Partai Pembukaan Catur Sicilian Dragon / Sisilia Naga - Nigel Short vs Luke McShane London 2010

Berikut sebuah translate partai catur dengan pembukaan Sisilia Naga, sebuah partai yang baik untuk pelajaran catur di pembukaan ini. Ini adalah sebuah partai dari turnamen super di London tahun 2010. Ini adalah turnamen kedua di London yang dihadiri pecatur top seperti Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen, Nakamura dan pecatur tuan rumah : Nigel Short, Adams, Luke McShane dan David Howell. Sebagai seorang pecatur muda, Luke McShane tampil cukup gemilang di turnamen ini dengan menjadi peringkat 2 nantinya. Magnus Carlsen memenangi turnamen ini. Lihat laporan TWIC di sini.

Partai Nigel Short vs Luke McShane dari London Chess 2010 ini cukup representatif untuk menjadi contoh bagaimana hitam membangun serangan walaupun sedang bertahan. Lalu melihat bagaimana hitam bisa mengubah posisinya yang defensif kemudian menjadi counter attack dan menang. Semoga bermanfaat. (game viewer ini lebih lancar ditampilkan di desktop/laptop, kurang lancar di android.)

Partai Catur Pembelaan Sisilia Naga
Nigel Short vs Luke McShane 0-1, London 2010 Round 2
B76 Sicilian Dragon



Untuk melihat Partai Catur Lainnya ada di link:
http://red-white-chess.blogspot.com/2013/08/kumpulan-partai-catur-dengan-anotasi.html
Partai Catur Pembelaan Sisilia variasi Najdorf

This is a Sicilian Dragon game played by Nigel Short - Luke McShane from London Chess 2010, annotation by McShane himself as distributed by TWIC magazine. Latest books on Sicilian Dragon:
Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon Revised
Play the Sicilian Dragon
Starting Out: The Sicilian Dragon - Martin
Winning With the Sicilian Dragon 2: A Complete Repertoire Against 1 e4 For the Attacking Player



Selamat menikmati dan semoga bermanfaat.

Magnus Carlsen, Ni Hua and Kadek Dwijaya win Biel

For everybody expected from world chess player no.1, Magnus Carlsen finished the Grand Master section  as winner in 2011 Biel Grandmaster. Chess player Magnus Carlsen sole standing above GM Alexander Morozevich, who also run a decent tournament lately, after his back to super 2700 GM form. We'll see how interesting (still) Morozevich, who known as unique in chess attack and chess strategy.
In a less reported, Chinese GM Ni Hua is a too good chess player among many 2600 chess players in Master section. Ni Hua won it with clear point 8.5/11 above GM Tigran Gharamian and GM Alexander Kovchan, each with 8/11.

On this tournament, Indonesians national chess players also trips to Swiss, playing on this section as well. GM Megaranto Susanto, GM Cerdas Barus and IM Dede Lioe finishing above threeshold with 6.5/11. In the half last rounds most of Indonesian players struggling against top GMs and did not stealth much points, but all of them running a good one in first half of tournament. Last round still saw IM Dede Lioe defeated IM Benjamin Bok of Netherland. This should be a good warming up events for Megaranto who will represent Indonesia in a Chess World Cup in August. Also for rest of Indonesian ladies players, WGM Irene K Sukandar finishing high above her colleagues with 6/11, WFM Dewi Citra Lestari (whom also won the last round vs FM Evgeny Zanan), WFM Chelsie Sihite, Aulia Medina and Evi Lindiawati. Hope the tournament give a good chess lesson for all, and also to promote the world with Indonesian players, so they got more chess invitations....that's what this blog also mean to be.


Main Tournament
In a >2000 section, the Main tournament, the only Indonesian Kadek Iin Wijaya elo 1939, take the first place with 7.5 of 9 rounds, undefeated! Good result for her and perhaps her first prestigious International trophy, congratulations!
Turnament catur Biel 2011 yang diikuti beberapa pecatur nasional telah berakhir. Para pecatur ini bertarung di section Master Tournament, di mana dimenangkan pecatur Cina GM Ni Hua. Di ronde-ronde awal para pecatur nasional bermain sesuai kekuatan mereka tapi terlihat di ronde-ronde yang lebih berat, mereka musti berjuang keras melawan lawan-lawan yang umumnya bergelar GM. Di ronde terakhir hasil menggembirakan dibukukan pecatur IM Dede Liu / Lioe yang mengalahkan bakat muda Benjamin Bok. Juga Dewi Citra Lestari mengalahkan FM Evgeny Zanan and Medina Aulia bounced dengan kemenangan atas lawannya Hasenohr,Benedic . Sayang tidak ada file PGN untuk partai Dede Liu. GM Megaranto masih terunggul di antara rekan-rekan pecatur dengan GM Cerdas di bawahnya, hanya selisih tie break, serupa dengan IM Dede Liu dengan nilai 6.5 atas 11 ronde. Kiranya penerbangan dan tiket pesawat menuju Eropa ini bisa memperkuat pengalaman bercatur dan aklimasi lokasi bagi semua pemain, sekaligus liburan ke Swiss yang menyenangkan!

