Allan Stig Rasmussen wins Danish Championship

by Klaus Besenthal
10/25/2021 – The Danish Championship, played in Svendborg on the island of Funen, ended on Sunday with the victory of Allan Stig Rasmussen. With a score of 7.0/9 the 37-year-old Grandmaster finished half a point ahead of Sune Berg Hansen and Jesper Søndergård Thybo, who shared second place. It was the fifth time Rasmussen won the title. | Photos: Dansk Skak Union
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Danish Championship 2021

As luck would have it, Rasmussen and Hansen faced each other in the last round of the tournament. Hansen had Black and was half a point behind Rasmussen, but he needed to win the game to win the title. He tried to sharpen the game to get winning chances but soon found himself in bad position. However, Rasmussen did not try to win but was content to repeat moves to secure the title.

 

 
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1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.0-0 Qg4 9.Be2 Qh4 Black tries to sharpen the game but he is not developed enough to create any serious threats. 10.c4 Nf6 11.d5 Bd7 12.Qb3 0-0-0 13.Bf3 e6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qa4 Kb8 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Bf4+ Bd6 21.Be3 Bc5 22.Bf4+ White decided to repeat moves - after all, a draw was enough to secure the title. However, White is much better here. After 22.Rae1 Black is in great trouble - the engines even think Black's position is lost already. 22...Bd6 23.Be3 ½–½
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Rasmussen,A2566Hansen,S2528½–½2021B04DEN-ch Landsholdsklassen 20219.1

 

Before the last round, the 22-year old Jesper Søndergård Thybo, Denmark's number two behind Peter Heine Nielsen, was in third place, but after the draw between Hansen and Rasmussen he had to abandon his hopes for the title. However, with his his last-round win against Jens-Ove Fries-Nielsen he finished on shared second place.

In round 5 Thybo won a theoretically interesting game against Boris Chatalbashev:

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.0-0 Qa5 9.e3 d6 10.Bd2 Bg4?! An over-ambitious move in a well-known position. Black usually plays 10...Bd7 11.Nd5! Bxd1 12.Bxa5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.cxd5 Bc2 15.Rac1 Bd3 16.Rfd1 Bxb2 17.Rxd3! Bxc1 18.dxc6 White is an exchange down but has the pair of bishops and a very strong passed pawn on c6. Rab8 19.c7 Rb1 20.Bf1 Ra1 21.Rd1 h5?! More stubborn was 21...Rxa2 22.Rxc1 Rxa5 23.c8Q Rxc8 24.Rxc8+ Kg7 . White is winning but still has a lot of work to do. 22.Bc3 Bb2 23.Rxa1 Bxa1 24.Ba5 Rc8 25.Ba6 Bc3 26.Bb6! Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Bb4 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Ke2 e6 30.Bd8 Bc3 31.Kd3 Be1 32.f3 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Thybo,J2602Chatalbashev,B25361–02021A39DEN-ch Landsholdsklassen 20215.2

Jesper Søndergård Thybo

Boris Chatalbashev

Lars Schandorff finished fourth 

Table

#   Navn Rating Fide rat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Po Pl We Rn Eo En
1 GM Sune Berg Hansen
Hillerød Skakklub		 2536 2528
10
1
2
½
3
½
4
½
5
1
6
1
7
½
8
1
9
½
 6½ 2 - 3 5,5 2546 5,46 2538
2 IM Nikolaj Borge
Hillerød Skakklub		 2390 2381
9
0
1
½
10
0
3
1
4
½
5
1
6
0
7
1
8
0
 4 5 - 7 3,6 2398 3,52 2386
3 IM Jens Ove Fries Nielsen
Fredericia Skakforening		 2386 2378
8
1
9
0
1
½
2
0
10
1
4
½
5
½
6
½
7
0
 4 5 - 7 3,55 2395 3,29 2385
4 GM Lars Schandorff
Hillerød Skakklub		 2460 2458
7
1
8
1
9
0
1
½
2
½
3
½
10
1
5
½
6
1
 6 4 4,5 2475 4,53 2473
5 FM Poul Rewitz
Skakklubben af 1968		 2264 2264
6
0
7
0
8
½
9
0
1
0
2
0
3
½
4
½
10
0
 1½ 10 2,1 2252 2,15 2251
6 IM Martin Haubro
BMS Skak		 2424 2426
5
1
10
½
7
0
8
0
9
0
1
0
2
1
3
½
4
0
 3 8 4,05 2414 4,11 2415
7 GM Jesper Søndergård Thybo
Køge Skakklub		 2614 2602
4
0
5
1
6
1
10
1
8
1
9
1
1
½
2
0
3
1
 6½ 2 - 3 6,45 2615 6,35 2604
8 GM Boris Chatalbashev
Køge Skakklub		 2536 2536
3
0
4
0
5
½
6
1
7
0
10
1
9
½
1
0
2
1
 4 5 - 7 0 2536 5,56 2520
9 GM Allan Stig Rasmussen
Jetsmark Skakklub		 2567 2566
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
1
7
0
8
½
10
1
1
½
 7 1 5,9 2578 5,92 2577
10 IM Mikkel Djernæs Antonsen
Næstved Skakklub		 2409 2409
1
0
6
½
2
1
7
0
3
0
8
0
4
0
9
0
5
1
 2½ 9 3,85 2392 3,89 2395

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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