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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:31 PM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report: Hou's in First |
Istanbul: Hou's in First
Fifteen-year-old Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan defeated Koneru Humpy of India today to solidify her lead in the Women's Grand Prix in Istanbul. Ms. Hou (pronounced like the English pronoun who) started today's seventh round with a half-point lead at 5½ points over Ms. Koneru, the top seed in the event, and fellow Chinese grandmaster Zhao Xue. Ms. Zhao kept pace by defeating Ecuadoran IM Martha Fierro in 56 moves. Young Ms. Hou's play today was nothing short of brilliant. Playing White, she sacrificed one piece after another, queened a pawn only to sacrifice it, and finally, two minor pieces down, caught her opponent's King in a mating net. Ms. Koneru resigned on her 50th move. It was Ms. Hou's sixth consecutive victory after drawing with former women's champion Maia Chiburdanidze in the first round. Tomorrow is a rest day for the ladies with round 8 to be played on Monday. The single round-robin event among twelve played ends on Thursday. European General Championship (Budva): Logjam at Top after 8 rounds Georgian grandmaster Baduur Jobava today defeated Andrei Volokitin of Ukraine, who began the day in clear first place, to plunge the general competition of the European championship in Budva, Montenegro, into a tie for first place with multiple other players only a half-point behind after eight rounds. Jobava, a former winner of the Aeroflot Open, began the day a half-point behind Volokitin, who always mananges to be at or near the top of the European Championship in the late round but has yet to win it. Jobava is joined in first place with 6½ points in 8 rounds by Russian GM Ernesto Inarkiev, who defeated Ioannis Papaioannou of Greece. In other games between players who began the day tied for second place ended in a draw. Those were between Czech GM David Navara and Ivan Sokolov of Holland (30 moves), Georg Meir of Germany Boris Grachev of Russia (100 moves) and Dmitry Borochov of Russia and Sanan Sjugirov of Ukraine (153 moves). The eleventh and final round is scheduled for Tuesday with any necessary tiebreaks to take place Wednesday. European Women's Championship (St. Petersburg): Viet-Hungarian GM Hoang Leads Grandmaster Hoang Thanh Trang, who was born in Hanoi but has lived in Hungary since the age of 10 and plays under the Hungarian flag, leads the European Women's Championship in St. Petersburg with 6 points in 7 rounds after defeating Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia today in 45 moves. Ms. Mkrtchian, a strong international master with a fiery style, began the day alone in first place with 5½ points in six rounds. Ms. Hoang, who shared the lead after five rounds at 4½ points with Ms. Mkrtchian, Polish grandmaster Monika Socko and IM Salome Melia of Georgia, began the day tied for second with Ms. Melia, Romanian IM Cristina-Adela Foisor, Georgian IM Nino Khurtsidze and reigning Moscow Open women's champion Natalija Pogonina of Russia. In the other games that might have affected first place today, Mrs. Socko drew with Mrs. Foisor and Ms. Khursidze drew with Ms. Pogonina, leaving Ms. Hoang in a clear first place. The 11-round tournament is scheduled to conclude Thursday with any tiebreaks necessary to be played Friday. Games will be posted later today Calendar Melody Amber Rapid/Blind Tournament, Nice 14-27 March. Reykjavik Open 23 March.-2 April. Dubai Open 3-13 April. Gausdal Chess Classic (Norway) 7-15 April. Foxwoods Open, Mashantucket, Connecticut 8-12 April. Russian Club Cup (Team Championships), Sochi 30 April-12 May. US Chess Championship, St. Louis May. Exact dates TBA. MTel Masters, Sofia 9-19 May. Asian Championships, Subic Freeprot (The Philippines) 12-23 May. Chicago Open 22-25 May. Aerosvit International Tournament, Foros (Ukraine) 9-20 June. World Open, Philadelphia 29 June-5 July. Canadian Open, Edmonton 11-19 July. Czech Open, Pardubice 16 July-2 August. Biel Chess Festival 18-31 July. FIDE Grand Prix, Yerevan. 8-24 August. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Games from current and recent events |
Your humble hare acknowledges the assistance of Fritz 6.0 on analysis. Diagrams on the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Chess Mérida, a true type font that can be downlaoded free here. !""""""""# $tMvWlVmT% $OoOoOoOo% $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $pPpPpPpP% $RnBqKbNr% /(((((((() WHITE White to move (This position is a theoretical draw) |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 26th Ciudad de Linares |
The 26th Ciudad de Linares was won joinly by Alexander Grischuk and Vassily Ivanchuk. Grischuk is declared the tournament champion on the basis of a superior tiebreak score.
