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J’adoube

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Письмо Василия Иванчука
30.11.2009

Прошу простить меня моих поклонников, друзей, коллег по оружию и многочисленных любителей шахмат за эмоциональное интервью. Я был очень расстроен после поражения, но ни в коем случае не собираюсь бросать шахматы! И хочу опровергнуть появившуюся в СМИ информацию о моем уходе… С уважением, Василий Иванчук.

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Rough translation:

I ask my supporters, friends, chess colleagues, and many chess enthusiasts to forgive me for the emotional interview. I was very upset after losing (to So), but I am not planning to give up chess. I also wish to challenge the reports on SMI about me leaving the game.

Respectfully,
Vassily Ivanchuk

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So ousts Kamsky, reaches 4th round
Monday, November 30, 2009

WESLEY So ousted defending World Cup champion Gata Kamsky of the United States with a 41-move draw of a Dutch Defense Saturday and advanced to the fourth round of the event at Khanty Mansiysk.

“I sacrificed a pawn and got some chances. But at one point, I went too far and the advantages for my opponent were clear enough. I offered a draw so as not to suffer,” said Kamsky in the World Cup tournament bulletin.

Kamsky said he did not underestimate So.

“No, it is not the case. So was playing better and he deserved the victory,” said Kamsky in the tournament bulletin.

The 16-year-old high school junior from Cavite earlier trounced Kamsky, a former world championship challenger, in a French Defense on Friday in the first of their two-game mini-match. Kamsky was So’s second super grandmaster victim after the Ukrainian superstar Vassily ivanchuk.

“He is on a roll now after beating Ivanchuk, whom I consider to be a stronger player than Kamsky,” said honorary World Chess Federation president Florencio Campomanes in a phone interview.

So’s next foe is the winner in the four-game tiebreakers between Pavel Eljanov of the Ukraine and Vladimir Malakhov of Russia. This match is set on Sunday.

Chess writers worldwide have been praising So, the youngest player in the World Cup, which selects the challengers for the world championship currently held by Viswananthan Anand of India.

Former women’s world champion Zsuzsa Polgar called So, who played in her tournament last September, the “real deal.” Russian grandmaster Sergei Shipov, the World Cup analyst, said the fact that So, who grew up in a non-chess country, plays this well “speaks of his talent.”

“To make the picture clear, we should also mention that he is practically self-educated and very enthusiastic. He has no coach and no financial support from the [Philippine] government,” the tournament bulletin said.

So, in an earlier interview in the tournament bulletin, said: “We don’t get any financial support from the government. They don’t give money for tournaments, coaches—nothing. Our National Federation pays our tickets. That’s it. You realize at one moment that to reach some professional level you need private sponsors. I would be happy with some US$20 to 30 thousand a year.”

Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com

Young chess prodigy by the Bay

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Young Chess Prodigy Brings Home Champion Title
By JESSICA GREENE
Updated 1:55 PM PST, Mon, Nov 30, 2009

Tanuj Vasudeva already has an impressive resume but he hasn’t even graduated from elementary school.

The 8-year-old recently got back home from Turkey, where he won a silver medal in the World Youth Championship chess tournament. He beat out 129 other players during a two-week-long tournament for the prestigious title. That means he had to sit still and focus on something other than a video game for many hours on end — a feat in itself for most any 8-year-old kid.

Being a chess champ is old hat for Newark boy, who plays mostly in adult tournaments in the San Francisco area. The World Chess Foundation named him FIDE Master after his perfect score at the Pan American Youth tournament. That makes him the youngest ever to officially be named a chess master. If that’s not impressive enough, figure this in: Bobby Fischer was 13 when he achieved the title and he was thought to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.

Tanuj says on his blog that he “fell in love with the mystical nature of the pieces and moves they can make,” when he was introduced to an old chess set that his mom had used.

Tanuj has been playing — and winning — chess for a relatively short time. But in just three years, he’s already made a name for himself. Here are some of his other accolades:

Calchess State Kindergarten Champion in 2007 & in 2008
US National Champion K-1 in 2008
Bronze medal winner at North American Championships in 2007
Calchess State K-5 co-champion in 2009

Next up for Tanuj is another shot at a state title in the Calchess Championships in Santa Clara in April. You can follow Tanuj’s progress on Twitter (lovechess, of course) and through his blog.

Good luck, Tanuj. May your future be filled with many “checkmates.”

WC rapid playoff chess tactic

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Black to move. How should Black proceed?

Source: ChessToday.net

Black success

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[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4-1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. Bd5 Be6 16. dxe5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxe5 18. c4 a6 19. Re1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 c4 22. Qd4 Nd3 23. Ne4 Qa7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Re3 Rd6 27. Rf3 h6 28. Ne4 Rxd5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rc3 Ne5 31. Rf4 Qxa2 32. Kh2 Qe2 33. Qh4 Ra6 34. g4 g5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Rg6 0-1

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[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4-1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[WhiteCountry "CZE"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Na7 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc3 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a4 Na7 18. O-O Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. f3 Qf7 27. f4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd7 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kg1 g6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Qb1 Bf5 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Re1 Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39. Ra2 Bb1 40. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kh2 Bc1 42. Qe1 Qe4 43. Ra7 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Rxc7+ Kh6 46. Qd1 Qe2 47. Qg1 Qxe3 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qd3 Ra1 0-1

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Magnus Carlsen turns 19 today

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Magnus Carlsen, the World Blitz Champion and #1 player of the world on the LIVE rating list, turns 19 today. On behalf of the bloggers here, I would like to wish him a happy birthday!

