Mind Games: Artemiev, Grischuk, Stefanova und Zhao Xue

by André Schulz
12/21/2017 – Huaian, China hosted the International Mind Games Association's competition of five mind sports, including chess, which was represented by rapid, blitz and Basque (two simultaneous games) formats. Vladislav Artemiev won the blitz and Dmitry Andreikin took the rapid tournaments for the men, Alexander Grischuk the Basque tournament. For women, the winners are Antoaneta Stafanova and Zhao Xue. | Photo: Gu Xiaobing

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Russian stars in Huaian

The International Mind Games Association (IMSA) Mind Games, features competitions in bridge, draughts, chess, go and XiangQi. IMSA is an association of meanwhile six mind sports associations. The five played in 2017 included the founding associations — The "World Bridge Federation" (WBF), the "International Go Federation" (IGF), the "Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames" (FMJD) and the "Fédération Internationale des Échecs" (FIDE) — plus the fifth member, the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF) added in 2015, and the sixth member joining this year was the Mah Jongg Association ("Maahj" is a rummy-like game played with tiles rather than cards).

Competitions were held in parallel in all the mind sports varieties. The organizer of the chess tournaments was of course the Chinese Chess Association, founded in 1962.

For the chess competitons, twelve men and twelve women were invited, who each played in three tournaments: (rapid, with 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move), blitz (22 rounds at 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move) and Basque chess (five-round Swiss with 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. In the "Basque format", two games with reversed colors are played at the same time against one opponent.

Vladislav Artemiev, Quang Liem Le, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Dmitry Andreikin, Rauf Mamedov, Anton Korobov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Pentala Harikrishna and the "local" players Yangyi Yu, Wang Hao and Ding Liren.

For the women we saw, Nana Dzagnidze, Dronavalli Harika, Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk, Wenjun Ju, Xue Zhao, Anna Ushenina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Zhongyi Tan, Kateryna Lagno and Elisabeth Paehtz.

At the start of the six-day tournament (December 10th to 15th), the seven-round rapid tournament was on tap first. Dmitry Andreikin and Antoaneta Stefanova were the winners in the end, but only on tiebreak points. In the men's tournament, three players tied on 4½ / 7, while in the women's tournament there were five shared first. It was an odd format choice for 12 players. 

