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Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011 (Monaco MNC)

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2011 - 09:12 |March 20, 2011 Tournaments

Carlsen defeated Kramnik 2-0 while Ivanchuk won against Grischuk with 1.5-0.5 score. Aronian is half a point ahead of Carlsen who has 9.5. Anand has 8 points and is sole 3rd.

Here are the games

 [Event "20th Amber Chess Tournament *blindfold*"]  [Site "Monte-Carlo/Monaco"]  [Date "2011.??.??"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Carlsen"]  [Black "Kramnik"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "181"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "1500+20"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4  c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nc3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nac5 14. cxd5 Nxd3  15. Qxd3 Nxc3 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Re6 20. Re4 f6  21. exf6 Rexf6 22. Bc1 h6 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. h3 Qb3 25. f3 Rg6 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Re1  Nf6 28. Re3 Qd5 29. Re5 Qd4 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Be3 Qa4 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Qd2 Nf6  34. Bc5 Rf7 35. Qd3 b6 36. Be7 Ng8 37. Bb4 c5 38. Bc3 Qc6 39. Qc4 Qd7 40. Re6  b5 41. Qg4 Re7 42. Rg6 Qxg4 43. Rxg4 Kh7 44. Re4 Rb7 45. Re5 b4 46. axb4 cxb4  47. Bd4 Ne7 48. Re6 a5 49. Ra6 Rd7 50. Bc5 Ng6 51. Rxa5 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Rd2 53.  Ra7 Nh4 54. Kg3 Nf5+ 55. Kf4 Rxg2 56. Rb7 Nh4 57. Bd4 Ng6+ 58. Ke3 Nh4 59. Ke4  Re2+ 60. Kd3 Rg2 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd5 Nf5 63. Be5 Kg6 64. f4 Rd2+ 65. Ke6 Rd8  66. Rxb4 Re8+ 67. Kd7 Re7+ 68. Kc6 Kh5 69. Rb7 Re8 70. b4 g5 71. Rf7 Ne3 72. b5  Nc4 73. Bc7 Kg6 74. Rd7 Re3 75. Kc5 Rc3 76. Kb4 Rc1 77. fxg5 hxg5 78. Rd4 Ne3  79. Rd6+ Kf5 80. b6 Rb1+ 81. Kc5 g4 82. hxg4+ Nxg4 83. Rd5+ Ke6 84. Rd6+ Kf5  85. Rd4 Nf6 86. Kc6 Rc1+ 87. Kb7 Ke6 88. Rd6+ Ke7 89. Kc8 Ne8 90. Rd7+ Ke6 91.  b7 1-0

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Reykjavik Open 2011 – round 9

By Yelena Dembo | March 17, 2011 - 19:33 |March 17, 2011 Tournaments

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The leaders drew and Kuzubov had better tiebreak!

Here are the top 15 standings:

1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2627 0 7.0 55.5 43.5 42.50 2722 9 7 5.78 1.22 10 12.2
2 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2643 0 7.0 52.5 41.0 40.25 2694 9 7 6.31 0.69 10 6.9
3 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2602 0 7.0 51.5 40.5 39.50 2672 9 7 6.12 0.88 10 8.8
4 GM Miton Kamil POL 2600 0 7.0 51.5 39.5 38.25 2672 9 7 6.00 1.00 10 10.0
5 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606 0 7.0 51.0 39.0 38.25 2662 9 7 6.25 0.75 10 7.5
6 GM Nyzhnyk Illya U17 UKR 2563 0 7.0 50.5 40.0 37.50 2688 9 7 5.39 1.61 10 16.1
7 GM McShane Luke J ENG 2683 0 6.5 53.0 41.0 36.75 2666 9 6.5 6.39 0.11 10 1.1
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2603 0 6.5 52.0 41.0 36.50 2622 9 6.5 6.08 0.42 10 4.2
9 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2578 0 6.5 51.0 40.5 35.50 2620 9 6.5 5.72 0.78 10 7.8
10 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2602 0 6.5 50.5 39.0 35.25 2595 9 6.5 6.34 0.16 10 1.6
11 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2579 0 6.5 50.0 39.0 34.50 2648 9 6.5 5.45 1.05 10 10.5
12 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2580 0 6.5 49.5 39.0 34.25 2603 9 6.5 6.01 0.49 10 4.9
13 GM Pelletier Yannick SUI 2593 0 6.5 49.0 38.5 34.25 2544 9 6.5 6.65 -0.15 10 -1.5
14 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2506 0 6.5 49.0 38.0 34.00 2565 9 6.5 5.53 0.97 10 9.7
15 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2640 0 6.5 48.5 38.0 34.00 2591 9 6.5 6.74 -0.24 10 -2.4

McShane won a very nice game against Danielsen. Here it is:

 [Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]  [Site "Reykjavik/Iceland"]  [Date "2011.03.16"]  [Round "9"]  [White "McShane, Luke"]  [Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B12"]  [WhiteElo "2683"]  [BlackElo "2512"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6  9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be3 Kf7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Nxh5 Nb6 14. Nf4 Bh6 15.  Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bh5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nd5 18. Qf3 Rh6 19. g4 Qd6 20. g5 Rxh5 21. Nxd5  exd5 22. Qxh5 Qg3+ 23. Kd2 Rh8 24. Qe2 Nxh4 25. Raf1 Qxg5 26. Qf2 Rh5 27. Rhg1  Qf5 28. Qg3 Qd3+ 29. Kc1 Ng6 30. Qf3 1-0

Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011 (Monaco MNC) – day four

By Yelena Dembo | March 16, 2011 - 15:23 |March 16, 2011 Tournaments

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Carlsen and Aronian share the lead with 6 points, Anand is 3rd with 5.5.

