Ivanchuk top fighter in Zagreb's "Peace Tournament"

by Klaus Besenthal
12/6/2019 – The winner of the "Peace Tournament" in the Croatian capital Zagreb was Ukrainian grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, who finished with a half-point more than his rivals Marin Bosiocic (Croatia), Etienne Bacrot (France) and Hrant Melkumyan (Armenia) with 7½ points. | Photos: Tournament page

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"Peace Tournament" Zagreb

From November 19th to 30th, Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk won four games and drew seven, to finish with 7½/11, and in sole first in the "Tournament of Peace" which returned last year after a decades-long break. Ivanchuk's result gained him 11 Elo points which, combined with his recent rise reflected already in the December rating list, puts him back over 2700 for the first time since January.

Ivanchuk's win over Croatian grandmaster Mladen Palac was the subject of IM Merijn van Delft's recent Game of the Week:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.g3 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Na4 Rc8 15.Re2 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qxb4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Qd4 Nxe4 20.Nb6 Rd8 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Qxg7 Rf8 23.Qxh6 Rd6 24.Qh5 Qd7 25.Nd4 Kd8 26.Nf5 Nf6 27.Qh3 Re6 28.Red2 Re4 29.g4 Rxf4 30.Qe3 Rxg4 31.Nxe7 Re4 32.Nxd5 Rxe3 33.Nxe3 Kc7 34.Rxd7+ Nxd7 35.h4 Rh8 36.Nd5+ Kc8 37.Rd4 Ne5 38.Re4 1–0
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Ivanchuk,V2679Palac,M25501–02019Tournament of Peace 201910.5

In the third round against Nisipeanu's Triangle Slav, Ivanchuk opted for the quieter 4.♘f3. For Nisipeanu the game was already difficult in the opening phase:

 
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1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.h3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b3 cxd4 9.Nxd4
Die Spieler befinden sich bereits auf unerforschtem Terrain, aber noch steht die Partie gleich. 9...Bb4 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Nde2
12...0-0 12...Bf5 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Bxc3 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.Nxc3 war hier eine Möglichkeit, sowohl ein Läuferpaar als auch die Damen zu tauschen. 13.a3 Bxc3+ Hier war aber wohl 13...Bd6 die bessere Wahl. 14.Nxc3 Nf6
Nach diesem Zeitverlust hat Weiß deutlichen Vorteil: Der Anziehende verfügt über Entwicklungsvorsprung und das Läuferpaar und hat zudem die bessere Struktur. 15.b4 Qc7 16.Bd3 d4 Dieser sofortige Angriff ist einfach nicht genügend gerechtfertigt. 17.Ne4 Qxc2 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxc2 dxe3 20.fxe3 Re8 21.0-0 Rxe3 22.Rxf6
Dieses dürfte aus weißer Sicht bereits eine Gewinnstellung sein. 22...Nd7 23.Rh6 Nf8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd5 Be6 26.Rdh5 Rec8 27.Be4 Rab8 28.Be5 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Rbc8 30.Bxb7 Rd8 31.Bxa6
Die Partie ist gelaufen, auch wenn jetzt noch einige Züge gespielt werden. 31...Rdd1 32.Be2 Rh1+ 33.Kg3 Rb1 34.Bf3 Rb3 35.Bf6 Nd7 36.Be7 Rxa3 37.Rxh7 Bf5 38.Rh8+ Kg7 39.Rd8 1–0
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Ivanchuk,V2679Nisipeanu,L26561–02019D45Peace Tournament 20193.3

Ivanchuk and Nisipeanu

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won only one of the eleven games — in round six with White, also against Palac. There you could see how fast a really solid position can sometimes fall to pieces:

