From: Patrick Byrom
[newsletter@caq.org.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 February
2012 12:23 AM
To:
Subject: CAQ Newsletter 1
CHESS ASSOCIATION OF
QUEENSLAND INC
Email Newsletter No 1
- February 2012
Welcome,
Welcome to the new-look CAQ newsletter! This
issue covers recent Queensland, Australian, and International tournament
results, as well as general Queensland news and upcoming events (the Tin Cup
and Bill Powell Open are only several weeks away!). Full results for Queensland
tournaments are available on the CAQ website. New CAQ President Mark Stokes
introduces himself, and has submitted his win over David Smerdon (in 1995!).
Solutions to the puzzle should be emailed to president@caq.org.au ; the first correct
solution will win a $20 prize.
Puzzle #1: Black to play.
A few tournaments covered in this issue have
had games available online, so I was not short of games to include. This is not
the case for most of the year, however, so I would like to encourage all
players to submit their own games for publication. Games can be sent to michaeldarc@gmail.com . I would like to
stress that this is directed to players of all levels.
I hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Michael D’Arcy
Contents:
1. President's Report
2. Qld News
3. Australian Tournament Results
4. Queensland Tournament Results
5. International News
6. Upcoming Events
7. Unsubscribe Link
1st CAQ
INC PRESIDENT’S REPORT
by Mark
C Stokes (Phone: 0431 419136)
As the new President of the Chess
Association of Queensland Incorporated, I thought it would be a good idea to
introduce myself a little. I am 54 years old and have been married to my
beautiful, non-chess playing wife Patti for 27 years, half my life! I have two
sons, Michael who is 25 years old and young David, who is aged 15. Both my sons
can play chess- in fact, both won their Primary School Chess Championships! But
Michael prefers hockey and David rugby league. When I am not playing chess, I
teach Primary School classes and drive taxis. By the way, I have been going to
the Redcliffe Chess Club on a Wednesday night since the incredible Bobby
Fischer defeated Boris Spassky for the World Chess Title way back in 1972. I
have loved the game of chess since then and am passionate about the game. As
President, I hope to see chess continue to develop further over the entire land
mass of our great State.
I would firstly like to thank our
out-going President Garvin Gray for the countless hours he spent on chess
administration- a largely thankless but necessary task. Garvin did most of the
lead up work that led to the Australian Junior Chess League awarding Queensland
the Australian Junior Chess Championships in January 2013. With Graeme Gardiner
the main organizer of this important event, a successful series of age title
events seems assured. If our young talented players spend just 30 minutes a day
studying this great game from now till January, they will achieve fantastic
results at the 2013 Australian Juniors.
We have been fortunate this December
and January to have had a feast of chess to play in or watch live on the
internet. Our annual 8 board Team Chess Event was won convincingly by Gardiner
Chess, its first ever victory in this long running event, ahead of a gallant
Redcliffe Team. Brisbane Club took out 3rd place, with the young Gen
Y Team 4th. Two players won all 6 games for their Teams : Daniel
Ford on Board 5 for Gardiner Chess and a very lucky player from Redcliffe Club
on Board 6. However, the real success story of the Teams Chess Event was the
Board 1 performance by Brodie McClymont, the young 19 year old Champion of
Redcliffe Club. He scored 5 points out of 6, defeating IM Alex Wohl twice,
winning and drawing with another IM in the person of Moulthun Ly and scoring
likewise against the talented Ben Lazarus. The other board winners were Gene
Nakauchi, Michael Cashman, Patrick Byrom, Oleg Kitikov and Martin Jack. The
Junior Teams Event saw Gardiner Chess win too, with the trifecta in placings:
Tane Legg, Oliver McCarthy and Ben Taylor! The smile on Graeme Gardiner’s face
that afternoon was as wide as the Grand Canyon!
The Qld Blitz, held straight after the
Teams Chess, saw Brodie continue on his amazing run. This time Grandmaster
Roland Schmaltz, rated 2565, became another one of Brodie’s victims on his
undefeated run to the Qld Blitz Title! His score of 8.5 out of 9 in a strong
field was truly outstanding!