IMSA players

The women's tournament | Photo: FIDE

Mamedyarov, Andreikin, Le Quang Liem | Photo: FIDE

The longest game of the event was between Yu and Harikrishna, a rook ending which is known to be a draw in grandmaster circles but which can of course be played for a long time in rapid with increment.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.0-0 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4 9.Naxc4 Be7 10.Bf4 5 E04: Open Catalan: Nf3 Nd5 11.Nxd7 Nxf4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nde5 LiveBook: 3 Games Ng6 14.Nxc6 Qd5
15.N4a5N Predecessor: 15.Nxe7 Qxc4 16.b3 Qc5 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Rc1 1/2-1/2 (18) Wen, Y (2618)-Lu,S (2607) Shijiazhuang 2015 15...Bf6 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Nxb3 d3! 18.exd3 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bf6 20.Rfc1       White is pushing. Kd7 21.Nba5 21.Nd2± Rhc8 22.Rb7+ Ke8 23.Ne4 21...Rhc8= 22.Rb7+ Ke8 23.Rc4 a6 24.Kf1 Ne5 24...Ne7= remains equal. 25.Nxe5± Bxe5
26.Rxc8+! Rxc8       Endgame KRB-KRN 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.Ra7 a5 29.a4 Kd8 30.Ra6 Rb8 31.Nxa5 Rb1+ 32.Ke2 Rb2+ 33.Ke3 Bb6+ 34.d4 e5 35.Ke4 Bxd4 The position is equal. 36.Nc6+ Kd7 37.f4 Rxh2 38.a5 Ra2 39.Nxe5+ Bxe5 40.Kxe5= KR-KR Rg2 41.Ra7+ Kc8! 42.a6 Rxg3 43.Rxf7 Kb8 44.f5 h5 45.Rb7+ 45.Kd6 seems wilder. h4 46.Ke5 h3 47.Kf4 Rg1 48.Rf8+ 45...Ka8 46.Rb4 46.Kd6 is more complex. Rg4 47.Kc6 h4 48.f6 Rg6 49.Rxg7 Rxf6+ 50.Kb5 46...Ka7 47.Rh4 Kxa6 48.Rxh5 Kb7 49.Kf4 Rc3 50.Rh7 Kc8! 51.Rxg7 Kd8! 52.Kg5 Ke8! 53.Kg6 Kf8! 54.Ra7 Rg3+ 55.Kf6
55...Kg8! 56.Ra8+ Kh7 57.Kf7 Rb3 58.Ra7 Rb8 59.Re7 Ra8 60.Re6 Black must now prevent f6. Rb8 61.Re8 Rb6 62.Re2 aiming for Rh2+. Rb7+ 63.Kf6 Threatening mate with Re7+. Rb6+ 64.Re6 Rb8 64...Rb1 looks sharper. 65.Re7+ Kh6 66.Re4 Rb6+ 67.Re6 Rb8 65.Kf7 Rb7+ 66.Kf8 66.Kf6!? Kh6 67.Rd6± 66...Rb8+! 67.Re8 Rb6 68.Re7+ Kh8 69.Re6 69.f6!? Rxf6+ 70.Rf7 Rxf7+ 71.Kxf7= 69...Rb8+ 70.Kf7 Kh7 71.Re8 Rb7+ 72.Kf6 Re7+ would kill now. Rb6+ 73.Re6 Rb5 74.Re7+ Kh6 75.Re6 Kh7 76.Re5 Rb6+ 77.Kf7 Rb7+ 78.Kf8 Rb8+ 79.Re8 Rb6 80.Re7+ Kh8 81.Kf7 Kh7 82.f6 Rb8 83.Re8 Rb7+ 84.Ke6 Rb6+ 85.Kf5 Rb5+ 86.Re5 Rb1 87.Re8 Rb5+! 88.Ke6 Rb6+ 89.Kf7 Rb7+ 90.Re7 Rb8 91.Re6 Ra8 92.Re7 Rb8 93.Ra7 Strongly threatening Rd7. Rc8 94.Ra1 Rc7+ 95.Ke6 And now Rd1 would win. Rb7 96.Re1 Threatens to win with f7. Rb6+ 97.Kf7 Rb7+! 98.Re7 Rb8 99.Re6 Ra8 100.Rd6 Rd1 is the strong threat. Ra7+ 101.Ke8 White threatens f7 and mate. Kg8 102.Rd1 Ra8+ 103.Ke7 Ra7+ 104.Ke6 Ra6+ 105.Kf5 Intending Kg6 and mate. 105.Kd7 keeps more tension. Rxf6 106.Ke7 Rf7+ 107.Ke6 Kf8 108.Ke5 105...Ra2 105...Ra4 with more complications. 106.Ke6 Re4+ 107.Kd5 Re2 108.Rf1 Kf7 106.Rd8+ Kf7 107.Rd7+ Kf8 108.Rd8+ Kf7 109.Rd7+ Kf8 110.Rd8+ Precision: White = 52%, Black = 88%.
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Yu,Y2751Harikrishna,P2744½–½2017A082nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6

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Final rapid standings (men)

