December 1, 2012 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

The 1st round of this elite event has been played yesterday. All games were decisive!

McShane-Carlsen 0-1
Aronian-Nakamura 0-1
Kramnik-Polgar 1-0
Jones-Adams 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "McShane, Luke"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C67"]  [PlyCount "124"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.  Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Bf6 11. c3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bd3 Nfe7  15. Na3 a6 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. g4 Nfe7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Qf1 Qd7 21. Qh3  Bg7 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. g5 Nd8 24. Be5 Ne6 25. Bf6 Re8 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Kh1 Nxg5 28.  Bxg5 f6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Re1 c6 31. Kg2 Nc8 32. N3g4 Qd8 33. Nd3 Rxe1 34. Nxe1  Nd6 35. Nd3 Nf5 36. Qh3 Bf8 37. Ne3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Kg7 40. Nf4 Qf6  41. Ke2 Bd6 42. Qg4 Kf7 43. h3 h5 44. Qc8 Qe7 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. b3 Kg5 47. c4 Kh4  48. c5 Bg3 49. b4 Qf7 50. a4 g5 51. Kd2 Bh2 52. Ne1 Kg3 53. Nc2 Bg1 54. Qd8 Kh4  55. Qc8 Bf2 56. Ke2 Kg3 57. Qd8 Qf5 58. Kd2 Kxh3 59. b5 g4 60. bxc6 bxc6 61.  Nb4 g3 62. Nd3 g2 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Polgar, Judit"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A34"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Be6 7. Nd5 Be7 8. O-O  O-O 9. Nec3 Nb4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. d3 d5 12. a3 dxc4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4  15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. d4 a5 18. Qe2 e4 19. f3 Bd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rf5  Qd7 22. Re5 Re8 23. Bh3 Qc6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bd2 Qe7 26. Qh5 Qd8 27. Rf1 g6  28. Qe5 Ra6 29. Bd7 Bf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bb5 Rf6 32. Bxc4+ Kg7 33. Qxe4 Qc7  34. Qd5 Rf8 35. e4 b5 36. Qxb5 Qd6 37. Qb7+ Kh8 38. Qa7 g5 39. Bxg5 Qc6 40. Qe7  1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A30"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.  N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1  Qc7 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5 17. Nd2 Bb6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Qc3 Rd4  21. Qc2 f5 22. e3 Rdd8 23. b4 e4 24. Nb3 Qf7 25. Nbc5 Bd5 26. Rd2 b6 27. Rxd5  Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Nb2 Qd2 32. Qc7 Ng4 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E46"]  [PlyCount "182"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6  9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. Nd3 e4 15. Nf4  Re8 16. Rb1 Nf8 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 Bf5  22. Rf2 Qc8 23. Ne2 Bc7 24. Ng3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh3 26. Qf1 Qh4 27. Qg2 Rab8 28.  Rfb2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Bd2 Bc7 32. Be1 Nh7 33. Kf1 Qf6 34.  Qe2 Ng5 35. f4 Ne6 36. Kg1 Qe7 37. Kf1 Bd8 38. Qa6 Qd7 39. Ke2 Bh4 40. Kd2 Nf8  41. Ne2 Bxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Nh7 43. Kd2 g5 44. Ng3 gxf4 45. exf4 Nf6 46. f5 Qc7 47.  Kc2 Kh7 48. Kb1 Ng4 49. Qf1 Kg8 50. Qe2 Nf6 51. Qa6 Ng4 52. Qe2 Nf6 53. Qa6 Kf8  54. Qd3 Qa5 55. Qe3 Kg8 56. Kb2 Kh7 57. Kc2 Qa6 58. h3 Qb7 59. Qe2 Qd7 60. Kd1  Kg8 61. Qe3 a5 62. Qf3 Qb7 63. Kc2 a4 64. Qe3 Qb8 65. Qf3 Kf8 66. Qe3 Ne8 67.  Kc1 Qd8 68. Ne2 Qb8 69. Ng3 Nf6 70. Kc2 Qb5 71. Kc1 Qc4+ 72. Kb2 Qb5+ 73. Kc1  Qc4+ 74. Kb2 Ne4 75. f6 Nxf6 76. Nf5 Qb5+ 77. Kc2 Ne4 78. h4 Qc4+ 79. Kb2 Qb5+  80. Kc2 Qc4+ 81. Kb2 Qf1 82. Nd6 Qg2+ 83. Kc1 Qh1+ 84. Kb2 Qh2+ 85. Kc1 Qh1+  86. Kb2 Qh2+ 87. Kc1 Nxd6 88. cxd6 Qxd6 89. Qh3 g6 90. Qf3 Kg7 91. Qe3 Qf6 0-1

Khanty Mansiysk – final/tie-breaks

By Yelena Dembo | December 1, 2012 - 12:25 |December 1, 2012 Tournaments

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The first game was drawn. It was wild to say the least! 🙂 See for yourself :). I haven’t seen a 2 Bishops vs 1 Bishop endgame in a while!

