8/30/2016 – With more than a 100 titled players and more than 40 grandmasters the open tournament in Abu Dhabi that was played from 21st to 29th August had a strong field. Top seed was Dmitry Andreikin with a rating of 2733. With 3.0/4 he started the tournament well but not overwhelmingly. After six rounds he had 4.5/6, half-a-point less than the leader, but then won three fine games in a row. This was enough to finish clear first with 7.5/9.
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The Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival is one of the most prominent chess festival in all over the world, which consists of a wide variety of tournaments for all strengths and groups. The 23rd edition, held from August 21 to August 29, included players from 54 countries. The strongest section (Master tournament) had 137 players from 32 countries including 40 grandmasters, 38 international masters, and total of 106 title holder players.
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is for its greenery;
the former desert strip today includes numerous parks and gardens.
Abu Dhabi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
Opening ceremony of 23rd Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival
Falconry during the event!
Dmitry Andreikin won the first prize of 13,000 dollars, had a 2818 performance, gained nine
rating points and is now the world's number 25 in live ratings.
Andreikin began his strong finish with a fine and complex attacking game against Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Zubov.
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1.e4
1,166,623
54%
2421
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1.d4
947,298
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
281,602
56%
2441
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1.c4
182,102
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,702
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,265
54%
2427
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1.f4
5,897
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,801
51%
2384
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1.b4
1,756
48%
2380
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1.a3
1,206
54%
2404
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1.e3
1,068
48%
2408
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1.d3
954
50%
2378
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1.g4
664
46%
2360
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1.h4
446
53%
2374
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1.c3
433
51%
2426
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1.h3
280
56%
2418
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1.a4
110
60%
2466
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1.f3
92
46%
2436
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1.Nh3
89
66%
2508
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1.Na3
42
62%
2482
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.d4cxd44.Nxd4a65.Nc3Nc66.Bf4d67.Nxc6bxc68.Qd2d59.0-0-0Nf610.g4Bb411.Bg20-0NA new move in a position that
Andreikin had played before - but with White.Andreikin here preferred11...Qa5and play continued with12.g5Nd713.a3Bxc314.Qxc3Qxc315.bxc3Nb616.Rhe1Bb717.Bc7Na418.Ba50-019.Rd4c520.Rxa4Bc621.exd5Bxa422.dxe6fxe623.Bxa8Rxa824.Rxe6Rf825.Rxa6Rxf226.Bb6Rxc2+27.Kb1Rxc328.Rxa4Rb3+29.Kc2Rxb630.Rc4Rc631.Rf4h632.gxh6g533.Rf5Rxh634.Rxg5+Kf735.Rxc5Rxh2+36.Kb3Ke637.Kb4Kd638.Rc3Rb2+39.Ka5Kd740.Ka6Rb141.a4Ganguly,S (2652)-Andreikin,D (2720) Berlin 2015 1/2-1/2
12.g5Nd713.a3Ba514.h4Re8The attempt to win a piece with14...e5?does not work. After15.exd5exf416.dxc6Ne517.Qxd8Bxd818.c7
White regains the material he sacrificed and is clearly better.15.Bg3Bb7
16.h5!?White gives a pawn to push his attack.Bxc317.Qxc3Qxg5+18.Kb1Qf619.e5Qd820.Bh4Qc721.f4White is a pawn down but the open
g-file and the black-squared bishop give him good attacking chances and
definitely adequate compensation.Kh8?Black wants to put his king on a
safer square but lands in trouble.Better was21...c5with dynamic
equality.22.h6g6
23.Bxd5!Perhaps Black overlooked this
tactical stroke when he played 21...Kh8?.c5Black cannot take the bishop.
After23...exd524.e6+f625.exd7White is winning.24.Bxb7Qxb725.f5!White regained the pawn and continues to attack vigorously.Rab826.Rhg1Nb627.Bf6+Kg828.fxg6fxg629.Qd3Nd5
30.b3Modest and strong.
After the tempting30.Rxg6+hxg631.Qxg6+Kf8White has no clear win
because he has to parry Black's mating threat on b2 before he can continue his
attack against Black's king.30...Nxf631.exf6Qf732.Qxa6e5After32...Qxf633.Qa7White is better: c5 is hanging and White is threatening 34.
