2/8/2018 – This year's Moscow Open was strong, if not outstanding — 16 players sported Elo ratings of 2500 or more, and three came in over 2600. But the surprise winner was 15-year-old IM Semen Lomasov, who started as the twelfth seed but left all the favourites behind, winning the tournament clear with the impressive score of eight points from nine games.
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In this course, Grandmaster Felix Blohberger delivers a complete opening repertoire for White, centred around the flexible move 1.Nf3.
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A future Russian GM?
Over 1500 players participate in the Moscow Open chess festival across a variety of tournaments. The main A Open was held at the Russian State Social University in from January 27th to February 4th, 2018. Over 200 players competed in the a 9-round Swiss Open for a first prize of 500,000 roubles (more than USD $8,000). The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30 second bonus per move.
The university is located on Moscow's north side about 45 minutes from the Kremlin
Going into the last round Lomasov had half a point ahead of his pursuers, and secured clear first place with a comfortable victory over FM Maksim Samusenko.
Semen Lomasov - Maksim Samusenko
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1.e4
1,185,008
54%
2421
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1.d4
959,510
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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Please, wait...
1.e4d62.d4Nf63.Nc3e54.Nf3Nbd75.Bc4Be76.0-00-07.a4a68.a5exd49.Qxd4Ng410.Nd5Nde511.Nxe5Nxe512.Bf4Bf613.Nxf6+Qxf614.Bxe5Qxe515.Qxe5dxe5Black can trade a number of pieces, but
it does little to aid his defence. His pawns are
vulnerable and he has difficulty bringing his pieces into play. In the
remainder of the game, the 15-year-old Lomasov shows impressive technique.16.Rfd1Re817.Ra3Kf818.Rc3f619.h4Rb820.Kh2Ke721.Bb3c622.Rg3g623.h5g524.Rgd3f525.Rd6fxe426.Rh6Rh827.Re1Kf828.Rxe4Kg729.Rd6Rf830.Rxe5Bf531.f3Rbe832.Rxe8Rxe833.h6+Kh834.g4Bc835.Bf7Rf836.b4Black is in Zugzwang, and can't avoid further material losses.1–0
It’s a problem every player encounters when he stands better in a game: how to convert his plus into a full point? In this DVD the author answers this difficult question of chess strategy, considering both the psychological aspects of the realisation of an advantage and the technical methods.
In parallel, a tournament only for Women was held, although many of the participants would have been at home rating-wise in the A tournament. IM Anastasia Bodnaruk matched Lomasov's score of 8 / 9 points a full point ahead of IMs Alina Kashlinskaya and Marina Nechaeva, who took second and third.
Also like Lomasov, she did it by winning her last round game. In the final position below, Bodnaruk's knights are far too strong for Black's rook which is powerless to impede the advance of the passed e-pawn.
Johannes FischerJohannes 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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