Round 3 result here.
Round 4 pairing is up, with lesser pairing mean more comments can be put in for each the pairing. Here some from chessgames.com’s member ezzy and some trivia I added (in blue color text).
Vachier Lagrave - Gelfand
What a year for Vachier-Lagrave. World junior champion and Biel international winner! has knocked out 2 Chinese players in the world cup, and his reward for a great year is a pairing with the top seed in the tournament Boris Gelfand. They both played 2 draws against each other at the Biel tournament this year.
Meanwhile, Gelfand also had a nice year, having winning the ACP World rapid cup, beating Svidler in final, although Svidler blunders help Gelfand clinched the title. The age different is span quite wide, so also a battle of generation here.
Grischuk - Jakovenko
Grischuk hasn't beat Jakovenko in classical chess, but he beat Jakovenko twice in the world blitz championship this year. Jakovenko therefore will NOT want this to go to tiebreak. Close call this one.
Both had been pushed until tiebreak yesterday so equal preparation.
Laznicka - Mamedyarov
Laznicka is the 61 seed and lowest rated player left in. He's playing 'out of his skin' in this tournament though, beating Morozevich 2-0 in the 2nd round. Another tough challenge against Mamedyarov who is the only player not yet to go to a tiebreak. They have met each other twice before with 1 draw and 1 win for Mamedyarov. Mamedyarov will be the favourite, but so was Morozevich.
Mame is doing a Fischer-like tournament so far, Wang Hao is his strongest opponent so far in term of rating.
Karjakin - Vitiugov
Only played each other once, and that was this year, and a 21 move draw.
Vitiugov seems to be a steadily improving 22 year old. This is his second world cup and usually qualifies through good performances in the European championships, where 3 years running he finished only 1/2pt behind the winners score.
I can't see further than Karjakin though, A major winner this year at Corus!
Gashimov - Caruana
First ever meeting for these two. Gashimov beat 2 Chinese players and Caruana knocked out 2 Cuban's on their way to 4th round. Caruana's route to the 4th round has been extremely impressive beating Bruzon, Dominguez and Alekseev. A fascinating match! Could this be a big breakthrough for another talented youngster?
And again with no intention to be little Gashimov achievement so far, his opponent rating are 2405, 2596 (Zhou) and 2628 (Li Chao) mean average is 2543. Caruana is his strongest test to advance to next round. Gashimov is luckiest in round 1 againt Li Chao, having in line of defeat but survived with a draw. In tie break, the Chinese join a “Smoking Company” with Wang Yue and give one round victory to Gashimov.
Bacrot - Ponomariov
The battle of 2 chess prodigies. They met at the U-12 European championships 1994.
Bacrot beat Ponomariov 2-0 in the 2007 world blitz championship. They drew both their games in the 2006 M-Tel masters. Ponomariov 1.5-0.5 against Bacrot at Biel 2004.
Anyones guess who wins this.
Bacrot last World Cup ended in third round by Karjakin. Yesterday he also enjoy a free game where Wang Yue late for his tie break game.
Shirov - Svidler
The big match of the round! They have played each other 26 times - Shirov leads 6-5 with 15 draws in all types of chess. Shirov beat Svidler at the Aerosvit tournament 2008, but since 2004 all their other games have been draws.
Svidler seems to be hanging on by a thread the last couple of matches. He needs to 'knuckle down' now though.
Pick your favourite.
I will favorite Shirov! Twice runner-up, in final he lost to Anand (2000) and Kamsky (2007). Reaching quarter final in 2002 (lost to Anand) and 1999 (lost to Nisipeanu). His best tournament this year is the MTel Master where he winning over Topalov, Carlsen, Ivanchuck etc. While Svidler is winning the Gibraltar 2009 but play much higher tournament than Shirov this year , like the FIDE Grandprix.
So - Malakhov
Wesley So is the 'headliner' in this tournament so far, knocking out, Guseinov, Ivanchuk and Kamsky. wow!!!! Wesley is causing great excitement around this website with the support from his army of fans. During this tournament I must admit to being a follower of Wesley, but I think the whole chess world is watching him now. He's having the tournament of his life, and good luck to the this young phenominal talent.
Malakhov knows what it's like to win big at a young age. He was the U-14 World champion. Malakhov is now a member of the 2700 club! That doesn't seem to phase Wesley though.
Although Malakhov seem not much known, he is rated above Kamsky. Compare to Ivanchuck’s inconsistency and Kamsky’s downfall this year, Malakhov is on the rising graphic. This is surely the toughest of So opponent so far. Many information tells that Malakhov is also have a non chess full time job, mean he is an “amateur”.
Wesley So is the only non-european participant now.
Age wise, Wesley So (b1993), Fabiano Caruana (b1992),Maxime VL (b1990), Sergey Karjakin (b1990). Gelfand is at 41 (b 1968), Shirov and Svidler is 37 and 33, while the rest in their 20s.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
World Cup 2009-Round 3 Pairing Comments
Round 2 final result here.
Round 3
Gelfand - Polgar
Gelfand is enjoying his favorite status, playing a weaker opponent in two rounds. A good warm up but now his real challenge begin with Polgar as the next opponent. Compare to Polgar who only finished 2 classical game so far. Both met many times with statistic show Gelfand a positive score.
