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Bator battles to victory!! An absolutely amazing game from Sambuev, winning against the #16 seed.
It's been a while since a Canadian beat a world-class player like this. Think about:
1) Yanofsky beats Botvinnik, Groningen 1946;
2) Vranesic beats Stein, Tel Aviv Olympiad 1964;
3) Spraggett beats Sokolov, Saint John Candidates 1988;
4) Spraggett beats Yusupov, Quebec City Candidates (2) 1989;
5) Bluvshtein beats Shirov, Edmonton 2005;
6) Charbonneau beats Anand, Olympiad ????.
She played to 21.Rd7 from her opening preparation. The game was relatively equal until Peter took with his rook on f2 (move 28). He resigned two moves later.
Now the two head to a quick playoff tomorrow.
Nice revenge for Anna after Peter hijacked the post game conference yesterday.
GM Eric plays interesting chess even when he loses! - We all know how strong GM Bator is - now the world gets to see him! Good luck to both in games to come!
It will be interesting to see how the "Shoguns of the Establishment" - the six London Candidates - will deal with the Asian challenge led by Wesley So.
There were many ties today. Recall the regulations:
If the scores are level after the regular games, after a new drawing of colors, two (2) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an addition of 10 seconds after each move.
If the scores are level after these games, then, after a new drawing of colors, a match of 2 games shall be played to determine the winner with a time control of 10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, another match of 2 games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. If still there is no winner, one sudden-death game will be played.
Those who have won their matches get a day off tomorrow, those who lost go home and the others pass to the tiebreak playoffs.
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The website seems to be working well. We are sorry now that we badmouthed the Russian/German/Norwegian IT guys.
Really, it is everything one could wish for. All the matches with the names and little colored flags denoting the country are in a menu before you and you just have to click on any line and the game times, board and Houdini evaluation are there for you. It was very hard to tear oneself away to do anything useful today with 63 games to watch. Well done!
Googleanalytics have said that people from 164 nations have visited the site.
809 people have entered Chess Prediction trying to predict the outcome of the tournament. 37 of them are Canadians.
What was it like agonizing over your picks after the first games? Here is Dana Mackenzie on his chess blog:
The 14 players whom I predicted to score an upset did quite well: they went +4 -3 =7. So 11 of them are actually in fair-to-good position to win their matches! I’m especially glad to see Popov and Dubov do well, because I predicted them to go far in the tournament.
Of course, I had some failures. My sentimental picks for upsets, Conrad Holt and Larry Christiansen, went down in flames. On the other hand, I should have picked Ray Robson and I didn’t. I really vacillated a long time over that one, but finally I didn’t pick him because I felt I had picked too many Americans to win already. As it turned out, I was right. For that reason, I should have crossed out Holt or Christiansen!
As for the other upsets that I missed, the most damaging ones for my “bracket” were the losses by Polgar and Akopian, because I had them going to round four. Now both of them will have to work hard to make it to round two.
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Earlier in the day we have given the result of three games. Since then we have puzzled out how to copy the pgns.
Ushenina-Svidler have a playoff tomorrow as do Morozevich-Sambuev. Hansen’s opponent, Malakhov has a rest day and then meets Fressinet on Wednesday
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Ray Robson (born 1994) is 19 years old. The American (born in Guam) won against Volotkin of the Ukraine. Two wins. His rating is now over 2625. He will play Vassily Ivanchuk next. Susan says that Ray is the most brilliant American born player since Bobby Fischer.
Larry Christiansen, another American, was winning against Laurent Fressinet. He put his arms behind his back, apparently in satisfaction. Lawrence asks if this is the equivalent of a dog wagging his tail? He is the second oldest player in the tournament at 57. He grew up in Riverside, California. Natasha Christiansen, his wife, is in Tromsoe with him; she is a chess player and a lawyer.
He is the author of two popular chess books that showcase his aggressive style: Storming the Barricades (2000) and Rocking the Ramparts (2004. He went from a winning position to a draw. Fressinet passes on.
