Savchenko clinches 2013 Moscow Open in final round
2/10/2013 – It was not a model game, but a see-saw affair, decided by a blunder in time trouble. But playing with the black pieces Russian GM Boris Savchenko took the full point and the title with 7.5/9 points, half a point ahead of nine colleague GMs with 7.0 each (Nepomniachtchi and Maletin took silver and bronze on tiebreaks). We bring you the final scores, games and analysis of the fateful final game.
The International Russian Cup Moscow Open 2013 was won by a Russian grandmaster Boris Savchenko. In the final round, in a complex, but not entire error-free game, he managed to prevail over his compatriot Pavel Ponkratov.
This game allowed Boris score 7.5 points, half a point more than the rest of the field. The three remaining games in the leading group that day ended in a draw. Nine participants ended the competition with 7.0 points. Tie-breakers put Yan Nepomnyastchy (English transcription: Ian Nepomniachtchi) in second place, while the third went to Pavel Maletin. Both GMs are from Russia. Seven players were prevented from the finishing on the podium by tie-breakers and finished in the following order: Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan), Dmitry Kokarev (Russia), Eduardo Iturizaga (Venezuela), Chanda Sandipan (India), Nikita Matinyan, Ildar Khairullin, Pavel Smirnov (all Russia).
Boris Savchenko receiving his prize, with Ian Nepomniachtchi (left) in second
place
Top final standings (after nine rounds)
Rk. |
Title |
Name | FED |
Rtg |
Pts. |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
1 |
GM |
Savchenko Boris | RUS |
2584 |
7.5 |
51.5 |
6 |
37.0 |
2 |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
2703 |
7.0 |
56.5 |
5 |
37.0 |
3 |
GM |
Maletin Pavel | RUS |
2571 |
7.0 |
54.0 |
5 |
37.5 |
4 |
GM |
Mamedov Rauf | AZE |
2651 |
7.0 |
51.5 |
5 |
38.5 |
5 |
GM |
Kokarev Dmitry | RUS |
2635 |
7.0 |
50.5 |
5 |
38.5 |
6 |
GM |
Iturrizaga Eduardo | VEN |
2646 |
7.0 |
49.5 |
6 |
33.5 |
7 |
GM |
Sandipan Chanda | IND |
2590 |
7.0 |
49.0 |
6 |
36.5 |
8 |
IM |
Matinian Nikita | RUS |
2460 |
7.0 |
49.0 |
5 |
35.5 |
9 |
GM |
Khairullin Ildar | RUS |
2650 |
7.0 |
48.5 |
5 |
35.5 |
10 |
GM |
Smirnov Pavel | RUS |
2618 |
7.0 |
45.5 |
6 |
35.0 |
11 |
GM |
Kovalenko Igor | UKR |
2586 |
6.5 |
53.0 |
6 |
35.0 |
12 |
IM |
Kovalev Vladislav | BLR |
2500 |
6.5 |
48.5 |
5 |
34.0 |
13 |
GM |
Panarin Mikhail | RUS |
2552 |
6.5 |
48.5 |
5 |
33.0 |
14 |
GM |
Guseinov Gadir | AZE |
2623 |
6.5 |
47.5 |
4 |
34.5 |
15 |
GM |
Khusnutdinov Rustam | KAZ |
2493 |
6.5 |
46.5 |
5 |
30.5 |
16 |
GM |
Volkov Sergey | RUS |
2593 |
6.5 |
42.5 |
5 |
30.0 |
17 |
GM |
Arun Prasad S. | IND |
2514 |
6.5 |
41.0 |
4 |
30.5 |
Guess who is still going strong and in fact won the Veterans' Section!
It is the legendary Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov, who in the 19070s transformed
the Lasker-Pelikan Variation into an exciting and fully playable opening.
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