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  • Rd 1 World Cup

    Canadian GM Mark Bluvstein lost the first game against GM Riazantsev in a Queen's gambit accepted and resigned after 38 moves.

    Black's position was okay after the 18 th move. But a strong pawn sacrifice by white with 24.d5 started to build a hurricane on the queenside where the black king castled.


    Riazantsev - Bluvstein

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a3 Kb8 12. Qc1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ne7 17. Bh6 Rhg8 18. a4 Nbd5 19. a5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be4 21. Re1 Bd5 22. Rb1 Nf5 23. c4 Bc6 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Be3 Qe6 28. Qc5 b6 29. Bf4 Ka8 30. Qxc7 Rd7 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Bxd5+ Rxd5 33. Qf3 Qc6 34. axb6 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 axb6 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Ra1+ Kb7 38. Qa6+ 1-0

    No more time to cover the other Canadians. I need to travel now to Brantford for the rapid tournament.
    Last edited by Erwin Casareno; Sunday, 28th August, 2011, 08:48 AM.

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    Re: Rd 1 World Cup

    Hansen, Eric (2449) - Gashimov, Vugar (2760)
    FIDE World Cup 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1.1), 2011.08.28
    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.e4 Ne5 11.Be2 g5 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Bg7 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.O-O g4 17.Rae1 gxh3 18.f4 Ng6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nh4 21.Bd1 Qd8 22.g4 Ng2 23.g5 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.gxf6 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Qxf6 27.Kh2 Qd4 28.Ne4 Re8 29.Bf3 Qe3 30.Nxd6 Re7 31.Qd1 Qxe1 32.Qxe1 Rxe1 33.Nxb7 Re3 34.Bh1 Bf8 35.d6 Rd3 36.Nxc5 Rxd6 37.Kxh3 a5 38.Ne4 Rb6 39.Kg4 Rxb2 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.Bd5 Rb4 42.Bc6 Rb6 0-1

    Game score via TWIC. Blitz impression without engine is 28? Maybe Bg3 to protect the f4-pawn, or, what the heck, Bf2 to prod Black to take it. As it was, White had too many unsupported minors. I hope the cause wasn't time trouble stemming from fatigue. Eric did cut the arrival in Khanty rather close after a ridiculously long journey.

    PS, Hal's upset for the first game anyway seems to go to two Americans: Alex Ivanov for beating Wang Hao, and, a bigger upset even though the point difference is less, Sam Shankland for defeating Peter Leko with Black.

    PPS, Bindi (next post) is right, Ivanov win is a walkover, forfeit, default, no-show, so the biggest upset is Shankland's.
    Last edited by Jonathan Berry; Sunday, 28th August, 2011, 02:57 PM.

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    • #3
      Re: Rd 1 World Cup

      Apparently Wang Hao had heart problems and had to withdraw from the tournament so he basically forfeited his game against Ivanov but in Shankland's game, it seems like Leko got a slight edge out of the opening and outplayed Sam but in the ensuing endgame, managed to get his knight trapped and had to sac a pawn back in order to trade off his knight for sam's bad bishop. Unfortunately for Leko, this also means he stumbled into a worse endgame which Sam managed to convert pretty easily.
      Shameless self-promotion on display here
      http://www.youtube.com/user/Barkyducky?feature=mhee

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      • #4
        Re: Rd 1 World Cup

        The playing hall is an amazing piece of architecture. The three-level building without sharp corners styled as a chess piece was designed by famous Dutch architect Erick Van Egeraat.

        http://www.erickvanegeraat.com/default.aspx#/projects/chess_and_billiard_club_khanty-mansiysk

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        • #5
          Re: Rd 1 World Cup

          Originally posted by Erwin Casareno View Post
          Canadian GM Mark Bluvstein lost the first game against GM Riazantsev in a Queen's gambit accepted and resigned after 38 moves.

          Black's position was okay after the 18 th move. But a strong pawn sacrifice by white with 24.d5 started to build a hurricane on the queenside where the black king castled.


          Riazantsev - Bluvstein

          1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a3 Kb8 12. Qc1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ne7 17. Bh6 Rhg8 18. a4 Nbd5 19. a5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be4 21. Re1 Bd5 22. Rb1 Nf5 23. c4 Bc6 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Be3 Qe6 28. Qc5 b6 29. Bf4 Ka8 30. Qxc7 Rd7 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Bxd5+ Rxd5 33. Qf3 Qc6 34. axb6 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 axb6 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Ra1+ Kb7 38. Qa6+ 1-0

          No more time to cover the other Canadians. I need to travel now to Brantford for the rapid tournament.
          White's attack was really nice and crisp after the pawn sac.
          Black's position looked really solid out of the opening, I wonder if he even considered the pawn sac.

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