2/8/2013 – The International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2013 is being held from 31st January to 11th February 2013 at the Russian State Social University in Moscow. In a strong field of national and international GMs, after seven rounds of play it is not the top seed Ian Nepomniachtchi who is in the lead, but three lesser-known Russian GMs. Illustrated report with endgame analysis.
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The festival consists of nine tournaments:
Tournament A – Men’s Cup of Russia
Tournament B – Women’s Cup of Russia
Tournament C – Amateurs’ Cup of MCF
Tournament D – Veterans’ Cup of MCF
Tournament E – World Cup Chess Composition
Tournament F – Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU (men)
Tournament G – Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU (women)
Tournament H – School Champions’ Cup of MCF
The total prize fund of the Festival is 3.5 million rubles (approximately US
$110,000).
The opening ceremony at the Russian State Social University in Moscow
Dance presentation at the opening ceremony
Ladies in interesting costumes
Violin recital, followed by a...
... hula hoop presentation
The start of the seventh round of the 2013 Moscow Open A Group
Top board: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2703, vs GM Pavel Maletin, 2571 (draw)
GM Illya Nyzhnyk, UKR, 16 years old, rated 2637, has scored 4.5/7 so far
There are plenty of very nice pictures on
the official site here, but all uncaptioned. You can explore
them if you know plenty of players by face, or just like seeing pictures of
people playing chess.
Video report from the Moscow Open 2013
Endgame analysis by GM Karsten Müller
The tragedy of one tempo
When a passed pawn can queen, it is often worth taking a second look, if this
can be done in even more favorable circumstances:
[Event "Moscow Open A"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2013.02.06"] [Round "5.5"]
[White "Meribanov, Vitaly"] [Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate
"2013.02.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source
"Chess Today"] [SourceDate "2013.02.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8
11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd2 h5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ne2 a5 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxd7 Re8 22. Bxg7 a4 23. Kf1
axb3 24. axb3 Bd6 25. Rf7 Ra2 26. Ra1 Rxa1+ 27. Bxa1 Bxh2 28. Rxf5 Bg3 29. Bc3
h4 30. Rg5 c5 31. Rg4 Re7 32. Re4 Rd7 33. Ke2 Rh7 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Be5 Bxe5 36.
Rxe5 h3 37. gxh3 Rxh3 38. Kf4 c4 39. bxc4 Rh4+ 40. Kg5 Rxc4 41. Re2 Rc3 42.
f4 b5 43. f5 b4 44. f6 Rf3 45. Kg6 c5 46. f7 Rg3+ 47. Kh7 Rh3+ 48. Kg7 Rg3+
49. Kf8 b3 50. Re7+ Kc6 51. Ke8 Rf3 52. cxb3 Rxb3 {The tragedy of one tempo
When a passed pawn can queen, it is often worth taking a second look, if this
can be done in even more favorable circumstances:} 53. f8=Q $2 {Now Black is
always just in time to draw.} (53. Re5 $5 Rb8+ (53... c4 54. f8=Q Rb8+ 55. Kf7
Rxf8+ 56. Kxf8 c3 57. Re3 $18) ( 53... Kd6 54. f8=Q+ Kxe5 55. Qxc5+ Kf6 56.
Qd6+ Kg7 57. Qf8+ Kg6 58. Qf7+ $18) (53... Rf3 54. f8=Q Rxf8+ 55. Kxf8 Kd6 56.
Rh5 $18) 54. Ke7 Kb5 55. Kf6 {wins the all important tempo in the following
fights:} (55. f8=Q $2 {is still too early due to} Rxf8 56. Kxf8 Kc4 57. Ke7
Kd4 58. Kd6 c4 59. Rd5+ Ke3 60. Kc5 c3 61. Kb4 c2 62. Rc5 Kd2 63. Kb3 c1=Q 64.
Rxc1 Kxc1 $11) 55... Rf8 56. Re8 Rxf7+ 57. Kxf7 Kc4 (57... c4 58. Ke6 c3 59.
Kd5 Kb4 60. Kd4 c2 61. Rc8 Kb3 62. Kd3 $18) 58. Ke6 Kd4 59. Rd8+ Ke4 60. Kd6
c4 61. Kc5 c3 62. Kb4 c2 63. Rc8 Kd3 64. Kb3 $18) (53. Re6+ Kd5 54. Rd6+ Kxd6
55. f8=Q+ Kc6 56. Qf6+ Kb5 57. Kd7 {wins as well, but is more complicated.})
53... Rb8+ 54. Kf7 Rxf8+ 55. Kxf8 Kd5 $1 { The right way to proceed. Black's
king prepares to give White's a bodycheck.} ( 55... c4 $4 {loses due to the
deadly cut off} 56. Re5 $18) ({and} 55... Kb5 $2 {runs into} 56. Kf7 Kc4 57.
Ke6 Kd4 58. Rd7+ Ke4 59. Rc7 Kd4 60. Kf5 c4 61. Kf4 Kd3 62. Kf3 c3 63. Rd7+
Kc2 64. Ke2 Kb2 65. Rc7 c2 66. Kd2 $18) 56. Rd7+ Ke4 57. Ke7 ({The usual zwischenschach}
57. Re7+ {does not help here due to} Kd3 58. Rd7+ Ke3 59. Rc7 Kd4 60. Ke7 c4
61. Kd6 c3 $11 {Bodycheck!}) 57... c4 58. Kd6 c3 59. Rh7 c2 60. Rh1 Kd3 61.
Kd5 1/2-1/2
Passed pawns must be pushed
A dangerous outside passed pawn can compensate a lot of material:
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