M. Chigorin International Chess Festival 2011
The Chigorin Memorial Open in St. Petersburg was won by GM Dmitry Bocharov
with a clear first score of 7.5/9, half a point ahead of his clear of his nearest
rivals (eight of them with 8.0/9 apiece). Here are the final top scores:
| # |
Name |
Pts |
Fed. |
Rtng |
Perf |
WWe |
BH |
BH2 |
| 1 |
GM
Bocharov, Dmitry |
7.5 |
RUS |
2582 |
2724 |
+1.51 |
51.5 |
39.5 |
| 2 |
IM
Onischuk, Vladimir |
7.0 |
UKR |
2483 |
2746 |
+3.10 |
53.0 |
42.5 |
| 3 |
GM
Lintchevski, Daniil |
7.0 |
RUS |
2558 |
2703 |
+1.71 |
53.0 |
41.5 |
| 4 |
GM
Khismatullin, Denis |
7.0 |
RUS |
2635 |
2684 |
+0.58 |
52.0 |
40.5 |
| 5 |
GM
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
7.0 |
RUS |
2666 |
2699 |
+0.38 |
51.5 |
40.0 |
| 6 |
GM
Smirnov, Pavel |
7.0 |
RUS |
2580 |
2678 |
+1.12 |
51.5 |
40.0 |
| 7 |
GM
Azarov, Sergei |
7.0 |
BLR |
2648 |
2728 |
+0.90 |
50.0 |
40.0 |
| 8 |
GM
Gabrielian, Artur |
7.0 |
RUS |
2531 |
2643 |
+1.37 |
48.0 |
37.5 |
| 9 |
GM
Shomoev, Anton |
7.0 |
RUS |
2577 |
2583 |
+0.19 |
46.5 |
36.0 |
| 10 |
GM
Khalifman, Alexander |
6.5 |
RUS |
2627 |
2662 |
+0.49 |
54.5 |
43.5 |
| 11 |
GM
Maiorov, Nikita |
6.5 |
BLR |
2558 |
2647 |
+1.21 |
52.0 |
40.5 |
| 12 |
IM
Oparin, Grigoriy |
6.5 |
RUS |
2413 |
2658 |
+2.99 |
50.5 |
39.5 |
| 13 |
GM
Andriasian, Zaven |
6.5 |
ARM |
2615 |
2604 |
-0.02 |
50.5 |
39.0 |
| 14 |
GM
Ionov, Sergey |
6.5 |
RUS |
2540 |
2595 |
+0.86 |
50.0 |
39.0 |
| 15 |
GM
Vorobiov, Evgeny E. |
6.5 |
RUS |
2581 |
2615 |
+0.55 |
49.0 |
38.0 |
| 16 |
GM
Volkov, Sergey |
6.5 |
RUS |
2614 |
2612 |
+0.07 |
48.5 |
38.0 |
| 17 |
GM
Kovchan, Alexander |
6.5 |
UKR |
2569 |
2595 |
+0.43 |
48.5 |
38.0 |
| 18 |
IM
Demchenko, Anton |
6.5 |
RUS |
2574 |
2541 |
-0.23 |
47.5 |
37.0 |
| 19 |
GM
Burmakin, Vladimir |
6.5 |
RUS |
2588 |
2589 |
+0.09 |
47.0 |
37.5 |
| 20 |
GM
Popov, Valerij |
6.5 |
RUS |
2545 |
2540 |
+0.07 |
46.0 |
35.5 |
| 21 |
GM
Malakhatko, Vadim |
6.5 |
BEL |
2543 |
2579 |
+0.54 |
46.0 |
35.0 |
| 22 |
GM
Neverov, Valeriy |
6.5 |
UKR |
2508 |
2563 |
+0.81 |
44.0 |
34.0 |
| 23 |
GM
Maletin, Pavel |
6.5 |
RUS |
2579 |
2515 |
-0.50 |
41.0 |
32.5 |
Second place for... oops, sorry, not Alexander Onischuk, the US grandmaster...
...but Ukrainian GM Vladimir Onischuk, rated 2483, with a 2746 performance
in this Open
Third place: GM Daniil Lintchevski of Russia, 2558, 7.0/9 points, 2703 performance
14-year-old FM Kirill Alekseenko performed at a 2658 level and achieved
a GM norm
Janna Karaseva of Russia, rated 2030
Maria Lysenko of Russia, rated 2019
There are a lot of new faces in this photo
gallery, with most of the images clearly identified with a mouse-over caption.
Such a relief – it is hard to understand the point of the usual photo
dumps without any indication of who the players might be.
Endgame analysis by GM Karsten Müller
The PGN file contains a total of 1135 games, which we have not been able to
scan for the most interesting overall examples. That will happen in then next
issue of ChessBase Magazine, where you will find the best games annotated usually
by the players themselves. Today we simply bring you three lessons which our
endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller picked out from the event.
