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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:48 PM Original message |
The JR Chess Report (January 30): Naka wins in Wijk |
Nakamura wins Wijk aan Zee A
American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura won the A Group competition in the 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament in the Dutch fishing village of Wijk aan Zee today after accumulating nine points in 13 rounds to finish a half point ahead of world champion Vishy Anand, Nakamura, 22, won six, lost one and drew six over the course of the two week-long event. Anand won four and drew nine without a loss. Nakamura's lone loss came at the hands of Magnus Carlse, who started the tournament number one in the world and got off to a terrible start before chargeing in the middle and late rounds to finish tied for third with 8 points (+5 -2 =6). The other third place finisher was Armenian GM Levon Aronian (+3 -0 =10). This is Nakamura's first title in an elite tournament. Known for his brash personality and exciting, aggressive play, Nakamura has proved that he can play chess at this lofty level. He began the tournament as the world's tenth-ranked GM and leaves it unofficially ranked seventh. Group B, which was a tight race in the last rounds, ended in a first-place tie between British GM Luke McShane and David Navara of Czechia with 8½ points each. Ukrainian GM Zahar Efimenko finished third a half point back and 17-year-old Wesley So of the Philippines finished with 7½ points in a tie for fourth place. All four grandmasters were tied for first after Round 11. Group C was won by Italian grandmaster Daniele Vocaturo, 21, who scored nine points with eight victories, three losses and only two draws. Fourteen-year-old Ukrainian GM Illya Nyzhnyk took second with 8½ points (+6 -2 =5). Katya Lahno, also a Ukrainian GM, was nipping ast ther heels of the leaders for most of the tournament, won her final game to finish third with 8 points (+5 -2 =6). Chucky leads Gibraltar after Six Rounds Venerable Ukrainian grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk checkmated British GM and former world championship challenger Nigel Short moments ago to take over first place in the Tradewise Chess Festival on the fabled Rock of Gibraltar. Mr. Short entered today's sixth round with a perfect score of five points in five games, while Vassily Mikhailovich had accumulated 4½ points in the first five rounds. The Ten Round Swiss system event has attracted 150 players this year, its first under the sponsorship of the Tradewise Insurance Company. The action begins at 3 pm local time (7 am PST) and runs through Thursday. Thursday's final round will begin four hours earlier. Live game can been seen at the official websitte. COMING ATTRACTIONS Moscow Open 28 January-7 February. This year the Moscow Open features a new format. Aeroflot Open, Moscow 8-17 February. 27th International Open, Cappelle-la-Grande 26 February-5 March. Reykjavik Open 9-16 March. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. This week's games |
Your humble hare acknowledges the assistance of Rybka 4 and Fritz 6.0 on analysis. Diagrams on the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Aquarium, a commercially available interface for Rybka. Diagrams and other images are hosted on imgur.com. BLACK WHITE White to move (This position is a theoretical draw) I would like to thank my impressive and loyal staff: Buccaneer, Spitfire, Desperado, Swashbuckler, Pancho and Robin Hood. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Tata Steel Tournament, Wijk aan Zee |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Nkamura - Vachier Lagrave, Round 10 |
Hikaru Nakamura Hikaru Nakamura - Maxime Vachier Lagrave Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Group A, Round 10 Wijk aan Zee, 26 January 2011 West India Game: Indian Queen's Gambit (Exchange Opening) (Grünfeld Defense) 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 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6
12.Qd2
12...e5 13.Bg5
13...Qd7 14.Bh6 Bb7
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.d5 (N)
16...f5
17.f3 Rf7 18.exf5 c4!?
BLACK: Maxime Vachier Lagrave WHITE: Hikaru Nakamura Position after 18...c5c4 19.Bc2!
19...gxf5
20.Rad1 f4!?
21.g3!
21...Qd6?
BLACK: Maxime Vachier Lagrave WHITE: Hikaru Nakamura Position after 21...Qd8d6 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Kh1
23...Re8
24.Rg1+ Kf8 25.Be4!
25...Bc8 26.Nd4 Qf6
BLACK: Maxime Vachier Lagrave WHITE: Hikaru Nakamura Position after 26...Qf6d6 27.Ne6+!
