By Timur Gareyev
Figueira da Foz is a welcoming place with an incredible beach and wonderful food. I enjoyed the warm weather and used the chance to do lots of walking and even soccer on the field adjacent to the playing venue.
Timur Gareyev enjoys the Portuguese food and the relaxed atmosphere
After winning three games in a row, I was paired against second seed Krzysztof Jakubowski. I managed to outplay Krzysztof in the opening and later had an extra pawn in the endgame.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.a3 Bf8 14.d5 Na5 15.Ba2 c6 16.b4 Nc4 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Bg5 d5 20.Nbd2 dxe4 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Nxe4 Qf4 22...Qe6 23.Qe2 f6 24.Nfd2 a5 23.Qe2 Bd5 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Qd2 Qf5 26.Qe3 Qg6 27.g4 Qc6 28.Rd2 f6 29.Nh4 Rd7 29...g6 30.Nc5 Bxc5 30...Rd6 31.Qxc5 Qxc5 32.bxc5 Rc8 33.Red1 33.f4 Rxc5 34.fxe5 fxe5 35.Rxe5 Be6 33...Rxc5 34.Ng2 Kf7 35.f4 Ke7 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Ne3 Be6 38.Rxd7+ Bxd7 39.Rb1 Rb5 40.Rb4 Be6 40...a5 41.Rxc4 Kd6 42.Nf5+ Bxf5 43.gxf5 h5 44.Rh4 Rb3 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Ra4 Rb2+ 43.Kf3 Rb3?! 43...Bc8! 44.Nf1! 44.Rxc4? Bb7+ 45.Kg3 Re2 46.Nf5? g5 47.h4 h5-+ 44...Bb7+ 45.Ke3 Rb1 46.Ng3 44.Rxa6 Rxc3 45.Ke4 Rd3 46.g5+ Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kf8 48.Ra8+ Ke7 49.Ra7+ Bd7?! 50.Ng4 Rd4+ 51.Kxe5 Rd2 51...Rd2 52.Ne3 Re2! 53.Kd4 Rd2+ 54.Kxc4 Kd6 55.a4 Rh2
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| Jacubowski | - | Gareyev | - | | 2015 | C92 | Figuera de Foz | |
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As the tournament progressed I increased my lead over the rest of the field but until the last round Krzysztof managed to stay only half a point behind.
It is not easy to achieve a big victory without some luck. In my game against GM Dragan Paunovic I had this luck: the game was over before he even had a chance to complete his development.
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1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c5 8.d5 Qa5 9.Qd2 e6 10.Nf3 exd5 11.cxd5 c4 12.0-0 Nc5 13.e5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e5 13.Kh1 13...Nce4?? 13...Qb6! 14.Qd4 14.exf6 Nb3+!-+ 14...Ne4+ 15.Qd4+- 14...Nfe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Bxc4 Nxg5 18.Nxg5 dxe5 19.d6 e4! 20.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Nxe4 Qb6+ 15.Nf2 1–0
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| Gareyev | - | Paunovic,D | - | 1–0 | 2015 | E73 | | |
