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Dortmund R4: Goodmorning, Vietnam!

Quang Le (c) Georgios Souleidis In round 4, Quang Le from Vietnam showed he did not come to Dortmund to serve as cannon fodder! After the 2700+ aggression he faced in round 3, Quang Le was able to gear up and confront Ponomariov with some tactics of his own.

Report by Daan Zult

Until move eleven of a Gr�nfeld Indian, both players were familiar with the position from the white perspective. Earlier this year the position arose in Quang Le – Sasikiran (Moskou, 1-0) and Ponomariov – Carlsen (Nice, 0-1). Now Ponomariov was the first to deviate from both games with 11… b6, where Sasikiran played 11… Bd7 and Carlsen 11… Rd8.

Ponomariov�s move was only played twice before, both times by Gata Kamsky in 1991, in which he won and lost a game. The move might be a little bluff, because after 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Qd5 or 12.dxc5 Ne5 the move is essentially a pawn sacrifice in a complicated position where white seems to have the better chances. This is further confirmed by the loss of Kamsky against Rao Vivek, who did accept the sacrifice and won the game. Quang Le rejected the sacrifice and played the more solid and careful 12.Bf4, after which he retained a small but evident advantage.

Whether Ponomariov tried to complicate the position in an eager to win or whether he thought it was a wise plan is unclear, but with 18… h5? he asked too much of his position.

It gave Quang Le the opportunity to show his true color, when with 19.Nxg6! Nxg6 20.Bd6 he unleashed some excellent tactics that gave him a pawn and the bishop pair. Fortunately for Ponomariov the position did not end in a clear cut win position and he might still have drawn it with accurate play. However, in an ending with bishops of opposite color Ponomariov showed once more it was not his day.

With 31… h4, he gave Quang Le the opportunity to create two connected passed pawns, starting with 32.f4, 33.e5, followed by g2-g3, which Quang Le confidently converged into a full point. With his victory Quang Le bounced back to a 50% score and brought new tension into the tournament standings. He also once again showed that Vietnam is a chess country to reckon with in the future. Kudos to Quang Le.

Liem Quang Le (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

In terms of �fire on the board�, the other games where less interesting. In particular Mamedyarov – Kramnik, which was a big exchange feast in the QGD and could be considered the first rest day for both players, although in fact Black seemed slightly more pleasant after the opening.

Mamedyarov - Kramnik (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Mamedyarov will probably be happy now that he is in sole lead. Kramnik can also be satisfied with his play, and he can now try to get back in the tournament with white against Naiditsch in round 5.

The game Naiditsch – Leko, a Ruy Lopez Arkhangelsk, was not much different. With 15.Qd2 Leko was the first to deviate from a game Leko – Shirov, played in 1997, where he played 15.Qg3. This new move is unlikely to attract a bunch of screaming fans, because it did not change the evaluation and result of the game, which after a couple of exchanges ended in a drawn rook endgame.

Naiditsch - Leko (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

The big winners of round 4 were Quang Le and Skakhriar Mamedyarov, who is now in sole lead. Round 5 (played today) might show some fighting chess, because in Leko – Quang Le and Kramnik – Naiditsch, the rating favorites have white and might not let black walk with an easy draw.

Moreover, we have the number 1 and 2 of the standings competing against each other, where Pono might try to get back on top by having a shot at Shakh with white. However, the statistics on the FIDE site show this would be a surprise, because all their six previous rated games ended in a draw.

Standings after 4 rounds:

1. Mamedyarov 3
2. Ponomariov 2,5
3. Le Quang 2
4. Kramnik, Naiditsch, Leko 1,5

Games start daily at 15.00 CET and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 4

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:40:16 +0000

Dortmund R3: Mamedyarov joins Ponomariov in first place

Mamedyarov (c) Georgios Souleidis The 3th round showed some interesting, some aggressive and some tenacious chess. Shakriyar Mamedyarov beat Le Quang and is now in shared first place.

Report by Daan Zult

Arkadij Naiditsch played an excellent game against tournament leader Ponomariov. In a Berlin Wall, Pono played 15… Kb7, a move intended to improve upon a game between Nisipeanu and Sasikiran in 2006. To the amateur eye it seemed he did, because Pono won a pawn and gave Naiditsch a double f-pawn.

Naiditsch-Ponomariov (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

However, Naiditsch had more than enough compensation up his sleeve because of his active piece play.

Unfortunately for him, the German went for the maneuvre 28.Ng2 followed by 29.Ne3, where he missed the promising continuation 28.Bc1! with the idea 29.Rxf7 and the bishop covers the check on e3.

After 28…Nh7 29.Ne3, Naiditsch still had some pressure, but Ponomariov�s position became very solid. However, Pono chose to open up the position, professionally transposing his slightly cramped position into a rook+bishop vs rook endgame, which he confidently converged into a draw.

Shakh Mamedyarov confronted his young Vietnamese opponent Quang Le with some intimidating 2760 aggression. With 12.Nh4 Mamedyarov unbalanced the position, where he got the bishop pair and some central space for a double h-pawn and a slightly weakened king position. After some subtle moves, Mamedyarov continued his agression and opened the position for his bishops and acquired a strong passed pawn on e6.

Mamedyarov finished the game with the nice move 49.Qf3! luring the a8 rook to the seemingly active square d8, where a few moves later (after 52.e7) it turned out to be misplaced.

Kramnik – Leko seems to be a typical top level draw at first sight. However, on closer inspection, we see that Leko played an excellent game and only faltered on the 40th move. Until than, even though the game was in the realms of Kramnik�s beloved Catalan, Leko acquired the better chances with a long term pawn sacrifice.

Kramnik - Leko (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

The position made Kramnik decide to desperately sacrifice his bishop with 39.Bxf6, hoping for a perpetual check.

Unfortunately for Leko, he unnecessarily let Kramnik have his perpetual after 39…gxf6 40.Qd5, which could have been avoided with 40… Rg4. Instead Leko played 40… Bd3? ruining an excellent chance for victory.

Peter Leko and the tournament stage (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

After three rounds we’re already seeing a substantial gap between the number 1 and 2 and 3 to 6 of the standings. Ponomariov and Mamedyarov share first place with 2.5 points while the others have only 1 point. However, with seven more rounds to go, the tournament is far from decided.

Games start daily at 15.00 CET and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 3

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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:03:40 +0000

Carlsen 23 points ahead of Topalov

The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.

FIDE has published its July 1st rating list and since all the big events were entered in time, there’s no difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). In fact there aren’t very big changes in the top 10 compared to the previous list either.

Carlsen’s fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world’s number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.

At the Kings’ Tournament Gelfand lost twice to Radjabov; the two switched places on the rankings between spots 10 and 13. Malakhov and Navara are in the top 20 on this list – the latter thanks to a stunning 8.5/9 at the Czech Championship.

Vugar Gashimov, who was still 7th in the world on the January 2010 list, dropped further to a 26th spot. The biggest skydive was performed by Wang Yue, who lost 36 points and went down from 8th to 28th. Winning 16 points, Wang Hao surpassed him to become China’s number one at 2724.

After entering the top 100 on the May list, Anish Giri won 30 more points to climb to a 62nd place at 2672, but the highest rated Dutch player is Loek van Wely with five points more. Ivan Cheparinov is back in the top 100 with 2661.

The women’s list is still very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn’t play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 22 points at the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik and so the gap increased from 60 to 82 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists.

FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player’s position in the previous period list

Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Carlsen, Magnus �g �NOR �2826�(+13) �10�(+10)

�2 �2 �Topalov, Veselin �g �BUL �2803�(-9) �12�(+2)

�3 �4 �Anand, Viswanathan �g �IND �2800�(+11) �13�(+11)

�4 �3 �Kramnik, Vladimir �g �RUS �2790�(0) �0�(0)

�5 �5 �Aronian, Levon �g �ARM �2783�(0) �0�(-10)

�6 �6 �Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar �g �AZE �2761�(-2) �13�(+9)

�7 �7 �Grischuk, Alexander �g �RUS �2760�(0) �0�(-18)

�8 �9 �Eljanov, Pavel �g �UKR �2755�(+4) �16�(-4)

�9 �10 �Shirov, Alexei �g �ESP �2749�(+7) �7�(-3)

�10 �13 �Radjabov, Teimour �g �AZE �2748�(+8) �23�(+23)

�11 �14 �Karjakin, Sergey �g �RUS �2747�(+8) �11�(+4)

�12 �12 �Ivanchuk, Vassily �g �UKR �2739�(-2) �25�(+15)

�13 �11 �Gelfand, Boris �g �ISR �2739�(-2) �23�(+7)

�14 �18 �Ponomariov, Ruslan �g �UKR �2734�(+1) �23�(+16)

�15 �15 �Svidler, Peter �g �RUS �2734�(-1) �18�(+3)

�16 �16 �Leko, Peter �g �HUN �2734�(-1) �13�(+13)

�17 �22 �Malakhov, Vladimir �g �RUS �2732�(+10) �16�(+4)

�18 �24 �Navara, David �g �CZE �2731�(+13) �9�(-15)

�19 �19 �Nakamura, Hikaru �g �USA �2729�(-4) �10�(+6)

�20 �21 �Jakovenko, Dmitry �g �RUS �2726�(+1) �27�(+17)

�21 �23 �Wang, Hao �g �CHN �2724�(+2) �36�(+26)

�22 �30 �Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime �g �FRA �2723�(+13) �12�(-3)

�23 �25 �Movsesian, Sergei �g �SVK �2723�(+6) �2�(-33)

�24 �32 �Vitiugov, Nikita �g �RUS �2722�(+15) �18�(0)

�25 �29 �Bacrot, Etienne �g �FRA �2720�(+10) �11�(-14)

�26 �17 �Gashimov, Vugar �g �AZE �2719�(-15) �17�(+3)

�27 �20 �Almasi, Zoltan �g �HUN �2717�(-8) �2�(-9)

�28 �8 �Wang, Yue �g �CHN �2716�(-36) �29�(+22)

�29 �28 �Dominguez Perez, Leinier �g �CUB �2716�(+3) �10�(+10)

�30 �27 �Morozevich, Alexander �g �RUS �2715�(0) �0�(0)

�31 �36 �Kamsky, Gata �g �USA �2713�(+11) �10�(+1)

�32 �26 �Jobava, Baadur �g �GEO �2710�(-5) �17�(+6)

�33 �31 �Tomashevsky, Evgeny �g �RUS �2708�(0) �0�(-18)

�34 �42 �Nepomniachtchi, Ian �g �RUS �2706�(+11) �20�(0)

�35 �41 �Adams, Michael �g �ENG �2706�(+9) �15�(-4)

�36 �38 �Onischuk, Alexander �g �USA �2701�(+2) �21�(+12)

�37 �40 �Nielsen, Peter Heine �g �DEN �2700�(+2) �2�(-7)

�38 �39 �Kasimdzhanov, Rustam �g �UZB �2699�(0) �0�(-3)

�39 �57 �Caruana, Fabiano �g �ITA �2697�(+22) �21�(0)

�40 �45 �Fressinet, Laurent �g �FRA �2697�(+8) �8�(-20)

�41 �35 �Vallejo Pons, Francisco �g �ESP �2697�(-6) �4�(-26)

�42 �64 �Bologan, Viktor �g �MDA �2695�(+27) �28�(+7)

�43 �37 �Alekseev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2691�(-9) �23�(+3)

�44 �43 �Akopian, Vladimir �g �ARM �2691�(-3) �13�(+2)

�45 �54 �Timofeev, Artyom �g �RUS �2690�(+13) �18�(0)

�46 �48 �Short, Nigel D �g �ENG �2690�(+5) �14�(+5)

�47 �53 �Efimenko, Zahar �g �UKR �2689�(+12) �10�(-19)

�48 �34 �Rublevsky, Sergei �g �RUS �2688�(-16) �13�(+4)

�49 �49 �Miroshnichenko, Evgenij �g �UKR �2686�(+2) �10�(+6)

�50 �33 �Motylev, Alexander �g �RUS �2685�(-19) �14�(-7)

�51 �47 �Naiditsch, Arkadij �g �GER �2684�(-2) �18�(-16)

�52 �59 �Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter �g �ROU �2683�(+11) �21�(+2)

�53 �58 �Riazantsev, Alexander �g �RUS �2682�(+8) �15�(-5)

�54 �50 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(0) �0�(0)

�55 �46 �Le, Quang Liem �g �VIE �2681�(-6) �9�(-4)

�56 �44 �Sasikiran, Krishnan �g �IND �2679�(-11) �9�(+3)

�57 �84 �Van Wely, Loek �g �NED �2677�(+24) �27�(+14)

�58 �51 �Bu, Xiangzhi �g �CHN �2676�(-5) �26�(+23)

�59 �74 �Georgiev, Kiril �g �BUL �2675�(+13) �13�(-11)

�60 �67 �So, Wesley �g �PHI �2674�(+9) �18�(+18)

�61 �55 �Sargissian, Gabriel �g �ARM �2673�(-4) �16�(+5)

�62 �97 �Giri, Anish �g �NED �2672�(+30) �25�(+1)

�63 �70 �Najer, Evgeniy �g �RUS �2672�(+9) �12�(-16)

�64 �61 �Inarkiev, Ernesto �g �RUS �2671�(+2) �13�(-5)

�65 �56 �Berkes, Ferenc �g �HUN �2670�(-6) �8�(-11)

�66 �77 �Smeets, Jan �g �NED �2669�(+10) �9�(+3)

�67 �86 �Zhou, Jianchao �g �CHN �2668�(+16) �35�(+31)

�68 �65 �Grachev, Boris �g �RUS �2668�(+1) �13�(-4)

�69 �78 �Khismatullin, Denis �g �RUS �2667�(+10) �9�(-9)

�70 �62 �Moiseenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2667�(-2) �7�(-10)

�71 �90 �Fedorchuk, Sergey A. �g �UKR �2665�(+19) �27�(+14)

�72 �75 �Sutovsky, Emil �g �ISR �2665�(+4) �20�(+9)

�73 �71 �Areshchenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2664�(+1) �1�(-21)

�74 �72 �Bareev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2663�(0) �0�(-11)

�75 �73 �Wojtaszek, Radoslaw �g �POL �2663�(0) �0�(-5)

�76 �52 �Kurnosov, Igor �g �RUS �2662�(-18) �9�(-19)

�77 �101 �Cheparinov, Ivan �g �BUL �2661�(+21) �7�(-4)

�78 �69 �Volokitin, Andrei �g �UKR �2661�(-3) �4�(-21)

�79 �81 �Dreev, Alexey �g �RUS �2660�(+5) �33�(+12)

�80 �85 �Mamedov, Rauf �g �AZE �2660�(+7) �10�(-1)

�81 �87 �Korobov, Anton �g �UKR �2657�(+8) �6�(-7)

�82 �89 �Zhigalko, Sergei �g �BLR �2656�(+9) �8�(-12)

�83 �79 �Zvjaginsev, Vadim �g �RUS �2656�(0) �0�(-18)

�84 �60 �Ganguly, Surya Shekhar �g �IND �2655�(-17) �9�(+9)

�85 �63 �Bruzon Batista, Lazaro �g �CUB �2653�(-15) �10�(-17)

�86 �95 �Andreikin, Dmitry �g �RUS �2650�(+7) �10�(+5)

�87 �- �Gharamian, Tigran �g �FRA �2650�(+) �9�(+)

�88 �- �Meier, Georg �g �GER �2648�(+) �13�(+)

�89 �88 �Kobalia, Mikhail �g �RUS �2648�(0) �0�(-20)

�90 �76 �Harikrishna, P. �g �IND �2646�(-14) �18�(+18)

�91 �- �Smirin, Ilia �g �ISR �2646�(+) �16�(+)

�92 �92 �Socko, Bartosz �g �POL �2646�(+2) �9�(-9)

�93 �66 �Ni, Hua �g �CHN �2645�(-22) �35�(+28)

�94 �82 �Fridman, Daniel �g �GER �2645�(-9) �23�(-13)

�95 �68 �Roiz, Michael �g �ISR �2645�(-19) �11�(-16)

�96 �94 �Milov, Vadim �g �SUI �2644�(0) �0�(0)

�97 �100 �Gustafsson, Jan �g �GER �2643�(+3) �11�(-13)

�98 �- �Aleksandrov, Aleksej �g �BLR �2642�(+) �31�(+)

�99 �83 �Sokolov, Ivan �g �BIH �2641�(-13) �25�(0)

�100 �- �Macieja, Bartlomiej �g �POL �2639�(+) �16�(+)

FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(0) �0�(0)

�2 �2 �Koneru, Humpy �g �IND �2600�(-22) �11�(+11)

�3 �3 �Hou, Yifan �g �CHN �2577�(-12) �36�(+24)

�4 �7 �Kosintseva, Tatiana �g �RUS �2562�(+28) �11�(0)

�5 �4 �Stefanova, Antoaneta �g �BUL �2560�(0) �0�(-16)

�6 �5 �Kosintseva, Nadezhda �m �RUS �2551�(-2) �10�(-1)

�7 �9 �Lahno, Kateryna �g �UKR �2535�(+8) �4�(+1)

�8 �8 �Muzychuk, Anna �m �SLO �2527�(-2) �21�(-1)

�9 �12 �Cmilyte, Viktorija �m �LTU �2527�(+13) �7�(-17)

�10 �10 �Sebag, Marie �g �FRA �2519�(-5) �7�(-7)

�11 �11 �Kosteniuk, Alexandra �g �RUS �2519�(0) �0�(-6)

�12 �6 �Cramling, Pia �g �SWE �2517�(-19) �25�(+4)

�13 �13 �Chiburdanidze, Maia �g �GEO �2514�(0) �0�(0)

�14 �18 �Harika, Dronavalli �m �IND �2504�(+13) �29�(+20)

�15 �14 �Pogonina, Natalija �wg �RUS �2501�(0) �0�(-6)

�16 �16 �Zhukova, Natalia �g �UKR �2499�(0) �0�(-17)

�17 �25 �Dzagnidze, Nana �g �GEO �2498�(+20) �23�(+12)

�18 �15 �Ju, Wenjun �wg �CHN �2496�(-4) �26�(+26)

�19 �22 �Xu, Yuhua �g �CHN �2488�(+4) �2�(0)

�20 �20 �Paehtz, Elisabeth �m �GER �2485�(0) �0�(-30)

�21 �19 �Galliamova, Alisa �m �RUS �2482�(-5) �9�(+9)

�22 �28 �Ruan, Lufei �wg �CHN �2480�(+6) �6�(+5)

�23 �21 �Socko, Monika �g �POL �2477�(-8) �4�(-17)

�24 �41 �Krush, Irina �m �USA �2476�(+21) �24�(+1)

�25 �27 �Zhu, Chen �g �QAT �2476�(0) �12�(+12)

�26 �23 �Hoang Thanh Trang �g �HUN �2474�(-8) �11�(0)

�27 �31 �Dembo, Yelena �m �GRE �2470�(0) �0�(-11)

�28 �30 �Zatonskih, Anna �m �USA �2470�(0) �0�(-27)

�29 �24 �Javakhishvili, Lela �m �GEO �2469�(-13) �9�(-2)

�30 �26 �Mkrtchian, Lilit �m �ARM �2468�(-9) �11�(0)

�31 �32 �Ushenina, Anna �m �UKR �2468�(0) �0�(-15)

�32 �34 �Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman �m �IND �2466�(0) �0�(0)

�33 �35 �Gaponenko, Inna �m �UKR �2465�(0) �0�(-20)

�34 �17 �Zhao, Xue �g �CHN �2462�(-31) �26�(+18)

�35 �39 �Gunina, Valentina �wg �RUS �2462�(+5) �9�(-6)

�36 �37 �Tan, Zhongyi �wg �CHN �2461�(-3) �26�(+24)

�37 �36 �Skripchenko, Almira �m �FRA �2458�(-6) �8�(-9)

�38 �45 �Hunt, Harriet V �m �ENG �2454�(+2) �10�(+10)

�39 �43 �Muzychuk, Mariya �m �UKR �2452�(0) �0�(-32)

�40 �46 �Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan �g �SCO �2451�(+2) �9�(-7)

�41 �40 �Polgar, Sofia �m �HUN �2450�(-7) �5�(+5)

�42 �51 �Huang, Qian �wg �CHN �2447�(+10) �17�(+14)

�43 �48 �Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina �m �RUS �2447�(0) �0�(-16)

�44 �38 �Rajlich, Iweta �m �POL �2446�(-14) �6�(-16)

�45 �49 �Atalik, Ekaterina �m �TUR �2444�(0) �0�(-5)

�46 �47 �Khurtsidze, Nino �m �GEO �2443�(-5) �18�(+7)

�47 �33 �Melia, Salome �m �GEO �2442�(-24) �17�(-3)

�48 �50 �Moser, Eva �m �AUT �2440�(0) �0�(-32)

�49 �44 �Shen, Yang �wg �CHN �2435�(-17) �13�(+10)

�50 �52 �Repkova, Eva �m �SVK �2434�(0) �0�(-29)

�51 �56 �Houska, Jovanka �m �ENG �2433�(+16) �12�(-5)

�52 �29 �Danielian, Elina �m �ARM �2431�(-42) �11�(-1)

�53 �62 �Khotenashvili, Bela �m �GEO �2423�(+13) �18�(-2)

�54 �65 �Matnadze, Ana �m �GEO �2422�(+13) �9�(-1)

�55 �59 �Munguntuul, Batkhuyag �m �MGL �2421�(+8) �11�(-2)

�56 �57 �Peptan, Corina-Isabela

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/carlsen-23-points-ahead-of-topalov/

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:50:48 +0000

Giri wins Sigeman & Co with 4.5/5

Anish Giri today defeated co-leader Jon Ludvig Hammer in a direct encounter to win the 18th Sigeman & Co tournament with a score of 4.5/5 (and a 2920 performance rating). Hammer finished clear second with a point less.

