2/6/2016 – Chess is booming in Iran. A few days after the end of the Iranian Championships an international tournament took place in Mashhad, Iran's second most populous city, formerly an oasis along the ancient Silk Road. After nine rounds GM Pavel Maletin and IM Maksim Chigaev (both from Russia) shared first place with 7.5/9 each. Maletin won on tie-break-points.
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The 6th Ferdowsi Tournament in Mashhad
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The majority of he 178 players who took part in the 6th International Ferdowsi Tournament in Mashhad came from Iran but there were also players from Azerbaijan and Armenia, Russia and Ukraine. With eleven Grandmasters and a number of International Masters the field was reasonably strong.
After nine rounds the Russians Pavel Maletin and Maksim Chigaev shared first place with 7.5/9. They both did not lose a single game but scored six wins and three draws. However, first on tie-break points was Maletin. Half a point behind the leaders followed eight players with 7.0/9 each. Third on tie-break was GM Gadir Guseinov from Azerbaijan.
In round five Maletin scored a crucial win by beating Guseinov with Black. In a Sicilian Najdorf Maletin attacked in textbook-fashion.
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Bg5Nbd77.Qe2h68.Bh4g69.0-0-0e510.Nb3Be711.g4This is a new move but in this game it
failed to be effective.b512.Bg3b413.Nd5Nxd514.exd50-015.h4White
advances his pawns but his pieces are still far away from Black's king.a516.Kb1a417.Nd2Nc518.h5g519.f3b3Black attacks in a simple and
straightforward way: first he opens line, then he attacks the main weakness in
White's camp.20.Ne4Nxe421.Qxe4f522.Qd3bxa2+23.Kxa2Bd724.Bh3Qb625.gxf5Rfb826.Qa3Bf6!After this calm move White has no adequate
defense against the threat of ...e4 with a devastating attack on b2.27.Rhe1After27.Ka1e428.Rb1exf3Black is winning. If White grabs the pawn on
d6 with29.Bxd6Black hasQxd6!30.Qxd6a331.Qxb8+Rxb832.Ka2axb2
with a winning position.After27.c3Black wins withQb3+28.Qxb3axb3+29.Kb1Ra2with a winning attack, e.g.30.Kc1e431.fxe4Bxc3-+27...e428.Rxe4Qxb2+29.Qxb2Rxb2+30.Ka3Rxc231.Bxd6Bb2+32.Ka2a333.Kb3Rf2White loses material.0–1
According to Wikipedia "Mashhad is the second most populous city in Iran and capital of Razavi Khorasan Province. It is located in the northeast of the country, close to the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Its population was 2,749,374 at the 2011 census and its built-up (or metro) area was home to 2,782,976 inhabitants including Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh cities. It was a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv in the East.
The city is most famous and revered for housing the tomb of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam. Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine and pay their tributes to Imam Reza.
Mashhad is also known as the city of Ferdowsi, the Iranian poet of Shahnameh, which is considered to be the national epic of Iran. The city is the hometown of some of the most significant Iranian literary figures and artists such as Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, the famous contemporary poet, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, the traditional Iranian singer and composer. Ferdowsi and Akhavan Sales are both buried in Tus, an ancient city that is considered to be the main origin of the current city of Mashhad."
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