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    Tournament of Peace 2019

    November 30, 2019

    The Tournament of Peace (Turnir Mira) took place this year in Zagreb from November 19 to November 30.

    Vassily Ivanchuk won with 7.5/11.

    The final standings were:

    1 Ivanchuk 7.5
    2-4 Bosiocic, Bacrot, Melkumyan 7
    5-6 Ragger, Cheparinov 6
    7 Nisipeanu 5
    8-9 Kozul, Zelcic 4.5
    10-11 Dreev, Stevic 4
    12 Palac 3.5

    Chess24 tweeted: Congratulations to Vassily Ivanchuk on winning the Tournament of Peace in Zagreb… Until Vishy's birthday in 11 days, he's now the only 50-year-old member of the 2700 club!

    Vassily’s games:

    Tournament of Peace 2019
    Zagreb, Croatia
    Round 1, Nov. 19
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Bacrot, Etienne
    D31 QGD, Charousek variation

    1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Ndb4 9.Qb3 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Be3 Qe5 12.a3 Na6 13.O-O c6 14.Rfd1 Qf5 15.Ne4 e5 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Nc7 18.Rad1 Nb5 19.R6d3 a5 20.Rd8 Be6 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Qa4 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Qxd4 Qc2 25.Rd2 1/2-1/2

    Round 2, Nov. 20
    Ragger, Markus – Ivanchuk, Vassily
    B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.g4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Ne5 14.Be2 b6 15.f4 Nd7 16.Bf3 Ra7 17.Rad1 Rc7 18.Rhe1 Bc5 19.Nf5 g6 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Nd6+ Ke7 22.Kc1 Rd8 23.Nc4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 b5 25.Ne5 Bb7 26.Bxb7 Nxb7 27.g5 Nc5 28.b3 f6 29.Ng4 fxg5 30.fxg5 Ne4 31.h4 Nc3 32.Rd2 Nxa2+ 33.Kb2 Nc3 34.Nf6 h5 35.Ng8+ Kf7 36.Nf6 Ke7 37.Ng8+ Kf7 38.Nf6 1/2-1/2

    Round 3, Nov. 21
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
    D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Accelerated Meran

    1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.h3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Ne2 O-O 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Nxc3 Nf6 15.b4 Qc7 16.Bd3 d4 17.Ne4 Qxc2 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxc2 dxe3 20.fxe3 Re8 21.O-O Rxe3 22.Rxf6 Nd7 23.Rh6 Nf8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd5 Be6 26.Rdh5 Rec8 27.Be4 Rab8 28.Be5 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Rbc8 30.Bxb7 Rd8 31.Bxa6 Rdd1 32.Be2 Rh1+ 33.Kg3 Rb1 34.Bf3 Rb3 35.Bf6 Nd7 36.Be7 Rxa3 37.Rxh7 Bf5 38.Rh8+ Kg7 39.Rd8 1-0

    Final Position

    

    Round 4, Nov. 22
    Kozul, Zdenko – Ivanchuk, Vassily
    E00 Catalan Opening

    1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Qb3 O-O 13.a4 a6 14.a5 b5 15.Na2 Nb8 16.Bb4 Nc6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nc1 Rc7 19.Nd3 Rfc8 20.e3 Nd7 21.Rdb1 g6 22.Qd1 e5 23.dxe5 Ncxe5 24.Nfxe5 Nxe5 25.Nf4 d4 26.exd4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rd8 28.d5 g5 29.Nh5 Rcd7 30.Qe2 Rxd5 31.Rd1 Qd6 32.Rxd5 Qxd5+ 33.f3 Qd2 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Nf6 h6 36.Ne4 Qxa5 37.Qe3 Qb4 38.Re2 Ng6 39.Qb6 Re8 40.Qxa6 Re6 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qc2 Qc4 43.b3 1/2-1/2

    Round 5, Nov. 23
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Zelcic, Robert
    E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights

