Gibraltar 02: Smooth wins and a few upsets

by Johannes Fischer
1/28/2016 – Most favorites had no difficulties to win in round two of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016. Top players such as Hikaru Nakamura and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave showed smooth chess and Viswanathan Anand easily defeated German FM Matthias Bach, who in round one was close to winning against Indian GM Ganguly. But not all favorites had such a good day.
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Play in the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters starts at 15.00 local time (GMT+1) on Tuesday 26 January 2016, with live commentary from GM Simon Williams and IM Elisabeth Paehtz throughout. There is play every subsequent day at this time until Thursday 4 February 2016, when the tenth final round starts earlier at 11.00 (GMT+1). Live coverage may be found via the official website.

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Tamas Fodor vs Hikaru Nakamura

Top seed Hikaru Nakamura played with black against GM Tamas Fodor but scored an easy win. He improved a known line of the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2, seized the initiative and finally won with a nice tactical maneuver.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nxc5 9.b4 Nce4 10.Qd4 d6 11.Bg5 Nxg5 12.Nxg5 a5 A novelty with which Black manages to seize the initiative. According to Fritz 15 Black is already slightly better. 13.b5 h6 14.Nf3 e5 15.Qb2 e4 16.Nd4 e3 17.f3 Bd7 18.g3 Rc8 White suffers from his lack of development which Black exploits by simply attacking White's weaknesses. 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Qc3 Rfe8 21.Bg2 Qc5 22.0-0 d5 23.Nb3 Qxa3 24.Nxa5 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 b6 26.Nb7 Rxc4 27.Rxc4 dxc4 28.Rc1 After A 28.Nd6 Re6 29.Nxc4 Bxb5 Black also has an easy win. 28...Rc8 29.Nd6 Rc5 30.Rc3 White cannot regain the pawn. After 30.Rxc4 Rd5 White loses at least a piece. 30...Rd5 31.Nxc4 Rc5 Renewing the pin and winning material. 32.Rc2 Bf5 White resigned because he will lose the knight. After 33.Tc1 or 33.Rc3 Black simply plays 33...Be6. 0–1
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Fodor,T-Nakamura,H-0–12016E39Gibraltar Masters 20162.1

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Valentina Gunina

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave showed his attacking skills in his game against Valentina Gunina. The French number one sacrificed two pawns and then calmly build a strong attack against which Gunina found no defense.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.0-0 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.d4 Nd7 7.c4 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Nh4 0-0 11.f4 Ne4 12.Nf5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 f6 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.e4 Re8 16.g4 Bf7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.e5 Nc4 19.Qc2 fxe5 20.dxe5 Rad8 21.Qf2 c5 22.Re1 Qc7 23.f5!? Sacrificing a pawn to get play on the black squares. Rxe5 24.Bf4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qa5 26.Qg3 White sacrifices a second pawn for the attack. Qxa2 27.Bg5 Rc8 28.f6 White is two pawns down but calmly strengthens his attack by further weakening the black squares. gxf6 29.Bxf6 Qd2 30.g5 Nd6 Allowing White a tactical shot. 31.g6! Bxg6 31...hxg6 32.Qh4+- 32.Qe5 White attacks d5 and suddenly Black cannot parry all threats. Rf8 After 32...Bf7 White wins with 33.Re2 Qd1+ 34.Bf1 Re8 35.Rg2+ Bg6 36.Qxd6 Black has three pawns for the piece but her king is too exposed - White is winning, for example: Qf3 37.Rf2 Qe4 38.Qd7 Bf7 39.Rg2+ 33.Bxd5+ Nf7 34.Bg5 With the lethal threat 35.Bh6. Black has to give the queen to prevent mate. 1–0
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Vachier-Lagrave,M-Gunina,V-1–02016A07Gibraltar Masters 20162.2

Nigel Short (Picture: Sophie Triay)