Klasemen akhir Biel Master 2011 :
Final Standings

nama,gelar,elo rating,negara,menang-seri-kalah,angka
1. Ni,Hua GM 2662 CHN 6 5 0 8.5
2. Gharamian,Tigran GM 2670 FRA 5 6 0 8.0
3. Kovchan,Alexander GM 2554 UKR 6 4 1 8.0
4. Brkic,Ante GM 2598 CRO 7 2 2 8.0
5. Grachev,Boris GM 2680 RUS 6 4 1 8.0

29. Megaranto,Susanto GM 2544 INA 4 5 2 6.5
30. Barus,Cerdas GM 2420 INA 5 3 3 6.5
35. Lioe,Dede IM 2386 INA 4 5 2 6.5
41. Sukandar,Irine Kh WGM 2366 INA 4 4 3 6.0
50. Purnama,Tirta Cha IM 2379 INA 5 2 4 6.0
52. Halay,Taufik IM 2341 INA 5 2 4 6.0
54. Citra,Dewi Aa WFM 2025 INA 5 2 4 6.0
62. Rudin,Hamdani FM 2313 INA 4 3 4 5.5
63. Novita,Anjas FM 2314 INA 4 3 4 5.5
78. Sihite,Chelsie Mo WFM 2071 INA 4 2 5 5.0
84. Lindiawati,Evi WCM 2068 INA 2 6 3 5.0
101. Aulia,Medina Ward WFM 2058 INA 3 3 5 4.5


Lalu, di bagian Main tournament, Kadek Iin Dwijaya berjaya dan terlalu kuat untuk pecatur-pecatur lainnya. Alhasil ini berarti Kadek menjuarai Biel Main tournament dengan nilai 7.5 atas 9 ronde, dilihat dari laporan di websitenya Kadek tidak terkalahkan selalu turnament. Hasil yang menggembirakan dan dipastikan banyak pelajaran catur berharga yang diterima dia dan rekan-rekan lainnya.

Biel Main Tournament 2011
Final Standings



1. Kadek,Iin Dwijaya 1939 W INA 7.5
2. Lada,Ireneusz 2042 S POL 7.5 
3. Pagny,Samuel 1952 FRA 7.5
4. Cirjan,Daniel 1975 ROU 7.0
5. Carlsen,Ellen 1892 W NOR 7.0
6. Khanabiev,Alexey 1976 J BLR 7.0
7. Rosebrock,Timotej 1934 SUI 6.5
8. Diaz,Linda 1988 W USA 6.5
9. Herrmann,Sebastia 1955 GER 6.5
10. Radt,Volker 2049 SUI 6.5

Di Turnament paling bergengsi Accentus Grand Master Biel 2011, pecatur nomor satu dunia GM Magnus Carlsen masih terlalu tangguh buat semua lawannya. Carlsen menjuarai turnament ini dengan sisa 1 babak dan tidak terkejar lagi oleh lawan-lawannya. Di side note lain, GM Alexander Morozevich juga bermain gemilang, dia mulai comeback ke performa super GM dan tinggal tunggu sepak terjangnya sebagai pecatur yang sangat unik dan mahir di strategi main catur.

Biel Grandmaster 2011
Final Standing after 10 round, winner got 3 point system:


1. Magnus Carlsen NOR 2821 19
2. Alexander Morozevich RUS 2694 17
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2722 12
4. Alexei Shirov ESP 2714 12
5. Fabiano Caruana ITA 2711 10
6. Yannick Pelletier SUI 2590 5

Armenia Juara Dunia Catur Beregu

Turnamen Catur Beregu Dunia yang berlangsung di Ningbo China berakhir dimenangkan tim negara Armenia. Armenia adalah tim kuat yang juga medalist Olympiad beberapa kali. Tim yang dimotori pecatur top ten Levon Aronian ini menggusur pesaing kuat seperti tim Russia, Azerbaijan dan Hungaria, yang tampil tidak konsisten dan sering kalah melawan tim yang lebih lemah. Justru tim negara China yang berhasil tampil maksimal di kandang sendiri dan meraih medali perak, disusul oleh Ukraina. Ukraina adalah juga tim kuat yang didukung Vasily Ivanchuck dan medalis Olympiad yang baru lewat.