Distant Opposition
Simplification into a pawn ending must always be considered carefully. In the
following example Khalifman controls everything:
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1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Be3 Qa5 10.0-0 0-0 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.Kh1 Rac8 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Rab1 a6 16.Be1 Qd8 17.Bh4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nb8 21.Rbe1 Nd7 22.Qe3 Nf6 23.Qxe7 Qxe7 24.Rxe7 b5 25.Ra7 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.f5 Kg7 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.a4 bxa4 30.Ra1 Rb8 31.Rxa4 Rxb2 32.Rxa6 Nxd5 33.Rxd6 Nb4 34.c3 Nxd3 35.Rxd3 f5 36.Kh2 f4 37.h4 g5 38.Kh3 gxh4 39.Rf3 Rc2 40.Kxh4 Rxg2 41.Rxf4 Rg6 42.Rf5 Rc6 43.Rf3 Rh6+ 44.Kg3 Rg6+ 45.Kf2 Rf6!? 45...Re6 46.Re3 Kf6 47.Rxe6+ Kxe6 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.Kd3 Kc5= 45...Rc6? 46.Ke2 Rc8 46...Rf6?! 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Kd3 Ke5 49.Kc4 Kd6 50.Kb5+- 47.Kd3 Rd8+ 48.Kc2 Rc8 49.Rf1 Kg6 50.Kd3 Rd8+ 51.Kc4 Rc8+ 52.Kb4 Rb8+ 53.Ka5 Ra8+ 53...Rc8 54.Rc1 Kf6 55.c4 Ke7 56.Kb6+- 54.Kb6 Rb8+ 55.Kc7 Rb2 56.c4 Rc2 57.Rf4 Kg5 58.Rd4 Kf6 59.Kd6 Kf7 60.c5 Ke8 61.Kc6+- 46.Ke3 Rxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Kf7‼ 47...Kf6? 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Ke4 Kd6 50.Kd4 Kc6 51.Kc4 Kd6 52.Kb5 Kc7 53.Kc5! 53.c4? Kb7 54.Kc5 Kc7= 53...Kd7 54.Kb6 Kc8 55.c4 Kb8 56.c5 Kc8 57.Kc6 Kb8 58.Kd7+- 48.Kf4 Kf6! 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Kc4 Kc6 52.Kd4 52.Kd4 Kd6 53.c4 Kc6 54.c5 Kc7 55.Kd5 Kd7 56.c6+ Kc7 57.Kc5 Kc8! 57...Kd8? 58.Kd6 Kc8 59.c7 Kb7 60.Kd7+- 58.Kd6 Kd8 59.c7+ Kc8 60.Kc6 ½–½
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| Kovchan,A | 2569 | Khalifman,A | 2627 | ½–½ | 2011 | B09 | Chigorin Memorial Open | 9 |
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Corresponding Squares
This theory is quite advanced and usually only occurs in its basic forms,
when the concepts of opposition and triangulation are all you need to master.
But sometimes the real deep theory is needed to really understand what is going
on:
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.0-0 Qe8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bg4 Nc5 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Qd2 Bg5 18.Qd3 f5 19.Qh3 Qg7 20.Rad1 Be7 21.Rd3 Kh7 22.Re1 Bd6 23.Kf1 Rf6 24.Re2 Raf8 25.Ke1 f4 26.f3 h5 27.Rf2 g5 28.g4 h4 29.Qf1 Ra8 30.Nb5 Qd7 31.Rc2 Rff8 32.Qe2 Ra6 33.Ra3 Rfa8 34.Ra4 Kg7 35.Qd2 Kf6 36.Rc3 b6 37.h3 Ke7 38.Rc1 Kf6 39.Ra1 Ke7 40.Kd1 Kf6 41.Kc2 Ke7 42.Qe1 Kf6 43.a3 Qc8 44.b3 Ke7 45.Kb2 Qb7 46.Qd2 Qc8 47.Ra2 Qb7 48.Kb1 Qc8 49.Qb2 Kf6 50.Qa1 Qb7 51.Qb2 Qc8 52.Qc2 Qb7 53.Nc3 R8a7 54.Ne2 Qa8 55.Qb2 Qe8 56.Nc1 Qa8 57.Qc3 Qe8 58.Nd3 Qa8 59.Qc2 Ke7 60.Qb2 Kf6 61.b4 axb4 62.Rxa6 Rxa6 63.axb4 cxb4 64.Nxb4 Bxb4 65.Rxa6 Qxa6 66.Qxb4 Kf7 67.Kb2 Ke8 68.Kb3 Kd8 69.Qa3 Qxa3+ 70.Kxa3 Kd7 70...Ke8!? 