Artemiev wins Karpov Poikowsky Tournament

by Johannes Fischer
6/17/2019 – So far, 2019 has been a good year for Vladislav Artemiev: in February 2019 the Russian Grandmaster had a rating of 2709 but after winning the Gibraltar Masters in January and the European Individual Championship in March he now has a rating of 2761 and is number 10 on the FIDE World Ranking List. At the strong Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky Artemiev was the number one seed but he needed a strong finish to win the tournament on tie-break. | Photos: Vasily Papin
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20. Karpov International Tournament in Poikovsky

Anatoly Karpov, born on May 23, 1953, and World Champion from 1975 to 1985 is one of the strongest chess players in the history of the game and though he no longer plays tournament chess he is still very active. He occasionally plays in Germany's Premier League, the "Bundesliga", he gives simultaneous events, plays exhibiton matches, and promotes chess all over the globe. Perhaps he is also the only player who has a tournament named after him while being alive - the Karpov International Tournament in Poikovsky. The 20th edition was a strong round-robin with ten players from seven countries that finished on June 15.

Elo-favourit was Vladislav Artemiev but it took a while before he found his stride. After seven rounds Artemiev had one win, one loss, and five draws, and was trailing one point behind Dmitry Jakovenko who led the field with 4½/7. However, in the last two rounds Artemiev won his last two games and caught up with Jakovenko who drew twice. Both finished with 5½/9 but Artemiev had won more games and won the tournament on tie-break.

In the crucial last round Artemiev found a remarkable pawn sacrifice which helped him to beat Vladimir Fedoseev in a tactical complicated positon.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.0-0 e6 5.d3 Nf6 6.b3 h6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Bh7 9.e4 Bb4 After 9...dxe4 10.dxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Qe2 Bh7 13.Rfd1 White has a comfortable position and more than enough compensation for the pawn. 10.a3 Ba5 11.Qe2 0-0 12.b4 Bc7 13.e5 The opening went well for White: he has a good position and a slight space advantage. Ne8 14.c4 g5 15.Nb3 Ng7 16.h3 Qe7 17.Bc3 Rae8 18.Rfe1 Bg6 19.Rad1 Bh5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Bd4 Bb6 22.Bc3 Rc8 23.Qb2 Rfd8 24.a4 c5 25.cxd5 exd5 26.bxc5 Bxc5 27.Nxc5 Nxc5
28.e6! A remarkable move. White does not even try to parry Black's threat of 28...Nxa4 which wins a pawn and forks White's queen and bishop. Nxa4 29.Qb4 Qxb4 30.exf7+ Bxf7 31.Bxb4 White is a pawn down and Black has two connected passed pawns on the queenside but White still has good chances: Black's knight on a5 is out of play and the white rooks are ready to get active. Ne6 32.h4 Nf4 33.Bf1 Be6 34.Ra1 b5 35.hxg5 Bxg4 36.Ne5 Bf5 37.gxh6 White regained the pawn and now makes use of his more active pieces. Kh7 38.Bd2 Rg8+ 39.Kh1 Ne6 40.Nd7 Rgd8 41.Re5 Rc2 42.Ba5 Rxd7 43.Rxf5 Nd4 44.Bh3 The engines evaluate this position as equal but it is full of tactical tricks and difficult to play. Kxh6? The decisive error. The engines give 44...Nc5 e.g. 45.Rf4 Nxd3 46.Rxd4 Nxf2+ 47.Kg2 Nxh3+ 48.Kxh3 Kxh6 and Black should be able to hold. 45.Rf4 Ne2 46.Rfxa4! bxa4 47.Bxd7 Nf4 48.Kg1 Kg6 49.Bxa4 Rb2 50.Ra3 Kh5 51.Be8+ Kh6 52.Bd7 Rc2 53.Kh2 Rxf2+ 54.Kg3 Rf1 55.Bd2 Kg5 56.Be3 A last accurate move. Now, the black rook cannot go to g1 and Black loses the pinned knight on f4. Black resigned. 1–0
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Artemiev,V2761Fedoseev,V26801–02019A0720th Karpov Poikovsky 20199.2

Vladimir Fedoseev | Photo: Vasily Papin

Dmitry Jakovenko: unbeaten, but second on tie-break | Photo: Vasily Papin

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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