5/11/2016 – Dozens of GMs, hundreds of players, it was a fitting event to celebrate 150 years of chess passion. The tournament saw it all, with tales of glory, and others of woe. At the very top was Dmitry Andreikin, the no.1, who justified his seed by taking first, together with Indian Adhiban who was second on tiebreak. Not to mention the last round when an 11-year-old smashed a GM.
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Korchnoi presents many of his most brilliant efforts from the years 1949-2005, among them, games against Smyslov, Geller, Tal, Huebner, Karpov, Kasparov, Spassky and Short.
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The elegant playing hall thanks to the main sponsor, the Hasselbacken hotel
The tale of the tournament was in many ways one of last-round glory. The first and foremost was that of the top-seed Dmitry Andreikin, former World Cup finalist and Candidate, who was also the only 2700 player in the field. It is true that several others were former colleagues, such as Zoltan Almasi, Ilia Smirin, and of course Alexei Shirov, but at the moment he stood alone above the rest. This also has the unfortunate result of painting a big fat target on his back, challenging all other players to make a name for themselves at his expense, but he showed he was up to the task.
Nothing was less clear however, and it bears pointing out that after eight rounds, ten players stood tied with 6.5/8. With so many contenders, even a victory would still require a dose of luck to take first , but in the end, only two players pulled that off: Andreikin and Adhiban.
The Russian faced a tough challenge, playing black against Borki Predojovic, rated 2654 FIDE, but he took control of his fate and finished in beauty.
Predojovic - Andreikin
Black to play and win
The deserved winner, Dmitry Andreikin, with his daughter
Indian GM Baskaran Adhiban also gave it his all, and played a bold game against Victor Mikhalevski, sacrificing the exchange in the middlegame to accelerate his attack.
Baskaran Adhiban - Victor Mikhalevksi
[Event "Hasselbacken Open 2016"] [Site "Stockholm SWE"] [Date "2016.05.08"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2516"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.04.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Nh3 e4 17. d6 exf3 18. gxf3 Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 {While the engines prefer the very sane 20.Rc1 here with a significant advantage, White chooses a more aggressive and direct approach:} 20. Ng5 $1 {Although strong in its own right, the exclamation point is for panache. You have to love a player who refuses to back down.} Bxd1 21. Qxd1 {Since Qb3+ cannot be stopped, Black's challenge is to try to find a defense or semblance of one.} Qa5 22. Qb3+ Kh8 {This can only be the result of panic.} ({The curious thing is that one would have thought the point of Qa5 was to answer with} 22... Qd5 23. Qxd5+ Nxd5 {But perhaps he changed his mind even though he was somewhat committed already? It's true that} 24. Bh3 $1 Rce8 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Nxe3 27. d7 $1 {doesn't offer much hope, but nor does the move in the game.}) 23. Bd3 Nh5 24. Nxh7 {Elementary.} Rxf3 (24... Kxh7 {leads to} 25. Qe6 $1 Rf6 26. Qxc8) 25. Ng5 Rf5 26. Qe6 Qd5 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 28. Nf7+ Kg8 (28... Rxf7 29. Qxd5) 29. Qxc8+ Kxf7 30. Qxf5+ 1-0
Baskaran Adhiban played aggressive, enterprising chess and reaped the
rewards, taking second on tiebreak, tied with Andreikin on points
In the group of players with 7.0/9, the leader and third place was Ilia Smirin
Sebastien Mazé was going strong until round seven when he lost to...
... compatriot Vladislav Tkachiev. Both finished with 7.0/9.
GM Axel Bachmann was the best player from South America. The
Paraguayan scored 7.0/9 and finished 12th.
IM Liang Awonder had a rough start with 2.0/4, but managed to recover
and ended with 7.0/9 with five straight wins, though he still lost a bit of Elo.
Samuel Sevian finished on 6.5/9, but since he played no fewer than six
GMs rated over 2620 in the process with no losses, he added 14 Elo to
his rating and broke 2600 himself.
Eric Thorn was the unsung hero of the event, and the local member
of the Stockholm Chess Club, rated only 2204, scored a full-fledged
IM norm to the delight of his club members.
11-year-old FM Nihal Sarin from India made waves of his own after finishing
with a 2401 performance and powerful win over GM Rozentalis. Below is his
recorded analysis in the post-game conference. Be sure to check it out!
Above is the video of the round nine commentary. Start it and it will jump directly to the analysis
by 11-year old FM Nihal Sarin, who shows his win over GM Rozentalis (starts at 5:01:15)
GM Jorden van Foreest also finished with 7.0/9, ending in 9th place
Father and son playing in the analysis area
Checking for blunders with the computer
"Oops!"
Following the action
IM Dan Cramling, brother of the famous Pia Cramling
Dmitry Andreikin with his family
Many thanks to photographer Lars Hedlund, author of all the portraits seen here, for his diligence and effort to label all his images and allow media to put a name to the many faces.
Solution to position: Black played the not-so-obvious 1...Re2!! and White resigned. If 2.Rxe2 f3+ 3.Kg3 fxe2 the pawn will queen, and if 2.Rd1 for example, then 2...e3 and the knight on f2 is lost. Black could play 1...e3 immediately but this allows White to give his knight for two pawns with 2.Nxe3 fxe3 3.Rxe3+ and still prolong the struggle.
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Albert SilverBorn in the US, he grew up in Paris, France, where he completed his Baccalaureat, and after college moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He had a peak rating of 2240 FIDE, and was a key designer of Chess Assistant 6. In 2010 he joined the ChessBase family as an editor and writer at ChessBase News. He is also a passionate photographer with work appearing in numerous publications, and the content creator of the YouTube channel, Chess & Tech.
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