The 18th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo from May 26 till 30. The event was organized by the Limhamn Chess Club and just like last year, when Nigel Short won, six players face each other in a single round-robin. The time control was 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game.

Round 4

On Saturday both the tournament leader and the tailender scored their first draw of the tournament. After three losses, Pia Cramling split the point with Nils Grandelius, but not before a short, but very sharp fight. The natural 14.Bc4 should be tried by White players next time, as it might give some chances.

After three victories Anish Giri drew with Johnny Hector, who preferred an unambitious variation of the Four Knights over the Petroff. It came down to checking whether Giri had done his homework, and the answer was yes. The two followed Wittmann-Greenfeld, Thessaloniki OL 1984 till the very end.

Hector-Giri

15…Qh3! 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bg6+ Kg8 18.Bh7+ Kh8 draw – all theory.

This allowed Jon Ludvig Hammer to catch Giri in the standings, as he also reached a 3.5/4 score by beating Tiger Hillarp Persson. That 7.Qe2 move of Hammer is quite interesting, and had been tried just once before. Hillarp Persson was probably doing OK until 18…Qc8?! after which White could develop a decisive initiative.

Round 5

And so even with just five rounds in total, the tournament today had a nice apotheosis with the two tournament leaders fighting each other for first prize. And indeed they fought for it – especially Giri, who had the white pieces. The young Dutchman repeated moves in a well-known Catalan variation, but luckily only once (where games such as Harikrishna-Jakovenko, Eljanov-Jakovenko and Maz�-Onischuk indeed ended in a draw).

On move 19 Giri deviated from last year’s Wang Yue-Carlsen; we noticed before that Hammer has a similar black repertoire as Norway’s/the world’s number one, and we don’t think it’s a coincidence. On move 21 Hammer took a principled decision.

Giri-Hammer, after 21.Nd3

Instead of playing against a white bind, he exchanged his light-squared bishop for the white knight on b3, giving White a doubled pawn and making the break c7-c5 possible. This has only one disadvantage, and Giri went for it: the weak pawn on a6.

He had correctly judged that White could untangle his bishop, before Black would have time to
create serious counterplay. Still, Hammer might have been able to hold it somewhere – especially at move 38. Black’s last, slim chance was to flee into a rook ending on move 41; after that it was just waiting for the moment when Giri would sac the exchange and run with the pawns.

Giri-Hammer, after 21.Nd3

54.Rxe7! was a nice way to win the tournament.

Grandelius beat Hector in a very difficult ending, and Hillarp Persson inflicted a fourth loss upon Cramling, using a very nice, postional exchange sacrifice. Both of these games are recommended for replay too.

Of the fifteen games in total, only four ended in draws. Hopefully for next year it will be possible to collect a bigger budget again, because Mr Johan Sigeman surely knows how to create a good (fighting) atmosphere in Malmo.

Games rounds 4-5

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Sigeman & Co 2010 | Round 5 (Final) Standings

Anish Giri added his name to the list of Sigeman & Co winners: Hellers, I.Sokolov, Korchnoi, Lautier, Gelfand, Polgar, Gulko, Short, Ivanchuk, Nielsen, Sasikiran, Timman, Cheparinov, Hillarp Persson and Short

Photo � Calle Erlandsson, who asked us to mention the Open Swedish Championship.

Links

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Sun, 30 May 2010 18:39:41 +0000

Eljanov is Ukraine’s number one
Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady progress and surpassed him to enter the world’s top 10. And Alexei Shirov is back there too.

FIDE published its May 1st rating list and this time there’s not a big difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). Only Anand’s and Topalov’s ratings are different because of the current World Championship match: virtually speaking Topalov has dropped back to 2806 and Anand is just 3.6 points away from the 2800 barrier.

The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn’t Ukraine’s number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12.

With solid results in not so many games Wang Yue climbed from 10 to 8, and the 10th place is now occupied by Alexei Shirov. Boris Gelfand is out of the top 10 again but only lost 9 rating points. Sergey Karjakin might see the first results of his switch of federations and trainers: he climbed from 21 to 14. Alexander Morozevich didn’t play this period but still dropped three places, to 27 now. Anand’s seconds Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Heine Nielsen can be found next to each other on the list: numbers 39 and 40.

One of the biggest climbers was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won no less than 39 points and went up from 78 to 42. Reaching 97, Anish Giri is a top 100 player for the first time.

The women’s list has been stable for a long time now, with very few changes in the top 10. Both Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru didn’t play, so the gap is still 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.

FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player’s position in the previous period list

Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Carlsen, Magnus �g �NOR �2813�(0) �0�(-13)

�2 �2 �Topalov, Veselin �g �BUL �2812�(+7) �10�(+10)

�3 �3 �Kramnik, Vladimir �g �RUS �2790�(0) �0�(-13)

�4 �4 �Anand, Viswanathan �g �IND �2789�(+2) �2�(-11)

�5 �5 �Aronian, Levon �g �ARM �2783�(+1) �10�(+1)

�6 �6 �Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar �g �AZE �2763�(+3) �4�(-5)

�7 �7 �Grischuk, Alexander �g �RUS �2760�(+4) �18�(+2)

�8 �10 �Wang, Yue �g �CHN �2752�(+3) �7�(+7)

�9 �16 �Eljanov, Pavel �g �UKR �2751�(+15) �20�(+20)

�10 �14 �Shirov, Alexei �g �ESP �2742�(+5) �10�(-3)

�11 �9 �Gelfand, Boris �g �ISR �2741�(-9) �16�(+9)

�12 �11 �Ivanchuk, Vassily �g �UKR �2741�(-7) �10�(-3)

�13 �13 �Radjabov, Teimour �g �AZE �2740�(0) �0�(-7)

�14 �21 �Karjakin, Sergey �g �RUS �2739�(+14) �7�(-6)

�15 �8 �Svidler, Peter �g �RUS �2735�(-15) �15�(+6)

�16 �18 �Leko, Peter �g �HUN �2735�(0) �0�(-13)

�17 �12 �Gashimov, Vugar �g �AZE �2734�(-6) �14�(+7)

�18 �15 �Ponomariov, Ruslan �g �UKR �2733�(-4) �7�(+7)

�19 �17 �Nakamura, Hikaru �g �USA �2733�(-2) �4�(-17)

�20 �23 �Almasi, Zoltan �g �HUN �2725�(+5) �11�(+2)

�21 �20 �Jakovenko, Dmitry �g �RUS �2725�(0) �10�(-4)

�22 �22 �Malakhov, Vladimir �g �RUS �2722�(+1) �12�(+5)

�23 �25 �Wang, Hao �g �CHN �2722�(+7) �10�(+10)

�24 �31 �Navara, David �g �CZE �2718�(+10) �24�(+24)

�25 �29 �Movsesian, Sergei �g �SVK �2717�(+8) �35�(+25)

�26 �40 �Jobava, Baadur �g �GEO �2715�(+20) �11�(+2)

�27 �24 �Morozevich, Alexander �g �RUS �2715�(0) �0�(-6)

�28 �27 �Dominguez Perez, Leinier �g �CUB �2713�(0) �0�(-13)

�29 �26 �Bacrot, Etienne �g �FRA �2710�(-4) �25�(+6)

�30 �19 �Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime �g �FRA �2710�(-17) �15�(+6)

�31 �36 �Tomashevsky, Evgeny �g �RUS �2708�(+7) �18�(+4)

�32 �28 �Vitiugov, Nikita �g �RUS �2707�(-3) �18�(+3)

�33 �32 �Motylev, Alexander �g �RUS �2704�(-1) �21�(+3)

�34 �38 �Rublevsky, Sergei �g �RUS �2704�(+7) �9�(+1)

�35 �30 �Vallejo Pons, Francisco �g �ESP �2703�(-5) �30�(+20)

�36 �34 �Kamsky, Gata �g �USA �2702�(0) �9�(-19)

�37 �37 �Alekseev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2700�(0) �20�(+11)

�38 �44 �Onischuk, Alexander �g �USA �2699�(+12) �9�(0)

�39 �35 �Kasimdzhanov, Rustam �g �UZB �2699�(-3) �3�(+3)

�40 �39 �Nielsen, Peter Heine �g �DEN �2698�(+1) �9�(+9)

�41 �33 �Adams, Michael �g �ENG �2697�(-7) �19�(+9)

�42 �78 �Nepomniachtchi, Ian �g �RUS �2695�(+39) �20�(+2)

�43 �43 �Akopian, Vladimir �g �ARM �2694�(+6) �11�(+2)

�44 �46 �Sasikiran, Krishnan �g �IND �2690�(+4) �6�(-27)

�45 �56 �Fressinet, Laurent �g �FRA �2689�(+19) �28�(+18)

�46 �42 �Le, Quang Liem �g �VIE �2687�(-2) �13�(-22)

�47 �41 �Naiditsch, Arkadij �g �GER �2686�(-5) �34�(+12)

�48 �47 �Short, Nigel D �g �ENG �2685�(-1) �9�(-4)

�49 �48 �Miroshnichenko, Evgenij �g �UKR �2684�(-2) �4�(+4)

�50 �51 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(0) �0�(0)

�51 �50 �Bu, Xiangzhi �g �CHN �2681�(-1) �3�(-15)

�52 �54 �Kurnosov, Igor �g �RUS �2680�(+6) �28�(+19)

�53 �- �Efimenko, Zahar �g �UKR �2677�(+) �29�(+)

�54 �80 �Timofeev, Artyom �g �RUS �2677�(+22) �18�(0)

�55 �53 �Sargissian, Gabriel �g �ARM �2677�(+2) �11�(-4)

�56 �73 �Berkes, Ferenc �g �HUN �2676�(+17) �19�(+19)

�57 �52 �Caruana, Fabiano �g �ITA �2675�(-5) �21�(-1)

�58 �71 �Riazantsev, Alexander �g �RUS �2674�(+14) �20�(+11)

�59 �68 �Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter �g �ROU �2672�(+11) �19�(+6)

�60 �55 �Ganguly, Surya Shekhar �g �IND �2672�(0) �0�(-13)

�61 �63 �Inarkiev, Ernesto �g �RUS �2669�(+2) �18�(+9)

�62 �59 �Moiseenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2669�(+1) �17�(+8)

�63 �- �Bruzon Batista, Lazaro �g �CUB �2668�(+) �27�(+)

�64 �49 �Bologan, Viktor �g �MDA �2668�(-16) �21�(+3)

�65 �60 �Grachev, Boris �g �RUS �2667�(0) �17�(-10)

�66 �62 �Ni, Hua �g �CHN �2667�(0) �7�(-6)

�67 �64 �So, Wesley �g �PHI �2665�(0) �0�(-22)

�68 �86 �Roiz, Michael �g �ISR �2664�(+12) �27�(+21)

�69 �45 �Volokitin, Andrei �g �UKR �2664�(-23) �25�(+16)

�70 �65 �Najer, Evgeniy �g �RUS �2663�(-2) �28�(+10)

�71 �57 �Areshchenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2663�(-7) �22�(+22)

�72 �61 �Bareev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2663�(-4) �11�(-7)

�73 �70 �Wojtaszek, Radoslaw �g �POL �2663�(+3) �5�(-13)

�74 �58 �Georgiev, Kiril �g �BUL �2662�(-7) �24�(+6)

�75 �89 �Sutovsky, Emil �g �ISR �2661�(+11) �11�(-9)

�76 �69 �Harikrishna, P. �g �IND �2660�(0) �0�(-27)

�77 �87 �Smeets, Jan �g �NED �2659�(+8) �6�(-8)

�78 �76 �Khismatullin, Denis �g �RUS �2657�(0) �18�(0)

�79 �101 �Zvjaginsev, Vadim �g �RUS �2656�(+13) �18�(+9)

�80 �79 �Avrukh, Boris �g �ISR �2656�(0) �0�(0)

�81 �82 �Dreev, Alexey �g �RUS �2655�(+2) �21�(+12)

�82 �90 �Fridman, Daniel �g �GER �2654�(+4) �36�(+26)

�83 �- �Sokolov, Ivan �g �BIH �2654�(+) �25�(+)

�84 �- �Van Wely, Loek �g �NED �2653�(+) �13�(+)

�85 �- �Mamedov, Rauf �g �AZE �2653�(+) �11�(+)

�86 �91 �Zhou, Jianchao �g �CHN �2652�(+2) �4�(-5)

�87 �66 �Korobov, Anton �g �UKR �2649�(-14) �13�(+4)

�88 �- �Kobalia, Mikhail �g �RUS �2648�(+) �20�(+)

�89 �93 �Zhigalko, Sergei �g �BLR �2647�(-1) �20�(-9)

�90 �92 �Fedorchuk, Sergey A. �g �UKR �2646�(-3) �13�(-5)

�91 �77 �Beliavsky, Alexander G �g �SLO �2645�(-12) �25�(+25)

�92 �- �Socko, Bartosz �g �POL �2644�(+) �18�(+)

�93 �88 �Seirawan, Yasser �g �USA �2644�(-7) �3�(+2)

�94 �98 �Milov, Vadim �g �SUI �2644�(0) �0�(0)

�95 �96 �Andreikin, Dmitry �g �RUS �2643�(-2) �5�(-4)

�96 �100 �Lastin, Alexander �g �RUS �2643�(0) �0�(-9)

�97 �- �Giri, Anish �g �NED �2642�(+) �24�(+)

�98 �83 �Savchenko, Boris �g �RUS �2642�(-10) �17�(-1)

�99 �- �Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son �g �VIE �2642�(+) �0�(+)

�100 �95 �Gustafsson, Jan �g �GER �2640�(-6) �24�(+14)

�101 �75 �Cheparinov, Ivan �g �BUL �2640�(-17) �11�(-8)

�102 �- �Vuckovic, Bojan �g �SRB �2640�(+) �11�(+)

�103 �- �Sandipan, Chanda �g �IND �2640�(+) �2�(+)
FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(0) �0�(0)

�2 �2 �Koneru, Humpy �g �IND �2622�(0) �0�(-10)

�3 �3 �Hou, Yifan �g �CHN �2589�(+19) �12�(-6)

�4 �4 �Stefanova, Antoaneta �g �BUL �2560�(+5) �16�(+6)

�5 �5 �Kosintseva, Nadezhda �m �RUS �2553�(-1) �11�(-7)

�6 �9 �Cramling, Pia �g �SWE �2536�(+13) �21�(0)

�7 �7 �Kosintseva, Tatiana �g �RUS �2534�(+10) �11�(-7)

�8 �6 �Muzychuk, Anna �m �SLO �2529�(-4) �22�(+9)

�9 �10 �Lahno, Kateryna �g �UKR �2527�(+9) �3�(+3)

�10 �12 �Sebag, Marie �g �FRA �2524�(+18) �14�(+5)

�11 �8 �Kosteniuk, Alexandra �g �RUS �2519�(-5) �6�(-4)

�12 �23 �Cmilyte, Viktorija �m �LTU �2514�(+29) �24�(+14)

�13 �11 �Chiburdanidze, Maia �g �GEO �2514�(0) �0�(0)

�14 �16 �Pogonina, Natalija �wg �RUS �2501�(+5) �6�(-1)

�15 �15 �Ju, Wenjun �wg �CHN �2500�(0) �0�(-9)

�16 �17 �Zhukova, Natalia �wg �UKR �2499�(+7) �17�(+7)

�17 �19 �Zhao, Xue �g �CHN �2493�(+3) �8�(-10)

�18 �28 �Harika, Dronavalli �m �IND �2491�(+18) �9�(-15)

�19 �20 �Galliamova, Alisa �m �RUS �2487�(0) �0�(-9)

�20 �22 �Paehtz, Elisabeth �m �GER �2485�(-1) �30�(+21)

�21 �33 �Socko, Monika �g �POL �2485�(+20) �21�(+13)

�22 �26 �Xu, Yuhua �g �CHN �2484�(+6) �2�(+2)

�23 �21 �Hoang Thanh Trang �g �HUN �2482�(-5) �11�(+11)

�24 �14 �Javakhishvili, Lela �m �GEO �2482�(-18) �11�(-8)

�25 �24 �Dzagnidze, Nana �g �GEO �2478�(-1) �11�(-9)

�26 �13 �Mkrtchian, Lilit �m �ARM �2477�(-26) �11�(+11)

�27 �27 �Zhu, Chen �g �QAT �2476�(0) �0�(-7)

�28 �25 �Ruan, Lufei �wg �CHN �2474�(-5) �1�(+1)

�29 �18 �Danielian, Elina �m �ARM �2473�(-18) �12�(+10)

�30 �36 �Zatonskih, Anna �m �USA �2470�(+9) �27�(+17)

�31 �39 �Dembo, Yelena �m �GRE �2470�(+13) �11�(+11)

�32 �44 �Ushenina, Anna �m �UKR �2468�(+16) �15�(+15)

�33 �30 �Melia, Salome �m �GEO �2466�(-1) �20�(-11)

�34 �31 �Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman �m �IND �2466�(0) �0�(-11)

�35 �29 �Gaponenko, Inna �m �UKR �2465�(-7) �20�(+15)

�36 �41 �Skripchenko, Almira �m �FRA �2464�(+8) �17�(+17)

�37 �34 �Tan, Zhongyi �wg �CHN �2464�(0) �2�(+2)

�38 �37 �Rajlich, Iweta �m �POL �2460�(+1) �22�(+14)

�39 �38 �Gunina, Valentina �wf �RUS �2457�(0) �15�(-3)

�40 �40 �Polgar, Sofia �m �HUN �2457�(0) �0�(0)

�41 �35 �Krush, Irina �m �USA �2455�(-6) �23�(-1)

�42 �42 �Tairova, Elena �m �RUS �2455�(0) �0�(0)

�43 �49 �Muzychuk, Mariya �m �UKR �2452�(+8) �32�(+19)

�44 �50 �Shen, Yang �wg �CHN �2452�(+8) �3�(+3)

�45 �43 �Hunt, Harriet V �m �ENG �2452�(0) �0�(0)

�46 �47 �Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan �g �SCO �2449�(+2) �16�(+6)

�47 �56 �Khurtsidze, Nino �m �GEO �2448�(+14) �11�(-2)

�48 �52 �Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina �m �RUS �2447�(+9) �16�(+7)

�49 �48 �Atalik, Ekaterina �m �TUR �2444�(-1) �5�(+5)

�50 �53 �Moser, Eva �m �AUT �2440�(+3) �32�(+25)

�51 �51 �Huang, Qian �wg �CHN �2437�(-2) �3�(+3)

�52 �57 �Repkova, Eva �m �SVK �2434�(0) �29�(+29)

�53 �54 �Zhang, Xiaowen �wg &nb

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/eljanov-is-ukraines-number-one/

Sat, 01 May 2010 08:28:59 +0000

Asia Individual Chess Championships 2010 - Asia Continental event collects top grandmasters

GM Wesley So of the Philippines will be one of the favorites at the 2010 Asian Individual Chess Championships. Among the foreign delegations the players are GMs Ni Hua (ELO 2667) , Zhou Jianchao (ELO 2650) and Li Chao ( ELO 2613) of China, Krishan Sasikiran (ELO 2686) and Pentala Harikrishna ( ELO 2660) of India, Le Quang Liem (ELO 2689), Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (ELO 2642) and Dao Thien Hai (ELO 2523), Susanto Megaranto (ELO 2527), etc.

http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/asia-continental-chess-2010

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:23:21 +0200

The ‘Matrix Man’ still at it!