Lagrave - Yu Yangyi
Battle of youngster and more exciting this is like Asia vs Europea U20 player face off. They did not played in the recent World Junior at Argentina.
Jobava - Grischuk
Best from Georgia, Baadur “Baldur Gate” Jobava crushed Itturizaga in 30 moves Bogo Indian in round 2 while Grischuk eliminated “Drunken Master” who defended with Semi Slav yesterday. Strong pairing here.
Jakovenko – Areshchenko
Jakovenko comes with 2-0 against his Indian opponent while Areschenko from tie break. Both played a draw game before.
Bologan - Laznicka
Laznicka is the guy who upset Morozevich while Bologan finished Cheparinov by tie break.
Mamedyarov - Wang Hao
So far Mamedyarov having perfect score 4-0. I can’t find reference that they both played each other so both are into unknown territory.
Sakaev - Vitiugov
And Sakaev proved to be the solid player, eliminating Azeri Radjabov. His next challenger is Nikita Vitiugov whom he eliminated in 2007 world cup edition by tie break in round 1
Navara - Karjakin
Both spend another day for play off. Navara slip one rapid game to Shabalov due to surprised opening but then crushed Shaba 3.5-2.5 total. Database slightly favor Karjakin.
Li Chao - Gashimov
Gashimov enjoyed his high seed by playing easy opponent so far. But now he must take care of China men extra preparation for him. Looks like a team battle as Mamedyarov also facing the Chinese.
Caruana - Alekseev
Caruana eliminated two Cubans, Dominguez was losing on time in drawn position in tie break. Caruana is the last of Mr.President's recommended player. Both equal in the past.
Ponomariov - Motylev
And the former champion still heading well. Both met many times with Ponomariov leading.
Bacrot - Wang Yue
The highest seed from China. They both drawing each other from Chessgames database. Both games are the Petrov and Slav.
Svidler - Naiditsch
Naiditsch finished American dream Onischuk with a 20 moves miniature and enjoy his extra day for preparation. Svidler is now experienced more on how to handle a dark horse. They met many times with Svidler getting a plus point, but that’s when Naiditsch still a young boy. Still big chance for Svidler.
Tomashevsky – Shirov
When all the favorite seems fade away from the tournament turn out Shirov also want to maximalized his trip to Siberia by playing in tie break. Winning the tie break 3-0 Shirov is to challenge Tomashevsky who hardly get rid of Khalifman. They both met in 2008 with draw result.
Kamsky - So
Wesley So is trying to redefined the status “elite” in chess scene. His victory over Ivanchuck must be one of 2009 most successful chess story. Oppositely Kamsky still cold blood eliminating Antonio and Zhou Weiqi. Again this is the battle of favorite vs outsider, if So win, it will be remembered for a long time.. Meanwhile we do hope Chucky recovered soon.
Eljanov – Malakhov
Both “enjoyed” extra day exercise their rapid skill, they played a draw games in the past.
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Round 3
Gelfand - Polgar
Gelfand is enjoying his favorite status, playing a weaker opponent in two rounds. A good warm up but now his real challenge begin with Polgar as the next opponent. Compare to Polgar who only finished 2 classical game so far. Both met many times with statistic show Gelfand a positive score.
Lagrave - Yu Yangyi
Battle of youngster and more exciting this is like Asia vs Europea U20 player face off. They did not played in the recent World Junior at Argentina.
Jobava - Grischuk
Best from Georgia, Baadur “Baldur Gate” Jobava crushed Itturizaga in 30 moves Bogo Indian in round 2 while Grischuk eliminated “Drunken Master” who defended with Semi Slav yesterday. Strong pairing here.
Jakovenko – Areshchenko
Jakovenko comes with 2-0 against his Indian opponent while Areschenko from tie break. Both played a draw game before.
Bologan - Laznicka
Laznicka is the guy who upset Morozevich while Bologan finished Cheparinov by tie break.
Mamedyarov - Wang Hao
So far Mamedyarov having perfect score 4-0. I can’t find reference that they both played each other so both are into unknown territory.
Sakaev - Vitiugov
And Sakaev proved to be the solid player, eliminating Azeri Radjabov. His next challenger is Nikita Vitiugov whom he eliminated in 2007 world cup edition by tie break in round 1
Navara - Karjakin
Both spend another day for play off. Navara slip one rapid game to Shabalov due to surprised opening but then crushed Shaba 3.5-2.5 total. Database slightly favor Karjakin.
Li Chao - Gashimov
Gashimov enjoyed his high seed by playing easy opponent so far. But now he must take care of China men extra preparation for him. Looks like a team battle as Mamedyarov also facing the Chinese.
Caruana - Alekseev
Caruana eliminated two Cubans, Dominguez was losing on time in drawn position in tie break. Caruana is the last of Mr.President's recommended player. Both equal in the past.
Ponomariov - Motylev
And the former champion still heading well. Both met many times with Ponomariov leading.
Bacrot - Wang Yue
The highest seed from China. They both drawing each other from Chessgames database. Both games are the Petrov and Slav.
