Women's Chess Championship Sochi 2015 - Graphical Pairing Tree

The FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2015 in Sochi is about to started. 64 selected female chess warriors are put in brackets, to be eliminated one by one per round. Yes, another knock out chess tournament is on the roll once again. Although the format believed as less likened by chess elites, but the excitement of knock out is good for chess fans. Koneru Humpy is the top seed, followed by Ju Wenjun, Anna Muzychuk, and Viktorija Cmilyte. The fours of them placed on separate "group", expected to only encounter each other in semifinals. However, of course things are not as easy on paper. Alexandra Kosteniuk, Natalia Pogonina, Stefanova, Ushenina, and many other players are there to spice thing up. Funnily enough, Hou Yifan, the current woman world champion is not playing. She will immediate forfeited the title by system. Amazingly enough, Hou Yifan is already secured her "challenger" position. So, this year's women chess championship is trivial, the challenger is the one who first decided. Hou will enjoy the sun of March in Hawaii (but still under the worry of Cyclone Pam as happened in Vanuatu), while FIDE going to organized who is going to be their champion in Sochi.

I've edit the existing pairing diagram bracket from official website:

2015 FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015 Pairing Diagram tree bracket

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UPDATED:
ROUND 1- GAME 1
ROUND 1- GAME 2
ROUND 1 - TIE BREAKS
ROUND 2 - REPORTS
ROUND 3 - REPORTS / Round 4 Pairings
ROUND 4 - REPORTS / Semi Final 5 Pairings
ROUND 5 - REPORTS / FINAL PAIRING
ROUND 6 - FINAL RESULTS

Some pairing commentaries and highlights;

India, Humpy Koneru 2581  vs Egypt, Ayah Moaataz  2022
There haven't any example of first round loss of first seed in all FIDE Knock out tournament, so Humpy Koneru will  likely not to be the first on this. In fact, Koneru is kind of missing from top chess circle for quite sometimes now. She will want to get this opportunity to secured her current status as one of worthy challenger to Hou Yifan-reign.

China, Lei Tingjie 2444 vs Peru, Deysi Cori 2444
Both rating at 2444. Equality is the guarantee of hard battle in this pairing. Cori Deysi career is bumpy to the road of elite group. She largely neglected in the European chess scenes. On other hand, Lei Tingjie is the latest China product of chess player and WGM. She played in Moscow Open 2015 and proved to be well prepared as she bring home the first trophy in Women's Cup group. Hard work for Cori Deysi.
 
Russia, Alisa Galliamova 2484 vs Argentina, Carolina Luján 2349
Russian veteran Alisa Galliamova is going to be challenge by Argentinian female champion Lujan Carolina. Though the rating different by more than hundred points in favor of Alisa, this should be interesting to see.
 
Russia, Tatiana Kosintseva 2483 vs India, Mary Ann Gomes 2354
Although her position as Russian top girl is a little bit shaken by the arrival of new bloods, Tatiana Kosintseva still hundred point above Mary Ann Gomes. The Indian girl is well known on internet.

Ukraine, Mariya Muzychuk 2526 vs Canada, Yuanling Yuan 2267
Canadian Chinese and the country strongest female player, Yuan Yuanling is having tough opponent. Mariya Muzychuk almost three hundred points above, is going to send home Yuan very likely.
 
Poland, Monika Socko 2463 vs Lithuania, Deimante Daulyte 2395
Lithuanian champion, Deimante Daulyte is the new 2015 Mediterranean Flower champion. She is going the get her present by facing big sister Monika Socko in first round.

Bulgaria, Antoaneta Stefanova 2522  vs Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Thanh An 2261
The other big sister Antoanetta Stefanova is having her "easier" day, facing Nguyen Thi Thanh An. Hopefully Stefanova get the correct "Nguyen" in her opponent analysis.... j/k.