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In round eight I played and won against GM Kevin Spraggett from Canada, a former World Championship Candidate.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 7...d5 8.d4 dxe4 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Ng4 12.Bxe4 Nxf2 12...Bxf2+ 13.Bc6+ Ke7 14.Rd5 Bb6 15.Bxa8 Nd3+ 16.Kf1 Nxc1 17.Na3 Be6 18.Rxc1 Rxa8 19.Rd3 Bf5 20.Rg3 Rd8 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 Bg4 9...Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 g5 12.h3 h5 10.dxe5 dxe5 10...Nxe5 11.Bxb6 Bxf3 12.gxf3 cxb6 13.f4 Ng6 13...Nfg4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Kg2 14.Qf3 10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3 11.gxf3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Nxe5 13.Nd2 0-0 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Kh1 c5 16.Rg1 c4 17.Rg5 g6 18.Rag1 Qc7 19.Qf2 Rab8 20.Qh4 Ned7 11...Nxe5 12.Qe2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Nc4 14.Qc1 0-0 15.Nd2 Re8 16.Re1= 11.Qe2 0-0 12.h3 12.Nbd2 12...Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Na5 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Nd2 c5 17.Qe3 17.a4 c4 17...Qc7 18.Nf1 Nc4 19.b3 Nd6 20.Ne3 c4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 18.Qe3 b4 19.Qb6 b3 20.Bd3 17...Qc7 18.Bd3 18.b3 18.a4 Rad8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra2 Rd7 21.Rda1 Rfd8 22.Rxa5 Rxd2 23.Ra8 R2d6 23...Rxc2 24.Qd3 24.R1a5 18...c4 19.Be2 Nb7 20.b3 cxb3 21.axb3 Qc5 22.Qf3 Nd6 23.b4 Qc6 24.Nb3 24.c4 bxc4 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Rac1 24...Nb7 24...Ndxe4 25.Nc5 Rfc8 26.c4 bxc4 27.Bxc4 a5 28.Nxe4 Qxe4 29.Qxe4 Nxe4 30.Bd5 Nc3 31.Bxa8 Nxd1 32.Bb7 Rb8 33.Rxd1+- 25.Re1 Rac8 26.Na5 Nxa5 27.Rxa5 h6 28.Bf1 28.c4 28...Rfd8 29.Re3 Qb7 30.Qf5 Rd1 31.g3 Re8 31...Rc1 32.Ra2 32.Qxe5 Qd7 32...Rd8 33.Kg2 32.Kg2 Rd6 33.Be2 g6 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.Ra2 Red8 36.c4 Rd4 37.Rea3 Qxe4 38.cxb5 axb5 39.Bxb5 Rxb4 40.Qxe4 Nxe4 41.Bc6 Nf6 42.Ra7 Rd6 43.Rc2 Rb6 44.Bf3 e4 45.Be2 Rd7 46.Rcc7 Rxc7 47.Rxc7 Ne8 48.Rc2 Kf6 49.h4 49.f3 49...Nd6 50.Ra2 Rc6 51.Rb2 51.Ra6 Rxa6 52.Bxa6 Ke5 53.Bf1 f5 54.Ba6 f4 55.gxf4+ Kxf4 56.Be2 Nf5 57.Kh3 Nd4 58.Bd1 Nb5 59.Kg2 Nc3 60.Bc2 Nd5 61.Bb3 Ne7 62.Bd1 Nf5 63.Kh3 h5 64.Be2 Nd4 65.Bf1 Nc6 66.Bb5 Ne7 67.Bf1 51...Ke5 52.Ra2 Rc5 53.Bf1 Nf5 54.Be2 Nd4 55.Rb2 f5 56.Bd1 f4 57.gxf4+ Kxf4 58.h5 g5 58...Nf3 59.Bxf3 59.hxg6 Rg5+ 60.Kh3 Rh5+ 59...exf3+ 60.Kg1 Rg5+ 61.Kf1 Rxh5 62.Rb4+ Kf5 63.Kg1 Rg5+ 64.Kh1 h5 65.Rc4 h4 66.Rb4 Rg4 67.Rb5+ Kf6 68.Rb2 Re4 69.Kh2 Re2 70.Rb6+ Kg5 71.Kh3 Kh5 72.Rb5+ g5 73.Rb4 Re1 74.Kh2 Re5 75.Rb8 g4 59.Rb8 g4 60.Rg8 Nf3 60...Rg5 61.Rg6 Nf5 62.Rf6 62.Be2 62.Kg1 Rxg6 63.hxg6 Kg5 64.Bc2 Kxg6 64...e3 65.Bxf5 e2 66.g7 e1Q+ 67.Kg2 Qe8 68.Bh7 65.Bxe4 Kg5 66.Kg2 Nd6 67.Bb1 Kf4 68.Bg6 Nc4 69.Be8 Ne5 70.Kg1 Kg5 71.Bb5 Kf4 72.Be8 Kg5 73.Bb5 h5 74.Ba4 Kf4 75.Kg2 h4 76.Bb5 Nf3 77.Ba6 Ng5 78.Bb5 Ne4 79.Kg1 Nd2 80.Kh1 Kf3 81.Bd7 Ne4 82.Bc6 Kf4 83.Kg2 Nd2 84.Kh1 Nf3 85.Bb5 h3 86.Bc6 Nd4 87.Bd5 Nf3 88.Bb7 Ng5 89.Bc6 Ne4 90.Kg1 62...Rxh5 61.Rf8+ Kg5 62.Rg8+ 62.Kg3 Rc3 63.Rg8+ Kxh5 64.Kf4 Nh2 64...Rc1 65.Ba4 65.Bxf3 exf3 66.Rh8 Rg1 65...Ng5 66.Be8+ Kh4 67.Rh8 Nh3+ 68.Ke3 Rc3+ 69.Kxe4 Nxf2+ 70.Kd4 Rd3+ 71.Ke5 Re3+ 72.Kf5 Rf3+ 73.Ke5 65.Kxe4 Kh4 66.Rf8 h5 67.Rf5 Rc7 68.Re5 Rf7 69.Ke3 Ra7 70.Ke4 Ra2 71.Rf5 