Karpov Won A Match vs Sveshnikov - 2015

Anatoly Karpov were playing a six rounds rapid chess match against Evgeny Sveshnikov since last Tuesday. The former world champion defeated the famous chess theoretician by a margin of 4-2. Sveshnikov actually started day 1 with a win points 1.5-0.5 against Anatoly, but the former champion convincingly comeback and closed the match with expected win. The match was held in Riga, Latvia from July 7 to July 9. Live transmission of the games and live video commentaries by GM Alexey Shirov, GM Arturs Neiksans, WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola and IM Nikita Meskovs will be available during the match.

Official website http://chessinlatvia.lv/


Mantan Juara Dunia catur ke-12 grandmaster Anatoly Karpov melangsungkan duel catur cepat melawan GM Evgeny Sveshnikov di kota Riga, Latvia. Duel catur ini akhirnya dimenangkan oleh Karpov dengan score 4-2. Berikut terjemahan bio singkat kedua pecatur yang sangat terkenal ini.

Anatoly Karpov adalah salah satu pecatur terhebat sepanjang masa. Dia menjadi juara dunia catur di tahun 1975 dan menggenggam gelar tersebut hingga tahun 1985. Dari tahun 1993 hingga 1999 , Karpov adalah juara dunia catur versi FIDE. Persaingan Karpov dengan Garry Kasparov di duel dwi tarung perebutan gelar juara dunia dari tahun 1984 hingga 1990 diyakini sebagai salah satu moment paling seru di sejarah percaturan dunia. Karpov dikenal sebagai salah satu pecatur terbaik sepanjang masa , seorang master di catur posisionil. Dia memiliki feeling kuat mengenai posisi dan hanya bisa dibandingkan dengan Capablanca dan Carlsen.

Evgeny Sveshnikov menjadi grandmaster di tahun 1977 dan dua kali juara nasional Latvia (2003 dan 2010). Dia memenangkan beberapa turnamen internasional seperti Le Havre (1977) dan Cienfuegos (1979). Sveshnikov dikenal sebagai penemu variasi Sveshnikov di pembelaan Sisilia - variasi yang sukses digunakan beberapa pecatur kelas dunia. Sveshnikov juga sangat berperan dalam teori pengembangan variasi Alapin di Sisilia (2.c3) dan juga di Advance Variation nya pembelaan Prancis. Dia mengarang berbagai buku pembukaan yang popular.

Anatoly Karpov is one of the greatest players of all time. He became the World Champion in 1975 and held the title till 1985. From 1993 till 1999 Karpov was the FIDE World Champion. Karpovs rivalry with Garry Kasparov in their five World Championship matches from 1984 till 1990 is one of the most fascinating pages in the history book of the game. Karpov is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time - a great master of positional chess, whose feel for the position can only be compared to Capablanca and Carlsen.

Evgeny Sveshnikov became a Grandmaster in 1977 and is a two time Latvian Champion (2003 and 2010). He has won several international tournaments like Le Havre (1977) and Cienfuegos (1979). Sveshnikov is best known as the author of Sveshnikov Variation in the Sicilian Defence - a variation played successfully at he highest level by the worlds best players. Sveshnikov has also greatly contributed to the development on Alapin Variation of the Sicilian Defence and the Advance variation of the French Defence. He is an author of several popular opening books on these variations.

Anatoly Karpov vs Evgeny Sveshnikov 2015

Anatoly Karpov vs Evgeny Sveshnikov 2015

berikut partai-partai catur dwi tarung Anatoly Karpov melawan Evgeny Sveshnikov yang baru saja berlangsung:


Partai Catur Round 1 - Karpov, Anatoly Sveshnikov, Evgeny ½-½
D32 - Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch

Round 02 Sveshnikov, Evgeny Karpov, Anatoly 1-0
B30 Sicilian Defence

Round 03 Karpov, Anatoly Sveshnikov, Evgeny 1-0
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined

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Round 04 Sveshnikov, Evgeny Karpov, Anatoly 0-1
B30 Sicilian Defence

Round 05 Karpov, Anatoly Sveshnikov, Evgeny 1-0
B40 Sicilian Defence

Round 06 Sveshnikov, Evgeny Karpov, Anatoly ½-½
E10 Queen's Pawn Game

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Fabiano Caruana Wins Dortmund Chess 2015

Satu lagi turnamen catur super berakhir, yaitu turnamen Sparkassen Chess 2015 di Dortmund. Fabiano Caruana memenangkan turnamen ini dengan jalan memenangkan 5 partai berturut-turut mulai dari round 3. Di round terakhir Caruana bermain hitam dan ditantang Nisipeanu dengan Evans Gambit. Nisipeanu yang terkenal sebagai pecatur sangat taktis dan imaginatif ternyata kalah kalkulasi dan harus menyerah dalam 30 langkah. Sementara itu Wesley So juga mengejar ketertinggalan dengan mengalahkan Vladimir Kramnik di ronde terakhir itu. Kedudukan akhir Dortmund Chess 2015 adalah :

Final Standings - Sparkassen Chess 2015 Dortmund
1. Caruana, Fabiano 5.5 17
2. So, Wesley 4 14.5
3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 4 12.75
4. Kramnik, Vladimir 3.5 10
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3 10.25
6. Naiditsch, Arkadij 3 10
7. Hou, Yifan 2.5 8.25
8. Meier, Georg 2.5 8.25

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess 2015 last round (7) thrillers... 

Nisipeanu vs Caruana 0-1

Wesley So vs Kramnik 1-0

photo from official website

One more chess super tournament finished and Fabiano Caruana added one more trophy to his collection by winning it. It is Sparkassen Chess 2015 in Dortmund that saw Caruana catch up the field with 5 wins in a row. Caruana take over the title after final round 7 battle with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in a romantic Evans Gambit game. Wesley So also won the LIVE rating battle against Vladimir Kramnik, as with his win Wesley sit on #7 while Kramnik down to #8 in Live rating. 

Partai Catur Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu vs Fabiano Caruana 0-1, Dortmund 2015
C52 - Evans Gambit



Partai Catur Wesley So vs Vladimir Kramnik 1-0, Dortmund 2015
Ruy Lopez

Medina Aulia in Chess For Girls 2015 - Won by WGM Gunay Mammadzada

Pecatur Medina Aulia Warda yang turut serta dalam program Chess For Girls akhirnya menuntaskan kehadirannya dengan menduduki peringkat ke-5 di tournament tersebut. Ajang Chess For Girls 2015 ini memang sangat luar biasa ceritanya. Ibarat kisah-kisah silat yang sering kita baca, seorang pelatih catur dunia mencari 10 bibit talenta pecatur wanita di seluruh dunia. Kesepuluh pecatur tersebut lalu diundang gratis ke "laboratorium" untuk digembleng secara intensif dengan pelajaran-pelajaran catur. WGM / IM-elected Aulia Warda adalah salah satu dari 10 pecatur yang terpilih. Ajang Chess For Girls 2015 kali ini berlangsung di kota Vienna, Austria. Sebelumnya beberapa kota sudah menjadi tempat berkumpul dan berlatih mereka, yaitu kota Geneva (Swiss) dan Saigon (Vietnam).

Di ajang Chess for Girls 2015 ini juga selain dilakukan pelatihan catur oleh Susan Polgar, juga diselenggarakan turnamen-turnamen, yaitu turnamen Problem Solving, Blitz dan yang paling puncak adalah sembilan rounds turnamen round robin antara kesepuluh pecatur tersebut. Di turnamen puncak tersebut mereka dihadiahi 2,000 euros jika menang. WGM Gunay Mammadzada asal Azerbaijan akhirnya keluar sebagai pemenang. Aulia Warda sendiri ada di peringkat 5 dengan point 4.5/9. Menurut crosstable yang dirilis di sini, Medina mengalahkan IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat (Iran), WFM Anastasia Bykova (Rusia), WFM Gazikova Veronika (Slovakia) dan WIM Tijana Blagojevic (Montenegro).