27...Bxe6 28.dxe6 Qxe6
29.Bd5 Qh3 30.Bxf7 Qxf3+ 31.Rg2 Kxf7 32.Qd7+ Kf6 33.Qg7+ 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Anand - Shirov, Round 10 |
Vishy Anand Vishy Anand - Alexei Shirov Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Group A, Round 10 Wijk aan Zee, 26 January 2011 Semi-Slav Queen's Gambit: Cambridge Springs Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5
11.Bc4
11...Nxc3 (N)
12...Ba3 13.Rb1 a6 14.Be2!?
14...0-0 15.0-0 b5 16.c4
16...Bb4 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.Rfd1 bxc4
19.dxc5 Nxc5!?
BLACK: Alexei Shirov WHITE: Vishy Anand Position after 19...Nd7c5:p 20.Rd4!
20...Rab8
21.Ne5!?
21...Bd5!
22.Be7 Rfe8?!
23.Bd6!
23...Rbd8?
BLACK: Alexei Shirov WHITE: Vishy Anand Position after 23...Rb8d8 24.Bh5!!
24...Rxd6 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26.Bxe8
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Carlsen - Nakamura, Round 8 |
Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Group A, Round 8 Wijk aan Zee, 23 January 2011 Open Sicilian Game: Najdorf-Boleslavsky Defense (Opocensky Opening) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3
8...0-0 9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.Qd2 N8d7 13.f4 (N)
13...exf4
14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.0-0-0 Rc8
16.Kb1
16...Qc7
17.h5 Rfe8!? BLACK: Hikaru Nakamura WHITE: Magnus Carlsen Position after 17...Rf8e8
18.Ka1 Bf8
19.Nd4
19...Qc5!?
20.g6
20...Nec4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Qd3?!
22...fxg6!?
BLACK: Hikaru Nakamura WHITE: Magnus Carlsen Position after 22...fg6:p 23.hxg6!
23...h6 24.Qg3 Qb6 25.Bc1
25...Qa5?
26.Rdf1!
26...Ne5
27.Nd5!
27...Bxd5
28.exd5 Qxd5
BLACK: Hikaru Nakamura WHITE: Magnus Carlsen Position after 28...Qa5d5:p 29.Bxh6!!
29...gxh6 30.g7 Be7
31.Rxh6!
31...Nf7 32.Qg6 Nxh6 33.Qxh6 Bf6 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.g8Q+ Rxg8 36.Qxf6+ Ke8 37.Re1+ 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Vocaturo - Siebrecht, Round 9 |
Edited on Mon Jan-31-11 12:50 AM by Jack Rabbit
Il singiore Vocaturo, 21, scored 9 points with 8 victories, more than any other player in any group in Wijk aan Zee, 3 losses and only two draws. I think I like this guy.
Daniele Vocaturo Daniele Vocaturo - Sebastian Siebrecht Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Group C, Round 9 Wijk aan Zee, 25 January 2011 Open Sicilian Game: Kan Defesne (Polugaevsky Opening) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3
Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 d6 8.f4 g6!?
BLACK: Sebastian Siebrecht WHITE: Daniele Vocaturo Position after 8...g7g6 9.e5 (N)
9...dxe5
10.fxe5 Qxe5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qh5 13.Be2
13...Qh4 14.g3!?
14...Qh3!
15.Qd4
15...Bg7 16.Bg5 e5!? 17.Qd6 Qe6
18.Rad1 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 0-0!?
BLACK: Sebastian Siebrecht WHITE: Daniele Vocaturo Position after 19...0-0 20.Bxf6!
20...Nxf6 21.Rdxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 Bf5
23.g4 Bc8
24.Rb6 Rd8 25.Nc5!
25...f5
26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Bc4+ Kh8?
BLACK: Sebastian Siebrecht WHITE: Daniele Vocaturo Position after 27...Kg8h8 28.Nd5!
28...Rg8+
29.Kf2 Rg4
30.Bb3 Rh4
31.Nc7 Ra7
32.Ne8! Rxh2+ 33.Kg1 Rh4 34.Rf6 h6
35.Rf8+ Kh7 36.Rf7+ Kh8 37.Nf6 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Navara - Ganguly, Round 6 |
Reigning Czech national champion David Navara came from behind to tie British GM Luke McShane for first place in Group B.
David Navara David Navara - Surya Sekhar Ganguly Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Group B, Round 6 Wijk aan Zee, 21 January 2011 Grand Spanish RoyaL Game: Neo-Classical Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6
10.a5
10...Ba7 11.h3 Bb7
12.Be3 (N)
12...Nxe4
13.d5!?
