Sunway Sitges Open 2019

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 14, 2019

The Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival is a chess tournament that has been played in Sitges since 2014 and organized by the Sunway Playa Golf & Spa hotel in Sitges, Spain (Barcelona). The tournament is open and takes place on the premises of the hotel itself, at 10 rounds and with a 90 minute game rate with an increase of 30 seconds per play, valid for Elo FCE, FEDA and FIDE .

The Sixth edition is taking place from December 12 to 22 with more than € 25,000 in prizes to distribute among 100 players.

Each night a movie is shown – among these Garry Kasparov versus Deep Thought Documentary, Magnus Carlsen – Informe Robinson, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Capablanca – El Rey, El amor por la madera, La Doble K, Historia de una Rivalidad and Judith Polgar Brilliant Brain Nova. On the 18^th there will be a broadcast show of F.C. Barcelona – Real Madrid.

Sitges is a coastal town in Spain's Catalonia region, southwest of Barcelona, backed by the mountainous Parc Natural del Garraf. It's known for its Mediterranean beaches and seafront promenade lined with grand mansions. The compact old town and surrounding streets are filled with shops, restaurants, and many gay bars and nightclubs.

It might be remembered that ChessTalk covered Aman Hambleton at Sunway Sitges in 2017:

https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...ay-sitges-2017


The Festival is very popular with Indians. This from ChessBase Indian:

When it comes to tournaments outside India there are events like Abu Dhabi Masters, Dubai Open, Sharjah Masters, where find nearly 50% of the participants as Indians. However, this is because the middle east is not so far from India. It's just a three hour flight! When it comes to European events, we do see quite a few Indians at the major events like the Gibraltar Masters or the Grenke Chess or the Reykjavik Open, but nothing as compared to Middle-East events. Aeroflot Open has many Indians going every year, but that is because the Government takes care of the expenses and it is a part of the exposure trip. There is one tournament that is becoming the most popular hunting grounds for Indian chess players in the Europe - The Sunway Sitges Open. In 2019 it will be held from the 13th to the 22nd of December 2019. This year 75 players out of the 240 participants in the A group are from India! 16 more players will take part in B-group, making it a total of 91 Indians at the event.

https://chessbase.in/news/Sunway-Sit...curtain-raiser

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		Top Seeds
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No.		Name		FED		RtgI
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1		Maghsoodloo Parham		IRI		2690
2		Ivanchuk Vassily		UKR		2690
3		Korobov Anton		UKR		2668
4		Melkumyan Hrant		ARM		2668
5		Sasikiran Krishnan		IND		2656
6		Lagarde Maxime		FRA		2655
7		Donchenko Alexander		GER		2650
8		Kovalenko Igor		LAT		2647
9		Edouard Romain		FRA		2635
10		Sethuraman S.P.		IND		2638
11		Tabatabaei M.Amin		IRI		2635
12		Vocaturo Daniele		ITA		2627
13		Petrosyan Manuel		ARM		2613
14		Illescas Cordoba Miguel		ESP		2612
15		Nihal Sarin		IND		2612
16		Karthikeyan Murali		IND		2611
17		Durarbayli Vasif		AZE		2609
18		Adly Ahmed		EGY		2607
19		Salgado Lopez Ivan		ESP		2594
20		Svane Rasmus		GER		2594

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http://chess-results.com/tnr478652.a...et=YES&flag=30

The official website says that there are a total of 191 titled players, of them 55 are GMs.

The tournament starts each day at 16:30 local, which is 10:30 AM Toronto/Montreal.

In the A tournament, there are 306 players with two Canadians among them Anthony Atanasov and Steven Peter. In the B tournament, there are 135 players and no Canadians.

With such a huge tournament, we will only be able to follow selected players, such as Ivanchuk, Maghsoodloo, Nihal Sarin, Timur Gareyev, Awonder Liang, Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh.

Round One

Round 1, Dec. 13
Lever, Erwan – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nc3 h6 10.Rc1 d6 11.a3 a5 12.Qc2 e5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Nd5 a4 15.e3 Nd7 16.Nh4 Ra7 17.Bc3 Nb6 18.Qe2 Na5 19.Bb4 Nb3 20.Rc3 g5 21.Qh5 gxh4 22.Qxh6 Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Qe7 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Qg5+ Kh7 26.Qh5+ Kg7 27.Qg5+ Kh7 28.Qh5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

Round 1, Dec. 13
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Han, Yichen
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Be2 Qe7 9.O-O Rd8 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nb5 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 Bg4 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Nd4 Ne4 17.Qb2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Rac8 19.Rac1 Nd6 20.Qg4 Qe4 21.Qg3 Qg6 22.Qh4 Re8 23.Rxc8 Nxc8 24.Rc1 Nd6 25.h3 h6 26.a4 Kh7 27.Qf4 Re4 28.Qf3 f5 29.Rc5 Qf7 30.Qd1 Re7 31.Ne2 Re5 32.Nf4 Ne4 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Nxd5 Nf6 35.Nf4 Qc7 36.Ne2 Ne4 37.Qd5 g6 38.g4 Qg7 39.gxf5 gxf5+ 40.Kh2 Qc7+ 41.Kg2 Qg7+ 42.Ng3 Nxg3 43.fxg3 Qb2+ 44.Kf3 Qb1 45.Qxb7+ Kg6 46.Qc6+ Kh7 47.Qc4 Qh1+ 48.Kf4 Qxh3 49.Qf7+ Kh8 50.Qf8+ Kh7 51.Qxf5+ 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 13
Karthik, Rajaa – Gareyev, Timur
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.b3 a5 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Rc1 e5 11.dxe5 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 dxe5 13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Ng5 Re8 16.Nf7+ Kg8 17.Bd5 Kf8 18.Ng5 h6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nf3 g5 21.Rfd1 f4 22.Ne1 a4 23.Nd3 e4 24.Nb4 axb3 25.axb3 Bg4 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nxc6 Ra2 28.Ra1 Rxe2 29.Ra7 e3 30.Rxc7+ Kg6 31.fxe3 fxg3 32.hxg3 R8xe3 33.Rd6+ Kh5 34.Re7 Rxg3+ 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 13
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Pena Morales, Hugo
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 e6 7.c3 Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.Bc3 Rc8 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Bb1 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Qd3 g6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nf3 Bf8 21.h4 Bg7 22.h5 Rcf8 23.Re3 Ne7 24.Qd2 Nc6 25.Bxg6 Rf4 26.Bb1 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.gxf3 Nxd4 29.Qe3 e5 30.Bxd4 exd4 31.Qe7 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Bxf6 33.Bd3 Bc6 34.Bxa6 d3 35.Bxd3 Bxb2 36.Rb1 Ba3 37.Bb5 Kf7 38.Bxc6 bxc6 39.Rb6 c5 40.Rxh6 c4 41.Kf1 Ke7 42.Ra6 Bb4 43.h6 Kf7 44.h7 Kg7 45.Ra7+ Kh8 46.Rd7 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 13
Mohota, Hisha – Gukesh, D.
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Bf1 Nec6 7.c3 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 g6 9.d3 Bg7 10.Na3 O-O 11.Qg3 d6 12.f4 Rb8 13.e5 b5 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Qf2 Nd5 16.Bd2 dxe5 17.fxe5 Qc7 18.c4 bxc4 19.Nxc4 Ba6 20.Rac1 f6 21.Ba5 Qe7 22.Qh4 g5 23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Qg4 Nf4 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 h5 27.Qg3 Bxc4 28.dxc4 Rb2 29.Re5 Rf5 30.Rxf5 Rxg2+ 31.Qxg2 Nxg2 32.Re5 Nf4 33.Rce1 Kf7 34.Bg2 Kf6 35.R5e3 Qd6 36.a4 Qd2 37.Bf1 a5 38.Re4 Qxc3 39.R1e3 Qa1 40.h4 Kf5 41.hxg5 Kxg5 42.Kf2 Kf5 43.Re1 Qb2+ 44.Kg1 h4 45.R4e3 Qd2 46.Re5+ Kf6 47.R5e4 h3 48.Kh1 Qf2 49.R4e3 h2 50.Bh3 e5 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 15, 2019

Round Two

Wow! Down goes Maghsoodloo.

Round 2, Dec. 14
Raja Harshit (2447) – Maghsoodloo, Parham (2690)
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangel variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Qd3 Bd7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Na3 Qe7 13.Nxb5 O-O 14.Bg5 exd4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nbxd4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Nf3 Rfd8 19.Qe2 g5 20.Rad1 g4 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxd7 g3 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.hxg3 Rxd7 25.Qxd7 f6 26.Qf7 Bc5 27.Rd1 Rf8 28.Qc4 Bb6 29.Qc6 f5 30.Qh6 Qc5 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Rd7 Rf6 33.Qg5 Qf8 34.e5 Rg6 35.Qd8 Qxd8 36.Rxd8+ Kg7 37.Rd7+ Kh6 38.e6 Kg5 39.e7 Bxf2 40.Rd4 1-0

Position after 20.Rad1 and before g4?



Round 2, Dec. 14
Gareyev, Timur – Eggleston, David
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bd7 9.Qe2 Rc8 10.d3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Rac1 b6 13.d4 cxd4 14.exd4 Red8 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Ndf3 Qb8 17.Bh3 dxc4 18.bxc4 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rc7 20.Rfe1 b5 21.c5 Nd5 22.a3 a5 23.Bg2 Bf6 24.Ng4 Be7 25.h4 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Ne3 Bc6 29.Nxd5 Bxd5 30.Ra1 b3 31.Ra6 Qd8 32.Rb6 h6 33.Qb5 Rc8 34.Bc1 Bf6 35.Rd6 Qc7 36.Bf4 Qa7 37.Ra6 Qe7 38.Bd6 Qd8 39.Be5 Qe7 40.Rd6 Bxe5 41.Rxd5 exd5 42.Rxe5 Qa7 43.Qxb3 Qa1+ 44.Kg2 Qxd4 45.Rxd5 Qe4+ 46.Qf3 Qe7 47.Qf5 Qb7 48.Qe4 Qa8 49.Qf3 Qa4 50.h5 Qa8 51.Re5 Qa6 52.Qd5 Qf6 53.Qd7 Qxe5 54.Qxc8+ Kh7 55.Qc6 Qd4 56.Qd6 Qe4+ 57.Kh2 Qe2 58.Qd4 Qxh5+ 59.Kg2 Qf5 60.Qc4 Kg8 61.c6 Qc8 62.Qb5 Qe6 63.c7 Qe4+ 64.Kh2 Qc2 65.Qe8+ Kh7 66.Qxf7 Qc5 67.Kh3 h5 68.Kh4 Qd4+ 69.f4 Qc4 70.Qxc4 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 14
Krishna Teja – Praggnanandhaa, R.
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.h3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Na4 O-O 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Rfc1 Re8 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Qd1 Nd7 18.Ndb3 Qg5 19.Qf3 Nf6 20.Nd2 h5 21.Nf1 Bc7 22.b4 b6 23.Nb3 Bd7 24.a4 Ne4 25.b5 Qh4 26.bxc6 Bc8 27.Nbd2 Ng5 28.Qxd5 Nxh3+ 29.gxh3 Bxh3 30.Be2 Re6 31.Bxh5 Rd8 32.Qf3 Rf6 33.Ng3 Rxf3 34.Nxf3 Qf6 35.Ne5 g6 36.Be2 Bc8 37.Rab1 Kg7 38.Kg2 Rh8 39.Rh1 Rxh1 40.Nxh1 Bxe5 41.dxe5 Qxc6+ 42.Bf3 Qxa4 43.Rxb6 Qa5 44.Rb8 Qc7 45.Rb3 Qxe5 46.Ng3 a5 47.Bc6 Be6 48.Rd3 Qc5 49.Ba4 Bd5+ 50.Kg1 Bc6 51.Rd4 Bxa4 52.Rxa4 Qb5 53.Ra1 a4 54.Ne4 Qb4 0-1

Round 2, Dec. 14
Gukesh, D. – Vaishall, R.
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Spassky’s variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 c5 5.e4 d6 6.O-O e6 7.Nfd2 Qc7 8.a4 b4 9.Nc4 Be7 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne3 O-O 15.Ndc4 Rad8 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.f4 Bc8 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Rf2 Be6 20.Raf1 b3 21.cxb3 Qb7 22.Nd5 Qxb3 23.a5 Qb8 24.Nce3 Nh7 25.Qh5 Bg5 26.Rxf7 Bxe3+ 27.Nxe3 Bxf7 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Nf5 Rg8 30.Ne7 Rd6 31.Nxg8 Qxg8 32.Qxa7 Ng5 33.Qxc5 Rd8 34.Qxe5 Qb3 35.Qc3 Qb5 36.d4 Qe2 37.Re1 Qa6 38.e5 Rc8 39.Qd2 Qb5 40.e6 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 14
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kochavi, Ori
A04 Reti, King’s Indian Defence

