The reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will play in the International
Chess Festival “Festa da Uva” to be held in Caxias do Sul between
March 6 and 9, 2014.
Caxias do Sul
Before we bring you the chess, here some background on the venue. This
is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's
mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It was established by Italian immigrants
on June 20, 1890. Today it is the second largest city in the state of Rio
Grande do Sul.
Regarding historical architecture one can find a few houses built for rich
families, public buildings and Neo-Gothic churches, like as the Cathedral
and the Chapel of Santo Sepulcro (Sacred Tomb).
A colonial style house in Caxias do Sul...
... which you should contrast with a modern building
Catholic Church of St. Pellegrino Caxias do
Sul,
which contains the magnificent
frescoes of Aldo Locatelli
The famous Statue of Liberty in Caxias do Sul. The monument was made by
Michelangelo Zambelli of the Zambelli family of Italian-Brazilian artists
based in Caxias do Sul, who produced statuary and decoration of sacred temples
and homes.
A shop with calabash gourd used for making
the popular maté beverage
Maté (chimarrão in Portuguese) is a traditional
South American caffeine-rich infused drink which is prepared from steeping
dried leaves of yerba
mate in hot water. It is traditionally drunk through a metal straw from
a hollow calabash gourd – even when the water is supplied from a modern
thermos.
II “Recreio da Juventude” GM Chess Tournament
The four player rapid chess knockout tournament started on Thursday, March
6th, at 15.00h; the finals on Friday, March 7th, at 14:00h. Before the start
of the first round, at 10:00 a.m., Magnus Carlsen gave a blindfold simul
against visually impaired players.
Leveling the playing field: the World Champion
plays a four board blindfold against...
... genuinely blind players – Magnus
won 3.5-0.5, with the national blind champion getting a draw
On the first day of the rapid tournament, a four player double round robin,
with time controls of 16 minutes (first half) and 5 minutes (second half)
and no increments. Carlsen was in great form and made
only a single draw. Here are the final standings (wins counted as three
points, draws as one.
| # |
Player |
Nat. |
Rtng |
1a |
1b |
2a |
2b |
3a |
3b |
4a |
4b |
Pts |
| 1 |
Magnus Carlsen |
NOR |
2881 |
* |
* |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
16.0 |
| 2 |
Gilberto Milos |
BRA |
2583 |
1 |
0 |
* |
* |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
8.0 |
| 3 |
Andrés Rodriguez |
URU |
2437 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
* |
* |
3 |
1 |
7.0 |
| 4 |
Rafael Leitao |
BRA |
2645 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
* |
2.0 |
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 cxd5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Bb4 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bc7 14.Qh3 Bd6 15.f4 a5 16.b5 Ne7 17.e4 Rxc3 18.Rxc3 dxe4 19.Bc4 Bxa3 20.Rxa3 Qxd4+ 21.Qe3 Qxc4 22.Rc1 Qxb5 23.Rxa5 Qd7 24.Rac5 Nf5 25.Qc3 e3 26.Bxe3 Nd5 0–1
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| Leitao,R | 2645 | Carlsen,M | 2881 | 0–1 | 2014 | D11 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 1.1 |
| Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | Milos,G | 2583 | ½–½ | 2014 | A03 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 1.1 |
| Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | Milos,G | 2583 | 1–0 | 2014 | B56 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 1.2 |
| Carlsen,M | 2881 | Milos,G | 2583 | ½–½ | 2014 | C45 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 2.1 |
| Leitao,R | 2645 | Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | 0–1 | 2014 | B56 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 2.1 |
| Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | Carlsen,M | 2881 | 0–1 | 2014 | A01 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 3.1 |
| Leitao,R | 2645 | Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | 0–1 | 2014 | E11 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 3.1 |
| Milos,G | 2583 | Leitao,R | 2645 | ½–½ | 2014 | A28 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 4.1 |
| Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | Carlsen,M | 2881 | 0–1 | 2014 | C53 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 4.1 |
| Milos,G | 2583 | Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | 1–0 | 2014 | A18 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 5.1 |
| Carlsen,M | 2881 | Leitao,R | 2645 | 1–0 | 2014 | B20 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 5.1 |
| Leitao,R | 2645 | Milos,G | 2583 | ½–½ | 2014 | B46 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 6.1 |
| Leitao,R | 2645 | Milos,G | 2583 | 0–1 | 2014 | C41 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 6.2 |
| Carlsen,M | 2881 | Rodriguez Vila,A | 2437 | 1–0 | 2014 | C00 | Four Player Festa da Uva 2014 | 6.1 |
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of TWIC
The event was staged in a sound-proof glass
cube, here before the start...
... and during play, with Internet techs in
the foreground
Andrés Rodríguez Vila, 40, 2437, best Uruguayan
chess player in history, defeated
Rafael Leitao, 34, Brazil, Elo 2645, current Brazilian Champion, in round
three in 35 moves
The game Magnus Carlsen against Rodriguez Vila
(you-know-who won in 71 moves)
Gilberto Milos, 50, Brazil, Elo 2583, six times
Brazilian Champion, got the only draw
conceded by the World Champion in this event so far, in their second five-minute
game
Pictures by GM Sergey Tiviakov
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