Rd2 72.Bb3 Nf3 73.Ke3 Rd7 74.Bd5 Re7+ 75.Kd3 Ng5 62...Kh4 63.Re8 Re5 63...Ne5 64.Rxe5 64.Rd8 Rc5 65.Re8 Rc1 66.Rd8 66.Rxe4 Rxd1 67.Rxg4+ Kxh5 66...Ne1+ 67.Kf1 Nd3 68.Ke2 Ra1 69.Rf8 Kxh5 70.Rf6 Kg5 64...Nxe5 65.Bc2 Nd3 66.Kf1 Kxh5 67.Ke2 Kg5 68.Ke3 Kf5 68...h5 69.Bb3 h4 70.Bd5 Nc5 71.Kd4 Kf4 72.Kxc5 g3 69.Ba4 Ke5 70.Bc6 Nb2 70...h5 71.Bxe4 Nxf2 72.Bg6 Nd1+ 73.Kd2 g3 71.f4+ exf3 71...gxf3 72.Bxe4 Nc4+ 73.Kxf3 Nd2+ 74.Kg4 72.Bd7 Nd1+ 73.Kd3 g3 0–1
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| Spraggett | - | Gareyev | - | 0–1 | 2015 | C78 | | |
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After the game, Spraggett congratulated me and apologized for what had happened between us earlier. I did not take the incident personally and took the opportunity to get to know Kevin after the tourney concluded.
But wait… This was an important victory but I still had to win my game against Sousa in the last round because Krzysztof was only half a point behind.
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1.d4 g6 2.c3 Bg7 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Nd2 d5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.f4 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.Ngf3?! 8.Qe2 8...Qb6 9.Rb1 Ng4 10.f5 10.Qe2 f6 11.Bh4 e5 10...e5 10...h6!? 11.h3 Nge5! 11.h3 cxd4 11...e4!? 12.hxg4 exd3 13.0-0 Re8 12.exd4 12.hxg4 dxe3 13.Nf1 e4 14.Bxe3 Qc7 15.Bc2 exf3 16.gxf3 12...Ngf6 13.Nxe5 Re8 14.Ndf3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd4 Bxe5 18.0-0 Bxf5 19.Be3 Be6 20.Qa4 Qd8 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Qxd7 Bxd7 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Rf6 Rae8 25.Kf2 e3+ 26.Ke2 Rg5 27.Kf3 Kg7 28.Rf4 Rge5 29.Ke2 g5 30.Rf3 f5 31.g3 Kg6 32.Rd1 Re4 33.Nc2 Bb5+ 34.Ke1 f4?! 34...R8e6 35.Nd4 Bc6 35.Rd6+ Kf5 36.gxf4 gxf4 36...g4! 37.Rd5+ Ke6 38.Rd4 gxf3 39.Rxe4+ Kf5 40.Rxe3 Kxf4 41.Kf2 Rxe3 42.Nxe3 Bd3 37.Nd4+ 37.Rd5+ R4e5 38.Rd4 Re4 39.Rd5+= 37...Ke5 38.Nxb5 a6 39.Nc7 Kxd6 40.Nxe8+ Rxe8 41.Rxf4 Ke5 42.Rh4 Re7 42...Rg8 43.Ke2 Rg2+ 44.Kxe3 Rxb2 45.Rxh7 Rxa2 46.Rxb7 Rh2 47.Rh7 a5 43.Ke2 Kf5 44.a4 Kg5 45.Rg4+ Kf5 46.Rg3 Re4 46...Kf4 47.Rf3+ Kg5 48.Rxe3± 47.a5 h5 48.Rxe3 Kf4 49.Rxe4+ Kxe4 50.h4 Kf4 51.b4 Kg4 52.c4 Kxh4 53.b5 Kg3 54.c5 54.Kf1+- 54...h4 55.c6 bxc6 56.b6 h3 57.b7 1–0
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The closing ceremony
However, my luck ended when I enjoyed the festive atmosphere downtown where I wanted to celebrate my tournament victory. Somehow and for whatever reason a group of gypsies decided they did not like me. Suddenly, and with people all around me, I had to defend against a gang of people attacking me. I managed to escape the first attack in a reasonable good condition but later, when I left downtown, the gang caught up with me again and this time things became much worse…
The following day I woke up in the local hospital. I was able to function just fine but all of a sudden looked unusually “pretty”.