Di ajang ini, tim Amerika Serikat / US menjadi perhatian karena GM Yasser Seirawan yang comeback ke catur setelah sekian tahun absen dan cuma menjadi komentator dan penulis catur. GM Yasser Seirawan mengalahkan dua pecatur 2700, GM Judith Polgar dan GM  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Di partai melawan Mamedyarov, Seirawan yang sebenarnya pasti kurang paham teori pembukaan mutakhir justru ditantang bermain out of book oleh Shak, strategi yang kurang betul untuk melawan Seirawan yang lama pasif, seorang mantan penantang juara dunia.

Seirawan hingga ronde tertentu mencatat performance 2800+. Setelah melawan Shak dia berkomentar, "Saya sudah merasa ada yang salah oleh Shak" katanya ke kapten dan rekan GM Robert Hess. Peter Leko, pecatur elit Hungaria ikut berkomentar, "Ini adalah cara untuk memberi pelajaran buat mereka yang kurang sopan", maksudnya atas keputusan menggunakan pembukaan asing melawan Seirawan.  Di ronde yang sama Gata Kamsky juga menang melawan Teimour Radjabov membukukan kemenangan untuk tim US melawan Azerbaijan.

Hasil akhir:

Armenia - GOLD Medal
1 GM Aronian Levon 2805 ARM

2 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700 ARM
3 GM Akopian Vladimir 2667 ARM
4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2663 ARM
GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2556 ARM

China - SILVER Medal
1 GM Wang Hao 2718 CHN

2 GM Wang Yue 2709 CHN
3 GM Li Chao B 2669 CHN
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2672 CHN
GM Ding Liren 2654 CHN

Ukraine - BRONZE Medal
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2768 UKR

2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2697 UKR
3 GM Efimenko Zahar 2706 UKR
4 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2715 UKR
GM Areshchenko Alexander 2682 UKR

Pecatur Indonesia main di Biel Swiss 2011

Join the current Biel 2011 is the Indonesian national chess players, GM Megaranto, WGM Irene and co. all gathered together in a pleasure (should be..) Swiss tour. About 12+ players take part in Blitz and Master tournament. Notable result so far from the finished Blitz tournament GM Megaranto Susanto placed 4th, or tie with the others five players, with score 9.5/13. WGM Irene is the second highest INA player with 9/13, together with Cerdas Barus and Rudin Hamdani. Partial result :

Standings after 13 Rounds


1. Bu,Xiangzhi GM 2675 CHN 11.5 102.0
2. Ni,Hua GM 2662 CHN 10.0 100.5
3. Brkic,Ante GM 2598 CRO 9.5 105.5
4. Megaranto,Susanto GM 2544 INA 9.5 105.0
5. Baklan,Vladimir GM 2620 UKR 9.5 101.0
6. Edouard,Romain GM 2587 FRA 9.5 101.0
7. Das,Neelotpal GM 2453 IND 9.5 97.5
8. Grachev,Boris GM 2680 RUS 9.0 110.0
9. Kovchan,Alexander GM 2554 UKR 9.0 108.0
10. Nyzhnyk,Ilya GM 2589 UKR 9.0 105.0
11. Sukandar,Irine Khari WGM 2366 INA 9.0 95.5
12. Filipovic,Branko IM 2421 CRO 9.0 94.5
13. Cebalo,Misho GM 2484 CRO 9.0 92.5
14. Barus,Cerdas GM 2420 INA 9.0 92.0
15. Hamdani,Rudin FM 2313 INA 9.0 89.5
      ..................... http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/blitz-tournament/

The Master tournament itself also a comfortable run for GM Megaranto, with score 4/6 so far, without a loss and a draw result against GM Maxim Rodshtein. Standing after round six here.

