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Bilbao 2015

By Yelena Dembo | November 1, 2015 - 12:55 |November 1, 2015 Bilbao 2015

Both games were drawn. Giri and So lead with 7 out of 5, Ding and Anand are on 4.

Games of the round

 [Event "8th Grand Slam Masters"]  [Site "Bilbao ESP"]  [Date "2015.10.31"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Ding, Liren"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C92"]  [WhiteElo "2798"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "84"]  [EventDate "2015.10.26"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3  O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3  c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 Red8 21. Nf1  d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Ng3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Be3 Kg6 27. f4 exf4  28. Bxf4 Nd2 29. Rbc1 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Bc1 Bd6 33. Rf1 Rd2 34.  Rxd2 Nxd2 35. Rd1 Rxe2 36. Rxd2 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Rxc1 38. Rxd6 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rxb2  40. Rxa6 Rb3 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "8th Grand Slam Masters"]  [Site "Bilbao ESP"]  [Date "2015.10.31"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "So, Wesley"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A33"]  [WhiteElo "2803"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "116"]  [EventDate "2015.10.26"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4  Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Na4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15.  Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3  Qc5 22. O-O-O Be6 23. Rh2 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd6 Rad8 26. Rhd2 Rxd6 27.  Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 b4 31. Nd5 Rc4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33.  Rd5 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rxf4 35. Kc2 Kg7 36. Kb3 Kg6 37. Rb5 f5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39.  Kxb4 Kh5 40. a4 f4 41. a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 f1=Q 44. a8=Q Qxh3 45. Qd5+ Kg6  46. Ka5 h5 47. b4 Qf5 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q  h1=Q 53. Qc8+ Ke5 54. Qe8+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+  Kd6 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the next round

Ding – Anand
So – Giri

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Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 1, 2015 - 06:50 |November 1, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Here is a very nice example of aggressive play. One of my 2200 ELO rated students found it quickly. Can you?

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Bilbao 2015

By Yelena Dembo | October 31, 2015 - 07:53 |October 31, 2015 Bilbao 2015

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Playing hall

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Giri won against Anand and is sharing 1st-2nd places with So. They have 6 points, while Anand and Ding have 3.

Results of the 4th round

Ding 1/2 So

Giri 1-0 Anand

Games of the round

 [Event "8th Grand Slam Masters"]  [Site "Bilbao ESP"]  [Date "2015.10.30"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "So, Wesley"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E60"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "106"]  [EventDate "2015.10.26"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 Re8  9. O-O Na6 10. e4 Nc7 11. a4 Na6 12. f3 Nb4 13. Rf2 Nh5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nb3  f5 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Be3 f4 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Be1 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. Bc3 Rad8 22.  Nc1 g5 23. Nd3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ne5 26. Rb1 Re7 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28.  Rb3 Rdd7 29. Qc1 Nf6 30. h3 h5 31. c4 Rg7 32. a5 Rdf7 33. Qb2 g4 34. Qxe5 dxe5  35. Kh1 gxf3 36. gxf3 h4 37. Rb5 Rc7 38. Rd2 Nh5 39. Kh2 Ng3 40. Bg2 Rgd7 41.  d6 Rc6 42. Rd5 b6 43. Rxe5 Rcxd6 44. Rg5+ Rg7 45. axb6 axb6 46. Rg4 Rd2 47.  Rxb6 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Rxg4 49. hxg4 Ne3 50. Bh3 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53.  Kh2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "8th Grand Slam Masters"]  [Site "Bilbao ESP"]  [Date "2015.10.30"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A22"]  [WhiteElo "2798"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "74"]  [EventDate "2015.10.26"]   1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.  O-O d6 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxe4 Be6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qb1 Qxd2 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6  Reb8 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3  Rxc4 21. Bb4 h6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Qxe5 Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 26. Qb5 Ra2 27.  g4 Re8 28. Bc5 Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Bd4 R2xa4 31. h4 Ra2 32. Qb1 Bd5 33. Qf5 Be6  34. Qf4 Nd7 35. Rf1 Nf8 36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 1-0

Pairings of the 5th round

Giri – Ding

Anand – So

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Solution to quiz

By Yelena Dembo | October 31, 2015 - 06:28 |October 31, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Here is the solution to the quiz I posted yesterday:

 [Event "Primorsko"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "1991.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Ermenkov, E."]  [Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2505"]  [BlackElo "2450"]  [Annotator "Ermenkov,E"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "5rk1/1p3Np1/2P2q1p/b7/P3R3/1BP2n2/2Q2P2/5b1K w - - 0 29"]  [PlyCount "9"]  [EventDate "1991.??.??"]   {53/310 [#]} 29. Rf4 $3 $18 (29. Ng5+ $2 Kh8 30. Rf4 Bg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Qxg5+ $19  ) 29... Bg2+ (29... Qxf4 30. Ng5+ Rf7 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Ne6+) 30. Kxg2 Ne1+ (  30... Qxf4 31. Ng5+ Rf7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Ne6+) 31. Kf1 Nxc2 32. Ne5+ $1 Kh8 (  32... Rf7 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. cxb7) (32... Kh7 33. Bxc2+ g6 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35.  cxb7 Rb6 (35... Bc7 36. Nd7) 36. Bxg6+ Kg7 37. Be4 {/\ Nd7}) 33. Ng6+ (33. Ng6+  Qxg6 34. Rxf8+ Kh7 35. Bg8+ Kh8 36. Bf7+ Kh7 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 38. cxb7) 1-0

Can you find it?!

By Yelena Dembo | October 30, 2015 - 08:18 |October 30, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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I have given this very interesting position to a student yesterday. He found the right idea quickly but couldn’t find the exact move. Can you find it? Which “Dembo-rules” are useful here?

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