Biel: Keymer beats Naiditsch

by Sebastian Siebrecht
7/24/2020 – Vincent Keymer has put his defeat against Michael Adams behind him, and showed his other side against Arkadij Naiditsch — as an uncompromising attacking player. David Anton defeated Romain Edouard. In the Open, Gerlef Meins is in the shared lead, while Sebastian Siebrecht — the author of these articles — is a point behind him in the standings. | Photos: Simon Bohnenblust

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Keymer furious

In the third round of the GM-T, Vincent Keymer showed himself to be well recovered from his defeat against Michael Adams the day before. After a rather calm opening with a fianchetto set-up against Arkadij Naiditsch’s beloved King’s Indian, the young German launched a furious attack. With the march of the g and h-pawns, the path to the black king opened up.

Naiditsch did not accept the sacrifice, but still could not keep the enemy attack in check. After only 28 moves, the black king wriggled in the mating net.

 
Keymer-Naiditsch

17.h5 f5? [Better was 17 ... Nc2 + 18.Kd2 Nxa1 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qxg6 Rf6 21.Qh7 + Kf7 22.Qh5 + Kg8 23.Rxa1 Qe8 24.Qh4 with an open exit.]

18.Qxg6 Rf6 19.Gg2 Kh7 [19...f4 20.h6] 20.exf5 Nc2 + 21.Kd2 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qb6 23.Kc2 Rc8 [Qxe3 24.Rh3 Qh6 25.Rg1 Rc8 26. Rg3 Rc7 27.Kb1 and the intervention of the knight on e4 decides the game.]

24.Rag1 Bh6 25.Kb1 Qxe3 [25...Rxc3 26.Qg8#]

26.Ne4 Rff8 27.Qg6+ Kh8

 

28.Nf6 [28... Rc7 29.Qg8+ Rxg8 30.Rxg8#] 1–0

Keymer played energetically, and in the press conference that followed he said that “mating is still the best”. This refreshing mood could be the key to a successful performance. The light-heartedness of a 15-year-old!

In the next round the top favourite of the tournament, the Indian Pentala Harikrihna, with the white pieces, will face the youngster.

The stage

In another exciting and very aggressively played game, Spain’s David Anton Gujiarro finally beat France’s Romain Edouard.

 
Edouard-Anton

40.Rb7 Rc8 [40 ... Rb4 was also OK: 41.f6 h5]  41.Kg4 [41.Rxb6 Ra8 42.Rb3 a4 43.Ra3 f6]  41 ... Ra8 42.g6 hxg6 43.fxg6 fxg6 44 .Rxb6 Kf7 45.Rb7 + Ke6  0–1

Radek Wojtaszek against Michael Adams, as well as Pentala Harikrishna against the Swiss Noel Studer, were drawn after long fights.

Thus the young German talent Vincent Keymer again took the lead in the overall ranking of the Grandmaster Triathlon.

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Overall standings - GM Tournament

Rank Name Classical Rapid Blitz Total
1 GM Vincent Keymer  8 10 0 18
2 GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek 12 0 16½
3 GM Michael Adams 7 8 0 15
4 GM Pentala Harikrishna 10 0 14½
5 GM Arkadij Naiditsch 5 0 10½
6 GM David Antón Guijarro 4 0
7 GM Romain Édouard 3 4 0 7
8 GM Noël Studer 3 3 0 6

After tomorrow’s fourth round, the blitz, the third discipline of the triathlon in Biel, will take place on Saturday.

Four players lead the Open

In the main corona tournament there are still four players with a clean slate after four rounds.

One German is among the leaders, IM Gerlef Meins from Bremen.

Gerlef Meins

The games of the first three rounds of the C-HTO are now available as a PGN download for replay.