First game drawn

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Wesley So, Malakhov draw first game in Round of 16
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/30/2009 11:56 PM

MANILA – Filipino chess whiz Wesley So has drawn his first game with Russian Grandmaster (GM) Vladimir Malakhov in the World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

So is battling Malakhov in the Round of 16 after he beat defending champion super GM Gata Kamsky in the third round of the chess tourney. the Filipino GM played the white pieces in the first game.

Kamsky admitted that he was outsmarted by the 16-year-old Filipino GM,

“My opponent was better prepared and I was always choosing the wrong openings. In the first game I was playing recklessly and got the problematic position,” Kamsky said in an interview on the World Chess Cup website.

Before denying Kamsky a chance to defend his title, So defeated Super GM Vassily Ivanchuk in Round 2.

Malakhov of Russia meanwhile advanced after he defeated Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov.

So has stunned the chess world with his recent victories over Kamsky and Ivanchuk. He has been making progress in his career even without a personal coach.

as of 12/01/2009 12:32 AM

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com

BREAKING NEWS: So – Malakhov Game 1 a Draw, Game 2 Tuesday

By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 30 Nov 2009

GM Wesley So of the Philippines and GM Vladimir Malakhov of Russia drew the first game of their World Cup fourth round mini-match Monday evening (R.P. Time) in 65 moves.

GM So played white and opened with 1. d4 and GM Malakhov responded with the Slav defense. The game evolved into a positional struggle at the center. After the 18th move the battle shifted to the a and b files with So backing up his a pawn with his rook; his queen and other rook bearing down on the b file. With the center locked it seemed Malakhov was in a purely defensive mode.

Queens were exchanged on the 33rd move. The reached the endgame with five pawns and a rook each; So had a knight while Malakhov had a bishop. So had his rook on the seventh rank and Malakov’s bishop was blocked by his own pawn. So’s knight was well posted at d4 but was the small advantage enough to win?

So tried to manoeuvre so he could get Malakhov’s isolated d-pawn. But his miniscule advantage wasn’t enough and the game was drawn at the 65th move.
So will play the black pieces in Game 2.
　
The 16 year old So entered the tournament with an ELO rating of 2640. He earned his ticket to the World Cup by placing 2nd during Zone 3.3 Chess Championship which was held last July in Vietnam.

The 29 year old Malakov (ELO 2706) won the World Under-14 Championship in 1993. He placed 11th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup and joined the 2006 Candidates cycle.

In 2007 So became the youngest grandmaster in Philippines history at 14 years and one month old. Last August 2008, he won Board one gold during the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad held in Turkey and lead the country to third place. In that tournament won by India, the Filipino youngsters beat chess powerhouses Russia (3-1) and England (3-1).

The FIDE World Chess Cup 2009 is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from November 20th to December 15th 2009. It is a seven-round knockout event with six rounds of matches comprising two games per round, with the winners progressing to the next round. There are now only 16 players left in the fourth round. The finals or seventh round consists of four games.
　
The second game of their mini-match will be played Dec. 1 Tuesday evening (R.P. Time)

Source: http://philboxing.com

World Cup round 4

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Round 4. Game 1.
match	match score	White	Result	Black
1	0.5-0.5	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)	½-½	Gelfand, Boris (ISR)	View
2	0.5-0.5	Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)	½-½	Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)	View
3	0-1	Shirov, Alexei (ESP)	0-1	Svidler, Peter (RUS)	View
4	0-1	Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)	0-1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)	View
5	0.5-0.5	Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)	½-½	Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)	View
6	0.5-0.5	So, Wesley (PHI)	½-½	Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)	View
7	0.5-0.5	Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)	½-½	Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)	View
8	0.5-0.5	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)	½-½	Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)	View

http://cup2009.fide.com/round.php

Rebel Chess body announces biggest ever prize money tourney

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Rebel Chess body announces biggest ever prize money tourney
PTI 30 November 2009, 04:15pm IST

NEW DELHI: Chess Association of India, a rebel body comprising disgruntled members of the official All India Chess Federation (AICF), on Monday sounded the war bugle by announcing the country’s biggest ever prize money tournament next month.

The ‘Delhi All India Open Chess Tournament’ – a Rs 15 lakh event – will be held at the Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls from December 23 to 29. The winner of the event would take home a hefty Rs 3 lakh prize money, CAI president Naveen Kumar Wal said.

“More than 500 participants, including some Grand Masters, International Masters and other rated players from India and abroad are expected to take part in the tournament. The entry fee for participation is Rs 1,000 with free accommodation to all players,” Wal said.

CAI has also decided to hold seven tournaments – each with prize money of Rs five lakh – at Haryana, Rajasthan, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh in the near future.

In December next year, the association will organise a championship with cash prize of Rs 25 lakh in Lucknow, CAI Treasurer SK Tewari said.

The body came into existence on October 11 after a meeting of former AICF members here and decided to organise National championships and coaching camps for young players.