Bernard Parham has a claim to fame. No it is not as the 1967 Indiana State Champion, or even as a long-time chess educator. He is famous for something else… “The Matrix System of Chess.” This system was created decades ago when Parham had a fascination with the geometric patterns of chess after seeing a connection with vector analysis and physics. He employed a system that appeared so crude that it has brought as many critics as it has advocates. Parham has created a system that apparently defies the accepted principles of chess. He also has set different values for the pieces and even has a separate, albeit more logical way of recording moves.

What is this Matrix System? It involves positioning the pieces in order to arrive at the earliest possible checkmating positions. One element of this system is dubbed the “Parham Attack.” It entails playing an early Q-KR5 or Q-KB3… or both! What looks like a “Scholar’s Mate” is actually something much deeper. Opening moves would be 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5!? Nc6 3.Bc4 or 1.e4 c5 2.Qh5?! He has even employed 1.e4 c6 2.Qh5!? Parham has played this opening for 45 years regardless of the opponent.

His name surfaced when GM Hikaru Nakamura became the first world-class player (in the modern era) to employ the opening in a classical tournament. Nakamura, the perfect ambassador for this experiment, would employ it several times with mixed results. He ignited a fierce debate on the opening and the possibility that old laws of chess can be challenged. It was a healthy debate and a successful coup for Parham. That last word is that the opening is risky (at best), but playable. The most challenging line is 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nf6!? 3.Qxe5+ Be7 with good play for Black.

Hikaru Nakamura appears to glance at 2.Qh5!? on the demo board as India’s Krishnan Sasikiran ponders. Nakamura got the idea to play the move from Jason Doss during a chat on the ICC. Doss is one of Parham’s former students, but his urging was initially a light-hearted joke. What was initially a joke turned into reality when Nakamura played 2.Qh5. Photo by Sigeman & Co., 2005.

With a long-time relationship with Purdue University, Parham has returned to finish his education. He was featured in the student newspaper and has been instrumental in spurring activity at the Purdue Chess Club. He has taught over 6,000 students his chess philosophy. Now at 64, he was quoted in a recent article as being proud of reaching an age that is symbolic of chess. Since 64 represents a perfect number in many ways, the Matrix appears to be real!

Article: http://www.purdueexponent.com/index.php/module/Section/section_id/3?module=article&story_id=20435
Interview: Bernard Parham on the Matrix System

http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2010/03/11/the-matrix-man-still-at-it/

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:21:17 +0000

GM Le Quang Liem Impressive at the Aeroflot Open

The prestigious Aeroflot Open that featured 75 Grandmasters and five International Masters in the main Group A concluded on Wednesday with Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem claiming the clear first place by collecting 7 points from nine games. On the final day he defeated the 2008 Aeroflot winner Ian Nepomniachtchi, rounding up an impressive performance on the Russian tour as earlier he shared first place at the equally tough Moscow Open.

Among the women players at Aeroflot GM Yifan Hou, GM Tatiana Kosintseva, and IM Nadezhda Kosintseva shared places 45-64 with 4,0/9. IM Javakhishvili and GM Sebag were a point behind with 3,0/9.

The 16-year-old Wesley So, the Philippines highest-rated player with an Elo of 2656, made a short draw in the ninth round match against Venezuela's GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Elo 2616) to finish in a tie for 7th to 19th places with 5.5 points on three wins, five draws and one loss. After the tie break point was applied, So finished 11th in the final standings. This guaranteed him the top junior position.

In group B, IM Pridorozhni, GM Glek, GM Dvoirys, IM Pavlov, and GM Panarin finished with 6,5/9 and shared the first position, with the gold going to IM Pridorozhni on better tiebreak.

Group A final standings:
1 GM Le Quang Liem - 7.0 VIE 2647
2 GM Korobov Anton - 6.5 UKR� 2648
3 GM Motylev Alexander - 6.0 RUS� 2697
4 GM Zhou Jianchao� - 6.0 CHN 2632
5 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - 6.0 VIE 2616
6 GM Grachev Boris� - 6.0 RUS� 2653
7 GM Cheparinov Ivan� - 5.5 BUL� 2660
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime - 5.5 FRA� 2730
9 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian� - 5.5 RUS� 2658
10 GM Bu Xiangzhi - 5.5 CHN 2673
11 GM So Wesley - 5.5 PHI 2656
12 GM Sargissian Gabriel - 5.5 ARM 2680
13 GM Savchenko Boris - 5.5 RUS� 2638
14 GM Bacrot Etienne� - 5.5 FRA� 2713
15 GM Timofeev Artyom - 5.5 RUS� 2652
16 GM Bareev Evgeny - 5.5 RUS� 2643
17 GM Najer Evgeniy - 5.5 RUS� 2665
18 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo� - 5.5 VEN� 2616
19 GM Dreev Alexey - 5.5 RUS� 2650
20 GM Mamedov Rauf - 5.0 AZE 2640
21 GM Novikov Stanislav - 5.0 RUS� 2557
22 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan� - 5.0 ESP 2584
23 GM Volokitin Andrei� - 5.0 UKR� 2692
24 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim - 5.0 RUS� 2642
25 GM Kobalia Mikhail - 5.0 RUS� 2637
26 GM Khairullin Ildar� - 5.0 RUS� 2605
27 GM Khalifman Alexander - 5.0 RUS� 2616
28 GM Grigoriants Sergey� - 5.0 RUS� 2560
29 GM Belov Vladimir� - 5.0 RUS� 2595
30 GM Sasikiran Krishnan� - 5.0 IND 2653
31 GM Melkumyan Hrant - 5.0 ARM 2583
32 GM Pashikian Arman� - 5.0 ARM 2647
33 GM Naiditsch Arkadij - 5.0 GER� 2687
34 GM Vescovi Giovanni - 5.0 BRA� 2660
35 GM Kamsky Gata - 5.0 USA� 2693
36 GM McShane Luke J - 5.0 ENG� 2616
37 GM Amonatov Farrukh - 5.0 TJK 2634
38 GM Predojevic Borki - 5.0 BIH 2642
39 GM Tregubov Pavel V. - 5.0 RUS� 2628 etc

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4357-gm-le-quang-liem-impressive-at-the-aeroflot-open.html

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:42:47 +0000

FIDE publishes March 1 ratings, Linares not counted
Just a few days ago Veselin Topalov won the Linares tournament and narrowed the gap with Magnus Carlsen on the live rating list to just one point. On the March 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian leads with a personal record of 2813 and is still 8 points ahead of Topalov.

It’s already an improvement to have six rating lists a year instead of four, but today we are reminded again of the fact that a monthly, or even weekly official list might be even better. While Carlsen and Topalov are just one (in fact 0.7) rating point away from each other on the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website), on the official list the distance is 8 points because Linares hasn’t been counted yet.

World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost his third place to Vladimir Kramnik; between them there are just three points. This means that the upcoming World Championship match in Sofia will be played between the current world’s number 2 and 4.

Vugar Gashimov was Azerbaijan’s number one player briefly, but he’s out of the top 10 again. His 6th place is now occupied by his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who is back among the elite after a lesser period. Grischuk and Svidler climbed to spots number 7 and 8.

Vassily Ivanchuk is out of the top 10 again; he dropped slightly from 8 to 11. Hikaru Nakamura saw a strong period awarded with a 17th place. Alexander Morozevich’ decline continued; the former World’s number 2 can now be found on spot 24. There are now 37 players with a rating of 2700 or higher.

In the women’s list nothing much changed. The difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru decreased a bit further, from 68 to 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.

FIDE MARCH 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player’s position in the previous period list

Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Carlsen, Magnus �g �NOR �2813�(+3) �13�(-3)

�2 �2 �Topalov, Veselin �g �BUL �2805�(0) �0�(-4)

�3 �4 �Kramnik, Vladimir �g �RUS �2790�(+2) �13�(-3)

�4 �3 �Anand, Viswanathan �g �IND �2787�(-3) �13�(+4)

�5 �5 �Aronian, Levon �g �ARM �2782�(+1) �9�(-8)

�6 �11 �Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar �g �AZE �2760�(+19) �9�(-10)

�7 �15 �Grischuk, Alexander �g �RUS �2756�(+20) �16�(+8)

�8 �10 �Svidler, Peter �g �RUS �2750�(+6) �9�(-18)

�9 �6 �Gelfand, Boris �g �ISR �2750�(-11) �7�(-18)

�10 �9 �Wang, Yue �g �CHN �2749�(0) �0�(-8)

�11 �8 �Ivanchuk, Vassily �g �UKR �2748�(-1) �13�(0)

�12 �7 �Gashimov, Vugar �g �AZE �2740�(-19) �7�(-14)

�13 �16 �Radjabov, Teimour �g �AZE �2740�(+7) �7�(-6)

�14 �20 �Shirov, Alexei �g �ESP �2737�(+14) �13�(-6)

�15 �13 �Ponomariov, Ruslan �g �UKR �2737�(0) �0�(-25)

�16 �14 �Eljanov, Pavel �g �UKR �2736�(0) �0�(-14)

�17 �28 �Nakamura, Hikaru �g �USA �2735�(+27) �21�(+14)

�18 �12 �Leko, Peter �g �HUN �2735�(-4) �13�(+4)

�19 �18 �Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime �g �FRA �2727�(-3) �9�(-12)

�20 �19 �Jakovenko, Dmitry �g �RUS �2725�(-5) �14�(-3)

�21 �21 �Karjakin, Sergey �g �RUS �2725�(+5) �13�(+1)

�22 �22 �Malakhov, Vladimir �g �RUS �2721�(+5) �7�(-8)

�23 �26 �Almasi, Zoltan �g �HUN �2720�(+10) �9�(+2)

�24 �17 �Morozevich, Alexander �g �RUS �2715�(-17) �6�(-13)

�25 �23 �Wang, Hao �g �CHN �2715�(0) �0�(-10)

�26 �24 �Bacrot, Etienne �g �FRA �2714�(+1) �19�(+1)

�27 �25 �Dominguez Perez, Leinier �g �CUB �2713�(+1) �13�(+9)

�28 �41 �Vitiugov, Nikita �g �RUS �2710�(+18) �15�(+7)

�29 �29 �Movsesian, Sergei �g �SVK �2709�(+1) �10�(+8)

�30 �31 �Vallejo Pons, Francisco �g �ESP �2708�(+3) �10�(0)

�31 �27 �Navara, David �g �CZE �2708�(0) �0�(-15)

�32 �35 �Motylev, Alexander �g �RUS �2705�(+8) �18�(+12)

�33 �39 �Adams, Michael �g �ENG �2704�(+10) �10�(-7)

�34 �40 �Kamsky, Gata �g �USA �2702�(+9) �28�(+22)

�35 �34 �Kasimdzhanov, Rustam �g �UZB �2702�(0) �0�(-2)

�36 �30 �Tomashevsky, Evgeny �g �RUS �2701�(-4) �14�(0)

�37 �33 �Alekseev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2700�(-3) �9�(-4)

�38 �36 �Rublevsky, Sergei �g �RUS �2697�(0) �8�(+4)

�39 �37 �Nielsen, Peter Heine �g �DEN �2697�(0) �0�(0)

�40 �32 �Jobava, Baadur �g �GEO �2695�(-9) �9�(-6)

�41 �44 �Naiditsch, Arkadij �g �GER �2691�(+4) �22�(+9)

�42 �93 �Le, Quang Liem �g �VIE �2689�(+42) �35�(+15)

�43 �49 �Akopian, Vladimir �g �ARM �2688�(+10) �9�(-1)

�44 �57 �Onischuk, Alexander �g �USA �2687�(+17) �9�(+5)

�45 �42 �Volokitin, Andrei �g �UKR �2687�(-5) �9�(+1)

�46 �83 �Sasikiran, Krishnan �g �IND �2686�(+33) �33�(+29)

�47 �38 �Short, Nigel D �g �ENG �2686�(-10) �13�(+6)

�48 �45 �Miroshnichenko, Evgenij �g �UKR �2686�(0) �0�(0)

�49 �43 �Bologan, Viktor �g �MDA �2684�(-8) �18�(+12)

�50 �52 �Bu, Xiangzhi �g �CHN �2682�(+9) �18�(+12)

�51 �46 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(0) �0�(-4)

�52 �51 �Caruana, Fabiano �g �ITA �2680�(+5) �22�(+4)

�53 �48 �Sargissian, Gabriel �g �ARM �2675�(-5) �15�(+3)

�54 �60 �Kurnosov, Igor �g �RUS �2674�(+6) �9�(-1)

�55 �80 �Ganguly, Surya Shekhar �g �IND �2672�(+18) �13�(+9)

�56 �55 �Fressinet, Laurent �g �FRA �2670�(0) �10�(-2)

�57 �56 �Areshchenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2670�(0) �0�(-6)

�58 �53 �Georgiev, Kiril �g �BUL �2669�(-3) �18�(+18)

�59 �50 �Moiseenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2668�(-9) �9�(+9)

�60 �82 �Grachev, Boris �g �RUS �2667�(+14) �27�(+9)

�61 �98 �Bareev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2667�(+24) �18�(+8)

�62 �72 �Ni, Hua �g �CHN �2667�(+10) �13�(+3)

�63 �89 �Inarkiev, Ernesto �g �RUS �2667�(+18) �9�(+3)

�64 �77 �So, Wesley �g �PHI �2665�(+9) �22�(+14)

�65 �61 �Najer, Evgeniy �g �RUS �2665�(0) �18�(+14)

�66 �91 �Korobov, Anton �g �UKR �2663�(+15) �9�(-8)

�67 �68 �Meier, Georg �g �GER �2663�(+5) �9�(-3)

�68 �47 �Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter �g �ROU �2661�(-20) �13�(+1)

�69 �54 �Harikrishna, P. �g �IND �2660�(-12) �27�(+27)

�70 �- �Wojtaszek, Radoslaw �g �POL �2660�(+) �18�(+)

�71 �63 �Riazantsev, Alexander �g �RUS �2660�(-1) �9�(+9)

�72 �84 �Laznicka, Viktor �g �CZE �2659�(+7) �9�(-7)

�73 �66 �Berkes, Ferenc �g �HUN �2659�(0) �0�(-9)

�74 �- �Lautier, Joel �g �FRA �2658�(+) �0�(+)

�75 �65 �Cheparinov, Ivan �g �BUL �2657�(-3) �19�(+4)

�76 �86 �Khismatullin, Denis �g �RUS �2657�(+6) �18�(+2)

�77 �70 �Beliavsky, Alexander G �g �SLO �2657�(0) �0�(-18)

�78 �69 �Nepomniachtchi, Ian �g �RUS �2656�(-2) �18�(+8)

�79 �76 �Avrukh, Boris �g �ISR �2656�(0) �0�(-8)

�80 �85 �Timofeev, Artyom �g �RUS �2655�(+3) �18�(+14)

�81 �62 �Tiviakov, Sergei �g �NED �2653�(-9) �13�(+11)

�82 �87 �Dreev, Alexey �g �RUS �2653�(+3) �9�(0)

�83 �- �Savchenko, Boris �g �RUS �2652�(+) �18�(+)

�84 �94 �Pashikian, Arman �g �ARM �2652�(+5) �15�(+9)

�85 �78 �Krasenkow, Michal �g �POL �2652�(-4) �9�(+9)

�86 �75 �Roiz, Michael �g �ISR �2652�(-5) �6�(-2)

�87 �73 �Smeets, Jan �g �NED �2651�(-6) �14�(+4)

�88 �90 �Seirawan, Yasser �g �USA �2651�(+2) �1�(-1)

�89 �74 �Sutovsky, Emil �g �ISR �2650�(-7) �20�(+11)

�90 �79 �Fridman, Daniel �g �GER �2650�(-4) �10�(+2)

�91 �- �Zhou, Jianchao �g �CHN �2650�(+) �9�(+)

�92 �- �Fedorchuk, Sergey A. �g �UKR �2649�(+) �18�(+)

�93 �58 �Zhigalko, Sergei �g �BLR �2648�(-20) �29�(+16)

�94 �59 �Smirin, Ilia �g �ISR �2647�(-21) �14�(+3)

�95 �- �Gustafsson, Jan �g �GER �2646�(+) �10�(+)

�96 �- �Andreikin, Dmitry �g �RUS �2645�(+) �9�(+)

�97 �81 �Baklan, Vladimir �g �UKR �2644�(-10) �9�(+7)

�98 �96 �Milov, Vadim �g �SUI �2644�(0) �0�(-6)

�99 �- �Granda Zuniga, Julio E �g �PER �2643�(+) �18�(+)

�100 �67 �Lastin, Alexander �g �RUS �2643�(-16) �9�(+5)

�101 �- �Zvjaginsev, Vadim �g �RUS �2643�(+) �9�(+)
FIDE MARCH 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(0) �0�(-4)

�2 �2 �Koneru, Humpy �g �IND �2622�(+8) �10�(+2)

�3 �3 �Hou, Yifan �g �CHN �2570�(-20) �18�(+4)

�4 �4 �Stefanova, Antoaneta �g �BUL �2555�(+10) �10�(+3)

�5 �5 �Kosintseva, Nadezhda �m �RUS �2554�(+21) �18�(+9)

�6 �7 �Muzychuk, Anna �m �SLO �2533�(+10) �13�(-12)

�7 �10 �Kosintseva, Tatiana �g �RUS �2524�(+9) �18�(+10)

�8 �8 �Kosteniuk, Alexandra �g �RUS �2524�(+1) �10�(0)

�9 �6 �Cramling, Pia �g �SWE �2523�(-5) �21�(+17)

�10 �9 �Lahno, Kateryna �g �UKR �2518�(0) �0�(-16)

�11 �11 �Chiburdanidze, Maia �g �GEO �2514�(0) �0�(0)

�12 �13 �Sebag, Marie �g �FRA �2506�(-4) �9�(+1)

�13 �16 �Mkrtchian, Lilit �m �ARM �2503�(0) �0�(-9)

�14 �19 �Javakhishvili, Lela �m �GEO �2500�(+7) �19�(+12)

�15 �12 �Ju, Wenjun �wg �CHN �2500�(-12) �9�(+5)

�16 �17 �Pogonina, Natalija �wg �RUS �2496�(-5) �7�(+7)

�17 �32 �Zhukova, Natalia �wg �UKR �2492�(+30) �10�(+2)

�18 �18 �Danielian, Elina �m �ARM �2491�(-4) �2�(-9)

�19 �15 �Zhao, Xue �g �CHN �2490�(-14) �18�(+14)

�20 �- �Galliamova, Alisa �m �RUS �2487�(+) �9�(+)

�21 �21 �Hoang Thanh Trang �g �HUN �2487�(0) �0�(0)

�22 �22 �Paehtz, Elisabeth �m �GER �2486�(+2) �9�(0)

�23 �20 �Cmilyte, Viktorija �m �LTU �2485�(-4) �10�(+1)

�24 �14 �Dzagnidze, Nana �g �GEO �2479�(-27) �20�(+1)

�25 �23 �Ruan, Lufei �wg �CHN �2479�(0) �0�(-2)

�26 �24 �Xu, Yuhua �g �CHN �2478�(0) �0�(-3)

�27 �28 �Zhu, Chen �g �QAT �2476�(+6) �7�(+3)

�28 �25 �Harika, Dronavalli �m �IND �2473�(+2) �24�(+13)

�29 �26 �Gaponenko, Inna �m �UKR �2472�(+2) �5�(-11)

�30 �53 �Melia, Salome �m �GEO �2467�(+36) �31�(+22)

�31 �- �Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman �m �IND �2466�(+) �11�(+)

�32 �29 �Qin, Kanying �wg �CHN �2466�(0) �0�(0)

�33 �41 �Socko, Monika �g �POL �2465�(+15) �8�(-6)

�34 �31 �Tan, Zhongyi �wg �CHN �2464�(0) �0�(-3)

�35 �37 �Krush, Irina �m �USA �2461�(+6) �24�(+19)

�36 �30 �Zatonskih, Anna �m �USA �2461�(-5) �10�(+10)

�37 �36 �Rajlich, Iweta �m �POL �2459�(+4) �8�(-5)

�38 �42 �Gunina, Valentina �wf �RUS �2457�(+9) �18�(+11)

�39 �34 �Dembo, Yelena �m �GRE �2457�(0) �0�(-8)

�40 �- �Polgar, Sofia �m �HUN �2457�(+) �0�(+)

�41 �35 �Skripchenko, Almira �m �FRA �2456�(0) �0�(0)

�42 �38 �Tairova, Elena �m �RUS �2455�(0) �0�(0)

�43 �40 �Hunt, Harriet V �m �ENG �2452�(0) �0�(0)

�44 �39 �Ushenina, Anna �m �UKR �2452�(0) �0�(-6)

�45 �33 �Khotenashvili, Bela �m �GEO �2448�(-13) �13�(+5)

�46 �43 �Korbut, Ekaterina �m �RUS �2448�(0) �0�(0)

�47 �27 �Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan �g �SCO �2447�(-23) �10�(+1)

�48 �45 �Atalik, Ekaterina �m �TUR �2445�(0) �0�(0)

�49 �44 �Muzychuk, Mariya �m �UKR �2444�(-3) �13�(+13)

�50 �46 �Shen, Yang �wg �CHN �2444�(0) �0�(-2)

�51 �48 �Huang, Qian �wg �CHN �2439�(0) �0�(-3)

�52 �54 �Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina �m �RUS �2438�(+10) �9�(+5)

�53 �56 �Moser, Eva �m �AUT �2437�(+13) �7�(-1)

�54 �50 �Zhang, Xiaowen �wg �CHN �2437�(0) �0�(-24)

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http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/fide-publishes-march-1-ratings-linares-not-counted/

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:32:56 +0000

GM Le Quang Liem Impressive at the Aeroflot Open

The prestigious Aeroflot Open that featured 75 Grandmasters and five International Masters in the main Group A concluded on Wednesday with Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem claiming the clear first place by collecting 7 points from nine games. On the final day he defeated the 2008 Aeroflot winner Ian Nepomniachtchi, rounding up an impressive performance on the Russian tour as earlier he shared first place at the equally tough Moscow Open.