Para pemain catur nasional menjajal kemampuan di turnament bergengsi di Biel, Swiss. Sekitar 12 pemain (mungkin lebih...) ikutan dalam turnament catur Kilat (Blitz) dan catur klasik MASTER tournament. Di bagian catur kilat yang baru berakhir, GM Megaranto menyempatkan diri bertengger di posisi 4, nilainya tie-break dengan sekitar 5 pemain lain, yaitu nilai 9.5 dari 13 ronde. Hasil ini membuatnya lebih baik dari belasan GM dari Eropa. WGM Irene K. Sukandar dengan nilai 9/13 sama dengan Cerdas Barus dan Rudin Hamdani. Sementara Tirta Candra, Novita Anjas dan Taufik Halay juga memetik hasil cukup positif 8/13.

Di bagian turnament Master hingga babak ke enam, Megaranto masih bertahan solid tanpa kekalahan dengan nilai 4/6. Menahan remis GM tangguh dari Israel GM Maxim Rodhstein. Hasil yang sama juga diperoleh GM Anjas Novita dan Cerdas Barus. Berikut partai GM Anjas mengalahkan pecatur elo 2500.

Ju Wenjun 1st Hangzhou Champion

Chinese is quick generationing their ladies player. Ju Wenjun (b.1991) is now very likely a new serious force as she just put the 1st Hangzhou Chess trophy to her wardrobe. Ju Wenjun was also a 2010 Chinese Champion. Still a WGM, Ju killed off Nana, Anna and Yifan, then drew all the rest combatant. Final result in Hangzhou:

Final standings:


1 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2515 - 6.5
2 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2513 - 5.5
3 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2470 - 5
4 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2560 - 5
5 GM Zhu Chen QAT 2485 - 4.5
6 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2575 - 4.5
7 GM Sebag Marie FRA 2510 - 4.5
8 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2537 - 4
9 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2557 - 3
10 IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2522 - 2.5

For a gift of second place, Harika Dronavalli is now a GM!

Chess World Cup 2011-Megaranto to challenge Le Quang Liem

Round 1 pairing has been released for Chess World Cup 2011. I highlight some interesting pairing base on fame and rating. UPDATED. Megaranto will play Le Quang Liem. Not a very nice pairing for me, because two of my favorite player should eliminated each other in round 1.

GM Judith Polgar will play for first time (?), officially against Woman Champion GM Hou Yifan, who happened also one of the highest elo rating woman on earth. Also in our dream now, the updated pairing listed GM Movsesian as Hou Yifan opponents, and Judith to play Fidel Corales of Cuban.

Round 1 Pairing - Chess World Cup 2011 (UPDATED)

1 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS - IM Kaabi, Mejdi TUN

2 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - FM Steel, Henry Robert RSA
3 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - Ibrahim, Hatim EGY
4 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - IM Gwaze, Robert ZIM
5 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - IM Hansen, Eric CAN
6 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS - IM Genba, Vladimir RUS
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - GM De La Paz Perdomo, Frank CUB
8 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - IM Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA

9 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE
10 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - GM Lima, Darcy BRA
11 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS
12 GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN - GM El Gindy, Essam EGY
13 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP - GM Cori, Jorge PER
14 GM Navara, David CZE - GM Kabanov, Nikolai RUS
15 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - GM Rahman, Ziaur BAN
16 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - GM Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI

17 GM Wang, Hao CHN - GM Ivanov, Alexander USA
18 GM Leko, Peter HUN - GM Shankland, Samuel L USA
19 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR - GM Esen, Baris TUR
20 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE - GM Megaranto, Susanto INA
Megaranto listed previously against Michael Adams, this updated pairing is not a very nice one for SE Asian chess fans. Both should know each other more now, the games is coming up months ahead, with a short time perhaps it is better to have a known opponent. Only Utut Adianto and Megaranto to enter KO World Cup for Indonesia, in 2004 Utut historical KO Alexey to enter round 2.

21 GM Adams, Michael ENG - GM Paragua, Mark PHI
22 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP - GM Leon Hoyos, Manuel MEX
23 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - GM Guliyev, Namig AZE
24 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA - GM Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS

25 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS - IM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynald CUB
26 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA - GM Robson, Ray USA
27 GM Wang, Yue CHN - GM Fier, Alexandr BRA
28 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - GM Zhao, Zong-Yuan AUS
29 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - GM Babula, Vlastimil CZE
30 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - GM Felgaer, Ruben ARG
31 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E. RUS
32 GM Movsesian, Sergei ARM - GM Hou, Yifan CHN

33 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - GM Corrales Jimenez, Fidel CUB
34 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA - GM Jumabayev, Rinat KAZ
35 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR - GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR
36 GM Berkes, Ferenc HUN - GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ
37 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - GM Mareco, Sandro ARG
38 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS - GM Halkias, Stelios GRE
39 GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR - GM Filippov, Anton UZB
40 GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS - GM Bluvshtein, Mark CAN