“For the past four-five years, chess players, organisers and State Associations are being deprived of their rights and treated as bonded labourers. To save all those from such humiliation and with an objective of developing the game, it has been unanimously decided to form a separate national body in the name of CAI,” Wal said.

At the time of its formation, 18 state associations sent their consent to be a part of CAI and more are likely to join in near future, Wal said.

“We are ready to face any kind of challenge from AICF. There is a possibility that they might create hurdles for us, but we are ready for everything,” Wal added.

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Tromsø could get Chess Olympiad

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Tromsø could get Chess Olympiad
2009-11-30

A delegation from the northern Norwegian city of Tromsø visited the Chess World Cup in Khanty-Mansyisk, Western Siberia, in order to promote Tromsø´s bid to host the 2014 Chess Olympiad.

Next year the Chess Olympiad will be arranged in Khanty-Mansyisk in Russia and at the same time a decision will be made by the FIDE-congress who will be the host of the 2014 Chess Olympiad.

It was at last year’s 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad, Tromsø announced its intention to bid for the 2014 Chess Olympiad.

The city of Tromsø in Northern Norway decided a couple of years ago to bid for not only one, but two Olympic events, the 2014 Chess Olympiad, and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. After competitions in Norway, Tromsø was chosen candidate for both these events.

Tromsø beat the capital Oslo and the city of Trondheim to be the national candidate for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, and defeated Lillehammer, Oslo and Vestfold to run for the 2014 Chess Olympiad.

Last October the board of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports made a controversial decision to withdraw the application for a state guarantee for the 2018 Games to the Norwegian government, as reported by BarentsObserver.

They argued that it would be to costly to organize the Winter Olympic Games in Tromsø. The decision spurred a heated debate in Norway and especially in Northern Norway.

But Tromsø has definitely not given up its ambitions to become an Olympic City.

A delegation consisting of Mr. Børge Robertsen, General Director of Tromsø 2014, Mr. Morten Sand, Adviser to the Tromsø 2014, and Mr. Jan Eirik Johnsen, Political Adviser to the Mayor of Tromsø, visited the Chess World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. The aim of the visit was to establish contacts, demonstrate the commitment of the Tromsø candidature and to learn from the World Cup organizers in Khanty-Mansiysk, a press-release from Tromsø 2014 stated.

The delegation met informally with representatives of FIDE, the Vice-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Alexander Zhukov and the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk, Mr. Alexander Filipenko.

In May this year Tromsø applied to the Norwegian Government for financial support to the 2014 Chess Olympiad. A decision is expected before the New Year, as Tromsø has to deliver its final bid to the World Chess Federation – FIDE at the end of March next year.

Source: http://www.barentsobserver.com

All eyes on So

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All eyes on GM So as RP ace battles Russian
November 30, 2009, 4:54pm

KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia —Grandmaster Wesley So, the biggest revelation in the ongoing 2009 World Chess Cup, battles GM Vladimir Malakhov in the Round of 16 of the 2009 World Chess Cup Monday at the Khanty- Mansiysk Center of Arts here.

After toppling two of the tournament’s biggest names, So seeks a seat in the quarterfinals against Malakhov, the first time he will be facing a Russian in the knockout-style tournament.

“I know that I should always do my best in the classical games of each round. If I win one game, I’m almost there,” said So, who is already assured of $30,000 (about P1.46 million) in prize money.

So, 16, has been described by the foreign media as a “a fantastic gold nugget causing the World Cup irreplaceable losses with his upset victories.”

His victory over Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the second round was so shocking, the all-time great is contemplating on quitting the sport.

Heartbroken over his defeat, Ivanchuk said he would leave professional chess and become a chess fan.

World Cup champion Gata Kamsky of the United States, So’s victim in the third round, took his defeat better.

“My opponent was better prepared,” Kamsky conceded after the loss. “So was playing better and he deserved the victory.

So opened his campaign with a win over GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan, winning all three playoff matches after splitting their first two classical games.

Ranked 59th, So is the second lowest seeded player still in the field and is the only Asian remaining apart from two players from Azerbaijan.

Source: http://www.mb.com.ph

In Dallas, A Rocky Start, a “Rocky” Finish

Published by United States Chess Federation November 30th, 2009 in USCF Chess. 0 Comments

GMs Kacheishvili and Izoria won the GM section of the University of Texas at Dallas Invitational. Meanwhile, in the IM section, Bayaara Zorigt earned her first WIM norm.

Newsflash: Results in for Thanksgiving Tourneys

Published by United States Chess Federation November 30th, 2009 in USCF Chess. 0 Comments

At the National Chess Congress, four tied for first: IMs Smith, Krush, GM-elect Lenderman and GM Stripunsky. Kraai and Shankland tied for 1st at the CalState Champs. Landaw, Matikozyan and Khachiyan tied for first at the American Open.

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L’Ami: K-K play so unimpressively now

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Interview with Erwin L’Ami is provided by the organizer
http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_17.htm

Erwin L’AMI: “IT IS A PITY THAT KARPOV AND KASPAROV PLAY SO UNIMPRESSIVELY NOW”

One of the most talented Dutch chess players Erwin L’Ami had a fiasco as a player: he was knocked out by the Indian chess players Krishnan Sasikiran and then he came to grief as a coach. His player Ivan Cheparinov could not qualify to the next Round.

