AICF-AAI Cup 2012: Anton Korobov wins last round and tournament

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12/30/2012 – With a sharp tactical stroke Anton Korobov turned the tables on Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who could have won in the final round of the strongest-ever tournament on Indian soil. With his victory the Ukrainian GM finished on 6.5/10 and a 2788 performance, winning twelve rating points on the FIDE list. Second was Evgeny Alekseev, and third Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran. Final report.
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The AICF-AAI Cup took place in New Delhi from December 21st (first round) to 30th (final round), 2012.

Round ten: Anton Korobov wins AICF-AAI Chess Cup

Grandmaster Anton Korobov of Ukraine (above left) won the AICF-AAI Chess Cup defeating top seed Radoslav Wojtaszek of Poland in the tenth and final round that concluded here in Delhi. Playing with black, Korobov went for the Bogo-Indian Defense and found himself in a difficult situation after the opening. Soon White had a dangerous initiative and it looked as though he would cruise through. However, Wojtaszek could not find the best manoeuvres and went astray in a time scramble. Korobov finished the game with a simple tactical stroke.

Final standings

The Ukrainian finished with an impressive 6.5 points out of a possible 10. The victory fetches Korobov the winner's purse of Rs. 400,000 (= €5,500 or US $7,300), along with twelve important rating points.


Anton Korobov receives his trophy and the traditional Indian flower garland


The winner of the "strongest ever chess event" on Indian soil

Evgeny Alekseev of Russia (above receiving his trophy) finished second on 5.5 points after settling for a draw with Krishnan Sasikiran, while the all-Indian affair between Parimarjan Negi and Abhijeet Gupta also ended in a draw in the final round.

For the records, Krishnan Sasikiran (above) finished third, with five points in all, while Abhijeet Gupta was declared fourth with a better tiebreak score than Wojtaszek, who finished fifth on 4.5 points. Parimarjan Negi had to be content with a sixth place finish with four points.


Officials and players (with garlands): Wojtaszek, Korobov, Alekseev, Gupta, Sasikiran, Negi

Video report by Vijay Kumar (with interviews)

Here are the games of round ten in our JavaScript player:

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.h4 h6 10.Bb1 cxd4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qc2 f5 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Ba2 Re8 16.0-0-0 Qa6 17.Kb1 Nb6 18.Nbxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Nc4 20.Rh3 Kh8 21.Rg3 21.Rc3 would have provided good winning chances. 21...Bxh4 22.Rh3 Be7 23.e6 Bf8 24.g4? Bxe6 25.g5 Rac8 26.gxh6 g6 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Be5+ Kh7 29.Qd2 Be7 30.Nf3? 30.f4 was needed. 30...f4 31.Rhh1 Bg4 32.Qxd5 Be6 33.Qd2 Bg4 34.Qd5 Bf5+ 35.Ka1 Be6 36.Qd3?? Rc1+! 36...Rc1+ 37.Rxc1 Qxd3 0–1
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Wojtaszek,R2734Korobov,A27020–12012E11AICF-AAI Cup 201210.3
Negi,P2641Gupta,A2662½–½2012C67AICF-AAI Cup 201210.1
Alekseev,E2691Sasikiran,K2676½–½2012B17AICF-AAI Cup 201210.2

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