Jerusalem on Fire - European Individual Chess Champ Round 8

(bahasa Indonesia di bawah)
The 16th European Individual Chess Championship is underway. Up to round 8 Ian Nepomniachtchi finally the sole leader with 6.5 out of 8 rounds. Still 13 players is on second place with 6 points, included David Navara (1st seed), Alexander Motylev (incumbent champion), Anton Korobov, Volikitin, Nisipeanu and many others. The tournament happened in Jerusalem is best describe by their host's jargon, "Jerusalem is ready for Europe invasion!". About hundreds of 2200 level players in the field, and total of 250 players participating. This event also acted as qualifier for the next Chess World Cup.

Lots of photos on their Facebook page

European Individual Chess Championship - Round 8 Standings:
1 Nepomniachtchi Ian 6.5
2 Korobov Anton 6
3 Najer Evgeniy 6
4 Navara David 6
5 Motylev Alexander 6
6 Volokitin Andrei 6
7 Sargissian Gabriel 6
8 Smirin Ilia 6
9 Iljiushenok Ilia 6
10 Bartel Mateusz 6
11 Rodshtein Maxim 6
12 Popov Ivan 6
13 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 6
14 Khismatullin Denis 6
15 Shimanov Aleksandr 5.5
16 Eljanov Pavel 5.5
17 Matlakov Maxim 5.5
18 Moiseenko Alexander 5.5
19 Sjugirov Sanan 5.5
20 Bacrot Etienne 5.5

Here some of interesting games that I managed to dig, out of about 800 games so far.

Partai Catur David Klein vs David Howell 0-1, EICC2015 Jerusalem
Ruy Lopez, Anderssen var

David Howell is doing fine in this tournament, he only lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi in round 8 that put him to distant out of top 20, temporarily. Against David Klein (who played in Tata Chess Group B this year), he got a blunder gift and managed to performed a checkmate.



Partai Catur David Klein vs Alexander Beliavsky 1-0, EICC 2015 Jerusalem
Phillidor Defence

Nevertheless David Klein give the second lost to senior Alexander Beliavsky, who defence in Phillidor.


Partai Catur Alexander Beliavsky vs Oleg Gamayev 1-0, EICC 2015 Jerusalem
Pirc Defence

Interestingly, the position on that game also played by Beliavsky as white in his previous round against Oleg Gamayev.

  Partai Catur Vladislav Kovalev vs Daniil Dubov, EICC 2015 Jerusalem
French Tarrash

R vs B endgame, not always draw and well fight.


Partai Catur Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Mihail Marin 1-0
QGD

  Partai Catur Nikita Vitiugov vs Aleksej Aleksandrov 1-0
QGD Ragozin

theme: attacking with the king

  Partai Catur Fransicso Vallejo Pons vs Artyom Timofeev, 1-0, EICC 2015 Jerusalem
Neo Gruenfeld

theme: counter attack


Partai Catur Ivan Cheparinov vs Artur Kogan, 1-0
QGD Semi Slav

theme: great calculation, what moment to sacrifice.

Ini adalah turnamen kejuaraan catur individual Eropa, berlangsung di kota Jerusalem. Turnamen ini diikuti lebih dari seratusan pecatur bergelar master. Top seed adalah David Navara dan Vitiugov. Setelah melewati ronde 8 baru Ian Nepomniacthi yang berhasil mendaki hingga posisi pimpinan sementara dengan nilai 6.5. Di bawahnya ada belasan saingan lain dengan nilai 6. Bisa dilihat beberapa game menarik yang dikumpulkan di atas. Pecatur yang berhasil menduduki 10 besar dan beberapa urutan lain akan kualified untuk mengikuti Piala Dunia Catur nantinya.