• Erwin, what went wrong in Khanty Mansiysk?

• The match against the Indian player was almost equal with a slight advantage for my opponent. To my mind Sasikiran is better in classical games, but I managed to bring the match to tie breaks. And then it was I who could not take my chances. Perhaps the change of time zone affected me somehow… And Ivan lost in the tie breaks as well… What disappoints me more is that it was his birthday!

• What is the return date on your ticket? 15 th December?

• No, my return date is 29 November. I was hoping that could manage it till Round 3.

• Erwin, since several years we are experiencing the new wave of opportunity for Dutch chess players. But only you could score such a success. What is the reason?

• It is not really true. There are Dutch chess players with respectable ratings. These are chess players of my age: Jan Smeets, Daniel Stellwagen. By the way Daniel has shown very good performance at the tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. But yes, taking into account that I am the only representative of Dutch chess in Khanty, perhaps I am the first.

• How did it happen that the young 14 years old Anish Giri who was born in Russia became the Dutch Chess Champion?

• Not all strong chess players participated in the Championship, I should mention. But he is anyway a promising chess player. I think he will participate in the tournaments of the World Cup very soon.

• Does it mean that the Dutch team has serious aspirations at the next Olympiad?

• If our team will have such players as Loek Van Wely for instance, we will have all chances to play for medals.

• You have very good chess traditions in your country. Tell us for instance about your famous tournament in Wijk aan Zee.

• Wijk aan Zee tournament is the main chess event of the year for each Dutch chess player. For me personally, it is the most important tournament. First time I participated in it when I was 9-10. I saw Kasparov for the first time!

• Is Gary your idol?

• He was my idol in my childhood. But now I firmly stand on the ground and I don’t have idols anymore.

• What is your attitude to the recent match Kasparov-Karpov?

• I was not fascinated by this match as many other chess fans. To my mind the level of chess was much far from ideal. It is a pity that these great chess players now play so unimpressively. It was just a show.

• Do you think that you could become an idol for younger Dutch chess generation?

• The fact that I was knocked out in Round 1 obviously will not help me in this.

A fascinating endgame

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White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White? What would your plan for White be?

Source: ChessToday.net

The rise to stardom

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So continues rise to stardom (The Philippine Star)
Updated November 30, 2009 12:00 AM

KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia – Grandmaster Wesley So added defending champion GM Gata Kamsky of the US to his growing list of world-class victims, claiming a decisive 1.5-.5 victory to advance to the Last 16 in the World Chess Cup at the Khanty-Mansiysk Center of Arts here Saturday night.

In a big follow-up to his equally shocking 1.5-.5 upset win over former world championship finalist GM Vassily Ivanchuk in the second round, the 16-year-old So wittingly went for a draw by forcing an exchange of the major pieces, ending Kamsky’s bid to extend the match after 42 moves of the Dutch defense.

So, who is expected to breach the super GM rating of 2700 at the end of the year, even held a slight initiative in a rook-and-bishop ending when he accepted Kamsky’s offer to halve the point.

Here is the full article.

World Cup round of 16

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I believe these are the matchups for the round of 16 based on my memory. Please feel free to make corrections if I am mistaken. The 3 biggest stories so far in my opinion is the advancement of So, Caruana, and Laznicka.

What is your prediction for the upcoming round?

Gelfand – Vachier-Lagrave
Grischuk – Jakovenko
Laznicka – Mamedyarov
Vitiugov – Karjakin

Gashimov – Caruana
Ponomarov – Bacrot
Svidler – Shirov
So – Malakhov

ChessBase Magazine 133

Published by ChessBase November 29th, 2009 in Chess Software. 0 Comments

Four highlights and a new number one. That is the summary of the autumn of 2009 in chess. It ran from the Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing with the triumphal success of Magnus Carlsen via the European Club and National Championships to the major high point of the year, the Tal Memorial in Moscow, which Vladimir Kramnik was able to take with half a point of a lead. The new (unofficial) number one in the FIDE world ranking list is now Magnus Carlsen, whose second place in Moscow was sufficient for him to push Topalov from the top spot. More information…

Big Database 2010

Published by ChessBase November 29th, 2009 in Chess Software. 0 Comments

The exclusive annotated database. Contains more than 4.5 millions games from 1560 to 2009 in the highest ChessBase quality standard. With ChessBase opening classification with more than 100,000 key positions, direct access to players, tournaments, middlegame themes, endgames. The most recent games of the database are from the middle of November 2009, so e.g. Tal-Memorial, Linares, Nanjing, Bilbao, Dortmund and the Grand Prix tournaments. More information…

Mega Database 2010

Published by ChessBase November 29th, 2009 in Chess Software. 0 Comments

The exclusive annotated database. Contains more than 4.5 million games from 1560 to 2009 in the highest ChessBase quality standard. 65,000 games contain commentary from top players, with ChessBase opening classification with more than 100,000 key positions, direct access to players, tournaments, middlegame themes, endgames. The largest topclass annotated database in the world. More information…

Wang YUE and Li CHAO: “WE ARE NOT GOING TO QUIT SMOKING”

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Interview provided by the organizer
http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_18.htm

The Chinese Grandmasters Wang Yue and Li Chao are leaving the Cup because of their late appearance for the second games of tie-breaks of Round 3. The reason of being late is ridiculous: they were smoking and did not know that the game had already started.