Ukraine, Natalia Zhukova 2471 vs Ukraine, Inna Gaponenko 2384
 The derby between two Ukrainians, both should be experience enough playing each other. Natalia on +1 in their three encounter, according to chessgames.com
   
Lithuania, Viktorija Cmilyte 2530 vs Bangladesh, Akter Liza Shamima 2130
Astronomical big gap in rating meaning Viktorija is almost sure to crush Liza Shamima of Bangladesh.

Georgia, Nino Khurtsidze 2457 vs Russia, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 2438
Close match.

Armenia, Elina Danielian 2488 vs Cuba, Yaniet Marrero Lopez 2316

Germany, Elisabeth Paehtz 2479 vs Georgia,  Meri Arabidze 2374

Russia, Alexandra Kosteniuk 2529 vs Australia, Irina Berezina 2182
One of former world champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk is on respective 5th seeded. Australian Irina Berezina is going to have tough days meeting the chess queen.

China, Shen Yang 2459 vs Russia, Alina Kashlinskaya 2436
Russian rising star Alina Kashlinskaya is on the underdog side, playing Shen Yang. Interesting pairing. The first China vs Russia pairing.

India, Harika Dronavalli 2492 vs United States, Tatev Abrahamyan 2322
Indian 2nd top player to be challenged by USA session player. Tatev Abrahamyan, many times US champion top finishers.

United States, Irina Krush  2477 vs France, Sophie Milliet 2377
US champion Irina Krush is the better seed against Sophie Milliet. Though the later is also session player. Sophie Milliet is one of few player who ever visit Indonesia for a chess games.

China, Ju Wenjun 2557 vs Egypt, Shrook Wafa 2058
The second seed vs the second last seed. Money is on Ju Wenjun, and most likely Ju Wenjun is the one set to be Hou Yifan serious challenger and successor.

Russia, Natalija Pogonina 2456  vs China, Guo Qi 2443
Natalia Pogonina, one of online chess celebrities. Guo Qi, noted that she is from Jiangsu Province in China, the same region as Hou Yifan and many other China grandmaster. According to Hou Yifan in the Gibraltar interview, Jiangsu Province is like China's Mecca in chess. Well, something to remember, Natalia. The second China vs Russia pairing of first round.

Ukraine, Anna Ushenina 2486 vs China, Zhang Xiaowen 2349
Anna Ushenina is last knock out champion. Zhang Xiaowen, a name lesser heard. She is 1989 born, age 25, considered "senior" sister for the China contingent.

France, Marie Sebag 2482 vs China, Wang Jue 2365

China, Zhao Xue 2527 vs Argentina, Marisa Zuriel 2219

Georgia, Salome Melia 2459 vs Indonesia, Irine Kharisma Sukandar 2415
Indonesian highlight pairing. Irine is fresh from her triumphant "warm up" in Moscow 2015. Of course a player as strong as Salome Melia is a tough challenge. Irine comes as Asian champion. The rating is quite close. Ulasan Bahasa Indonesia.

Georgia, Bela Khotenashvili 2513 vs Turkey, Kübra Öztürk 2284

China, Huang Qian 2473 vs Russia, Baira Kovanova 2381
the third China vs Russia pairing. Baira Kovanova is 2012 Russian Higher League champion.

Ukraine, Anna Muzychuk 2552 vs Algeria, Amina Mezioud 2071
Anna Muzychuk, 3rd seed and of course one of tournament contender.

Russia, Aleksandra Goryachkina 2456 vs Armenia, Lilit Mkrtchian 2443
Interesting match up. Russian young generation versus Armenian veteran.

China, Tan Zhongyi 2487 vs Kazakhstan, Guliskhan Nakhbayeva 2337
 
Georgia, Lela Javakhishvili vs Georgia, Sopiko Guramishvili
Unfortunate pairing for Georgian huge contingent. Guramishvili get one rapid win over Lela in chessgames.com database.

Russia, Valentina Gunina 2528 vs United States, Camilla Baginskaite 2192
Though opponent for the third United States player. Camilla is out rating by almost four hundred points.