Among the women players at Aeroflot GM Yifan Hou, GM Tatiana Kosintseva, and IM Nadezhda Kosintseva shared places 45-64 with 4,0/9. IM Javakhishvili and GM Sebag were a point behind with 3,0/9.

The 16-year-old Wesley So, the Philippines highest-rated player with an Elo of 2656, made a short draw in the ninth round match against Venezuela's GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Elo 2616) to finish in a tie for 7th to 19th places with 5.5 points on three wins, five draws and one loss. After the tie break point was applied, So finished 11th in the final standings. This guaranteed him the top junior position.

In group B, IM Pridorozhni, GM Glek, GM Dvoirys, IM Pavlov, and GM Panarin finished with 6,5/9 and shared the first position, with the gold going to IM Pridorozhni on better tiebreak.

Group A final standings:
1 GM Le Quang Liem - 7.0 VIE 2647
2 GM Korobov Anton - 6.5 UKR� 2648
3 GM Motylev Alexander - 6.0 RUS� 2697
4 GM Zhou Jianchao� - 6.0 CHN 2632
5 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - 6.0 VIE 2616
6 GM Grachev Boris� - 6.0 RUS� 2653
7 GM Cheparinov Ivan� - 5.5 BUL� 2660
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime - 5.5 FRA� 2730
9 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian� - 5.5 RUS� 2658
10 GM Bu Xiangzhi - 5.5 CHN 2673
11 GM So Wesley - 5.5 PHI 2656
12 GM Sargissian Gabriel - 5.5 ARM 2680
13 GM Savchenko Boris - 5.5 RUS� 2638
14 GM Bacrot Etienne� - 5.5 FRA� 2713
15 GM Timofeev Artyom - 5.5 RUS� 2652
16 GM Bareev Evgeny - 5.5 RUS� 2643
17 GM Najer Evgeniy - 5.5 RUS� 2665
18 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo� - 5.5 VEN� 2616
19 GM Dreev Alexey - 5.5 RUS� 2650
20 GM Mamedov Rauf - 5.0 AZE 2640
21 GM Novikov Stanislav - 5.0 RUS� 2557
22 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan� - 5.0 ESP 2584
23 GM Volokitin Andrei� - 5.0 UKR� 2692
24 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim - 5.0 RUS� 2642
25 GM Kobalia Mikhail - 5.0 RUS� 2637
26 GM Khairullin Ildar� - 5.0 RUS� 2605
27 GM Khalifman Alexander - 5.0 RUS� 2616
28 GM Grigoriants Sergey� - 5.0 RUS� 2560
29 GM Belov Vladimir� - 5.0 RUS� 2595
30 GM Sasikiran Krishnan� - 5.0 IND 2653
31 GM Melkumyan Hrant - 5.0 ARM 2583
32 GM Pashikian Arman� - 5.0 ARM 2647
33 GM Naiditsch Arkadij - 5.0 GER� 2687
34 GM Vescovi Giovanni - 5.0 BRA� 2660
35 GM Kamsky Gata - 5.0 USA� 2693
36 GM McShane Luke J - 5.0 ENG� 2616
37 GM Amonatov Farrukh - 5.0 TJK 2634
38 GM Predojevic Borki - 5.0 BIH 2642
39 GM Tregubov Pavel V. - 5.0 RUS� 2628 etc

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4357-gm-le-quang-liem-impressive-at-the-aeroflot-open

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:42:47 +0000

Echecs � Moscou : la ronde 8 en Live � 13h
La 9�me �dition de l'Open Aeroflot se d�roule � Moscou du 8 au 19 F�vrier 2010 dans les salons de l'h�tel Izmailovo (Gamma-Delta) qui se situe � 10 kilom�tres du centre-ville de Moscou.

Cette ann�e, plusieurs Fran�ais ont fait le d�placement dont le champion du monde junior d'�checs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Etienne Bacrot, S�bastien Feller ou encore Marie Sebag (en photo ci-contre). A deux rondes de la fin, Etienne et Maxime sont � 1/2 points des leaders au classement.

Rejouer pour le plaisir la miniature ronde 6 : Etienne Bacrot 1-0 Evgeny Bareev
Le Direct Live � 13h + T�l�charger les parties

Les appariements des Fran�ais ronde 8 :
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2736 - Krishnan Sasikiran 2653 Etienne Bacrot 2713 - Artyom Timofeev 2652 Sebastien Feller 2579 - Vasily Papin 2548 Marie Sebag 2510 - Sergei Yudin 2573
Les r�sultats des Fran�ais ronde 7 :
Krishnan Sasikiran 2653 1/2 Etienne Bacrot 2713 Loek Van Wely 2641 0-1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2736 Sebastien Feller 2579 0-1 Vladimir Potkin 2611 Anton Shomoev 2559 1-0 Marie Sebag 2510
Les r�sultats des Fran�ais ronde 6 :
Etienne Bacrot 2713 1-0 Evgeny Bareev 2643 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2736 1-0 Dmitry Bocharov 2594 Sergei Zhigalko 2668 1/2 Sebastien Feller 2579 Marie Sebag 2510 0-1 Alexander Shabalov 2611

Pour en savoir plus: Le site officiel - Les r�sultats Rd 7 - Les appariements Rd 8
2007-2010 � Chess & Strategy - tous droits r�serv�s
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/02/echecs-moscou-la-ronde-8-en-live-13h.html

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:55:00 +0000

Echecs � Moscou : la ronde 7 en Live � 13h
La 9�me �dition de l'Open Aeroflot se d�roule � Moscou du 8 au 19 F�vrier 2010 dans les salons de l'h�tel Izmailovo (Gamma-Delta) qui se situe � 10 kilom�tres du centre-ville de Moscou.

Cette ann�e, plusieurs Fran�ais ont fait le d�placement dont le champion du monde junior d'�checs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Etienne Bacrot, S�bastien Feller ou encore Marie Sebag (en photo ci-contre).

Rejouer pour le plaisir la miniature d'hier : Etienne Bacrot 1-0 Evgeny Bareev
Le Direct Live � 13h + T�l�charger les parties

Les r�sultats des Fran�ais ronde 7 :
Krishnan Sasikiran 2653 1/2 Etienne Bacrot 2713 Loek Van Wely 2641 0-1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2736 Sebastien Feller 2579 0-1 Vladimir Potkin 2611 Anton Shomoev 2559 1-0 Marie Sebag 2510
Les r�sultats des Fran�ais ronde 6 :
Etienne Bacrot 2713 1-0 Evgeny Bareev 2643 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2736 1-0 Dmitry Bocharov 2594 Sergei Zhigalko 2668 1/2 Sebastien Feller 2579 Marie Sebag 2510 0-1 Alexander Shabalov 2611

Pour en savoir plus: Le site officiel - Les r�sultats Rd 6 - Les appariements Rd 7
2007-2010 � Chess & Strategy - tous droits r�serv�s
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/02/echecs-moscou-la-ronde-7-en-live-13h.html

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:24:00 +0000

27mo Ciudad de Linares!

Si sono appena spente le eco del magnifico Corus ed ecco che i fari si riaccendono, come ogni anno, sul palcoscenico dei grandi scacchi. Cerimonia inaugurale oggi per il 27mo Ciudad de Linares: minor tradizione forse rispetto a Wijk aan Zee ma un evento diverso, da sempre o quasi riservato all’assoluta �lite mondiale, che ha scritto alcune delle pagine pi� straordinarie degli scacchi moderni. Dopo 4 anni �con 8 partecipanti si torna a 6, come gi� avvenuto nelle edizioni 2000 e 2001.

Motivi di carattere economico hanno indotto a questa “edizione di transizione”: l’accordo con Dubai come sostituta di Morelia non � stato trovato per quest’anno ma sembra prospettarsi per l’edizione 2011, in cui Linares si � gi� assicurata, notizia di questi ultimi giorni, la presenza del n� 1 Magnus Carlsen. Come dire: qualche difficolt� quest’anno, ma Linares continuer� e sar� sempre grandissimo! Non possiamo che esserne contenti!

Il primo premio scende, dai 100.000 euro dell’anno scorso ai 75.000 di quest’anno, via via fino ai 15.000 euro per il sesto, che restano pur sempre poco meno del 1� premio dell’Aeroflot! Confermata la scelta di riservare tutto al montepremi, in luogo degli ingaggi,�per incoraggiare la combattivit�, una caratteristica sempre ricercata storicamente da Luis Rentero.

Primo turno sabato 13, riposo il 17 e il 22, ultimo turno il 24. Si gioca alle 16, con un tempo di gioco, se non ho compreso male, privo di abbuoni: 2h x 40, 1h per le 20 mosse successive e mezz’ora per finire la partita. Zeitnot in vista! Partite online, ovviamente, sul sito ufficiale http://ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/ �e grande copertura live anche da parte di Chessdom, che per diversi mesi � stato il primo sito a dare notizie su un Linares 2010 avvolto da qualche nebbia. Per il terzo anno consecutivo, comunque, torneo di XXIma categoria (media 2758):

Giocatore, anno di nascita, nazionalit�, Elo, posizione in classifica mondiale, liverating

Veselin Topalov (1975) BUL 2805 (2 – 2805)

Levon Aronian (1982) ARM 2781 (5 – 2782.3)

Boris Gelfand (1968) ISR 2761 (6 – 2750.4)

Vugar Gashimov (1986) AZE 2751 (7 – 2740.2)

Alexander Grischuk (1983) RUS 2736 (14 – 2756.0)

Francisco Vallejo (1982) ESP 2705 (30 – 2708.0)

Una nota curiosa � che nessuno dei partecipanti al Corus � presente a Linares, fatto decisamente inconsueto.

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Per il Corus si era annotato che difficilmente Anand si sarebbe espresso al meglio, con la necessit� di preservare il suo arsenale di aperture per il prossimo match mondiale con Topalov. Non sono sicuro che lo stesso argomento sia completamente valido per Veselin: certo, il campione bulgaro terr� le carte coperte, ma la sua voglia di vittoria e il suo desiderio di sbilanciare le partite alla ricerca del punto intero potrebbero far capolino. Credo che a Topalov non dispiacerebbe presentarsi al match di Sofia con la vittoria di Linares: penso che dopo San Luis Veselin abbia acquistato la convinzione di essere il miglior giocatore del mondo e che avverta il desiderio di dimostrarlo in modo eclatante, ad esempio con una sequenza tipo Linares – Titolo Mondiale – Finale del Grande Slam! Un 2010 da leggenda, nel caso, ma il rischio � quello di strafare, di perdere qualche partita a Linares, e con essa qualche sicurezza. Vedremo un Topalov “disciplinato” e pienamente orientato sul match mondiale o fortemente motivato a vincere questo torneo? Da notare che Anand, restando imbattuto e superando Kramnik, un piccolo segnale l’ha lanciato. Per la prima parte del torneo Topalov non avr� l’apporto come secondo di Cheparinov, impegnato a Mosca, ma potr� contare su Dominguez (!!), che presumo faccia parte anche del suo team per il match mondiale.

Il ruolo del favorito potrebbe passare comunque ad Aronian, che ha sicuramente�qui l’impegno pi� importante di questa prima parte del 2010, una gara�che ha avuto pienamente il tempo di preparare. Il campione armeno si � spinto a novembre fino al suo massimo Elo, 2786, con un 2009 tutto condotto ad alto livello, dal secondo posto al Corus alle vittorie di Nalchik e di Bilbao, inserendosi a pieno titolo nella top five. La domanda, necessariamente rinviata ai match dei candidati, � se Aronian possa essere appieno un contendente per il�titolo mondiale. Considerando Carlsen e Kramnik, di spazio sembra essercene poco, sta a Levon mandare qualche segnale di forza e questo Linares potrebbe essere un punto di passaggio interessante. Una vittoria potrebbe aggiungere convinzione e un piccolo vantaggio c’�: manca Ivanchuk, bestia nera del campione armeno (lo scorso anno, qui a Linares, un tremendo doppio zero contro Chuky)!

La vittoria di Grischuk a Linares 2009 � stata senz’altro una sorpresa, non tanto per il talento, indiscutibile, quanto per la sequenza di risultati relativamente anonimi cui Alexandar ci aveva abituati, con la sensazione di una non piena applicazione agli scacchi e lasciando un po’ scivolare, anno dopo anno, la percezione di un giovane che forse avrebbe potuto / potrebbe lottare fino al livello del titolo mondiale. Dopo Linares un 2009 “come al solito”, fino all’eliminazione da Jakovenko in Coppa del Mondo. Acuti recenti per� con il titolo russo e un buon World Team Chess Championship, restando imbattuto in entrambe le manifestazioni. Grischuk riuscir� mai a trovare la determinazione necessaria per nutrire pienamente il suo talento? Parrebbe di no, finora, ma una certa curiosit� per il suo comportamento in questo Linares � legittima. E’ forse il miglior outsider per la vittoria finale e, nel caso, il bissare Linares potrebbe porgli qualche prospettiva su cui riflettere.

Di lista in lista Boris Gelfand continua ad aggiungere qualche punticino al suo record di punteggio Elo, con un trend stupefacente per i suoi quasi 42 anni e con tanti giovani super-computerizzati che si affacciano oltre quota 2700. La conferenza stampa di qualche mese fa a Roma ci d� per� delle risposte: Boris ha ancora una grande passione per gli scacchi ed � un uomo di spessore, un lottatore che si d� sempre degli obiettivi, per piccoli passi, un approccio che possiamo ritrovare nel suo stile alla scacchiera, solido e insidioso, con grandi capacit� posizionali. Grande soddisfazione la vittoria nella World Cup e poi un periodo di riposo e di preparazione. Facile immaginare come Gelfand sia orientato sui match dei candidati. Nella World Cup 2005 mi colp� una sua dichiarazione in cui affermava che la sua generazione (con Anand e Ivanchuk) aveva espresso dei grandi giocatori ma che Kasparov era “imbattibile”, impedendo loro di arrivare fino al titolo mondiale. Non facile da dire per una persona volitiva come lui. Penso che Gelfand sar� uno di quei giocatori dal declino molto lento, capace di stupirci anche a 50 anni ed oltre, uno che non molla, mai!

Prima volta in un super torneo per Vugar Gashimov, il “n� 3 dell’Azerbaijan” che in questo 2009 � diventato il n� 1, scavalcando, almeno per ora, Radjabov e Mamedyarov. Un’escalation costruita a partire dalla sua vittoria a pari merito nel Gran Prix di Baku 2008 e proseguita perdendo pochissimo, senza tuttavia brillare. Decisamente insolita per lui la debacle subita nel World Team Chess Championship, con tre sconfitte in sole sette partite, ad opera di Grischuk, Sasikiran e Adly, anche se le prove a squadre possono essere psicologicamente particolari. Una World Cup all’insegna delle patte, superando faticosamente Fabiano ed uscendo con Ponomariov. Difficile pensare che Gashimov possa spingersi oltre nella sua scalata del ranking mondiale; questo Linares ci sapr� dire, comunque, qualcosa in pi�.

Cinque partecipazioni consecutive a Linares per Vallejo, dal 2002 al 2006, fruendo del suo essere la migliore speranza spagnola, in cui “Paco” � sempre rimasto nelle posizioni di coda. Il suo talento, molto creativo, non � finora riuscito ad esprimersi fino ad uno stabile inserimento nell’elite mondiale. Nel 2009 � arrivato, finalmente, oltre quota 2700 ma anche stavolta sembra difficile che possa inserirsi nelle prime posizioni qui a Linares. Vallejo vanta anche due partecipazioni nel nostro CIS, prima nel Master 2008 con il Massimo di Palermo, condotto fin quasi allo scudetto, e poi nell’A1 2009 con il Dorico Ancona. Da queste occasioni il ritratto di un giovane simpatico e alla mano, che non si d� arie da super GM, molto disponibile ed eccellente forchetta! Per chi non avesse letto l’articolo da non perdere la sua partita, commentata per Scacchierando, giocata contro Malfagia, in cui � disponibile anche l’eccellente commento dello stesso Malfagia, una doppia rivisitazione della stessa partita di straordinario valore didattico!

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Ci� che mi sembra accomuni quest’anno Wijk aan Zee e Linares, pur nella notevole diversit� nella tipologia di gara e con partecipanti completamente diversi, � il senso di attesa rispetto ad una stagione scacchistica straordinariamente incerta e interessante. A breve il match mondiale tra due grandissimi protagonisti e�all'orizzonte dei match dei candidati che si prospettano estremamente interessanti, fino alla nuova sfida mondiale del 2011. Forse Carlsen sar� il dominatore del futuro ma ancora non lo � del tutto�e non � facile immaginare chi sar� il campione del mondo alla fine del 2011.

Un corridoio dell'Hotel Anibal (da Chessbase)

Poi, ovviamente, Corus e Linares sono accomunati dalle grandi storie scacchistiche che hanno scritto. Nell’Hotel Anibal, in passato sede di gioco e tutt’ora albergo di soggiorno dei giocatori, ci sono moltissime immagini dei grandi campioni che hanno partecipato al torneo, anno dopo anno.

Un 22enne Gelfand (da Chessbase)

Superba vittoria di Vassily nel 1991! (da Chessbase)

Garry 1992 (da Chessbase)

Il fantastico do di petto di Karpov 1994! (da Chessbase)

Insomma, il vento dei grandi scacchi soffia impetuoso in Andalusia!

http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1716

2010-02-12T03:31:09+01:00

Chernyshov first on tiebreak in Moscow

42-year-old Konstantin Chernyshov won the strong Moscow Open with 7 out of 9. The Russian GM finished shared first with another 40+ grandmaster, Evgeny Bareev, and both Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev also ended on 7 points. Chernishov had the best tiebreak: most wins.

The 6th Moscow Open took place January 30-February 7 at the Russian State Social University in Moscow, Russia. The festival consisted of many different events, and attracted 1,500 participants from 30 countries worldwide. The main event, a very strong 9-round Swiss, consisted of 187 players, including 73 grandmasters and 49 masters. The time control was 1 hour and 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1.

The tournament was surprisingly won by 46th seeded Konstantin Chernyshov. In the last round the grandmaster from Voronezh drew with Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem and so the two ended the tournament with 7 points, together with Evgeny Bareev and Ernesto Inarkiev. Chernyshov was declared winner as he had the highest number of wins. Le Quang Liem ended second and Bareev third. The prize fund of the main tournament was 2,500,000 rubles (60,000 Euros) and the first prize 500,000 (12,000 Euros).