Svidler - Naiditsch
Naiditsch finished American dream Onischuk with a 20 moves miniature and enjoy his extra day for preparation. Svidler is now experienced more on how to handle a dark horse. They met many times with Svidler getting a plus point, but that’s when Naiditsch still a young boy. Still big chance for Svidler.
Tomashevsky – Shirov
When all the favorite seems fade away from the tournament turn out Shirov also want to maximalized his trip to Siberia by playing in tie break. Winning the tie break 3-0 Shirov is to challenge Tomashevsky who hardly get rid of Khalifman. They both met in 2008 with draw result.
Kamsky - So
Wesley So is trying to redefined the status “elite” in chess scene. His victory over Ivanchuck must be one of 2009 most successful chess story. Oppositely Kamsky still cold blood eliminating Antonio and Zhou Weiqi. Again this is the battle of favorite vs outsider, if So win, it will be remembered for a long time.. Meanwhile we do hope Chucky recovered soon.
Eljanov – Malakhov
Both “enjoyed” extra day exercise their rapid skill, they played a draw games in the past.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Indonesia National Championship 2009
The Indonesian 40th national championship held from 16 to 24 November in Palangkaraya City , Center Kalimantan/Borneo province. Top name dominated top category. Indonesian strongest active player GM Susanto Megaranto won the pretigious "Senior" or Open category. While Indonesian WGM Irene K. Sukandar success in Girl "Senior" category. Irene take 9,5 score in 11 rounds, lost to untitled Baiq Vina and drew to NM Linda.
Summary of result below :
Kejurnas Catur ke-40 Palangkaraya 2009:
Senior Men (13 round) :
1. GM SUSANTO MEGARANTO 2566 JABAR 10,5
2. IM NASIB GINTING 2418 KALTIM 10,5
3. NM BUDIMAN HS 2309 SULSEL 10,5
4. NM RICKY RISMANTO 2294 JABAR 10,0
5. FM ANJAS NOVITA 2456 JABAR 9,5
6. NM IQRA MOESA PUTRA 2301 JATIM 9,5
7. NM PITRA ANDIKA 2289 SUMUT 9,5
8. IM DEDE LIU 2373 DKI 9,5
9. IM DANNY YUSWANTO, IR. 2443 9,5 DKI
10. NM KHAIRIL ANWAR 2259 KALSEL 9,5
Senior Women (11 round):
1. WGM Irene Kharisma Sukendar 2376 9,5
2. Baiq Vina Lestari 2159 8,5
3. WCM Evi Lindiawati 2130 8,0
4. NM Kadek Iin Dwijayanti 2062 8,0
5. NM Linda Handjoyo 1976 6,5
6. NM Norasa Verdiana 2054 6,5
7. WIM Upi Darmayana D.tamin 2114 6,0
8. NM Yemi Jelsen 2020 6,0
9. Yulianti Tjindarbumi 2064 6,0
10. NM Sulung Wahyuningsih 1997 6,0
Meanwhile the SCUA (Utut Adianto Chess School) players dominated in age group. Names like Chelsie Monica, Dewi AA and young prodigy Medina Aulia all won her respective group.
U20 Girl :
1. WFM Dewi AA Citra (Kaltim) 8,5
2.Ajeng Nuraida (Jabar) 6,5
3.Regisa Hausa (Jabar) 6
U18 Girl :
1. Chelsie Monica Sihite (Kaltim) 8,5
2. Nita Nurmala (Banten) 7
3. Bulan Indah Firmanty (Jabar) 7
U16 Girl
1.MFW Medina Warda Aulia (DKI) 8
2.Yuliana Santosa (Kaltim) 7
3. Esterian Liana 6,5
U14 Girl - 1. Virda Rizka Aulia (DKI)
U12 Girl - 1. Anastasia Patriks (DKI)
U10 Girl - 1. Nyimas Sonya Nafa (DKI)
U8 Girl -1. Vannesa Elaine (DKI)
U20 Boy (11 round)
1. MN Kaisar Jenius Hakiki (DKI) 10
2. FM Farid Firmansyah 9,5
3. Agus Sugiyanto 8
U18 Boy ( 9 round)
1. Galang Rambu Anarki 7,5
2. Sugeng Prasetya 6,5
3. CM Rezon Yanuar 6
U16 Boy- 1. Masruri Rahman (DKI)
U14 Boy - 1. Erly Candra Kurniawan
U12 Boy - 1. Sean Winshand Cuhendi (DKI)
U10 Boy- 1. Ikhsan Siregar
U8 Boy - 1. Tromphin Sitorus.