Here is the cross table from ChessBase: The ChessBase table is listed in order of SB scores. However, the Linares tournament awards weight to games won (which I think is a better way of doing it any way). |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ivanchuk - Aronian, Round 13 |
Edited on Sat Mar-14-09 11:08 PM by Jack Rabbit
Vassily Ivanchuk Vassily Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian 26th Ciudad de Linares, Round 13 Linares, 6 March 2009 Semi-Slav Queen's Gambit: Stoltz Opening 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3
7...0-0 8.Be2 b6
9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Rc8
11.Rac1
11...c5
12.dxc5!?
12...bxc5
13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.g3 Rfd8 15.cxd5
15...exd5 16.Nh4 Bb8 17.Bf1
17...Ne5 18.Bh3 Rc7 19.Bg2 d4?!
!""""""""# $ V T +l+% $OvT WoOo% $ + + M +% $+ O M + % $ + O + N% $+pN P P % $pBq+ PbP% $+ Rr+ K % /(((((((() WHITE: Vassily Ivanchuk Position after 19...d5d4 20.Nf5!
20...Qe8
21.exd4 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxg2 23.Kxg2
23...g6 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Nxf6+!?
25...Qxf6 26.Qe2 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qd6 28.Qe4
28...Qb4
29.Rc2 f5
30.Qe2 Qb7+ 31.Nc6?!
31...Re8?
!""""""""# $ V +t+l+% $Ow+ + +o% $ +n+ +o+% $+ + Mo+ % $ + + + +% $+p+ + P % $pBr+qPkP% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Vassily Ivanchuk Position after 31...Rd8e8 32.Kg1!
32...Nf3+
33.Qxf3 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Qb5 35.Rc4 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Grischuk - Anand, Round 13 |
Alexander Grischuk and Vishy Anand during the present game Alexander Grischuk - Vishy Anand 26th Ciudad de Linares, Round 13 Linares, 6 March 2009 Open Sicilian Game: Najdorf-Scheveningen Defense (Rauzer Opening/Poisoned Pawn Variation) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6
8.Qd2
8...Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5
10...Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5
14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4 Qxa2
16.Rd1 Be7 17.Be2 0-0 18.0-0 Ra7
19.Rf3 Rd7 20.Bd3!?
20...f5
21.Qh6 Kh8 22.Ng5 Bc5+ 23.Kh1 Qa5?!
24.Rh3!
24...Qc7
!""""""""# $ +v+ T L% $+ Wt+ +o% $o+o+o+ Q% $+ V OoN % $ + + + +% $+ +b+ +r% $ +p+ +pP% $+ +r+ +k% /(((((((() WHITE: Alexander Grischuk Position after 24...Qa5c7 25.Nxe6!
25...Qd6 26.Nxf8 Qxf8 27.Rf1?!
27...Rf7!
28.Qh5 Qe7!
29.Rhf3 f4!
30.Be4 Rg7 31.Rb3 Ba7 32.Rd3?
!""""""""# $ +v+ + L% $V + W To% $o+o+ + +% $+ + O +q% $ + +bO +% $+ +r+ + % $ +p+ +pP% $+ + +r+k% /(((((((() WHITE: Alexander Grischuk Position after 32.Rb3d3 32...Bg4!
