IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy – Page 1124

Wednesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | October 16, 2013 - 07:52 |October 16, 2013 Quiz

Black to move

Tuesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | October 15, 2013 - 10:46 |October 15, 2013 Quiz

Black to move

Russian Superfinal Championship 2013

By Yelena Dembo | October 15, 2013 - 10:40 |October 15, 2013 Russian Superfinal Championship 2013

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(Photo taken from the official site)

Svidler, who shared 1st-2nd with Nepomniaschij won 1.5-0.5 in the mini match and defended his title! Now he holds a record, since he is 7 times Soviet and Russian Champion! 🙂

Final standings:

Svidler 6.5
Nepomniaschij 6.5
Vitiugov 5.5
Kramnik 5.5
Andreikin 5
Inarkiev 4.5
Karjakin 4.5
Goganov 3.5
Motylev 2.5
Shomoev 1

Monday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | October 14, 2013 - 10:21 |October 14, 2013 Quiz

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Bilbao Chess Masters – Final

By Yelena Dembo | October 13, 2013 - 09:13 |October 13, 2013 Bilbao Chess Masters - Final 2013

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Aronian became the winner of the Bilbao Chess Masters after drawing with Mamedyarov. Adams won against Vachier-Lagrave but it was only enough for 2nd place.

Final standings

Levon Aronian 10 pt
Michael Adams 9 pt
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 5 pt
Shakyriar Mamedyarov 5 pt

Games of the round

 [Event "6th Final Masters"]  [Site "Bilbao ESP"]  [Date "2013.10.12"]  [Round "6"]  [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]  [Black "Adams, Mi"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E17"]  [WhiteElo "2742"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2013.10.07"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3  Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nxd3 15.  exd3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Rac1 Bd8 18. Re5 c6 19. Rce1 Nh5 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bh6  Bf6 22. Bxf8 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kxf8 24. a4 Re8 25. a5 Qc7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Qb4+  Kf7 28. Na4 b5 29. Nc5 Nf6 30. Qe1 Bc8 31. h4 Re7 32. Bf3 f4 33. Qe2 h5 34.  gxf4 Bg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36. Ne6 Qd6 37. f5 Kg8 38. f3 Nxe5 39. dxe5 Qb4 40. f4  gxf5 41. Qg2+ 0-1

 [Event "6th Final Masters"]  [Site "Bilbao ESP"]  [Date "2013.10.12"]  [Round "6"]  [White "Aronian, L."]  [Black "Mamedyarov, S."]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D52"]  [WhiteElo "2795"]  [BlackElo "2759"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2013.10.07"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2  O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. a4 dxc4  15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Ne3 Qe4 18. Bxf6 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Nxf6 20. c4 Rac8  21. Ne3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Ne4 23. Rac1 f5 24. f3 Nf6 25. g3 Rd7 26. a5 g5 27. axb6  axb6 28. Rb1 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Ng2 Rxc4 31. Rxb6 Rcxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33.  Rxe6 Kf7 34. Re5 Kg6 35. Nh4+ Kf7 36. Ng2 Kg6 37. Nh4+ Kf7 38. Ng2 1/2-1/2