For report in Bahasa Indonesia see PotretCatur
Profile of GM Susanto Megaranto and WGM Irene K. Sukandar
Summary of result below :
Kejurnas Catur ke-40 Palangkaraya 2009:
Senior Men (13 round) :
1. GM SUSANTO MEGARANTO 2566 JABAR 10,5
2. IM NASIB GINTING 2418 KALTIM 10,5
3. NM BUDIMAN HS 2309 SULSEL 10,5
4. NM RICKY RISMANTO 2294 JABAR 10,0
5. FM ANJAS NOVITA 2456 JABAR 9,5
6. NM IQRA MOESA PUTRA 2301 JATIM 9,5
7. NM PITRA ANDIKA 2289 SUMUT 9,5
8. IM DEDE LIU 2373 DKI 9,5
9. IM DANNY YUSWANTO, IR. 2443 9,5 DKI
10. NM KHAIRIL ANWAR 2259 KALSEL 9,5
Senior Women (11 round):
1. WGM Irene Kharisma Sukendar 2376 9,5
2. Baiq Vina Lestari 2159 8,5
3. WCM Evi Lindiawati 2130 8,0
4. NM Kadek Iin Dwijayanti 2062 8,0
5. NM Linda Handjoyo 1976 6,5
6. NM Norasa Verdiana 2054 6,5
7. WIM Upi Darmayana D.tamin 2114 6,0
8. NM Yemi Jelsen 2020 6,0
9. Yulianti Tjindarbumi 2064 6,0
10. NM Sulung Wahyuningsih 1997 6,0
Meanwhile the SCUA (Utut Adianto Chess School) players dominated in age group. Names like Chelsie Monica, Dewi AA and young prodigy Medina Aulia all won her respective group.
U20 Girl :
1. WFM Dewi AA Citra (Kaltim) 8,5
2.Ajeng Nuraida (Jabar) 6,5
3.Regisa Hausa (Jabar) 6
U18 Girl :
1. Chelsie Monica Sihite (Kaltim) 8,5
2. Nita Nurmala (Banten) 7
3. Bulan Indah Firmanty (Jabar) 7
U16 Girl
1.MFW Medina Warda Aulia (DKI) 8
2.Yuliana Santosa (Kaltim) 7
3. Esterian Liana 6,5
U14 Girl - 1. Virda Rizka Aulia (DKI)
U12 Girl - 1. Anastasia Patriks (DKI)
U10 Girl - 1. Nyimas Sonya Nafa (DKI)
U8 Girl -1. Vannesa Elaine (DKI)
U20 Boy (11 round)
1. MN Kaisar Jenius Hakiki (DKI) 10
2. FM Farid Firmansyah 9,5
3. Agus Sugiyanto 8
U18 Boy ( 9 round)
1. Galang Rambu Anarki 7,5
2. Sugeng Prasetya 6,5
3. CM Rezon Yanuar 6
U16 Boy- 1. Masruri Rahman (DKI)
U14 Boy - 1. Erly Candra Kurniawan
U12 Boy - 1. Sean Winshand Cuhendi (DKI)
U10 Boy- 1. Ikhsan Siregar
U8 Boy - 1. Tromphin Sitorus.
For report in Bahasa Indonesia see PotretCatur
Profile of GM Susanto Megaranto and WGM Irene K. Sukandar
Monday, November 23, 2009
World Youth Chess Championship 2009 Final
The World Youth Championship took place November 11-23 in Antalya – Kemer, Turkey. This event participated by 90 countries and 1300+ youth chess players , including all the coaches the number reach 2000+. The event concluded days ago. Russia get the most medal and China 2nd it.
The Cori sibling both won. IM Jorge Cori (three GM norm) won U14 Open and Deysi Cori won the U16 Girl.
The Singapore Chess Federation as I observed also sent about 13 players, which their result shown below. WFM Danielle Ho is get the most point 6.5 out of 11 swiss round. See her game against Australian talent Emma Guo in Benko Gambit like :
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Some controversy regarding national anthem rise by Israeli official. The host only played Russian national anthem but all the other gold medalist national did not get their anthem being played. Israel is one of the gold medalist which they suspect this is a case of political issue. Read here.
Full result here.
U-8 General category
1. Aryan Gholami (Iran) 9 points
2. Tanuj Vasudeva (USA) 8,5 points
3. Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei (Iran) 8,5 points
Lee Qing Aun (Singapore) 5 1/2
U-8 Girls’ category
1. Ruotong Chu (China) 9,5 points
2. Samritha Palakollu (USA) 8,5 points
3. Yunshan Li (China) 8,5 points
U-10 General category
1- Jinshi Bai (China) 9 points
2- Murali Karthikeyan (India) 9 points
3- Han Yu Zhang (China) 9 points
Ryan Ow Jun Wai (Singapore) 6,5 points
Benjamin Oliver Yick (Singapore) 4,5 points
U-10 Girls’ category
1- Gunay Vugar Qizi Mammadzada (Azerbaijan) 10,5 points
2- Maria Furtado Ivana (India) 8,5 points
3- Hikmet Qizi Hojjatova Aydan (Azerbaijan) 8,5 points
Neha Shankar (Singapore) 4 points
U-12 General category
1- Bobby Cheng (Australia) 9 points
2- Krzysztof Duda Jan (Poland) 8,5 points
3- Richard Wang (Canada) 8,5 points
Edward Lee Kai Jie (Singapore) 5,5 points
U-12 Girls’ category
1- Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 10 points
2- Anna Styazhkina (Russia) 9,5 points
3- Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) 8,5 points
Michelle Ho En Ying (Singapore) 5 points
U-14 General category
1- Jorge Cori (Peru) 9 points
2- Kamil Dragun (Poland) 8,5 points
3- G V Sai Krishna (India) 8,5 points
Iskandar Bin Abdullah (Singapore) 4,5 points
Shawn Yong Han (Singapore) 4 points
U-14 Girls’ category
1- Marsel Efroimski (Israel) 9 points
2- Aleksandra Lach (Poland) 9 points
3- J Saranya (India) 8,5 points
WFM Danielle Ho En Huei (Singapore) 6,5
Najwa Rujuk Jia Hui (Singapore) 4 1/2
U-16 General category
1- S P Sethuraman (India) 9 points
2- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (India) 9 points
3- Maxime Lagarde (France) 8 points
FM Terry Chua Zheng Yuan (Singapore) 6,5 points
U-16 Girls’ category
1- Deysi Cori (Peru) 10 points
2- Meri Arabidze (Georgia) 8,5 points
3- Paikidze Nazi (Georgia) 8 points
Christabel Neo Xiuwen (Singapore) 5,5 points
U-18 General category
1- Maxim Matlakov (Russia) 9 points
2- Ivan Salgado Lopez (Spain) 8,5 points
3- Kacper Piorun (Poland) 8 points
U-18 Girls’ category
1- Olga Girya (Russia) 8,5 points
2- Tsatsalashvili Keti (Georgia) 8,5 points
3- Kübra Öztürk ( Turkey) 8 points
The Cori sibling both won. IM Jorge Cori (three GM norm) won U14 Open and Deysi Cori won the U16 Girl.
