Tuesday, September 22, 2015

World Cup 2015 Baku - Quarter Finals Pairings

Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku is reaching its quarter finals phase. As all know, 128 chess players from around the world joined this Knock Out tournament. Then we got only 16 players left as the rest were eliminated each round. In the last round 4 session, three big names were all knock outed. Major upset should be on Fabiano Caruana, who can't overcame Shakhriyar Mamedyarov opening strategy and then simply fall without much fight.

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Partai Catur - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Fabiano Caruana
World Cup (2015)    Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61)   1-0


Fabiano Caruana sebagai unggulan pertama ditaklukkan pecatur tuan rumah / Azerbaijan, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Di partai catur ini, Mamedyarov lebih siap dengan pembukaan dan membuat Caruana harus bermain pasif karena tidak terlalu familiar dengan pembukaan ini. Di langkah 26, Caruana membuat kesalahan yang sulit diterima oleh seorang pecatur kelas top ten. Dengan menukar bidak di g, Caruana justru membuka semua jalur serangan Mamedyarov yang sudah berjejer perwira-perwiranya siap menggasaki raja hitam.

The other top seed eliminated is Wesley So. But he was defeated by worthy opponent, well, at least not so surprisingly. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave busted the ending where it was seemingly equal, but in round 4 game 2, Wesley So simply blunder that ending. Anish Giri as the #4 seed got more hassle to play against notable Anand's second, Radosław "Radek" Wojtaszek. They went into tie break, but Anish Giri won the rapid games 2-0 thus go to quarter final.

Eljanov defeated Jakovenko. Also in rapid games phase of tie break, but only in the second one he got the upper hand. Sergey Karjakin played with karma by eliminating hot dude Andreikin, who eliminated Karjakin two years ago. The score in rapid games between the two in tie break session is 1 1/2 - 1/2 in favor of Karjakin.

The big fight and show was on Ding Liren vs Wei Yi. As we remember, in the classical game both kungfu men exchange fist and kicks 1-1, defeating each other. Remember the crazy ending in the 2nd game :

Partai Catur : Wei Yi vs Ding Liren
World Cup (2015)  ·  Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78)  ·  1-0



Ending partai catur Wei Yi vs Ding Liren yang seru. Di ending ini, kedua pemain masuk krisis waktu. Tapi Ding Liren yang posisinya lebih sulit dipikirkan dan dia pun gagal menemukan jawaban-jawaban tepat untuk ending ini. 

With that win, Wei Yi and Ding Liren must spend one more day playing chess together in tie break round. Again their games are the most fascinating to watch, among others. In the two rapid games they trade draws. Next is two 10 minutes games, where the second one duly won by Wei Yi.

Partai Catur : Ding Liren vs Wei Yi
World Cup (2015)  English, Symmetrical (A34)  0-1



Kemenangan Wei Yi atas Ding Liren dipuji banyak pengamat catur di Twitter. Banyak yang menyandingkan sepak terjangnya yang baru berumur enambelasan ini dengan Magnus Carlsen dan berspekulasi kalau Wei Yi yang kelak akan bisa mensaingi Carlsen.


The Quarter finals pairings then see eight match:
Pairing babak perempat final Piala Dunia Catur 2015 di Baku:

16  Russia Peter Svidler vs 24 China Wei Yi
The most experience vs the youngest player. Peter Svidler should extremely careful to not become sacrificial lamb and stepping stone to Wei Yi. Judging from playing style, where Svidler is from old Sovyet school with all his Gruenfeld expertise, Wei Yi will face more positional player than his other opponents. They are indeed had exchange blow each other just few months ago, in Russia vs China match. Peter Svidler won that game.
Stats :
Wei Yi vs Svidler
0-1
2015
China-Russia Match
C84 Ruy Lopez Closed


21 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs 4 Netherlands Anish Giri 
Cruising to quarter finals are two favorites from "Grand Chess Tour" members. Nothing much to added except looking at the stats between the two, which is extensively available. Their last meeting in Sinquefield Cup 2015 ended in draw. Thinking about this, Maxime got upper hand that he "only" need to play two very familiar opponents (vs Wesley So in round 4).