Rk. Name Pts.  Wtg1 
1 Andreikin Dmitry 4,5 1,5
2 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 4,5 1,0
3 Le Quang Liem 4,5 0,5
4 Ding Liren 4,0 0,5
5 Wang Hao 4,0 0,5
6 Korobov Anton 3,5 0,0
7 Harikrishna P. 3,0 0,0
8 Yu Yangyi 3,0 0,0
9 Ivanchuk Vassily 3,0 0,0
10 Grischuk Alexander 3,0 0,0
11 Artemiev Vladislav 2,5 1,0
12 Mamedov Rauf 2,5 0,0
 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d3 Rb8 10.Nd2 A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 a6 10...Be6 11.Rc1 0-1 (34) Radjabov,T (2710)-Yu,Y (2729) Doha 2016 11.a3 Bg4 12.h3 Bd7N Predecessor: 12...Be6 13.Nd5 Ne8 14.Rb1 f5 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 Nf6 17.Ba1 Ne7 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 1-0 (48) Spraggett,K (2530)-Quadrio,A (2230) Loures 1996 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Ba3 a5 16.Rb1 b5 17.Nxb5 d5 18.Nc3 dxc4 19.Nxc4 Re8       20.Nd6 20.Qd2 20...Re6= 21.Nde4 Reb6 22.Qd2 Be8 23.Rfc1 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 f5 25.Nc5       Bf7 25...e4!? 26.Na4 Rb5 27.Nc3 Rc5 28.Na4 Rcb5 29.Nc3 Rc5 30.Na4 Precision: White = 56%, Black = 53%. ½–½
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Artemiev,V2691Grischuk,A2772½–½2017A382nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men1.1
Andreikin,D2712Le,Q2750½–½2017D302nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men1.2
Yu,Y2752Mamedov,R2695½–½2017B362nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men1.3
Korobov,A2765Ding,L2777½–½2017D432nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men1.4
Mamedyarov,S2814Ivanchuk,V27961–02017E202nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men1.5
Harikrishna,P2744Wang,H27700–12017C662nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men1.6
Wang,H2770Mamedyarov,S2814½–½2017D382nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men2.1
Mamedov,R2695Artemiev,V26910–12017B102nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men2.2
Le,Q2750Korobov,A27651–02017D452nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men2.3
Grischuk,A2772Yu,Y2752½–½2017A302nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men2.4
Ding,L2777Andreikin,D27121–02017D782nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men2.5
Ivanchuk,V2796Harikrishna,P2744½–½2017E362nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men2.6
Artemiev,V2691Ding,L2777½–½2017D002nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men3.1
Mamedyarov,S2814Le,Q27501–02017E202nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men3.2
Yu,Y2752Wang,H27700–12017C652nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men3.3
Andreikin,D2712Grischuk,A27721–02017A342nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men3.4
Harikrishna,P2744Mamedov,R2695½–½2017A482nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men3.5
Korobov,A2765Ivanchuk,V27961–02017E152nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men3.6
Ding,L2777Mamedyarov,S27990–12017E042nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men4
Grischuk,A2772Harikrishna,P27441–02017B482nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men4
Le,Q2737Yu,Y2751½–½2017A302nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men4
Mamedov,R2709Ivanchuk,V2726½–½2017B662nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men4
Wang,H2709Artemiev,V26911–02017D712nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men4
Korobov,A2652Andreikin,D2712½–½2017E102nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men4
Mamedyarov,S2799Grischuk,A2772½–½2017D372nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men5
Harikrishna,P2744Korobov,A26521–02017B922nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men5
Ivanchuk,V2726Yu,Y2751½–½2017A052nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men5
Andreikin,D2712Wang,H27091–02017A452nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men5
Mamedov,R2709Ding,L27770–12017C262nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men5
Artemiev,V2691Le,Q27370–12017D412nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men5
Yu,Y2751Harikrishna,P2744½–½2017A082nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6
Le,Q2737Grischuk,A2772½–½2017D312nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6
Ivanchuk,V2726Artemiev,V26911–02017B182nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6
Andreikin,D2712Mamedyarov,S27991–02017A452nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6
Wang,H2709Ding,L2777½–½2017D472nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6
Korobov,A2652Mamedov,R27091–02017E912nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men6
Mamedyarov,S2799Korobov,A2652½–½2017E252nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men7
Ding,L2777Ivanchuk,V2726½–½2017D712nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men7
Grischuk,A2772Mamedov,R27090–12017A042nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men7
Harikrishna,P2744Andreikin,D2712½–½2017B462nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men7
Le,Q2737Wang,H27091–02017D452nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men7
Artemiev,V2691Yu,Y2751½–½2017C282nd IMSA Rapid 2017-Men7

