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The
Second Gran Fiesta UNAM is taking place in Mexico City from November 16th to
25th, 2012. The Festival started with a women's rapid chess tournament and an
Open. The main attraction, however, is a rapid and blindfold knockout tournament
with Magnus Carlsen, Lazaro Bruzon, Judit Polgar and Manuel Leon Hoyos. Carlsen
will also give a simul display and play an interactive Carlsen vs The World
game on Saturday, November 25th. The final of the quadrangular knockout will
be on Sunday.
The UNAM chess festival is one of the largest in the world, with thousands of chess fans, many tournaments – e.g. the Second Grand International Tournament Chess Open UNAM 2012, the First National University Chess Tournament "Schools Included" – simultaneous exhibitions, workshops, art and science competitions, etc.
The main events included the Magistral Grandes Maestras Female tournament with
18 titled players from three continents. For the qualification heats the participants
were divided in three groups of six players each. The semifinals and finals
are from Friday Nov. 23 to Sunday Nov. 25.
In the second day of the Quadrangular Rapid and Blindfold tournament, characterized by on rapid game and one blindfold game, Judit Polgar successfully repeated Carlsen's path to the final, by beating Manuel Leon Hoyos in the rapid game, and then drawing the blindfold.
The blindfold game between Polgar and Hoyos
in the spotlight
[Event "Cuadrangular UNAM 2012"]
[Site "Mexico City/MEX"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoyos, Manuel Leon"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 Bd7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6
Qxb6 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Nh1 Bb5 18. Nf2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nfd7 20. Rfa1 Rfb8 21. Nfd1
Nb6 22. h3 Nec4 23. Bc1 Qb3 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Re8 27. Ra7 h4
28. Qe1 Qc2 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Bxe3 Nc4 32. Rc1 Qxb2 33. Nd1 Qb3 34.
Bf2 Ne5 35. Rc3 Qa4 36. Ne3 Qb4 37. Rc1 Nd3 38. Qxb4 cxb4 39. Rf1 Nxf2+ 40.
Rxf2 Bd4 41. Re2 b3 42. Nd1 Rc8 43. Rd2 Rc1 0-1
[Event "Cuadrangular UNAM 2012"]
[Site "Mexico City/MEX"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hoyos, Manuel Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Rc1 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. a3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7 20. Rc7 Nc5 21.
b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nxe4 23. Rxb7 Rfb8 24. Rxe7 Rxb4 25. Re1 Ra2 26. h3 Nc5 27.
Bf1 Rd2 28. Ra1 Rxd5 29. g3 Rf5 30. h4 Rb3 31. f4 Rb2 32. Bh3 Rd5 33. Ra8+ Kg7
34. Raa7 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Kf6 36. Rxf7+ Ke6 37. f5+ gxf5 38. Rae7+ Kd5 39. Rxf5+
Kd4 40. Rf4+ Kd5 41. Rf5+ Kd4 42. Rf4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2
That day Magnus Carlsen took on 'The World' as part of the exhibition and played against the audience online as they voted for one of the three moves they were allowed to choose from. While prospectively fun, it took a bit of time to iron out a series of technical difficulties that plagued the early part of the game. Even so, the result was never in doubt, and Magnus Carlsen won his game with ease.
With both the winners decided, the time came to draw the colors to see who would have white in the rapid, and who would be white in the blindfold.
In the morning, Manuel Leon Hoyos defeated Lazaro Batista Bruzon in the fight for third and fourth place.
In their rapid game, Carlsen had the white pieces
To the surprise of the audience, Judit Polgar defeated Magnus Carlsen in their first rapid game
In game two, their blindfold game, where the term blindfold is taken literally as seen
above, it was unclear who would have the edge...
...since Judit Polgar had been playing blindfold at an age when most are playing with
their
dolls or choo-choo trains.
However, the world number one evened the score.
The incomprehensible aspect of this millionaire event is the strange internet coverage
which used video quality, as above, that hasn't been standard since the 1990s. Compare
this to Khanty-Mansiysk or Tashkent which are running at the same time.
In the blitz tiebreaks, Magnus was very focused and defeated Judit convincingly to take the title.
[Event "Cuadrangular UNAM 2012"]
[Site "Mexico City/MEX"]
[Date "2012.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. a3 Ne7 11. b4 O-O 12. bxc5 d5 13. d3 Qa5 14. a4 Rab8 15.
Qe2 Rb3 16. Nd2 Rxc3 17. Nf3 Qxc5 18. Bd2 Rc2 19. Bb4 Rxe2 20. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bc5 Nc8 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Nxe5 Rxa4 26. d4 Bf8 27.
Nd7 Bxc5 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. dxc5 d4 30. Kf1 Na7 31. Ne5 Nb5 32. f4 Ra2 33. Re7
Kf6 34. Rxf7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Kd5 36. c6 Rc2 37. Rb7 Nd6 38. Rd7 Ke6 39. Rd8 g5
40. Nf3 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Rc4 43. Nxg5+ Kd5 44. Nf7 1-0
[Event "Cuadrangular UNAM 2012"]
[Site "Mexico City/MEX"]
[Date "2012.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2848"]
[Annotator "Robot 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. a4 Nf6 7. b4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Be3 c6 13. Ba2 d5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. exd5
cxd5 16. Re1 Re8 17. c4 e4 18. d4 exf3 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. c5 Qd8 21. Qxf3 Nf6
22. Re1 Be6 23. Bb1 Nf8 24. h3 Rc8 25. b6 Bd7 26. Bc2 Ne6 27. Qd3 Bc6 28. f3
Qd7 29. Ra1 Re8 30. g3 Ng5 31. h4 Qh3 32. Nf1 Nge4 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Qe2 e3 35.
Qh2 Qg4 36. Re1 e2 0-1
There was an open running at the same time that was won by Polish GM Bartlomiej Macieja with an impressive 8.5/9.
Rk |
Tit |
Name | FED |
Rtg |
Pts |
TB |
1 |
GM |
Macieja Bartlomiej | POL |
2609 |
8.5 |
53.0 |
2 |
GM |
Dobrov Vladimir | RUS |
2496 |
7.5 |
51.5 |
3 |
FM |
Hambleton Aman | CAN |
2404 |
7.0 |
55.0 |
4 |
GM |
Gonzalez Garcia Jose | MEX |
2497 |
7.0 |
50.5 |
5 |
GM |
Alvarez Pedraza Aramis | CUB |
2525 |
7.0 |
49.0 |
6 |
IM |
Hansen Eric | CAN |
2539 |
7.0 |
46.0 |
7 |
GM |
Hernandez Carmenate Holden | CUB |
2562 |
6.5 |
54.5 |
8 |
GM |
Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley | CUB |
2463 |
6.5 |
52.5 |
9 |
GM |
Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos | MEX |
2542 |
6.5 |
52.5 |
10 |
GM |
De La Paz Perdomo Frank | CUB |
2436 |
6.5 |
50.5 |
11 |
FM |
Della Morte Pablo | ARG |
2308 |
6.5 |
49.5 |
12 |
IM |
Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando | MEX |
2473 |
6.5 |
49.0 |
13 |
IM |
Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar | CUB |
2399 |
6.5 |
48.0 |
14 |
GM |
Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel | CUB |
2446 |
6.5 |
46.5 |
15 |
IM |
Ruiz C Joshua D | COL |
2332 |
6.5 |
45.5 |
16 |
WIM |
Van Weersel Arlette | NED |
2168 |
6.5 |
39.5 |
Photos by Graciela Manteiga and the official site
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