A Giri vs Maxime VL
½-½
2010
Biel Chess Festival
E92 King's Indian
A Giri vs Maxime VL
½-½
2010
Unive Tournament
D76 Neo-Grunfeld
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2010
Unive Tournament
D44 Semi-Slav
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2011
Tata Steel
C42 Petrov Defense
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2011
15th Unive (Crown Group)
D37 QGD
A Giri vs Maxime VL
½-½
2011
15th Unive (Crown Group)
A15 English
Maxime VL vs A Giri
1-0
2011
World Mind Games (Rapid)
C42 Petrov Defense
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2012
Bundesliga 2011/12
C42 Petrov Defense
Maxime VL vs A Giri
0-1
2013
World Mind Games (Basque)
A04 Reti Opening
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2013
World Mind Games (Blitz)
B27 Sicilian
A Giri vs Maxime VL
0-1
2013
World Mind Games (Basque)
A10 English
A Giri vs Maxime VL
0-1
2013
World Mind Games (Blitz)
D85 Grunfeld
Maxime VL vs A Giri
1-0
2014
Biel
C67 Ruy Lopez
A Giri vs Maxime VL
1-0
2014
Biel
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2014
FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin 
A Giri vs Maxime VL
½-½
2015
Norway Chess (Blitz)
E60 King's Indian Defense
A Giri vs Maxime VL
½-½
2015
FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi
D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2015
FIDE GP Khanty-Mansiysk
D45 Semi-Slav
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2015
Norway Chess
D45 Semi-Slav
Maxime VL vs A Giri
1-0
2015
Tata Steel
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin 
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2015
Sinquefield Cup
C78 Ruy Lopez
Maxime VL vs A Giri
½-½
2015
Gashimov Memorial
D38 QGD, Ragozin Vari
Classical games: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Anish Giri 2 to 1, with 13 draws.
Including rapid/exhibition games: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Anish Giri 5 to 2, with 15 draws.
Only rapid/exhibition games: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Anish Giri 3 to 1, with 2 draws.


19 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs 11 Russia Sergey Karjakin 
Not too much gap between the two. Sergey Karjakin is doing fine recently. He is proving that he also belong to elite world. On Mamedyarov side, he is taking the most the home turf as his power, as Kramnik said.  Both have many games history, over 46+ games with Mamedyarov looks like a trouble opponent for Karjakin.
Last 20 games:
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
½-½
2012
World Mind Games (Blitz)
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
1-0
2012
FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent
E15 Queen's Indian
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
½-½
2012
Chess Olympiad
E12 Queen's Indian
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
0-1
2012
World Blitz Championship
C41 Philidor Defense
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
0-1
2013
World Mind Games (Blitz)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
0-1
2013
World Mind Games (Blitz)
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
1-0
2013
World Mind Games (Rapid)
D90 Grunfeld
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
0-1
2013
FIDE Grand Prix Beijing
C42 Petrov Defense
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
½-½
2013
Tal Memorial
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
½-½
2013
Tal Memorial (Blitz)
C70 Ruy Lopez
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
1-0
2013
FIDE Grand Prix Zug
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
0-1
2014
European Club Cup
C42 Petrov Defense
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
½-½
2014
Gashimov Memorial
A15 English
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
½-½
2014
Gashimov Memorial
B12 Caro-Kann Defense
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
½-½
2014
WCC Candidates
E20 Nimzo-Indian
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
½-½
2014
WCC Candidates
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo)
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
0-1
2014
Tal Memorial Blitz
C42 Petrov Defense
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
1-0
2014
Tal Memorial Blitz
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
½-½
2014
FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent
E20 Nimzo-Indian
Karjakin vs Mamedyarov
½-½
2014
FIDE Grand Prix Baku
D45  Semi-Slav
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
½-½
2015
Petrov Memorial (Rapid)
D27 QGA Classical

Classical games: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Sergey Karjakin 5 to 4, with 15 draws.
Including rapid/exhibition games: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Sergey Karjakin 14 to 10, with 22 draws.
Only rapid/exhibition games: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Sergey Karjakin 9 to 6, with 7 draws.

 
26 Ukraine Pavel Eljanov vs 2 United States Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura has become hot topic regarding his hand without shadow castling style happened in previous round. While Pavel Eljanov slow down his steam with more down to earth result, having blast the tournament with 6-0 before. The two actually exchange two blitz games according to online chess database, happened in 2010 World Blitz. Both won each other, in classical game, Hikaru won their meeting in 2010 Tal Memorial as well.
Nakamura vs Eljanov
1-0
2010
World Blitz Championship
A00 Uncommon Opening
Eljanov vs Nakamura
1-0
2010
World Blitz Championship
A15 English
Nakamura vs Eljanov
1-0
2010
Tal Memorial
E00 Queen's Pawn Game
Classical games: Hikaru Nakamura beat Pavel Eljanov 1 to 0.
Including rapid/exhibition games: Hikaru Nakamura beat Pavel Eljanov 2 to 1.
Only rapid/exhibition games: Pavel Eljanov tied Hikaru Nakamura 1 to 1.



Quarter Final - Chess World Cup 2015 Pairing Tree - hi res

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