    1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Qb3 O-O 13.a4 a6 14.a5 b5 15.Na2 Nb8 16.Bb4 Nc6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nc1 Rc7 19.Nd3 Rfc8 20.e3 Nd7 21.Rdb1 g6 22.Qd1 e5 23.dxe5 Ncxe5 24.Nfxe5 Nxe5 25.Nf4 d4 26.exd4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rd8 28.d5 g5 29.Nh5 Rcd7 30.Qe2 Rxd5 31.Rd1 Qd6 32.Rxd5 Qxd5+ 33.f3 Qd2 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Nf6 h6 36.Ne4 Qxa5 37.Qe3 Qb4 38.Re2 Ng6 39.Qb6 Re8 40.Qxa6 Re6 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qc2 Qc4 43.b3 1/2-1/2

    Round 6, Nov. 25
    Dreev, Aleksey – Ivanchuk
    A40 Reti

    1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.c3 Nf6 9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Nd5 11.Re1 d6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qa4 Bf5 14.Na3 Qc5 15.Nc4 Rfd8 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Qa6 Rd6 18.Nc4 Bc8 19.Qa4 Re6 20.Rxe6 Bxe6 21.Bf1 h5 22.Qa5 Rb5 23.Qd8+ Kh7 24.a4 Rb7 25.Qa5 Qxa5 1/2-1/2

    Round 7, Nov. 26
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Bosiocic, Marin
    A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack

    1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.a3 Bc5 5.e3 Nf6 6.d4 Nxd5 7.cxd5 exd4 8.exd4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Qe7+ 10.Ne2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Nc3 Qh4 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Ne4 h6 15.f3 Qd8 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Nc3 Re8 18.Kh1 Qe7 19.Bf2 Bd7 20.Rac1 a4 21.Bc2 Ra5 22.Qd3 Qf8 23.Qc4 Re7 24.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qa8 26.Qe2 Qc8 27.Qe3 Qf8 28.Qd3 g6 29.Qc4 Qa8 30.Bd3 Kg7 31.Bf1 Bf5 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.h3 Nh5 34.Re1 Qd8 35.g3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd8 37.Kh2 Nf6 38.Bg2 h5 39.Re2 Qa8 40.Rd2 Qa6 41.Bf1 Qxc4 42.Bxc4 Ra8 43.Re2 Kf8 44.Kg2 Ba5 45.Be1 Bxc3 46.bxc3 b5 47.Bd3 Nxd5 48.c4 bxc4 49.Bxc4 Nb6 50.Bd3 Re8 51.Ba5 Nd5 52.Rxe8+ Kxe8 53.h4 Kd8 54.Kf3 Ne7 55.Ke3 Be6 56.Bc2 Bb3 57.Bd3 Kd7 58.Be4 Kc8 59.Kd2 Kd7 60.Ke3 f5 61.Bf3 c6 62.Kd2 Ng8 63.Kd3 Nf6 64.Ke3 Bc4 65.Bd1 Bb5 66.Bf3 Kc8 67.Bb4 Kc7 68.Ba5+ Kb7 69.Bd8 Ne8 70.Ba5 Ka6 71.Bd8 Kb7 72.Ba5 Nf6 73.Bd8 Nd7 74.Ba5 Bc4 75.Bb4 Bd5 76.Bxd5 cxd5 77.Bxd6 Nf6 78.Bb4 Ne4 79.Be1 Kc6 80.Ke2 Kb5 81.Kd3 Nd6 82.Bd2 Nc4 83.Bb4 Nb2+ 84.Kc2 Nc4 85.Kd3 Nb2+ 86.Kc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

    Position after 82.Bd2. Black’s best reply is a king move, Kb6 for example

    

    Round 8, Nov. 27
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Melkumyan, Hrant
    E51 Nimzo-Indian