The Singapore Chess Federation as I observed also sent about 13 players, which their result shown below. WFM Danielle Ho is get the most point 6.5 out of 11 swiss round. See her game against Australian talent Emma Guo in Benko Gambit like :
(show chess board)(hide chess board)Some controversy regarding national anthem rise by Israeli official. The host only played Russian national anthem but all the other gold medalist national did not get their anthem being played. Israel is one of the gold medalist which they suspect this is a case of political issue. Read here.
Full result here.
U-8 General category
1. Aryan Gholami (Iran) 9 points
2. Tanuj Vasudeva (USA) 8,5 points
3. Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei (Iran) 8,5 points
Lee Qing Aun (Singapore) 5 1/2
U-8 Girls’ category
1. Ruotong Chu (China) 9,5 points
2. Samritha Palakollu (USA) 8,5 points
3. Yunshan Li (China) 8,5 points
U-10 General category
1- Jinshi Bai (China) 9 points
2- Murali Karthikeyan (India) 9 points
3- Han Yu Zhang (China) 9 points
Ryan Ow Jun Wai (Singapore) 6,5 points
Benjamin Oliver Yick (Singapore) 4,5 points
U-10 Girls’ category
1- Gunay Vugar Qizi Mammadzada (Azerbaijan) 10,5 points
2- Maria Furtado Ivana (India) 8,5 points
3- Hikmet Qizi Hojjatova Aydan (Azerbaijan) 8,5 points
Neha Shankar (Singapore) 4 points
U-12 General category
1- Bobby Cheng (Australia) 9 points
2- Krzysztof Duda Jan (Poland) 8,5 points
3- Richard Wang (Canada) 8,5 points
Edward Lee Kai Jie (Singapore) 5,5 points
U-12 Girls’ category
1- Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 10 points
2- Anna Styazhkina (Russia) 9,5 points
3- Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) 8,5 points
Michelle Ho En Ying (Singapore) 5 points
U-14 General category
1- Jorge Cori (Peru) 9 points
2- Kamil Dragun (Poland) 8,5 points
3- G V Sai Krishna (India) 8,5 points
Iskandar Bin Abdullah (Singapore) 4,5 points
Shawn Yong Han (Singapore) 4 points
U-14 Girls’ category
1- Marsel Efroimski (Israel) 9 points
2- Aleksandra Lach (Poland) 9 points
3- J Saranya (India) 8,5 points
WFM Danielle Ho En Huei (Singapore) 6,5
Najwa Rujuk Jia Hui (Singapore) 4 1/2
U-16 General category
1- S P Sethuraman (India) 9 points
2- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (India) 9 points
3- Maxime Lagarde (France) 8 points
FM Terry Chua Zheng Yuan (Singapore) 6,5 points
U-16 Girls’ category
1- Deysi Cori (Peru) 10 points
2- Meri Arabidze (Georgia) 8,5 points
3- Paikidze Nazi (Georgia) 8 points
Christabel Neo Xiuwen (Singapore) 5,5 points
U-18 General category
1- Maxim Matlakov (Russia) 9 points
2- Ivan Salgado Lopez (Spain) 8,5 points
3- Kacper Piorun (Poland) 8 points
U-18 Girls’ category
1- Olga Girya (Russia) 8,5 points
2- Tsatsalashvili Keti (Georgia) 8,5 points
3- Kübra Öztürk ( Turkey) 8 points
World Cup 2009-Round 2 pairing comments
Full round 1 result here.
Round 2 Chess World Cup pairing:
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) v Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK)
Boris Gelfand is the most lucky man, in game 2 where every underdogs play like 2012 is real, his opponent Obodchuck take a draw in 12 moves. Meanwhile real business is coming now with Amonatov of Tajikistan fame ready to challenge. Still Gelfand is the favorite here to go round 3.
