Nine

Round 7, Oct. 11
Pourramezanali, Amirreza – Gareyev, Timur
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Qe7 8.Re1 Bg7 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qa4+ c6 12.Qb4 Bf8 13.Qxe7+ Bxe7 14.a4 a5 15.Nd2 Bc5 16.Nf3 Nd7 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Ke7 19.Rd1 g5 20.Ne1 Nc5 21.b3 Be6 22.Bxe6 Nxe6 23.Nd3 Rhd8 24.Kf1 Rd7 25.Rb1 f6 26.g3 g4 27.b4 axb4 28.Rxb4 c5 29.Rb6 c4 30.Nb4 Rxa4 31.Nd5+ Kf7 32.Re1 Ra6 33.Reb1 Nc5 34.Nxf6 Rd1+ 35.Rxd1 Rxb6 36.Nxg4 Ke6 37.Ne3 Nxe4 38.Nxc4 Rc6 39.Na5 Rc7 40.Rd8 Rf7 41.Re8+ Kd5 42.Rd8+ Kc5 43.Re8 Rxf2+ 44.Ke1 Rf5 45.Nxb7+ Kc4 46.Re6 Rh5 47.g4 Rh3 48.Kf1 Kd5 49.Ra6 Rxc3 50.Rxh6 Rc7 51.Nd8 Ng5 52.h4 Nf3 53.Rf6 Nh2+ 54.Ke2 Nxg4 55.Rg6 Rc2+ 56.Kd3 Rg2 57.h5 Rg3+ 58.Ke2 Ke4 59.Nf7 Rg2+ 60.Kd1 Kf4 61.Nxe5 Kxe5 62.Kc1 Kf4 63.h6 Rh2 64.h7 Rxh7 65.Kd2 Ne5 66.Rg8 Ke4 67.Re8 Rc7 68.Re6 Rc8 69.Re7 Kd4 70.Rh7 Nc4+ 71.Ke2 Re8+ 72.Kf2 Ke4 73.Ra7 Rf8+ 74.Ke2 Re8 75.Kf2 Nb2 76.Ke2 Kd4+ 77.Kf3 Re3+ 78.Kg4 Nc4 79.Kg5 Nb6 80.Kg4 Nd5 81.Ra4+ Ke5 82.Ra5 Rd3 83.Rc5 Rd4+ 84.Kf3 Rf4+ 85.Kg3 Ra4 86.Rc8 Nf6 87.Kf3 Ra3+ 88.Ke2 Kd4 89.Rd8+ Ke4 90.Kd2 Nd5 91.Re8+ Kd4 92.Ke2 Nf6 93.Rd8+ Ke4 94.Kd2 Ra5 95.Rh8 Ra2+ 96.Kc3 Nd5+ 97.Kb3 Rf2 98.Rh4+ Ke5 99.Kc4 Nf4 100.Rh8 Rc2+ 101.Kb3 Rc7 102.Rd8 Ne6 103.Rh8 Nc5+ 104.Kc4 Ne4+ 105.Kd3 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 80.Kg4




Round 8, Oct. 12
Gareyev, Timur – Vokhidov, Shamsiddin
A22 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 Bxc3 5.dxc3 d6 6.f3 Be6 7.Nh3 h6 8.Nf2 Nfd7 9.f4 f6 10.f5 Bf7 11.g4 Nb6 12.b3 c6 13.a4 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bg2 a5 16.Be3 Nc6 17.O-O Ne7 18.Qd3 Ra6 19.Rad1 O-O 20.cxd5 Qc8 21.c4 Rd8 22.Ne4 Nd7 23.h4 Nf8 24.Bc5 Ra8 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 13
Gareyev, Timur – Sivuk, Vitaly
A00 Benko Opening

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e4 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Qe2 Re8 8.a4 h6 9.Nc3 dxe4 10.dxe4 a5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.Bf3 Be6 14.Nf5 Bc5 15.g4 Nbd7 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.b3 Rad8 20.Kf1 Kf8 21.Ke1 Rd7 22.Rxd7 Nbxd7 23.Ke2 Nc5 24.Ke3 Rd8 25.Be2 h5 26.g5 Ncxe4 27.Nxg7 Nxg5 28.Nxh5 Nxh5 29.Bxh5 Rd4 30.Rf1 Rh4 31.Be2 Rxh2 32.f4 Rh3+ 33.Kd2 exf4 34.Rxf4 Ke7 35.b4 axb4 36.Rxb4 Bc8 37.a5 Kd6 38.Rd4+ Kc7 39.Rf4 f5 40.Bd3 Nf3+ 41.Ke2 Ne5 42.Na4 Ng6 43.Rd4 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 Ne5 45.Nb6 Nxd3 46.cxd3 Ra2 47.Ra4 Be6 48.Rxa2 Bxa2 49.Ke2 Kd6 50.d4 c5 51.Ke3 Bb3 52.Nc8+ Kd7 53.Nb6+ Kc6 54.Nc8 Bc2 55.Ne7+ Kd6 56.Nc8+ Kd5 57.Ne7+ Ke6 58.Ng6 Kd6 59.Nf4 Be4 60.Ne2 Kd5 61.Nf4+ Kc4 62.dxc5 Kxc5 63.a6 bxa6 64.Kd2 Kd4 65.Ne6+ Ke5 66.Nc5 a5 67.Kc3 f4 68.Nb3 f3 69.Nxa5 Bd5 0-1

Final Position




Final Standings

1-3 Sivuk, Aleksandrov, Bocharov 7.5
4-11 Kokarev, Ter-Sahakyan, Afanasiev, Lintchevski, Svetushkin, Can, Volkov, Artamonov 7
12-35 Petrosyan, Pourramezanali, Peng, Timerkhanov, Smirin, Khalifman, Gareyev (and 17 others) 6.5