41 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS - GM Drozdovskij, Yuri UKR
42 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL - GM Pashikian, Arman ARM
43 GM Potkin, Vladimir RUS - GM Shulman, Yuri USA
44 GM Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN - GM Postny, Evgeny ISR
45 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - GM Romanov, Evgeny RUS
46 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS - GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP
47 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE - GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND
48 GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS - GM Lysyj, Igor RUS

49 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - GM Adly, Ahmed EGY
50 GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN - GM Socko, Bartosz POL
51 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - GM Ivanisevic, Ivan SRB
52 GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB - GM Quesada Perez, Yuniesky CUB
53 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN - GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian ROU
54 GM Korobov, Anton UKR - GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN
55 GM Harikrishna, P. IND - GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR
56 GM Li, Chao b CHN - GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE

57 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB - GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU
58 GM Akopian, Vladimir ARM - GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
59 GM Feller, Sebastien FRA - GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA
60 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS - GM Azarov, Sergei BLR
61 GM Ni, Hua CHN - GM Khairullin, Ildar RUS
62 GM Fridman, Daniel GER - GM Lupulescu, Constantin ROU
63 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - GM Ragger, Markus AUT

64. GM So, Wesley PHI - GM Ding, Liren CHN
Ding is one of So competitor in Asia realm of chess. Both should know a handy knowledge to each other.Previous So vs Ding match went not well for the So, Ding will need to think hard to avoid  a revenge.

2011 Fide Women GP and World Team Championship in China

Two very strong chess event started in July on Mainland China soil. The Women's FIDE GP started earlier in Hangzhou. Ju Wenjun, this young Chinese champion top the standing after four rounds ahead of World Champion Hou Yifan. USA champion Anna Zatonskih who rarely got into this GP business must survive and now at the bottom of standing . See tournament chess-result page here.

The second top tournament located in Ningbo, south of Shanghai. Only one female presented in this city though, that is Judith Polgar playing for Hungary in a TEAM WORLD Championship. The line up countries are:
1.China (host country)

2.Russia (winner 2009)
3.Ukraine (Olympiad 2010)
4.Israel (Olympiad 2010)
5.Hungary (Olympiad 2010)
6.Azerbaijan (Europe qualifier)
7.India (Asia qualifier)
8.USA (America's qualifier)
9.Egypt (African qualifier)
10.Armenia (FIDE President's nomination)

See http://ningbo2011.fide.com/

Chess World Cup 2011 Qualifiers

UPDATED World Cup 2011 Qualifiers:



From World Cup 2009:
01. R. Ponomariov (UKR)
02. V. Malakhov (RUS)
03. S. Karjakin (RUS)

b) Women's World Champion 2010:
04. Hou Yifan (CHN)

c) Junior World Champions 2009 and 2010:
05. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
06. D. Andreikin (RUS)

d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 and 1/2011:
07. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2766,50
08. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766,50
09. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2751,50
10. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2746,00
11. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2739,50
12. A. Shirov (ESP) 2735,50
13. P. Svidler (RUS) 2732,00
14. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2727,50
15. Wang Hao (CHN) 2727,50
16. P. Leko (HUN) 2725,50
17. Wang Yue (CHN) 2725,00
18. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2722,00
19. G. Kamsky (USA) 2721,50
20. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2721,50
21. D. Navara (CZE) 2719,50
22. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2716,00
23. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2715,00
24. M. Adams (ENG) 2714,50
25. F. Caruana (ITA) 2709,00
26. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2707,50
27. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2702,00
28. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2697,50