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 c6 7.Be2 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bg5 d4 10.Ne4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Nfxd2 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 f6 14.Bd2 Rd8 15.g4 a5 16.h4 Bd7 17.f4 Bc6 18.fxe5 f5 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Rg1 fxe4 21.Bh6 Rd7 22.e6 Re7 23.Bh5 Be8 24.Bf7+ Bxf7 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 26.exf7 Nc6 27.f8=Q+ 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 14
Travadon, Loic – Nihal Sarin
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Na6 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb1 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nc5 13.Bb2 Ne4 14.Qc2 a4 15.Rad1 Qb6 16.e3 Be6 17.Nd2 axb3 18.axb3 d5 19.c5 Qb4 20.f3 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 Ra2 22.Ra1 Rfa8 23.Rxa2 Rxa2 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Bxc3 Ra3 26.Rb2 g5 27.f4 gxf4 28.gxf4 Bf6 29.Bf3 Kg7 30.Bd1 Bf7 31.Rb1 Kh6 32.Ra1 Rxa1 33.Bxa1 Bh5 34.Bxh5 Kxh5 35.Bc3 e6 36.Ba5 Kg4 37.Kg2 Be7 38.Bb6 Bh4 39.Ba5 Be7 40.Bb6 Bh4 41.Ba5 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Dec. 14
Korobov, Anton – Chen, Qi b
E81 King’s Indian, Samisch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Ne8 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O Rb8 13.Kh1 Nc7 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.Bf4 Nb5 17.Nge2 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qd2 f5 20.Rae1 Rf7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Nd7 24.Re2 Rb4 25.b3 Rxb3 26.d6 Rb4 27.Nd5 Rd4 28.Ne7+ Kg7 29.Nc6 Qf6 30.Nxd4 Qxd4 31.Bb1 a5 32.Ba2 Qxd2 33.Rxd2 Rf8 34.Re1 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 14
Tabatabaei, M. amin – Kacharava, Nikolozi
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.c3 Qd7 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Ng5 g6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Qh3 h5 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.Re3 Rae8 19.Rae1 Rxe3 20.Qxe3 Qf5 21.h4 a6 22.Qg3 Qd7 23.Qe3 Qg4 24.Nf3 Kg7 25.Ne5 Qe6 26.Nxc6 Qxe3 27.Rxe3 bxc6 28.b4 Rb8 29.f3 Kf8 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Ke2 f6 32.Re6 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.Ke3 Kf7 35.Kf4 Kg7 36.a4 Kf7 37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Kg7 39.a5 Kh6 40.g5+ Kg7 41.Ke3 f5 42.c4 dxc4 43.d5 Kf7 44.dxc6 Ke6 45.Kd4 f4 46.Kxc4 Kf5 47.Kd3 Kg4 48.Ke2 Kg3 49.Kf1 Kxh4 50.b5 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 15, 2019

Round Three

Round 3, Dec. 15
Sindarov, Javokhir – Korobov, Anton
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Ba2 O-O 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.f4 Rc8 14.Rae1 g6 15.Kh1 Qd7 16.f5 gxf5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.exd5 exd5 20.Rxf5 Bxb2 21.Ref1 Kh8 22.Rxd5 Qe7 23.Rxd6 Rcd8 24.Rd5 f6 25.c4 Rxd5 26.Qxd5 Qe2 27.Qd1 Qxd1 28.Rxd1 Bxa3 29.cxb5 axb5 30.g3 Re8 31.Bb3 Re3 32.Bc2 Be7 33.Bf5 b4 34.Rd3 Re5 35.Bg4 Kg7 36.Kg2 f5 37.Bd1 Kf6 38.Kf3 Bc5 39.g4 fxg4+ 40.Kxg4 Re4+ 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Kg2 Re1 43.Kf3 Rf1+ 44.Kg4 Bd4 45.Kh5 Rf7 46.Rf3 Rc7 47.Rf8 Ke4 48.Rb8 Bc3 49.h4 Bd2 50.Kg4 Kd3 51.Bb3 Rd7 52.Be6 Rd4+ 53.Kh3 Kc3 54.h5 h6 55.Rb7 Rd6 56.Bf7 Rf6 57.Kg4 Bf4 58.Bd5 Bg5 59.Bf7 Rf4+ 60.Kg3 Kd2 61.Bg6 Ke3 62.Rf7 Bh4+ 63.Kh3 Bf6 64.Rd7 b3 65.Rd3+ Kf2 66.Rd2+ Ke1 67.Rd7 b2 68.Rd5 Rb4 69.Bb1 Ke2 70.Kg3 Bc3 71.Rd7 Be1+ 72.Kg2 Rg4+ 73.Kh3 Rh4+ 74.Kg2 Rxh5 75.Rb7 Bc3 76.Rb6 Rg5+ 77.Kh3 Kf3 78.Rxh6 Rg1 79.Kh2 Rxb1 80.Rh3+ Kf2 81.Rxc3 Rh1+ 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 15
Kovalenko, Igor – Kelires, Andreas
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Bd2 O-O 9.Re1 Bg4 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Rac1 d5 17.Bb1 dxe4 18.dxe4 c4 19.Nf1 Nb7 20.b4 cxb3 21.axb3 Nc5 22.N1d2 Bc6 23.Bxc5 Bxc5 24.b4 Bf8 25.Nb3 g6 26.Na5 Ba8 27.Qe3 Kg7 28.Nb3 h6 29.Re2 Bb7 30.Ra2 Bc8 31.Nfd2 Qc6 32.Ra1 Nh5 33.Nf3 Qc7 34.Bd3 Be6 35.Nbd2 Qd6 36.Bf1 Nf6 37.Rd1 Bc8 38.Be2 Qe6 39.Rdb1 Bb7 40.c4 bxc4 41.Bxc4 Qc8 42.Qa7 Rd6 43.Ra5 Re7 44.Qe3 Rc6 45.Qe2 Nd7 46.Qf1 Rb6 47.b5 axb5 48.Bxb5 Nf6 49.Bd3 Rxb1 50.Qxb1 Qc3 51.Rb5 Ba6 52.Rb3 Bxd3 53.Qxd3 Qxd3 54.Rxd3 Re6 55.Rb3 Nd7 56.Kf1 Kf6 57.Nc4 Nc5 58.Re3 Nd7 59.Re1 Bc5 60.Rd1 Nb6 61.Nb2 Rd6 62.Nd3 Nd7 63.Ke2 Bb6 64.Rc1 Re6 65.Rc8 Kg7 66.Rb8 Nxb8 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 15
Diaz, Carles – Gareyev, Timur
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 b5 10.Bb3 Nb6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qh5 Qd6 14.Be3 c5 15.Nd2 c4 16.Bc2 f6 17.Qe2 Be6 18.a4 Qc6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf1 Na4 21.Ra2 Ra6 22.Rea1 Rfa8 23.Qb1 Nc5 24.h3 Bf8 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Ra2 Qa8 27.Rxa6 Qxa6 28.Nf1 Qc6 29.Ng3 g6 30.Qd1 Be7 31.Qa1 Na4 32.Ne2 Bf8 33.Qc1 Nc5 34.Qb1 Bf7 35.Ng3 h5 36.Ne2 Qb7 37.Nc1 Qa8 38.Qa2 Qc6 39.Qb1 Kg7 40.Ne2 Be7 41.Ng3 Qd7 42.Qa1 Be6 43.Kh2 Nd3 44.Qb1 h4 45.Nh1 f5 46.f3 f4 47.Bg1 b4 48.cxb4 Bxb4 49.Nf2 Ne1 50.Qc1 Qd2 51.Qxd2 Bxd2 52.Bb1 Bd7 53.Ng4 Bxg4 54.hxg4 Be3 55.Ba2 h3 56.Bxc4 hxg2 57.Be2 Kf6 58.b4 g5 59.Bxe3 fxe3 60.b5 Ke7 61.Kg1 Kd6 62.Kh2 Kc5 63.Kg1 Kd6 64.Kh2 Kd7 65.Kg1 Kc7 66.Kh2 Kb6 67.Kg1 Kc5 68.Kh2 Kb6 69.Kg1 Ka5 70.Kh2 Nc2 71.Kxg2 Nd4 72.Kf1 Kb6 73.Ke1 Kc5 74.Kd1 Ne6 75.Kc2 Nf4 76.Kd1 Ne6 77.Kc2 Nd4+ 78.Kd1 Kb6 79.Ke1 Kc7 80.Kd1 Kb7 81.Ke1 Kb6 82.Kd1 Kc5 83.Ke1 Ne6 84.Kd1 Nd4 85.Ke1 Ne6 86.Kd1 Nd4 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Dec. 15
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Kjartansson, Gudmundur
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 Nc6 6.d3 e5 7.Bd2 b5 8.Ne3 Nge7 9.Bg2 Rb8 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 h6 12.Rc5 Qd6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rc1 Rb6 15.b4 Ra6 16.a4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Nf1 Rxa4 19.Bf4 Qa6 20.Rxc7 Nd5 21.Rc6 Qb7 22.Qc5 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qb8 24.Rc7 Rd8 25.f5 Bxf5 26.Bd5 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 1-0

Round 3, Dec. 15
Parvanyan, Ashot – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.O-O Bg4 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Re1 Qh4 11.Bf1 O-O-O 12.Be3 Be5 13.g3 Qf6 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rab1 Bd4 16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Nb3 Qd6 18.c5 Qe7 19.h3 Be6 20.Rec1 Qf6 21.Be2 h5 22.Na5 h4 23.Nxc6 hxg3 24.Nxa7+ Kb8 25.Nc6+ Kc8 26.Na7+ Kb8 27.Nc6+ Kc8 28.Na7+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Dec. 15
Nihal Sarin – Kulkarni Shakti
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 c5 6.g4 O-O 7.g5 Nfd7 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.a4 a5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.h4 d4 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Nfxd4 Nb4 14.Nc2 Bf4 15.Nxb4 axb4 16.d4 e5 17.Bg2 Qe7 18.O-O f6 19.dxe5 fxg5 20.Qd6 Qe8 21.Qxb6 Qh5 22.e6 Qxh4 23.Rfe1 Bh2+ 24.Kf1 Ra6 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Bxd4 1-0

Round 3, Dec. 15
Svane, Rasmus – Trent, Lawrence
A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qe4 f6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Be3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 O-O 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.Qd6 Kf7 19.Qd5 Be8 20.Qe4 Kg8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rc1 Qd6 23.Qc4 Bf7 24.Qb5 Qd7 25.h4 Be8 26.Qc4 Bf7 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Qxc6 Qxc6 29.Rxc6 Nd4 30.Nxd4 exd4 31.Bxd4 Bxa2 32.e3 Bd5 33.Rc7 a6 34.g4 Bf7 35.Ra7 Bc4 36.g5 Rf8 37.Rc7 Bb5 38.Kg2 h6 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Kf3 Rf7 41.Rc5 Kg7 42.Kf4 Re7 43.h5 Be8 44.Rc1 Kf7 45.f3 Rd7 46.Rc8 Rd6 47.Rb8 Rc6 48.Rb7+ Kg8 49.Rb8 Kf7 50.e4 Rd6 51.Bc3 Rc6 52.Rb7+ Kg8 53.Rb8 Kf7 54.Bb4 Re6 55.Bd2 Re5 56.Bc3 Re6 57.Rb7+ Kg8 58.Kf5 Rc6 59.Bxf6 Bxh5 60.f4 Bf3 61.Rb8+ Kf7 62.e5 h5 63.Rb7+ Kf8 64.Rh7 Ke8 65.Kg6 Rc4 66.e6 1-0

Round 3, Dec. 15
Mendonca, Leon – Liang, Awonder
D94 Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O b6 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bb7 11.Re1 c5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Qd2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Rad1 Na5 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Qf4 Rc3 18.d5 exd5 19.e5 Qc7 20.Bf6 Bxf6 21.Qxf6 Re8 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Qh4 Kg7 25.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Dec. 15
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Bru Rullo, Llatzer
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Qe3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qc7 15.Ne1 a6 16.Qe3 Nf6 17.a4 Rab8 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Nd3 Rfc8 20.Nb4 Rc5 21.Qd2 Qc8 22.f3 h5 23.Kg2 h4 24.Nd3 Rh5 25.Nf4 Rh7 26.g4 Nxg4 27.fxg4 Qxg4+ 28.Kf2 Qf5 29.Ke1 Qe4 30.Kf2 Qf5 31.e4 Qxe4 32.Rg1 Qf5 33.Ke2 h3 34.Nd5 Qe5+ 35.Qe3 Qb2+ 36.Kf3 e6 37.Qc3 Qxc3+ 38.Nxc3 Kf8 39.Rgd1 Ke7 40.Ne4 Rd8 41.a5 bxa5 42.Rxa5 Rb8 43.Rxa6 Rxb3+ 44.Kg4 Rb2 45.c5 dxc5 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.Nf6 Rg2+ 48.Kf3 Rh4 49.Rdd7 Kg7 50.Rxf7+ Kh6 51.Ne4 Rxe4 52.Kxe4 Rxh2 53.Kf4 1-0

Evidently, Ivanchuk and Maghsoodloo are given a DGT board, no matter what table they are playing at.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 16, 2019

Round Four

Round 4, Dec. 16
Korobov, Anton – Sevchenko, Kirill
D76 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Nb6 9.e3 Re8 10.h3 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.Nd2 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.a4 a5 15.Nde4 Qe7 16.Nd6 Rd8 17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Qe2 Nb4 19.Qb5 Nc4 20.Qxb7 Qxb7 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Bg2 f5 23.e4 Nd2 24.Bxd2 Rxd2 25.Rad1 Rxb2 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Rd7 Rc2 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 f4 30.Rxa5 fxg3 31.fxg3 Bf8 32.Be4 Rc3 33.Rb5 Bc5+ 34.Kg2 Rxb5 35.axb5 Kg7 36.h4 Rb3 37.Bc6 Bb6 38.Rf5 Bd4 39.Kh3 h6 40.Kg4 Rb4 41.Kh5 Rc4 42.Bd5 Rc7 43.g4 Rd7 44.Be4 Rd8 45.Rf1 Rb8 46.Rb1 Bf2 47.Rb3 Bd4 48.Rb1 Bf2 49.Rb2 Bd4 50.Rc2 Rxb5 51.Rc7+ Kf8 52.Kxh6 Bf2 53.g5 Rb6+ 54.g6 Bxh4 55.Kh7 Bf6 56.Bc6 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 16
Batsiashvili, Nino – Praggnanandhaa, R.
E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.h3 e5 6.d5 a5 7.Be3 Na6 8.g4 Nd7 9.Nge2 Bf6 10.Qd2 h6 11.O-O-O Bg5 12.f4 exf4 13.Nxf4 Ne5 14.Be2 Qe7 15.Nb5 b6 16.Rh2 Bd7 17.Rdh1 Bh4 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Qc2 O-O-O 20.Kb1 Rde8 21.b3 h5 22.gxh5 g5 23.Ng2 Bg3 24.Ne1 Bxh2 25.Rxh2 g4 26.hxg4 Nxg4 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.h6 Nxe4 29.Ng2 Qf6 30.Qd3 Nc5 31.Qd2 Bf5+ 32.Nxf5 Qxf5+ 33.Qc2 Qf1+ 34.Kb2 Nd3+ 35.Ka3 a4 36.Bd4 axb3 37.axb3 Kb7 38.b4 Ra8+ 39.Kb3 Nc1+ 40.Kc3 Ra3+ 41.Kd2 Rd3+ 0-1