In another State of Australia, South
Australia, yet another talented Queenslander, Yi Liu, was also on an undefeated
run in the 2011 Lidiums Australian Young Masters Tournament, scoring 6.5 out of
9 in a classy field, and good enough for first place too! Our hearty
congratulations go out to Yi, who deservedly was later awarded the Australian
Chess Federation’s prestigious Arlauskas Medal for Australian Under 16 Player
of the Year!
In late December to mid January the
2012 Australian Championship , Reserves Championship and Australian Blitz
Championship were held in Geelong, Victoria. Queensland Chess players once
again did our State proud in all three events. Stephen Solomon’s effort to
finish equal 2nd in the Championship was tremendous, Moulthun Ly’s
outstanding win in the Australian Blitz with 9.5 points out of 11 was riveting
and David Spuler’s 3rd place in the Reserves, with 8 points out of
11, was well deserved.
With many of our Juniors back recently
from strong competition in the Australian Juniors in Victoria or from
Queenstown, New Zealand, both the Tin Cup for Under 1750 rated players on
Saturday February 11 and Sunday February 12 at the Gold Coast and the Bill
Powell Open on Saturday February 18 and Sunday February 19 on the Sunshine
Coast promise keen competition and exciting chess! But the Juniors might not
get it all their own way – look what 50 year old Darryl Johansen did in Geelong
and in Queenstown!
See you at both events! And don’t
forget to e-mail your puzzle answer to president@caq.org.au ;
you might be the $20 winner!
Stokes,Mark (1535) - Smerdon,David
(1513)
The Gap Open(6), 01.05.1995
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5
6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 cxd4 10.b4 Nxb4 11.cxb4 Bxb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+
13.Nxd2 b5 14.Nb2 Nc5 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Ke2 Qc3 17.Rb1 b4 18.Nb3 a5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5
20.Qd2 0–0 21.Qc2 Rfc8 22.Qxc5 Rxc5 23.Rhc1 Rac8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Kd2 a4 26.Nd1
b3 27.axb3 a3 28.Ra1 Ra5 29.Ra2 Kf8 30.Nb2 Bb5 31.Na4 Bxa4 32.Rxa3 f6 33.Rxa4
Rc5 34.exf6 gxf6 35.Rxd4 e5 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.b4 Rc7 38.Rxd5 Rg7 39.Rd8+ Ke7
40.Rd5 Rxg2+ 41.Ke3 Rxh2 42.Rxe5+ Kd6 43.Re8 h5 44.b5 Kc7 45.Kd4 h4 46.Rh8 h3 47.Kc5
Rh1 48.b6+ Kd7 49.Bf5+ Ke7 50.b7 Rc1+ 51.Kd4 Rd1+ 52.Ke3 h2 53.Rxh2 Rd8 54.Bc8
Rd3+ 55.Kxd3 Kd8 56.Rh7 Ke8 57.b8Q Kd8 58.Bh3# 1–0
Barrow,Nigel (1891) - Stokes,Mark
(1581)
2011/12 Australian Reserves (3), 29.12.2011
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4
5.cxd4 d6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.Nc3 Bd7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 a6 10.0–0 g6 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Bc4
Ncb4 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qb3 e6 15.a3 Rc8? [15...Nb6] 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5! Bb4 [17...exd5
18.Nf6+ Kd8 19.Re8#] 18.Nf6+ Ke7 19.axb4 Kxf6 20.Bg5+ Kg7 21.Qe5+ Qxe5
22.dxe5 Rhe8 23.Bf6+ Kg8 24.Rac1 Bd3 25.Rc3 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Rc8 27.Rd1 Bc4 28.Rd8+
Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Kf8 30.Ng5 h6 31.Ne4 Bd5 32.Nd6 b5 33.f3 Kg7 34.Bf6+ Kf8 35.Kf2 h5
36.f4 Kg8 37.g3 1–0
Queensland News
Arlauskas Medal
Congratulations to Yi Liu, who received the
Arlauskas Medal for the junior player of 2011 from the ACF. Yi finished a
fantastic year by winning the Lidums Young Masters and scoring 50% in his first
Australian Championship (and earning a chance to play GM Zhao in the last
round!).
Chess Arbiters Required
The CAQ is currently looking for people who
would be interested in becoming a chess arbiter, or director of play (DOP).
Readers who are interested are encouraged to contact Patrick Byrom at secretary@caq.org.au.