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2
Weiß opfert einen Bauern, für den er das Läuferpaar und eine flotte Entwicklung erhält. Das ergibt auf jeden Fall eine ausreichende Kompensation - und ein scharfes Spiel. 6...Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 Der mit Abstand meistgespielte und vermutlich auch beste Zug. 8...Qxg2 würde die Lage weiter verschärfen: 9.Bf3 Qg5 10.Ne2 Weiß hat zwei Bauern weniger, verfügt aber über eine ganze Reihe unangenehmer Drohungen. Gleichwohl könnte sich Schwarz immer noch halten, sofern er fortgesetzt gute Verteidigungszüge finden würde. 9.Bc3 Es folgt jetzt ein Dutzend Züge, die fast zwangsläufig aussehen. Am Ende dieser Zugserie gewinnt Weiß seinen Bauern zurück. f6 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 Qf4 13.b4 Ng6 14.b5 cxb5 15.cxb5 Nc5 16.g3 Qc7 17.Rc1 b6 18.Bb4 Rd8 19.Qc2 Bb7 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Qxc5
21...Qb6 Nach 21...Qxc5! 22.Rxc5 Rac8 23.Rec1 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Rd7 hätte Schwarz eine gute Stellung gehabt. 22.a4! Warum nicht! Db4 nebst a4-a5 könnte jetzt schnell unangenehm für Schwarz werden. e5?! Diese Schwächung der Diagonalen a2-g8 ergibt für Schwarz nichts Gutes. Noch immer war 22...Qxc5! möglich. 23.Qb4! Jetzt hat Weiß spürbare Initiative. a5 Verhindert a4-a5, doch der weiße b-Bauer ist ab sofort ein Freibauer. 24.Qc5
Gut war hier auch 24.Qa3! Zum Beispiel: e4 25.Nh4 Nxh4 26.gxh4 Schwarz kann aus der Beschädigung der weißen Struktur keinen Nutzen ziehen, während er zugleich mit schlecht koordinierten Figuren seine schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen bewachen muss. 24...Qe6? Nach diesem Fehler bricht die schwarze Stellung komplett zusammen. Nach dem richtigen 24...Qxc5! 25.Rxc5 Kf8 26.Rc7 Rab8 hätte Schwarz wohl tatsächlich noch alle seine Schwächen kontrollieren können. 25.Bc4! Nisipeanu hat den Gewinnweg erspäht. Bd5 26.Nd4! Qf7 27.Nc6 Rd7 28.Red1 Bxc4 29.Rxd7 Qxd7 30.Qxc4+ Kh8
Weiß hat weder Material gewonnen noch Matt gesetzt, aber der Nachziehende hat die Kontrolle über b6 und a5 eingebüßt, was kurzfristig die Partie entscheidet. 31.b6! Es ging auch sofort 31.Nxa5! 31...Qb7 32.Qb5 1–0
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Nisipeanu,L2656Palac,M25501–02019D31Peace Tournament 20196.3

Nisipeanu and Palac

Final standings

Rk.   Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7,5
2 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 7,0
3 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7,0
4 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7,0
5 GM Ragger Markus AUT ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 6,0
6 GM Cheparinov Ivan GEO ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6,0
7 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5,0
8 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 4,5
9 GM Zelcic Robert CRO 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 ½ ½ 4,5
10 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 4,0
11 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4,0
12 GM Palac Mladen CRO 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 3,5