Rgf1.33.Rg3e434.Re3Ra835.Qc6Rac836.Qd7Ra837.a4Ra638.Qb5Rxf639.Rxe4A fine tactical shot finishes the game. Black resigned. AfterRxe440.Rd8+Qf841.Qb7Re1+42.Kb2Rf743.Rxf8+Kxf844.Qc8+Black's
position is hopeless.1–0
After beating Zubov with White in a Sicilian in round seven, Andreikin played with White again in round eight. Against Anton Demchenko from Russia. This time, Andreikin showed his skills in a Ruy Lopez.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4d65.c3Bd76.d4g67.Bg5Be78.Be3Nf69.d5Nb810.Bc20-011.c4a512.Nc3Na613.h3Qb8To let the rook
move to c8 and to have an eye on d6.14.Qd2c615.0-0cxd516.cxd5Rc817.Ng5Nh5?!It is not clear why Black started play on the queenside with ...
Qb8, ...Rc8 and ...c6 and now suddenly plays on the kingside.17...b5
is more consistent.18.Bd1!Ng719.f4exf420.Bxf4
White now
threatens 21.Nxf7.20...f6?!Black weakens his position and invites White to a
promising pawn sacrifice.The engines which know no shame and regret here
recommend20...Rf8but this is the kind of move humans do not like to make.21.Ne6!Nxe622.dxe6Bxe623.Bg4Securing his knight a strong outpost
on d5.Bxg424.Nd5Re825.hxg4Nb426.Be3!But not26.Nxe7+Rxe727.Bxd6Qa7+28.Kh2Rxe4and Black is fine.26...Nc6Or26...Nxd527.Qxd5+Kg728.g5Rf829.Bd4with overwhelming pressure for White.27.Nxf6+Bxf628.Rxf6
White regained the pawn and has a winning position -
Black's king is too exposed.28...Qc829.Qd5+Kh830.Raf1Qxg431.Qxd6Kg8
Allowing a simple tactical trick. But Black was lost in any case.32.Qd5+Kh833.Rxc6With the idea to play 34.Bd4+ next. Black resigned.1–0
After this win Andreikin had 6.5/8 and before the ninth and final round shared first place with GM Baskaran Adhiban from India and GM Alexandr Predke from Russia. On the black side of a Najdorf Andreikin won with a textbook example of an endgame good knight vs bad bishop.
Aggressive but weakening.More solid and
careful was17.Ne3with a roughly equal position.17...Bxd518.exd5e5!Leading to a structure in which Black's knight is much better than White's
bishop - particularly so if Black manages to free c5 for his knight.19.Qd3Qb620.Rfb1Rc721.Bf1Ra822.bxa5Qxa523.Rb5Qa724.a5Rc525.Rab1Rxb526.Qxb5Nc527.Qb6
27...Qxb6Black prefers a solid edge in a good knight
vs bad bishop endgame that he cannot lose to the complications that might
arise after27...Qxa528.Qxd6Qxc329.Qc7Black is a pawn up and might
objectively be better but White's d-pawn looks dangerous.28.Rxb6Rd829.a6bxa630.Bxa6e431.Be2Kg732.f4exf333.Bxf3f534.Rc6Kf635.Kf2h636.h4g537.hxg5+hxg538.Bg2Ke539.Rc7Ra840.Re7+Kf641.Re2Ra342.Re3Ra2+43.Kf1Rc244.g4fxg445.Be4Rd246.Ke1Rh247.c4Ke548.Bg2+Kd449.Rg3Nd3+50.Kf1Nf451.c5Kxc552.Be4Nxd553.Bxd5Kxd554.Rxg4Rh555.Kf2Ke556.Rg1d557.Re1+Kd458.Rd1+Kc559.Kf3Rh460.Rc1+Rc461.Rg1g4+62.Ke3g30–1
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By winning against Predke Andreikin beat one of his direct rivals, and when the other, Baskaran Adhiban, did only draw with White against GM Salem A.R. Saleh from the United Arab Emirates Andreikin was sole winner of the tournament.
Adhiban Baskaran finished second with 7.0/9. In 2008 he was World Under-16 Champion and in July 2014 he won the Biel Chess Festival.
At the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso he contributed to India's bronze medal by scoring 7.0/11 on board four.
GM Bassam Amin from Egyptcame third with 7.0/9
GMAlexandr Predke finished fourth with 6.5/9 and came fourth
GM Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh (2617), winner of Asian Chess Championships 2015
in Al Ain and winner of the Asian Blitz Chess Championship finished on place five with 6.5/9.
This picture was taken at an excursion to the Abu Dhabi Ferrari world, the first
and only Ferraritheme park which also holds the record for the largest space frame structure ever built.
Chief organizer of the event is Mr.Ismaeil Alkhouri who always strives to offer the players the best. He is afantastic organizer.
Zuhair Ahmad was the General Coordinator of the Festival. He worked hard to
give every player more than one good reasons to come back.
Friendly and helpful: Chief Arbiter IA Saeed Al Khouri and organizing committee member Mr. Mohamed Hamad
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