Obituary: KIERON
OLM-MILLIGAN
(10 July 1985 - 9 December
2011)
Kieron Olm-Milligan
passed away in December of last year, his death coming as a great shock to
everyone. Like David Lavercombe and Jessica Horton (nee Disteldorf), he died
far too young and seemingly far too full of life to be no longer with us.
Kieron took up chess
relatively late but represented ACGS throughout much of Churchie’s ‘Golden Era’
(late 1990s / early 2000s), in which the school won six consecutive GPS
interschool championships and two national champs. Kieron played on board three
alongside David Smerdon, Michael Davidovici and Ben McPhee, and was a key
member of the team when Churchie won through to the 2000 World Schools
Championship final in New York.
Upon leaving school,
Kieron coached at the Southside Junior Chess Club and several others. Though
strong enough to guide up-and-comers such as Moulthun Ly, he never talked down
to or patronised anyone. A natural teacher, he managed to appear stern while at
the same time handling his classes in a relaxed, easygoing manner. Anyone who
worked alongside Kieron will attest that the kids loved him and always
responded to him.
In terms of playing
chess, Kieron cut back after school, choosing like many others to focus on his
university studies and upon living a wholesome (well, chess weekender free)
life. He continued to play interclub matches, however, debuting for Club
Bullwinkle in 2003 and entering the club Hall of Fame in 2007. All in all,
Kieron played 15 long matches and 21 rapid games for the club, and was a key
member in Bullwinkle’s interclub successes throughout the 2000s, particularly
the end of year interclub championships.
Most of all, of course,
Kieron was just good company. Whether at one of Bullwinkle’s sporadic Three
Monkeys transfer gatherings or away from the chess board entirely, he was
always much loved and much respected for his good humour, his affability, his
intelligence in conversation and his quiet, somehow unassuming gregariousness.
Those who knew him will miss him greatly.
- Jacob Edwards, on behalf of the
Bullwinkle Chess Club
The following game demonstrates Kieron’s
attacking style:
Olm-Milligan,Kieron (1503) -
Taylor,Leon (1809)
Australian Junior Championship, 2001
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3
5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 d6 7.0–0 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Rd1 Nf6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Nd5
Qd8 13.Rd2 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.Nxe5! dxe5
19.d6 f6 20.Qh5+ Ng6 21.Qxg6+ Kd7 22.Rc1 Ke6 23.Bxe5! 1–0
Australian Tournament
Results
Australian Championship
The 2011/2012 Australian Championship was
held in Geelong, Victoria. The Championship was won by GM Darryl Johansen,
undefeated on 8.5/11. As Mark Stokes has noted in his President’s report, this
was a very successful Championship for Queensland.
Leading scores (Queenslanders are in
bold font):
Darryl Johansen 8.5/11; Vladimir Smirnov, Zong-Yuan Zhao, George Xie, Stephen
Solomon 7.5/11; Moulthun Ly, Aleksander Wohl, Junta Ikeda 6.5/11;
Domagoj Dragicevic, Akshat Khamparia, Justin Tan 6/11; Bobby Cheng, Dusan
Stojic, James Morris, Yi Liu, Anton Smirnov, Chris Wallis, Bill Jordan
5.5/11; Brodie McClymont, Jonas Muller, Gene Nakauchi 5/11.
The Australian Reserves was won by Justin
Penrose on 9/11, with Ari Dale coming second with 8.5. Queenslander David
Spuler shared third place with Frank Lekkas and Omar Khaled (8 points).
Congratulations to Moulthun Ly for
winning the Australian Lightning Championship. Moulthun was undefeated on
9.5/11. Brodie McClymont also did extremely well, sharing 4th-6th
with 8/11.
Full results, games, and photos can be found
at www.geelongchess.com . Below is a
selection of games by some Queenslanders.