Russia, Olga Girya 2459 vs Turkey, Ekaterina Atalik 2419
Again, Russian's young generation vs her senior rival.

Sweden, Pia Cramling 2495 vs Iran, Mitra Hejazipour 2302
Of many strong Iranian female player, it is Mitra Hejazipour that comes to Sochi. A name we less known. Pia Cramling is on her 51 year of life, making her the most senior player in the field (?)

Hungary, Hoang Thanh Trang 2475 vs Scotland, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2379
Hoang is Vietname name, in fact Hoang Thanh Trang played for Hungary for decade now. Ketevan is also not exactly Scottish name, originated from Georgian, Arakhamia-Grant is Scottish top female chess player. Interesting pairing.

Opening Ceremony Photo is up in this link and  Official website

Le Quang Liem Leads Asian Zone 3.3 Chess 2015 - Round 5

(bahasa Indonesia di bawah)
Vietname is hosting FIDE Asian Zonal 3.3 for 2015. The event joined by about 44 male and 20 female chess players. Most of the participant is from local Vietname player them self. The top seed is GM Le Quang Liem followed by GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. The third highest seed is held by GM Zhang Zhong, formerly Chinaman but now playing under Singapore for many years by now. What surprisingly is Indonesian federation is in total absent for this event. Considering that Irine Sukandar is busily prepared for FIDE Chess championship in Sochi, one can expect to see Medina Aulia Warda to take this chance to score her big shot for a ticket to championship. Alas, it seems that Indonesian is in the list of Federations in Arrears, and this can be the reason behind our void participation.

Up to round 5, all the top players are in correct place. Round 5 saw GM Le Quang Liem face to face with GM Zhang Zhong. The game played in Najdorf Sicilian was intense, where Le defending the black side against 6.Bg5 variation. White has obtained good middle game indeed. Ultimately, the game ended with a win by black, thus Le Quang Liem stand at 4.5/5 at the moment. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son also having the same score after defeating his country fellow FM Le Tuan Minh (who having a good tournament so far). Thus round 6 will see the two Vietnam's highest chess player facing each other. Philippines is lead by GM Sadorra Julio Catalino. With  Wesley So switching federation to US, Le Quang Liem is now the strongest chess player of the Zone 3.3. With Indonesian GM Susanto Megaranto not playing, his journey will be challenge only by Nguyen, and Zhang Zhong in term of elo rating.

2015 Asian Zonal 3.3, Standing after Round 5:
1 Le Quang Liem VIE 4.5
2 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 4.5
3 Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 4
4 Pascua Haridas PHI 3.5
5 Le Tuan Minh VIE 3.5
6 Zhang Zhong SIN 3.5
7 Laylo Darwin PHI 3.5
8 Gomez John Paul PHI 3.5
9 Hoang Canh Huan VIE 3
10 Tin Jingyao SIN 3

see chess-results

UPDATED: Le Quang Liem wins FIDE Zone 3.3 - 2015

The female section is also absence of many strong player. Mentioned earlier, Medina Aulia from Indonesia is notable absence, followed by Chelsie Shihite and friends. Thus making IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag from Mongolia as top seed. Followed by IM Li Ruofan from Singapore. After 5 round, the female leading players are IM Nguyen Pham Le Thao with 4.5/5, only then Batkhuyag Munguntuul in the second place.

