10/11/2017 – The Elo favourite at the Chess Festival Oslo was Polish grandmaster Grzegorz Gajewski who helps Vishy Anand as a second. However, Gajewski played too many draws and also stumbled against young Chinese IM Di Li. Things went smoother for Andriy Vovk, who won the tournament with 8½/10. | Photo: Anniken Vestby / Schachfestival Oslo
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Andriy Vovk wins Chess Festival Oslo
There was a time when strong grandmasters used to play in invitational tournaments while amateurs tried their skills in open tournaments. But lately this has changed. Today, there are open tournaments in which almost all top players and even the World Champion are keen to play. For amateurs it is harder and harder to hide from the super grandmasters... Well, not quite. There are still some "normal" open tournaments — tournaments with a number of strong players but without the absolute heavyweights. Last week, such an open took place in Oslo.
The venue was the "Quality Hotel Expo", close to the "Telenor Arena", host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.
Almost 120 participants came to play, most of them from Norway. Among the players were ten grandmasters and a couple of titled players. The winner of the tournament would receive 25,000 Norwegian Crowns, about 2,600 Euro.
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Elo favourites were Grzegorz Gajewski (2630) and the Ukrainian grandmaster Andriy Vovk (2622). The two French grandmasters Sebastien Mazé and Matthieu Cornette could also boast of more than 2600 rating points. The best Norwegian in the field was GM Frode Urkedal with an Elo rating of 2570.
Gajewski started with two wins but then drew twice against weaker players. In rounds five and six Gajewski won again but in round seven suffered a defeat against the relatively unknown 18-year old Chinese IM Di Li. After this loss Gajewski drew his next two games but then lost against Swedish GM Erik Blomquist in the final round. With 6 / 10 Gajewski finished on a disappointing 26th place.
Andriy Vovk, the other Elo favorite, fared much better. He won the tournament with 8½/10, winning seven games and drawing three. Here's an energetic win by the Ukrainian:
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1.e4
1,184,215
54%
2421
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1.d4
958,932
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,327
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,722
56%
2443
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1.g3
19,884
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,598
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,953
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,906
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,790
48%
2378
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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
92
67%
2511
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3Nc66.f3e57.Nb3Be78.Be3Be69.Qe20-010.0-0-0Na511.Qb5Nxb3+12.axb3Qc713.g4a614.Qd3Rac815.g5The first new move.15.Rd2b516.g5Nd717.Nd5Nc518.Bxc5Bxd519.exd5Qxc520.h4f521.gxf6Rxf622.Rg2Rf423.h5Kh824.Rhg1Bf625.Rg4Qf226.Be2Re827.R1g2Qc528.Bd1a529.Rxf4exf430.Re2Be531.c3b432.Bc2Qg1+33.Kd2bxc3+34.bxc3g635.hxg6hxg636.Qxg6Bxc3+37.Kxc3Qxg638.Rh2+Kg739.Bxg6Kxg640.Ra2Re3+41.Kd4Rxf342.Rxa5Kf543.Ra6Rxb344.Rxd6Rb145.Rd8Rd1+46.Kc5f347.Rf8+Ke448.d6Ke31/2-1/2 (48)
Kacharava,N (2180)-Sargsyan,S (2409) Kirishi 201715...Nd715...Nh5!?16.Kb1b517.h4Nc518.Qd2b419.Nd5Bxd520.Qxd5a521.Bc4a4The
classical race with kings on opposite sides. Whose attack comes first?21...Ne6!?22.h5a322...axb323.cxb3isn't any better for Black.23.g6h623...axb224.h6+-24.Rhg1axb225.Kxb2Na4+26.Kc1Nb626...Nc3
is similar to the game:27.gxf7+Kh828.Qe6Ne2+29.Kd2Nxg130.Rxg1d531.Rg6Bg532.Rxg7Bxe3+33.Kxe3Qc634.Qxe5+-27.gxf7+Kh828.Qe6Nxc429.Rxg729.Rxg7Kxg729...Bg530.Bxg5hxg531.Qh6#30.Qg6+Kh831.Qxh6#1–0
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Second place went to GM Boris Chatalbashev, Sebasten Mazé finished third, fourth place went to Di Li.
The best Norwegian was Frode Urkedal in 6th place. In the first round he was hardly better against Kimiya Sajjda (1893) but had spotted an idea.
Sajjda-Urkedal
White to move, played 25.Qc2?
Black had just played 24...Qd2, threatening Re1. White reacted with 25.Qc2?, which allowed Black to mate: 25...Re1 26.Kh2 Qf4 27.g3 Nf3, followed by Rg1. After 24...Bf1 things would have been okay for White.
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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nd2dxe44.Nxe4Nf65.Nxf6+Qxf66.Nf3h67.Be3
LiveBook: 6 GamesNd7C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3..
.dxe48.Bd3Bd69.Qd20-0White has an edge.9...b610.Be4Rb811.0-00-012.c4Rd813.Rad1c514.Qc2Qe715.dxc5Nxc50-1 (30) Cornette,M
(2578)-Feller,S (2576) Nimes 200910.0-0-0e511.Rhe1Qe6N11...e4!=remains equal.12.Bxe4Qe6Predecessor:11...exd412.Bxd4Qf413.Be3Qf614.Kb1Ne515.Bd4Nxf316.gxf3Qxf317.Rg1g518.Rxg5+1-0 (18)
Vasilescu,V (2085)-Filzmaier,B (1926) Vienna 201212.d512.dxe5±Nxe513.Nxe5Bxe514.Kb112...Qg4
12...Qe7=keeps the balance.13.h3! White is in control.Qa4And now ...e4
would win.Don't go for13...Qxg2?14.Nh4+-14.Bxh6gxh6??14...f6±is more resistant.15.Re4+-Qxe416.Bxe4f516...Nc517.Re1Kg717.Qxh6fxe418.Qg6+Kh819.Ng5Precision:
White = 71%, Black = 33%.1–0
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