Part of being successful in open tournaments is the ability to win equal or slightly better positions. In round 2 of the Gibraltar Chess Festival Nigel Short showed how to do this.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg2 e5 8.Qe2 e4 9.Bg5 Qxd4 10.c3 Qe5 11.Nf3 Qf5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxe4+ Qe7 14.Ne5 f6 15.Nc4 Qxe4+ 16.Bxe4 Be6 17.Ne3 Bc5 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 g6 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 0-0-0 After some mild excitement in the opening Black reached a double rook ending in which he is, of course, more comfortable. But it is hard to imagine that he can get serious winning chances. However, step by step Short grinds down his opponent. 22.Ke2 Rd5 23.Rad1 Rb5 24.b4 a5 25.a3 Re8 26.Rhf1 Re6 27.g4 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rbe5 30.Rf3 Kc7 31.Rd4 g5 32.Kd3 c5 33.bxc5 Rxc5 Black is gradually making progress. Instead of one weakness (e3) White now has four. 34.c4 b5 35.cxb5 Rxb5 36.Rc4+ Kd7 37.Rd4+ Ke7 38.a4 Rb3+ 39.Kd2 Ra3 40.Rf5 Rexe3 41.Rxa5 Rg3 Now White's king is in trouble. 42.Kc2 Rg2+ 43.Kb1 Rb3+ 44.Ka1 Ra3+ 45.Kb1 Rb3+ 46.Ka1 Rbg3 47.Ra7+ Ke6 48.Re4+ Kd5 49.Rb4 Rxg4 Black cashes in. But he still has to convert his material advantage into a win. 50.Ra5+ Ke6 51.Rb6+ Kf7 52.Rf5 Rxa4+ 53.Kb1 Kg6 54.Rbxf6+ Kh5 55.Rf8 Ra6 56.Rg8 Re6 57.Rf1 Kg4 58.Rc1 Re4 59.Rg7 Rb4+ 60.Ka1 Rf4 61.Kb1 Rf5 62.Rg8 Kg3 63.Rg7 g4 64.Rg8 Rf4 65.Rg7 Rff2 66.Rb7 Rf3 67.Rg7 Kh2 68.Rg8 Rb3+ 69.Ka1 Rh3 70.Rc6 g3 0–1
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Shytaj,L-Short,N-0–12016B17Gibraltar Masters 20162.15

GM Pentala Harikrishna (in front) follows the theoretical
debate between Erik Blomqvist and Li Chao

However, not all favorites could win their games. Chinese GM Li Chao, for instance, fell victim to a well-prepared and tactically alert opponent.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.Nxc6 Relevant: 13.Qe1 Rc8 14.h4 Na5 15.Nc1 Nc4 16.Rh3 a5 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Rhd3 h5 19.g3 Be7 20.Qe2 Bc8 21.R3d2 Ba6 22.Qf3 a4 23.Nce2 Bb7 24.Qd3 Rc5 25.c4 Kf8 26.b3 Rg8 27.bxa4 Qa6 28.Nb5 Kg7 29.Ned4 Qxa4 30.f5 Re5 31.Re1 Kh8 32.Nf3 exf5 33.Nxe5 fxe5 34.Nxd6 b3 35.Nxb7 bxa2+ 36.Ka1 Qb4 37.Qe3 f4 38.gxf4 Bxh4 39.Rh1 Qxb7 40.fxe5 Rg4 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qxh5 Qxe4 Giri,A (2752) -Topalov,V (2772) Stavanger 2014 1-0 13...Bxc6 14.f5 e5 15.Ng3 Qc5 16.Nh5 Ke7 17.Bd3 Rg8 18.Rhe1 a5 19.Qe2 a4 20.Bc4 Ra7 21.h4 Bh6 22.g4 Bf4 23.Nxf4N The first new move. In a previous game White played 23.g5 fxg5 24.f6+ Kf8 25.Ng7 Rxg7 26.fxg7+ Kxg7 27.hxg5 Bxg5 28.Rg1 h6 29.Rg3 Rc7 30.b3 a3 31.Rgd3 Bb5 32.Bxb5 Qxb5 33.c4 bxc3 34.Kc2 Re7 35.Qf3 Re6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rxd6 Qc5 38.Rd7 Bf4 39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.Rd8+ Ke7 41.Qd7+ Kf6 42.Qd6+ Qxd6 43.Rxd6+ Ke7 44.Rd3 f5 45.exf5 Kf6 46.Rxc3 Kxf5 47.b4 h5 48.Rxa3 h4 49.Kd1 Kg4 50.Ke2 h3 51.Rb3 h2 52.Rb1 Kg3 Atakisi,U (2365) -Stojanovic,D (2496) Sarajevo 2008 1/2-1/2 (68) 23...exf4 24.g5 f3 Black wants to deflect White's queen from the defense of the bishop on c4. After 24...fxg5 25.hxg5 Rxg5 26.Qh2 Rd7 27.Qxf4 f6 28.Be6 White regains the pawn with advantage. 25.gxf6+ Kxf6? Too bold. The black king had to run for cover with 25...Kd8 26.Qxf3 Qxc4 27.Qf4! Much stronger than the immediate 27.Rxd6. White is winning. Qc5 28.Rxd6+ Ke7 29.f6+ Ke8 30.Rxc6 Regaining the piece with a lot of interest. Qxc6 31.Qb8+ Kd7 32.Rd1+ Ke6 33.Qxa7 Kxf6 34.Rf1+ Ke5 35.Qxf7 Rg2 36.Qe7+ Kd4 37.Qxb4+ Ke5 38.Qe7+ Kd4 39.Qa7+ Ke5 40.Qa5+ Kd4 41.Qd8+ Kxe4 42.Qe7+ Kd5 43.c4+ 1–0
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Blomqvist,E-Li,C-1–02016B67Gibraltar Masters 20162.4