Notable games – blindfold

 [Event "20th Amber Chess Tournament *blindfold*"]  [Site "Monte-Carlo/Monaco"]  [Date "2011.??.??"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Karjakin"]  [Black "Kramnik"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2776"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "1500+20"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8  15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8  21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb6 26. Re7 Nf6  27. Rxe6 Nd5 28. Rxh6 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc2 30. h4 Nd4 31. h5 Ka5 32. Rh7 b5 33. h6  Rh1 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. g5 Kb4 37. Nd3+ Kc3 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rf7 Kb4 40.  Nd3+ Kc3 41. Nf2 Rh5 42. Nh3 Ne6 43. Rf3+ Kb2 44. Kg4 1-0

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Reykjavik Open 2011 – round 8

By Yelena Dembo | March 16, 2011 - 15:10 |March 16, 2011 Tournaments

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Six players are on 6.5 points of out 8, four players are after them.

Interesting games

 [Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]  [Site "Reykjavik/Iceland"]  [Date "2011.03.15"]  [Round "8"]  [White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]  [Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B94"]  [WhiteElo "2686"]  [BlackElo "2543"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Qa5 8.  f4 e5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 h6 15.  Bh4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. O-O-O Rac8 18. Kb1 Kf8 19. Rhf1 Kg8 20. h4 Re8 21. a5  Nf6 22. f5 e4 23. g5 Nxd5 24. g6 Nf6 25. h5 d5 26. Rd4 Qe7 27. Rfd1 fxg6 28.  fxg6 Qe5 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Qc4+ Nd5 32. Rxd5 Qxh5 33. Bxe4 Qxg6 34.  Ne6 Bxe6 0-1

 [Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]  [Site "Reykjavik/Iceland"]  [Date "2011.03.15"]  [Round "8"]  [White "Sokolov, Ivan"]  [Black "Fier, Alexandre Santos"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E42"]  [WhiteElo "2641"]  [BlackElo "2586"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.  Nf4 d6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nfd5 Nc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14.  Qxd4 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Qd7 18. Bd3 Qc6 19. f3 Qc5 20. Qf2  Qh5 21. Kg1 Bc6 22. b4 Re5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Bf1 Rae8 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Re1 Nh5  27. b5 Ba8 28. c5 Nf4 29. Qe3 Rd8 30. c6 h5 31. Kh1 f6 32. g3 Ne6 33. Bc4 Kf7  34. Ne4 Ke7 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Qb3+ Ke7 37. Rd1 1-0

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Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011 (Monaco MNC) – day three

By Yelena Dembo | March 15, 2011 - 17:43 |March 15, 2011 Tournaments

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Carlsen and Aronian share the lead with 4.5 points, Anand and Grischuk have 4.

 [Event "20th Amber Chess Tournament *rapid*"]  [Site "Monte-Carlo/Monaco"]  [Date "2011.??.??"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Karjakin"]  [Black "Grischuk"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2776"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4  g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nc3  Be5 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Nde2 b5 18. h4 g4 19. Ng1 Bd7 20. h5 Nge7 21. Bh4 Qf4 22.  Qxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 gxf3 24. Nxf3 f5 25. Ne2 Be3 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.  g4 Ne7 29. Rxd6 Bc6 30. Bg2 Rf8 31. Nh4 Bxg2 32. Nxg2 Bg5 33. Nd4 Rf2 34. Ne1  e5 35. Nd3 Rf6 36. Ne6 e4 37. Ndc5 e3 38. Ne4 Rf3 39. N6xg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Rf4  41. Re6 Rxg4 42. Nf3 Rg3 43. Rxe3 Kf8 44. Rf1 Nf5 45. Re5 Nd6 46. Re6 Nc4 47.  Ne5+ Kg7 48. Nxc4 bxc4 49. Rxa6 c3 50. b3 Rf8 51. Rc1 Kh7 52. a4 Rf5 53. h6  Rgf3 54. Rc6 1-0

In the next game Kramnik’s position was ok, until he decided to sacrifice a pawn on d3.

 [Event "20th Amber Chess Tournament *rapid*"]  [Site "Monte-Carlo/Monaco"]  [Date "2011.??.??"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Topalov"]  [Black "Kramnik"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D38"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.  g3 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Nd4  Bg4 15. h3 Be6 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. e3 Bb6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nce2 Bb6 20. Nf4 Rd6 21.  Qd3 Rcd8 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qc2 Qe5 26. Rd3 d4 27. e4 g5  28. Ne2 Nxe4 29. Nc1 Qc5 30. Qd1 Nf6 31. Bxb7 Qb5 32. Re2 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8  34. Rd2 d3 35. Nxd3 Kg7 36. Bg2 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. Ne1 Qf5 39. Qf3 Rf6 40.  Qxf5 Rxf5 41. Kg2 h5 42. Nf3 Kg6 43. b4 Rb5 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Nd4 Re5 46. a4 Re4  47. Nf5+ Kh7 48. a5 Bc7 49. Rd7 Be5 50. b5 Rb4 51. Rb7 Rb2 52. a6 g4 53. hxg4  hxg4 54. Rxa7 Rxb5 55. Rb7 Ra5 56. a7 Ra2 57. Rd7 Bf6 58. Ne3 Kg6 59. Nd5 Bd4  60. Nf4+ 1-0

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