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) v Zhou, Jianchao (CHN)Zhou eliminated Raul Mamedov of Azeri, which is already a very good result. But now Gashimov ready to avenge for his cuontry men. Should be another fierce fighting here.
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) v Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)Morozevich is beyond his Egyptian opponent in round 1, now Laznicka, whom I am not familiar with is going to test his luck against one of the world most interesting chess player.
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) v Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)
Sakaev is pretty solid player, should be a good test for Radjabov’s KID.
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) v Sandipan, Chanda (IND)
Sandipan eliminated Kobalia, which is a good result, but can he survive Jakovenko, who is now Russian very top rating player.
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) v Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR)
Fedorchuck give a shock by eliminating Sokolov, both Ivan and Shirov has a nasty chess playing style. This should give Shirov a little bit warning.
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) v Meier, Georg (GER)
Not sure about Meier but I think he is one of young generation from Georgia. A battle of youngster.
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) v Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)Alekseev should still a favorite here, Fressinet survived his young opponent Sgujirov.
Wang, Hao (CHN) v Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND)
The first China vs India, Wang Hao is as strong as the other Wang surname.
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) v Smirin, Ilia (ISR)Ilia Smirin eliminate hard opponent Ehlvest while Malakov handle more lower rated opponent in Round 1. Smirin is 40 and Malakhov is in his great 20s.
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) v Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
Both go round 2 with 1.5 score and should be a solid pairing with any of two have equal chance.
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) v Najer, Evgeniy (RUS)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) v Milos, Gilberto (BRA)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) v J Polgar (Hun)
My favorite pairing this round. International wide Polgar is well known but who can denied Nisipeanu as a very strong player? Nisipeanu show great chess this year while Polgar is a bit lack of practice. Last tournament in Holland prove that Polgar not yet in her peak.
These pairing decided after the round 1 play off:
Yu Yangyi - Mateusz Bartel
Yu is an international sensation after beating top seed Movsesian. He will have a supported from his eliminated country men like Bu and Hou Yifan to prepare against Bartel. Should be a tough opponent for Bartel.
Alexander Grischuk - Vladislav TkachievAnd Tkachiev survived another shock by Lee Quang Liem. Grischuk is enjoying 1 day off to face the “Drunken Master”.
Baadur Jobava - Eduardo Iturrizaga
Iturrizaga is another underdogs beating top seed Tiviakov.
Viktor Bologan - Ivan CheparinovNot a great show by Cheparinov, who need to go thru tie break before meeting Bologan. Again this is a nice pairing considering both are very strong name in chess.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Vadim MilovMilov prove to be a surprise participant, replacing Ni Hua and now he is eliminating great talent from India. Mamedyarov enjoy extra day after beating Kosteniuk 2-0.
Sergey Karjakin - Artyom Timofeev
David Navara - Alexander Shabalov
Both are tired after the tie break, so equal preparation here.
Yannick Pelletier - Li ChaoLi Chao enjoy extra preparation as Pelletier’s last round opponent also a Chinese men which should be standing near Li Chao now showing his notes.
Leinier Domínguez - Fabiano CaruanaFrom Blitz tournament Dominguez not showing the strength he was, but take note that Smerdon preparation is excellent. Caruana must trivial to see another Latin American as his opponent. Great pairing.
Ruslan Ponomariov - Varuzhan Akobian
Longest tie break by Akobian to eliminated Tregubov but now more stronger opponent wait him.
Wang Yue - Boris Savchenko
Étienne Bacrot - Krishnan Sasikiran
Both eliminated a Dutch player.
Peter Svidler - Tomi NybackStrong challenge for Svidler. Nyback is showing strong game against Andreikin.
Arkadij Naiditsch - Alexander Onischuk
Great pairing.
Evgeny Tomashevsky - Alexander Khalifman - russian derby
Vassily Ivanchuk - Wesley SoThe hottest pairing. I imagine this round like this. Ivanchuck is just like Ivanchuck enjoying his tournament and extra day after an easy opponent. While So is like Rambo who just come out from his most important battle ever. Some questions : Would Ivanchuck wear a mask? And a million dolar question for So fans, what is the correct opening for So to be prepared?
Gata Kamsky - Zhou Weiqi
And yet another sensation by China’s Zhou Weiqi. This let away interesting pairing between Kamsky and Sutovsky, but now they both can be friend again to met Zhou.
Pavel Eljanov - Ernesto Inarkiev
Some statistic:
Russia - 27 players only 16 survived
USA - 10 players, 4 go thru (Onischuck, Kamsky, Akobian, Shabalov)
China - 9 players 6 survive,
India - 7 players , 3 still there
Egypt-6 players then were none
Europe - 46
Asia - 11 (Tajikistan,Phillipine, 3 indians, 6 china)
South America - 2
North America & Carribean - 5
Trivia:
Zhou Weiqi 周唯奇 is using 周 character as his surname. which is same as Zhou Jianchao 周健超. Zhou is from the Zhou Dynasty character.
and Wang Yue 王玥 and Wang Hao 王皓 share 王 character. Wang = king
Tricky is Yu Yangyi 余泱漪 which surname Yu 余 is to be pronounced as Yee like in Yeehaa! While Li Chao 李超 is straight forward.
Both Li Chao and Zhou Jianchao share the same name "超" Chao mean superb.