Natalia Pogonina

The other big upset of the round was Natalia Pogonina's win against Arkadij Naiditsch.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.c4 h6 10.Nc3 g5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.Ng3 Ng6 14.Qc2 Be7 15.Be3 c5 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 White is clearly better. Qd7 19.Nf5 Bf6 20.0-0 Ne7 21.Nxe7 Bxe7 22.Rfd1 Rc8 23.b4 f5 24.f3 Kf7 25.Rac1 f4 26.Bb6 g4 27.fxg4 Qxg4 28.Qe4 Rhg8 29.Rf1 Qg6 30.Qe2 Qf5 31.c5 Rg4 32.c6 bxc6 33.dxc6 e4 34.Kh1 Bf6 35.c7 Be5 Black's attack looks stronger than it is. 36.Bd4 Bxd4 37.Qc4+ Ke7 38.Qxd4 e3 39.h3 Rh4 40.Qg7+ Ke6 41.Rc4 Qd3 42.Rcxf4 Rxf4 43.Qxh6+ Kd7 44.Qxf4 Rxc7 45.Qg4+ Kc6 46.Rd1 Qc3 47.Qe4+ Kd7 48.Rd3 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Rc3 50.Qf5+ Kc7 51.Qf7+ Kb6 52.Rxd6+ Rc6 53.Rd7 1–0
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Pogonina,N-Naiditsch,A-1–02016C75Gibraltar Masters 20162.11

Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk

Former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria

Natalia Zhukova...

... drew with Black against Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna

After his first round Anand did not play on the top boards but had no trouble to win against...

... German FM Matthias Bach.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.exd4 exd4 6.a3 a5 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.Nf1 With his unambitious opening White avoided any possible preparation but gave Black a comfortable position. Nd7 14.Ng3 Bh7 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.Nde4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Rfd8 Black is already better. 19.Bd3 Ne5 20.f4 Giving a pawn to stir up some trouble. Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Qxf4 22.Re2 Qe5 23.Rf1 g6 24.Ref2 Rd7 25.Qh3 Rad8 26.Qxh6 Qxe4 27.Qg5 d3 28.Rxf7 This looks dangerous but does not particularly impress Black. d2 29.R7f6 Rd6 30.Rd1 Rxf6 31.Qxf6 Qe1+ 32.Qf1 Re8 0–1
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Bach,M-Anand,V-0–12016A09Gibraltar Masters 20162.21

Focused: Vishy Anand (Picture: Sophie Triay)