Women's tournament

In the women's rapid chess tournament, the five-way tie for first was broken by the second tiebreak in this case, the Elo performance rating. Antoaneta Stefanova was declared the winner, while sisters, Anna and Mariya Muzychuk won silver and gold.

Anna Muzychuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Mariya Muzychuk (looking away) | Photo: FIDE

Final rapid standings (women)

Rk. Name Pts.  Wtg1 
1 Stefanova Antoaneta 4,5 0,0
2 Muzychuk Anna 4,5 0,0
3 Muzychuk Mariya 4,5 0,0
4 Lagno Kateryna 4,5 0,0
5 Ushenina Anna 4,5 0,0
6 Harika Dronavalli 4,0 0,0
7 Dzagnidze Nana 3,5 0,0
8 Ju Wenjun 3,0 0,0
9 Zhao Xue 2,5 1,5
10 Tan Zhongyi 2,5 1,0
11 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2,5 0,5
12 Paehtz Elisabeth 1,5 0,0

Blitz tournament (Men)

There followed the blitz tournament. This was played instead in a round-robin format, with 11 double rounds. After the 22 games Vladislav Artemiev and Alexander Grischuk were atop the men's tournament with 16 points apiece. Since Artemiev had won the direct duel against Grischuk 2-0, he was declared the winner here. Third was Dmitry Andreikin.

The winners | Photo: Gu Xiaobing

Final blitz standings (men)

Rk. Snr   Name FED Elo Bdld Pts.  Wtg1   Wtg2   Wtg3 
1 10 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2798   16,0 2,0 167,00 13,0
2 6 GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2725   16,0 0,0 157,50 14,0
3 3 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2771   14,0 0,0 150,00 10,0
4 2 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2701   12,0 0,0 119,50 9,0
5 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2815   11,0 1,0 112,00 9,0
6 4 GM Ding Liren CHN 2837   11,0 1,0 106,00 7,0
7 12 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2771   10,0 3,0 95,50 7,0
8 5 GM Wang Hao CHN 2737   10,0 2,0 102,50 6,0
9 11 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2759   10,0 1,0 107,00 6,0
10 1 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2755   8,0 0,0 77,00 5,0
11 8 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2760   7,0 2,0 79,50 5,0
12 9 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2770   7,0 0,0 74,50 3,0

Blitz tournament (Women)

The women's tournament once again went to Antoaneta Stefanova. She was the only player to finish with 14 points from 22 games. Second was Ju Wenjun with the better tiebreak ahead of Alexandra Kosteniuk. Both players scored 13½ points. Ju Wenjun had won the direct duel against Kosteniuk with 1½ : ½ points.

Winners (with dogs) and officials | Photo: Gu Xiaobing

The World Champion among the women, Tan Zhongyi, struggled. Despite her triumph in Tehran last March, where she surprisingly defeated the favorite Anna Muzychuk in the final, in both the blitz and the rapid tournaments of the Mind Games she finished only in tenth place. 

Final Standings

Rk. Name Pts.  Wtg1 
1 Stefanova Antoaneta 14,5 0,0
2 Ju Wenjun 13,5 1,5
3 Kosteniuk Alexandra 13,5 0,5
4 Lagno Kateryna 13,0 0,0
5 Harika Dronavalli 12,5 1,0
6 Zhao Xue 12,5 1,0
7 Dzagnidze Nana 12,0 0,0
8 Muzychuk Anna 11,5 0,0
9 Ushenina Anna 10,0 0,0
10 Tan Zhongyi 9,5 0,0
11 Muzychuk Mariya 6,0 0,0
12 Paehtz Elisabeth 3,5 0,0

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Basque tournament (men)

In "Basque format", the two players in a pairing play two games against each other, one with the white pieces, one with the black pieces. At the Mind Games, the Basque tournaments were held with five double rounds according to the Swiss system.

