The 24th Weekend Sale

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All the material is in Fritz/ChessBase, pgn format and is sent by e-mail. Here are the “Study chess on the weekend!” offers:

Openings:

1.e4 e5 repertoire (for the Black side – ALL openings after 1.e4 e5) – US$ 100

1.d4 d5 repertoire (for Black side – ALL openings after 1.d4 d5) – US$ 50

1.c4 repertoire (for White side – ALL openings after 1.c4) – US$ 50

1.d4 Nf6 repertoire (for Black side – ALL openings after 1.d4 Nf6) – US$ 50

English + Hedgehog from English – US$ 35

Dutch – US$ 15

King’s Gambit – US$ 20

Ruy Lopez – US$ 20

View all the openings on sale here.

Middlegame:

20 examples of Ruy Lopez of the 20th century (most interesting and useful games) – US$ 8

20 examples of Knight or Bishop sacrifice on g4 in Dragon variation – US$ 8

20 examples of White sacrifices Nd5 in the Sicilian – US$ 8

20 examples of 2 Rooks versus 3 minor pieces – US$ 8

20 examples of The advantage of two Bishops in middlegame – US$ 8

20 examples of Bxg7 sacrifice – US$ 8

20 examples of Queen sacrifice for Rook, minor piece (and maybe pawn) – US$ 8

20 examples of Centralization of Queen – US$ 8

10 examples of Intermediate Check – US$ 5

10 examples of X-Ray – US$ 5

10 examples of Back rank tactics – US$ 5

Endgame:

20 examples of Complicated endgames – US$ 8

20 examples of Rook versus pawns – US$ 8

20 examples of Opposite color Bishops – US$ 8

20 examples of Minor piece and pawns versus larger amount of pawns – US$ 8

20 examples of Knight endgame – US$ 8

20 examples of Knight better than Bishop – US$ 8

20 examples of 2 Rooks stronger than Queen – US$ 8

20 examples of Practical pawn endgames – US$ 8

20 examples of Practical Rook endgames – US$ 8

For questions about the material or anything else, please send an e-mail to [email protected].

Qatar Masters Open 2014

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Yu Yangyi

Yu Yangyi


(Photo taken from the official site)

Yu Yangyi became the winner of the event (7.5 points) after winning against Kramnik in the last round! Giri and Kramnik shared 2nd-3rd places with 7 points but Giri had a better tie-break.

Top results of the last round

1 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 6½ 1 – 0 7 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2657 6 0 – 1 6 GM Giri Anish 2776
3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 5½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Efimenko Zahar 2644
4 GM Ding Liren 2730 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Adhiban B. 2630
5 GM Shankland Samuel L 2642 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586
8 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621
9 GM Perunovic Milos 2619 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
10 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620

Some games of the round

Top players – final ranking

1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 7.5 2905
2 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 7.0 2870
3 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 7.0 2829
4 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 6.5 2774
5 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2621 6.5 2734
6 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 6.5 2733
7 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 6.0 2775
8 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 6.0 2753
9 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 6.0 2743
10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 6.0 2734

Official site.

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Salem-Kramnik

Salem-Kramnik


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Kramnik won his 6th game in a row (!) and is leading the event with 7 out of 8. Yu is 2nd with 6.5, Giri, Efimenko and Akopian share 3rd with 6 points.

Top results of the 8th round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 6 0 – 1 5½ GM Yu Yangyi 2705
2 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 5½ 0 – 1 6 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Shankland Samuel L 2642
4 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Volokitin Andrei 2627
5 GM Adhiban B. 2630 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707
6 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706
7 GM Akopian Vladimir 2657 5 1 – 0 5 GM Grandelius Nils 2573
8 GM Efimenko Zahar 2644 5 1 – 0 5 GM Cornette Matthieu 2566
9 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
10 GM Romanov Evgeny 2636 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757

Top players after 8 rounds

1 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 7.0 2933
2 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 6.5 2867
3 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 6.0 2842
4 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 6.0 2737
5 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2657 6.0 2725
6 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 5.5 2784
7 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 5.5 2775
8 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 5.5 2767
9 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 5.5 2756
10 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 5.5 2750

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 9th (and last) round

1 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 6½ – 7 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
2 GM Akopian Vladimir 2657 6 – 6 GM Giri Anish 2776
3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 5½ – 6 GM Efimenko Zahar 2644
4 GM Ding Liren 2730 5½ – 5½ GM Adhiban B. 2630
5 GM Shankland Samuel L 2642 5½ – 5½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 5½ – 5½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 5½ – 5½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586
8 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 5½ – 5½ GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621
9 GM Perunovic Milos 2619 5½ – 5½ GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
10 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673 5½ – 5½ GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620

Official site.