33.Qh6 Be2 ½-½
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Women's Grand Prix, Istanbul |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Hou Yifan - Yildiz, Round 5 |
http://www.chessbase.de/2008/yifany/Hou%20Yifan,%20China.jpg Hou Yifan Hou Yifan - Betul Cemre Yildiz Women's Grand Prix, Round 5 Istanbul, 12 March 2009 Spanish Grand Royal Game: Clam Opening (Kasparov Variation) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5
6.Bb3 Bb7
7.d3 Be7 8.a4
8...0-0 9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 h6
11.Nf1 Re8 12.Bd2
12...Bf8 13.Ng3!?
13...Nb8!?
14.Qb1
14...Qd7 15.c4
15...bxc4 16.Bxc4 c5
17.b4
17...cxb4 18.Bxb4 Nc6 19.Bc3
19...Rac8 20.h3
20...Nd8
21.Qa2 Ne6 22.Rab1 Nc5 23.Ba1!?
23...Bc6 24.a5 Bb5?!
25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Qd2 Ra8
!""""""""# $t+ +tVl+% $+ +w+oO % $ + O M O% $PoM O + % $ + +p+ +% $+ +p+nNp% $ + Q Pp+% $Br+ + K % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 26...Rc8a8 27.Bc3!
27...Qb7 28.Qe2 Rec8
29.Bd2?!
29...Na6?!
30.d4 b4 !""""""""# $t+t+ Vl+% $+w+ +oO % $m+ O M O% $P + O + % $ O Pp+ +% $+ + +nNp% $ + BqPp+% $+r+ R K % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 30...b5b4 31.dxe5!
31...dxe5 32.Nxe5 Qc7 33.Ng4 Nxg4
34.Qxg4 Kh7?!
35.e5?!
35...Qxa5 36.e6 Rd8?
!""""""""# $t+ T V +% $+ + +oOl% $m+ +p+ O% $W + + + % $ O + +q+% $+ + + Np% $ + B Pp+% $+r+ R K % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 36...Rc8d8 37.e7! Bxe7 38.Rxe7 Rxd2 39.Qe4+ 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Koneru - Danielian, Round 2 |
Koneru Humpy Koneru Humpy - Elina Danielian Women's Grand Prix, Round 2 Istanbul, 8 March 2009 Symmetrical English Game: Mecking Opening 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qh4
10...Rb8
11.h3!?
11...Be6
12.Be3 Qa5 13.Rac1 Rfc8 14.b3 a6
15.Qg5 b5 16.Ba7 Ra8 17.Bd4
17...h6?
18.Qe3 bxc4
19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.bxc4 Bxh3 21.Qxe7 Re8
!""""""""# $ + +t+l+% $+ + QoV % $o+ O MoO% $W + + + % $ +pB + +% $+ N + Ov% $p+ +oO +% $+ R +rK % /(((((((() WHITE: Koneru Humpy Position after 21...Ra8e8 22.Qxd6!!
22...Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Qg5
24.Qf4!
24...Qxf4
25.gxf4 Nd7
26.e3 Rb8
!""""""""# $ T + +l+% $+ +m+oV % $o+ + +oO% $+ + + + % $ +pB P +% $+ N P + % $p+ + P +% $+ R +k+ % /(((((((() WHITE: Koneru Humpy Position after 26...Re8b8 27.Nd5
27...Bf8 28.c5 Bxc5
29.Bxc5 Rb5
30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.Bd6 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Zhao Xue - Shen Yang, Round 1 |
Zhao Xue Zhao Xue - Shen Yang Women's Grand Prix, Round 1 Istanbul, 7 March 2009 Slav Queen's Gambit: Karlsbad Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6
8.Ne5 a5 9.e3
9...h6
10.f3!?
10...Nfd7!?
11.e4 Nxe5 12.exf5! Nec4?
13.Qb3 Nd6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Be3!
15...Qb6 16.Qc2 Nf6 17.0-0 Rc8
18.Rac1 Qb4 19.Bf2
19...b5 20.Nxb5 cxb5
!""""""""# $ +t+lV T% $+ + OoO % $ + M M O% $Oo+ +p+ % $pW P + +% $+ +b+p+ % $ Pq+ BpP% $+ R +rK % /(((((((() WHITE: Zhao Xue Position after 20...cb5:N 21.Qxc8+!!