Two games at the same time | Photo: Gu Xiaobing

The men's tournament ended with Alexander Grischuk and Anton Korobov tied with 6½ points from ten games. The direct encounter was won by Grischuk with 1½ points who was thus the winner of the tournament. Third went to P. Harikrishna with half a point behind and tied with Yu Yangyi. Their direct duel ended 1 : 1, so here the next tiebreak had to be used; the Elo perfomance rating decided the bronze in favor of the Indian number two.

Prize winners Photo: Gu Xiaobing

Final Standings

Rg. Name  Wtg1 
1 Grischuk Alexander 6,5
2 Korobov Anton 6,5
3 Harikrishna P. 6,0
4 Yu Yangyi 6,0
5 Andreikin Dmitry 6,0
6 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 5,5
7 Wang Hao 5,5
8 Ding Liren 5,0
9 Artemiev Vladislav 5,0
10 Mamedov Rauf 4,5
11 Ivanchuk Vassily 2,0
12 Le Quang Liem 1,5

All games

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.Rc1 5 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Ne4 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nc7 e5 13.Nxd5 exf4 14.Qxe4 fxe3 15.fxe3 h6 16.Nd4 Qd8 17.Bd3 f5 18.Qf4 1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017 6...Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 LiveBook: 8 Games Nh5 10.Bg3 g6 11.a3N Predecessor: 11.Qb3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Kg7 13.Ne2 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Bb4 15.Rd1 1-0 (52) Brujic,B (2227)-Govedarica,R (2388) Belgrade 2007 11...Nxg3 12.hxg3 Re8 13.0-0 Bd6 14.b4 Nf6 15.Re1 Bg4 16.Qb3 a6 17.Nd2 h5 18.e4
18...dxe4 Black should play 18...h4! 19.gxh4 Bf4 19.Ndxe4= Be6 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Bf8 23.Rcd1 Rc8 24.Nc5 Black must now prevent Rxe8. Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rc7 26.Re4 Bg7 27.a4 Re7 ...Rxe4 is the strong threat. 28.Rxe7 Qxe7 29.Kf1 29.Qc3 29...Bh6 29...b6 30.Nxa6 Qe4 30.d5 The position is equal. Bd2 30...cxd5 looks sharper. 31.Qxd5 Bf8 32.Qxb7 Qxb7 33.Nxb7 Bxb4 34.Ke2 Kg7 31.Qe2 Qxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Bxb4 33.dxc6 bxc6 34.Nxa6 Endgame KB-KN Bd6! 35.Kd3 Strongly threatening Kc4. Kf8 36.Kc4 Ke7 37.Nc5 Bc7 38.Nd3 Kd6 39.f4 f6 40.Nc5 With the idea Ne4+. Bb6 41.Nb7+ Kc7 42.Nc5 Kd6 43.Nb7+ Kc7 44.Nc5 Kd6 Precision: White = 43%, Black = 60%.
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Mamedyarov,S2799Ivanchuk,V2726½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Ding,L2777Le,Q273720172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Grischuk,A2772Korobov,A265220172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Yu,Y2751Andreikin,D27121–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Harikrishna,P2744Mamedov,R270920172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Le,Q2737Ding,L277720172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Ivanchuk,V2726Mamedyarov,S27990–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Andreikin,D2712Yu,Y2751½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Mamedov,R2709Harikrishna,P274420172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Wang,H2709Artemiev,V269120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Artemiev,V2691Wang,H270920172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Korobov,A2652Grischuk,A277220172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men1