 [Event "Khanty Mansiysk WWCC"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "50.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [PlyCount "178"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:15"]  [BlackClock "0:03:12"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O  dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6  15. b4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21.  Rd1 Re8 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bf3 Qe6 24. h3 Ra8 25. Rdc1 Red8 26. Qc5 Ra6 27. Re1  Qd6 28. Red1 Bc8 29. d5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Bf5 32. Bb7 Bxb1 33. Rxd8+  Bxd8 34. Bxa6 b4 35. Bc4 Be4 36. Bd2 Ba5 37. f3 Bc6 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40.  Kd4 f6 41. Bb3 Bb5 42. h4 Bf1 43. g3 g5 44. f4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bb5 46. f5 Bd7 47.  Bxh6 Bxf5 48. Bf4 Bg4 49. c6 Bb6+ 50. Kc4 Bf2 51. Kxb4 Bxh4 52. Kb5 Bg5 53. Bb8  Be3 54. Bc4 Bd4 55. Bf4 Bf3 56. c7 Bg4 57. Kc6 Bc8 58. Bd6+ Ke8 59. Bb5 Kf7 60.  Kd5 Bb6 61. Bf4 Bb7+ 62. Kd6 Bc8 63. Bd2 Kg6 64. Be8+ Kf5 65. Kc6 Bxc7 66. Kxc7  Be6 67. Kd6 Bc4 68. Kc5 Bb3 69. Kd4 Ba2 70. Bd7+ Be6 71. Bc6 Bb3 72. Be4+ Ke6  73. Bh7 Bd1 74. Ke3 f5 75. Bc3 Bc2 76. Kf4 Kd5 77. Bg8+ Kc5 78. Ke5 Bd3 79.  Bd4+ Kc6 80. Bd5+ Kd7 81. Bc5 Be4 82. Be6+ Kc6 83. Kd4 Kb7 84. Bd7 Ka8 85. Bc8  Bb7 86. Bxf5 Bc6 87. Ke5 Bb7 88. Kd6 Bf3 89. Kc7 Bg2 1/2-1/2

The 2nd game was even more interesting:

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "51.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2452"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [PlyCount "187"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:49"]  [BlackClock "0:02:02"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3  O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Nfxd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5  15. Nc3 e4 16. Be2 b6 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. a4 Nf6 19. Rb2 Be6 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. d5  cxd5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxd5 25. Bxa6 Rf6 26. Bb5 g6 27. h3  Bf7 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Rc3 Be6 31. Rd6 Re7 32. Rcc6 Bb3 33. Rc3 Bf7  34. Kh2 Ra7 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rf6 Bg6 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Kg7 39. Rcc6 Rd8 40.  Rxb6 Rd2 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Rfd6 Kh6 43. Rd7 Ra8 44. Rbd6 Rc8 45. Rd2 Ra1 46. Rd1  Ra2 47. R1d2 Ra1 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. g3 Ra1 50. Rd1 Rxd1 51. Rxd1 Rc2 52. Rf1 Ra2  53. Bd7 Bf7 54. Bxf5 Rxa4 55. Rh1+ Kg7 56. Rxh7+ Kf6 57. Rh6+ Kg7 58. Rh2 Bg6  59. Bxg6 Kxg6 60. g4 Rb4 61. g5 Rb5 62. Rh6+ Kg7 63. Rh2 Kg6 64. Kxe4 Kxg5 65.  Rg2+ Kf6 66. f4 Rb3 67. Rd2 Rb6 68. Rh2 Rb4+ 69. Kf3 Rb3 70. Rh6+ Kf5 71. Rh5+  Kf6 72. Rc5 Ra3 73. Rd5 Rb3 74. Ke4 Rb4+ 75. Rd4 Rb6 76. f5 Rb5 77. Rd6+ Ke7  78. Re6+ Kf7 79. Kf4 Rb1 80. e4 Rf1+ 81. Ke5 Ra1 82. Rd6 Ra5+ 83. Rd5 Ra7 84.  f6 Kg6 85. Ke6 Ra8 86. Rd7 Ra6+ 87. Rd6 Ra8 88. Ke7 Ra7+ 89. Ke6 Ra8 90. e5  Re8+ 91. Kd5 Kf5 92. f7 Rf8 93. Rf6+ Kg5 94. Ke4 1-0

And so, Ushenina is the new World Champion!

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