Round 4, Dec. 16
Gareyev, Timur – Firat, Burak
A13 English, Neo-Catalan

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.b3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb2 Bf6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Qd2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Bb5 17.Bf3 Bc6 18.Rac1 h6 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Nxc5 Rac8 21.Nd3 Ne7 22.Kg2 f6 23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 Nxc6 25.Rc1 Nd4 26.Rc7 Nxe2 27.Nc5 Nd4 28.Nxb7 Rd5 29.b4 g5 30.Nc5 f5 31.Rxa7 Nc6 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.a3 g4 34.h3 h5 35.Rh8 gxh3+ 36.Kxh3 Ne5 37.Rh7+ Kg6 38.Re7 Ng4 39.Rxe6+ Kf7 40.Re2 Rd1 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.a4 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 16
Gukesh, D. – Rafiee, Makan
A08 Neo-Sicilian, King’s Indian Attack, French variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 b5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 Qc7 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.h5 h6 14.Ne3 Qd8 15.c4 bxc4 16.dxc4 d4 17.Ng4 Bf8 18.Nd2 Rcb8 19.Ne4 Ne7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Qxd4 Nf5 22.Qxd7 Qxd7 23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Nxd7 Bxg2 26.Nxb8 Bf3 27.Nd7 Be7 28.Be3 Rc8 29.Rac1 Nxe3 30.fxe3 Bc6 31.Nf6 Bxf6 32.exf6+ Kxf6 33.Kf2 Rg8 34.Red1 Rg5 35.Rd6 Rc5 36.g4 a5 37.Rd8 Bd5 38.Rg8 Be4 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Kf2 Kf6 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.Kd2 Kf6 43.g5+ hxg5 44.h6 Bh7 45.Rf1+ 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 16
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Eggleston, David
E16 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Re8 12.Rfd1 c6 13.b3 Rc8 14.e3 Qe7 15.Qb2 Rcd8 16.b4 b5 17.a4 a6 18.a5 g6 19.Nd2 h5 20.Re1 h4 21.Re2 hxg3 22.hxg3 Nf8 23.Nf3 Ne6 24.Rec2 Nd7 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.Bh3 Qd6 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Rh1 f6 29.Nh4 Ndf8 30.Bf5 Kf7 31.Bd3 Rc7 32.Qb1 f5 33.g4 f4 34.Rcc1 Ke7 35.Bxg6 f3+ 36.Kxf3 Ng5+ 37.Kg2 Bc8 38.Ng3 Kd8 39.Bxe8 Kxe8 40.Nhf5 Bxf5 41.Nxf5 Qg6 42.Rh6 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 16
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Mendonca, Leon
A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 dxc4 9.bxc4 c5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rab1 Rab8 14.Ba1 Rfd8 15.Ne1 Na7 16.g4 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 b5 18.cxb5 Nxb5 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxb5 Rxb5 22.Qxb5 h6 23.Ne1 Rb8 24.Qa6 Rb6 25.Qa5 Qd6 26.Rc1 Rb4 27.d4 cxd4 28.Nd3 Rb8 29.e4 e5 30.h3 Kh7 31.Kg2 Rb7 32.Rc5 Rb1 33.Qa4 Qe6 34.Rc6 Qe8 35.Qc4 Qa8 36.Rxf6 gxf6 37.Qxf7+ Kh8 38.Qxf6+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kh8 40.Qxe5+ Kh7 41.Qxd4 Qxa2 42.Qd7+ Kg8 43.Qe8+ Kh7 44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Ne5 h5 46.gxh5 Kh8 47.Ng6+ 1-0

Final Position



Hey! White’s pieces are ganging up on the black king!

Round 4, Dec. 16
Liang, Awonder – Sankalp Gupta
A16 English

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 h6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg7 8.d4 c5 9.Rb1 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be2 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxa2 13.O-O Bg4 14.Rxb7 Nd7 15.h5 Rab8 16.Rxb8 Rxb8 17.hxg6 Rb2 18.gxf7+ Kf8 19.Bd3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Rxd2 21.e5 Qb3 22.Qc6 Rxd3 23.e6 Rc3 24.Qxd7 Qb8 25.d5 Be5 26.Qa4 Bf4 27.d6 Bxd6 28.Qg4 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 16
Li, Di – Lagarde, Maxime
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 Nxd4 8.Nxc4 Nc6 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.Nfe5 Nd5 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Bd2 f5 13.Rac1 Bf6 14.Nd3 Nc6 15.Kf1 O-O 16.Ne3 Nde7 17.Bc3 Rd8 18.f4 a5 19.a3 a4 20.h3 Kf8 21.Kf2 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Ra5 23.Rdc1 Nd5 24.Rc4 Nxe3 25.Kxe3 e5 26.Bxc6 exf4+ 27.gxf4 bxc6 28.Rxc6 Ba6 29.Ne5 g5 30.Rf6+ Ke7 31.Rxf5 gxf4+ 32.Kxf4 Ke6 33.e4 1-0

Li Di is a name new to me. Suspiciously, his name is a shortened form of Ding Liren! He was born in 1999 and has a present rating of 2543. In the last ratings I saw he is 22 on China’s list.

Standings

1-5 Korobov, Sethuraman, Praggnanandhaa, Li Di, Narayanan 4
6-21 16 players – among them Tabatabaei, Gareyev and Gukesh 3.5

Ivanchuk, Nihal and Maghsoodloo are sitting in a group with a score of 3

[Hans Jung]

Highly unusual for Timur Gareev his games have all been endgames so far and Ive really been enjoying them. However there are many great games to choose to watch.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 17, 2019

Round Five

From ChessBase:

Two leaders after Round 5

Shortly before Christmas there is a new tradition brewing in Sitges, Spain; The "Sunway Sitges International is now in its 6th year is a 10-round Swiss open played from December 13th-22th 2019. Sitges is a popular seaside resort on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, south of Barcelona, and enjoys an average annual temperature of 18 degrees over 300 days of sunshine a year. The tournament is hosted by the Hotel Sunway Playa Golf & Spa.

Narayanan S.L. won with Black over his countryman Sethuraman to move to 5 points after as many rounds, but he was joined late in the day by Anton Korobov who also won with the black pieces over Praggnanandhaa.

Sitges was settled long before the Roman era and over the millennia the inhabitants and visitors of the place have left many traces and cultural monuments. One is Xato, a Catalan speciality that can of course be prepared in different variations. Typical ingredients are endive salad, cod, tuna, anchovy, eggplant and black olives. However, the soul of the dish is the sauce, for which there are of course various recipes, for example, see the original ChessBase article below:


https://en.chessbase.com/post/sunway-sitges-open-2019

Round 5, Dec. 17
Praggnanandhaa R. – Korobov, Anton
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf Zagreb variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.h3 h5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Rb8 14.Nc3 h4 15.gxh4 Nc5 16.Be3 Be6 17.Qd2 Bxh4 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nb7 20.Qe3 Bf6 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Qg3 Be5 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.h4 Rbd8 25.h5 Kh7 26.Bh3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Nc5 28.Rd2 Qc8 29.Rg2 Rg8 30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Qg5 a5 32.Kh2 Kh8 33.Qh4 Qh6 34.Nd5 Ne6 35.Ne7 Re8 36.Nf5 Qf4+ 37.Qxf4 exf4 38.b3 Kh7 39.Rd2 Ng5 40.Rg2 f6 41.Re2 Nxe4 42.Nd4 Re5 43.Kh3 Nc3 44.Rf2 Rxh5+ 45.Kg4 Re5 46.Nc6 Rc5 47.Ne7 g6 48.Rxf4 Kg7 49.Rd4 Rc7 50.Rd3 Rxe7 51.Rxc3 g5 52.Kh5 Kf7 53.Rc4 Re3 54.Rc7+ Ke6 55.Kg6 Kd6 56.Rb7 Kc6 57.Rf7 Rf3 58.Kh5 Rf4 59.c3 g4 60.Kh4 f5 61.Rf8 Kd5 62.b4 Ke4 63.bxa5 bxa5 64.c4 Kf3 65.c5 g3+ 66.Kh3 g2 67.Rg8 Rg4 0-1

Position after 38…Kh7




(ChessBase) - Here Pragg can keep the position balanced with 39.Nd6 but his insertion of 39.Rd2 Ng5 40.Rg2 f6! left his e-pawn for dead. Korobov was forced to convert a long rook ending but did so without any problems to claim his share of the lead.

- after pragg's loss, he gets a nice reward: black against ivanchuk


Round 5, Dec. 17
Sethuraman, S.P. – Narayanan, S.L.
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 g6 6.b3 Bh6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Bb2 e5 9.g3 O-O 10.O-O-O Re8 11.Kb1 Nd4 12.Bg2 Bg4 13.Re1 a5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nf3 Nb5 16.Qd3 Nxc3+ 17.Bxc3 Qc7 18.Bd2 Bg7 19.g4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Qc3 23.Kc1 Bb5 24.Qxb7 Rc8 25.Ne1 Re8 26.Be4 Qa1+ 27.Kd2 Bc3+ 28.Ke3 Qd1 29.Nd3 Qxh1 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 17
Narayanan Srinath – Gareyev, Timur
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.exd5 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 cxd5 11.Bg5 c6 12.Rhd1 Ng4 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Kf1 f6 15.h3 Ne5 16.Be2 Ng6 17.Be3 f5 18.Na4 f4 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Nxc5 Nh4 21.f3 Nf5 22.Kf2 Ne3 23.Rd2 Bf5 24.g4 Bg6 25.Rc1 Rfe8 26.Rd4 Nxc2 27.Rxf4 Rab8 28.b3 Nb4 29.a3 Na2 30.Re1 Nc3 31.Ba6 1/2-1/2


Round 5, Dec. 17
Sadhwani, Raunak – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A35 English, symmetrical, Four Knights System

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Bd2 Nc7 9.O-O Bd7 10.a3 O-O 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 b6 14.Qb3 Bg4 15.Qa4 Ne6 16.Rfe1 Ncd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.h3 Bd7 19.Qd1 h5 20.e3 Nb5 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.d4 e5 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.f4 Bg7 25.e4 h4 26.e5 hxg3 27.Be3 Qxd1 28.Rbxd1 Rfd8 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Bf1 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Rd3 32.Ke2 Rb3 33.Ra1 g2 34.Bg1 Rxb4 35.Kf3 a5 36.Kxg2 Bh6 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 17
Krzyzanowski, Marcin – Maghsoodloo, Parham
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Bd6 5.c4 c6 6.O-O Ne7 7.a3 O-O 8.Nbd2 a5 9.b3 b5 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.c5 Bc7 12.Qc2 Ng6 13.a4 b4 14.e4 d4 15.Rac1 Ba6 16.Bh3 Re8 17.Ne1 Ngf8 18.Ng2 Qe7 19.f4 Rbd8 20.Nf3 f6 21.Ngh4 g6 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.Rf2 Bb8 24.Rcf1 Nxc5 25.Ne1 Bd6 26.Bc1 Nfe6 27.Qd1 Nf4 28.gxf4 Qxh4 29.Bg2 exf4 30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Rxf4 Qh6 32.Qc2 Ne6 33.Rf6 c5 34.Kh1 Kh8 35.Nf3 Qh5 36.Qd2 Bc8 37.Qf2 Rf8 38.Rxf8+ Rxf8 39.Qg3 Rf4 40.Bh3 g5 41.Bf5 Bd7 42.Kg1 h6 43.h3 Rxf5 44.exf5 Nf4 45.Kh2 Bxf5 46.h4 Bxd3 47.Re1 Bh7 48.Re5 Bg6 49.Rxc5 d3 50.Rc8+ Kh7 51.Qe1 Ne2 52.Qf2 g4 53.Rc7+ Kg8 54.Qe3 gxf3 55.Rc8+ Kh7 56.Qe7+ Bf7 57.Qf6 1-0

Position after 49.Rxc5




- Parham has to work hard on his pawn push strategy, it seems

- He has no trainer, no coach – nothing

- Wow, no wonder he’s so attached to wearing that vest. It’s like a life vest.