2015 Asian Zonal 3.3, Standings after Round 5:
1 Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 4.5
2 Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 4
3 Luong Phuong Hanh VIE 4
4 Pham Thi Thu Hien VIE 3.5
5 Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 3
6 Pham Bich Ngoc VIE 3
7 Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 3
8 Fronda Jan Jodilyn PHI 2.5
9 Li Ruofan SIN 2.5
10 Vo Thi Kim Phung VIE 2.5

see chess-results 

GM Zhang Zhong , Singapore in Asian Zone 3.3 2015

GM Le Quang Liem , Asian Zone 3.3 2015 Ho Chi Minh City

photo from Official website

Turnamen catur Zone Asia 3.3 sedang berlangsung di kota Ho Chi Minh City. Turnamen yang harusnya diikuti negara-negara ASEAN dan sekitarnya ini ternyata tidak mengikut sertakan satupun wakil pecatur dari Indonesia. Tidak terlalu jelas apa alasan ketidak ikutsertaan Indonesia di ajang ini, padahal ini merupakan satu-satunya ajang yang cukup "realistis" untuk dimenangkan pecatur Indonesia. Even yang juga ada kategori puterinya ini terasa sepi tanpa kehadiran pecatur-pecatur puteri Indonesia, Medina Aulia, Monica Chelsie dan kawan-kawan (Irine sudah berada di Rusia untuk main di Kejuaraan Dunia Sochi)

Pecatur tuan rumah GM Le Quang Liem, yang saat ini seharusnya sedang study di Amrik, menjadi unggulan teratas. Ditinggal pergi oleh saingannya Wesley So ke federasi Amerika, membuat Le Quang Liem otomatis adalah pecatur terkuat di ASEAN saat ini. Walaupun demikian, "junior" nya GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son tetap berada tepat di bawahnya, sebagai unggulan ke-2. Unggulan ketiga adalah mantan pecatur China yang sudah beberapa tahun ini pindah ke negara Singapore, yaitu GM Zhang Zhong. Hanya ketiga pecatur ini yang memiliki elo rating di atas 2600 an, walaupun Zhang Zhong musti bekerja keras mempertahankan sisa-sisa kejayaannya di awal era 2000-an.

Setelah menginjak ronde ke-5, Le Quang Liem berhasil bertahan di klasemen puncak. Di partai ronde 5, Le memegang buah hitam musti bermain sengit melawan Zhang Zhong di partai catur Sisilia variasi Najdorf. Zhang Zhong sebenarnya berhasil meraih bangunan yang baik di babak tengah, namun beberapa kesalahan kalkulasi di posisi yang rumit membuat dia musti kehilangan perwira dan kalah. Dengan kemenangan ini, Le Quang Liem berada di puncak klasemen sementara dengan nilai 4.5/5. Disusul ketat oleh Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. Keduanya akan berduel catur di ronde 6.

Lihat Partai Catur GM Zhang Zhong vs Le Quang Liem, 0-1, Ho Chi Minh Asian Zonal 3.3 2015
B94 Najdorf Sicilian Defence

Menanti Duel Irine vs Melia di Kejuaraan Dunia Catur Wanita 2015

Insan catur Indonesia akan segera disuguhkan moment-moment penuh deg-degan  yaitu kejuaraan Dunia Catur Wanita (Women's World Chess Championship 2015) di Sochi, Rusia. Hal ini dikarenakan pecatur puteri Indonesia, International Master Irine Kharisma Sukandar, akan turun sebagai satu-satunya wakil Indonesia dalam kejuaraan ini. Bagi penggemar catur ini ibaratnya PSSI bisa tampil di Piala Dunia. Apakah ini  sekaligus mencatat sejarah pertama kalinya ada wakil puteri Indonesia di ajang perebutan juara dunia catur? Barangkali penggemar maupun pengamat catur yang lebih senior bisa memberi konfirmasi. Kejuaraan catur ini akan dimulai tanggal 16 Maret 2015, sekali lagi di kota Sochi Rusia. Website officialnya adalah http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/ , babak pertama dimulai hari Selasa 17 Maret 2015 pukul 3 sore setempat, atau sekitar pukul 7 malam WIB. Siaran LIVE sudah pasti bisa disimak di website tersebut maupun website-website pihak ketiga (chessbomb.com, Chessdom Arena, chess24.com dan lain-lain).

