The
Second Gran Fiesta UNAM is taking place in Mexico City from November 16th to
25th, 2012. The Festival started with a women's rapid chess tournament and an
Open. The main attraction, however, is a rapid and blindfold knockout tournament
with Magnus Carlsen, Lazaro Bruzon, Judit Polgar and Manuel Leon Hoyos. Carlsen
will also give a simul display and play an interactive Carlsen vs The World
game on Saturday, November 25th. The final of the quadrangular knockout will
be on Sunday.
The UNAM chess festival is one of the largest in the world, with thousands
of chess fans, many tournaments – e.g. the Second Grand International
Tournament Chess Open UNAM 2012, the First National University Chess Tournament
"Schools Included" – simultaneous exhibitions, workshops, art
and science competitions, etc.
The main events included the Magistral Grandes Maestras Female tournament with
18 titled players from three continents. For the qualification heats the participants
were divided in three groups of six players each. The semifinals and finals
are from Friday Nov. 23 to Sunday Nov. 25.
Results of the Magistral Grandes Maestras Female heats

The Magistral Grandes Maestras Female heats under way
The first qualifier was won by IM Olga Alexandrova, who hails from Ukraine
but lives in Barcelona, married to GM Miguel Illescas. WGM Sulennis Pina Vega
from Cuba took second place.
Rk. |
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
1 |
Olga Alexandrova IM 2409 ESP |
* |
3½ |
1½ |
3½ |
4 |
3½ |
8 |
16.0 |
2 |
Sulennis Pina Vega WGM 2332 CUB |
½ |
* |
2½ |
2½ |
4 |
3½ |
8 |
13.0 |
3 |
Guliskhan Nakhbayeba WGM 2334 KAZ |
2½ |
1½ |
* |
3 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
13.0 |
4 |
Arlette Van Weersel WIM 2168 NED |
½ |
1½ |
1 |
* |
3 |
4 |
4 |
10.0 |
5 |
Yelizaveta Orlova WCM 1961 CAN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
2½ |
2 |
3.5 |
6 |
Marina Rizzo WFM 2054 ARG |
½ |
½ |
2 |
0 |
1½ |
* |
1 |
4.5 |

IM Sopiko Guramishvili, Georgia, took first place in the B group
Rk. |
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
1 |
Sopiko Guramishvili IM 2403 GEO |
* |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
14.0 |
2 |
Nafisa Muminova WIM 2349 UZB |
1 |
* |
2 |
2½ |
3½ |
4 |
7 |
13.0 |
3 |
Nargiz Umodova WIM 2220 AZE |
2 |
2 |
* |
0 |
2½ |
4 |
6 |
10.5 |
4 |
Iva VIdenova WGM 2318 BUL |
1 |
1½ |
4 |
* |
2 |
4 |
5 |
12.5 |
5 |
Elena Partac WGM 2086 MDA |
2 |
½ |
1½ |
2 |
* |
4 |
4 |
10.0 |
6 |
Aurora Esquivel De Leon WIM 1965 MEX |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
0.0 |

WGM Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes was dominant in the C group
Rk. |
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
1 |
Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes WGM 2350 |
* |
2½ |
2½ |
2 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
15.0 |
2 |
Ticia Gara WGM 2377 HUN |
1½ |
* |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12.5 |
3 |
Nino Maisuradze WGM 2315 FRA |
1½ |
1 |
* |
2½ |
3 |
4 |
6 |
12.0 |
4 |
Irina Andrenko WIM 2233 UKR |
2 |
2 |
1½ |
* |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10.5 |
5 |
Alexandra Botez WCM 2015 CAN |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
* |
2 |
3 |
7.0 |
6 |
Maria Jose Toro Pradenas WFM 2009 CHI |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
* |
1 |
3.0 |
Olga Alexandrova, Sopiko Guramishvili, and Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes continue
to the semifinals, where they are joined by the best second placed player, WGM
Sulennis Pina Vega (above). You can download all the games of the qualifier
here.
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On the first day of the Quadrangular Rapid and Blindfold tournament
Magnus Carlsen knocked out Cuban GM Lázaro Bruzón by winning
the first rapid game and drawing the second bkindfold one. Below are the
two games for replay on our Javascript player.

Magnus Carlsen in his blindfold game
|
1.e4 | 1,185,008 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 959,510 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,503 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,834 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,892 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,600 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,954 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,911 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 b5 8.exd5 exd5 9.d4 c4 10.Ne5 Nxd4 11.Qd1 Qb6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.a4 b4 15.a5 Qc7 16.Na4 Bd6 17.Nxc4 Qxc4 18.Bxd4 Be7 19.b3 Qc7 20.c4 Rd8 21.Bxf6? Bxf6? 22.cxd5 0-0 23.Rc1 Qxa5 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.d6 Bc3 26.Qd5 Bg4 27.h3 Be2 28.d7 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 g6 30.Rd1 Rb8 31.Bf1 Kh8 32.Bc4 Bf6 33.Re1 Qb6 34.Re3 a5?! 35.Rf3+- Bg7 36.h4 h5 37.Ne4?! Qd4± 38.Ng5 Qxd5 39.Bxd5 Bc3 40.Rxf7 1–0
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Carlsen,M | 2848 | Bruzon Batista,L | 2706 | 1–0 | 2012 | C00 | Cuadrangular UNAM 2012 | 1 |
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