Gelfand is the first to go 2nd round by normal route (Polgar the first by w/o)
Akobian the last to go 2nd round.
Wesley So give the best tie break score 3-0 against Gadir Guseinov.
Round 2 Chess World Cup pairing:
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) v Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK)
Boris Gelfand is the most lucky man, in game 2 where every underdogs play like 2012 is real, his opponent Obodchuck take a draw in 12 moves. Meanwhile real business is coming now with Amonatov of Tajikistan fame ready to challenge. Still Gelfand is the favorite here to go round 3.
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) v Zhou, Jianchao (CHN)Zhou eliminated Raul Mamedov of Azeri, which is already a very good result. But now Gashimov ready to avenge for his cuontry men. Should be another fierce fighting here.
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) v Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)Morozevich is beyond his Egyptian opponent in round 1, now Laznicka, whom I am not familiar with is going to test his luck against one of the world most interesting chess player.
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) v Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)
Sakaev is pretty solid player, should be a good test for Radjabov’s KID.
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) v Sandipan, Chanda (IND)
Sandipan eliminated Kobalia, which is a good result, but can he survive Jakovenko, who is now Russian very top rating player.
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) v Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR)
Fedorchuck give a shock by eliminating Sokolov, both Ivan and Shirov has a nasty chess playing style. This should give Shirov a little bit warning.
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) v Meier, Georg (GER)
Not sure about Meier but I think he is one of young generation from Georgia. A battle of youngster.
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) v Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)Alekseev should still a favorite here, Fressinet survived his young opponent Sgujirov.
Wang, Hao (CHN) v Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND)
The first China vs India, Wang Hao is as strong as the other Wang surname.
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) v Smirin, Ilia (ISR)Ilia Smirin eliminate hard opponent Ehlvest while Malakov handle more lower rated opponent in Round 1. Smirin is 40 and Malakhov is in his great 20s.
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) v Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
Both go round 2 with 1.5 score and should be a solid pairing with any of two have equal chance.
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) v Najer, Evgeniy (RUS)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) v Milos, Gilberto (BRA)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) v J Polgar (Hun)
My favorite pairing this round. International wide Polgar is well known but who can denied Nisipeanu as a very strong player? Nisipeanu show great chess this year while Polgar is a bit lack of practice. Last tournament in Holland prove that Polgar not yet in her peak.
These pairing decided after the round 1 play off:
Yu Yangyi - Mateusz Bartel
Yu is an international sensation after beating top seed Movsesian. He will have a supported from his eliminated country men like Bu and Hou Yifan to prepare against Bartel. Should be a tough opponent for Bartel.
Alexander Grischuk - Vladislav TkachievAnd Tkachiev survived another shock by Lee Quang Liem. Grischuk is enjoying 1 day off to face the “Drunken Master”.
Baadur Jobava - Eduardo Iturrizaga
Iturrizaga is another underdogs beating top seed Tiviakov.
Viktor Bologan - Ivan CheparinovNot a great show by Cheparinov, who need to go thru tie break before meeting Bologan. Again this is a nice pairing considering both are very strong name in chess.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Vadim MilovMilov prove to be a surprise participant, replacing Ni Hua and now he is eliminating great talent from India. Mamedyarov enjoy extra day after beating Kosteniuk 2-0.
Sergey Karjakin - Artyom Timofeev
David Navara - Alexander Shabalov
Both are tired after the tie break, so equal preparation here.
Yannick Pelletier - Li ChaoLi Chao enjoy extra preparation as Pelletier’s last round opponent also a Chinese men which should be standing near Li Chao now showing his notes.
Leinier Domínguez - Fabiano CaruanaFrom Blitz tournament Dominguez not showing the strength he was, but take note that Smerdon preparation is excellent. Caruana must trivial to see another Latin American as his opponent. Great pairing.
Ruslan Ponomariov - Varuzhan Akobian
Longest tie break by Akobian to eliminated Tregubov but now more stronger opponent wait him.
Wang Yue - Boris Savchenko
Étienne Bacrot - Krishnan Sasikiran
Both eliminated a Dutch player.
Peter Svidler - Tomi NybackStrong challenge for Svidler. Nyback is showing strong game against Andreikin.
Arkadij Naiditsch - Alexander Onischuk
Great pairing.
Evgeny Tomashevsky - Alexander Khalifman - russian derby
Vassily Ivanchuk - Wesley SoThe hottest pairing. I imagine this round like this. Ivanchuck is just like Ivanchuck enjoying his tournament and extra day after an easy opponent. While So is like Rambo who just come out from his most important battle ever. Some questions : Would Ivanchuck wear a mask? And a million dolar question for So fans, what is the correct opening for So to be prepared?
Gata Kamsky - Zhou Weiqi
And yet another sensation by China’s Zhou Weiqi. This let away interesting pairing between Kamsky and Sutovsky, but now they both can be friend again to met Zhou.