A view of the Open

Standings table (top 30) - CHT-O

Rg. Name Pkt.  Wtg1 
1 Meins Gerlef 4,0 9,0
2 Bauer Christian 4,0 9,0
3 Rohrer Christophe 4,0 7,5
4 Decker Nils 4,0 7,0
5 Jovanovic Sladjan 3,5 8,0
6 Fecker Noah 3,5 7,5
7 Youssoupov Moisse 3,5 5,5
8 Contin Daniel 3,0 10,0
9 Karsay Pascal 3,0 10,0
10 Gschnitzer Adrian 3,0 9,0
11 Kamber Bruno 3,0 9,0
12 Bellahcene Bilel 3,0 9,0
13 Moriniaux Colin 3,0 9,0
14 Buchenau Frank 3,0 8,5
15 Mathieu Phileas 3,0 8,0
  Emmenecker Pierre-Antoine 3,0 8,0
17 Pahud Cedric 3,0 8,0
18 Cahen Alexis 3,0 8,0
19 Adrian Claude 3,0 8,0
20 Baenziger Fabian 3,0 8,0
21 Pham Khoi 3,0 7,5
22 Krivenko Dion 3,0 7,5
23 Saya Ethan 3,0 7,5
24 Siebrecht Sebastian 3,0 7,0
25 Ermitsch Magnus 3,0 7,0
26 Perestjuk Marko 3,0 7,0
27 Carre Sylvain 3,0 7,0
28 Ohler Julius 3,0 7,0
29 Perreard Nicolas 3,0 7,0
30 Jepsen Thomas Tange 3,0 6,5