- He is not having a good tournament

Round 5, Dec. 17
Nihal Sarin – Diaz, Carles
D31 QGD, Charousek variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nf6 10.Nge2 Na6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rad1 Nb4 13.Qb1 Nh5 14.Be5 f6 15.Bg3 a5 16.a3 Na6 17.e4 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Be5 Bd6 20.f4 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Qg5 22.Rd3 Nc7 23.Nf4 Kh8 24.Nce2 Rg8 25.Rf2 Nxf4 26.Nxf4 Raf8 27.Qe1 Qe7 28.Qxa5 Ne6 29.Nxe6 Qxe6 30.Qd2 Rg4 31.Rdf3 Re4 32.h3 c5 33.dxc5 Qxe5 34.Rf4 Kg8 35.g3 d4 36.b4 Rf7 37.Kh2 Qd5 38.Qa2 Qxa2 39.Rxa2 d3 40.Kg2 Rd7 41.Rd2 Rxf4 42.gxf4 Kf8 43.Kf3 Rd4 44.Ke3 Re4+ 45.Kxd3 Rxf4 46.Ke3 Rh4 47.Rd7 Ke8 48.Rxb7 Rxh3+ 49.Kd4 Rxa3 50.c6 Kd8 51.Rxh7 f4 52.Kc5 Rc3+ 53.Kb6 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 17
Real De Azua, Ernesto – Liang, Awonder
E52 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 a6 12.a4 Re8 13.Ba3 Ne4 14.b5 axb5 15.axb5 Ndf6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.h3 Qe7 18.Qb2 h6 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Ra1 Rxa1+ 21.Qxa1 Qb4 22.Ne2 Qb3 23.Ne5 Nd6 24.Qc1 Nfe8 25.Qc3 Qa4 26.Qb2 Nc4 27.Nxc4 dxc4 28.Nc3 Qa8 29.Bf1 Nd6 30.f3 Qd8 31.e4 Qg5 32.Kf2 Qf4 33.Ke2 Qh2 34.Qd2 Bc8 35.Ke1 Bd7 36.g4 Qg3+ 37.Qf2 Qf4 38.Ne2 Qg5 39.e5 Nxb5 40.f4 Qe7 41.Qe3 Qb4+ 42.Kf2 c3 43.f5 c2 44.d5 Qb2 45.e6 Be8 46.Qc1 Qb3 47.Bg2 Nc3 48.Nxc3 Qxc3 49.Be4 Qd4+ 0-1

Rankings after Round 5

1-2 Korobov, Naryanan 5
3-6 Li Di, Puranik, Santos, Nasuta 4.5
7-32 25 players, among them Gareyev, Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Liang and Ivanchuk 4.0

The two Canadians

202 Atanasov, Anthony 2.0
247 Peter Steven 1.5

Round 6 Pairings

Korobov – Narayanan
Ivanchuk – Praggnanandhaa
Gukesh – Kovalenko
Gareyev – Gordon
Liang – Kacharava
Maghsoodloo – Manu

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 18, 2019

Round Six

Round 6, Dec. 18
Korobov, Anton – Narayanan, S.L.
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Be2 a5 8.O-O Bg4 9.Be3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Rc1 c6 13.Nc4 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qb8 15.d4 exd4 16.Qxd4 O-O 17.Rfd1 Ra6 18.Qc3 a4 19.Nb6 Bd8 20.Nd7 Nxd7 21.Rxd7 Bb6 22.Rcd1 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Rb6 24.R1d6 Rb5 25.Qd4 Rg5+ 26.Kf2 Rg6 27.e5 Re6 28.f4 Rxd6 29.Qxd6 b5 30.f5 Re8 31.Kf3 h6 32.e6 fxe6 33.f6 gxf6 34.Qd3 f5 35.Qc3 e5 36.Qxc6 Qa8
37.Rb7 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 18
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Praggnanandhaa, R.
B57 Sicilian, Sozin, Benko variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.Qd3 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.f4 Rac8 16.Kh1 Qd8 17.Rae1 Re8 18.Re2 Bf8 19.Qh3 d5 20.e5 Ne4 21.f5 Nc5 22.f6 Nxb3 23.cxb3 a5 24.Re3 b4 25.fxg7 Bxg7 26.Rg3 Re7 27.Rf4 bxc3 28.Qh6 Qf8 29.Rh4 f5 30.Qxh7+ Kf7 31.Qg6+ Kg8 32.Rgh3 1-0

Final Position



Chessbomb kibitzers:

- Praggnanandhaa is a good player. On the track to be great. Can't blame him for losing to a legend like Ivanchuk at this point.

- Anyone can lose to Ivanchuk! Doesn't make Pargonada great.

- Obviously. It's being 2586 at age 14 that makes him impressive.

- I take it back. If you lose to Ivanchuk, that means you've played against Ivanchuk, and that makes you great by association!

Round 6, Dec. 18
Gukesh, D. – Kovalenko, Igor
A10 English Opening

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bxe4 fxe4 9.Nc3 Qf6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxe4 Qf5 12.d3 Be7 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qxg5 Ne5 16.Nf6+ Kf7 17.f4 Nxd3 18.Nxd7 Qxg5 19.fxg5+ Ke7 20.b3 Kxd7 21.Rad1 Ke7 22.Rxd3 Rhf8 23.Re1 Rad8 24.Rde3 Rd6 25.Re4 Rf7 26.R1e2 Kd7 27.Kg2 Re7 28.Re5 Rd1 29.R5e4 Kd6 30.Re5 Rd4 31.Kf2 a6 32.Kg2 c5 33.h4 b5 34.R5e3 bxc4 35.bxc4 Rxc4 36.Ra3 Kd5 37.Rxa6 e5 38.a4 e4 39.a5 Ra4 40.Ra8 Kd4 41.a6 Kd3 42.Rb2 e3 43.Rb7 Re5 44.a7 Kc2 45.Rab8 e2 46.Rb2+ Kc3 47.R2b3+ Kd4 48.Rd8+ Kc4 49.Rb1 Rxa7 50.Rc1+ Kb5 51.Rb8+ Kc6 52.Re1 c4 53.Rb2 Rae7 54.Rc2 Kc5 55.Kf2 Kd4 56.Rd2+ Kc3 57.Ra2 Rf7+ 58.Kg2 Kd3 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 18
Tabatabaei, M. amin – Narayanan, Srinath
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.Ne2 Ne6 13.Ng3 c5 14.c3 Rfe8 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Bc2 Bf8 19.f3 g6 20.Bf4 Bg7 21.Qd2 h5 22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Nxh5 gxh5 24.Nf5 Ncxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.fxe4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Bxe4 28.Nxg7 Rc2 29.Qe3 Rxg2+ 30.Kf1 Rxg7 31.Qxe4 Qxh3+ 32.Kf2 Rg6 33.Rxd6 Qh4+ 34.Ke3 Qe1+ 35.Kd4 Qf2+ 36.Kd5 Rxd6+ 37.Bxd6 h4 38.Qg4+ Kh7 39.Qh5+ Kg8 40.Qg5+ Kh7 41.Be5 Qf3+ 42.Kd6 Qd3+ 43.Ke7 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 18
Gareyev, Timur – Gordon, Stephen
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O Rc8 12.a4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.a5 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Nce4 18.Qb4 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.f3 bxa5 21.Rxa5 a6 22.Rb1 Nfd7 23.Ba3 Ba8 24.Nb3 Nxb3 25.Rxb3 Nb8 26.Kf1 Rc7 27.Bd6 Rb7 28.Rxb7 Bxb7 29.c5 Nc6 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Rb1 Ra7 32.f4 f6 33.Bc4 Kf7 34.f5 Bc8 35.Rb6 Na5 36.fxe6+ Kg6 37.Bd5 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 18
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Manu David Suthandram, R.
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O Bd6 5.c3 Nge7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7 9.h3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 a6 12.Ba4 Bc5 13.Qd3 d6 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bb3 Ng6 16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Kh1 Kh8 18.Rad1 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.f4 Raf8 21.Qe4 Qf7 22.Rfe1 h6 23.Qxe6 hxg5 24.Nc7 Qf6 25.Bc2 gxf4 26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27.Rd5 Qxe6 28.Nxe6 Re8 29.Re2 Be3 30.Rxd6 Kh7 31.Rc2 Nh4 32.Ng5+ Kg8 33.Rd5 g6 34.Nf3 Nf5 35.Kh2 Re7 36.h4 Bb6 37.Kh3 Kg7 38.Re5 Rd7 39.Re6 Bc7 40.Rd2 Rxd2 41.Nxd2 Kf7 42.Re4 Ne3 43.Nc4 Nd1 44.Re2 b5 45.Rd2 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 18
Liang, Awonder – Kacharava, Nikolozi
A15 Reti, Old Indian

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 e5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 Re8 10.f3 Nh5 11.f4 Nf6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rae1 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Qh4 19.Bg5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qh5 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qf4 f6 23.Bxf6 Rf8 24.h3 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Rxf6 26.Rf3 Kf7 27.Kh2 Qh6 28.Qd4 Qh5 29.Qe4 Kf8 30.Rf2 Qe8 31.Qxe8+ Kxe8 32.Kg3 Rf7 33.Re2+ Kf8 34.Kf4 Rg7 35.Rb2 Kf7 36.Rb7 Kf6 37.Rxa7 Rg5 38.Rxc7 Rxf5+ 39.Ke4 Re5+ 40.Kd3 Rh5 41.Rxc6 Rxh3+ 42.Kc2 Ke7 43.Rc7+ Kd8 44.Rg7 Kc8 45.a4 Rh1 46.Kb2 h5 47.a5 h4 48.a6 Kb8 49.Rb7+ Ka8 50.Rd7 h3 51.Rd8+ Ka7 52.Rxd6 h2 53.Rh6 Rg1 54.Rxh2 Kxa6 55.Rh6+ Kb7 56.Kb3 Rb1+ 57.Kc2 Rg1 58.Kd3 Rg3+ 59.Kd4 Kc7 60.Re6 Rh3 61.Re3 Rh5 62.c5 Rh1 63.Kc4 Kc6 64.Re6+ Kc7 65.Rg6 Rc1 66.Kb5 Rxc3 67.Rg7+ Kb8 68.Kb6 Rb3+ 69.Kc6 Rc3 70.Rg5 Rc1 71.Rg8+ Ka7 72.Rc8 Rh1 1/2-1/2

Standings after Round Six

1 Korobov 6
2-11 Tabatabaei, Li, Narayanan, Durarbayli, Gareyev,
Puranik, Ivanchuk, Santos, Kovalenko, Nasuta 5
12-32 21 players including Nihal Sarin and Liang 4.5

[Hans Jung]

Good lesson by Chucky. Lead with the F pawn and attack on the kingside.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 19, 2019

Round Seven

Round 7, Dec. 19
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Korobov, Anton
E00 Catalan Opening

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bc3 dxc4 9.a4 b6 10.Nfd2 Nd5 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Nxc3 13.Nxc3 Rc8 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.e3 Rfd8 17.Rac1 b5 18.Nb2 b4 19.Ne4 c5 20.Qb1 Qb6 21.Nc4 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 cxd4 23.Rcxd4 Nf6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Be4 g6 28.Qd3 Qxd3 29.Bxd3 a5 30.Kf1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Dec. 19
Durarbayli, Vasif – Li, Di
C42 Petrov, Classical, Chigorin variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.cxd5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 c5 13.d6 Qxd6 14.Nb5 Nxb5 15.Bxb5+ Kf8 16.Qxd6 Bxd6 17.Be3 h5 18.Rad1 Be7 19.h4 a6 20.Bf1 Re8 21.a4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Rb8 24.Bc4 Rh7 25.b3 g6 26.Bg5 Ng8 27.Rd7 Re8 28.Re4 Bxg5 29.hxg5 Ne7 30.Rc7 h4 31.Rxc5 Rd8 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Rc7 Rxf2+ 34.Kg1 h3 35.Rexe7 Rxf3 36.Rxf7+ 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 19
Nasuta, Grzegorz – Gareyev, Timur
C45 Scotch game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.f4 a5 11.Nf3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.Be3 Qc8 14.Qd3 Ng4 15.Bd2 Rb6 16.b3 a4 17.b4 Qa6 18.Qxa6 Rxa6 19.Rae1 a3 20.Nd4 Rd8 21.Re2 Rb6 22.Nb3 Nf6 23.Bc1 Ra8 24.e5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Bd6 26.Ra5 Re8 27.Bxa3 Nd5 28.Bc1 Nxc3 29.a3 Ne2+ 30.Kf2 Nxf4 31.Bxf4 Bxf4 32.Re1 Rd8 33.g3 Bd6 34.Rc1 f6 35.Rc4 Be5 36.Ke2 Rd5 37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.Nc5 Bd6 39.Ne4 f5 40.Nc3 Re5+ 41.Kf2 Re8 42.Ra7 Ke6 43.Na4 Rbb8 44.Rxc6 Ra8 45.Raa6 f4 46.gxf4 Kf5 47.Nc3 Rxa6 48.Rxa6 Bxf4 49.h3 Be5 50.Rc6 Bd4+ 51.Kg2 Re3 52.Nb5 Be5 53.a4 Re4 54.a5 Rxb4 55.Nxc7 Rb2+ 56.Kf1 Ke4 57.a6 Kf3 58.Ke1 Bd4 59.Kd1 Be3 60.Rc3 Rb1+ 61.Kc2 Rc1+ 62.Kb3 Rxc3+ 63.Kxc3 Kg3 64.Ne6 Ba7 65.Nxg7 Kxh3 66.Kc4 Kg4 67.Kd5 h5 68.Nxh5 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 59.Kd1




Round 7, Dec. 19
Zadruzny, Nicolaj – Liang, Awonder
E07 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5 9.e3 Qc7 10.Qb3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.d5 Ndf6 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qd3 exd5 16.cxd5 f5 17.Nd2 Nd6 18.a4 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rac1 Nf7 22.Nc4 Ba6 23.Qc3 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Nd6 25.Qc2 Rf7 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.Bf1 Qe7 28.Bg2 Qf6 29.Re1 Re7 30.e4 Rce8 31.Rde2 f4 32.Bh3 Re5 33.Be6+ Kh8 34.Bf5 Qh6 35.f3 Rf8 36.Bg4 Qg5 37.Kg2 h5 38.Be6 Qf6 39.Qc3 Rxe6 40.e5 Qg6 41.dxe6 Nf5 42.e7 Re8 43.Re4 fxg3 44.h4 Qe6 45.Qd2 Rxe7 46.Qg5 Rd7 47.Qxh5+ Kg8 48.R1e2 c4 49.Qg5 c3 50.Qc1 Rd3 51.Qc2 Qd5 52.e6 Kf8 53.e7+ Ke8 54.Rf4 g6 55.Kh3 Rxf3 56.Rxf3 Qxf3 57.Qe4 Qxe4 58.Rxe4 c2 59.Re1 Nd4 60.Rc1 Kxe7 0-1

Round 7, Dec. 19
Diaz, Carles – Maghsoodloo, Parham
D70 Sicilian, Dragon, Counter Fianchetto