Kejuaraan catur wanita dunia di Sochi ini (Women's World Chess Championship 2015) akan dilangsungkan dengan format sistem gugur, alias Knock out format. Irine beroleh tiket tampil berkat prestasinya sebagai juara catur wanita Asia tahun lalu. Walau demikian, berdasarkan ratingnya Irine duduk di seed 39. Jumlah total pecatur yang turun adalah 64 orang, berarti Irine ada di grup pecatur paruh ke-dua , alias akan berada pada posisi "underdog" di pairing babak pertama. Lawan Irine di babak pertama adalah pecatur asal Georgia, IM Salome Melia.

FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015 Sochi

Indonesia will have their hot seat via IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar, who going to face higher seeded IM Salome Melia in first round

English blog entry for FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015

Georgia adalah negara yang punya tradisi sangat kuat di dunia percaturan puteri, di mana di jaman '60an sudah berhasil merebut juara dunia catur wanita melalui GM Nona Gaprindashvili. Jangan lupa pula ada Nana Alexandria (pecatur ini pernah berkunjung ke Indonesia di era '90an), yang juga asal Georgia. Selesai era Nona, bangkit pula Maia Chiburdanidze yang menjadi juara dunia wanita era '70an. Di Sochi, Georgia akan diwakili enam pecatur! Tentunya dari asal geografis saja, hal ini membuat Salome Melia bakal menjadi pesaing berat untuk Irine. Di daftar prestasinya, Melia adalah peraih medali perak di kejuaraan individu catur wanita Eropa tahun 2013. Kemudian dia juga juara nasional Georgia tahun 2008 dan 2010. Melia sekarang berusia 28 tahun (lahir 1987). Kejuaraan terakhir Melia adalah di turnamen Gibraltar Open 2015 yang barusan berlangsung Januari silam. Di event ini nampaknya Melia tidak terlalu menonjol dan hanya meraih nilai 6 dari 10 babak. Dari database di chessgames.com diketahui Melia kerap kali bertahan dengan pembelaan Sisilia, Caro-Kann, dan melawan 1.d4 dengan Nimzo-India , dan juga senang bermain pembelaan-pembelaan yang non-mainstream. Sesuatu yang tentu membuat persiapan Irine menjadi lebih berat karena musti berlatih hampir semua tipe pembukaan. Sedikit trivia, Salome sekarang adalah ibu dari seorang puteri bernama Ketevan. Ketevan di waktu bayi pernah mengalami krisis jantung, dan melalui komunitas catur inilah, Salome berhasil mengumpulkan dana untuk pengobatannya. Bukan saja Salome adalah pecatur yang kuat, namun juga memiliki perjuangan hidup yang keras.

Irine sendiri sedang dalam kondisi / form menjanjikan, setelah sukses "pemanasan" di ajang Moscow Open 2015 beberapa minggu lalu. Menurut Kompas, Irine sudah berada di Rusia, kota Krasnodar untuk aklimasi menjelang duelnya. Irine akan didampingi pelatih GM Sergey Tiviakov, grandmaster Rusia / Belanda yang banyak dikenal sebagai theoritician yang up to date.

Sebanyak 64 pecatur wanita akan mengikuti turnamen di Sochi ini. Seed teratas adalah : Koneru Humpy dari India, Ju Wenjun dari China, Anna Muzychuk dari Ukraine dan Viktorija Cmilyte dari Lithuania. Juara dunia wanita incumbent Hou Yifan justru tidak main, (kabar terakhir Hou Yifan akan ada di Hawaii untuk festival catur lainnya...). Namun sebagai pemenang grand prix FIDE wanita siklus tahun lalu, Hou Yifan akan berhak tampil di partai puncak, yaitu dipertemukan dengan pemenang hasil Sochi ini kelak di bulan Oktober. Pemenangnya tentu akan diproklamirkan sebagai juara dunia catur wanita edisi 2015.