21...Nxc8 22.Rxc8+ Kd7
23.Rfc1 e6
24.Bxb5+ Ke7 25.R1c7+ Kd6 26.Bg3+ Kd5 27.Rd8+ Bd6
28.Rxd6+ Qxd6 29.Bc4+ 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. European Championship (General Competition), Budva |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Inarkiev - Sjugirov, Round 6 |
Ernesto Inarkiev Ernesto Inarkiev - Sanan Sjugirov 10th European Championship (General Competition), Round 6 Budva, 11 March 2009 Open Sicilian Game: Najdorf-Boleslavsky Defense (Chandler-Nunn Opening) 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.f3 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 b5 11.g4 b4
12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Na5
14...Nbxd5
15.Nc6
15...Qc7 16.Nxb4 Nxb4 17.Qxb4 0-0 18.Qb6!?
18...Qc8
19.g5 Nd7 20.Qa5 Nc5 21.Bc4
21...Qf5 22.Qd2 Rfc8 23.h4 Rab8 24.Qd5 Rb4?
25.b3!
25...a5
26.Rhf1 a4
!""""""""# $ +t+ +l+% $+ + VoOo% $ + O + +% $+ MqOwP % $oTb+ + P% $+p+ Bp+ % $p+p+ + +% $+ Kr+r+ % /(((((((() WHITE: Ernesto Inarkiev Position after 26...a5a4 27.f4!
27...Rxc4?
28.bxc4 Qh3 29.Rf3 Qg2
30.fxe5 Ne6
31.exd6 Bxd6 32.c5 Bf8
33.Rdf1 Rc7 34.Rf5
34...Qe2 35.Qf3 Qc4
36.Rxf7 Rc8 37.Qb7 Re8
38.R7f3 Nd8 39.Qd7 Qe4 !""""""""# $ + MtVl+% $+ +q+ Oo% $ + + + +% $+ P + P % $o+ +w+ P% $+ + Br+ % $p+p+ + +% $+ K +r+ % /(((((((() WHITE: Ernesto Inarkiev Position after 39...Qc4e4 40.Rxf8+!! 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Volokitin - Inarkiev, Round 7 |
Andrei Volokitin Andrei Volokitin - Ernesto Inarkiev 10th European Championship (General Competition), Round 7 Budva, 12 March 2009 Spanish Grand Royal Game: Marshall Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3
8...d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4
12...Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2
15...Bg4 16.Qf1 Rae8!?
!""""""""# $ + +tTl+% $+ + +oOo% $o+oV + +% $+o+m+ + % $ + P +v+% $+bP + Pw% $pP + P P% $RnB RqK % /(((((((() WHITE: Andrei Volokitin Position after 16...Ra8e8 17.Rxe8!
17...Qxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rxe8 19.Bd2!?
19...Bf5 20.a4 h6?!
21.axb5 axb5 22.Bd1 g5
23.Na3 c5
24.Kg2 Bd3 25.Bc2
25...c4
26.Nxb5!
26...Bxc2
27.Nxd6 Re2 28.Ra5!
28...Nf6 29.Be3 Ng4?
!""""""""# $ + + +l+% $+ + +o+ % $ + N + O% $R + + O % $ +oP +m+% $+ P B P % $ Pv+tPkP% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Andrei Volokitin Position after 29...Nf6g4 30.h3!
30...Nxe3+ 31.Kf3 Bd1
32.fxe3 Rh2+ 33.Ke4 Rxh3 34.Nf5
34...f6 35.Kd5 Kf7 36.Ra7+
36...Kg6 37.Ke6
37...Rh2
38.Rf7 Rxb2 39.Rxf6+ Kh5 40.d5
40...Kg4
41.d6!
41...Ba4
!""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + PkR O% $+ + +nO % $v+o+ +l+% $+ P P P % $ T + + +% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Andrei Volokitin Position after 41...Bc2a4 42.d7!