Chernyshov and Liem shaking hands for their last-round game

Moscow Open 2010 | Final Standings (top 40)

Full final standings here

Selection of games

Game viewer by ChessTempo

Another famous name who could be found in the playing hall almost every day was Alexei Shirov. The reason? He came to support his girlfriend Olga Dolgov, who played in the women’s tournament (and who could be found in the playing hall of the Corus Chess Tournament almost every day, supporting her boyfriend). Besides, Shirov decided to meet with relatives and school friends, as he mentioned in an interview at the tournament website.

Apparently the two believe in the power of love. The interview was conducted when Sasikiran was leading the tournament. Shirov: “Naturally, he is very high class player. Besides, not so long ago he got married, and this also gives an additional impetus.”

Winter in Moscow, chess in Moscow

One of the playing halls in the university

Second on tiebreak: Le Quang Liem

Third on tiebreak, still going strong: Evgeny Bareev

Fourth on tiebreak: Ernesto Inarkiev

Krishnan Sasikiran had a good start, but finished on shared 5th-15th

Vladimir Belov, also shared 5th-15th

Bu Xiangzhi, also shared 5th-15th

Open tournament tiger Evgeny Najer, this time shared 15th-28th

Top seed Alexander Motylev, also shared 15th-28th

Giovanni Vescovi from Brazil, shared 15th-28th

Semen Dvoirys ended on 5.5 points

Ian Nepomniachtchi, also shared 15th-28th

Hou Yifan ended on a disappointing 4.5/9

Evgeny Sveshnikov still plays and ended on 4 points

Photos � Maria Fomynikh, Eldar Mukhametov, Yana Melnikova

Links

Official website

Games in PGN via TWIC

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chernyshov-first-on-tiebreak-in-moscow/

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:58:03 +0000

Cherny... Who?

I've never heard of this bloke, but GM Konstantin Chernyshov of Russia has just won the Moscow Open. The Asian region, though, can claim their hero in Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem, who finished 3rd on tiebreak. Here's one of Liem's wins, beating the Indian Sasikiran.

Moscow Open 2010 - Section A
Le Quang Liem
Sasikiran, K.
D86

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. Rb1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. h3 e6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qc1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Rxb7 Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 h6 21. Be3 Rb2 22. Rd1 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. a3 Nc2 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bc1 Rb7 27. Bd3 Ne1 28. Ba6 Rb1 29. Kf1 Nc2 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. c6 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rb6 33. c7 Rc6 34. Rd7 Nd4 35. Bf4 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 e5 37. Be3 1-0

http://closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com/2010/02/cherny-who.html

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:16:00 +0000

9? Aeroflot Open

In quanti�Open l’Elo minimo per partecipare al torneo principale�� fissato a 2550 punti? Che io sappia solo in uno, cio� l’Open pi� forte del mondo: l’Aeroflot di Mosca! Anche in questo periodo di crisi, grazie alla sponsorizzazione della pi� grande compagnia aerea russa,�il montepremi rimane identico a quello dell'edizione 2009: 140.000 euro�complessivi,�di cui�70.000 al torneo principale (21.000 al vincitore).

La Compagnia aerea russa�Aeroflot, sponsor del torneo

L’Aeroflot attira sempre molti forti giocatori, come si pu� notare scorrendo la notevole lista dei prescritti over-2650 di quest’anno:

Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2730
Bacrot Etienne FRA 2713
Motylev Alexander RUS 2697
Kamsky Gata USA 2693
Volokitin Andrei UKR 2692
Naiditsh Arkadij GER 2687
Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2680
Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2677
Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2673
Smirin Ilia ISR 2668
Zhigalko Sergey BLR 2668
Najer Evgeniy RUS 2665
Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2660
Vescovi Giovanni BRA 2660
Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2658
Efimenko Zahar UKR 2657
So Wesley PHI 2656
Grachev Boris RUS 2653
Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2653
Timofeev Artyom RUS 2652
Dreev Alexey RUS 2650

Vachier-Lagrave, n� 1 del tabellone

Finora risultano preiscritti poco meno di 300 giocatori, 76 dei quali nel torneo principale, ma mancano ancora due giorni all'inizio del torneo e la lista � in continuo aggiornamento.

Qualcuno forse ricorder� che lo scorso anno vinse Etienne Bacrot con 6,5 su 9 per spareggio tecnico su Alexander Moiseenko.�Entrambi partecipano anche quest'anno.

Etienne Bacrot, vincitore dell'edizione 2009

Sono invece sicuro che tutti ricordano il clamoroso ritiro di Shakhriyar Mamedyarov dopo la partita giocata contro Igor Kurnosov, accusato di aver fatto uso di un computer durante il gioco!�All'epoca pubblicammo anche un'intervista�esclusiva a Mamedyarov, realizzata dal mitico Ludwig Rettore (QUI).
Com'era prevedibile, quest'anno Mamedyarov non ci sar�, cos� come Kurnosov.

Una fase della famosa Mamedyarov-Kurnosov, Aeroflot 2009

La manifestazione prevede�quattro tornei: A1 per giocatori con Elo da 2550, A2 (da 2400 a 2549), B (da 2200 a 2399) e C (sotto 2200).

Sono previsti 9 turni di gioco. I tornei A1 e A2 si disputeranno dal 9 al 17 febbraio, sempre alle ore 15 (le 13 in Italia). Gli altri tornei prevedono un doppio turno e, di conseguenza, termineranno il 16 febbraio.

Tempo di riflessione. A1 e A2: 2 ore per 40 mosse + 50 minuti per 20 mosse + 30 secondi di incremento a mossa; B e C: 90 minuti + 30 secondi di incremento a mossa.

A fine torneo�ci sar�una “coda” di altissimo livello: infatti il 18 verr� disputato un torneo Blitz che metter� in palio un montepremi di 40.000 euro (10.000 al primo classificato) e qualificher� 6 giocatori per la finale del World Blitz Championship 2010, prevista a Mosca a novembre!

Sito ufficiale, QUI

http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1709

2010-02-07T23:15:45+01:00

Moscow Chess Open 2010 - January 30th - February 7th at the Russian State Social University

In the last round, FIDE Grand Prix participant Ernesto Inarkiev wins a beautiful positional game against Sergey Volkov to leap forward and reach the shared first place. The experienced GM Evgeny Bareev, who held the Indian hope Krishnan Sasikiran to a draw, and GM Konstantin Chernyshov and GM Le Quang Liem, who split points on the first board, are also tied on the top, with 7.0 points each.

http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2010/moscow-open

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:32:28 +0100

Abierto Mosc� R6: cinco l�deres

Tras seis rondas disputadas en el grupo A del Abierto de Mosc� 2010, hay cinco jugadores empatados por 5 puntos en primera posici�n: Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), Dmitry Andreikin (Rusia), Evgeny Bareev (Rusia) e Igor Kurnosov (Rusia). La partida m�s importantse de la ronda entre Dmitry Andreikin (Rusia) y Viktor Bologan (Moldova) dur� 75 movimientos y concluy� en tablas en un final de damas. Por detr�s de los l�deres va un grupo de 13 jugadores con medio punto emenos. GM Ipatov Alexander, que compite para Espa�a se en cuentra en el lugar 37 y el gran maestro venezolano, Eduardo Iturrizaga, figura en el lugar 40, ambos con 4 puntos. En la competici�n femenina, las dos partidas clave entre Lilit Galojan (Armenia) y Elisabeth Paehtz (Alemania) y Salome Melia (Georgia) y Tatiana Grabuzova Tatiana (Rusia) terminaron en empates. Zhao Xue (China), Atousa Pourkashiyan (Ir�n), Marina Romanko (Russia) y Maria Manakova se apuntaron al liderato gracias a sus respectivas victorias con lo cual ahora hay 11 participantes con 4,5 puntos. Tras 6 rondas...

http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=8012

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Moscow Open 2010

The Moscow Open 2010 is taking place on January 30th - February 7th at the Russian State Social University. The Festival will see approximately 1226 chess players from 30 countries, divided into A, B, C, D, E1, and F group.

"Moscow Open is the major tournament for the Moscow Chess Federation. And despite a difficult economic situation in the country, we managed to keep the prize fund and budget of the festival at the same level," commented Vasiliy Zhukov, the president of Moscow Chess Federation, rector of the Russian State Social University, member of the Russian Academy of Science.

Round six was played on Thursday and five players grouped on the top of the Moscow Open 2010 A crosstable, with 5 points each. GM Dmitry Andreikin drew with GM Viktor Bologan and was joined in the lead by Evgeny Bareev, who scored with black against the top seed Alexander Motylev, Igor Kurnosov, Indian star Krishnan Sasikiran and the ultra-talented GM Le Quang Liem from Vietnam. Top round seven matches are Sasikiran Krishnan - Andreikin Dmitry, Bareev Evgeny - Le Quang Liem and Inarkiev Ernesto - Kurnosov Igor.

GM Ernesto Inarkiev

Women are competing in their own group, dubbed as Moscow Open 2010 C. Among 140 players, WGM Maria Manakova (SRB 2346), IM Marina Romanko (RUS 2433), WGM Tatiana Grabuzova (RUS 2345), WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (IRI 2306), IM Salome Melia (GEO 2431), IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER 2484), GM Zhao Xue (CHN 2504) and WGM Lilit Galojan (ARM 2374) are sharing the lead with 5 points each after six rounds.

Interview with IM Melia Salome, Georgia's new women chess champion, conducted by Yana Melnikova for the official website:

- Salome, how many times did you participate in Moscow Open?
- I�m here for the 3rd time. For the first time I played at the festival in 2005. It was the first year of Moscow Open work, so there was no gender group division. Besides, I was the first among women and reached the norm of male International Master. My second one was in 2008, but I didn�t succeed that time. There was a woman tournament, but I didn�t even get a prize-winning place. At that time I also took part in another Moscow tournament � Aeroflot Open. It�s an interesting competition, but it gets more and more expensive to take part in it without a sponsor.

- What can you say about this festival organization?
- In the whole, everything is good, I like it. The only tip for organizers concerns the Internet. Now we have it in the inn, but there are problems with connection.

- You have become a Georgia champion recently. How important is this achievement to you? And whether or not this fact is going to influence your life?
- For the last 2 years I got only second position at the Georgia Championship. Therefore, I am really happy I managed to win. I hope I would be able to qualify to the national team. Since the past 2 years I was the only candidate for the team - I have been practicing a lot, but at the last moment - I found that I am out of the competition.

IM Melia Salome

- There are tensions between Russia and Georgia these years. How does it influence on tournaments participation?
- Georgian women didn�t take part in World Championship 2008 in Nalchik. Nowadays there are not big difficulties. But I got a visa to Russia through Swiss Embassy, and flew to Moscow passing Prague.

- Do you have any further tournament plans?
- The next tournament I take part in will be held in Bucharest, Romania, I�ll play round robin women�s tournament "President Cup". Then I have 3 free weeks and Individual Europe Championship in Croatia.

- Chess is your only profession?
- Yes, I�m a professional. Last year I graduated from law department at Batumi State University. This profession was interesting for me but I have never thought about working as a lawyer. I think to do something well, we should do one thing. For me it's chess.

The Festival's venue is one more time the Russian State Social University (RSSU), the only state higher educational establishment in Russia which centers on social field. In accordance with the state license, over 100 000 students obtain higher education in 63 disciplines. More than 22 000 of them study in Moscow, the other - in over 50 branches of RSSU that are located in various regions of Russia and abroad.

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4332-moscow-open-2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:08:44 +0000

9th Aeroflot Open 2010

The 9th Aeroflot Open takes place 8th February - 19th February 2010. This is the strongest open of the year. Players include: Bacrot, Bu Xiangzhi, Cheparinov, Motylev, Khalifman, Niaditsch, Nepomniatchi, Sargissian, Sasikiran, Smirin, Timofeev, Vachier-Lagrave, Van Wely and Zvjaginsev.

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/9th-aeroflot-open-2010

Tue 02 Feb 2010 09:42:00 PM UTC

Ha comenzado el Abierto de Mosc� 2010

Entre el 30 de enero y el 7 de febrero se est� disputando el Abierto de Mosc� 2010. Participan unos cuantos grandes maestros fuertes, entre ellos Rublevsky, Motylev, Bologan, Bu Xiangzhi, Vescovi y Sasikiran. Organiza la Federaci�n Rusa de Ajedrez y el lugar de la competici�n que se llevar� a cabo en seis grupos, ordenados por fuerza de juego, ser� la Universidad Estatal Rusa ("Russian State Social University (RSSU)"). En el abierto puramente femenino compiten, entre otras cosas, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue y Elisabeth P�htz. El fondo global de premios asciende a 5.000.000 rublos (es decir, unos 120.000 euros). Yana Melnikova nos ha enviado sus impresiones fotogr�ficas...

http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=8004

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Moscow Open 2010 - Information from the top chess event of Moscow

The Moscow Open 2010 will take place January 30th - February 7th. This year's edition will be exceptionally strong with GM Rublevsky, GM Motylev, GM Bologan, GM Bu Xiangzhi, GM Vescovi, GM Sasikiran, GM Le Quang Liem, GM Iturrizaga, GM Hou Yifan, GM Sjugirov, GM Shabalov and over 70 ither grandmasters from all over the world. Among the strongest international masters is Chessdom.com's commentator IM Alexander Ipatov

http://previews.chessdom.com/moscow-open-2010

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:23:40 +0100

Moscow Open 2010

� 31 over 2600 in gara!

Inizia oggi la “20 giorni moscovita”, con la sesta edizione dell’Open di Mosca che, ormai tradizionalmente, prelude al torneo Aeroflot (8 – 19 febbraio). L’ombra dell’open pi� forte del mondo �toglie forse un po’ di luce ad un Festival in realt� fantastico, con numeri da capogiro: circa 1300 gli scacchisti in gara, con un open femminile che raggiunge le 136 preiscritte e la presenza di 74 GM nel torneo principale, dei quali 31 over 2600!!

Il torneo si svolge presso l’Universit� Statale di Mosca. Suona bene questa collocazione in un tempio della cultura, abbastanza distante, invece e purtroppo, dalla nostra realt�. Si gioca dal 30 gennaio al 7 febbraio, sempre alle ore 16 (14 in Italia) tranne l’ultimo turno, previsto alle 11 (le nove da noi). Identico per tutti i tornei il tempo di gioco, 105 minuti per la partita pi� 30 secondi per mossa a partire dalla prima. Come sempre razionale e ben fatto il sito di riferimento http://www.moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index . Prevista la trasmissione online delle partite, con link non ancora segnalato ma che credo corrisponda al solito http://russiachess.org/online/ . Montepremi notevolissimo di oltre 5 milioni di rubli (circa 118.000 euro), con 500.000 rubli al vincitore del torneo A.

Sergei Rublevsky

I primi 20 del tabellone principale:

1 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2697 RUS 1974

2 GM Motylev Alexander 2697 RUS 1979

3 GM Bologan Viktor 2692 MDA 1971

4 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2673 CHN 1985

5 GM Georgiev Kiril 2672 BUL 1965

6 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2668 BLR 1989

7 GM Kurnosov Igor 2668 RUS 1985

8 GM Najer Evgeniy 2665 RUS 1977

9 GM Vescovi Giovanni 2660 BRA 1978

10 GM Lastin Alexander 2659 RUS 1976

11 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2658 RUS 1990

12 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2653 IND 1981

13 GM Grachev Boris 2653 RUS 1986

14 GM Khismatullin Denis 2651 RUS 1984

15 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2649 RUS 1985

16 GM Le Quang Liem 2647 VIE 1991

17 GM Bareev Evgeny 2643 RUS 1966

18 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2643 KAZ 1973

19 GM Savchenko Boris 2638 RUS 1986

20 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2635 RUS 1990

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Ernesto Inarkiev

Non pochi i giocatori che hanno gi� toccato quota 2700 in carriera. Grandissimo equilibrio comunque e gara pressoch� impossibile da pronosticare. Un open cos� dovrebbe essere pi� adatto a giocatori che sanno rischiare e che riescono a trovare una buona vena nella gara, tuttavia un giocatore “solido” come Inarkiev, ad esempio, si � comportato benissimo sia nel 2008, nel gruppo dei secondi (alle spalle di Timofeev) dopo aver condotto il torneo con una impressionante serie di vittorie, sia nel 2009, sempre nel gruppetto dei secondi a mezzo punto dal vincitore Onishuk. D’altra parte, altrettanto buoni i risultati di un furente attaccante come Nepomniachtchi, anche lui a 7 su nove nel 2009 (e vincitore dell’Aeroflot 2008!).

"Nepo"

Sorprende un poco la discesa sotto i 2700 di Bu Xiangzhi ma il 24enne cinese ha relativamente ridotto la sua attivit� nel 2009, giocando peraltro meno spesso all’estero, forse in relazione ad impegni extra-scacchistici (magari qualche lettore ne sa di pi�). Se si � preparato per questa gara (e per il prossimo Aeroflot) Bu potrebbe essere da “pronosticare”. Notevole crescita nel recente periodo per il 19enne vietnamita Le Quang Liem, sicuramente talentuoso anche se non so se gi� abbastanza maturo e “roccioso” da sapersi imporre in un torneo cos� difficile. Fuori dai primi 20 in graduatoria Elo spiccano i nomi della Hou Yifan (2590) e del super creativo 17enne Sanan Sjugirov (2610). Non mancano poi grandi nomi, come Bareev, Andrei Sokolov, Evgeny Sveshnikov. Nonostante i ripetuti fallimenti nel fantascacchi, mi lancio comunque�con un possibile podio: 1� Nepo, 2� Bu, 3� Rublevsky!

Bu Xiangzhi

Da notare la presenza di Igor Kurnosov, oggetto lo scorso anno all’Aeroflot di accuse di utilizzo di mezzi informatici da parte di Mamedyarov, duramente battuto nel confronto diretto e ritiratosi poi dalla gara; ne parlammo anche attraverso un’intervista a Mamedyarov di Ludwig Rettore, nostro corrispondente da Mosca (!! ) nelle ultime due edizioni. Non mi sembra che quest’anno Ludwig sia presente ma ripropongo l’introduzione al torneo che ci ha inviato nell’edizione 2009, del tutto attuale per trasportarci nella capitale degli scacchi:

Luwig Rettore impegnato contro il super GM Emil Sutowsky

"Agli amici di Scacchierando,

Mosca � indubbiamente la vera capitale degli scacchi, citare la meraviglia di questi due megaopen immancabilmente appaiati nel mese di febbraio sarebbe per me l’ennesima ripetizione e naturalmente non sono il solo esempio che premia e mette in luce la dedizione di questa citt� per la nostra amata arte. A tratti � proprio l’aria che si respira a fare la differenza, si vedono ragazzi in metr� presi da tattiche sfide sul cellulare, n� � una rarit� vedere gente intenta a risolvere l’ultimo problema sulla Shakmatnaia Nedelia, o su un qualche quotidiano russo. Per di pi� si tratta spesso di problemi che escono dalla nostra un po’ labile mentalit� scacchistica in quanto non tendono necessariamente a combinazioni da matto o a cospicui vantaggi di materiale bens� guarda un po’, a semplici vantaggi posizionali, al guadagno di un pedone o dei due alfieri, o ancora di una misera casa debole. Il testo si rivela essere sempre il bianco muove ( e perci� non necessariamente vince!) inducendo perci� il solutore a immedesimarsi nella partita, e a cercare la verit� in ogni ambito dell’arte scacchistica, in ogni parte dell’universo della scacchiera. Insomma andare a caccia anche di quei cosiddetti ‘vantaggi minori’ rientra nella tipica logica della scuola russa e porta ad apprezzarne forse ancor pi� globalmente il gioco e perci� a migliorarsi… (Un consiglio per i nostri mitici direttori Messa e Capece…)

Ma a proposito di bella aria che si respira, io mi reco spesso allo sgangherato circolo dell’Oktiabrskaia club (con le sedie senza schienale e i re senza croce) a due passi dal monumento di Lenin. Qui i tornei lampo sono all’insegna dei grandi maestri e talvolta anche dei grandi nomi, una fortuna che ovviamente si possono permettere data la vastit� di GM. Anzi… vedendone sempre di nuovi viene da chiedersi: ma quanti ve ne sono nella sola Mosca? Una domanda che rimbalzo a Runner and company…

Beh per stavolta ho messo pi� in luce lo sfondo che i tornei in s� data ahim�, la carenza di italiani disposti a parteciparvi quest’anno. Niente Caruana, niente Brunello… (presenti all’Aeroflot 2008 - ndr) quasi niente, nell’Aeroflot a dire il vero vi sar� soltanto io mentre nell’Open di Mosca sar� accompagnato appena da un altro paio di italiani nell’Open B. Ovviamente niente di sufficiente a destare troppo interesse… eppure…eppure pensandoci bene un bel nome in grado di difendere i nostri colori e a farci sognare c’�, soprattutto ricordando quello che ha fatto l’anno scorso e di come gioiva non solo per i risultati eccellenti ottenuti ma anche, ancor pi�, per il vostro apporto! Avete capito di chi sto parlando?…"

Na zdarovia!