- How happened that you missed the start of the game?

- I don’t know what happened, – replies disappointed Wang Yue. – We were smoking with Li Chao and some fellow told us: “Guys, I think you are late for your game”. Of course we rushed into the playing hall . But it was already too late .

- What did you feel at that moment?

- I did not understand what happened, – says Wang Yue. But he also added: – Ok, these are the rules, I cannot break them. I was shocked . It seemed that the world has stopped .

- Did you try to speak with the Arbiter?

- Sure, we spoke with the Chief Arbiter, – again Wang Yue. – He said: “These are the regulations, we should follow them. The decision is final and nothing can be changed. You should take it, go and prepare for the next game. I think it was a wise advice.”

- Was the decision fair to your mind?

Yes, this was correct and fair decision. The only decision that could be taken. We cannot do anything . We just need to accept it . In China at all chess tournaments a big screen with the information about the tournament is used. A player can go to the toilet, to smoke or to do something else. But thanks to this screen he always knows how much time he has before the start of the game. Here there is no screen. But we hope that they will use it in future. Most of all I feel pity for Li Chao: he started smoking here, in Khanty to join my smoking company.

- Perhaps now it is a good reason to quit smoking? Less chances to get into a trouble and more chances to be healthy.

- I don’t think so… After such a shock you only think to take a long smoke!

- How are you going to recover?

- Nothing special… We will have rest, tomorrow a long trip back home, – says Wang Yue.

- Most probably I will read carefully the regulations of the Cup! – sarcastically added Li Chao.

Can you help Magnus find the best continuation?

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Carlsen – Nakamura (Game 2 – Oslo Blitz 2009)

White to move. How should White proceed? Can you help Magnus win this game?

This is game 2 of the Oslo Blitz tournament. Magnus was leading 1-0 and this was the position he had in game 2. He managed to lose this game and then fell apart the rest of the way.

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Carlsen, Magnus – Nakamura, Hikaru [E32]
BNBank Blitz Final Oslo (2), 28.11.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.e4 Rc8 13.Bd3 Re8 14.0–0 Rc7 15.Rad1 Qc8 16.d5 e5 17.Rfe1 Nh5 18.Nf1 Nf8 19.Ne3 Ng6 20.Bf2 Qd8 21.Bf1 Bc8 22.b4 Bd7 23.bxc5 Rxc5 24.Nf5 Rc7 25.Nxd6 Rf8 26.c5 bxc5 27.Rc1 Nhf4 28.Qa5 c4 29.Rxc4 Qg5 30.Kh1 Rxc4 31.Nxc4 f5 32.exf5 Bxf5 33.d6 Bd3 34.Bg3 Bxf1 35.Rxf1 Ne2 36.Bxe5 Ngf4 37.Bxf4 Qxf4 38.Qd5+ Kh8 39.d7 Qh4 40.Qd6 Rd8 41.Rd1 Nc3 42.Ne5 Kg8 43.Qe6+ Kh7 44.Qg6+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qxd8 Qxd8 47.Nc6 Qb6 48.d8Q Nxd1 49.Qxb6 axb6 50.Kg1 Nc3 51.Nd4 Kg6 52.Kf2 Kf6 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.Kd3 Nd5 55.Ne2 Kd6 56.Kd4 Nc7 57.Nc3 Ne6+ 58.Ke4 g6 59.Nb5+ Kc5 60.Ke5 Kxb5 61.Kxe6 Ka4 62.Kf6 Kxa3 63.Kxg6 b5 64.f4 b4 65.f5 b3 66.f6 b2 67.f7 b1Q+ 68.Kxh6 Qf5 69.Kg7 Qg5+ 70.Kh7 Qf6 71.Kg8 Qg6+ 72.Kf8 Kb4 73.h4 Kc5 74.h5 Qxh5 75.g4 Qxg4 76.Ke7 Qg7 0–1
　
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2 Chinese players forfeited playoff game 2

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WANG YUE AND LI CHAO B LOST THEIR TIE BREAK GAME DUE TO THE LATE APPEARANCE

The two Chinese players Wang Yue and Li Chao b were late for the 2nd games of the tie breaks against Vugar Gashimov (AZE) and Etienne Bacrot (FRA) respectively. According to the FIDE regulations the games were forfeited.

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WC round 3 – blitz playoff

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Round 3. Blitz 1.
match	match score	White	Result	Black
3	3-4	Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)	0-1	Svidler, Peter (RUS)	View
8	4-3	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)	1-0	Jobava, Baadur (GEO)	View

Round 3. Blitz 2.
match	match score	White	Result	Black
3	5-3	Svidler, Peter (RUS)	1-0	Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)	View
8	3-5	Jobava, Baadur (GEO)	0-1	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)	View

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WC round 3 – game 4 rapid playoff

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Round 3. Rapid 4.
match	match score	White	Result	Black
3	3-3	Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)	0-1	Svidler, Peter (RUS)	View
8	3-3	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)	½-½	Jobava, Baadur (GEO)	View
9	2-4	Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)	0-1	Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)	View
15	2.5-3.5	Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)	½-½	Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)	View

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WC round 3 – game 3 rapid playoff

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After 3 playoff rapid games, 6 players move on to round 4. Others will head to the 4th and final rapid games.