Illingworth,Max (2401) - Ly,Moulthun
(2376)
Australian Championship (6)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6
6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0–0 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qa4 Bc5 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.b4 Bd4
13.Rac1 Nd7 14.Ne2 Ba7 15.Bf4 c5 16.b5 0–0 17.Qc2 Ne5 18.a4 Bb6 19.Bd2 axb5
20.axb5 Bb7 21.Nc3 Qe7 22.Be2 g5 23.f4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 Ba5 25.Nd1 f5 26.exf5 exf5
27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Bf3 Be4 29.Qf2 Rae8 30.Kh1 Qd4 31.Qg3+ Kh8 32.Nf2 Rg8 33.Qh3
Bd2 34.Rcd1 Qxc4 35.Ra1 Ra8 36.b6 Rxa1 37.Rxa1 Bc1 38.Nd3 Bxd3 39.Ra7 f4 40.Be2
Qe4 0–1
Solomon,Stephen (2384) - Stojic,Dusan
(2287)
Australian Championship (6)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 c5
6.Nf3 0–0 7.0–0 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.d5 Na6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.h4
e6 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Rfe1 a6 16.e5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 dxe5 18.d6 Bxg5 19.hxg5 f5 20.gxf6
Rf8 21.Bg4 Ne8 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.d7 Nxf6 24.Qd6 b6 25.Qxe5 Qb8 26.f4 Kg7 27.Rd1
Rd8 28.Rd6 Qc7 29.Nd5 1–0
Liu,Yi (2039) - Morris,James (2364)
Australian Championship (8)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0
6.0–0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.e4 c5 9.d5 exd5 10.e5 Ne8 11.Qxd5 Nb6 12.Qxd8 Bxd8
13.Be3 Be7 14.Nd2 Nc7 15.Nde4 Ne6 16.Rad1 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6
Kf7 20.Rfd1 Ke7 21.Ne4 Na4 22.b3 Nb2 23.R1d2 Nd3 24.bxc4 Ne5 25.Nxc5 Nxc4
26.Rd7+ Bxd7 27.Rxd7+ Ke8 28.Bxb7 Rb8 29.Rxh7 Ne5 30.Na6 1–0
Queenstown International
The Queenstown International was held from
15-23 January, and was won by GM Darryl Johansen, who continued his strong
form. Johansen finished on 7.5/9 along with Chinese GMs Li Chao and Zhao Jun,
but had the superior tiebreak. This year’s tournament had 11 GMs, 4WGMs and 11
IMs. Congratulations also to Leteisha Simmonds and Ryan Louie for sharing the
Under 1900 rating group prize.
Full results, games, and a live blog from
each round can be accessed via www.queenstownchess.com
.
Australasian Masters
The Australasian Masters tournament was held
in Melbourne from 10-18 December, 2011.
Final Standings: IM James Morris 7.5/9; FM
Bobby Cheng 6.5; IM Stephen Solomon 6; IM Leonid Sandler 5.5; Lee Wang Sheng 5;
FM Dusan Stojic, David Garner 4.5; Michael Ginat 2.5; FM Eddy Levi 2; Omar
Khaled 1.
Lidums Australian Young Masters
The Lidums Australian Young Masters
tournaments were held in Adelaide from 7-11 December, 2011. Yi Liu and Jonas
Muller both finished the tournament undefeated, placing first and equal second
respectively in the Young Masters. Here are the results from all three
divisions:
Australian Young Masters. Yi Liu(QLD) 6.5/9;
Jonas Muller (QLD), Fedja Zulfic (SA) 6; Anton Smirnov (NSW), Andrew Brown
(ACT) 5.5; Emma Guo (ACT) 5; Sam Grigg (QLD) 3.5; Pengyu Chen (NSW), Alistair
Cameron (SA) 2.5; Clive Ng (NSW) 2.
Australian Girls Masters. Megan Setiabudi
(ACT) 8/9; Alana Chibnall (ACT) 6; Sophie Eustace (SA), Natasha Bortsova (QLD)
5.5; Savithri Narenthran (VIC), Abbie Kanagarajah (QLD), Janaki Narenthran
(VIC) 4; Miranda Webb-Liddle (VIC) 3.5; Kashish Christian (NSW) 2.5; Joanne
Mason (ACT) 2.
Australian Junior Masters. Allen Setiabudi
(ACT), Sally Yu (VIC) 6.5/9; Joshua Bishop (ACT) 5.5; Matt Bennett (ACT), Harry
Press (ACT) 4.5; Kevin Tan (NSW), Lachlan Cameron (SA), Stuart Mason (ACT) 4;
Anthony Milton (SA) 3.5; Alex MacAdam (SA) 2.