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2 Qc7 9.b3 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qd2 Nb6 13.Rad1 a5 14.a4 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Rfd8 16.Kh1 e5 17.f4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Be5 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.Ba3 Nf6 21.Bc1 Kg7 22.Bf4 Qe7 23.Ne2 Re8 24.Nc1 Rad8 25.Bd2 Qc7 26.Nd3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 h5 28.Bg5 Rb8 29.Rf1 Nd7 30.Qf3 Nc5 31.Be3 Ne6 32.Rf2 Qe7 33.Rdf1 Rb7 34.Bd2 h4 35.Qe3 Rh8 36.g4 f6 37.Qd3 Ra7 38.Be3 c5 39.h3 Rc8 40.Qc4 g5 41.Rd1 Re8 42.Rd5 Qf7 43.Rd1 Nf8 44.Qxf7+ Rxf7 45.Bd2 Ra7 46.Rf3 Ne6 47.Be3 Nd4 48.Bxd4 Bxd4 49.Rfd3 Be5 50.c4 Rb7 51.Rf1 Rb4 52.Kg1 Bd4+ 53.Kh1 Kf7 54.Bf3 Re5 55.Re1 Rb8 56.Kg2 Re7 57.Bd1 Rbe8 58.Bf3 Ke6 59.Bd1 Kd7 60.Bf3 Kc7 61.Rdd1 Rb8 62.Rd3 d5 63.cxd5 Kd6 64.Kf1 Rb4 65.Bd1 Be5 66.Bc2 Bg3 67.Ree3 Bf4 68.Re2 Rbxe4 69.Rxe4 Rxe4 70.Rd1 Rb4 71.Ke2 Be5 72.Rb1 Kxd5 73.Bd3 Kd4 74.Bc4 Rb7 75.Rd1+ Kc3 76.Rd3+ Kb4 77.Kf3 Re7 78.Re3 Rd7 79.Ke4 Rd4+ 80.Kf5 Rf4+ 81.Ke6 Bd4 82.Rd3 Rf2 83.Bd5 Re2+ 84.Kd6 Re1 85.Bc4 Rg1 86.Kd5 Be5 87.Ke4 Rh1 88.Kf5 Re1 89.Rf3 Bd4 90.Kg6 Rb1 91.Kf5 Rb2 92.Ke4 Bc3 93.Re3 Rg2 94.Kf3 Rd2 95.Ke4 Rd4+ 96.Kf5 Rf4+ 97.Ke6 Be5 98.Bd5 Ka3 99.Re2 Bd4 100.Kd6 f5 101.gxf5 Rxf5 102.Re8 Rf6+ 103.Re6 Rf2 104.Re8 Rd2 105.Ra8 g4 106.hxg4 h3 107.Ra7 c4 108.Rh7 c3 109.Be4 h2 110.g5 Bf6+ 111.Kc5 Bxg5 112.Kb5 Bd8 113.Rh3 Kxb3 0-1

Final Position




Round 7, Dec. 19
Chen, Qi b – Gukesh, D
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.b3 e5 9.g3 f6 10.Bb2 d5 11.Nfd2 Bd6 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Na4 Nf8 15.Ba3 Qe7 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.f4 Bg4 18.f5 O-O 19.O-O Bh3 20.Rfe1 g6 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Qf3 Bxf5 23.Qxd5+ Be6 24.Qg2 f5 25.c4 Nf6 26.Nc3 Ng4 27.Re2 Rad8 28.Nf3 Bb8 29.Na4 Qf6 30.Nxc5 Bc8 31.Rae1 Bd6 32.Nh2 Nxh2 33.Qxh2 e4 34.dxe4 fxe4 35.b4 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 Bg4 37.Re3 Rf1+ 38.Rxf1 Qxe3 39.Qg1 Bf3+ 40.Kh2 Bxc5 0-1

Lawrence Trent seems to excite mirth among his associates. Anna Rudolf looked at a photo of Lawrence wearing a hoodie, playing an earlier round, and chuckled at it for the next five minutes.

Round 7, Dec. 19
Aroshidze, Lewvan – Trent, Lawrence
B33 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bc7 Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Ne8 15.Qxc6 bxc6 16.Na4 Rb8 17.e5 f6 18.Nc5 fxe5 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.Rxd7 Rxf2 21.Bxa6 Nf6 22.Rd6 Nd5 23.Bc4 Kf7 24.Rxc6 Rxg2 25.Bb3 Nf4 26.Kb1 g5 27.a4 Ra8 28.Rf1 Ke7 29.Rc7+ Kf6 30.Rxh7 e4 31.h4 e3 32.hxg5+ Ke5 33.Re1 Ke4 34.Rh6 e5 35.Bc4 Rxa4 36.Bb5 Rd4 37.Bc6+ Nd5 38.Rh4+ 1-0

The diagram of the final position shows that Lawrence’s king is in a penetrable fortress!




Round 7, Dec. 19
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Kirk, Ezra
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d4 Bg7 6.dxc5 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2 Ba6 8.Rb1 Qxc5 9.b4 Qh5 10.c4 Nh6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.b5 Bc8 15.c5 d4 16.c6 g5 17.Ne4 g4 18.Ng3 Qg6 19.Bxh6 Qxh6 20.Nxd4 Qg5 21.c7 Bb7 22.Ndf5 e6 23.Nd6 Bd5 24.Qc1 Qe7 25.Ngf5 Qd7 26.c8=Q Raxc8 27.Nxc8 exf5 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Qd2 1-0

Standings after Round Seven

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Rank		Name		FED		Points
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1		Korobov Anton		UKR		6.5
2		Durarbayli Vasif		AZE		6
3		Puranik Abhimanyu		IND		6
4		Ivanchuk Vassily		UKR		5.5
5		Donchenko Alexander		GER		5.5
6		Santos Latasa Jaime		ESP		5.5
7		Narayanan.S.L		IND		5.5
8		Nasuta Grzegorz		POL		5.5
9		Gareyev Timur		USA		5.5
10		Erigaisi Arjun		IND		5.5
11		Wagner Dennis		GER		5.5
12		Heimann Andreas		GER		5.5
13		Kovalenko Igor		LAT		5.5
14		Salgado Lopez Ivan		ESP		5.5
15		Liang Awonder		USA		5.5
16		Svane Rasmus		GER		5.5
17		Tabatabaei M.Amin		IRI		5
18		Li Di		CHN		5
19		Aroshidze Levan		ESP		5
20		Shevchenko Kirill		UKR		5
21		Praggnanandhaa R		IND		5
22		Parvanyan Ashot		GER		5
23		Yankelevich Lev		GER		5
24		Sasikiran Krishnan		IND		5
25		Narayanan Srinath		IND		5
26		Nihal Sarin		IND		5
27		Vocaturo Daniele		ITA		5
28		Janik Igor		POL		5
29		Erenberg Ariel		ISR		5
30		Gordon Stephen J		ENG		5

[Hans Jung]

Awonder Liang beat Chucky! Some positions are evaluated equal by the computer but this game was dynamically unclear. 24.Qb3 was a cagey move. I wonder what Chucky missed.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 20, 2019

Round Eight

From Andre Schulz on ChessBase:

In Friday's round eight, Korobov drew again in 30 moves against one of his pursuers — GM Vasif Durarbayli from Azerbaijan. He's joined on 6½ by GMs Igor Kovalenko, Grzegorz Nasuta and Awonder Liang, who upset Ivanchuk in just 31 moves.

Position after 30.Qa7





Ivanchuk can fight on with 28...Bc8, but 28...Bg5 allowed the American a chance to wrap things up quickly: 29.c7 Qc5 30.Qb8+ Ke7 31.Bb7 1-0


Kovalenko won in crushing fashion. In the following position can you spot the final blow?

Position after 28..Be5




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Round 8, Dec. 20
Liang, Awonder – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.Nc3 b6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Re8 11.c3 a5 12.h4 Ba6 13.h5 exd4 14.h6 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Bf6 16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Be3 Qd7 18.Nc6 Nxc6 19.dxc6 Qf5 20.Rd1 Re8 21.Qd2 Qe5 22.Qc2 Qh5 23.Rd5 Re5 24.Qb3 Kf8 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Qxb6 Qb5 28.Qa7 Bg5 29.c7 Qc5 30.Qb8+ Ke7 31.Bb7 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 20
Kovalenko, Igor – Puranik, Abhimanyu
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.b4 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Re8 9.O-O a5 10.b5 c5 11.c4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Rc1 dxc4 14.Rxc4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qc2 Nd6 17.Rc7 e5 18.Nf3 e4 19.Nd4 Qg5 20.Rc1 Bg4 21.Bxg4 Qxg4 22.h3 Qg5 23.Qb3 Re7 24.R1c5 Qh4 25.b6 Rxc7 26.bxc7 Qe7 27.Ba3 Rc8 28.Rd5 Be5 29.Nb5 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 20
Gareyev, Timur – Erigaisi, Arjun
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bb2 Bd6 10.Be2 O-O 11.d4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 cxd4 13.exd4 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxd4 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd5 Nc6 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Kf1 f6 20.Rd3 Be5 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Rd2 Kf7 23.Rad1 Rac8 24.Ke2 Nc6 25.f4 Ke6 26.g4 Rd7 27.f5+ Kf7 28.Nf4 Re7+ 29.Kf2 Ne5 30.Ne6 Rc3 31.Rd8 Re8 32.Rxe8 Kxe8 33.Rd8+ Ke7 34.Rg8 g6 35.Rg7+ Kd6 36.Rxh7 gxf5 37.Nd4 Kd5 38.Nxf5 Rc2+ 39.Ke3 Rxa2 40.Rxb7 Rh2 41.Rb5+ Kc6 42.Nd4+ Kd6 43.Ke4 Rxh3 44.Rd5+ Ke7 45.Ra5 Nxg4 46.Rxa7+ Kd6 47.Ra6+ Kd7 48.b4 Nf2+ 49.Kd5 Rh5+ 50.Kc4 Ne4 51.Ra7+ Kc8 52.Nc6 Nd6+ 53.Kb3 Rh3+ 54.Ka4 Rc3 55.Ne7+ Kd8 56.Nd5 Ra3+ 57.Kxa3 Nb5+ 58.Ka4 Nxa7 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Dec. 20
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Sindarov, Javokhir
D10 QGD, Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qb3 Nb8 10.Nf4 e6 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Rfd1 b6 13.a4 Qe7 14.Bf1 Bb7 15.Be1 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.f3 Ne8 18.g4 Qf6 19.h4 Nd6 20.Bg3 Nc4 21.g5 Qd8 22.Kf2 Nb4 23.Ne4 Na5 24.Nf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxb4 Bxb4 26.gxf6 Nb3 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Bd3 Bc6 29.Ba6 Rd8 30.Nd3 Ba5 31.Bb5 Rc8 32.Bd6 Bxb5 33.axb5 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Bd2 35.Bf4 h5 36.Ne5 Nc1 37.Kh3 Rxb2 38.Rg1 Ne2 39.Rg2 Nxf4+ 40.exf4 Bc1 41.Rxb2 Bxb2 42.Nc6 Kf8 43.Kg3 Ke8 44.Kf2 Bc1 45.Kg3 Be3 46.f5 exf5 47.f4 Kd7 48.Kf3 Bd2 49.Kg3 a5 0-1

Round 8, Dec. 20
Saduakassova, Dinara – Nihal Sarin
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 Ne4 9.Bf4 c6 10.Nc3 g5 11.Be3 Nd6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qc1 f6 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.h4 h6 16.Nh2 f5 17.Nf3 Nf7 18.b3 Be6 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Qc2 Kg7 21.Na4 Nxa4 22.bxa4 Qd7 23.Rab1 b6 24.Bb4 Bxb4 25.Rxb4 Qd6 26.Rb3 Bd7 27.a5 b5 28.Qc5 Qxc5 29.dxc5 a6 30.a4 Kf6 31.Ra1 Ra7 32.Nd4 Rfa8 33.Nc2 Ne5 34.Nb4 Rb8 35.Nd3 Nxd3 36.exd3 Re8 37.Kf1 f4 38.d4 Bf5 39.Rc3 b4 40.Rb3 Rb7 41.Rc1 Bg4 42.f3 Bf5 43.g4 Bg6 44.Re1 Bc2 45.Rb2 Bd3+ 46.Kf2 Rxe1 47.Kxe1 Bc4 48.Kd1 b3 49.Kd2 Rb4 0-1

Round 8, Dec. 20
Gukesh, D. – Janik, Igor
A20 English, Modern Nimzowitsch

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nb6 7.b3 e4 8.Ne1 Bf5 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.d3 O-O-O 11.Be3 exd3 12.Nxd3 h5 13.Rc1 Kb8 14.Nb5 Be4 15.Bxe4 Qxe4 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.f3 Qe6 19.e4 f5 20.Nc5 Qf6 21.Na6+ Ka8 22.Nc7+ Kb8 23.Na6+ Ka8 24.Nc7+ Kb8 25.Nb5 Nc8 26.Qd2 Qg6 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Nd4 Nxd4 29.Qxd4 g5 30.Rc5 Qe6 31.Rxg5 h4 32.g4 Rhf8 33.Rh5 Ne7 34.Rh6 Ng6 35.Bg5 Rh8 36.Rxh8 Rxh8 37.Qf6 Qe8 38.Qxd6+ Ka8 39.Rd1 Ne5 40.Qd8+ Qxd8 41.Rxd8+ Rxd8 42.Bxd8 Nxf3+ 43.Kg2 1-0

Ranking List after Round 8

1 Korobov 7
2-5 Kovalenko, Durarbayli, Nasuta, Liang 6.5
6-23 18 players – among them Gareyev, Nihal and Gukesh 6.0

Ivanchuk is sitting at 25 with 5.5 points, Praggnanadhaa is 35 with 5.5

The Canadians Peter is 207 with 3.5 and Atanasov at 226 with 3.0

Round Nine Pairings

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Bd		Name		Rtg		Pts.		Pts.		Name		Rtg
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1		Liang Awonder		2593		6½		7		Korobov Anton		2668
2		Durarbayli Vasif		2609		6½		6½		Kovalenko Igor		2647
3		Donchenko Alexander		2644		6		6½		Nasuta Grzegorz		2545
4		Shevchenko Kirill		2547		6		6		Tabatabaei M.Amin		2635
5		Puranik Abhimanyu		2580		6		6		Narayanan.S.L		2626
6		Heimann Andreas		2617		6		6		Santos Latasa Jaime		2585
7		Nihal Sarin		2612		6		6		Wagner Dennis		2578
8		Erigaisi Arjun		2544		6		6		Karthikeyan Murali		2611
9		Sindarov Javokhir		2526		6		6		Adly Ahmed		2607
10		Erenberg Ariel		2479		6		6		Gareyev Timur		2598
11		Svane Rasmus		2597		6		6		Gukesh D		2547
12		Sasikiran Krishnan		2656		5½		6		Bjerre Jonas Buhl		2526
13		Ivanchuk Vassily		2690		5½		5½		Kelires Andreas		2510
14		Lagarde Maxime		2655		5½		5½		Girish A. Koushik		2506
15		Sadhwani Raunak		2507		5½		5½		Edouard Romain		2653
16		Sethuraman S.P.		2638		5½		5½		Lobanov Sergei		2504
17		Salgado Lopez Ivan		2605		5½		5½		Zanan Evgeny		2493
18		Praggnanandhaa R		2586		5½		5½		Garriga Cazorla Pere		2484