Round 3. Rapid 3.
match	match score	White	Result	Black	Games
1	1.5-3.5	Polgar, Judit (HUN)	0-1	Gelfand, Boris (ISR)	View
2	3.5-1.5	Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)	1-0	Li, Chao b (CHN)	View
3	2-3	Svidler, Peter (RUS)	0-1	Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)	View
4	3.5-1.5	Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)	1-0	Bologan, Viktor (MDA)	View
8	2.5-2.5	Jobava, Baadur (GEO)	1-0	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)	View
9	3-2	Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)	½-½	Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)	View
10	3.5-1.5	Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)	1-0	Wang, Yue (CHN)	View
11	1-4	Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)	0-1	Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)	View
12	1-4	Navara, David (CZE)	0-1	Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)	View
15	3-2	Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)	1-0	Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)	View

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WC round 3 – game 2 rapid playoff

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[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. e4 Qd6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Rd1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb4+ 14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 16. Kd2 Nc4+ 17. Kc2 Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Ke7 19. Rb1 b6 20. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[WhiteCountry "CHN"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
0-1

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:00.46-0:00.47"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[WhiteCountry "GER"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. Nbd2 Nb7 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Rf1 Qd8 19. Nf3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. Be3 Nd3 27. Qg4 Nc7 28. Qxe4 Qxe6 29. Qh7 Qg8 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Qe6 32. Qh7 Qg8 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qg6 Rf8 35. Rd1 Rf6 36. Qg4 g5 37. Kh2 Qxa2 38. Qc8 Ne8 39. Bb6 Kf8 40. Bd8 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Bxh4 Qc4 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. Qa8 Qg4 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qb8 Qc6 47. b4 Kg6 48. Ra8 Ng7 49. Ra2 Qd5 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Rb6 Nf5 52. Rxb5 Qf7 53. Rb6 Kh7 54. Qa8 Nxh4 55. gxh4 Qf4+ 56. Kh1 Qxh4+ 57. Kg1 Rg7 58. Qf3 Qe1+ 59. Kh2 Qh4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[WhiteCountry "MDA"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[BlackCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc2 Qb8 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Qd4 Bf8 19. h3 Ba8 20. a4 a5 21. Ba3 d5 22. Ncxd5 exd5 23. cxd5 Qe5 24. Rcd1 Nxe4 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Ng4 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 f5 30. Rd4 fxg4 31. Rxd7 axb4 32. Bb2 Rc2 33. Be5 b3 34. Rb7 b2 35. Bxb2 Rxb2 36. a5 gxh3 37. a6 b5 38. a7 h2+ 39. Kh1 Ra2 40. Rxb5 Rxa7 41. Kxh2 g6 42. Rb2 Kg7 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Rc2 Rb7 45. Ra2 Bf6 46. Rd2 h5 47. Rd5 Kf7 48. f4 Rb3 49. Ra5 Bc3 50. Rg5 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb1 52. Kf3 Be1 53. g4 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:00.22-0:00.29"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 b6 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. Qd3 Qa6 16. Bc7 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bd6 Nd4 19. Bxc5 Nf5 20. Bb4 d6 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxa2 23. Kf1 Qa5 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qd4 a5 26. Rdb1 Qc7 27. Rb5 Red8 28. Qb6 Ne4 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Raxa5 f6 31. Nd3 Rxc4 32. Ra7 Nd6 33. Rc5 Rc8 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Nf4 e5 36. Ne6 Nf5 37. f3 Rc6 38. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. f3 c5 15. Kf2 Be6 16. Nc1 Nc6 17. N3e2 Bc4 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. f4 Rd6 22. Kf3 Rhd8 23. Rd3 Rc6 24. Rf2 f6 25. Rfd2 Rcd6 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Re6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxe5 30. Rh4 h5 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. Rxg4 g5 33. Rg2 Kd7 34. Kg4 Ke6 35. Kh5 Kf6 36. Rd2 a5 37. h3 Re3 38. Rf2+ Ke6 39. Kg4 Rc3 40. Re2+ Kf6 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. h4 gxh4 43. Kxh4 c5 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. Rd6 Rxc2 46. Rxb6 c4 47. bxc4 Rxc4+ 48. Kg3 Rxa4 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[WhiteCountry "CHN"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[Remark "WCC 2009 Match 010"]
0-1

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Na5 18. Bd5 Qc8 19. a4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc4 21. Ne4 Nb6 22. a5 Nd7 23. b4 Be7 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Re4 Qd8 27. Be3 Bg5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rc6 Rd7 35. Rac1 Kf8 36. Rb6 Ke7 37. Rcc6 Raa7 38. g4 Rab7 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Rxb7+ Ke8 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:00.49-0:00.22"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[BlackCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Be3 Bb7 22. Nfd2 Ra8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nbd7 26. Na5 Nh5 27. Bf1 Nf4 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Nc4 Ng6 31. f3 Nd5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Bf2 dxc4 34. Qxc4 Nf4 35. b5 Qd8 36. Na6 Be6 37. Qc7 Qg5 38. h4 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qc2 Qf4+ 41. Bg3 Qe3 42. gxh3 Rc8 43. Qxc8 Bxc8 44. Rxc8 f5 45. Kg2 e4 46. fxe4 f4 47. Bf2 Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Bc4+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Bd3+ Kh8 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. b6 Qc8 54. Nc5 f3 55. b7 Qc7+ 56. Bg3 1-0

