Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
Fifth
FIDE Grand Prix in Jermuk, ArmeniaThis event is taking place from August 8th-24th 2009. It is a Category 19 tournament, with eleven of the 14 players rated over 2700. The event is a memorial to former world champion Tigran Petrosian, who held the title from 1963–1969 and would have turned 80 on June 17th this year.
Round 4: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
||
Leko Peter |
1-0 |
Karjakin Sergey |
Bacrot Etienne |
½-½ |
Eljanov Pavel |
Jakovenko Dmitry |
½-½ |
Gelfand Boris |
Akopian Vladimir |
½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rus. |
Aronian Levon |
1-0 |
Kamsky Gata |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
½-½ |
Cheparinov Ivan |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
1-0 |
Alekseev Evgeny |
Round four in Jarmuk brought some major excitement. The leading pack has narrowed to two, with Leko and Aronian winning against Karjakin and Kamsky respectively, leaving Cheparinov, who drew with Inarkiev, a half point off the pace. The mercurial Ivanchuk also cashed in his chips, dispatching of Alekseev, to join Cheparinov in the chasing group. Aronian needed 41 moves in a KID System to take out Kamsky, while Leko required 33 moves in a Queen's Indian and Ivanchuk 31 in a Reti to drop their opponents. The rest of the games were drawn, though only Jakavenko-Gelfand, at 30 moves, was under the 55 move mark in this crop. Certainly an interesting outing, which hopefully gives the players some extra wind for tomorrow.
Gata Kamsky, USA, struggling in his game against Levon Aronian, Armenia
Aronian,L (2768) - Kamsky,G (2717) [A10]
5th FIDE GP Jermuk ARM (4), 12.08.2009
1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3N. Highly unusual:
a novelty on move five! Normally 5.Bd2 is played here. 5...exd4 6.a3
Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 0-0 8.e5 Re8 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qxd4 f5 11.Qd5+ Kg7 12.h4 d6 13.Ng5 Qe7
14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.exd6 cxd6 16.h5 Qe5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bh6+ Kf6 19.Qd2 e3 20.Bxe3
Nc6 21.0-0-0 Be6 22.Rh7 Re7 23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Bf4 Qa5 25.Bxd6+ Kf7 26.Qb2 Kg8
27.c5 Qa4 28.Bd3 Bf5 29.Bb5 Qe4 30.f3 Qe3+ 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Kd2 Re8
34.g4 Be6 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Rh1 Rg8 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Rh7 Rg7 39.g5+ Kf7 40.Rh8 Bd5
41.c4
Kamsky played the final moves at a ferocious pace and just barely made the time control. Now he looked at the position and saw that he is going to lose a piece: 41...Be6 is impossible due to 42.Rf8#, and 41...Bxf3 doesn't work either because of 42.Rf8+ Ke6 43.Rxf3. So Black resigned. 1-0.
Levon Aronian and Gata Kamsky in the press conference with IM Lilit Mkrtchian
A tough day for newly-wed
Ukrainian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin
Outside IM Lilit Mkrtchian chats with Karjakin's wife WIM Kateryna Dolzhikova
Leko,P (2756) - Karjakin,Sergey (2717) [E15]
5th FIDE GP Jermuk ARM (4), 12.08.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0
d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.a4 Ne4 12.Be1 f5 13.a5 Bd6 14.Nc3 Qe7 15.Ra2 Rfc8
16.axb6 axb6 17.Rda1 Bb7 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8
20.cxd5! Nxc3. The problem is that after 20...exd5 21.Nxd5! cxd5 White has 22.Qc8+ Kf7 23.Qxa8; and after 20...cxd5 he can play 21.Nxe4! fxe4 22.Qc8+ Kf7 23.Qxa8, in each case winning a pawn with a nice bishop-pair game. 21.dxe6 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Nf8 23.Qa6 Bb7 24.Qxb6 Nxe6 25.b4 h6 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Qa5 Qxa5 28.bxa5 Kf7 29.Ne5+ Bxe5 30.dxe5 Nc7 31.f4 Ke6 32.Bb4 Kd7 33.Bf1 1-0.
The arrival of wife Sofi in Jermuk brought Peter luck
Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [A13]
5th FIDE GP Jermuk ARM (4), 12.08.2009
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.0-0 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3
Be7 9.Re1 0-0 10.Na3 Ne8 11.Nc2 f6 12.Bd2 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Nb4 Nc7 15.Rb1 Bd7
16.Nh4 Na5 17.f4 g6 18.f5 gxf5 19.g4 f4 20.Bxf4 Na6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Bxd5+ Kg7
23.Kh1 Re8? [23...Kh8 or 23...Nc6 was necessary
24.g5! Kh8 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Bxg8 Kxg8. Now it is a forced mate. 27.g6 Bc6+ 28.Re4 Bxe4+ 29.dxe4 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qh5+ and mate in two more moves. 1-0.
What could I do? He gave me the chance and I mated him –
Vassily Ivanchuk
All pictures by courtesy of FIDE
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The games start at 15:00h Armenian time (12:00 noon CEST, 11:00h London, 6 a.m. New York and 3 a.m. California). Full live coverage, including discussion and analysis with thousands of other visitors, is available on Playchess.
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009! |
|