...138 participants

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1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 d5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Na3 b6 9.Nh4 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 e5 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.f5 b5 16.Nd2 c4 17.Nf1 Nd7 18.Be3 Bf8 19.h3 Nc5 20.Nh2 Nb8 21.Ng4 Nbd7 22.Rad1 Nd3 23.Rf1 gxf5 24.Nxf5 f6 25.b4 Re6 26.Ngh6+ Bxh6 27.Nxh6+ Kg7 28.h4 Nf8 29.Ng4 Kf7 30.Nxf6 Kg7 31.Bg5 Rb8 32.Bh3 Ra6 33.Nh5+ Kg6 34.Bf5+ Kxh5 35.g4# 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Bauer,C2623Schimmer,M17761–02020A03Corona Open1.1
Bachofner,S1767Bellahcene,B25020–12020A02Corona Open1.2
Siebrecht,S2429Moerwald,M17601–02020D06Corona Open1.3
Smeets,K1755Meins,G24150–12020B67Corona Open1.4
Gschnitzer,A2404Kipper,S17491–02020B43Corona Open1.5
Svendsen,H1735Baenziger,F24030–12020A16Corona Open1.6
Freiburghaus,S1717Fecker,N23460–12020A48Corona Open1.8
Youssoupov,M2333Rempe,M17171–02020D02Corona Open1.9
Kamber,B2290Stucki,M17041–02020B38Corona Open1.11
Budinski,N1699Buchenau,F22780–12020C01Corona Open1.12
Contin,D2251Fiechter,P16971–02020B54Corona Open1.13
Lachausse,B2246Adrian,C16920–12020C15Corona Open1.14
Lorscheid,G2241Stoffregen,G16911–02020D10Corona Open1.15
Norden,M1690Rohrer,C22350–12020D38Corona Open1.16
Pahud,C2225Paholok,I16761–02020C01Corona Open1.17
Jaccard,L1666Mathieu,P22140–12020B22Corona Open1.18
Saya,E2199Loeffler,H16491–02020B53Corona Open1.19
Franssen,R1632Jovanovic,S21760–12020E74Corona Open1.20
Emmenecker,P2172Geiser,M16281–02020D05Corona Open1.21
Fluekiger,K1602Borner,D21540–12020B06Corona Open1.22
Schulz,M2132Keymer,C15631–02020D00Corona Open1.23
Muehlemann,W2125Cahen,A15550–12020A37Corona Open1.24
Jepsen,T2116Schnell,S15501–02020D37Corona Open1.25
Lang,J1543Perestjuk,M21160–12020D31Corona Open1.26
Carre,S2106Pabst,M15431–02020D02Corona Open1.27
Rempe,J1539Emmenecker,P21720–12020A48Corona Open1.28
Adrian,L2061Meier,H15301–02020E67Corona Open1.29
Shatil,O1530Pham,K20480–12020B84Corona Open1.30
Decker,N2047Swosdyk,P15301–02020A45Corona Open1.31
Mollard,P1522Krivenko,D20460–12020D00Corona Open1.32
Krivenko,D2046Bauer,C26230–12020B06Corona Open2.1
Bellahcene,B2502Ohler,J2024½–½2020B12Corona Open2.2
Bonferroni,T1964Siebrecht,S24290–12020B06Corona Open2.3
Meins,G2415Ermitsch,M20001–02020E05Corona Open2.4
Perreard,N1956Gschnitzer,A24040–12020A57Corona Open2.5
Baenziger,F2403Steibel,J19891–02020D78Corona Open2.6
Fecker,N2346Moriniaux,C1963½–½2020B76Corona Open2.7
Famel,E1934Youssoupov,M2333½–½2020D94Corona Open2.8
Karsay,P2304Briand,A19291–02020D02Corona Open2.9
Prieb,R1918Kamber,B22900–12020E70Corona Open2.10
Buchenau,F2278Thomas,J19141–02020B20Corona Open2.11
Jakhari,A1908Contin,D22510–12020C07Corona Open2.12
Adrian,C2246Fecker,J18981–02020A34Corona Open2.13
Lips,A1878Lorscheid,G2241½–½2020B15Corona Open2.14
Rohrer,C2235Brandt,D18721–02020A34Corona Open2.15
Battistella,V1861Pahud,C2225½–½2020A46Corona Open2.16
Mathieu,P2214Roth,D18631–02020C00Corona Open2.17
Pellicoro,N1856Saya,E2199½–½2020C10Corona Open2.18
Jovanovic,S2176Stoecklin,C18571–02020D00Corona Open2.19
Dammann,J1850Emmenecker,P21720–12020C92Corona Open2.20
Borner,D2154Spanton,T18551–02020B27Corona Open2.21
Rosebrock,T2132Schulz,M18390–12020B15Corona Open2.22
Cahen,A2125Courjal,P18481–02020C00Corona Open2.23
Moerwald,M1791Jepsen,T2116½–½2020B13Corona Open2.24
Perestjuk,M2116Wenger,A18311–02020B03Corona Open2.25
Bruessow,J1779Carre,S21060–12020A00Corona Open2.26
Emmenecker,P2100Shatil,O15300–12020C14Corona Open2.27
Birrer,A1731Adrian,L20610–12020C16Corona Open2.28
Pham,K2048Rempe,J18011–02020E20Corona Open2.29
Wojenko,A-Decker,N20470–12020A41Corona Open2.30
Bauer,C2623Mathieu,P22141–02020A43Corona Open3.1
Siebrecht,S2429Jovanovic,S21760–12020A10Corona Open3.2
Emmenecker,P2172Meins,G24150–12020B31Corona Open3.3
Gschnitzer,A2404Borner,D2154½–½2020B35Corona Open3.4
Schulz,M2132Baenziger,F2403½–½2020B13Corona Open3.5
Carre,S2106Karsay,P23040–12020A36Corona Open3.6
Kamber,B2290Cahen,A21251–02020B28Corona Open3.7
Adrian,L2061Buchenau,F22780–12020E18Corona Open3.8
Contin,D2251Perestjuk,M21161–02020A34Corona Open3.9
Decker,N2047Adrian,C22461–02020C01Corona Open3.10
Shatil,S1826Rohrer,C22350–12020E52Corona Open3.11
Bellahcene,B2502Pham,K20481–02020E90Corona Open3.12
Jud,M1948Fecker,N23460–12020B19Corona Open3.13
Youssoupov,M2333Lips,A18781–02020A36Corona Open3.14
Lorscheid,G2241Famel,E19341–02020D37Corona Open3.15
Pahud,C2225Roth,J18721–02020B80Corona Open3.16
Saya,E2199Battistella,V18611–02020C55Corona Open3.17
Jepsen,T2116Pellicoro,N1856½–½2020A57Corona Open3.18
Ohler,J2024Ernst,H1830½–½2020D02Corona Open3.19
Zecirovic,G1813Harringer,M2008½–½2020C54Corona Open3.20
Moriniaux,C1963Moerwald,M17911–02020D38Corona Open3.21
Freiburghaus,S1717Emmenecker,P21000–12020A48Corona Open3.22
Budinski,N1699Krivenko,D20460–12020B71Corona Open3.23
Ermitsch,M2000Birrer,A17311–02020B01Corona Open3.24
Lachausse,B1692Germann,M19950–12020B21Corona Open3.25
Steibel,J1989Stucki,M17041–02020B71Corona Open3.26
Norden,M1690Bonferroni,T1964½–½2020A50Corona Open3.27
Franssen,R1632Perreard,N19560–12020E07Corona Open3.28
Briand,A1929Paholok,I16761–02020C11Corona Open3.29
Fluekiger,K1602Prieb,R19180–12020B40Corona Open3.30

Translation from German: Nick Murphy

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Sebastian Siebrecht, born in 1973, has been playing chess since the age of 11 and received the grandmaster title in 2008. Besides his chess career, he founded an events agency and worked as a commentator, presenter, speaker, analyst and journalist. Furthermore, he was involved in primary school chess projects. In 2015 he was recognized as "Trainer of the Year" by the German Chess Federation.

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