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:16.30-0:23.26"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3 g6 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rg1 Ra2 25. Qd2 Qh3 26. Qe2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Qd1+ 29. Rg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

http://cup2009.fide.com/java/pgn/100034.pgn

WC round 3 – game 1 rapid playoff

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[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[BlackCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. f5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Rf1 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Nf3 Qb5 21. Qd1 Kg8 22. Nd4 Qc4 23. Rxf5 Bg7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qc1 Qxa2 26. h3 Qc4 27. Rf4 Qc3 28. Rg4 Kf8 29. Rd4 Bxe5 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Rf1 Kd8 33. Qf4 Kc8 34. Qf5+ Kb8 35. Qd7 Rd8 36. Qxf7 a5 37. Rb1 b5 38. Rb3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Kh1 a4 42. Rf3 b4 43. Rf6 Qe8 44. Qg7 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kh1 a3 0-1

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[BlackCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Qf5 c6 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Nd7 Bh4 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qxh4 Qxd7 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rbe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nc4 22. Bc1 h6 23. f3 Rf6 24. Qh5 Nd6 25. Bf4 Re6 26. Be5 Qf7 27. Qh4 Nc4 28. Kf1 g5 29. Qe1 f4 30. Kg1 Qf5 31. Bb8 Re3 32. Rxe3 Nxe3 33. Qe2 a6 34. g3 Kf7 35. Kf2 b5 36. Bd6 h5 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Bxf4 Qxf4 39. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[BlackCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rb8 14. Qxb8 Qxb8 15. Nxd7 Qb5 16. Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Rfd1 g5 18. a4 Qxe2 19. Rd2 Qh5 20. Be5 Ng4 21. Bxd4 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 h5 23. Bxa7 h4 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rc3 g4 26. gxh4 Nf3 27. Rxf3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Qe5 29. a5 Qxb2 30. Rd1 Qb5+ 31. Kg2 Qxa5 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Bg5 Kg7 34. h5 Qa7 35. Be4 Be7 36. h6+ Kh8 37. Be3 Qa4 38. Rd4 Qb5 39. Bd3 Qh5 40. Rd7 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[WhiteCountry "CZE"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[BlackCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
Bg5 Rb8 14. e3 a5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Nb5 c6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 21. Rxc4 Qe5 22. b3 g6 23. Rxc6 Rfd8 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Rb1 Qf3 26. Rc5 h5 27. h4 Rb4 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 30. Qc5 Rg4 31. Rb2 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qe2 f6 16. O-O Kf7 17. Rd1 Qb7 18. f4 Rc8 19. Re1 Qb6 20. b4 a6 21. a3 Be7 22. f5 e5 23. Qa2+ Kf8 24. Be3 Qb7 25. Rac1 g5 26. Qe6 Kg7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Rd5 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Ra7 h5 33. Kf1 Ke8 34. Ke2 e4 35. Bd4 g4 36. Ke3 Bd6 37. Kxe4 Bxh2 38. Rh7 Bg1 39. Rxh5 g3 40. Kf3 gxf2 41. Bxf2 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 Rxa3 44. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15. Qg3 Nf6 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxg8+ Nxg8 18. Rxg8+ Bf8 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Rh8 h6 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. c3 Rb8 25. Rgg8 1-0

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[BlackCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bf4 c6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qe4 Bf6 16. Bd2 c3 17. Bxc3 Nc4 18. a4 Rb8 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Qf4 Qd7 21. a5 h6 22. h3 Rbd8 23. Bc5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bb4 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qf5 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Bd3 Be6 10. g4 Qc7 11. Bd2 a5 12. g5 b4 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qe2 f6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. gxf6 exf6 19. O-O-O Bf5 20. Rdg1 b3 21. a3 Nf2 22. Qxf2 Bxd3 23. h4 h5 24. Rg3 Bf5 25. Bc3 a4 26. Nd2 Kh7 27. Rhg1 Bh6 28. Nb1 Re8 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Nc3 Qf5 31. Be1 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:25.10-0:25.10"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[WhiteCountry "CZE"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nd8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Kg2 c5 19. a4 Ne6 20. Bf5 b4 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxb4 23. Rg1 Bc3 24. Ra3 Rac8 25. Nf3 d4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 27. Bxc3 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Bb4 h5 30. Bd6 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Bxf5 33. gxf5 f6 34. Nh4 fxe5 35. Bxe5 Rd3 36. Ng6 Nxg6 37. Rxd3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "World Cup 2009"]
[Site "0:01.27-0:01.20"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. f4 Nc4 14. e4 Na5 15. Qc2 c4 16. Be3 Nb3 17. Rad1 Ndc5 18. e5 Bf5 19. Nge4 dxe5 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 exf4 22. d6 Qe5 23. Bxf4 Qxb2 24. Qxc4 Ne6 25. Be3 Rac8 26. Qb4 Rc2 27. Nf2 Nbd4 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Nd3 Re2 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Nf4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxd6 34. Kf1 Be5 35. Re4 f6 36. g5 Kg7 37. gxf6+ Bxf6 38. Re8 b6 39. Rd1 Rd7 40. Rb8 Be5 41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 Kf6 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Ba6 Bc5 45. Re1 Ne6 46. Re4 g5 47. Bc8 Nf4 48. Ke1 a5 49. Kd2 Kg6 50. Bg4 h5 51. Bc8 Kf6 52. Kc3 Nd5+ 53. Kc4 Nf4 54. Bd7 Bg1 55. Kb5 Bf2 56. Kc6 Bg1 57. Kc7 Bc5 58. Kd8 Bd6 59. Ke8 Bc5 60. Re1 Bb4 61. Re4 Bc5 62. Kd8 Bd6 63. Bc8 Bc5 64. Kc7 Nd5+ 65. Kb7 Nf4 66. Kc6 Bg1 67. Kb5 Bf2 68. Kc4 Bg1 69. Kc3 Bc5 70. Kd2 Bf2 71. Bd7 Bc5 72. Ke1 1/2-1/2