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1.Nf3 30 d5 30 2.c4 30 d4 0 3.b4 1:30 Bg4 0 4.g3 30 Bxf3 1:30 5.exf3 30 e5 0 6.Bg2 30 Bxb4 6:00 7.Qa4+ 3:30 Nc6 0 8.f4 30 e4 3:00 9.Bxe4 5:30 Qe7 1:30 10.Kd1 30 Kf8 5:30 11.Bxc6 24:30 bxc6 1:30 12.Re1 30 Qd6 30 13.a3 2:30 Bc5 30 14.d3 0 Nf6 13:30 15.Nd2 1:00 Re8 3:30 16.Rxe8+ 30 Kxe8 30 17.Nb3 2:30 Ng4 13:30 18.Ra2 1:30 Bb6 4:30 19.f5 11:30 Ne5 8:30 20.Bf4 30 Kd7 3:30 21.c5 2:30 Bxc5 1:30 22.Qa5 3:30 Qd5 30 23.Nxc5+ 30 Kc8 30 24.Bxe5 0 1–0
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Kozul,Z2593Bosiocic,M25981–02019A09Peace Tournament 20191.1
Zelcic,R2526Nisipeanu,L26561–02019C18Peace Tournament 20191.2
Dreev,A2671Ragger,M2669½–½2019D78Peace Tournament 20191.3
Ivanchuk,V2679Bacrot,E2669½–½2019D31Peace Tournament 20191.4
Melkumyan,H2661Cheparinov,I2679½–½2019D80Peace Tournament 20191.5
Stevic,H2563Palac,M2550½–½2019C54Peace Tournament 20191.6
Bosiocic,M2598Palac,M2550½–½2019A21Peace Tournament 20192.1
Cheparinov,I2679Stevic,H25631–02019D27Peace Tournament 20192.2
Bacrot,E2669Melkumyan,H2661½–½2019B33Peace Tournament 20192.3
Ragger,M2669Ivanchuk,V2679½–½2019B90Peace Tournament 20192.4
Nisipeanu,L2656Dreev,A2671½–½2019B19Peace Tournament 20192.5
Kozul,Z2593Zelcic,R25261–02019D20Peace Tournament 20192.6
Zelcic,R2526Bosiocic,M25980–12019B51Peace Tournament 20193.1
Dreev,A2671Kozul,Z2593½–½2019D78Peace Tournament 20193.2
Ivanchuk,V2679Nisipeanu,L26561–02019D45Peace Tournament 20193.3
Melkumyan,H2661Ragger,M2669½–½2019D87Peace Tournament 20193.4
Stevic,H2563Bacrot,E2669½–½2019C83Peace Tournament 20193.5
Palac,M2550Cheparinov,I2679½–½2019B53Peace Tournament 20193.6
Bosiocic,M2598Cheparinov,I26791–02019A37Peace Tournament 20194.1
Bacrot,E2669Palac,M25501–02019B91Peace Tournament 20194.2
Ragger,M2669Stevic,H25631–02019D20Peace Tournament 20194.3
Nisipeanu,L2656Melkumyan,H2661½–½2019C42Peace Tournament 20194.4
Kozul,Z2593Ivanchuk,V2679½–½2019E11Peace Tournament 20194.5
Zelcic,R2526Dreev,A26711–02019B33Peace Tournament 20194.6
Cheparinov,I2679Bacrot,E2669½–½2019D37Peace Tournament 20195
Ivanchuk,V2679Zelcic,R25261–02019E21Peace Tournament 20195
Dreev,A2671Bosiocic,M25980–12019E08Peace Tournament 20195
Melkumyan,H2661Kozul,Z25931–02019E93Peace Tournament 20195
Stevic,H2563Nisipeanu,L2656½–½2019B11Peace Tournament 20195
Palac,M2550Ragger,M2669½–½2019C88Peace Tournament 20195
Bosiocic,M2598Bacrot,E2669½–½2019D31Peace Tournament 20196.1
Ragger,M2669Cheparinov,I26791–02019D85Peace Tournament 20196.2
Nisipeanu,L2656Palac,M25501–02019D31Peace Tournament 20196.3
Kozul,Z2593Stevic,H2563½–½2019D27Peace Tournament 20196.4
Zelcic,R2526Melkumyan,H26610–12019C47Peace Tournament 20196.5
Dreev,A2671Ivanchuk,V2679½–½2019A04Peace Tournament 20196.6
Ivanchuk,V2679Bosiocic,M2598½–½2019A21Peace Tournament 20197.1
Melkumyan,H2661Dreev,A2671½–½2019D11Peace Tournament 20197.2
Stevic,H2563Zelcic,R2526½–½2019A30Peace Tournament 20197.3
Palac,M2550Kozul,Z2593½–½2019B52Peace Tournament 20197.4
Cheparinov,I2679Nisipeanu,L2656½–½2019D27Peace Tournament 20197.5
Bacrot,E2669Ragger,M2669½–½2019B90Peace Tournament 20197.6
Bosiocic,M2598Ragger,M26691–02019D85Peace Tournament 20198.1
Nisipeanu,L2656Bacrot,E2669½–½2019E05Peace Tournament 20198.2
Kozul,Z2593Cheparinov,I26790–12019A61Peace Tournament 20198.3
Zelcic,R2526Palac,M2550½–½2019D14Peace Tournament 20198.4
Dreev,A2671Stevic,H2563½–½2019D20Peace Tournament 20198.5
Ivanchuk,V2679Melkumyan,H26611–02019E54Peace Tournament 20198.6
Melkumyan,H2661Bosiocic,M2598½–½2019E20Peace Tournament 20199.1
Stevic,H2563Ivanchuk,V2679½–½2019B22Peace Tournament 20199.2
Palac,M2550Dreev,A2671½–½2019B45Peace Tournament 20199.3
Cheparinov,I2679Zelcic,R25261–02019E11Peace Tournament 20199.4
Bacrot,E2669Kozul,Z25931–02019B52Peace Tournament 20199.5
Ragger,M2669Nisipeanu,L2656½–½2019E05Peace Tournament 20199.6
Bosiocic,M2598Nisipeanu,L2656½–½2019B12Peace Tournament 201910.1
Kozul,Z2593Ragger,M26690–12019A35Peace Tournament 201910.2
Zelcic,R2526Bacrot,E2669½–½2019C01Peace Tournament 201910.3
Dreev,A2671Cheparinov,I2679½–½2019B07Peace Tournament 201910.4
Ivanchuk,V2679Palac,M25501–02019B97Peace Tournament 201910.5
Melkumyan,H2661Stevic,H2563½–½2019D20Peace Tournament 201910.6
Stevic,H2563Bosiocic,M2598½–½2019Peace Tournament 201911.1
Palac,M2550Melkumyan,H26610–12019D06Peace Tournament 201911.2
Cheparinov,I2679Ivanchuk,V2679½–½2019D16Peace Tournament 201911.3
Bacrot,E2669Dreev,A26711–02019B11Peace Tournament 201911.4
Ragger,M2669Zelcic,R25260–12019E04Peace Tournament 201911.5
Nisipeanu,L2656Kozul,Z2593½–½2019B52Peace Tournament 201911.6

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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