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 21, 2019

Round Nine

Round 9, Dec. 21
Liang, Awonder – Korobov, Anton
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.f4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Qe1 Bb7 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.e5 Ne8 13.Bd2 g6 14.f5 gxf5 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.Ne2 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Ne5 18.Rh3 c4 19.Ba2 cxd3 20.cxd3 Bf6 21.Bc3 Ng6 22.Qd2 Bg5 23.Qd1 Ne8 24.Nd4 Ng7 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.Qd2 h5 27.Rf1 Re8 28.Bc4 Bxc3 29.bxc3 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Ba2 Qa5 32.Bb1 Qxc3 33.Qh6 Rc7 34.Rg3 Qf6 35.d4 Rc3 36.Rg5 b4 37.Ne5 b3 38.Rd1 b2 39.Nxg6 fxg6 40.Rxg6 Rc1 41.Rxf6 Rxd1+ 42.Kf2 Rxb1 43.Kg3 Rc1 0-1

Round 9, Dec. 21
Durarbayli, Vasif – Kovalenko, Igor
B01 Scandinavian Defence, Grunfeld variation

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 c6 7.g4 Be6 8.Bc4 Bxc4 9.Nxc4 Qa6 10.Qe2 e6 11.g5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Nd7 13.Ncd6+ Bxd6 14.Nxd6+ Ke7 15.Qxa6 bxa6 16.Ne4 Nb4 17.Kd2 f5 18.gxf6+ Nxf6 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.c4 a5 21.a3 Na6 22.Kc3 a4 23.Bf4 Rag8 24.Rhg1 Rg6 25.Rae1 Kf7 26.Rg3 Rxg3+ 27.hxg3 h5 28.Rh1 Kg6 29.Rh4 Rd8 30.g4 hxg4 31.Rxg4+ Kf5 32.Rh4 c5 33.Be3 Rd7 34.dxc5 e5 35.Rh5+ Ke4 36.Rh6 Kf5 37.Rh8 Rc7 38.Rd8 Nxc5 39.Bxc5 Rxc5 40.Rd7 Ke4 41.Rxa7 f5 42.Rxa4 Kf3 43.b4 Rc8 44.Ra5 Re8 45.b5 Kxf2 46.b6 f4 47.b7 Rb8 48.Rb5 f3 49.c5 Kg3 50.c6 f2 51.Rb1 e4 52.Kd4 Kf3 53.Rc1 Rd8+ 54.Kc5 Rg8 55.c7 Rg5+ 56.Kd4 1-0

Round 9, Dec.. 21
Puranik, Abhimanyu – Narayanan, S.L.
A20 English (reversed Sicilian)

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nh3 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb3 Bd6 11.O-O Bc7 12.f3 O-O 13.fxe4 dxe4 14.e3 Be6 15.Qc2 Bc4 16.Rfe1 Ba5 17.Nf2 Bd5 18.Nfxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qc7 22.Qd3 Rac8 23.Rac1 Qa5 24.Rc2 b5 25.e4 Rc4 26.e5 Rfc8 27.Re3 Qb6 28.a3 a5 29.Rd2 Rxc3 30.Qxc3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Rb3 Kh7 34.Kg2 Qc6+ 35.d5 Qc4 36.d6 Qe4+ 37.Kf2 Qf5+ 38.Rf3 Qd7 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.h4 h5 41.Kh2 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 21
Erenberg, Ariel – Gareyev, Timur
D44 QGD, Semi-Slav, anti-Meran Gambit

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.h4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.Be2 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.Bf3 O-O-O 17.O-O d4 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.Qe4+ Kc8 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.Nd5 Qb7 22.Bc7 Nb6 23.Bxd8 Qxd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Be7 Nxe7 26.fxe7 Bxe7 27.g3 Bf6 28.Rad1 Kc7 29.Kg2 Kc6 30.Rh1 b4 31.h5 c3 32.b3 c4 33.h6 c2 34.Rc1 d3 35.bxc4 Bb2 36.Kf3 Bxc1 37.Rxc1 d2 0-1


Round 9, Dec. 21
Svane, Rasmus – Gukesh, D.
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 a5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Bf5 15.h3 Rfb8 16.b3 a4 17.g4 Bd7 18.Kg2 Qb7 19.Bg5 Bf8 20.Qe3 c5 21.Bh6 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Qb4 24.Nf3 f6 25.a3 Qb6 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.Ng5 Re8 28.Qxh7+ Kf8 29.Re5 axb3 30.Rae1 Qg7 31.Rxd5 Bc8 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rb5 Rxa3 34.Re3 Bd7 35.Rbxb3 Rxb3 36.Rxb3 Kf6 37.Ne4+ Kg7 38.Kg3 Bc6 39.Ng5 Bd5 40.Rb6 Ra8 41.f3 Ra3 42.h4 Rc3 43.Rb5 Rd3 44.Kf2 Rd1 45.Rc5 Kf6 46.Ke2 Rd4 47.Rc8 Ra4 48.Rf8+ Kg7 49.Rd8 Ra2+ 50.Ke3 Ra3+ 51.Kf2 Ra5 52.Re8 Kf6 53.Rb8 Kg7 54.Rb6 Rc5 55.Ke3 Ra5 56.Rb4 Ra3+ 57.Kf4 Ra5 58.Kg3 Ra1 59.Rd4 Ra5 60.Rd3 Kf6 61.Re3 Ra1 62.Nh3 Rd1 63.Nf4 Rd4 64.g5+ Kf7 65.Rd3 Rxd3 66.Nxd3 Ba2 67.Ne5+ Kg7 68.Kf4 Bb1 69.Nc6 Kf7 70.Ke5 Bc2 71.Nd4 Bb1 72.Ne2 Bc2 73.Nc3 Bd3 74.Ne4 Bc2 75.Nf2 Bb1 76.Ng4 Bc2 77.Nh6+ Ke8 78.f4 Kf8 79.Ke6 Bb3+ 80.Ke5 Bc2 81.Ng4 Kf7 82.Nf2 Bb1 83.Nh1 Bc2 84.Ng3 Bb1 85.f5 gxf5 86.h5 e6 87.Ne2 Ba2 88.Nf4 Kg7 89.h6+ Kh7 90.Kf6 Bb3 91.Nd3 Bc2 92.Nf4 Bb3 93.Ng6 e5 94.Nf8+ Kh8 95.g6 1-0

Final Position




Round 9, Dec. 21
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kelires, Andreas
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.e3 d6 6.b3 Nf6 7.Nge2 Ba7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.O-O Ne7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 c6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Nde2 Ng6 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.Ba3 Qa5 17.Bxd6 Qh5 18.Qe1 Bg4 19.Qf1 Ne8 20.Bf4 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 Qe5 22.Nce2 g5 23.Nd3 Qa5 24.h3 Bh5 25.Rc2 Rd7 26.g4 Bg6 27.Ng3 Nf6 28.Qe2 Rad8 29.Rcd2 Bb8 30.b4 Qa3 31.Nc5 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Re8 33.Nge4 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Kg7 35.Nxg5 Qxb4 36.Nf3 Qc3 37.Rd7 b5 38.cxb5 cxb5 39.Nh4 Qc1+ 40.Qf1 Qc8 41.Qd1 Re6 42.Rd8 Qc7 43.Qd4+ Kh6 44.Nf5+ 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 21
Chen, Qi b - Maghsoodloo, Parham
B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Bd7 8.O-O-O a6 9.Be2 Rc8 10.Qg3 h6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f3 b5 13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Ndxb5 Qb8 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Ne5 18.Bf2 Ke7 19.Rhd1 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Ra8 21.Bc5 Ke8 22.a3 Nc4 23.R6d4 Bb5 24.Re1 Nd7 25.Bb4 Nde5 26.Kb1 Nc6 27.Rdd1 Ba4 28.Re2 Na7 29.Rd4 Rc8 30.Kc1 Nb5 31.Rd1 Ncxa3 32.Bxa3 Nxa3 33.Kb2 Nc4+ 34.Kc1 Ra8 35.Ree1 e5 36.g3 g5 37.h4 Ke7 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.g4 Ra6 40.Kb1 Rf6 41.Rd3 Bb5 42.Ka2 Na5 43.Rdd1 Rxf3 44.Ka3 Bc6 45.Rd3 Rf4 0-1

Final Round Pairings

Bo.		Name		Rtg		Pts.		Pts.		Name		Rtg
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1		Korobov Anton		2668		8		7		Heimann Andreas		2617
2		Adly Ahmed		2607		7		7½		Durarbayli Vasif		2609
3		Gareyev Timur		2598		7		7		Puranik Abhimanyu		2580
4		Nasuta Grzegorz		2545		7		7		Svane Rasmus		2597
5		Wagner Dennis		2578		6½		6½		Ivanchuk Vassily		2690
6		Shevchenko Kirill		2547		6½		6½		Lagarde Maxime		2655
7		Li Di		2543		6½		6½		Kovalenko Igor		2647
8		Bjerre Jonas Buhl		2526		6½		6½		Donchenko Alexander		2644
9		Tabatabaei M.Amin		2635		6½		6½		Martin Duque Jesus		2430
10		Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio		2483		6½		6½		Nihal Sarin		2612
11		Karthikeyan Murali		2611		6½		6½		Aroshidze Levan		2514
12		Pogonina Natalija		2479		6½		6½		Liang Awonder		2593
13		Maghsoodloo Parham		2690		6		6½		Erigaisi Arjun		2544
14		Krzyzanowski Marcin		2506		6		6		Melkumyan Hrant		2668
15		Saduakassova Dinara		2505		6		6		Sasikiran Krishnan		2656
16		Edouard Romain		2653		6		6		Gordon Stephen J		2495
17		Sadzikowski Daniel		2504		6		6		Sethuraman S.P.		2638
18		Lobanov Sergei		2504		6		6		Vocaturo Daniele		2627
19		Narayanan.S.L		2626		6		6		Erenberg Ariel		2479
20		Garriga Cazorla Pere		2484		6		6		Salgado Lopez Ivan		2605
21		Zanan Evgeny		2493		6		6		Praggnanandhaa R		2586
22		Santos Latasa Jaime		2585		6		6		Karthik Venkataraman		2470
23		Gukesh D		2547		6		6		Kacharava Nikolozi		2416
24		Moradiabadi Elshan		2539		6		6		Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad		2414
25		Song Raymond		2468		6		6		Narayanan Srinath		2529
26		Raja Harshit		2447		6		6		Sindarov Javokhir		2526
27		Sadhwani Raunak		2507		6		6		Mendonca Leon Luke		2398
28		Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel		2425		5½		5½		Peralta Fernando		2577
29		Trent Lawrence		2396		5½		5½		Dragnev Valentin		2553
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[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 22, 2019

Round Ten

Anton Korobov won the tournament with 8.5 points out of 10.

Vasif Durarbayli and Svane Rasmus tied for second with 8.0

Abhimanyu Puranik, Di Li, Amin Tabatabaei, Timur Gareyev and Andrea Heimann tied for fourth place. According to the regulations there had to be tiebreaks.

The rule:

If there is a tie to points between some of the first 8 classified players in that provisional classification, a match-play tiebreaker will be applied to obtain the final general classification.

This match-play tie-break will consist of an eliminatory system (e.g. quarter-finals, semifinal and final if there are 3 or 4 players tied) among the players who have finished the tournament with the same number of points (no matter if the champion must be determined or not), in the following way:

- 2 blitz games with a rhythm of 5 minutes + 3 seconds per play (5 '+ 3 "), alternating colors.