e) 46 players from European Championships 2010 and 2011
29. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2010
30. B. Jobava (GEO) 2010
31. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2010
32. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2010
33. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2010
34. Z. Almasi (HUN) 2010
35. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2010
36. M. Rodshtein (ISR) 2010
37. I. Salgado Lopez (ESP) 2010
38. A. Pashikian (ARM) 2010
39. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2010
40. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2010
41. V. Akopian (ARM) 2010
42. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2010
43. S. Halkias (GRE) 2010
44. F. Berkes (HUN) 2010
45. V. Potkin (RUS) 2010
46. B. Grachev (RUS) 2010
47. B. Socko (POL) 2010
48. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2010
49. E. Vorobiov (RUS) 2010
50. Y. Drozdovskij (UKR) 2010
51. V. Babula (CZE) 2010
52. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2011
53. J. Polgar (HUN) 2011
54. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2011
55. M. Ragger (AUT) 2011
56. S. Feller (FRA) 2011
57. S. Zhigalko (BLR) 2011
58. A. Korobov (UKR) 2011
59. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2011
60. E. Postny (ISR) 2011
61. S. Azarov (BLR) 2011
62. I. Khairullin (RUS) 2011
63. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2011
64. N. Guliyev (AZE) 2011
65. Y. Zherebukh (UKR) 2011
66. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2011
67. V. Iordachescu (MDA) 2011
68. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2011
69. D. Fridman (GER) 2011
70. A. Motylev (RUS) 2011
71. I. Ivanisevic (SRB) 2011
72. M. Parligras (ROU) 2011
73. E. Romanov (RUS) 2011
74. B. Esen (TUR) 2011

f) 19 players from Americas
75. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5
76. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5
77. Y. Shulman (USA) Zonal 2.1
78. S. Shankland (USA) Zonal 2.1
79. R. Robson (USA) Zonal 2.1
80. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1
81. A. Ivanov (USA) Zonal 2.1
82. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4
83. D. R. Di Berardino (BRA) Zonal 2.4
84. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3
85. M. Leon Hoyos (MEX) Zonal 2.3
86. E. Hansen (CAN) Zonal 2.2
87. D. Lima (BRA) Continental 2010
88. M. Bluvshtein (CAN) Continental 2011
89. Y. Quesada Perez (CUB) Continental 2011
90. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2011
91. F. Corrales Jimenez (CUB) Continental 2011
92. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2011
93. F. De La Paz Perdomo (CUB) Continental 2011

g) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
94. Ni Hua (CHN) Continental 2010
95. A. Gupta (IND) Continental 2010
96. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2010
97. Wesley So (PHI) Continental 2010
98. Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) Continental 2010
99. P. Harikrishna (IND) Continental 2011
100. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2011
101. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) Continental 2011
102. R. Jumabayev (KAZ) Continental 2011
103. Li Chao B (CHN) Zonal 3.5
104. Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) Zonal 3.5
105. Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) Zonal 3.6
106. Ziaur Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2
107. S. Megaranto (INA) Zonal 3.3
108. M. Paragua (PHI) Zonal 3.3
109. P. Negi (IND) Zonal 3.7
110. A. Filippov (UZB) Zonal 3.4
111. M. Kazhgaleyev (KAZ) Zonal 3.4
112. Salem R. Saleh

h) 6 players from Africa
113. M. Kaabi (TUN) Zonal 4.1
114. H. Ibrahim (EGY) Zonal 4.2
115. R. Gwaze (ZIM) Zonal 4.3
116. A. Adly (EGY) Continental 2011
117. E. El Gindy (EGY) Continental 2011
118. H. R. Steel (RSA) Continental 2011

i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119. R. Kasimdzhanov (UZB)
120. E. Sutovsky (ISR)
121. P. H. Nielsen (DEN)
122. Ding Liren (CHN)
123. V. Bologan (MDA)
124. E. Moradiabadi (IRI)

j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125. N. Kabanov (RUS)
126. A. Pridorozhni (RUS)
127. A. Bezgodov (RUS)
128. V. Genba (RUS)

Russians: 26
Chinese : 9
Ukraine: 8
USA : 6
Cuba : 6
Azeris : 5
Armenians : 3

Ladies :  2 (Hou Yi Fan as Woman's Champions and Judith Polgar)

AAI Chess Final Round

Echoing another worldwide internet report on this excellent tournament, I also expressed big impression on it. Not only the line up consist of interesting player I like (Hou Yifan ...(uh struggling), Wesley!, Caruana etc) vs the host Indian stars , Sasikiran ( veteran now) and Negi. The result reflects the fighting spirit on board, very less percentage of draws result and all interesting fight. More on that, the Indian timezone perfectly fit our South East Asia wake up eye.

Final round playing were :
Negi - Laznicka - 0.5
Caruana - So - 0.5
Hou - Sasikiran - 0.5

Caruana is on best standing so far, playing So that vanished chances to be champion in India, but Sasikiran now playing Hou the less point player from the start of tournament. Will be another fighting final round to come.

Updated:
Final standings after the tenth round:

7 points – Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
6 – Krishnan Sasikiran (India)
5.5 – Viktor Laznicka (Czech rep)
5 – Wesley So (Philippines)
3.5 – Parimarjan Negi (India)
3 – Hou Yifan (China)

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