Perlu juga diketahui juga, IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar akan segera masuk ke kampus Webster untuk tahun ajaran baru. Universitas Webster ini memang kampus yang paling banyak mahasiswa pecatur dunia, seperti GM Le Quang Liem dan lain-lain. Dengan demikian kedua pecatur wanita top Indonesia sekarang sudah menjadi perhatian dunia dan diharapkan banyak lagi prestasi-prestasi keren yang akan dipersembahkan keduanya.

Official website di https://chessdailynews.com/tag/chess-for-girls/
Google Translate HERE

 Indonesian chess fans are happy to follow that IM-elected Medina Aulia Warda, the nation's top girl become part of this event.  The brief description about this event is well explained here :

Chess For Girls Vienna 2015 – World’s Strongest All-Girls Invitational
By Paul Truong

The event is sponsored by FIDE (FIDE Women’s Commission), Webster University – SPICE, and the Susan Polgar Foundation, with support from the Austrian Chess Federation, Vienna Chess Federation and hosted by Webster University Vienna.

We invited the top 10 highest rated girls in the world (1 per country limit) to Webster University – Vienna Campus for a 4-day intense training. After the training, they will compete against each other in a round robin tournament for the top prize of 2,000 euros.

We cover all hotel (4-star) expenses and meals + 6,050 euros (2,000-1,250-750-500-400-300-250-200-200-200) total cash prizes for the 10 participants.

We also invited the top 2 players from Austria (as the host nation) for training. They will go through the full training sessions but will not participate in the tournament.

The first edition of FIDE Chess For Girls was held at Webster University – Geneva Campus, and the second one was held in Saigon, Vietnam. This is the 3rd one. (from https://chessdailynews.com/tag/chess-for-girls/) 

The ten young talents were then compete each other in numbers of contests, PROBLEM SOLVING, BLITZ CHESS, and the top contest is the 9 rounds robin tournament:

The results:

Final standings - Chess For Girls 2015
1. WGM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 8.0
2-3. IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 6.0
2-3. WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 6.0
4. IM Ziaziulkina Nastassia BLR 5.5
5. WGM Medina Aulia INA 4.5
6-7. WFM Osmak Iulija UKR 4.0
6-7. WGM Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene MGL 4.0
8. WFM Bykova Anastasia RUS 3.5
9. WFM Gazikova Veronika SVK 2.5
10. WIM Blagojevic Tijana MNE 2210 1.0

Top 3 – Chess for Girls Puzzle Solving Championship
Three way tie for 1st :
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia (Belarus) 2431,
Osmak, Julia (Ukraine) 2412,
Exler, Veronika (Austria) 2200 with 9.5 pts/10

Final standings – Chess for Girls Blitz Championship
1. Khademalsharieh, Sara (Iran) 2412 9.5 pts / 11
2. Bykova, Anastasia (Russia) 2337 8.5
3. Abdumalik , Zhansaya (Kazakhstan) 2411 7.5
4-5 Blagojevic, Tijana (Montenegro) 2338 & Gazikova, Veronika (Slovakia) 2314 6.0
6-7 Medina, Aulia (Indonesia) 2412 & Newrkla, Katharina (Austria) 2200 5.5
8. Osmak, Julia (Ukraine) 2412 5.0
9. Exler, Veronika (Austria) 2200 4.5
10. Mammadzada, Gunay (Azerbaijan) 2336 3.0
11-12 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia (Belarus) 2431 & Davaademberel, Nomin-Erdene (Mongolia) 2371 2.5

Chess For Girls 2015 in Vienna 

(all photos from website)

Indonesia top player, IM-elected Medina Aulia among the ten Chess for Girl participant

on other news, IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar will soon join Webster University in USA, good luck!