Qatar Masters R2: Video analysis by Daniel King

by ChessBase
12/21/2015 – It's the second day at the Qatar Masters and 9 players are leading with 2/2. Amongst these players are the likes of So, Giri and Yu Yangyi amongst others. After a draw yesterday, Magnus Carlsen comforted himself today with a win over Aravindh. In an Anti-Sicilian Carlsen got a pleasant position out of the opening. Daniel King shows this game in his round report. Click here for the video...
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Highlights Round 2

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1.e4 0 c5 0 2.b3 3:20 g6 0 3.Bb2 46 Nf6 2 4.e5 39:10 4.Bxf6?! exf6 5.Nc3 Bg7 4...Nd5 0 5.e6 2:31 f6 8 6.exd7+ 33 6.h4 dxe6 7.h5 Bg7 8.hxg6 hxg6 9.Rxh8+ Bxh8 10.Qg4 Kf7 11.Nf3 Nc6 1-0 (29) Paichadze,L (2426)-Zinchenko,Y (2523) Pardubice 2008 6...Qxd7 11 7.Nc3 2:00 Nc6 6:21 7...Nxc3 8.Bxc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 e5 0-1 (58) Lokasto,A (2330) -Milov,L (2400) Alushta 1992 8.Bb5 11:57 8.Bc4 8...Nc7 8:44 9.Bxc6 7:24 9.Bc4 Bg7 10.Nf3 b6 9...Qxc6 2:35 10.Qf3 28 Bd7 29 11.0-0-0 0 e5 1:33 12.Qxc6 15:28 Bxc6 1:12 13.f3 1:08 Ne6 13 14.Nge2 41 Be7 1:28 14...h5 14...Bh6 14...Bg7 15.Ne4 Rd8 15.Rhf1 3:26 b5 3:08 15...h5 15...Kf7 16.Rde1 1:39 Kf7 4:25 17.Nd1 0 a5 4:12 18.Ne3 1:05 Bd6 50 18...a4 19.f4! exf4 20.Nxf4 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 18...g5 19.Ng3 a4 20.Ngf5 19.Nc3 1:16 h5 0 20.a4 1:02 b4 1:46 20...bxa4 21.Nxa4 Be7 22.Nc4 Ra6 23.Bc3 21.Ne4 32 Bc7 7 22.Nc4 25 h4 4:57 23.g4 3:59 23.Nxf6 Kxf6 24.Nxe5 Bd5 25.Ng4+ Kf7 26.Bxh8 Rxh8 23.h3 23.Rf2 23...hxg3 29 24.hxg3 10 Rh3 2:28 25.g4 50 25.f4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 exf4 27.gxf4 Rah8 25...Rd8 3:13 25...Bxe4 26.fxe4 26.Rxe4 Rah8 26...Kg7 25...g5 26.Ne3 Rah8 25...Rah8? 26.g5 25...Kg7? 26.g5 25...Ke7? 26.g5 f5 27.Nf2 26.g5 30 Bxe4 4:21 26...Nxg5 27.Bxe5 26...fxg5 27.Bxe5 27.fxe4 5 27.Rxe4? Nxg5 27...Nf4 5 27...Nxg5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Nxe5+ Kg7 30.Nc4 Ra8 28.gxf6 20 Ke6 0 28...Kxf6 29.Rxf4+ 29.Ne3 0 g5 1:12 30.Nd5 34 Bd6 12 31.Rg1 35 Rg8 37 31...Nxd5 32.exd5+ Kxf6 33.Ref1+ Kg6 34.Re1 32.Rg4 31 32.Kd1 32.Kb1 32...Rh4 1:10 33.Rgg1 31 33.Rxh4 gxh4 34.Nxf4+ exf4 33...g4 21 34.Ne3 21 34.Nxf4+ exf4 35.e5 Bc7 34...g3 0 35.Nf5? 36 35.f7 Rg5 36.Bxe5 36.Nf5 Rh8 37.d4 36...Rxe5 37.Nc4 g2 38.Nxd6 Rh8 39.Nf5 Kxf7 40.d3 Re6 35...Rhh8 38 36.f7 0 36.Nxg3 Rxg3 37.Rxg3 Ne2+ 36.Rxg3 Ne2+ 36...Rg6 2 37.Kd1 32 g2 25 37...g2 38.d3 38.Re3 Bc7 38...Nh3 39.Rxh3 Rxh3 40.Nxd6 38...Nh3 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Aravindh,C2486Carlsen,M28340–12015B20Qatar Masters Open 20152
Grandelius,N2632Giri,A27840–12015B90Qatar Masters Open 20152