Mamedyarov,S2799Ding,L2777½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Ding,L2777Mamedyarov,S2799½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Grischuk,A2772Yu,Y27511–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Yu,Y2751Grischuk,A2772½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Harikrishna,P2744Wang,H2709½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Le,Q2737Ivanchuk,V27261–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Ivanchuk,V2726Le,Q27371–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Andreikin,D2712Korobov,A26520–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Mamedov,R2709Artemiev,V2691½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Wang,H2709Harikrishna,P2744½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Artemiev,V2691Mamedov,R2709½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Korobov,A2652Andreikin,D27120–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men2
Mamedyarov,S2799Yu,Y27510–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Ding,L2777Wang,H2709½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Grischuk,A2772Harikrishna,P2744½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Yu,Y2751Mamedyarov,S2799½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Harikrishna,P2744Grischuk,A2772½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Le,Q2737Mamedov,R27090–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Ivanchuk,V2726Korobov,A2652½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Andreikin,D2712Artemiev,V26911–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Mamedov,R2709Le,Q27371–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Wang,H2709Ding,L27770–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Artemiev,V2691Andreikin,D27120–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Korobov,A2652Ivanchuk,V27261–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men3
Mamedyarov,S2799Korobov,A26520–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Ding,L2777Harikrishna,P2744½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Grischuk,A2772Andreikin,D271220172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Yu,Y2751Mamedov,R27091–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Harikrishna,P2744Ding,L2777½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Le,Q2737Artemiev,V26910–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Ivanchuk,V2726Wang,H27090–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Andreikin,D2712Grischuk,A2772½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Mamedov,R2709Yu,Y2751½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Wang,H2709Ivanchuk,V27261–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Artemiev,V2691Le,Q27371–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Korobov,A2652Mamedyarov,S2799½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men4
Mamedyarov,S2799Le,Q27371–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Ding,L2777Korobov,A26520–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Grischuk,A2772Wang,H27091–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Yu,Y2751Harikrishna,P27441–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Harikrishna,P2744Yu,Y27511–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Le,Q2737Mamedyarov,S27990–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Ivanchuk,V2726Artemiev,V26910–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Andreikin,D2712Mamedov,R2709½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Mamedov,R2709Andreikin,D27120–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Wang,H2709Grischuk,A2772½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Artemiev,V2691Ivanchuk,V27261–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5
Korobov,A2652Ding,L27771–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Men5