    1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bd3 h6 10.dxc5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Bb5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Re8 14.Ba3 Bf5 15.Rac1 Ne4 16.h3 Rac8 17.c4 f6 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Rxd2 Re7 20.f3 Be6 21.Kf2 Kf7 22.g4 h5 23.Kg3 Rh8 24.Rd6 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rc7 26.Rcd1 Re8 27.R6d5 Rec8 28.f4 exf4+ 29.exf4 a6 30.Ba4 Re8 31.Bc1 Rec8 32.Be3 Re7 33.Bf2 g6 34.Rh1 Kg7 35.Rb1 Na5 36.Rd6 Bxc4 37.Bd4 Re4 38.Bxf6+ Kf7 39.Rh1 Be6 40.Be5 Nc4 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Rg7+ Kf8 43.Rxg6 Bf7 44.Bg7+ Kg8 45.Rg5 Nxd6 46.Be5+ Kh7 47.cxd6 Rxa4 48.Rg7+ Kh6 49.Rxf7 Rc1 50.Rf6+ Kh7 51.d7 1-0

    Round 9, Nov. 28
    Stevic Hrvoje – Ivanchuk, Vassily
    B22 Sicilian, Alapin

    1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Qd6 9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.O-O g6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Re1 Nxe3 14.Rxe3 Bh6 15.Re2 O-O 16.Nc3 a6 17.Qb3 Rab8 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.a4 b6 1/2-1/2

    Round 10, Nov. 29
    Ivanchuk, Vassily – Palac, Mladen
    B97 Sicilian, Najdorf

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g3 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Na4 Rc8 15.Re2 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qxb4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Qd4 Nxe4 20.Nb6 Rd8 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Qxg7 Rf8 23.Qxh6 Rd6 24.Qh5 Qd7 25.Nd4 Kd8 26.Nf5 Nf6 27.Qh3 Re6 28.Red2 Re4 29.g4 Rxf4 30.Qe3 Rxg4 31.Nxe7 Re4 32.Nxd5 Rxe3 33.Nxe3 Kc7 34.Rxd7+ Nxd7 35.h4 Rh8 36.Nd5+ Kc8 37.Rd4 Ne5 38.Re4 1-0

    Round 11, Nov. 30
    Cheparinov, Ivan – Ivanchuk, Vassily
    D16 QGD Slav, Soultanbeieff variation

    1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.h3 Bd7 12.e4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.Be3 O-O 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bb5 Nb8 18.Bxc6 Nxc6 19.Nd5 Qb8 20.Nb6 Rcd8 21.g3 Rfe8 22.Kg2 Bc7 23.h4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.f4 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Bxb6 27.Bxb6 Qc8 28.Qd6 Nb8 29.Kf3 Nd7 30.Bd4 h5 31.b4 Qc4 32.Qxd7 Qd3+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kf1 Qd1+ 35.Kg2 Qd2+ 36.Kh3 Qd1 37.Kg2 1/2-1/2

    History of the Tournament of Peace

    Croatian Independence dates from 1991. They distinguish to Tournament of Peace before and after Independence

    First Tournament

    In April 1965. first Tournament of Peace, which was organised by the Representatives of the city of Zagreb together with leading local players, took place. Very strong field of 20 players competed in round-robin tournament, tied for the first place were Borislav Ivkov and Wolfgang Uhlmann with 13,5/19. Reigning World champion at that time, Tigran Petrosian, placed 3rd with 12,5 points. Interesting was that Portisch had won all games against first three players, but too many draws against lower field has cost him a title. Further on in final ranking were great players like Parma, Bronstein, Larsen, etc. Curiosity was that the winner
    was meant to get a sculpture – Horseman of the Peace, but since Ivkov and Uhlmann shared the first place nobody got the sculpture. Players from Zagreb were: Marovic, Minic, Damjanovic, Udovcic and Bertok.

    (to be continued)

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    Tournament of Peace 2019

    November 30, 2019

    History (continued)

    Second Tournament

    Next Tournament of Peace was played both in Rovinj and Zagreb in 1970. Tournament was organized with less players, however it was even stronger than the first one and brought appearance of legendary Robert James Fischer! Bobby had won the tournament with two points ahead of World chess elite and announced his run for World chess crown.