42...Bxd7+
43.Kxd7 h5 44.e4
44...Re2 45.Re6 Re1 46.Kd6 Rc1 47.Kd5 Rxc3
48.Kd4 Rc1 49.Rg6
49...Re1 50.Nd6 Kxg3
51.Rxg5+ Kf4 52.Rf5+ Kg3 53.Rxh5
53...Rd1+ 54.Ke5 c3 55.Nf5+ Kg4 56.Rh4+ Kg5
57.Rh2 Rd2
!""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + KnL % $ + +p+ +% $+ O + + % $ + T + R% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Andrei Volokitin Position after 57...Rd1d2 58.Rxd2!
58...cxd2 59.Ne3! 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. European Championship (Women's Competition), St. Petersburg |
Edited on Sat Mar-14-09 11:17 PM by Jack Rabbit
(Coming in a few minutes. Thank you for your patience.)
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Gritsayeva - Hoang, Round 4 |
Hoang Thanh Trang Oksana Gritsayeva - Hoang Thanh Trang 10th European Championship (Women's Competition), Round 4 St.Peterburg, 11 March 2009 Hollander Game: Huisl Defense 1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4
7...Ne4 8.Qc2
8...Nxc3 9.Qxc3 a5 10.Qc2
10...Nc6 11.Bd2 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.Bc3
13...Nd7
14.b3
14...Qe8 15.a3 Nf6
16.Ng5 Qg6 17.Ne6?!
!""""""""# $t+v+ Tl+% $+oO V Oo% $ + OnMw+% $O +pOo+ % $ +p+ + +% $PpB + P % $ +q+pP P% $R + +rK % /(((((((() WHITE: Oksana Gritsayeva Position after 17.Ng5e6 17...Bxe6!
18.dxe6 c6?!
19.c5
19...dxc5
20.Bxe5 Ng4 21.Bf4
21...Qxe6 22.e4 fxe4
23.Bxe4?!
!""""""""# $t+ + Tl+% $+o+ V Oo% $ +o+w+ +% $O O + + % $ + +bBm+% $Pp+ + P % $ +q+ P P% $R + +rK % /(((((((() WHITE: Oksana Gritsayeva Position after 23.Bg2e4:p 23...Rxf4!
24.gxf4
24...Qh6 25.Rfe1
25...Bf6 26.Rad1 Bd4 27.Re2 Qxf4
28.h3 Bxf2+!
29.Rxf2 Nxf2 30.Bxh7+ Kh8 31.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Kxh7 33.Rd7
33...b5 34.Rc7 a4 35.bxa4 !""""""""# $t+ + + +% $+ R + Ol% $ +o+ + +% $+oO + + % $p+ + + +% $P + + +p% $ + + K +% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Oksana Gritsayeva Position after 35.ba4:p 35...Rxa4!
36.Rxc6 c4 37.Rc5 Rxa3 38.Rxb5 Rxh3 39.Rc5
39...Rh4 40.Ke2 Kh6 41.Kf3
41...g5 42.Rc8 Rf4+ 43.Kg3
43...Kg6 44.Rc6+ Kf5 45.Rc5+ Kf6 46.Kg2 g4 47.Kg3 Re4 48.Rd5
48...Ke6 49.Rd8 Ke5 50.Rd7 c3 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Shadrina - Mkrtchian, Round 5 |
Lilit Mkrtchian Tatiana Shadrina - Lilit Mkrtchian 10th European Championship (Women's Competition), Round 5 St.Peterburg, 12 March 2009 German Exchange Game: Panov Opening (Caro-Kann Defense) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6
6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5
7...Nxd5 8.Qc2
8...Nc6 9.Bd3
9...h6
10.0-0 0-0 11.a3 Bd6
12.Qe2 Nce7 13.Re1!?
13...Nf6
14.Bd2 Nf5
15.Rad1
15...Bd7
16.Bc1
16...Rc8 17.Bb1?!
17...Bxa3!
18.Ne5
18...Bb4
19.Qf3 Bc6 20.Qh3 Nd5?!
21.Bd2!
21...a5 22.Qd3 Qh4
23.Re4?!