Ludwig Rettore

Non mi sembra ci siano italiani in gara in questa edizione 2010 ma il “nostro” Igor Naumkin (autore di un magnifico torneo nel 2008) c’� anche quest’anno!

Se poi vogliamo affidarci ad un’assonanza italiana per tifare possiamo puntare l’attenzione su Giovanni Vescovi, anche se a parte il nome non ho idea di quanto vicina e avvertita sia la sua ascendenza italiana. Vescovi, 31 anni, � diventato IM a 15 anni e GM a 20, entrando nella top 100 mondiale nel 2001 e superando la soglia dei 2600 nel 2002, pur contemperando l’attivit� scacchistica con gli studi giuridici. Tra i suoi migliori risultati la vittoria nel torneo delle Bermuda del 2004, doppio girone a sei giocatori in cui ha superato Gelfand, Movsesian, Iordachescu, Shabalov e Macieja, concludento imbattuto con 7 su 10. Nel dicembre 2006 la decisione di lasciare il professionismo per dedicarsi alla carriera legale. Tuttavia, incoraggiato da familiari ed amici, lo scorso giugno ha scelto di dedicarsi completamente all’attivit� scacchistica, con l’obiettivo dichiarato di superare i 2700. Ha vinto il suo settimo titolo brasiliano lo scorso dicembre ma ha avuto una prova sofferta in prima scacchiera nel recente World Team Chess Championship. Questo Moscow Open � una occasione, peraltro non facile, per ritrovare fiducia.

Il pluricampione brasiliano Giovanni Vescovi

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http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1702

2010-01-30T02:00:56+01:00

India clinch bronze, Ganguly & Arun Prasad win board prizes @ World Team Chp, Turkey

History was made at Bursa, Turkey as the youthful Indian team led by Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran tied for the second spot with USA in the world team chess championship. Russia took the clear first place with 15 match points. India and USA secured 13 match points, with the tie-breaks placing USA and India for the silver and bronze medals. India won six matches, lost two – to the first placed Russia and second placed USA – and drew with Olympic Champions Armenia.

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly won the GOLD medal for his outstanding performance in the third board where scored 5.0 points from seven games, coming with a stunning rating performance of ELO 2804. GM Arun Prasad playing in the fifth board clinched the BRONZE medal for his 2.5/5 result coming up with a rating performance of 2604.

In a gesture of appreciation coming in the wake of the top notch performance of the Indian team, All India Chess Federation announced a cash award Rs.25000 each for all the six players viz., Sasikiran, Harikrishna, Ganguly, Gopal, Arun Prasad and Adhiban.

In the crucial final round match, India defeated Brazil 3.5-0.5, with Harikrishna, Ganguly and Gopal winning their games. Russia coasted to a 3-1 win over Israel, while USA helped India’s cause holding Azerbaijan to a 2-2 draw.

For the Indian team trained by Grandmaster Lev Psakhis of Israel, it was first time lucky, as they coasted to a medal in their maiden appearance. Sasikiran 5.5/9 and Ganguly 5/7 were the pillars of the Indian team with their rating performances touching 2753 & 2804 respectively. Sasi-Ganguly duo were ably supported by Harikrishna 4/8, G N Gopal 3/5, Arun Prasad 2.5/5 & Adhiban 1/2.

Final Standings :

http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_turnuva/task,show/dosya,9/Itemid,9/lang,turkish/

Final Rankings

Rank Team Gam. + = - MP Pts. Res. SB.

1 RUSSIA 9 7 1 1 15 24 0 127,75

2 USA 9 6 1 2 13 21� 0 103,00

3 INDIA 9 6 1 2 13 21 0 103,25

4 AZERBAIJAN 9 5 2 2 12 22 0 93,75

5 ARMENIA 9 5 2 2 12 20� 0 97,00

6 GREECE 9 4 0 5 8 18 0 68,50

7 ISRAEL 9 3 1 5 7 17 0 53,50

8 BRAZIL 9 2 0 7 4 12� 0 23,50

9 EGYPT 9 1 1 7 3 12 0 23,75

10 TURKIYE 9 1 1 7 3 11� 0 23,00

MEDAL LIST OF BOARDS

Board 1

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts. Games

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2708 UNITED STATES 75,0 6 8 2851

2 GM Aronian Levon 2781 ARMENIA 66,7 6 9 2789

3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2736 RUSSIA 64,3 4� 7 2797

Board 2

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts. Games

1 GM Onischuk Alexander 2670 UNITED STATES 72,2 6� 9 2809

2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2733 AZERBAIJAN 71,4 5 7 2808

3 GM Akopian Vladimir 2678 ARMENIA 66,7 6 9 2762

Board 3

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts. here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6057

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Russia Wins World Team Chess Championship

Russia beat Israel 3:1 in the last round of the World Team Chess Championship to successfully close the campaign and take home the gold medal. European Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky and Nikita Vitiugov brought the key points on the boards with white pieces. The team Russia collected 15 match points, having only lost against Greece in round two and tying the match against Armenia in round seven. Vitiugov brought 5.5 points from six games and Vladimir Malakhov contributed 5 points from seven games.

The United States and India finished with 13 match points, but the silver medal goes to the United States thanks to the higher sum of individual points. It was a fantastic run for the young American team, who even held the lead in the Championship until succumbing to the Olympiad winners Armenia in round eight. Hikaru Nakamura was in marvelous form and scored many beautiful wins on the top board. With 6 points from 8 games, he took the gold individual medal, while his teammate Alexander Onischuk achieved the same feat on the second board, with 6.5 out of 9 games. The success is even greater because the US played without Gata Kamsky, one of their best players, who in the meantime won the strong Reggio Emilia tournament.

The well rounded team of India fought hard and deservingly reached the third place and bronze medal. Krishnan Sasikiran held the top board well in the competition with the world's top players, while Asian Champion Ganguly Surya Shekhar contributed a lion's share of points on the third board, where he also claimed the individual gold medal.

Greece played each match until the bare kings and signed four wins and five losses, without draws. They stunned the new World Champion Russia and 2008 Olympiad winner Armenia. The inexperienced but quickly progressing home team of Turkey finished the last, but they are boosting the victory against Olympiad silver medalists from Israel.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan had the best individual result in this Championship, with incredible 8 points on the fourth board.

Round 9 results:
EGYPT�� 1 - 3�� ARMENIA
ISRAEL�� 1 - 3�� RUSSIA
BRAZIL�� - 3�� INDIA
GREECE�� 2� - 1�� TURKIYE
UNITED STATES�� 2 - 2�� AZERBAIJAN

Final standings (match and ind. points):
1. RUSSIA�� - 15 (24)
2. UNITED STATES - 13 (21�)
3. INDIA - 13 (21)
4. AZERBAIJAN - 12 (22)
5. ARMENIA - 12 (20�)
6. GREECE - 8 (18)
7. ISRAEL - 7 (17)
8. BRAZIL - 4 (12�)
9. EGYPT - 3 (12)
10. TURKIYE - 3 (11�)

Reports, statistics and photos on the official website

Team Russia playing the final round

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4279-russia-wins-world-team-chess-championship

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:36:49 +0000

Bursa

Nach drei Runden ist bereits keine der teilnehmenden Nationien der Mannschafts-Weltmeisterschaft im t�rkischen Bursa mehr ohne Niederlage. Russland verlor in Runde zwei v�llig �berraschend gegen Griechenland, in Runde 3 besiegte Indien das hocheingesch�tzte Aserbeidschan mit 2,5:1,5, wobei Sasikiran gegen Gashimov und Harikrishna gegen Radjabov gewann, am vierten Brett unterlag Gopal gegen Mamedyarov. Dichtes Gedr�nge in der Tabelle: Mit 7,5 Brettpunkten f�hrt Armenien vor Russland, Israel, Aserbeidschan und den USA mit jeweils 7 Brettpunkten und schliesslich Indien mit 6 Brettpunkten, alle sechs genannten Nationen haben vier Mannschaftspunkte erzielt. Offizielle Seite

http://www.schach.com/component/content/article/1-schach/769-bursa

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:54:25 +0000

Corus GM-B 2010

Wesley So come Fabiano Caruana?

E' solo il numero 6 del tabellone, ma gli occhi degli spettatori saranno tutti per Wesley So, curiosi di?sapere se il 16enne filippino (classe 1993)?riuscir�?ad emulare l'impresa completata da Fabiano??Caruana lo scorso anno, ovvero vincere il Corus C e il Corus B in due anni consecutivi.

Diciamo subito che l'impresa appare possibile - se non probabile - per vari motivi. Anzitutto il lotto degli avversari appare pi� debole rispetto a quello affrontato da Fabiano nel 2009: il torneo � anche quest'anno di Categoria 16, ma la media Elo � scesa da 2641 a 2629; inoltre Fabiano affront� 2 over-2700 (Sasikiran e Vallejo Pons) e 4 ex-sovietici over-2670 (Efimenko, Kasimdzhanov, Motylev e Volokitin), mentre Wesley affronter� solo 3 over-2670 (Naiditsch, Nisipeanu e Harikrishna) e nessun over-2700. Infine, particolare non secondario , c'� da considerare?la forza dimostrata dal giocatore, che - per esempio - nella recente World Cup ha eliminato giocatori del calibro di Ivanchuk e Kamsky, prima di perdere negli ottavi di finale contro Malakhov.

Wesley So

Vediamo l'elenco dei partecipanti, in ordine di Elo:

GM Arkadij Naiditsch GER 2687?

GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ROM 2681?

GM Pentala Harikrishna IND 2672?

GM Hua Ni CHN 2657?

GM Emil Sutovsky ISR 2657?

GM Wesley So PHI 2656?

GM Tomi Nyback FIN 2643?

GM Varuzhan Akobian USA 2628?

GM Parimarjan Negi IND 2621?

GM Erwin l'Ami NED 2615?

GM David Howell ENG 2606?

GM Anish Giri NED 2588?

GM Dimitri Reinderman NED 2573?

IM Anna Muzychuk SLO 2523?

Da questa lista si evince che parteciperanno altri due giovanissimi con grandi prospettive: l'indiano Parimarjan Negi e l'olandese di origine russa Anish Giri. Negi � il n? 2 mondiale della classe 1993 (ovviamente dopo So) ed ha ottenuto un 2? posto nel Corus C 2008 (vinto da Caruana) con 8 su 13, mentre Giri, n? 2 mondiale della classe 1994 (a soli 2 punti Elo dalla cinese?Hou Yifan), � anch'egli stato promosso dal Corus C dopo il 2? posto ottenuto nel 2009 con 8,5 su 13.

Parimarjan Negi (foto Chessbase)

Anish Giri (foto Chessbase)

A confronto dei giocatori appena presentati il talento inglese David Howell (classe 1990), reduce dall'ottimo 3? posto ottenuto nel London Chess Classic di Londra,?appare un "vecchietto"

David Howell

Passiamo ora ai favoriti in base all'Elo. Numero 1 del tabellone � il tedesco di origine lettone Arkadij Naiditsch, che in carriera ha vinto il Supertorneo di Dortmund (nel 2005) e nell'aprile 2009 ha toccato i 2700 punti Elo.

Arkadij Naiditsch

Numero 2 � il rumeno Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, che vanta un best-Elo di 2707 punti raggiunti nel 2005, anno nel quale vinse il Campionato Europeo Individuale.

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (foto Chessbase)

Numero 3 � l'indiano Pentala Harikrishna, che da oltre 4 anni ha un Elo oscillante attorno ai 2670 punti senza mai sfondare quota 2700?(con un massimo di 2686 ad aprile 2009).

Pentala Harikrishna

Dei rimanenti partecipanti, tutti di altissimo livello, non possiamo non citare almeno due giocatori: il cinese Ni Hua, vincitore del Torneo di Capodanno 2008-2009, che dopo aver raggiunto nello scorso aprile i 2724 punti Elo, negli ultimi 9 mesi ne ha purtroppo persi ben 67, e la slovena di origine sovietica?Anna Muzychuk, unica donna in gara, che pur avendo l'Elo pi� basso del torneo sembra avere i mezzi per lottare. Infatti negli ultimi scontri diretti con i partecipanti a questo torneo, giocati nel torneo Inventichess del 2009, ha vinto con Howell e pattato con Sutovsky.

Ni Hua

Anna Muzychuk (foto Chessdom)

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http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1679

2010-01-12T06:29:18+01:00

Russia and USA lead at World Team Championship

Russia and the USA are sharing the lead at the World Team Championship. After six rounds both teams are on ten match points. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Israel and India follow with seven match points, with three rounds to go. Games rounds 5-6 with notes.

The 7th World Team Championship takes place at the Merinos Congress Centre in Bursa, Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010. It’s a 9-round round-robin with 10 teams of 6 players: 4 players + 2 reserves, and one coach/captain. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves +30 minutes to end the game, with 30 seconds increment from the start. At the tournament the zero-tolerance rule is in effect, and draw offers are not allowed before move 30. Teams are Russia, Brazil, ~~China~~ India, Egypt (continental champions), Armenia, Israel, USA (Olympiad qualifiers), Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Greece (organizing country and two invited federations).

Rounds 5-6

After the first four rounds no less than five teams were on six match points, and everything was possible. Two rounds later it looks like the real fight for the title will be between Russia and USA. Azerbaijan recovered with an easy win against Turkey in round 5, but yesterday the dropped another match points against Israel. The Armenians are not in top shape either, and especially Levon Aronian. In the fifth round, against Sasikiran, he blew a textbook rook ending that should have been a draw and yesterday he missed a trivial win on his very last move, allowing an immediate drawing answer by Kotronias.

Sasikiran-Aronian

53…Kd5! (threatening 54…Rg8+ 55.Kf6 Kd4, the point in such positions) 54.g4 Rg8+ 55.Kf4 Rf8+! 5.Kg3 Rg8! and it’s draw, as long as the black king keeps using the d6 and d5 squares. With the pawn on the third rank, White can only win if the black king is cut off at a distance of three files. See the game viewer.

Aronian-Kotronias

Here 49.Nd5?? Qd6! was an instant draw, where 49.Ne2 simply wins a piece and 49.Qc4+! mates the Black king – see the game viewer.

The best game of the fifth round was Gelfand-Nakamura; a spectacular 9.Nd2 King’s Indian with the classical scenario of sharp attacks on both wings where every tempo counted. It included the typical Nxg2 sacrifice, a move “Black can’t do without in such positions”, as I think Kasparov once wrote. It was a rare example of unsuccessful opening preparation by the Israeli, who naturally knew Nakamura’s game against Beliavsky played August last year in Amsterdam.

However, did Gelfand also see the game Roussel Roozmon-Charbonneau, Montreal 2008? We should assume that he did, but then he should have examined the Ng6-h4xg2 manoeuvre some more before the game. Nakamura certainly knew the Charbonneau game, since he was staying with the Charbonneau family during the Montreal 2008 tournament (as mishanp noted at the Daily Dirt)!

Gelfand’s 24.dxc7 must be a mistake (very interesting complications arise after 24.Kxg2 Rg7) after which Nakamura started a series of devastating blows all with just one idea: a mate with either pawn or bishop on g2.

Gelfand-Nakamura

28…Qd3! and Black won.

Update 17:42: Nakamura’s brief comments to the game have now been posted

In round six Greece did it again: after beating Russia earlier in the tournament they also defeated Armenia. We already saw that Aronian could have won, but this wouldn’t have helped his team because both Akopian and Petrosian lost, to Papaioannou and Halkias respectively. Russia and the USA scored good wins over Brazil and India and have a three-point lead with three rounds to go.

World Team Ch 2010 | Results round 5

World Team Ch 2010 | Results round 6

World Team Ch 2010 | Round 6 standings

Games rounds 5-6

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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:52:20 +0000

Mannschafts-WM: Russland und USA in F�hrung

Im bisherigen Verlauf der Mannschafts-WM gab es schon einige unerwartete Ergebnisse. Heute traf es Armenien, das gegen Indien nicht �ber ein Remis hinaus kam. Sasikiran besiegte den ansonsten so zuverl�ssigen Aronian. Akopian glich gegen Hariskrishna aus. Aserbaidschan gewann klar mit 3:1 gegen �gypten, doch Vugar Gashimov musste gegen Ahmed Adly eine Niederlage quittieren. Zu klaren Siegen kamen Russland gegen die T�rkei und Griechenland gegen Brasilien. Die USA besiegte im Spitzenspiel Israel und teilt sich mit Russland die F�hrung.
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Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Bursa: Indien schl�gt Aserbaidschan

Gestern sorgte Griechenland mit dem Sieg �ber Favorit Russland f�r die bisher gr��te �berraschung der Mannschafts-WM. Heute unterlagen die Griechen den �gyptern - auch eher unerwartet. Die �berraschung des Tages besorgten allerdings die Inder. Sasikiran und Ganguly besiegten Gashimov und Guseinov und f�hrten das indische Team zum 2,5:1,5-Erfolg. Die Wut �ber ihre gestrige Niederlage gegen Griechenland lie�en die Russen heute am US-Team aus. Vitiugov und Malakhov holten gegen Akobian und Shulmyn die Punkte zum 3:1 -Sieg. In weiteren Matches besiegte Armenien die T�rkei und Israel Brasilien. Keine Mannschaft ist nun mehr ohne Niederlage. Armenien weist die meisten Brettpunkte auf und f�hrt die Tabelle an.
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

World Teams: India beats Azerbaijan, Russia beats USA

The World Team Championship is just three rounds old an already there’s no team left that hasn’t suffered a loss. Yesterday Russia recovered and defeated the USA while Azerbaijan lost to India.

The 7th World Team Championship takes place at the Merinos Congress Centre in Bursa, Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010. It’s a 9-round round-robin with 10 teams of 6 players: 4 players + 2 reserves, and one coach/captain. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves +30 minutes to end the game, with 30 seconds increment from the start. At the tournament the zero-tolerance rule is in effect, and draw offers are not allowed before move 30. Teams are Russia, Brazil, ~~China~~ India, Egypt (continental champions), Armenia, Israel, USA (Olympiad qualifiers), Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Greece (organizing country and two invited federations).

Round 3

After three rounds, Armenia has a slim lead of just half a board point but Azerbaijan, India, Israel, Russia and the United States also have four match points. Yesterday they beat Turkey 3.5-0.5; the draw was scored by IM Mert Erdogdu (2513) who was under slight pressure with White against Levon Aronian, but just didn’t make a mistake.

Boards 2 and 3 went smoothly for the Armenians; Sargissian’s opponent Emre Can went all or nothing with a King’s-Gambit-19th-century-style, and got less than nothing. On 4, Baris Esen got his chances when Arman Pashikian, close to the time control, almost spoilt a winning position with 37.Rd4? (the simple 37.Qxc6, protecting Nf3, is just winning).

37…Rxg2+! was good here (do you see the main idea on move 39 for Black?), but 44…Kf7? a blunder. Perhaps White is winning anyway, but like this it was over instantly.

Azerbaijan suffered a surprising loss to India. Radjabov sacrificed a pawn against Harikrishna and got a strong, close to winning initiative in return, but then lost track. Black would have suffered after both 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.h4! and 21.Bd5 followed by 22.e6. On board 3 Ganguly defeated Guseinov, who plays at a higher board than Mamedyarov, repeating a successful strategy from last year’s European Team Championship. “Shakh” has proven to be very good at beating weaker players, and yesterday Gopal was his victim.

Things were decided when Sasikiran beat Gashimov in a game that started as a rare Nimzo/Benoni hybrid. 13…Nxc3 was new compared to Dao Thien Hai-Garcia, Amsterdam (Donner Memorial) 1996, and as it turns out this variation was played by Donner himself with both colours! In the game, Sasikiran got wonderful play for just one pawn, with a terrible lack of development among the black troops. Gashimov saw it coming and decided to return the material and exchange queens, but even in the ending with rooks and opposite-coloured bishops Sasikiran managed to keep the initiative. The big question is: can White win after the obvious 46…Rb1 or 47…Rb1 – with 46…f5? Gashimov gave away the game and the match.

