5/28/2018 – The Karpov Poikovsky tournament went off to a flying start on Sunday as a decisive game was witnessed on every board: Vidit Gujrathi won in Karpovian style in his very first appearance in Poikovsky; Emil Sutovsky ground down Vladislav Kovalev in an 80 move marathon; Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dmitry Jakovenko won after winning a pawn a piece out of the opening; while Anton Korobov crushed Fedoseev's dubious opening. Here's an illustrated report with analysis. | Pictured: Anatoly Karpov | Photo: Georgios Souleidis
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Round 1
The 19th Karpov Poikovsky International kicked off on Sunday in Poikovsky, a small Siberian town in Russia. The 10 player round robin has a time control of 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes until the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. The Russian star, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi headlines the field which includes a strong line-up of players like Dmitry Jakovenko, Vidit Gujrathi, Boris Gelfand etc.
Full list of Participants
Sr No.
Title
Name
IRtg
FED
1
GM
Ian Nepomniachtchi
2751
RUS
2
GM
Dmitry Jakovenko
2735
RUS
3
GM
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
2707
IND
4
GM
Vladimir Fedoseev
2706
RUS
5
GM
Vladislav Artemiev
2704
RUS
6
GM
Boris Gelfand
2695
ISR
7
GM
Anton Korobov
2678
UKR
8
GM
Vladislav Kovalev
2650
BLR
9
GM
Emil Sutovsky
2647
ISR
10
GM
Victor Bologan
2610
MOL
Vidit Gujrathi 1 – 0 Victor Bologan
Vidit Gujrathi’s game against Victor Bologan was the first one to finish. By rating, Vidit was the favourite, with almost 100 points over the Moldovan GM. But while Vidit is playing the tournament for the first time, Bologan is no newcomer to Poikovsky; he has played and won this event more than once.
The game began as a Queen’s Indian where Vidit, after a slight misplay in the opening by Bologan, began mounting pressure on black’s position. Planting a knight deep into enemy lines on c6, Vidit conjured up an elegant kingside attack. The highlight of the game was Vidit’s exchange sac on move 25 which was very reminiscent of the positional sacrifices of the twelfth world champion in whose honour the tournament is conducted.
Gujrathi-Bologan, Poikovsky, 2018
Position after 25.Rxf6
Bologan resigned five moves later. It seemed at first that the resignation might have come too early. But a closer look at the final position reveals that black is utterly paralyzed and playing on would only delay the inevitable.
Vidit kicked off with a fine win that featured a Karpovian exchange sac | Photo: ruchess.ru
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be76.0-00-07.Re1Na68.Nc3Ne4E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7
6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)8...d59.cxd5exd510.Bf4Re811.Rc1c512.dxc5Nxc513.Nd4a614.a3Bf815.b4Ne616.Nxe6fxe617.Na4Rc818.Rxc8Qxc819.Qd4b50-1 (82) Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M (2853) chess.com INT 20169.Bf4Nxc310.bxc3LiveBook: 16 GamesNb8
White is slightly better.11.e4d612.e5NPredecessor:12.h4Nd713.h5h614.Qe2Nf615.Nd2Nh716.Be30-1 (43) Loiseau,Q (2437)-Bailet,P
(2509) Nancy 201612...dxe512...Nc613.Nxe5±Bxg214.Kxg2Bd615.Qf3Nd716.Rad1Qe717.Nc6Qf618.Re4Kh819.Qe2Black must now
prevent Be5.Qg620.Bc1Nf621.Rh4Qf522.Rd3g523.Rf3White is clearly better.Qg624.Ne5!Qg7
This DVD is packed full of new, exciting and novel ideas; based on a repertoire starting with the moves 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 with g3! to follow.
Anton Korobov 1 – 0 Vladimir Fedoseev
An unusual version of the Torre Attack was seen in the game between Anton Korobov and Vladimir Fedoseev wherein the latter moved his queen’s pawn first to d6 and then to d5 on his fifth and sixth moves. Consequently, Fedoseev ended up in a difficult position right out of the opening.
Korobov tried generating play through the open f-file, offering a pawn on move 13. Fedoseev rejected the offered pawn, but this turned out to be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. Soon he found his pieces entangled and by the time he did manage to untangle his pieces and get his king castled, he had dropped an exchange.
Korobov benefitted from his opponent's strange opening and went on to win a fine game | Photo: ruchess.ru
The Torre Attack offers White a good opportunity to create lively, unbalanced play and to set Black problems from the very start.
Boris Gelfand 0 – 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Another opening debacle was seen in the game between Boris Gelfand and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Gelfand sacrificed a pawn in a symmetrical English but failed to follow up with the required energy. As a result, ‘Nepo’ succeeded in getting his pieces organized. Gelfand, in the meantime, had been spending an inordinate amount of time on his moves and by move 30 was a full hour behind on the clock. But these long thinks did not do much good to his position and on move 33 he dropped a full piece. He resigned after reaching the first time control.
Gelfand had a bad day against Nepomniachtchi | Photo: ruchess.ru
When White doesn’t want to get involved into tons of theory, when he thinks that he is better than his opponent and can outplay him in a long game, then he uses 1.c4, the opening called English. 14 years ago Bologan started to play 1...c5 and until now he likes this move thanks to the rich type of positions arising after it, thanks to the aggressive and comfortable setups Black can get against the English Opening. “1...c5 is the best for Black!”
Dmitry Jakovenko 1 – 0 Vladislav Artemiev
The game between Dmitry Jakovenko and Vladislav Artemiev finished with a win for the former. Artemiev had essayed the Kan variation of the Sicilian and had remained with an isolated queen’s pawn out of the opening. Around move 20, Jakovenko was able to encircle and execute the isolani.
Jakovenkko-Artemiev, Poikovsky, 2018
Position after 20.Re1
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Artemiev could have kept things under control had he found the resource 20…Qc7, after which 21.Nxd4 could have been answered with 21…Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Qxd4 and now both 23…Nxf4 and 23…Rd8 24.Qe3 Qc5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 win back the pawn as after 26.Rf1, black has Rd2. But this did not happen and Jakovenko went on to convert his extra pawn into a full point.
This dynamic and flexible opening starts with moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6. Through carefully selected games and analysis made for that system, the author will help you understand the opening without the need to memorize tons of moves.
Emil Sutovsky 1 – 0 Vladislav Kovalev
Tournament’s defending champion, Emil Sutovsky also won his inaugural game against Vladislav Kovalev after an 80 move marathon. In the middle of a closed Ruy Lopez, Sutovsky was able to cement his knight on the c6 square and get a pleasant position. By move 33 he was an exchange up and looked completely winning. But he seemed to be in no hurry to finish the game. Keeping his advantage, he inched slowly but surely towards victory. The finish was interesting because Kovalev had one pawn too many to hold on to a draw.
Emil Sutovsky played an 80 move marathon but ended up winning against Vladislav Kovalev | Photo: ruchess.ru
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