23...Qf6 24.Rg4?!
!""""""""# $ +t+ Tl+% $+o+ +oO % $ +v+oW O% $O +mNm+ % $ V O +r+% $+ Nq+ + % $ P B PpP% $+b+r+ k % /(((((((() WHITE: Tatiana Shadrina Position after 24.Re4g4 24...Bxc3!
25.bxc3
25...Rfd8
26.h3?!
26...Be8!?
27.c4
27...Nb4 28.Qf3?
!""""""""# $ +tTv+l+% $+o+ +oO % $ + +oW O% $O + Nm+ % $ MpP +r+% $+ + +q+p% $ + B Pp+% $+b+r+ K % /(((((((() WHITE: Tatiana Shadrina Position after 28.Qd3f3 28...Rxd4!
29.Rxd4 Nxd4 30.Qxb7 Rd8
31.Ng4 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Qd4 33.Ne3
33...Qb2!!
34.Kxe2
34...Ba4 35.Re1
35...Bc6 36.Qxb4
36...axb4 37.Nf1 Bxg2 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Solovjova - Dzagnidze, Round 2 |
Nana Dzagnidze Valentina Solovjova - Nana Dzagnidze 10th European Championship (Women's Competition), Round 2 St.Peterburg, 9 March 2009 Closed Sicilian Game: Saragossa Opening (Spanish Variation) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.h3
9...0-0 10.Nbd2 Bf5
11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Bd3!?
!""""""""# $t+ W Tk+% $Oo+ MoOo% $ Vm+ + +% $+ +o+v+ % $ + + + +% $+nPb+n+p% $pP + Pp+% $R Bq+rK % /(((((((() WHITE: Valentina Solovjova Position after 12.Bb5d3 12...Qd6
13.Bxf5
13...Nxf5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bd2
15...Rad8 16.Rad1 Qg3 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Bg5 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxg5 20.Nf3
20...Qf4 21.Nbd4 Nd6
22.Qd2 Qf6 23.Rfe1 Re4 24.Qg5 Qxg5
25.Nxg5 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 f6
27.Ngf3 Kf7 28.Kf1 a6 29.Re2 Ne4 30.g4
30...Re8 31.Ke1 Bc7 32.Kd1 Bf4 33.Nc2 Rc8
34.Nb4 Ke6 35.Nd4+
35...Kd6 36.Nd3 Be5 37.f3?
!""""""""# $ +t+ + +% $+o+ + +o% $o+ L Oo+% $+ +oV + % $ + Nm+p+% $+ Pn+p+p% $pP +r+ +% $+ +k+ + % /(((((((() WHITE: Valentina Solovjova Position after 37...f2f3 37...Nxc3+!!
38.bxc3 Rxc3 39.Nxe5
39...fxe5 40.Nc2 Rxf3 41.Re3 Rf1+
42.Kd2
42...Rf2+ 43.Kd1?
!""""""""# $ + + + +% $+o+ + +o% $o+ L +o+% $+ +oO + % $ + + +p+% $+ + R +p% $p+n+ T +% $+ +k+ + % /(((((((() WHITE: Valentina Solovjova Position after 43.Kd2d1 43...d4!
44.Rb3 Rf7 45.Ke2 Kc5 46.Ne1
46...e4!
47.h4 b5 48.Rg3 a5 49.h5 g5 50.Rb3
50...b4 51.Rb1 Kd5 52.Rc1
!""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ + +t+o% $ + + + +% $O +l+ Op% $ O Oo+p+% $+ + + + % $p+ +k+ +% $+ R N + % /(((((((() WHITE: Valentina Solovjova Position after 52.Rb1c1 52...d3+!