- In case of a tie, a blitz game "Armageddon", with 6 minutes for the player with white and 5 minutes for the player with black. The color of each player will be raffled and, in case of draw, the player who has played with black will win.

http://www.sunwaychessfestival.com/e...eneral-rules_1


Round Ten Games

Round 10, Dec. 22
Korobov, Anton – Heimann, Andreas
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.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.O-O Na5 12.Bd3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Qb4 Qd6 15.Be4 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Nxb7 17.Rfd1 Na5 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.h3 c5 20.Qb1 Rfd8 21.e4 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Nc6 24.Rc4 Na5 25.Rc1 Nc6 26.Rc4 Na5 27.Rc1 Nc6 28.Rc4 Na5 29.Rc1 Nc6 30.Rc4 Na5 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Dec. 22
Gareyev, Timur – Puranik, Abhimanyu
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Rfd1 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Rab1 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qb6 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.g3 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Bg4 Rc5 20.Re1 Kf8 21.Re3 a4 22.Rbe1 axb3 23.axb3 Ra3 24.Ne2 Rca5 25.Nd4 e5 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.f4 Ra1 28.fxe5 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Rxe5 30.Rd1 Ke7 31.Kf2 Ra5 32.Re1+ Kf7 33.h4 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Dec. 22
Wagner, Dennis – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E16 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Qf4 Nh5 10.Qe3 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nhf6 12.Qf4 Nh5 13.Qe3 Nhf6 14.Qf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Dec. 22
Li, Di – Kovalenko, Igor
D23 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.Kb1 Kb8 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.a3 h6 15.h4 Rg8 16.Na2 Ka8 17.Nb4 Qc7 18.Nd3 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.a4 Nbd7 21.Be2 Qa5 22.Rc2 g4 23.Bd2 Qb6 24.Qc4 Nb8 25.Be3 Qc7 26.d5 e5 27.b4 Rc8 28.Rhc1 gxf3 29.Bxf3 Bd6 30.dxc6 bxc6 31.Rb2 Qb7 32.Bd1 Rc7 33.f3 Rg3 34.Bc5 Bxc5 35.bxc5 Qc8 36.Nxe5 Qe8 37.Qd4 Nfd7 38.Nc4 Qe7 39.Nd6 Qe5 40.Qc4 Rg1 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 22
Tabatabaei, M. amin – Martin Duque, Jesus
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rad1 e5 13.Be3 Bb4 14.Nb5 axb5 15.Qxb4 Rxa2 16.Rxd6 O-O 17.Rd2 Be6 18.f3 Qc4 19.Qxc4 bxc4 20.c3 Rfa8 21.Kf2 R8a5 22.Rb1 Rb5 23.Bf1 Ra3 24.bxa3 Rxb1 25.Bc5 g5 26.Bd6 Nd7 27.Be2 Rc1 28.Bb4 b5 29.Bd1 Ra1 30.Ke3 Kh7 31.f4 gxf4+ 32.gxf4 exf4+ 33.Kxf4 Rc1 34.e5 Kh8 35.h4 Kg8 36.Rg2+ Kh8 37.Rd2 Kg8 38.Ke4 Kh8 39.Kd4 Kg8 40.Rg2+ Kh8 41.Rd2 Kg8 42.Be7 Kg7 43.h5 Ra1 44.Bd6 Kh8 45.Bb4 Rc1 46.Be7 Kg7 47.Bf3 Re1 48.Rg2+ Kh8 49.Rg3 Kh7 50.Be4+ Kh8 51.Bc6 Rd1+ 52.Ke4 Rd3 53.Rxd3 cxd3 54.Ke3 Kg8 55.Bf6 Nb6 56.Bxb5 Nc4+ 57.Kxd3 Nxa3 58.Bc6 Nc4 59.Bf3 Kf8 60.Be2 Kg8 61.Kd4 Nd2 62.c4 Nxc4 63.Bxc4 Bg4 64.Ke3 Bxh5 65.Be2 Bg6 66.Kf4 Bc2 67.Bf3 Bb3 68.Be4 Ba4 69.Be7 Kg7 70.Bb4 Bd7 71.Bc3 Kg8 72.Bf5 Ba4 73.Bc8 Bc2 74.Bb7 Bg6 75.Kg4 Bd3 76.Bd5 Bg6 77.Kf4 Kf8 78.Be4 Bh5 79.Bd3 Kg8 80.Ke4 Bg6+ 81.Kd4 Bh5 82.Kd5 Bg4 83.Kd6 Kf8 84.Bd2 Kg7 85.Ke7 Be6 86.Bc3 Bb3 87.Bf5 Bc4 88.Ke8 Kg8 89.Bb4 Bb5+ 90.Bd7 Bc4 91.Bf8 h5 92.Be7 Bd3 93.Bf6 Bc4 94.Bf5 Bd5 95.Ke7 Bc4 96.Kd6 Bb3 97.Be4 h4 98.Bxh4 Bc4 99.Bd5 Bd3 100.Ke7 Bg6 101.Kf6 Bh5 102.Bc4 Kf8 103.Bg5 Ke8 104.Bh6 1-0

Final Position




It’s mate in 18

Round 10, Dec. 22
Zanan, Evbeny – Praggnanandhaa, R.
C60 Ruy Lopez, Fianchetto Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 dxc3 7.Nxc3 h6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Bd2 Nge7 10.Qc1 d6 11.Nd5 Kf8 12.Bc3 Nxd5 13.Bxg7+ Kxg7 14.exd5 Ne5 15.Qc3 Qf6 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxe5+ dxe5 18.Rac1 b5 19.Bb3 Ra7 20.Rc5 Bd7 21.Rfc1 Kf6 22.g3 Ke7 23.Rxc7 Rha8 24.d6+ Kxd6 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Bxf7 g5 27.Rd1+ Ke7 28.Bd5 Bf5 29.Re1 Kd6 30.Be4 Be6 31.a3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Dec. 22
Gukesh, D. – Kacharava, Nikolozi
A25 English, Closed System

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 Nge7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Be6 9.Nd5 Qd7 10.Rb1 Nd8 11.b4 Nc8 12.b5 c6 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Ndc3 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Qxh3 16.Qa4 Qd7 17.Qa6 f5 18.Na4 Rf7 19.Bd2 Ne6 20.Rb3 e4 21.Rfb1 exd3 22.Rxd3 Ng5 23.Ba5 Qe8 24.Nac3 Nf3+ 25.Kg2 Ne5 26.Rdd1 Qe6 27.c5 dxc5 28.Rd8+ Bf8 29.Rb7 Qc4 30.Rxf7 Qxf7 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Qxc8 g5 33.Bc7 Nc4 34.Bb8 Qf6 35.Bxa7 f4 36.exf4 gxf4 37.Qg4+ Bg7 38.Qxf4 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 22
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Erigaisi, Arjun
A13 English, Neo-Catalan open

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Qb3 Rb8 8.a4 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.d3 Bd6 11.Na3 a6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Rfc1 Nd5 16.Qd1 h6 17.Qe1 a5 18.e3 Qe7 19.Qe2 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Ba6 21.Rac1 Nb8 22.d4 Nc6 23.dxc5 Qxc5 24.b3 Ndb4 25.Bxb4 Qxb4 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qb2 Bb8 28.Bf1 Ne7 29.Nd4 Bb7 30.Bg2 Nd5 31.Nb5 Ba6 32.Nd4 Rc8 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Nd2 Be5 35.N2f3 Bf6 36.Rxc8+ Bxc8 37.Qc2 Bh3 38.Ne2 g5 39.Qd3 Qa3 40.Kh1 Qa1+ 41.Nfg1 Bf1 42.Qd2 Bb2 43.h4 Qb1 44.Kh2 gxh4 45.Qxd5 Qc2 46.Qa8+ Kg7 47.Qf3 Qxb3 48.Qg4+ Kh7 49.Qe4+ Kg8 50.Qe8+ Kg7 51.Nf4 Bc4 52.Nh5+ Kh7 53.Qe4+ Kh8 54.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

Tie-Breaks

Round 11, Dec. 22
5+3
Gareyev, Timur – Heimann, Andreas
D36 QGD, Exchange, positional line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 g5 10.Bg3 Qb6 11.h4 g4 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Nf4 Qxb3 14.axb3 Bc2 15.Bd3 Bxb3 16.h5 Rg8 17.O-O Bd6 18.Rfe1 Kf8 19.Ng6+ fxg6 20.Bxd6+ Kg7 21.Bxg6 Nf8 22.Bf5 Nxh5 23.e4 Nf6 24.e5 Ne8 25.Bc5 Kf7 26.e6+ Kf6 27.e7 Ng6 28.Bxg4 Nf4 29.Bf3 Nd3 30.Re3 Nxc5 31.dxc5 Bc2 32.Re2 Bg6 33.Ra4 Kg7 34.Rg4 Nf6 35.Rg3 Kf7 36.Rh3 h5 37.Rh4 Rae8 38.Rb4 Rb8 39.Re5 Rge8 40.Ne2 Rxe7 41.Rxe7+ Kxe7 42.Nd4 Kd7 43.Be2 Kc7 44.Ne6+ Kd7 45.Nd4 Bf7 46.Ra4 a6 47.Rb4 Kc7 48.Nxc6 bxc6 49.Rf4 Rxb2 50.Rxf6 Rxe2 51.Rxf7+ Kd8 52.Rf6 Kd7 53.Rd6+ Kc7 54.Rh6 Re1+ 55.Kh2 Re5 56.f4 Rf5 57.Rh7+ Kd8 58.Kg3 d4 59.Kf3 Rxc5 60.Ke4 Rd5 61.Kd3 a5 62.Ra7 c5 63.g3 Kc8 64.Re7 Kb8 65.Rg7 a4 66.Rg5 a3 67.Rxd5 a2 68.Rxc5 a1=Q 69.Rg5 Qc3+ 70.Ke4 d3 0-1

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 22, 2019

Round Ten

Tie-Breaks (continued)

Round 12, Dec. 22
5+3
Heimann, Andreas – Gareyev, Timur
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 Qe8 9.Nd4 c5 10.Nc2 Na6 11.b3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Re1 Qf7 14.Bb2 Nc7 15.a4 a6 16.b4 cxb4 17.Nxb4 Ng4 18.Nd3 e5 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.c5 dxc5 21.Nxc5 Rbd8 22.Qc1 f4 23.gxf4 Qe7 24.Nxe6 Nxe6 25.Nd5 Qh4 26.Bxg7 Rxd5 27.h3 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Rh5 29.Rb3 Nxf4 30.Rg1 Nxh3 31.Qc4+ Kxg7 32.Rxb7+ Kh6 33.Qc1+ Ng5+ 0-1

Round 13, Dec. 22
Armageddon
Gareyev, Timur – Heimann, Andreas
C37 King’s Gambit Accepted, Quaade Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Ba4 Bd7 9.d5 Ne5 10.gxf4 gxf4 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Bxf4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Ne7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Bg5 Rdf8 16.Bf6 Bxf6 17.Qxf6 Ng6 18.Rhg1 Rhg8 19.Ne2 Ne5 20.Nf4 Kb8 21.Nd3 Nxd3+ 22.cxd3 Rg6 23.Rxg6 hxg6 24.Rf1 Qh3 25.Rf3 Qxh2 26.a3 Qe5 27.Qh4 f5 28.Qg5 Re8 29.Qxg6 fxe4 30.Rf5 Qe7 31.Rf7 Qe5 32.Rf5 Qe7 33.Rf7 Qe5 34.Rf5 Qe7 1/2-1/2

Round 14, Dec. 22
5+3
Tabatabaei, M.a – Li, Di
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 Be6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.O-O h6 11.Bf4 Qb8 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.h3 O-O 14.Na4 Rfe8 15.Nc5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Qc7 17.Nd4 a5 18.Rfd1 Nd7 19.Rac1 Nf8 20.Re1 Rad8 21.Qd2 Bd7 22.Rc3 g6 23.Ra3 Ra8 24.Bc2 Ne6 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Ra4 b5 27.cxb6 Qxb6 28.Qc3 c5 29.Rh4 d4 30.exd4 Qb4 31.Qxb4 cxb4 32.Rhe4 Rec8 33.Bb3 Bxb3 34.axb3 Rd8 35.Rd1 Rac8 36.Re5 Rc2 37.Rxa5 Rxb2 38.Rd3 Rc2 39.d5 Rd6 40.Rb5 Rc3 41.Rxc3 bxc3 42.Rc5 c2 43.Rxc2 Rxd5 44.Rb2 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Rd5 46.b4 Rb5 47.Kg3 Kf8 48.Kf4 Ke7 49.Ke4 Kd6 50.Kd4 g5 51.Kc4 Rf5 52.b5 Kc7 53.b6+ Kb7 54.Kd4 h5 55.Ke4 Rf4+ 56.Ke5 h4 57.f3 Kc8 58.b7+ Kb8 59.Rb3 Rc4 60.Kf5 Rc5+ 61.Kf6 Rc2 62.Kxg5 Rxg2+ 63.Kxh4 f5 64.Kh5 1-0

Round 14, Dec. 22
5+3
Heimann, Andreas – Puranik, Abhimanyu
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.O-O h6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Ng4 11.Rf1 f5 12.Bb3+ Kh8 13.Bd5 Bd7 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Be4 Rf8 17.d4 Nf6 18.Bc2 e4 19.Nh4 Qe8 20.f3 Qh5 21.g3 Bh3 22.Ng2 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qd5 24.Be3 exf3+ 25.Qxf3 Ng4 26.Bf4 Ne3+ 27.Bxe3 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 Rf8 29.Rf1 g5 30.g4 Ne5 31.dxe5 Bxe3 32.exd6 cxd6 33.Bf5 Rxf5 34.gxf5 g4 35.f6 gxf3+ 36.Rxf3 Kg8 37.f7+ Kf8 38.Kg3 Qg5+ 39.Kh3 Bf4 40.Nd4 Qh5+ 41.Kg2 Qxh2+ 42.Kf1 Kxf7 43.Ne2 Qh1+ 44.Kf2 Qb1 45.Rxf4+ Ke7 46.b4 Qxa2 47.Re4+ Kd7 48.Rh4 Qf7+ 49.Rf4 Qg6 50.Ke3 h5 51.Nd4 Qg1+ 52.Ke4 h4 53.Rf7+ Ke8 54.Rf3 h3 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 22
5+3
Li, Di – Tabatabaei, M. amin
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Nh5 9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bd4 Re8 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nf6 15.a4 a5 16.e3 Bg4 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.Rfe1 Kg7 19.b4 Bh3 20.Bh1 h5 21.f3 Qd6 22.Qd2 Re7 23.Nb3 axb4 24.cxb4 Rae8 25.Qd4 Kg8 26.a5 Bc8 27.Nc5 Nd7 28.Nd3 Ne5 29.Nxe5 Qxe5 30.Qxe5 Rxe5 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ra3 f6 33.Rd1 g5 34.Bg2 Bf5 35.Rd4 R5e7 36.h3 Bg6 37.Bf1 Rc7 38.Rc3 Ree7 39.h4 Bf5 40.Bd3 Bxd3 41.Rcxd3 Kg6 42.Rc3 Red7 43.Rc5 Re7 44.Ke2 Re5 45.Kd2 Rce7 46.Rc3 R5e6 47.Ke2 Re5 48.Kf2 R5e6 49.Rdd3 Re5 50.Rc5 g4 51.b5 gxf3 52.a6 bxa6 53.bxc6 Rc7 54.Kxf3 Re6 55.Rdc3 Rd6 56.Rc1 d4 57.exd4 Rxd4 58.R1c4 Rd6 59.Kf4 a5 60.g4 hxg4 61.Kxg4 a4 62.h5+ Kh6 63.Kh4 a3 64.Ra4 Rdxc6 65.Rxc6 Rxc6 66.Rxa3 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 15, Dec. 22
5+3
Puranik, Abhimanyu – Heimann, Andreas
B22 Sicilian-Alekhine-Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 e6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 b6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Qb5 Bb7 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Qa4 Nd3 16.Rd1 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 a6 18.Ne5 Re8 19.Re1 b5 20.Qb3 Bxe5 21.dxe5 d4 22.e6 Rxe6 23.Rxe6 Qg5 0-1