Pavel Eljanov - Ernesto Inarkiev
Some statistic:
Russia - 27 players only 16 survived
USA - 10 players, 4 go thru (Onischuck, Kamsky, Akobian, Shabalov)
China - 9 players 6 survive,
India - 7 players , 3 still there
Egypt-6 players then were none
Europe - 46
Asia - 11 (Tajikistan,Phillipine, 3 indians, 6 china)
South America - 2
North America & Carribean - 5
Trivia:
Zhou Weiqi 周唯奇 is using 周 character as his surname. which is same as Zhou Jianchao 周健超. Zhou is from the Zhou Dynasty character.
and Wang Yue 王玥 and Wang Hao 王皓 share 王 character. Wang = king
Tricky is Yu Yangyi 余泱漪 which surname Yu 余 is to be pronounced as Yee like in Yeehaa! While Li Chao 李超 is straight forward.
Both Li Chao and Zhou Jianchao share the same name "超" Chao mean superb.
Gelfand is the first to go 2nd round by normal route (Polgar the first by w/o)
Akobian the last to go 2nd round.
Wesley So give the best tie break score 3-0 against Gadir Guseinov.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
World Cup 2009-Round 1 Day 1
Complete result for round 1 day 1 see here. I better write something on day 1 result while I have time in weekend. Day 1 see a cry out of fans as the Live transmission blackout in early phase of the round, so please mind that some of games are incomplete or maybe error. A bit trivia on round 1:
-Judith Polgar is the first to qualified for next round, her opponent GM Dusko Pavasovic failed to show up. Some say due to illness other say he just failed to reach the city.
-Yu Yangyi gives the big surprise by beating strong GM Sergei Movsesian in round 1 game 1.
-Judith Polgar is the first to qualified for next round, her opponent GM Dusko Pavasovic failed to show up. Some say due to illness other say he just failed to reach the city.
-Yu Yangyi gives the big surprise by beating strong GM Sergei Movsesian in round 1 game 1.
-Of all the Sicilian games the statistic is White-Black, 7.5 - 2.5
Areshchenko vs F Jimenez 1-0 B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav
E Najer vs E Maghami 1-0 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
Smirin vs Ehlvest 1-0 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
Shabalov vs Baklan 1-0 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
Bologan vs A Adly 1-0 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
W Sarwat vs V Gashimov 0-1 B50 Sicilian
Y Yu vs Movsesian 1-0 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
L Dominguez vs D Smerdon ½-½ B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav
Pridorozhni vs Alekseev ½-½ in 11 move (need confirmation)
Hess vs Motylev ½-½ (view)
-Wesley So win over Guseinov but his games marked as incomplete, so the game still not yet uploaded into most website. The moves are : 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Bh6
-Known decisive miniatures games:
A Rodriguez Vila vs Karjakin 0-1 15 moves A02 Bird Opening
Abdel Razik,K - Morozevich,A 0-1 22 moves D90 Gruenfeld
-Ivan Sokolov also the loser favorite in Day 1 , his opponent is Sergey Fedorchuk
Meanwhile Akobian defeated Tregubov who play a Dutch defence. The game went into very well attacking game and can be included in my Shredding Chess Moves collection.
Akobian V. (2624) Tregubov P. (2642) 1-0 A80 Dutch
World Cup 2009 Round 1 Pairing and commentary
Thursday, November 19, 2009
World Blitz Champion 2009 is Carlsen
Many best players are gathering in Moscow for 2009 Blitz Championship this week. The event followed the Tal Memorial 2009 was then won by the Mighty Magnus.Several notes to mentioned :
On Day 1 top standing are : Anand, Carlsen and Karpov. So surprises were belong to Karpov who managed to defeated Carlsen.
Day 2 Carlsen already catch up with Anand for no.1 and Karjakin also make big loop into 3rd rank. Notable here are Kosteniuk defeating Polgar in 2nd bout (the first one won by Polgar), and in round 17 Carlsen down Anand.
Day 3 Carlsen started with Ponomariov defeating Carlsen, and Anand won against Svidler. This make a bit manuever in first position. Only after round 40 where Polgar defeated Anand where Carlsen secured first position by collecting 30.5 where Anand only 27 for 1 round spare.
Kosteniuk finished last, quite normal as suggested by her rating (the lowest). But her victims port folio quite impressive : Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Morozevich and many else.
Report and new videos for Blitz Championship by Chessvibes. Report from Chessbase.
Meanwhile the first round of World Cup 2009 is begin tomorrow. For first round pairing commentary see here.
Final standings
1. Carlsen, Magnus 2801 31
2. Anand, Viswanathan 2788 28
3. Karjakin, Sergey 2723 25
4. Kramnik, Vladimir 2772 24.5
5. Grischuk, Alexander 2736 23.5
6. Ponomariov, Ruslan 2739 23.5
7. Svidler, Peter 2754 23.5
8. Leko, Peter 2752 22
9. Morozevich, Alexander 2750 22
10. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2719 22
11. Gashimov, Vugar 2758 21.5
12. Aronian, Levon 2786 21
13. Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2719 20
14. Bareev, Evgeny 2634 20
15. Ivanchuk, Vassily 2739 19.5
16. Karpov, Anatoly 2619 19
17. Gelfand, Boris 2758 18.5
18. Jakovenko, Dmitry 2736 17.5
19. Polgar, Judit 2680 17
20. Tkachiev, Vladislav 2642 15.5
21. Naiditsch, Arkadij 2689 15
22. Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2517 12.5
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