The media heard about the incident and Portuguese news asked for an interview which made me surprisingly “famous”. When I travelled to Porto and Lisbon in the next couple of days, cab drivers, hotel managers, and random people in the street would go: “Oh, wow, you are that chess champion, I am sorry about what happened.”
At the airport a tourist group I met was travelling to Brazil. A couple of guys came up and said they liked chess and saw me on TV. Which led to another memorable picture.
Figueira do Foz, Final Standings
| 1 |
1 |
|
GM |
GAREYEV Timur |
USA |
2584 |
8,5 |
50,0 |
| 2 |
2 |
|
GM |
JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof |
POL |
2564 |
7,0 |
49,5 |
| 3 |
4 |
|
GM |
PETKOV Vladimir |
BUL |
2475 |
6,5 |
51,0 |
| 4 |
7 |
|
IM |
DÂMASO Rui |
POR |
2438 |
6,0 |
46,5 |
| 5 |
8 |
|
GM |
PAUNOVIĆ Dragan |
SRB |
2435 |
5,5 |
49,0 |
| 6 |
10 |
|
IM |
DIAS Paulo |
POR |
2367 |
5,5 |
48,0 |
| 7 |
5 |
|
GM |
STOPA Jacek |
POL |
2475 |
5,5 |
47,5 |
| 8 |
11 |
|
IM |
KUKOV Velislav |
BUL |
2360 |
5,5 |
43,5 |
| 9 |
12 |
|
IM |
PIASETSKI Leon |
CAN |
2291 |
5,5 |
42,5 |
| 10 |
18 |
|
|
GUERREIRO Nuno |
POR |
2084 |
5,5 |
41,5 |
| 11 |
3 |
|
GM |
SPRAGGETT Kevin |
CAN |
2529 |
5,0 |
54,0 |
| 12 |
9 |
|
IM |
VASSALLO BARROCHE Mauricio |
ESP |
2398 |
5,0 |
49,5 |
| 13 |
13 |
|
|
SOUSA Andre Ventura |
POR |
2251 |
5,0 |
47,0 |
| 14 |
6 |
|
GM |
ROMANISHIN Oleg |
UKR |
2474 |
5,0 |
46,0 |
| 15 |
15 |
|
|
PINHO Paulo |
POR |
2208 |
5,0 |
41,0 |
| 16 |
23 |
|
|
PAIVA Henrique |
POR |
1916 |
5,0 |
40,0 |
| 17 |
21 |
|
|
MIGALA Andrzej |
POL |
1991 |
5,0 |
38,5 |
| 18 |
20 |
|
|
ADAMS Philip |
ENG |
1993 |
5,0 |
38,0 |
| 19 |
14 |
|
FM |
SANTOS Antonio P |
POR |
2247 |
4,5 |
46,5 |
| 20 |
19 |
|
|
OLEA Liliana |
ROU |
2010 |
4,5 |
38,0 |
... 33 participants (Source: chess-results)
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