13...Bxe3! 14.dxc6 Nxf2 15.Qd5?!
BLACK: Surya Sekhar Ganguly WHITE: David Navara Position after 15.Qd1d5 15...Nxh3+!
16.Kh1 Qf6!?
17.cxb7!?
17...Nf4?!
18.Qc6+!
18...Kd8 19.Nh2 Qg5!?
20.Na3!?
20...Ne2 21.Rf3 Ng3+?!
BLACK: Surya Sekhar Ganguly WHITE: David Navara Position after 21.Ne2g3+ 22.Rxg3!
22...Qxg3 23.Bxf7 Bf4 24.Nf3 Qg4 25.Nxb5 Qd7?
26.Bd5!
26...g5
27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Nxg5 Ke7
BLACK: Surya Sekhar Ganguly WHITE: David Navara Position after 28...Kd8e7 29.Ne6!!
29...Qxc6 30.Bxc6 Kxe6
31.Nxc7+!
31...Ke7
32.Nxa6 Rbd8 33.b8Q!
33...Rxb8 34.Nxb8 Rxb8 35.Rxf4! 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Gibraltar Chess Festival |
Barbary Macaques on the Rock of Gibraltar |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Caruana - Korchnoi, Round 2 |
The wiley Grand Old Man of Chess, who turns 80 on March 23, teaches one of the new kids on the block why we should respect our elders.
Viktor Korchnoi at a Simultaneous Exhibition, London, December 2010 Fabiano Caruana - Viktor Korchnoi Tradewise Chess Festival, Round 2 Gibraltar, 26 January 2011 Grand Spanish Royal Game: Clam Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
5...d6 6.c3 Be7
7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Nd7
9.Be3
9...Nb6
10.Bb3 Kh8 11.Nbd2 (N)
11...f5
12.Bxb6 cxb6 13.Bd5 g5
14.h3
14...g4
15.hxg4 fxg4 16.Nh2 Bg5 <16...Bh4 17.Rf1 Ne7 18.Bb3 Ng6 19.Nc4 b5 20.Ne3> 17.Nc4
17...b5 18.Ne3 Bxe3
BLACK: Viktor Korchnoi WHITE: Fabiano Caruana Position after 18...Bg5e3:N 19.Rxe3
19...Qf6 20.Qe1
20...Ne7 21.f3!?
21...Nxd5!
22.exd5 Rg8 23.Qg3!?
23...gxf3!
24.Qxf3
24...Bf5 25.Rf1!?
BLACK: Viktor Korchnoi WHITE: Fabiano Caruana Position after 25.Ra1f1 25...Rg5!
26.Kh1
26...Qh6! 27.Rf2 Rag8!
28.Re1?
28...Qg6!
29.Re3
29...Bxd3 30.Kg1 e4 31.Qh3 BLACK: Viktor Korchnoi WHITE: Fabiano Caruana Position after 31.Qf3h3 31...Rxd5
32.Qd7
32...Rg5 33.g4
33...Qh6 34.Rf7
34...R5g7 35.Rxg7 Rxg7 36.Qd8+ Rg8 37.Qb6 BLACK: Viktor Korchnoi WHITE: Fabiano Caruana Position after 37.Qd4b6 37...Qf6
38.Qxb7 Rf8 39.Qa7
39...b4 40.Rh3 Qg7 41.Qe3
41...bxc3 42.bxc3 Qxc3 43.Rh5
43...d5 44.g5 Qa1+ 45.Kg2 Bf1+ 46.Kg3 Qe5+! 0-1 BLACK: Viktor Korchnoi WHITE: Fabiano Caruana Final Position after 46...Qa1e5+
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Update (Thursday): Chuckie wins in Gibraltar |
Ukrainian grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, a colorful legend in his own time, won the 2011 Tradewise Chess Festival earlier today when he defeated former German national champion Daniel Fridman in Gibraltar in the tenth and final round.
Chuckie, as he is affectionately known to his many fans, scored nine points with eight victories and two draws without a loss to completely dominate the event. He took the lead with a sixth round victory over British GM Nigel Short, who finished a clear second with 8½ points. The prize for best score by a woman was claimed by Georgian grandmaster Nana Dzagnidze for the second time in three years with seven points out of ten. Ms. Dzagnidze won her final game against GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India to edge out her compatriot, international master Salome Melia, on tie break points. |
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