71.Kb3! Ke7 71...Kd8 72.c5 bxc5 73.Kc4 Kc8 74.Kxc5 Kd7 75.Kc4 Ke7 75...Kd6 76.Kb5+- 75...c6 76.Kc5 cxd5 77.Kxd5+- 76.Kb4 Kd6 77.Kb5 Kd7 78.Kc5+- 72.Ka4! Kd7 73.Kb4! Kd6 74.Kb5!+- 71.Ka4? 71.Kb4! c6 72.Kc3 b5 72...cxd5 73.cxd5 Kc8 74.Kc4 Kd7 75.Kb5 Kc7 76.Ka6+- 72...c5 73.Kb3+- 72...Kd6 73.dxc6 Kxc6 74.Kb4 73.dxc6+ Kxc6 74.Kb4 bxc4 75.Kxc4+- 71.Kb3? Kd6!= 71...c6? 71...Ke7! 72.Kb4 72.Kb5 Kd6 73.Kb4 c6 74.dxc6 Kxc6 75.Kb3 Kc5 76.Kc3 b5 77.cxb5 Kxb5 78.Kb3= 72...Kd7 73.c5 73.Kb5 Kd6= 73...c6‼ 74.cxb6 cxd5 75.exd5 e4 76.Kc3 76.fxe4? f3 77.d6 f2 78.b7 f1Q 79.b8Q Qb1+-+ 76...e3 77.Kd3 Kd6= 71...Kd6? 72.Kb5 Kd7 73.c5 bxc5 74.Kxc5 Ke7 75.Kc6 Kd8 76.d6 Kc8 77.Kd5+- 72.dxc6+ Kxc6 73.Kb4 73.Kb4 Kc7 74.Kb5 Kb7 75.c5 bxc5 76.Kxc5 Ka6 77.Kd5 Kb5 78.Kxe5 Kc4 79.Kf5 Kd4 80.e5 Ke3 81.e6 Kxf3 82.e7 Kg2 83.e8Q f3 84.Qe4+- 1–0
- Start an analysis engine:
- Try maximizing the board:
- Use the four cursor keys to replay the game. Make moves to analyse yourself.
- Press Ctrl-B to rotate the board.
- Drag the split bars between window panes.
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| Kovalenko,I | 2578 | Levin,E | 2481 | 1–0 | 2011 | E92 | Chigorin Memorial Open | 8.16 |
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Deep Breakthrough
When exchanging into a pawn endgame always great care is called for. In the following
example Tunik had calculated far ahead:
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.0-0 Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Nxe6 Nxe6 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Nxd5 Rad8 20.Nc3 Rd2 21.Rab1 Ng5 22.Kf1 Bd4 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.f4 Ngf3 25.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Nxf3 27.Re2 Nxh2+ 28.Kg2 Rxe2+ 29.Nxe2 Ng4 30.Nc3 Ne3+ 31.Kf3 Nf5 32.g4 Nd4+ 33.Ke4 Ne6 34.b4 h5 35.gxh5 gxh5 36.f5 Nc7 37.Nd5‼ Nxd5 37...Ne8 38.b5 f6 39.Kf4 Kf7 40.a4 Kg7 41.a5 Kf7 42.c6 bxc6 43.bxc6 Nd6 44.c7 Nc8 45.Kg3 Nd6 46.Kh3 Nc8 47.Kh4 Nd6 48.Kxh5+- 38.Kxd5 h4 39.Ke4 h3 40.Kf3 Kg7 40...a6 41.Kg3 Kg7 42.Kxh3 Kf6 43.Kg4+- 41.b5 Kf6 42.a4! Kxf5 42...Ke5 43.a5 Kd5 44.c6 bxc6 45.b6 Kd6 46.bxa7+- 43.a5! Ke6 43...a6 44.c6 bxc6 45.bxa6+- 44.c6 b6 44...bxc6 45.b6 axb6 46.a6+- 45.axb6 45.a6? h2 46.Kg2 Kd6 47.Kxh2 Kc7 48.Kg3 Kd6 49.Kf4 Ke6 50.Kg5 Ke7 51.Kf5 Kd8 52.Kf6 Ke8= 53.c7 Kd7 54.Kxf7 Kxc7 55.Ke7 Kb8 56.Kd7 Ka8 57.Kc7 45...axb6 46.Kg3 Kd6 47.Kxh3 Kc7 48.Kg4 Kc8 49.Kf5 Kc7 49...Kd8 50.Kf6 Ke8 51.c7 Kd7 52.Kxf7 Kxc7 53.Ke7+- 50.Kf6 Kc8 51.Kxf7 Kd8 52.Ke6 Kc8 53.c7! Kxc7 54.Ke7 Kc8 55.Kd6 Kb7 56.Kd7 Ka7 57.Kc7 Ka8 58.Kxb6 Kb8 59.Ka6 59.Kc6?! Ka7 60.Kc7! Ka8 61.Kb6 Kb8 62.Ka6!+- 59.Ka6 Ka8 60.b6 Kb8 61.b7 Kc7 62.Ka7+- 1–0
- Start an analysis engine:
- Try maximizing the board:
- Use the four cursor keys to replay the game. Make moves to analyse yourself.
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- Drag the split bars between window panes.
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| Tunik,G | 2412 | Duzhakov,I | 2325 | 1–0 | 2011 | E92 | Chigorin Memorial Open | 8.50 |
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