Russia was too strong for the USA, but not on boards 1 and 2. Nakamura played the Leningrad Dutch against Grischuk and at some point had much better bishops, but there was no way to get through. Onischuk was fine in the middlegame but snatching b7 was dangerous. If Morozevich had found Nd1 a move earlier he might have won the game. Shulman was completely crushed by Malakhov and Akobian clearly erred somewhere in the opening against Vitiugov because already at move 13 he was a pawn down in an ending, with White.

The surprise of the round: Egypt’s upset against Greece, who had beaten Russia the round before. Israel defeated Brazil thanks to Gelfand who scored an easy win on board one against Vescovi. In Leitao-Sutovsky 28…Nxe4 looks dangerous, but it might be possible for Black.

World Team Ch 2010 | Results round 3

World Team Ch 2010 | Round 3 standings

Games round 3

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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:29:23 +0000

Surprises after round 2 of World Team Championship

Two rounds of the World Team Championship have already been played in Bursa and the first surprises are already a fact. The highest rated team of Russia was defeated by the 128 ELO average lower team of Greece in round 2.

The Olympic Champions of Armenia were also taken down in round 1 and are two match points behind the leaders.

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Azerbaijan and USA are the only teams with full match points and are leading the competition. Here are all the results and standings.

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WTCC standings

1 UNITED STATES 4 MP 6 GP
2 AZERBAIJAN 4 MP 5� GP
3 ISRAEL 2 MP 4� GP
4 RUSSIA 2 MP 4 GP
5 GREECE 2 MP 4 GP
6 ARMENIA 2 MP 4 GP
7 BRAZIL 2 MP 4 GP
8 INDIA 2 MP 3� GP
9 EGYPT 0 MP 2� GP
10 TURKIYE 0 MP 2 GP

Round 1 results

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1 AZERBAIJAN 2� - 1� 10 ARMENIA

GM Gashimov Vugar 2759 � : � GM Aronian Levon 2781
GM Radjabov Teimour 2733 � : � GM Akopian Vladimir 2678
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2741 1 : 0 GM Pashikian Arman 2647
GM Mamedov Rauf 2640 � : � GM Petrosian Tigran L 2627

2 TURKIYE 1 - 3 9 UNITED STATES

GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2498 0 : 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2708
IM Yilmaz Mustafa 2478 0 : 1 GM Onischuk Alexander 2670
IM Can Emre 2442 1 : 0 GM Shulman Yuri 2624
IM Esen Baris 2513 0 : 1 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2628

3 INDIA 2� - 1� 8 GREECE

GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2653 � : � GM Kotronias Vasilios 2599
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2654 � : � GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2625
GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2584 � : � GM Banikas Hristos 2608
GM Arun Prasad S 2567 1 : 0 GM Halkias Stelios 2566

4 RUSSIA 2� - 1� 7 BRAZIL

GM Grischuk Alexander 2736 1 : 0 GM Vescovi Giovanni 2660
GM Morozevich Alexander 2732 � : � GM Leitao Rafael 2620
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2705 � : � GM Fier Alexandr 2601
GM Malakhov Vladimir 2716 � : � GM Milos Gilberto 2618

5 EGYPT 1 - 3 6 ISRAEL

GM Adly Ahmed 2591 � : � GM Roiz Michael 2657
GM Amin Bassem 2544 � : � GM Smirin Ilia 2668
IM Ezat Mohamed 2471 0 : 1 GM Sutovsky Emil 2657
IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2468 0 : 1 GM Postny Evgeny 2648

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Round 2 results

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2.1 10 ARMENIA 2� - 1� 6 ISRAEL

1 GM Aronian Levon 2781 1 : 0 GM Gelfand Boris 2761
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2678 � : � GM Roiz Michael 2657
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2680 � : � GM Smirin Ilia 2668
4 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2627 � : � GM Rodshtein Maxim 2622

2.2 7 BRAZIL 2� - 1� 5 EGYPT
1 GM Vescovi Giovanni 2660 � : � GM Adly Ahmed 2591
2 GM Leitao Rafael 2620 1 : 0 GM Amin Bassem 2544
3 GM Fier Alexandr 2601 � : � IM Abdel Razik Khaled 2468
4 GM Diamant Andre 2497 � : � IM Abdelnabbi Imed 2448

2.3 8 GREECE 2� - 1� 4 RUSSIA

1 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2599 0 : 1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2730
2 GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2625 1 : 0 GM Morozevich Alexander 2732
3 GM Banikas Hristos 2608 1 : 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2705
4 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios 2510 � : � GM Vitiugov Nikita 2692

2.4 9 UNITED STATES 3 - 1 3 INDIA

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2708 1 : 0 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2653
2 GM Onischuk Alexander 2670 1 : 0 GM Harikrishna P 2672
3 GM Shulman Yuri 2624 � : � GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2654
4 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2628 � : � GM Arun Prasad S 2567

2.5 1 AZERBAIJAN 3 - 1 2 TURKIYE

1 GM Gashimov Vugar 2759 1 : 0 IM Erdogdu Mert 2513
2 GM Guseinov Gadir 2614 � : � IM Yilmaz Mustafa 2478
3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2741 1 : 0 IM Can Emre 2442
4 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2610 � : � FM Firat Burak 2413

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:11:05 +0000

Al via il Campionato del Mondo a squadre

A Bursa, nella zona nord-occidentale della Turchia, si svolge dal 5 al 13 gennaio la settima edizione del Campionato del Mondo per nazioni. La competizione si tiene nei primi giorni del 2010, in realt� per� � relativa all�anno 2009 dato che la manifestazione ha cadenza quadriennale.

Il Campionato del Mondo per nazioni ha una storia relativamente recente: nasce nel 1985 e originariamente tutte le sue edizioni avrebbero dovuto tenersi ogni quattro anni a Lucerna in Svizzera, dove peraltro si erano svolte le Olimpiadi scacchistiche del 1982. Il progetto venne abbandonato dopo quattro edizioni, trasferendo la competizione in Armenia nel 2001 e in Israele nel 2005. La formula � sempre stata quella del torneo ad inviti: dieci le squadre invitate che si confrontano in un girone all�italiana. Attualmente vengono ammesse le squadre vincitrici dei Campionati Continentali d�Europa, Asia, Africa e America (in questa edizione Russia, India che ha rimpiazzato il forfeit della Cina, Egitto e Brasile), le tre squadre meglio classificate alle precedenti Olimpiadi (Armenia, Israele e USA), due squadre invitate dalla FIDE (Azerbaigian e Grecia) e il paese ospitante (Turchia).

Le squadre in campo:

Morozevich, un giocatore scintillante!

Russia:

Alexander Grischuk 2736

Alexander Morozevich 2732

Vladimir Malakhov 2716

Dmitry Jakovenko 2730

Evgeny Tomashevsky 2705

Nikita Vitiugov 2692

Nella Russia assente Kramnik, ma anche Svidler. Fallito il tentativo di schierare per la prima volta Karjakin in una formazione russa, i regolamenti FIDE l�hanno impedito e Sergey � stato sostituito da Jakovenko. Attesa per Malakhov che ha fatto molto bene nel 2009. Sono i Campioni del Mondo per nazioni in carica avendo conquistato il titolo nel 2005 a Beer Sheva, dopo un emozionante ultimo turno, nel quale hanno surclassato i Cinesi fino ad allora in testa alla manifestazione. L�edizione del 2005 vedeva presente nella squadra femminile della Cina (fino al 2005 partecipava al Campionato anche una formazione femminile), una giocatrice che far� poi sensazione, l�allora 11enne Hou Yifan.

Malakhov, ha ricevuto consensi unanimi nel 2009

Gelfand, il vincitore della World Cup 2009

Israele:

Boris Gelfand 2761

Ilia Smirin 2668

Michael Roiz 2657

Emil Sutovsky 2657

Evgeny Postny 2648

Maxim Rodhstein 2622

La squadra del vincitore della World Cup, Boris Gelfand. Attualmente � al secondo posto nel ranking mondiale per nazioni, tra Russia e la grande assente Cina.

Rodshtein, giovanissimo secondo di Gelfand a Khanty-Mansiysk

Gashimov, finalmente n� 1 dell'Azeirbaigian

Azerbaijan:

Vugar Gashimov 2759

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2741

Teimour Radjabov 2733

Rauf Mamedov 2640

Gadir Guseinov 2614

Nidjat Mamedov 2610

Campioni Europei in carica, presenta ora Gashimov in prima scacchiera al posto di Radjabov. Quarti nel ranking FIDE (da tenere conto che nella classifica FIDE uscita il 1� gennaio 2010 mancano sia l�Ucraina che l�Argentina).

Nidjat Mamedov, tra i meno conosciuti dello squadrone azero

USA:

Hikaru Nakamura 2708

Alexander Onischuk 2670

Varuzhan Akobian 2628

Yuri Shulman 2624

Robert L. Hess 2572

Ray Robson 2570

Quinti nel ranking FIDE, senza Kamsky inpegnato a Reggio Emilia e con due giovani di notevoli ambizioni, Hess e Robson (rispettivamente classe 1991 e 1994).

Robert Hess

Ray Robson

Harikrishna Pentala

India:

Harikrishna, Pentala 2672

Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 2654

Sasikiran, Krishnan 2653

Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2584

Arun Prasad, S. 2567

Adhiban, B. 2511

Naturalmente assente Anand, rimpiazza la Cina, ma � una sostituzione di lusso, visto che gli indiani sono al sesto posto nel ranking mondiale.

Adhiban

Aronian, TopPlayer in questo WTCC 2009

Armenia:

Levon Aronian 2781

Gabriel Sargissian 2680

Vladimir Akopian 2678

Arman Pashikian 2647

Tigran Petrosian 2627

Tigran Kotanjian 2537

Noni nella classifica per nazioni 2010, ma Campioni Olimpici sia nel 2006 che nel 2008!

Arman Pashikian

Vescovi, in continua ascesa

Brasile:

Giovanni Vescovi 2660

Rafael Leitao 2620

Gilberto Milos 2618

Alexandr Fier 2601

Andre Diamant 2497

Darcy Lima 2481

Hanno vinto il Campionato Panamericano 2009 davanti a Cuba. 23esimi nella classifica FIDE.

Andre Diamant

Kotronias, esperienza al servizio della Grecia

Grecia:

Ioannis Papaioannou 2625

Hristos Banikas 2608

Vassilios Kotronias 2599

Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2571

Stelios Halkias 2566

Athanasios Mastrovasilis 2510

Forse il loro miglior risultato come squadra � stato un pregevolissimo quarto posto al Campionato Europeo di Goteborg nel 2005. 24esimi nel ranking mondiale.

Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, l'abbiamo visto spesso giocare in Italia

Adly, una delle due "perle" egiziane

Egitto:

Ahmed Adly 2591

Bassem Amin 2544

Mohamed Ezat 2471

Khaled Abdel Razik 2468

Imed Abdelnabbi 2448

Walaa Sarwat 2386

Campioni d�Africa ma anche vincitori dei �Pan Arab Games�. 40esimi nel Ranking FIDE.

Bassem Amin, altro grande talento, ma qui sar� dura

Kivanc Haznedaroglu e il dovere di una prestazione dignitosa

Turchia:

Mert Erdogdu 2513

Baris Esen 2513

Kivanc Haznedaroglu 2498

Mustafa Yilmaz 2478

Emre Can 2442

Burak Firat 2413

Paese ospitante di questa come di tante altre manifestazioni scacchistiche di primissimo livello. Non hanno ancora una squadra competitiva (e curiosamente manca il suo giocatore pi� forte, Mikhail Gurevich, 2597), ma sembra che in Turchia gli scacchi siano attualmente un fenomeno di massa. 43esimi nella classifica mondiale.

Emre Can, si � fatto valere in tanti tornei giovanili

Previsti dunque nove turni, si gioca su quattro scacchiere e due sono le riserve.

Cadenza di gioco: 90� x 40 mosse + 30� per finire, sempre con 30� d�abbuono a mossa.

La formazione USA che vinse l'edizione 1993 a Lucerna: inconfondibile Gata Kamsky!

L'Ucraina vincitrice nel 2001: si riconoscono tra gli altri Ponomariov, Romanishin e SuperIvanchuk

Sito ufficiale

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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:25:30 +0000

Torneo internacional de Pamplona

GM Julio Granda

Esta �poca de diciembre parece ser la m�s propicia del a�o para jugar ajedrez. Para prueba, pueden observarse las p�ginas www.ajedrezenmadrid.com, www.susanpolgar.blogspot.com, http://www.europe-echecs.com/ o www.chess-results.com/, que en opini�n de este colaborador le brindan muy buena informaci�n al interesado en estos temas. En estas p�ginas, el lector podr� informarse de la gran cantidad de torneos que hay actualmente en juego en todo el mundo.

El torneo internacional de Pamplona comprende un torneo magistral, al que aqu� haremos referencia, y uno abierto, en el que hay inscritos 60 jugadores; todos espa�oles, con excepci�n del b�lgaro Iv�n Tetimov.

Ficha del torneo magistral:�
Organizador �: IO Joaquin Perez-Seoane
Director del Torneo �: GM Jesus De la Villa Garc�a
�rbitro Principal �: IA Jesus Mena
�rbitro �: FA Gregorio Sola
Ciudad �: Pamplona
Categor�a �: 13 (Elo medio: 2575)
Fecha �: 21.12.2009 A 29.12.2009

El torneo se disputar� en el Hotel Blanca de Navarra de Pamplona. El acto de clausura y el reparto de premios tendr�n lugar el d�a 29 de diciembre de 2009 a las 21′00 horas en la sala de juego.
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El ritmo de juego ser� de 90 minutos para las primeras 40 jugadas m�s otros 30 minutos para terminar la partida.� Desde la primera jugada se a�adir�n 30 segundos por cada nueva jugada realizada. Se utilizar�n relojes digitales.�

Listado de Participantes torneo magistral:

SNo.

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Nombre
EloInt

FED
Aut

1

GM
GEORGIEV, Kiril
2672

BUL
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2

GM
MEIER, Georg
2653

GER
� -

3

GM
GRANDA Z��IGA, Julio E.
2640

PER
Can

4

GM
LAZNICKA, Viktor
2637

CZE
Cat

5

GM
MIRZOEV, Azer
2617

AZE
Cat

6

GM
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Josep Manuel
2589

ESP
Cat

7

IM
ALSINA LEAL, Daniel
2523

ESP
Cat

8

IM
RECUERO GUERRA, David
2494

ESP
Ast

9

IM
REINALDO CASTI�EIRA, Roi
2488

ESP
Gal

10

IM
HUERGA LEACHE, Mikel
2435

ESP
Nav

�Clasificaci�n tras la 4� ronda:

Rank

SNo.

�
Nombre
Elo

FED

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Pts

Sonen

Res.

1

7

GM
GRANDA ZU�IGA, Julio E.
2640

PER

*

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�

�

1

1

�

�

1

1

4

5,00

0

2

3

GM
GEORGIEV, Kiril
2672

BUL

�

*

�

�

�

�

1

�

�

�

2�

4,50

0

3

1

GM
MEIER, Georg
2653

GER

�

�

*

�

�

�

�

�

�

1

2�

3,50

0

4

2

GM
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Josep M.
2589

ESP

�

�

�

*

�

�

�

�

�

1

2�

3,25

0

5

4

GM
LAZNICKA, Viktor
2637

CZE

0

�

�

�

*

�

�

1

�

�

2

3,00

0

6

6

GM
MIRZOEV, Azer
2617

AZE

0

�

�

�

�

*

�

�

�

1

2

1,00

0

7

9

IM
ALSINA LEAL, Daniel
2523

ESP

�

0

�

�

�

�

*

�

�

�

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A continuaci�n, veamos qui�nes han ganado el torneo desde que se fund� en el a�o 90.�

A�O
CAMPE�N� SEGUNDO TERCERO

1990
Leonid Yudasin Viktor Korchnoi Zsuzsa Polgar

1991
Leonid Yudasin Miguel Illescas Zsuzsa Polgar

1992
Joel Lautier Miguel Illescas David Garc�a

1993
Jordi Magem Andrei Sokolov Felix Izeta

1994
Alexander Morozevich Vadim Zvjaginsev Jordi Magem

1995
Jordi Magem Julio Granda Miguel Illescas

1996
Zoltan Almasi Jonathan Speelman Zurab Azmaiparashvili

1997
Miguel Illescas Ulf Anderson Julio Granda

1998
Alexander Morozevich Michal Krasenkov Loek Van Welly

1999
Nigel Short Boris Gelfand Zoltan Almasi

2001
Viktor Bologan Teimour Radjabov Zoltan Almasi

2002
Rustam Kasimdzhanov Viktor Bologan Paco Vallejo

2003
Miguel Illescas Luke McShane Emil Sutovsky

2004
Boris Gelfand Segei Karjakin L�zaro Bruz�n

2005
Ruslan Ponomariov P. Harikrishna Ivan Cheparinov

2006
Alexander Morozevich Dmitry Jakovenko Alexei Shirov

2007
Francisco Vallejo Yue Wang Baadur Jobava

2008
Krishnan Sasikiran Vladimir Malakhov Francisco Vallejo

Veamos ahora dos de las partidas que ha ganado el peruano Julio Granda, que en esta ocasi�n lleva cuatro partidas ganadas en las cuatro rondas.��
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Granda Z��iga, Julio (2640) – Recuero Guerra, David (2494) [A29]
19. Ciudad de Pamplona – Magistral Pamplona ESPA�A (2.2), 22.12.2009

�1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Ab4 5.Ag2 0�0 6.0�0 Te8 7.d3 h6 8.e4 d6 9.h3 a6 10.Ae3 Axc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.c5 Ae6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Cd2 d5 15.Cb3 Dc8 16.Rh2 dxe4 17.dxe4 Td8 18.Dc1 Dc7 19.Da3 Axb3 20.axb3

Granda se ha quedado con la pareja de alfiles.

20�Td3 21.Db2 a5

El negro se prepara para doblar las torres en la columna �d�.

22.Tfd1 Txd1 23.Txd1 Td8 24.Tc1 Db7 25.c4 Cb4 26.Da1 bxc4 27.Txc4 Cc6 28.Da4 Td6 29.Tc5 Db4 30.Dxb4 axb4 31.Tc4 Cd7 32.Af1 Rh7 33.Rg2 Rg6 34.f4 f6 35.Rf2 Rf7 36.h4 exf4 37.gxf4 g5 38.e5 fxe5 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Cd4 41.Tc7 Rg6 42.Ad3+ Rh5 43.Tc1 e4

La situaci�n del rey negro es delicada. Est� cayendo en una red de mate. Por eso se deciden a entregar este pe�n.

44.Axe4 Ce5 45.Af4 Te6 46.Re3 Cg6 47.Th1+ Rg4 48.Tg1+ Rh5 49.Th1+ Rg4 50.Rxd4 Cxf4 51.g6!? Te7 52.Th7 Ce6+ 53.Rc4 Cg7 54.Ad5 Rf5 55.Txg7 Txg7

La torre est� presa y el otro pe�n est� a punto de caer.
56.Af7 Re5 57.Rc5 Rf6 58.Rxb4 Re7 59.Rc5 Rd7 60.Rd5 Re7 61.Re5 Rf8 62.Re6

Ahora la torre est� obligada a tomar.

1�0
(15) Mirzoev, Azer (2617) – Granda Z��iga, Julio (2640) [E20]
19. Ciudad de Pamplona – Magistral Pamplona ESP (3.5), 23.12.2009
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.Ad2 0�0 5.a3 Axc3 6.Axc3 Ce4 7.Dc2 Cxc3 8.Dxc3 b6 9.Cf3 Ab7 10.e3 d6 11.Ae2 Cd7 12.0�0 c5 13.Tfd1 De7 14.dxc5 Cxc5 15.Cd2 Tac8 16.Tac1 Tc7 17.b4 Cd7 18.Dd4 Tfc8 19.Cb3 Dg5

El pe�n �d� es d�bil, pero por ahora Granda amenaza mate en �g2�.

20.g3

Posici�n despu�s de 20.g3

Da la impresi�n de que esta jugada sea la causa de muchos de los problemas del GM Mirzoev a lo largo de la partida.

20�Dg6

Tampoco se puede tomar el pe�n �d� por 21�De5, con nueva amenaza de mate.

21.Df4 e5 22.Dg4 Df6 23.Dh3 g6 24.Df1 De6 25.Cd2 Cf6 26.Af3 Aa6 27.b5 Ab7 28.Axb7

Aqu� termina el cap�tulo del poderoso alfil blanco de las negras. Pero continua vigente la debilidad blanca en �c4�.
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28� Txb7 29.Tc3 Tbc7 30.Td3 Rg7 31.h4 e4 32.Td4 Tc5 33.a4 h6 34.Dg2 d5!? 35.cxd5 Txd5 36.Cb3 Te5 37.Tb4?! De7 38.Tbd4 De6 39.Tb4 Cd5 40.Cd4 Dg4

Con unas piezas m�s activas, Granda no est� interesado en las tablas.