    Fischer arrived to Rovinj directly from Herceg Novi, where he has won a strong blitz tournament, inspected the playing hall with lighting that same evening after which he showed Browne some games from Herceg Novi for which he had no objections

    Prior to the start of the tournament, the next day, he set a requirement for further $ 1,000 fee for which the organizers did not agree. The round has already begun and when the decision to replace him with IM Marangunic has already been decided, the thing saved Parma, with whom Fischer was supposed to play in the 1st round, who has told him: “Bobby, you know that Russians are happy that you will not play?” Fischer said, “True. Ok, let’s play!”

    For first place Fischer got the sculpture Horseman of Peace which he had deposited in the US Embassy and probably it is still there today. Players from Zagreb who competed in the tournament were: Minic, Bertok, Kovacevic (who only defeated Fischer and it was his first loss after three years!), Marovic and Udovcic.

    Third Tournament

    Third Tournament of Peace was again played both in Rovinj and Zagreb in 1975. Since it was quite exhausting to play so many rounds, the organizers reduced number of players, so it was 14 players round-robin. This time players from Zagreb, GMs Kovacevic and Nikolac, was close to win the tournament, but in the end it was Sax who took the first place. Nikolac, was close to win the tournament, but in the end it was Sax who took the first place.

    Fourth Tournament

    Last Tournament of Peace was played in 1985. and was marked with big success of the legendary blitz player from Zagreb, Krunoslav Hulak, who took 2nd place behind great Jan Timman (one of the strongest player in the world at that time) with result of 8,5/13.

    “Kruno“ died in 2015. and every year in Zagreb the Open tournament is played in his honour.

    2018 Edition First Tournament of Peace after Independence

    After 11 rounds of great games, the winner of the event became Adhiban B. (IND, 2682) who reached 7.5 points to be alone on the top of the list. The second place went to Bacrot Etienne (FRA, 2677) who tied for silver medal with Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR, 2714), but according to tiebreaks, Bacrot was second, and Ivanchuk finished with bronze medal. The reigning European Chess Champion Saric Ivan (CRO, 2692) took the 4th place with the same score of 6.5 points as Cheparinov Ivan (GEO, 2711) who ended 5th.

    __________

    The whole history of the Tournament of Peace is laid out at:

    http://www.turnir-mira.com/en/news/

    It is well worth looking at. It has cross-tables, games, commentary and photos. Among the games are:

    Bruno Parma – Bobby Fischer from 1970
    Vassily Smyslov – Bobby Fischer 1970
    Bobby Fischer – Mijo Udovcic 1970
    Bobby Fischer – Dragoljub Minic 1970
    Juraj Nikolac – Gyula Sax 1975
    Jan Timman – Krunoslav Hulak 1985

    Former Croatian Chess Federation Secretary General, Ervin Sindik, generously shared his private photo album which was not published before. So, there are lots of photos of Fischer (playing Gligorich, Marovic, Udovcic and Minic).

    There is also the original scoresheet of the game Smyslov-Fischer and a postcard signed by the players of the 1965 tournament.

    One tends to forget that for years after WWII, Yugoslavia was the second strongest chess nation after the Soviet Union.

    I’ll give the only game that Fischer lost from Zagreb-Rovinj 1970 – against Kovacevic

    Rovin/Zagreb, Yugoslavia
    Round 8, April 21, 1970
    Fischer, Robert – Kovacevic, Vladimir
    C15 French, Winawer, Nimzowitsch variation

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Nbd7 9.Ne2 b6 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.Qh4 Bb7 12.Ng3 h6 13.Bd2 O-O-O 14.Be2 Nf8 15.O-O Ng6 16.Qxh6 Rh8 17.Qg5 Rdg8 18.f3 e3 19.Bxe3 Nf8 20.Qb5 Nd5 21.Kf2 a6 22.Qd3 Rxh2 23.Rh1 Qh4 24.Rxh2 Qxh2 25.Nf1 Rxg2+ 26.Ke1 Qh4+ 27.Kd2 Ng6 28.Re1 Ngf4 29.Bxf4 Nxf4 30.Qe3 Rf2 0-1

    Comments from Kibitzer’s Corner of chessgames.com

    https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044313

    - There is a nice show on Croatian national television called Sahovski komentar (Chess Commentary). Few days ago, Vladimir Kovacevic gave a commentary of this game and the events surrounding it, especially the Cold War folklore (for none of you who speak an obscure Slav language, it is available at: http://www.hrt.hr/enz/sahovski-kome...; the episode was broadcasted on 02/22/2015). Although in his 70s, Kovacevic was still very excited about his most famous victory in which he chose to play French defense, like Uhlmann few days before.