53.Nxd3
53...exd3+ 54.Kxd3 Rf3+ 55.Ke2 Ra3 56.Rc7
56...Rxa2+ 57.Kd3 Ra3+ 58.Kd2 h6
59.Rh7 a4 60.Rxh6 Rg3 61.Rh8 a3 62.h6 a2 63.Ra8 Ra3 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Update (Tuesday): 11 finish tied on 8 in Budva; Hou's in second, Zhao's in first |
European Championship (General Competition): 11 tie for first in Budva; Playoff Tomorrow
Eleven players finished the final round of the general competition of the 10th annual European Championship today in Budva, Montenegro, with 8 points each out of 11 rounds. They are (in order of tiebreak scores): Ivan Sokolov (Holland by way of Bosnia); Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia by way of Kyrgyzstan); Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany by way of Latvia); Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia); David Navara (Czechia); Vladimir Malakhov (Russia); Boris Grachev (Russia); Baadur Jobava (Georgia); Mikhail Kobalia (Russia); Gadir Guseinov (Azerbaijan); and Tomi Nyback (Finland). There will be a playoff tomorrow between Sokolov and Inarkiev for the gold and silver medals and between Naiditsch and Tomashevsky for the bronze medal. Women's Competition still in progress The women's competition completed round 9 of 11 today in St. Petersburg with seven ladies tied for first on 7 points each. They are: Monika Socko (Poland); Lilit Mkrutchian (Armenia); Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary by way of Vietnam); Tatiana Shadrina (Russia); Maia Lomineishvili (Georgia); Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia); and Iweta Rajlich (Poland). Six women are tied for eighth place with 6½ points each. The women's tournament ends Thursday with any necessary tiebreak to be played Friday. Istanbul: Hou's in second; Zhao's in first Wunderkind Hou Yifan of China lost her lead to compatriot Zhao Xue Sunday when Ms. Zhao defeated the young lady in 79 moves in the Women's Grand Prix in Istanbul. Yesterday was a rest day, but the tournament resumed today with the two Chinese ladies drawing in their respective ninth round games, Ms. Zhao against top seed Koneru Humpy of India, who remains in third place, in 66 moves and Ms. Hou against French grandmaster Marie Sebag in 89 moves. As of now, Ms. Zhao has 7½ points, Ms. Hou 7 and Ms. Koneru 6½. Armenian international master Elina Danielian began to make a late charge at the leaders, defeating Martha Fierro of Ecaudor today in 45 moves. Ms. Danielian is tied for third with Ms. Koneru. The event finishes Thursday. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Update (Wednesday): Tomashevsky wins European Championship |
Evgeny Tomasheveky of Russia is the winner of the general competition in the 2009 European Individidual Championship completed just minutes ago in Budva, Montenegro. Contrary to what was reported above, the technical committee met last night and arranged for a knock out playoff that included all 11 players who finished tied for first. Tomashevsky, playing White, defeated his compatriot, Vladimir Malakhov, in the "Armageddon" game that concluded the fourth and final match after the two split two rapid games. Georgian grandmaster Baduur Jobava, who lost to Tomashevsky in the third round of games, defeated Russian GM Ernesto Inarkiev to take the bronze medal. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I would probably turn the board upside down and have to |
be restrained if I lost.
Would this behavior add excitement to chess or would it be frowned upon? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Both, why? |
Legendary world champion Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) lost a game once and reacted to the defeat by going up to his hotel room and breaking every piece of furniture in it. Alekhine was known not to take losses very well.
Bobby Fischer was famous for accusing the Soviets of cheating, although in some instances he may have been right (they fixed games among each other to achieve a desired result). Fischer was another fellow who really didn't like losing. Viktor Korchnoi lost a game to US women's champion Irina Krush not too long ago and was so rude to her during the post-game analysis that she got up and left. Korchnoi doesn't like losing and especially not to a woman (he's a bit old school in that respect). Such behavior isn't well regarded, but it sounds like you'd fit right to the brotherhood of chess players. Maybe you should look up the chess club in your area. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Fascinating.....Well one things is for sure, |
I should change my avatar to Alexander Alekhine!
For instance, trumad often makes me want to break all of my furniture. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Dr. Alekhine and friend |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. His cat was named chess! |
Of course!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Update (Thursday): Koneru finishes 1st in Istanbul; Tanya, Lilit finish tied for 1st in Petersburg |
Details this weekend.
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