Pairings/Results of Round 2 on 2015/12/21 at 15:00

Bo. Ti. Name Rtg
Res.
 Ti. Name Rtg
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796 ½-½ GM Piorun Kacper 2637
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2632 0-1 GM Giri Anish 2784
3 GM So Wesley 2775 1-0 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2628
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2622 ½-½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2766
5 GM Li Chao B 2750 1-0 GM Ipatov Alexander 2619
6 GM Zhang Zhong 2619 ½-½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748
7 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744 ½-½ GM Bluebaum Matthias 2590
8 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 0-1 GM Yu Yangyi 2736
9 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2723 1-0 IM Lin Chen 2532
10 GM Rambaldi Francesco 2560 ½-½ GM Korobov Anton 2713
11 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2542 ½-½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2710
12 GM Howell David W L 2688 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2521
13 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2520 ½-½ GM Matlakov Maxim 2684
14 GM Hou Yifan 2683 ½-½ GM Harika Dronavalli 2513
15 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2513 ½-½ GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2663
16 GM Dubov Daniil 2655 ½-½ IM Gagare Shardul 2470
17 IM Yuffa Daniil 2504 1-0 GM Bologan Viktor 2654
18 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2648 ½-½   Fang Yuxiang 2438
19   Xu Yinglun 2470 ½-½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2646
20 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2646 1-0   Firouzja Alireza 2372
21 IM Tissir Mohamed 2346 ½-½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2644
22   Raja Harshit 2325 0-1 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
23 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2486 0-1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2834
24 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2498 0-1 GM Harikrishna P. 2743
25 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737 1-0 IM Ma Zhonghan 2463
26 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2710 1-0 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin 2482
27 GM Ni Hua 2693 1-0 IM Sagar Shah 2441
28 IM Puranik Abhimanyu 2442 ½-½ GM Moiseenko Alexander 2689
29 IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin 2454 0-1 GM Adhiban B. 2669
30 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 ½-½ IM Ali Marandi Cemil Can 2454
31 GM Carlsson Pontus 2433 0-1 GM Akopian Vladimir 2648
32 IM Padmini Rout 2437 ½-½ GM Khairullin Ildar 2647
33 GM Shankland Samuel L 2646 ½-½ IM Vignesh N R 2422
34 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2642 ½-½ FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek 2429
35 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2638 1-0 IM Saiyn Zhanat 2394
36 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2626 1-0 FM Haria Ravi 2416
37 GM Bartel Mateusz 2620 ½-½ IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2380
38 IM Karavade Eesha 2379 ½-½ GM Lu Shanglei 2618
39 GM Hamdouchi Hicham 2597 1-0 IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 2319
40 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2385 0-1 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2597
41 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2322 ½-½ GM Esen Baris 2562
42 WGM Bartel Marta 2271 0-1 GM Xu Jun 2526
43 GM Bromberger Stefan 2521 0-1 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya 2390
44   Roy Prantik 2370 ½-½ GM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2511
45 GM Wei Yi 2730 1-0 FM Basso Pier Luigi 2438
46 FM Rohan Ahuja 2426 0-1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2724
47 GM Khismatullin Denis 2654 1-0 IM Aryan Chopra 2436
48 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2589 1-0 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2425
49 IM Seyb Alexander 2425 1-0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2559
50 IM Svane Rasmus 2529 1-0 FM Gholami Aryan 2422
51   Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2414 1-0 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2496
52 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2494 ½-½ WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2407
53   Siva Mahadevan 2400 0-1 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493
54 IM Ezat Mohamed 2490 ½-½ IM Slavin Alexey 2388
55 IM Abhishek Kelkar 2393 1-0 GM Shoker Samy 2489
56 GM Zhukova Natalia 2488 1-0 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2377
57 FM Li Di 2389 1-0 IM Sanal Vahap 2487
58 GM Neelotpal Das 2475 ½-½ IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2368
59 IM Li Ruofan 2372 ½-½ GM Krush Irina 2468
60 FM Moroni Luca Jr 2466 1-0 WIM Bivol Alina 2344
61 IM Ly Moulthun 2462 1-0 WFM Vaishali R 2313
62   Dai Changren 2328 1-0 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2451
63 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2448 1-0 IM Piasetski Leon 2287
64 FM Goriatchkin Jouri 2318 ½-½ IM Firat Burak 2446
65 IM Vogel Roven 2439 ½-½ WIM Pratyusha Bodda 2260
66 WIM Derakhshani Dorsa 2307 0-1 IM Wang Yiye 2438

Daniel King: Mr. Powerplay

Daniel King during a visit in Hamburg

Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years and has represented his country in numerous competitions, amongst others in the historic win by the English over the Soviet Union in 1990 in Reykjavik. King is the author of more than 15 chess books and has wealth of experience as a trainer, assisting many of England’s leading players. He is also well known for his broadcasting on TV, radio and the internet, commentating major chess events. To the delight of chess fans worldwide, he hosts his monthly "Powerplay" show on the world's largest chess server, Playchess.com. He contributes to ChessBase Magazine, with the popular column "Move by Move". King has also produced the highly praised PowerPlay DVD series for ChessBase. King lives in London.

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