    First, he described Fischer as a gentleman who perhaps overconfidently entered the game with a lesser player. In what was, in Kovacevic’s words, a battle of David vs. Goliath, Fischer did not go for a draw or tempted Kovacevic with a draw-offer in the early phase, but played actively until the position was lost. Then he shook the young opponent’s hand, said “Very good” signed the score sheet, and left. Kovacevic has not even managed to sign his own sheet, when Petrosian, excited with Fischer’s defeat, took it from his hands and enthusiastically exclaimed: “For Moscow, for Moscow!”

    Second, Kovacevic described 10. Qe7 as the key move, speaking of it in terms of religious epiphany: he was in a dark tunnel, and then saw light. Everything fell into its place, and it was downhill for Fischer after that. Third, Kovacevic gave his view of the ticklish moment after Fischer’s 18. f3 with a tactically astute idea of queen sacrifice. He said that he was nervous, not believing he could defeat Fischer. For that reason, he walked around the room. Zealous Rona Petrosian indeed approached him before his move, and said something he claimed he did not understand as he did not speak Russian and was completely concentrated on the game. Kovacevic insisted that he found the right move on his own, sensing that Fischer, obviously not being a patzer, set up a final trap that could save him. The now old grandmaster insisted that only afterwards he realized it was a warning of some kind, and he could not negate that Soviet players had dishonorable intentions.

    I see three rough options to interpret this story. First, it is completely true and disenchants one of the miniscule Cold War chess legends. Second, the fact that he was approached, influenced the game ñ if only subconsciously, making him more alert. He has to compensate psychologically, as his most famous victory is somehow tainted although the outcome was not affected. Thus a bit forced discourse: I did not understand, it did not influence the game, they were dishonest, but I was clean. Third, he really understood what was said to him, perhaps some of the scenario was set up before, and the outcome would have been different if he was not approached.

    I would personally go with the first option. In what was a touching and sentimental account, I’ve seen an excited old guy with trembling voice, remembering his glory days, somewhat like Bouboulina from Zorba the Greek.

    - Shows up as game #24 in Lombardy's 1972 <Modern Chess Opening Traps> - where Lombardy breaks from the usual to identify the source of the game, even if slight obliquely...

    <The setting is the Tournament of Peace, Zagreb, YUG, 1970. In an earlier round Bobby Fischer had <brilliantly> up-ended GM Wolfgang Uhlmann, but the experts questioned Bobby's opening analysis. Vladimir Kovacevic of YUG has gone to the drawing boards and found the flaw in the line. Thereafter, the gods had decreed that the great Bobby was to be enmeshed in his own web! >

    - According to Victor Korchnoi's book "Chess is my life" page 71, Fischer set up a trap for Kovacevic in this game, Tigran Petrosian, Tigran's wife and Victor Korchnoi was watching the game and Korchnoi loudly said "How interesting" after realizing Fischer's trap. He explained that if Kovacevic trap Fischer's queen he may lose. Petrosian's wife said she will inform Kovacevic. When Fischer was thinking for his move, she went to Kovacevic and enlightened him.

    - At the time, I heard that some of the Russians thought that Uhlmann's analysis wasn't good in this line and that a better line would give Fischer trouble. They and Kovacevic prepared the day before and Kovacevic sprung 10...Qe7 on Fischer. The only good way to beat one of the greats is to have a good opening then play well thereafter.

    - Fischer won 10 and lost 1 in the tournament, and what do we get for GOTD? The 1 loss.
    It's a Fischer hater conspiracy, I tells ya!

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