The following game was judged as the
tournament’s best:
Muller,Jonas (2023) - Zulfic,Fedja
(2087)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3
Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.f3 Bd7 9.Qd2 Rc8 10.Bb3 h5 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 Nc4
13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h3 h4 15.f4 Rh5 16.Qd3 Qc8 17.Rhf1 Rhc5 18.Nde2 Ra5 19.Bd4 Be6
20.b3 Rc6 21.Qd2 b5 22.Nd5 Rxa2 23.Nb4 Bxb3 24.Nxc6 Qxc6 25.Qc3 Bc4 26.Bxf6
Bxf6 27.e5 Bg7 28.Nd4 Qa6 29.Rfe1 d5 30.f5 Ra3 31.Qb2 Ba2+ 32.Ka1 Bc4+ 33.Kb1
Ra2 34.Qc3 Ra3 35.Qb2 Ra2 36.Qc3 Ra3 ½–½
Queensland Tournament
Results
Caloundra Open
The Caloundra Open on 26-27 November, 2011,
attracted 49 players, including seven rated above 2100. The tournament was won
by GM Roland Schmaltz.
Leading scores: GM R Schmaltz 5.5/6; IM
Stephen Solomon, IM Vladimir Smirnov, Yi Liu 5; Brodie McClymont, Ali Esmaili
4.5; FM Gene Nakauchi, Amin Fazel, Anton Smirnov, David Lovejoy, Mike Duffin,
Paul Summers, Martin Post, Michael D’Arcy 4.
Queensland Teams Championship
Congratulations to Gardiner Chess, who took
out the Premier and Junior divisions at the QTC, held on 10 December, 2011. In
the Premier division, Brodie McClymont played extremely well to top score on
board 1; his 5/6 included two draws with IM Moulthun Ly and two wins over IM
Alex Wohl. Daniel Ford and Mark Stokes were the only players to finish the
tournament on 6/6.
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Final Team Standings |
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Top scores on each board |
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1. Gardiner Chess |
31.5 |
Board 1 |
Brodie McClymont |
5/6 |
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2. Redcliffe |
28.5 |
Board 2 |
Gene Nakauchi |
5/6 |
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3. Brisbane |
24.5 |
Board 3 |
Michael Cashman |
4.5/6 |
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4. Gen Y |
11.5 |
Board 4 |
Patrick Byrom |
4.5/6 |
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Board 5 |
Daniel Ford |
6/6 |
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Board 6 |
Mark Stokes |
6/6 |
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Board 7 |
Oleg Kitikov |
5/6 |
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Board 8 |
Aaron Downey/Martin Jack |
5/6 |
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The Junior division was run as a six round
Swiss, in which players could not be paired against their team mates. Tane Legg
and Oliver McCarthy tied for highest individual result with 5/6, followed by
Ben Taylor on 4.5 (all three respresenting Gardiner Chess). In fact, five of
the top six individual results were achieved by Gardiner Chess. Here are the
team results:
Gardiner Chess 18.5; Redcliffe 14; Southside
13.5; Brisbane 13; Gen Z 12.5.
Queensland Blitz Championship
The Queensland Blitz Championship was held
straight after the Teams Championship, and had 24 participants. Brodie
McClymont achieved his second GM level performance of the day, winning the
tournament with 8.5/9, ahead of GM Roland Schmaltz (8) and IM Mouthun Ly (6.5).
Elliot Soo-Burrowes finished outright fourth on 6, and was the only player to
take a half-point from Brodie.
Redlands Summer Cup
The Redlands Summer Cup, held on January 15,
attracted 46 players. Brodie McClymont defeated Gene Nakauchi in round four,
and finished the tournament on 7/7, ahead of Gene on 6.
Leading Scores: B McClymont 7; G Nakauchi 6;
Roy Cristuta (Sr) 5.5; Alex Ruddy, Michael D’Arcy, Tony Weller, Daniel O’Connor
5; Wally Djachenko, Tyson Walker, Jim Ritchie, Matthew Cervenjack, Daniel
Torise, Aaron Holmes 4.5.
Gold Coast Lightning and Transfer
Championships (Transfer Report by Anonymous)
These very popular tournaments were held on
20 November, 2011. The Lightning tournament attracted 46 players and was won by
Bruce Williams on 12/13.