2015 FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015 Pairing Diagram tree bracket

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Pairing lengkap Sistem Gugur Kejuaraan Catur Dunia Wanita 2015 Sochi bisa juga dilihat di DIAGRAM TREE ini. Terakhir kali wakil Indonesia di sistem gugur kejuaraan catur dunia adalah di Piala Dunia Catur 2011, yaitu GM Susanto Megaranto yang musti kandas di babak pertama melawan Le Quang Liem.

Nonton siaran langsung catur / live chess partai Irine K. Sukandar vs Melia Salome bisa dilihat di:

http://sochi2015.fide.com/en/schedule/133-live-games 

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-wwcc

Penampakan Irine K. Sukandar di upacara pembukaan / opening ceremony, sudah ada di official website

UPDATE:
GAME 1-ROUND 1: Irine K. Sukandar - Melia Salome 1/2-1/2
GAME 2-ROUND 1: Melia Salome - Irine K. Sukandar ...........

Evgeniy Najer Is 2015 European Individual Chess Champion

(bahasa Indonesia di bawah)
2015 European Individual Chess Championship that held in Jerusalem since last week had came to conclusion. Three players sit on the top standing, started from David Navara up to round 3, then Anton Korobov take over the place , up to round 10. Out of nowhere, Evgeniy Najer wrestled the first spot by defeating Anton Korobov in round 10 and claimed the first place ever since. In final round 11, Najer drew Dennis Khismatullin , thus he became the clear winner 2015 European Individual Chess Champion with 8.5/11 points. David Navara back to runner up together with Dennis Khismatulin and Bartel Mateusz, all with 8/11. While Anton Korobov must sit satisfied to sit on the group of 7.5/11

2015 European Individual Chess Championship in Jerusalem, 2nd day tour

photo by Yoav Nis

Chess Players visit Jerusalem's historical places, 2015 European Individual

http://www.eicc2015.com/gallery/

crucial round 10, Evgeniy Najer vs Anton Korobov 1-0

2015 European Individual Chess Championship, Final Standings:
1 Najer Evgeniy  RUS 8.5
2 Navara David  CZE 8
3 Bartel Mateusz POL 8
4 Khismatullin Denis RUS 8
5 Vovk Yuri UKR 7.5
6 Korobov Anton  UKR 7.5
7 Ipatov Alexander  TUR 7.5
8 Eljanov Pavel UKR 7.5
9 Volokitin Andrei  UKR 7.5
10 Matlakov Maxim RUS 7.5

See selections of games HERE, 2015 EICC Jerusalem

Kejuaraan individu catur Eropa 2015 akhirnya dimenangkan oleh grandmaster Evgeniy Najer asal Rusia. Walaupun hadir sebagai pecatur dengan seed 37, Najer berhasil selip ke posisi puncak dengan permainannya yang konsisten. Pecatur seed 1 asal Ceko, David Navara pertama-tama menguasai puncak klasemen hingga round 3, kemudian dia disalib pecatur Ukraina Anton Korobov. Baru di ronde 10, Korobov tumbang ditangan Evgenij Najer, sehingga Najer pun menjadi penguasa puncak klasemen hingga turnamen ini berakhir. Di ronde terakhir, ronde 11, Najer bermain imbang dengan Dennis Khismatullin. Evgeniy Najer menjadi juara catur Eropa 2015 dengan nilai 8.5. Kejuaraan ini dilangsungkan di kota Jerusalem, Israel.

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.

Tomashevsky Wins Tbilisi Grandprix 2015

(bahasa Indonesia di bawah)
The first FIDE Grandprix in 2015 just finished in Tbilisi, Georgia. GM Evgeny Tomashevksy turns out the deserved winner of this event with his consistency right from round 1. The top guy such as Alexander Grischuk, who begin the tournament as world #2 with 2810 elo rating, did not make any buzz and quite under performed with just 5/11 result. Grischuk in the final round must drop to world #5 and 2793 live rating. Anish Giri also barely finished 5.5/11 and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave must also satisfied with 5/11.