Ni Hua

Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Jovanka Houska

Results

Br. Nr.   Name Elo Pkt. Ergebnis Pkt.   Name Elo Nr.
1 66 GM Fodor Tamas Jr. 2500 1 0 - 1 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 1
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 1 1 - 0 1 GM Gunina Valentina 2496 67
3 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2755 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2484 69
4 68 GM Blomqvist Erik 2492 1 1 - 0 1 GM Li Chao B 2751 5
5 70 IM Nakar Eylon 2479 1 0 - 1 1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 7
6 8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 1 1 - 0 1 GM Tarjan James E 2478 71
7 72 IM Ly Moulthun 2474 1 0 - 1 1 GM Rapport Richard 2721 9
8 10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 1 1 - 0 1 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2460 77
9 78 IM Galyas Miklos 2459 1 0 - 1 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 11
10 12 GM Ni Hua 2697 1 1 - 0 1 GM Krush Irina 2458 79
11 80 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2454 1 1 - 0 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2696 13
12 14 GM Ragger Markus 2689 1 1 - 0 1 IM Tan Justin 2446 81
13 82 IM Kelires Andreas 2444 1 0 - 1 1 GM Howell David W L 2685 15
14 16 GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 1 1 - 0 1 IM Salomon Johan 2444 83
15 84 IM Shytaj Luca 2443 1 0 - 1 1 GM Short Nigel D 2684 17
16 18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 1 1 - 0 1 IM Stark Lars 2440 85
17 86   Kollars Dmitrij 2436 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Kamsky Gata 2665 19
18 20 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2660 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Akesson Ralf 2435 87
19 88 GM Tischbierek Raj 2433 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 23
20 92 FM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2427 1 0 - 1 1 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 25

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Standings after round two

1 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 2,0 0 2 1,76 0,24 10 2,4
  2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 2,0 0 2 1,76 0,24 10 2,4
  7 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 2,0 0 2 1,72 0,28 10 2,8
  8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 2,0 0 2 1,72 0,28 10 2,8
  9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2721 2,0 0 2 1,72 0,28 10 2,8
  10 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2700 2,0 0 2 1,70 0,30 10 3,0
  11 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 2,0 0 2 1,70 0,30 10 3,0
  12 GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 2,0 0 2 1,70 0,30 10 3,0
  14 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 2,0 0 2 1,69 0,31 10 3,1
  15 GM Howell David W L ENG 2685 2,0 0 2 1,69 0,31 10 3,1
  16 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2684 2,0 0 2 1,69 0,31 10 3,1
  17 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2684 2,0 0 2 1,70 0,30 10 3,0
  18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 2,0 0 2 1,68 0,32 10 3,2
  25 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 2,0 0 2 1,67 0,33 10 3,3
  28 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2625 2,0 0 2 1,64 0,36 10 3,6
  29 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2624 2,0 0 2 1,65 0,35 10 3,5
  32 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 2,0 0 2 1,64 0,36 10 3,6
  33 GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 2,0 0 2 1,64 0,36 10 3,6
  36 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2583 2,0 0 2 1,60 0,40 10 4,0
  40 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier ESP 2572 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  41 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2570 2,0 0 2 1,60 0,40 10 4,0
  42 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2565 2,0 0 2 1,60 0,40 10 4,0
  43 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2556 2,0 0 2 1,60 0,40 10 4,0
  45 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2553 2,0 0 2 1,60 0,40 10 4,0
  46 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2550 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  47 GM Muzychuk Anna UKR 2537 2,0 0 2 1,58 0,42 10 4,2
  49 GM Handke Florian Dr. GER 2533 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  50 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2530 2,0 0 2 1,58 0,42 10 4,2
  53 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2518 2,0 0 2 1,58 0,42 10 4,2
  54 IM Pichot Alan ARG 2517 2,0 0 2 1,58 0,42 10 4,2
  56 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2515 2,0 0 2 1,58 0,42 10 4,2
  57 IM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2515 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  58 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2511 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  59 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2508 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  60 GM Bai Jinshi CHN 2507 2,0 0 2 1,58 0,42 10 4,2
  62 WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2504 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  63 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2502 2,0 0 2 1,59 0,41 10 4,1
  64 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2502 2,0 0 2 1,82 0,18 10 1,8
  65 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2500 2,0 0 2 1,80 0,20 10 2,0
  68 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2492 2,0 0 2 1,08 0,92 10 9,2
  80 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2454 2,0 0 2 1,10 0,90 10 9,0
  115 IM Anurag Mhamal IND 2387 2,0 0 2 1,24 0,76 10 7,6

... 250 players

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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