November 29, 2012 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

After 6 rounds Morozevich is leading the event with 4 points, four players are on 3.5.

Today’s pairings

Karjakin-Morozevich 1-0
Mamedyarov-Kamsky 1/2
Ponomariov-Gelfand 1/2
Dominguez-Caruana 0-1
Wang Hao-Svidler 1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Leko 1/2

Morozevich lost again, now to Karjakin and Caruana had a steady advantage after 30 moves and only kept on increasing it.

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.5"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:55:00"]  [BlackClock "0:53:00"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.  Qa3 O-O 9. e4 N8d7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 h6 14. Nf3 Nc4  15. Qc3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 b6 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.  Rfd1 Nb6 22. Be3 c4 23. b4 Nc6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rxc4 b5 26. Rc5 Nxb4 27. Rxb5  Nxa2 28. Rd2 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. g3 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:21:00"]  [BlackClock "0:11:10"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6 8.  Bf1 Nc6 9. Na3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bc5 14. Bb2 dxc3  15. Bxc3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. d4 Be7 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. Bd3 g6 20. f4 Bd7 21. f5  Na7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nd6 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. Bb4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Bc5 27. Bxc5  Qxc5 28. Qg4 Qc3 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Qg7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qg4+ Qg7 33. Qe6+  Qf7 34. Qg4+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.6"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:03:35"]  [BlackClock "0:02:14"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. Nh2 Bf8 15.  Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf6 17. Qf5 Bc8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. c4 c6 21. b4 d5  22. exd5 cxd5 23. c5 Qd7 24. d4 e4 25. Qb3 g6 26. a4 Bg7 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Ra5  Qb7 29. Bf4 Ne8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Qa8 33. h4 Ra6 34. Nf1 Ra3 35.  Qc2 Ra2 36. Qb3 Ra3 37. Qc2 Ra2 38. Qb3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "139"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:31:00"]  [BlackClock "0:14:17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3  Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7  15. f4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bd3 Qa7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.  Bf3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Ne4 23. Rd4 Ng3 24. Kf2 Nf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Qd2  h5 28. g3 e5 29. Rd7 Qf6 30. Be4 exf4 31. exf4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Bxf5 Qxf5  34. Rd3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 b4 36. h4 a5 37. Qb2+ Kg8 38. Rd2 Rc3 39. Rg2 Kg7 40. Qd2  Rd3 41. Qb2+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Qd5 43. Qg5 Kg7 44. Re2 Rd1 45. Qxd5 Rxd5 46. Kh3 Kf6  47. Rc2 Kf5 48. Rc4 Rd1 49. Rc5+ Ke4 50. Rxa5 Kf3 51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 f5 53.  Ra6 Rg2 54. Rxg6 Kf2 55. Rc6 Rxg3+ 56. Kh2 Rg4 57. Kh3 Rxf4 58. Rg6 Rf3+ 59.  Kh2 Ke3 60. Rg5 Kf4 61. Rxh5 Rf2+ 62. Kh3 Rxa2 63. Rg5 Rc2 64. Rg7 Rc3+ 65. Kg2  Rxb3 66. h5 Rb2+ 67. Kh3 Rb3+ 68. Kg2 Rb2+ 69. Kh3 Rb3+ 70. Kg2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "166"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:00"]  [BlackClock "0:17:30"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.  h3 a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rad1 Nbd7  15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Nb6 19. Be5 Rac8 20. Red3 Nc4  21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. a3 h6 23. Nd2 Rcc8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nde4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Bc6  27. R1d2 g5 28. Rd6 Kf8 29. Nd1 Ke7 30. Ne3 h5 31. c4 bxc4 32. R6d4 Bb5 33. h4  Rg8 34. Kh2 c3 35. Rc2 cxb2 36. Rxb2 Rc5 37. a4 Bc6 38. Rb6 a5 39. hxg5 Rgxg5  40. Ra6 e5 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rd8 f5 43. Rh8 Rg6 44. Rhh7 f4 45. Rae7+ Kd6 46.  Nf5+ Kd5 47. Rxh5 Bxa4 48. Ra7 Kc4 49. Rh8 Bc2 50. Nh4 Rb6 51. Nf3 a4 52. Ng5  Kb4 53. Rha8 Rh6+ 54. Nh3 Bb3 55. f3 Rc2 56. Kg1 Rd6 57. Re8 Rdd2 58. Rg7 a3  59. Rxe5 a2 60. Re1 Rb2 61. Kh2 Rb1 62. Re4+ Kc5 63. Ra7 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 Rxa1 65.  Nxf4 Ra4 66. Re5+ Kd6 67. Rf5 Bc2 68. Rf7 Ke5 69. Kg3 Rd8 70. Nh3 Rg8+ 71. Kh2  Rh4 72. Rc7 Bf5 73. Rc5+ Ke6 74. g4 Rgh8 75. Rxf5 Rxh3+ 76. Kg2 Rh2+ 77. Kg3  R8h3+ 78. Kf4 Rf2 79. Re5+ Kf6 80. Re3 Ra2 81. g5+ Kf7 82. Kg4 Rh1 83. Rb3 Rg1+  0-1

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "135"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:00"]  [BlackClock "0:18:28"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.  O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bf3 Bc6  15. Qb6 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rc8 17. a5 Qc6 18. Na4 f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21.  Bc5 Re8 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. c3 e5 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Rxf4 g6 27. Rf3 f5  28. Rfd3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf7 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kh6  34. Kf3 Kh5 35. Rb6 Kg5 36. g3 Rc7 37. h3 Rd7 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Ke3  Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. b3 Kh5 43. Kf4 Rf7 44. Kf3 g5 45. b4 g4+ 46. hxg4+ fxg4+  47. Ke4 Kg5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 h5 50. a6 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Kc4 Rc7+ 53.  Rc6 bxc6 54. b6 Rc8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kc5 h4 57. a7 Rxb7 58. a8=Q Rh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6  60. gxh4 Rg7 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. h5+ Kf7 63. h6 Rg5+ 64. Kd6 g3 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66.  Qe7+ Kf5 67. Qxg5+ Kxg5 68. h7 1-0

So, after 7 rounds Karjakin and Caruana share 1st place, 3rd-5th are Morozevich, Kasimdzhanov and Mamedyarov.

Watch the games live on http://tashkent2012.fide.com/analysis/

Today the 3rd game of the final was played and Ushenina won with White! She is now leading 2-1 with only one classical game to go.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "48.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2452"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:43"]  [BlackClock "0:12:39"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1  g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qb3  e5 16. Ng5 exd4 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Qxf8 21. Bxb7  Rb8 22. c6 Nc5 23. Qb6 Nxb7 24. Qa7 Be5 25. c7 Ra8 26. Qxa8 Qe8 27. Qxa6 Nc5  28. Qa8 Ne4 29. Rc2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Kg7 31. Rc2 Kh6 32. b4 Bd6 33. Qd5 Nxg3 34.  Qxd6 Nxf1 35. Qxd4 g5 36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. Rc6 1-0

Watch it live on http://chess2012.ugrasport.com/houdini.html

Daily Archives: November 29, 2012

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 7

Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 3 (of 4 classical ones)

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