Leading scores: B Williams 12/13; Alex
Stahnke 10.5; Oleg Kitikov 9.5; Jonas Muller 9; Michael D’Arcy, Tane Legg 8.5;
Tyson Walker, Marcus Porter, Nicholas Johnson 8.
In the Transfer, Hiphopapotamus
(Jacob Edwards and Bruce Williams) finished on 13/13 to take first place ahead
of Family Jules (Alexandra and Sebastian Jule) on 11, and Naughty
Moose (Michael Van Pelt and Regina Edwards) on 10.
Despite the popularity of Transfer Chess,
this is Queensland’s only official Transfer tournament (Transfer enthusiasts
would be happy if this number increased), and a few of the players were a
little rusty. As far as instructive lessons go, you are NOT allowed to
plonk-capture in Transfer, nor is it permitted for to make two moves in the
same turn.
International NewS
Reggio Emilia
The 54th Reggio Emilia tournament
was won by Dutch GM Anish Giri, after the seventeen year old overcame a slow
start of 1/4 to score 5 points in his last 6 games to finish the tournament
half a point ahead of Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Morozovich and Fabiano
Caruana. Nakamura had led for most of the tournament, but after losing his last
three games he finished in third place on tiebreak. Another source of drama was
Vassily Ivanchuk’s extraordinary meltdown against Caruana in round 8, when
Ivanchuk, possibly upset about a run of defeats, appeared to snap mid-game and
attempt to give away all of his pieces. This game is shown below, along with
Giri’s critical round 9 win over Nakamura.
Nakamura,Hikaru (2758) - Giri,Anish
(2714) (R9)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3
Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 c6 10.h4 Re8 11.Bd3 d5 12.Ng5 Nf8
13.h5 Bf6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Rde1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ne6 17.f4 h6 18.a3 Qa5 19.Qd1 Nc5
20.Bf5 Na4 21.Qd3 Nc5 22.Qd1 Qb5 23.Qe2 Qa4 24.Qd1 Ne4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rhg1
Rae8 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Reg1 Qc4 29.Kb1 c5 30.Qd3 b6 31.Qxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd1 d4 33.cxd4
cxd4 34.b3 dxe3 35.bxc4 exf2 36.Rf3 Re1 37.Kc1 Bd4 38.c3 Be3+ 39.Kc2 f5 40.a4
a5 41.c5 Bxc5 0–1
Ivanchuk,Vassily (2775) - Caruana,Fabiano
(2727) (R8)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 0–0
6.Be2 b6 7.0–0 Bb7 8.c3 Nbd7 9.Bh2 Qe8 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 e5 12.Nc4 Ne4 13.Nfd2
Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Kh8 15.Qc2 f5 16.Rfe1 g5 17.Bd3 Qg6 18.f3 Rae8 19.Rf1 d5 20.a5 c5
21.g4 e4 22.fxe4 dxe4 23.Be2 f4 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Qb3 Qa7 26.Bb5 cxd4 27.Bxd7
dxe3 28.Nc4 Rd8 29.Ba4 Rd2 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Rxf4 gxf4 32.Nxd2 exd2 33.Bxf4 Rxf4
34.Bc6 Qb6+ 0–1
Hastings
The 2011/2012 Hastings Congress was won by
Wang Yue. The Chinese GM scored 7.5/9, and finished half a point ahead of GM
Andrei Intratescu, IM Babu Lalith and IM Sundar Shyam in a field containing 13
GMs and 18 IMs. Full results can be accessed via www.hastingschess.com .
Wijk aan Zee
The Tata Steel tournament at Wijk aan Zee is
currently underway. The participants are Magnus Carlsen (2835), Levon Aronian
(2805), Teimour Radjabov (2773), Veselin Topalov (2770), Sergei Karjakin
(2769), Vassily Ivanchuk (2766), Vugar Gashimov (2761), Hikaru Nakamura (2759),
Boris Gelfand (2739), Fabiano Caruana (2736), Gata Kamsky (2732), Anish Giri
(2714), David Navara (2712) and Loek Van Wely (2692). At the time of writing,
Aronian leads on 7.5/11, ahead of Carlsen and Radjabov on 7. Full results will be
reported in the next newsletter.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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2012 TIN CUP |
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2012 BILL POWELL OPEN |
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2012 QLD OPEN |
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