Conrad Holt, a young man (born 1993), presently at the University of Texas, studying physics, lost the first game and is going all out trying to win here against Vitiugov. He loses again and Vitiugov passes on.
Nepomniachtchi is playing the youngest participant, Wei Yi and is losing. Wei Yi is fourteen years old. He wins. He is there with a team. He is from Guangzhou (near Hong Kong).
Born 2 June 1999, Wei Yi became a GM at 13 years, 8 months and 24 days. He is now the 4th youngest GM of all time, behind Sergey Karjakin, Parimarjan Negi and Magnus Carlsen.
He will be playing Hou YiFan, the former Women’s World Champion. He is hesitant in English. Susan says that at 14, he is taller than she.
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It is worth looking at the six players chosen for inclusion by the FIDE President: M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Hou Yifan (CHN), J. Polgar (HUN), D. Navara (CZE), J-K. Duda (POL) and Wei Yi (CHN). What a variety!
One poster’s comment: Carlsen better make it quick, cause HERE IS WEI YI !!!
Another poster on CV:
The game that will be really interesting is Ponomariov vs Dubov on Wednesday. Great games by Dubov!
Daniil Dimitriyevich Dubov is Russian, born April 18, 1996. He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 11 months in 2012. He was once coached by GM Sergey Dolmatov and now by GM Sergey Shipov. His style is likened to Petrosian’s. He fights above his weight, like Teimour Radjabov did a decade ago.
At 17 years, he beat Fedorchuk 2-0 and goes on to the next round.
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I’ve dealt with the youngsters and some of the Americans – now back to three of the biggest names.
Vassily Ivanchuk comes in in a good mood. He had an interesting fight against the young player Duda but said by good luck he outplayed him. Susan asks him what he likes to do during the tournament and he says, to walk, look at the view and the forests. He doesn’t work out or do sports, just a few minutes of morning exercise. Susan says that he speaks five languages and is starting to learn Portuguese.
Hikaru Nakamura is playing Deysi Cori in what appears to be a drawn ending. He grinds on and on and Deysi is constantly in time trouble. It looks very much like bullying when she loses but Hikaru says that the endgame wasn’t drawn and he would have played on against Vladimir Kramnik. If she had just left her king on g7 or f6 he would have offered a draw but she took it for a walk and he knew he had a win. He will take a boat ride on his off day now.
Rahman-Gelfand starts from a Trompowsky. Ziaur Rahman is from Bangladesh, born 1974. Ziaur has his best chance around move 30 when he had a Q vs two unconnected Rs sitting on the back rank. Could you win against Gelfand in such a position? They fight on, Rahman gradually improving his position. At move 83 it looks like Rahman will finally pull it off. Damndest situation I ever saw, but at move 92 Gelfand gets a perpetual and the game ends at move 103. Telling you about this is very exhausting, I think I shall get a drink. Gelfand on to the next round.
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Tuesday, 13th August, 2013, 12:30 AM.
Bator battles to victory!! An absolutely amazing game from Sambuev, winning against the #16 seed.
It's been a while since a Canadian beat a world-class player like this. Think about:
1) Yanofsky beats Botvinnik, Groningen 1946;
2) Vranesic beats Stein, Tel Aviv Olympiad 1964;
3) Spraggett beats Sokolov, Saint John Candidates 1988;
4) Spraggett beats Yusupov, Quebec City Candidates (2) 1989;
5) Bluvshtein beats Shirov, Edmonton 2005;
6) Charbonneau beats Anand, Olympiad ????.
ahem.
7) Yusupov-Gentes, Canadian Open, 1986
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
It looks like two matches went to the Armageddon stage (after 2 "slow", 2 "rapid", 2 10-min., and 2 5-min. games - all with increments). Granda-Zuniga beat Melkumyan, and Tomashevsky beat Ramirez.
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