Round 16, Dec. 22
Armageddon
Puranik, Abhimanyu – Heimann, Andreas
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.a5 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 d5 12.Ncxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe4 14.Bg5 Qd5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Ng4 Qxd3 17.Nxf6+ Kg7 18.Nh5+ Kh8 19.Qg4 Rg8 20.Qf4 Qf3 21.Qe5+ f6 22.Qxf6+ Qxf6 23.Nxf6 Rg6 24.Nxe4 Re8 25.Rfe1 Rge6 26.Ra4 Rf8 27.Re2 Rg6 28.Rc4 c6 29.Rb4 Rg7 30.Nd6 Bc5 31.Ne8 Re7 32.Rxe7 Bxe7 33.Rxb7 Rxe8 34.Rb6 Bc5 35.Rxa6 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Bxf2 37.Rxc6 Kg7 38.a6 h5 39.g4 h4 40.Kg2 Re2 41.b4 Ra2 42.Kf3 Be1 43.b5 Ra3 44.Ke4 Bxc3 45.Rxc3 Rxc3 46.a7 Ra3 47.b6 Kf6 48.b7 Rxa7 49.b8=Q Ra4+ 50.Kd5 Ra5+ 51.Kc4 Ra4+ 52.Kb3 Re4 53.Qf8+ Ke5 54.Qe7+ Kf4 55.Qxh4 Re3+ 56.Kc2 Kf3 57.Kd1 Kf4 58.Qf6+ Kg3 59.g5 Rd3+ 60.Ke2 Ra3 61.Qd6+ Kg2 62.Qxa3 1-0

Round 17, Dec. 22
5+3
Tabatabaei, M. amin – Puranik, Abhimanyu
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Ne2 c5 12.Ng3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.f4 Re8 15.Qf3 Rb8 16.Bd2 c4 17.Ba2 Bf8 18.Rae1 Qb6 19.Kh1 f6 20.Qg4 Qe6 21.f5 Nxe5 22.Qxd4 Qc6 23.Bb4 Kh8 24.Nh5 Bxb4 25.axb4 Qd7 26.Bb1 Rbc8 27.c3 Nc6 28.Qg4 d4 29.cxd4 Nxb4 30.dxc4 bxc4 31.Nf4 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Re8 33.Re6 Nd3 34.Qh5 Rd8 35.Ng6+ Kg8 36.Ne7+ Kh8 37.Bxd3 cxd3 38.Re3 h6 39.Ng6+ Kh7 40.Rxd3 Re8 41.h3 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Qd6+ 43.Rg3 Qxd4 44.h4 Qg1+ 45.Kh3 Qh1+ 46.Kg4 Re4+ 47.Nf4 Qd1+ 48.Rf3 Re5 49.Ne6 Bxf3+ 50.gxf3 Qg1+ 51.Kh3 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qe1+ 53.Kh3 Rxe6 54.fxe6 Qxe6+ 55.Kg2 f5 56.Kf2 g6 0-1

Round 17, Dec. 22
5+3
Heimann, Andreas – Li, Di
C10 French, Fort Knox variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Ned2 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 c6 11.c3 O-O 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Ne5 g6 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bf6 16.Rad1 Bg7 17.a3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 b5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Qb6 21.Rd3 a5 22.b3 Bf8 23.Qc1 Qc5 24.a4 Nb6 25.Rc3 Qa3 26.Qxa3 Bxa3 27.Rd1 Red8 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf1 c5 30.Rd3 Nd5 31.Rd1 Bb2 32.Bc4 Bd4 33.Kf1 Ne7 34.f4 Nf5 35.Bf2 h5 36.Ke2 Rb8 37.Be1 Ne3 38.Rd3 Nxc4 39.bxc4 Rb2+ 40.Rd2 Rb3 41.Rd3 Rb2+ 42.Rd2 Rb3 43.Rd3 Rb2+ 44.Rd2 Rb3 45.Rd3 1/2-1/2

Round 18, Dec. 22
5+3
Puranik, Abhimanyu – Tabatabaei, M. amin
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nge7 7.Bxc6 Nxc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.O-O d6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qd4 e5 13.Qc4 Qc7 14.f4 Be6 15.Qd3 exf4 16.Bxf4 Be7 17.Kh1 O-O 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.b3 h5 21.e5 d5 22.Rde1 h4 23.Qf3 Qa5 24.Bd2 Qc5 25.Qd3 Kg8 26.Ne2 Qb6 27.Nf4 c5 28.Qf3 g6 29.Ne2 Bf5 30.Nf4 Be6 31.c3 a5 32.h3 a4 33.Rb1 axb3 34.axb3 Rd7 35.Be3 d4 36.cxd4 cxd4 37.Bg1 Rfd8 38.b4 Bg5 39.Rfd1 Bf5 40.Rb2 Qb5 41.Nd3 Bxd3 42.Qxd3 Qxe5 43.b5 Be3 44.Bh2 Qd5 45.b6 Rc8 46.Bc7 Qb7 47.Re2 Rcxc7 48.bxc7 Rxc7 49.Rc2 Re7 50.Ra2 Re5 51.Rb1 Qd5 52.Rc2 Rg5 53.Qc4 Qe4 54.Qc6 Qxc6 55.Rxc6 Rd5 56.Rd1 Kg7 57.Rc4 f5 58.Rb4 Kf6 59.Kh2 Ke5 60.Rb3 Bf4+ 61.Kg1 Ke4 62.Kf2 Be3+ 63.Ke2 Rc5 64.Rb2 g5 65.Ra2 Rc3 66.Kf1 Kf4 67.Ra5 Rc2 68.Ra3 Rf2+ 69.Ke1 Rxg2 70.Rdd3 g4 0-1

Round 18, Dec. 22
5+3
Li, Di – Heimann, Andreas
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Bf4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Qa4 Qe7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxc4 Qe7 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.Ne4 Bb6 16.Nc5 Rfc8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb5 Rd8 19.e3 Rac8 20.a3 Qd5 21.Qxd5 exd5 22.b4 d4 23.b5 dxe3 24.bxc6 exf2+ 25.Kh1 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Ne5 c5 28.Nc4 Rd4 29.Rc1 Rd3 30.Bf1 Rf3 31.Kg2 Rf6 32.a4 Bc7 33.Rd1 Ra6 34.Rd7 Rc6 35.Bd3 Kf8 36.Be4 Re6 37.Bd5 Re7 38.Rxe7 Kxe7 39.Kxf2 h5 40.Kf3 g5 41.Ke4 Kf6 42.Bb7 g4 43.Bc8 Kg5 44.Ne3 Ba5 45.Bd7 Be1 46.Be8 f6 47.Nf5 Bf2 48.Ng7 f5+ 49.Nxf5 Bg1 50.Ng7 h4 51.gxh4+ Kxh4 52.Nf5+ Kg5 53.Bd7 Bxh2 54.Ne3 g3 55.Kf3 Bg1 56.Nc4 Bf2 57.a5 Kf6 58.a6 Ke7 59.Bf5 Kd8 60.Be4 Kc7 61.Kg4 Be1 62.Kf5 Bf2 63.Ke6 Bd4 64.Bb7 Bf2 65.Kf5 Bd4 66.Kf4 Bf2 67.Kf3 Be1 68.Be4 Bf2 69.Kg2 Be1 70.Kh3 Bf2 71.Bg2 Be1 72.Kg4 Bf2 73.Kf5 Bd4 74.Ke6 Bf2 75.Kd5 Bd4 76.Ke6 Bf2 77.Nd6 Kb6 78.Bb7 g2 79.Bxg2 Kxa6 80.Kd5 Kb6 81.Nc4+ Kc7 82.Bh3 1/2-1/2

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges Open 2019

December 22, 2019

Round Ten

Tie-Breaks (continued) II

Round 19, Dec. 22
Armageddon
Tabatabaei, M. amin – Puranik, Abhimanyu
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O Re8 8.d4 Bf5 9.e3 a5 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Bh3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e6 15.Rfd1 a4 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Bg2 axb3 18.axb3 Qb6 19.Qc2 f5 20.Be1 Nf6 21.Bf1 Ne4 22.f3 Ng5 23.Kg2 Nf7 24.f4 h5 25.b4 dxc4 26.Bxc4 Nd6 27.Bd3 Nb5 28.Qc5 Ra6 29.Kf3 Bf8 30.Qxb6 Rxb6 31.Rdb1 Nc7 32.Ra7 Nd5 33.b5 c5 34.dxc5 Bxc5 35.e4 fxe4+ 36.Bxe4 Re7 37.Bxg6 e5 38.Be4 Nf6 39.f5 Kg7 40.Ra4 Rd6 41.Rc4 b6 42.Bb4 Bxb4 43.Rbxb4 Rd2 44.Rc6 Rxh2 45.Rxb6 Rd7 46.Rb7 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 Rd2 48.Be4 Ng4 49.Bc6 Kf6 50.Ke4 Re2+ 51.Kd3 Re3+ 52.Kc4 Rxg3 53.b6 Ne3+ 54.Kc5 Nxf5 55.b7 Rc3+ 56.Kb6 1-0

Round 19, Dec. 22
Armageddon
Li, Di – Heimann, Andreas
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 b6 11.dxc5 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 bxc5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.e3 Nd7 15.Bb5 O-O-O 16.c4 dxc4 17.Rd6 Nb6 18.Rc6+ Kb7 19.Rxc5 Rc8 20.Re5 a6 21.Kc2 axb5 22.Rxb5 Bd7 23.Rb4 Ba4+ 24.Kc3 Ka6 25.e4 Rhd8 26.Nd4 Rd6 27.Rhb1 Rcd8 28.f3 Rxd4 29.Rxb6+ Ka5 30.Rb7 Bb3 31.Ra7+ Kb5 32.a4+ Kc5 33.Rc7+ Kb6 34.Rxf7 R4d7 35.Rf5 Rd3+ 36.Kb4 Kc6 37.Rc5+ Kd6 38.Rb5 Ra8 39.a5 Kc6 40.Rb6+ Kc7 41.Re1 Ba2 42.Rg6 Rb3+ 43.Ka4 c3 44.Rc1 Rab8 45.Rxg7+ Kc6 46.Rg6+ Kc5 47.Rb6 R8xb6 48.axb6 Kxb6 49.Rc2 Kc5 50.Rxa2 Kc4 51.Ra1 Rb8 0-1

Round 20, Dec. 22
5+3
Svane, Rasmus – Durarbayli, Vasif
A30 English, symmetrical

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.O-O Bg7 14.Ba3 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.Rfe1 Kg7 17.Rac1 Qf6 18.Ne5 Rhd8 19.Qd2 Nc6 20.Ng4 Qh4 21.h3 h6 22.Qb2 h5 23.Ne3 b6 24.Ba6 Rb8 25.Rcd1 Qf6 26.Be2 Ne7 27.Qa3 a5 28.Nc4 Bc6 29.Ne5 Ba8 30.Bf1 Nd5 31.c4 Nb4 32.Qb2 Nc6 33.Nf3 Nb4 34.Re3 b5 35.a3 Nc6 36.c5 b4 37.a4 Ne7 38.Ne5 Nf5 39.Ree1 Rbc8 40.Rd2 Bd5 41.Ba6 Rc7 42.Bf1 Qg5 43.Rd3 Qf6 44.Kh2 Bb7 45.Kg1 Ba6 46.Rdd1 Bxf1 47.Rxf1 Nxd4 48.f4 Rxc5 49.Rxd4 Rxd4 50.Qxd4 Rd5 51.Qb6 g5 52.Qf2 gxf4 53.Nf3 e5 54.Re1 Qf5 55.Qe2 f6 56.Qc4 Qd7 57.Qc2 Rd3 58.Kh2 b3 59.Qb2 Qxa4 60.Nxe5 Re3 61.Nf3 Rxe1 62.Nxe1 Qc4 63.Qd2 a4 64.Qd7+ Kf8 65.Qd8+ Kf7 66.Qd7+ Kf8 67.Nf3 b2 68.Qd6+ Kf7 69.Qd7+ Kf8 70.Qd8+ Kf7 71.Qd7+ Kf8 72.Qb7 Qb3 73.Qc8+ Kf7 74.Qd7+ Kf8 75.Qd8+ Kf7 76.Qd7+ Kf8 77.Qd8+ Kf7 78.Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

Round 21, Dec. 22
5+3
Durarbayli, Vasif – Svane, Rasmus
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Qe7 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Nc4 Be6 9.Nfxe5 Bc5 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Nxe3 Qb4 12.Qc1 O-O-O 13.a3 Qc5 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.b4 Qh5 16.a4 Rhe8 17.b5 c5 18.a5 c4 19.b6 cxb6 20.axb6 axb6 21.d4 Nf6 22.Qb2 b5 23.d5 Bd7 24.e5 Ng4 25.Nxg4 Qxg4 26.Qb4 Bf5 27.Qc5+ Kb8 28.d6 1-0

Final Standings after Tie-Breaks (and Award)

1. Korobov 5000 euro
2. Durabayli 3000 euro
3. Svane 1500 euro
4. Heimann 900 euro
5. Li 800 euro
6. Tabatabaei 700 euro
7. Puranik 600 euro
8. Gareyev 500 euro

As of this moment, no other site has written up the finale of this tournament, so the awards might still be subject to change, because the above is my calculation.

This was a very tiring tournament but a splendid one for the young master to get experience in. I wish we had something similar for Canada.