On other hand, Jobava Baadur is one of the must watch guy in the tournament. His antique plays save this tournament from being dull and bore (there are so many draws). Though Jobava's eccentric opening and tactical manuever must costed him some games, he seemingly able to beat the "red-move" and won some nice games.  Mamedyarov, Leineir Dominguez and Peter Svidler are some of his victims, as well Rustam Kasimdzhanov who bizarrely saved from final lost position and get a draw. The netizen now called Jobava  Baadur mr."Red Moves".



Partai Catur Rustam Kashimdzanov vs Jobava Baadur 1/2-1/2, Tbilisi 2015


Tbilisi FIDE Grandprix 2015 , Final standings:
1. Tomashevsky Evgeny 8
2. Jakovenko Dmitry 6½
3. Radjabov Teimour 6
4. Kasimdzhanov Rustam 5½
5. Dominguez Perez Leinier 5½
6. Giri Anish 5½
7. Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 5½
8. Grischuk Alexander 5
9. Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 5
10. Jobava Baadur 5
11. Svidler Peter 4½
12. Andreikin Dmitry 4

Back to Tomashevksy, he just jump to the first position in overall FIDE Grandprix 2014-2015 series:

2014-2015 FIDE Grandprix Standing after Tbilisi:

	Player	rating	Baku	Tashkent	Tbilisi	Khanty-Mansiysk	Total
1	Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)	2716	82		170	x	252
2	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	2759	35	125	75		235
3	Fabiano Caruana (ITA)	2811	155	75		x	230
4	Teimour Radjabov (AZE)	2731	50	50	110		210
5	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2776	82	125		x	207
6	Dmitry Andreikin (RUS)	2737	20	170	10		200
7	Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS)	2733		30	140	x	170
8	Boris Gelfand (ISR)	2747	155	15		x	170
9	Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	2760	82	75		x	157
10	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)	2706	35	15	75		125
11	Alexander Grischuk (RUS)	2810	82		40	x	122
12	Baadur Jobava (GEO)	2696		75	40	x	115
12	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)	2775		75	40	x	115
14	Anish Giri (NED)	2797		40	75	x	115
15	Peter Svidler (RUS)	2739	82		20	x	102
16	Leinier Domínguez (CUB)	2726	10		75	x	85

FIDE Grandprix Tbilisi 2015, won by Tomashevsky, official website

Turnamen catur seri grandprix yang digelar di kota Tbilisi, Georgia, akhirnya usai dengan posisi puncak dimenangkan oleh pecatur Rusia, Evgeny Tomashevsky. Turnamen ini akan menentukan dua kursi pecatur untuk bertarung di turnamen Kandidat menantang juara dunia. Dengan kemenangan di Tbilisi ini, Evgeny Tomashevsky langsung meloncat ke posisi pertama klasemen total grandprix ini. Tomashevksy bersama Mamedyarov berada di posisi 1 dan 2 klasemen gabungan ini. Seri terakhir akan berlangsung di Khanty-Mansiysk.

Di Tbilisi ini selain Tomashevksy yang menjadi bintang, kita juga menyaksikan aksi seru dari pecatur tuan rumah Jobava Baadur. Pecatur yang sekarang dijuluki si "Langkah Merah" ini muncul sebagai tontonan partai catur paling seru ditonton. Jobava disebut si "Langkah Merah" karena langkah-langkahnya yang kerap melawan evaluasi komputer (warna merah di Chessbomb), namun tetap bisa menang karena lawan-lawannya juga kerap tidak mampu memahami posisinya. Setidaknya tiga pecatur menjadi korban si Jobava yaitu Mamedyarov, Peter Svidler dan Leiner Dominguez. Di babak 10, Rustam Kasimdzanov hampir juga menjadi korbannya, namun mereka sepakat remis di posisi terakhir di mana harusnya Jobava bisa menekan untuk menang. Lihat partai catur di atas.