Basque tournament (women)

In the Basque Women's Tournament, Zhao Xue stood out. The Chinese GM won the tournament with 7½ points and a full point ahead of Anna Muzychuk. Katerina Lagno finished third with a better tiebreak, ahead of Harika Dronavalli. Elisabeth Pähtz had a stronger showing than in the other two tournaments, if still underwhelming, and finished tenth, with the same score but ahead of World Champion Tan Zhonqyi.

Anna Muzychuk, Zhao Xue, Katerina Lagno | Photo: Gu Xiaobing

Final Standings

Rg. Name  Wtg1 
1 Zhao Xue 7,5
2 Muzychuk Anna 6,5
3 Lagno Kateryna 5,5
4 Harika Dronavalli 5,5
5 Kosteniuk Alexandra 5,0
6 Ushenina Anna 5,0
7 Ju Wenjun 4,5
8 Muzychuk Mariya 4,5
9 Dzagnidze Nana 4,5
10 Paehtz Elisabeth 4,0
11 Tan Zhongyi 4,0
12 Stefanova Antoaneta 3,5

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0-0 Ngf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.c4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7 11.f3 0-0 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Qd2 Qb8 15.b3
LiveBook: 4 Games 15...Bd8N 15...Rfe8 16.Kh1 Bd8 17.Bg1 Bc7 18.Nc2 1-0 (76) Areshchenko,A (2652) -Demchenko,A (2645) Tbilisi 2017 16.Kh1 Bc7 17.Bg1 Kh8 18.Bd3 Nc5 19.Bb1 Qa8 20.b4 Ncd7 21.f4 Bb8 22.Bd3 Kg8 23.a3 Rfd8 24.Nb3 White is more active. g6 25.Re2 d5 25...Nh5 26.cxd5± exd5 27.e5 Ne4 28.Nxe4 Rxc1?
28...dxe4± was called for. 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Nf6++- Weaker is 29.Nxc1 dxe4 30.Bc2 Ba7 29...Nxf6 30.Qxc1 Ne4 31.Bxb6 Rc8 32.Rc2 Re8? 32...Rxc2± is a better defense. 33.Bxc2 33.Qxc2 Ba7± 33...Ba7 34.Bxa7 Qxa7 35.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Bd4 Ba7 34.Nc5 Bxc5 35.bxc5 Bc6
36.f5! Qd8 36...Rb8 was necessary. 37.e6 fxe6 36...gxf5 37.Bxe4 37.f6 Re6 38.Rb2 Bb5 Precision: White = 64%, Black = 19%. 38...Qf8 39.Bxa6 h5
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Muzychuk,A2582Paehtz,E24641–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women1
Kosteniuk,A2557Harika,D25040–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women1
Paehtz,E2464Muzychuk,A25820–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women1
Muzychuk,A2582Zhao,X24770–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Ju,W2567Stefanova,A2500½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Kosteniuk,A2557Muzychuk,M2544½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Lagno,K2547Paehtz,E24641–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Muzychuk,M2544Kosteniuk,A2557½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Dzagnidze,N2522Tan,Z25171–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Tan,Z2517Dzagnidze,N25221–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Harika,D2504Ushenina,A2416½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Stefanova,A2500Ju,W2567½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Zhao,X2477Muzychuk,A25820–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Paehtz,E2464Lagno,K25470–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Ushenina,A2416Harika,D2504½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women2
Muzychuk,A2582Lagno,K25470–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Ju,W2567Kosteniuk,A2557½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Kosteniuk,A2557Ju,W2567½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Lagno,K2547Muzychuk,A25821–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Muzychuk,M2544Tan,Z25171–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Dzagnidze,N2522Paehtz,E24640–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Tan,Z2517Muzychuk,M25441–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Harika,D2504Stefanova,A2500½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Stefanova,A2500Harika,D2504½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Zhao,X2477Ushenina,A24161–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Paehtz,E2464Dzagnidze,N25221–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Ushenina,A2416Zhao,X24770–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women3
Muzychuk,A2582Kosteniuk,A25571–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Ju,W2567Lagno,K2547½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Kosteniuk,A2557Muzychuk,A2582½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Lagno,K2547Ju,W25670–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Muzychuk,M2544Zhao,X2477½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Dzagnidze,N2522Stefanova,A25001–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Tan,Z2517Harika,D25040–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Harika,D2504Tan,Z25171–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Stefanova,A2500Dzagnidze,N25220–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Zhao,X2477Muzychuk,M25441–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Paehtz,E2464Ushenina,A24161–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Ushenina,A2416Paehtz,E2464½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women4
Muzychuk,A2582Ju,W25671–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Ju,W2567Muzychuk,A25820–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Kosteniuk,A2557Stefanova,A2500½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Lagno,K2547Ushenina,A24160–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Muzychuk,M2544Dzagnidze,N2522½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Dzagnidze,N2522Muzychuk,M2544½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Tan,Z2517Paehtz,E24640–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Harika,D2504Zhao,X2477½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Stefanova,A2500Kosteniuk,A25570–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Zhao,X2477Harika,D25041–020172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Paehtz,E2464Tan,Z25170–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Ushenina,A2416Lagno,K2547½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Paehtz,E2464Tan,Z25170–120172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5
Ushenina,A2416Lagno,K2547½–½20172nd IMSA Basque 2017-Women5

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