41.Tbb1

Esto, por desgracia, es una necesidad.

41�Cc3 42.Df1 Cxd1 43.Txd1 Tc3 44.Ta1 Td5 45.De1 Td3 46.Rh2 g5 47.hxg5 Txg5 48.Rg1 Th5 49.Df1 Rh7 50.Te1 Rh8 51.Tc1? Txe3 52.Tc8+
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[52.fxe3 Dxg3+ 53.Dg2 Dxe3+ 54.Rf1 Dxc1+ 55.Rf2 Dd2+ 56.Rg1 Dxd4+]

52…Rh7 53.Tc7 Txg3+

0�1

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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:13:28 PST

Carlsen officially world’s number 1 at 2810

Last month he turned 19, and today Magnus Carlsen officialy became the official world’s number one player. On the January 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian as a rating of 2810, 5 points more than Veselin Topalov, who had occupied the number 1 spot since October 2008.

After winning the London Chess Classic with three wins and four draws it was a fact: Magnus Carlsen would become the youngest world’s number one in chess history. Thanks to the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website) everyone could already see how the top rankings would look like, and today this became official due to FIDE’s publication of the January list.

World Champion Viswanathan Anand won 2 points and is still in third place; after the Tal Memorial and London Vladimir Kramnik surpassed Levon Aronian to become 4th. Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10, and Wang Yue entered for the first time – the Chinese GM is now the world’s 9th player. After a successful period, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is 11th now. Leko and Morozevich dropped out of the top 10.

Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave, just two months older than Carlsen, has now entered the top 20 while another former prodigy, Sergei Karjakin, dropped out – but let’s not forget he’ll be defending his Corus title soon. Vladimir Malakhov’s successful period resulted in a rise from spot 31 to 22. Without getting too much attention, Zoltan Almasi and David Navara occupy the excellent spots 26 and 27.

A disappointing London Chess Classic cost Nigel Short his 2700+ rating but he’s still just England’s best player at 2696; Michael Adams is now one spot below him at 2694. 17-year-old Fabiano Caruana did well again and climbed no less than 30 places; from spot 81 to 51. Another young player did even better: 18-year-old Sergei Zhigalko went from 93 to 58. New in the top 100 compared to the previous list are Ian Nepomniachtchi (69th), Wesley So (77th), Viktor Laznicka (84th), Le Quang Liem (93rd) Tomi Nyback (97th) and Evgeny Bareev (98th).

In the women’s list again the top 3 didn’t change; the difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru is now 68 points. Nadezhda Kosintseva climbed from 9th to 5th while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Kateryna Lahno are back into the top 10. Nana Dzagnidze dropped out from 4th place all the way to 14th.

Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.

FIDE JANUARY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player’s position in the previous period list

Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �2 �Carlsen, Magnus �g �NOR �2810�(+9) �16�(+6)

�2 �1 �Topalov, Veselin �g �BUL �2805�(-5) �4�(-6)

�3 �3 �Anand, Viswanathan �g �IND �2790�(+2) �9�(+9)

�4 �5 �Kramnik, Vladimir �g �RUS �2788�(+16) �16�(+16)

�5 �4 �Aronian, Levon �g �ARM �2781�(-5) �17�(+4)

�6 �7 �Gelfand, Boris �g �ISR �2761�(+3) �25�(+14)

�7 �6 �Gashimov, Vugar �g �AZE �2759�(+1) �21�(+10)

�8 �12 �Ivanchuk, Vassily �g �UKR �2749�(+10) �13�(0)

�9 �16 �Wang, Yue �g �CHN �2749�(+15) �8�(-19)

�10 �8 �Svidler, Peter �g �RUS �2744�(-10) �27�(+10)

�11 �19 �Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar �g �AZE �2741�(+22) �19�(-6)

�12 �9 �Leko, Peter �g �HUN �2739�(-13) �9�(-1)

�13 �13 �Ponomariov, Ruslan �g �UKR �2737�(-2) �25�(+20)

�14 �17 �Eljanov, Pavel �g �UKR �2736�(+7) �14�(-1)

�15 �14 �Grischuk, Alexander �g �RUS �2736�(0) �8�(-5)

�16 �11 �Radjabov, Teimour �g �AZE �2733�(-15) �13�(+3)

�17 �10 �Morozevich, Alexander �g �RUS �2732�(-18) �19�(+19)

�18 �23 �Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime �g �FRA �2730�(+12) �21�(+21)

�19 �15 �Jakovenko, Dmitry �g �RUS �2730�(-6) �17�(+7)

�20 �20 �Shirov, Alexei �g �ESP �2723�(+4) �19�(+1)

�21 �18 �Karjakin, Sergey �g �RUS �2720�(-3) �12�(0)

�22 �31 �Malakhov, Vladimir �g �RUS �2716�(+10) �15�(-11)

�23 �28 �Wang, Hao �g �CHN �2715�(+7) �10�(-3)

�24 �34 �Bacrot, Etienne �g �FRA �2713�(+13) �18�(-9)

�25 �21 �Dominguez Perez, Leinier �g �CUB �2712�(-7) �4�(+4)

�26 �33 �Almasi, Zoltan �g �HUN �2710�(+6) �7�(-8)

�27 �30 �Navara, David �g �CZE �2708�(+1) �15�(+6)

�28 �24 �Nakamura, Hikaru �g �USA �2708�(-7) �7�(-10)

�29 �22 �Movsesian, Sergei �g �SVK �2708�(-10) �2�(-14)

�30 �27 �Tomashevsky, Evgeny �g �RUS �2705�(-3) �14�(-7)

�31 �26 �Vallejo Pons, Francisco �g �ESP �2705�(-6) �10�(-10)

�32 �39 �Jobava, Baadur �g �GEO �2704�(+8) �15�(+15)

�33 �25 �Alekseev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2703�(-12) �13�(+6)

�34 �32 �Kasimdzhanov, Rustam �g �UZB �2702�(-3) �2�(-3)

�35 �40 �Motylev, Alexander �g �RUS �2697�(+2) �6�(-17)

�36 �37 �Rublevsky, Sergei �g �RUS �2697�(0) �4�(-13)

�37 �38 �Nielsen, Peter Heine �g �DEN �2697�(0) �0�(-10)

�38 �29 �Short, Nigel D �g �ENG �2696�(-11) �7�(-9)

�39 �36 �Adams, Michael �g �ENG �2694�(-4) �17�(+5)

�40 �41 �Kamsky, Gata �g �USA �2693�(-2) �6�(-10)

�41 �42 �Vitiugov, Nikita �g �RUS �2692�(-2) �8�(-16)

�42 �44 �Volokitin, Andrei �g �UKR �2692�(+1) �8�(-8)

�43 �43 �Bologan, Viktor �g �MDA �2692�(0) �6�(-18)

�44 �45 �Naiditsch, Arkadij �g �GER �2687�(-2) �13�(-13)

�45 �46 �Miroshnichenko, Evgenij �g �UKR �2686�(0) �0�(-26)

�46 �48 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(+2) �4�(-2)

�47 �50 �Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter �g �ROU �2681�(+4) �12�(-2)

�48 �51 �Sargissian, Gabriel �g �ARM �2680�(+4) �12�(-4)

�49 �35 �Akopian, Vladimir �g �ARM �2678�(-22) �10�(+3)

�50 �49 �Moiseenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2677�(0) �0�(-17)

�51 �81 �Caruana, Fabiano �g �ITA �2675�(+23) �18�(-3)

�52 �47 �Bu, Xiangzhi �g �CHN �2673�(-9) �6�(-16)

�53 �54 �Georgiev, Kiril �g �BUL �2672�(0) �0�(-13)

�54 �53 �Harikrishna, P. �g �IND �2672�(0) �0�(-16)

�55 �78 �Fressinet, Laurent �g �FRA �2670�(+17) �12�(-2)

�56 �62 �Areshchenko, Alexander �g �UKR �2670�(+6) �6�(-10)

�57 �52 �Onischuk, Alexander �g �USA �2670�(-2) �4�(-14)

�58 �93 �Zhigalko, Sergei �g �BLR �2668�(+22) �13�(+13)

�59 �65 �Smirin, Ilia �g �ISR �2668�(+6) �11�(-5)

�60 �58 �Kurnosov, Igor �g �RUS �2668�(+2) �10�(-10)

�61 �59 �Najer, Evgeniy �g �RUS �2665�(-1) �4�(-13)

�62 �61 �Tiviakov, Sergei �g �NED �2662�(-2) �2�(-32)

�63 �67 �Riazantsev, Alexander �g �RUS �2661�(0) �0�(-16)

�64 �91 �Vescovi, Giovanni �g �BRA �2660�(+12) �20�(+1)

�65 �55 �Cheparinov, Ivan �g �BUL �2660�(-11) �15�(+10)

�66 �66 �Berkes, Ferenc �g �HUN �2659�(-2) �9�(-12)

�67 �70 �Lastin, Alexander �g �RUS �2659�(+3) �4�(-7)

�68 �79 �Meier, Georg �g �GER �2658�(+5) �12�(+2)

�69 �- �Nepomniachtchi, Ian �g �RUS �2658�(+) �10�(+)

�70 �92 �Beliavsky, Alexander G �g �SLO �2657�(+9) �18�(+1)

�71 �56 �Efimenko, Zahar �g �UKR �2657�(-11) �10�(-14)

�72 �60 �Ni, Hua �g �CHN �2657�(-8) �10�(-25)

�73 �88 �Smeets, Jan �g �NED �2657�(+7) �10�(-7)

�74 �57 �Sutovsky, Emil �g �ISR �2657�(-9) �9�(-17)

�75 �68 �Roiz, Michael �g �ISR �2657�(-2) �8�(+5)

�76 �74 �Avrukh, Boris �g �ISR �2656�(+1) �8�(+1)

�77 �- �So, Wesley �g �PHI �2656�(+) �8�(+)

�78 �69 �Krasenkow, Michal �g �POL �2656�(0) �0�(-19)

�79 �89 �Fridman, Daniel �g �GER �2654�(+5) �8�(-7)

�80 �75 �Ganguly, Surya Shekhar �g �IND �2654�(0) �4�(-21)

�81 �73 �Baklan, Vladimir �g �UKR �2654�(-1) �2�(-30)

�82 �80 �Grachev, Boris �g �RUS �2653�(+1) �18�(-5)

�83 �64 �Sasikiran, Krishnan �g �IND �2653�(-11) �4�(-5)

�84 �- �Laznicka, Viktor �g �CZE �2652�(+) �16�(+)

�85 �86 �Timofeev, Artyom �g �RUS �2652�(+1) �4�(-18)

�86 �96 �Khismatullin, Denis �g �RUS �2651�(+8) �16�(0)

�87 �72 �Dreev, Alexey �g �RUS �2650�(-5) �9�(-35)

�88 �84 �Sokolov, Ivan �g �BIH �2649�(-3) �12�(+1)

�89 �94 �Inarkiev, Ernesto �g �RUS �2649�(+4) �6�(-15)

�90 �90 �Seirawan, Yasser �g �USA �2649�(0) �2�(+1)

�91 �99 �Korobov, Anton �g �UKR �2648�(+6) �17�(+3)

�92 �87 �Postny, Evgeny �g �ISR �2648�(-2) �7�(-19)

�93 �- �Le, Quang Liem �g �VIE �2647�(+) �20�(+)

�94 �71 �Pashikian, Arman �g �ARM �2647�(-9) �6�(-5)

�95 �63 �Landa, Konstantin �g �RUS �2645�(-19) �10�(-6)

�96 �85 �Milov, Vadim �g �SUI �2644�(-8) �6�(+1)

�97 �- �Nyback, Tomi �g �FIN �2643�(+) �13�(+)

�98 �- �Bareev, Evgeny �g �RUS �2643�(+) �10�(+)

�99 �77 �Kazhgaleyev, Murtas �g �KAZ �2643�(-10) �9�(-6)

�100 �97 �Socko, Bartosz �g �POL �2643�(0) �8�(-7)

FIDE JANUARY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Rank ��Old�� Name Title Country Rating Games

�1 �1 �Polgar, Judit �g �HUN �2682�(+2) �4�(-2)

�2 �2 �Koneru, Humpy �g �IND �2614�(+11) �8�(+2)

�3 �3 �Hou, Yifan �g �CHN �2590�(+2) �14�(-16)

�4 �5 �Stefanova, Antoaneta �g �BUL �2545�(+4) �7�(-8)

�5 �9 �Kosintseva, Nadezhda �m �RUS �2533�(+15) �9�(-12)

�6 �7 �Cramling, Pia �g �SWE �2528�(+3) �4�(-2)

�7 �6 �Muzychuk, Anna �m �SLO �2523�(-9) �25�(-3)

�8 �11 �Kosteniuk, Alexandra �g �RUS �2523�(+6) �10�(+4)

�9 �17 �Lahno, Kateryna �g �UKR �2518�(+19) �16�(+10)

�10 �8 �Kosintseva, Tatiana �g �RUS �2515�(-7) �8�(-12)

�11 �12 �Chiburdanidze, Maia �g �GEO �2514�(0) �0�(-13)

�12 �13 �Ju, Wenjun �wg �CHN �2512�(+3) �4�(-44)

�13 �10 �Sebag, Marie �g �FRA �2510�(-8) �8�(-3)

�14 �4 �Dzagnidze, Nana �g �GEO �2506�(-41) �19�(-1)

�15 �14 �Zhao, Xue �g �CHN �2504�(-2) �4�(-37)

�16 �18 �Mkrtchian, Lilit �m �ARM �2503�(+11) �9�(-11)

�17 �15 �Pogonina, Natalija �wg �RUS �2501�(0) �0�(0)

�18 �16 �Danielian, Elina �m �ARM �2495�(-4) �11�(-13)

�19 �21 �Javakhishvili, Lela �m �GEO �2493�(+11) �7�(-16)

�20 �22 �Cmilyte, Viktorija �m �LTU �2489�(+9) �9�(+1)

�21 �19 �Hoang Thanh Trang �g �HUN �2487�(0) �0�(-6)

�22 �23 �Paehtz, Elisabeth �m �GER �2484�(+4) �9�(+3)

�23 �24 �Ruan, Lufei �wg �CHN �2479�(+4) �2�(-9)

�24 �20 �Xu, Yuhua �g �CHN �2478�(-5) �3�(-25)

�25 �26 �Harika, Dronavalli �m �IND �2471�(+4) �11�(-4)

�26 �34 �Gaponenko, Inna �m �UKR �2470�(+13) �16�(-14)

�27 �29 �Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan �g �SCO �2470�(+4) �9�(-4)

�28 �32 �Zhu, Chen �g �QAT �2470�(+7) �4�(-13)

�29 �30 �Qin, Kanying �wg �CHN �2466�(0) �0�(0)

�30 �27 �Zatonskih, Anna �m �USA �2466�(0) �0�(-16)

�31 �33 �Tan, Zhongyi �wg �CHN �2464�(+4) �3�(-22)

�32 �31 �Zhukova, Natalia �wg �UKR �2462�(-3) �8�(-1)

�33 �39 �Khotenashvili, Bela �m �GEO �2461�(+7) �8�(-17)

�34 �25 �Dembo, Yelena �m �GRE �2457�(-11) �8�(-12)

�35 �37 �Skripchenko, Almira �m �FRA �2456�(0) �0�(-5)

�36 �35 �Rajlich, Iweta �m �POL �2455�(-2) �13�(-7)

�37 �42 �Krush, Irina �m �USA �2455�(+4) �5�(-12)

�38 �38 �Tairova, Elena �m �RUS �2455�(0) �0�(-7)

�39 �28 �Ushenina, Anna �m �UKR �2452�(-14) �6�(-9)

�40 �41 �Hunt, Harriet V �m �ENG �2452�(0) �0�(0)

�41 �36 �Socko, Monika �g �POL �2450�(-7) �14�(0)

�42 �46 �Gunina, Valentina �wf �RUS �2448�(+2) �7�(-6)

�43 �44 �Korbut, Ekaterina �m �RUS �2448�(0) �0�(0)

�44 �45 �Muzychuk, Mariya �m �UKR �2447�(0) �0�(-12)

�45 �47 �Atalik, Ekaterina �m �TUR �2445�(0) �0�(0)

�46 �40 �Shen, Yang �wg �CHN �2444�(-8) �2�(-33)

�47 �50 �Foisor, Cristina-Adela �m �ROU �2440�(+5) �10�(-7)

�48 �48 �Huang, Qian �wg �CHN �2439�(-3) �3�(-23)

�49 �52 �Khukhashvili, Sopiko �m �GEO �2438�(+6) �7�(-8)

�50 �57 �Zhang, Xiaowen �wg �CHN �2437�(+15) �24�(-4)

�51 �51 �Repkova, Eva �m �SVK �2434�(0) �0�(-8)

�52 �43 �Romanko, Marina �m �RUS �2433�(-16) �6�(-5)

�53 �49 �Melia, Salome �m �GEO �2431�(-5) �9�(-4)

�54 �55 �Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina �m �RUS �2428�(+1) �4�(-9)

�55 �60 �Munguntuul, Batkhuyag �wg �MGL �2427�(+14) �15�(+1)

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Lista FIDE ufficiale 1 gennaio 2010

Magnus Carlsen

Ecco i primi 100 giocatori della lista FIDE al 1� gennaio 2010 (Caruana � 51�):

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2810 16 1990

2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 4 1975

3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 9 1969

4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 16 1975

5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2781 17 1982

6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2761 25 1968

7 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2759 21 1986

8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2749 13 1969

9 Wang, Yue g CHN 2749 8 1987

10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2744 27 1976

11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2741 19 1985

12 Leko, Peter g HUN 2739 9 1979

13 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2737 25 1983

14 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2736 14 1983

15 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2736 8 1983

16 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733 13 1987

17 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2732 19 1977

18 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2730 21 1990

19 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2730 17 1983

20 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 19 1972

21 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2720 12 1990

22 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2716 15 1980

23 Wang, Hao g CHN 2715 10 1989

24 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2713 18 1983

25 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2712 4 1983

26 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2710 7 1976

27 Navara, David g CZE 2708 15 1985

28 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2708 7 1987

29 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2708 2 1978

30 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2705 14 1987

31 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2705 10 1982

32 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2704 15 1983

33 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2703 13 1985

34 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2702 2 1979

35 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2697 6 1979

36 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2697 4 1974

37 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2697 0 1973

38 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2696 7 1965

39 Adams, Michael g ENG 2694 17 1971

40 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2693 6 1974

41 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2692 8 1987

42 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2692 8 1986

43 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2692 6 1971

44 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2687 13 1985

45 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2686 0 1978

46 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 4 1976

47 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2681 12 1976

48 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2680 12 1983

49 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2678 10 1971

50 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2677 0 1980

51 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2675 18 1992

52 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2673 6 1985

53 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2672 0 1965

54 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2672 0 1986

55 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2670 12 1981

56 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2670 6 1986

57 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 4 1975

58 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2668 13 1989

59 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2668 11 1968

60 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2668 10 1985

61 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2665 4 1977

62 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2662 2 1973

63 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2661 0 1985

64 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2660 20 1978

65 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2660 15 1986

66 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2659 9 1985

67 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2659 4 1976

68 Meier, Georg g GER 2658 12 1987

69 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2658 10 1990

70 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2657 18 1953

71 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2657 10 1985

72 Ni, Hua g CHN 2657 10 1983

73 Smeets, Jan g NED 2657 10 1985

74 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2657 9 1977

75 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2657 8 1983

76 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2656 8 1978

77 So, Wesley g PHI 2656 8 1993

78 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2656 0 1963

79 Fridman, Daniel g GER 2654 8 1976

80 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2654 4 1983

81 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2654 2 1978

82 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2653 18 1986

83 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2653 4 1981

84 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2652 16 1988

85 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2652 4 1985

86 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2651 16 1984

87 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 9 1969

88 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2649 12 1968

89 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2649 6 1985

90 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2649 2 1960

91 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2648 17 1985

92 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2648 7 1981

93 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2647 20 1991

94 Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2647 6 1987

95 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2645 10 1972

96 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2644 6 1972

97 Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2643 13 1985

98 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 10 1966

99 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2643 9 1973

100 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2643 8 1978

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