Champions Showdown in St. Louis - Day 5

Day 5

The 2019 Champions Showdown is an exhibition event featuring five individual matches. Over five days the players shall contest games at rapid and blitz time controls. Each matchup will have a prize fund of $60,000 with first place taking $36,000 and second place taking $24,000.

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Blitz: G/3 with a 2-second increment.

 

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Abrahamyan-Lee

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1.e4 4 c5 19 2.Nf3 9 Nc6 9 3.Bb5 26 e6 7 4.Bxc6 57 bxc6 34 5.b3 6 e5 8 6.Bb2 4:19 B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6. d6 47 7.d3 1:04 Ne7 6:47 8.Nbd2 1:38 Ng6 4:33 9.g3N 1:27 9.h4 h5 10.Nc4 f6 11.Ne3 d5 12.g3 Be6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.0-0 Kf7 15.Ne1 9...Bh3 5:16 10.Qe2 3:17 Be7 4:09 11.0-0-0 5:44 0-0 2:58 12.Nc4 24:42 Qd7 5:56 13.Ne3 4:21 f5! 1:11 14.exf5 2:19 Bxf5 21 15.Nd2 39 Bh3 3:59 16.Kb1 10:04 Rf7 4:05 17.f3 2:20 Raf8 50 18.Rde1 3:18 d5 9:43 19.Rhg1 6:56 Bd8 1:52 20.Ba3 6:29 Qd6 3:04 20...Re8 21.Nd1 2:45 Ba5 10:46 22.Qe3 5:26 d4 2:26 22...Rd8= remains equal. 23.Qe2!± 1:13 Qd5 14 24.Nf2 1:24 Bf5 2:39 25.Rd1 2:59 25.h4± 25...Bc3 3:50 25...Bxd2 26.Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Be6= 26...Qxf3 26.h4 21 Bxd2 14:50 27.Rxd2 12 Bd7 37 28.Ne4 3:13 Rxf3 6 29.h5 29 29.Bxc5?! R8f7= 29...Re3 3:32 29...Nh8± 30.Qh2+- 1:35 Nh8 2:10 31.Bxc5 1:30 31.h6+- Black must now prevent hxg7. Bf5 32.hxg7 32.Bxc5 Rf7 32...Kxg7 33.Bxc5 31...Rb8 3:42 31...Rff3± 32.Ba3! 2:37 32.Bxa7 Ra8± 32...Nf7 33 33.Rf1 14 Inhibits Bf5. Qa5 1:50 33...h6± 34.Bc1 56 Be6 29 35.Qh4 39 Bd5 2:04

36.h6! 58 Qd8 1:02 36...gxh6 37.Nf6+ 37.Rdf2 Bxe4 38.dxe4 Qd8+- 37...Kh8 38.Rdf2+- 36...Bxe4 37.dxe4 37.Rdf2 1:22 Qxh4 9 38.gxh4 1 Nxh6 1:05 39.Bxe3 25 dxe3 1 40.Rg2 47 Bxe4 38 40...Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.dxe4 1 Endgame KRR-KRN Rd8 6 42.Re1 42 Nf7 37 43.Rxe3 7 Rd1+ 4 44.Kb2 3 Rh1 4 44...Rd7 is a better defense. 45.h5 Kf8 45.Rc3 1:28 Rxh4 2 46.Rxc6 4 g5 9 47.Rc8+ 44 Kg7 1 48.c4 5 Nd6 2:41 49.Rxg5+ 59 Kf6 8 50.Rcg8 4 Nxe4 40 51.Rg2 49 h5 21 52.Rf8+ 55 Ke7 13 53.Ra8 17 Rg4 29 54.Rxa7+ 4 Kf6 4 55.Rh2 20 h4 33 56.Rh7 23 Kg5 1 57.a4 32 Nc5 1:28 58.a5 1:32 Rg3 35 59.Rg7+ 40 Kf5 2 60.Rf7+ 36 Ke6 16 61.Rc7 16 Kd6 12

62.Rxc5? Kxc5 2

63.Rxh4? 31 KR-KR. White is two pawns up. White has to play 63.a6!+- 63...Kb4= 9

64.c5+! 55 Kxc5 1:15 65.Ra4 45 Kb5 25 The position is equal. 66.a6 29 Intending a7 and mate. Rg8 4 67.a7 17 Ra8 2 68.Re4 11 Rxa7 6 69.Rxe5+ 2 Kb4 7 70.Re4+ 5 Kb5 3 71.Kc3 7 Rc7+ 3 72.Rc4 45 Rxc4+ 6 73.bxc4+ 4 Kc5 2 74.Kc2 5 Kxc4 4 White really could win this. Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.41 Mistake: White=2 Black=8 Inaccurate: White=5 Black=2 OK: White=28 Black=17 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: White=1 Black=1 ½–½

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Krkyasharyan,S	1989	Schneider,J	2251		1.48	875347
	Abrahamyan,T	2310	Lee,A	2386		3.2	1279479

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Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade

Current blitz standings

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GM	Caruana,F		2828	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	0	17.5
GM	Harikrishna,P		2726	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	6.5

	Nakamura,H		2749	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	15.5
	Duda,J		2731	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	8.5

GM	So,W		2765	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	1	12
GM	Navara,D		2738	0	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	0	0	12

	Dominguez Perez,L		2739	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	13.5
	Topalov,V		2740	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	10.5

	Rapport,R		2735	0	1	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	13.5
	Shankland,S		2731	1	0	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	½	10.5

Rapid results

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GM	Caruana,F		2828	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	½	9
GM	Harikrishna,P		2726	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	3

	Nakamura,H		2749	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	7
	Duda,J		2731	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	5

GM	So,W		2765	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	8
GM	Navara,D		2738	1	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	4

	Topalov,V		2740	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	7.5
	Dominguez Perez,L		2739	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	0	0	4.5

	Rapport,R		2735	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	9
	Shankland,S		2731	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	3

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About the Saint Louis Chess Club

The Saint Louis Chess Club is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that is committed to making chess an important part of our community. In addition to providing a forum for the community to play tournaments and casual games, the club also offers chess improvement classes, beginner lessons, and special lectures.
 
Recognizing the cognitive and behavioural benefits of chess, the Saint Louis Chess Club is committed to supporting those chess programs that already exist in area schools while encouraging the development of new in-school and after-school programs. For more information, visit saintlouischessclub.org.

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• Saint Louis Chess Club, Champions Showdown
• Champions Showdown 2018