http://cup2009.fide.com/round.php

Front Page News: University of Texas at Dallas Chess Team Travels to Cuba

Published by United States Chess Federation November 29th, 2009 in USCF Chess. 0 Comments

The front page of the Dallas Morning News today (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/112909dnentcuba.3f0cc59.html) featured a story on students from the University of Texas
at Dallas contesting a chess match in Cuba. Read the entire article online and see trip photos and interviews with UTD players.

World Cup brilliancy

Published by Contact Information November 29th, 2009 in Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments

White to move. How should White proceed?

Source: ChessToday.net

Interview with Gata Kamsky from Khanty-Mansiysk

Published by Contact Information November 29th, 2009 in Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments

Gata KAMSKY: “I WAS ALWAYS CHOOSING THE WRONG OPENINGS”
Interview provided by the organizer

The last Cup winner Gata Kamsky was defeated by the young Wesley So from the Philippines in Round 3.

• How come that you became another victim of the new star of the Cup – So?

• Everything is clear: my opponent was better prepared and I was always choosing the wrong openings. In the first game I was playing recklessly and got the problematic position. I was thinking that could manage to win the fellow on class. But he turned out to be very serious chess player. Second game: I had to solve difficult problem: it is almost impossible to win a good player with black. I played “Dutch defense”, sacrificed a pawn and got some chances. But at one point I went too far and the advantages for my opponent were clear enough and I offered a draw not to suffer…

• Perhaps you underestimated your opponent?

• No, it is not the case. So was playing better and he deserved the victory

• How do you see his perspectives in the tournament?

• It is a thankless business to make prognosis. So far he is doing well. What will happen then, we shall see…

• Could it be the case that you did not take the Cup seriously. You have already guaranteed your participation in the Candidates Matches.

• This kind of thoughts perhaps did bother me. But it is not the reason of my elimination.

• Why then did not you invite a second to help you? As we remember Emil Sutovsky was helping you in the last Cup after being knocked out?

• Let’s say neither me nor Emil had an opportunity to cooperate here.

• Can you say more?

• Nothing special. I just preferred to play without a second lately. There is another reason. A second or a coach should be paid, and a good coach should be paid well. We were working with Emil at the match against Veselin Topalov. The American Chess Federation did not support me in this cooperation. Well, you can develop the idea yourself now…

• Who is the favorite of the Cup to your mind?

• All our favorites: Grischuk, Ponomariov, etc…

• After your victory at the World Cup 2007 you have had an ascent of your career…

And now I am experiencing a descent… Like Kramnik says, it is high time to draw a conclusion. There is only one difference: Kramnik has drawn them, I have not made them yet…

http://ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_16.htm

Beautiful Texas

Published by Contact Information November 29th, 2009 in Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments

This is Caprock Canyons, a little less than 2 hours from Texas Tech University. It is a magnificent place to visit, especially if you are an outdoor type

Here are some pictures from Caprock Canyons.

Bobby Fischer Estate Update

Published by Contact Information November 29th, 2009 in Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments

Torre helps Fischer’s daughter in claim to dad’s estate
11/29/2009 11:11 AM

Grandmaster Eugene Torre will accompany Jinky Young, the Filipino daughter of the late chess icon Bobby Fischer, to Iceland on Nov. 30 to follow-up on Young’s claim to the estate left by her father.

Torre and Young will be traveling with her mother Marilyn and lawyer Sammy Estimo in a bid to get her claim to Fisher’s estate consisting of 140 million Icelandic kronur (£ 1.07 million) and gold deposited at the Landsbanki Islands.

Fischer, a chess legend who died January 17 of last year, is married to Japanese Miyoko Watai, whom the Icelandic Supreme Court adjudged as Fischer’s lawful wife.

But Estimo countered that based on Icelandic law, the lawful wife can only get one third of the estate while the remaining two-thirds of the estate goes to the surviving child, in this case Jinky.

The group’s next stop after Iceland will be London where the filming on the life of whom many considered as the world’s greatest woodpusher is in full swing.

Fischer’s legend grew tremendously when he defeated Boris Spassky during the Cold War era. The face-off, considered by many as the Chess Match of the Century, was held in 1972 in Reykjavik.

Jinky was born when Fischer lived in Baguio City where he met Marilyn through Torre. – Perry Legaspi, GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv

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World Cup brilliancy

Interview with Gata Kamsky from Khanty-Mansiysk

Beautiful Texas

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