4/26/2015 – Wesley So started crushing the field with 3.5/4. Viswanathan Anand had a wonderful performance, a fantastic near 2900 TPR that will put him on second place in the in the next rating list. However, at the end of the day, it is still all about Magnus Carlsen. A near 3000 performance, a full point ahead of second place, the best player in the World won again.
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The Vugar Gashimov Memorial, is being held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, from the 17th to the 26th of April, in memory of the great Vugar Gashimov, who passed away on the 10th of January 2014. The tournament consists of some of the strongest players in the World: reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen, former World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, as well as, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Michael Adams, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Rauf Mamedov will compete in this prominent event.
Final Round
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
½-½
Adams Michael
2746
Caruana Fabiano
2802
½-½
Anand Viswanathan
2791
Carlsen Magnus
2863
1-0
Mamedov Rauf
2651
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
½-½
So Wesley
2788
Giri Anish
2790
½-½
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
Play of the day
Everyone ready for the final round
Video by Vijay Kumar
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Adams, Michael Adams had no problems getting equality. White's advantage was reduced to nothing when the opposite colored bishops appeared on the board and neither Black's nor White's king was remotely weak.
A solid final game for both players
Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Anand, Viswanathan The double Fianchetto set-up in this Queen's Indian style Reti gave White very little. Due to his central pawns White's position was a little better, but it was not sufficient to put Anand in any real danger. The resulting endgame was easily held by the Indian player. Anand finishes with a great performance, a clear second place and his re-entry into the 2800 club.
Vishy Anand: 2804 in the next rating list
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Mamedov, Rauf Mamedov was doing a good job of holding on to his position after his opening left him a little bit worse. White's pressure on the open b-file and the bishop against the knight gave him good chances to press, but the Azerbaijani was doing an excellent job defending. That is, until a blunder:
No questions asked: the clear winner, Magnus Carlsen, just shy of a 3000 performance
[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015"] [Site "Shamkir AZE"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Mamedov, Rau"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2658"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p2q1pk/p1p4p/P1P2p2/4r3/1Q2P2P/5PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 34"] [PlyCount "3"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [SourceDate "2015.02.07"] 34. Rd6 Qe5 $4 {inexplicably weakening the seventh rank.} (34... Re5 35. Qc2 Re4 {and White is still doing a little better, but proving it would require Carlsen-like technique... and a lot of patience and mistakes by the opponent.}) 35. Qf7 {Now Black is getting mated, for example:} (35. Qxb7 Rc4 36. Rd1 Rxc5 37. Qxa6 Qc3 $14 {should be holdable, and what Mamedov expected.}) (35. Qf7 Qxc5 (35... Qe8 {is relatively the best move, but after} 36. Qxf5+ {is hopeless. Black's king is too weak and he is down a pawn for no reason.}) 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ $18) 1-0
Mamedov was holding on, but he eventually cracked
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ So, Wesley So's position was a little uncomfortable from this Caro-Kann. In the endgame the passed a-pawn caused Black some serious issues, and he had to deactivate his rook to stop it. However, his bishop came into the defense in time, and after swapping off the defender of the a-pawn (the light square bishop) So hold the endgame with accurate defense.
So's spectacular start allowed him to tie for third despite not winning a game in the last five rounds
Giri, Anish ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir What a marathon. A game that took several time controls, in which Giri was pushing the entire game. He actually missed a win:
[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015"] [Site "Shamkir AZE"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Giri, A."] [Black "Kramnik, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6N1/R2K4/4P2p/6k1/1n6/3r2P1/8/8 w - - 0 76"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [SourceDate "2015.02.07"] 76. Ke8 Kg6 77. Ra4 $2 (77. Rd7 $1 Ra3 (77... Rxd7 78. exd7 Nc6 79. Ne7+ { loses instantly.}) 78. e7 Kg7 {otherwise Kf8 and e8=Q.} (78... Nc6 79. Rd6+ Kg7 80. Rxc6 $1 Kxg8 81. Kd7 {wins.}) 79. Rd4 $1 {Hitting the knight and threatening Rg4+.} Ra8+ (79... Kxg8 80. Rg4+ Kh7 81. Rxb4 $18) 80. Kd7 Kxg8 81. e8=Q+ $1 (81. Rxb4 Ra7+ $11 {is a draw due to checking on the "long side" - Lucena position theory.}) 81... Rxe8 82. Kxe8 Nc6 83. Re4 {and the knight is cut off from the king. The win is not too difficult.}) 77... Nd5 78. Rg4+ Kf5 79. Nxh6+ Kxe6 80. Re4+ Kf6 {There is not enough material to win.} 1/2-1/2
Did he try, oh god, did he try! But Giri missed the coup de grace.
Tomorrow we will bring you a recap of the tournament, including pictures from the closing ceremony.
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Final Standings
Schedule
Round 1
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
1-0
Adams Michael
2746
So Wesley
2788
1-0
Giri Anish
2790
Mamedov Rauf
2651
½-½
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
Anand Viswanathan
2791
½-½
Carlsen Magnus
2863
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
½-½
Caruana Fabiano
2802
Round 2
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Adams Michael
2746
½-½
Caruana Fabiano
2802
Carlsen Magnus
2863
1-0
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
½-½
Anand Viswanathan
2791
Giri Anish
2790
½-½
Mamedov Rauf
2651
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
½-½
So Wesley
2788
Round 3
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
So Wesley
2788
1-0
Adams Michael
2746
Mamedov Rauf
2651
½-½
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
Anand Viswanathan
2791
½-½
Giri Anish
2790
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
½-½
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
Caruana Fabiano
2802
0-1
Carlsen Magnus
2863
Round 4
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Adams Michael
2746
½-½
Carlsen Magnus
2863
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
½-½
Caruana Fabiano
2802
Giri Anish
2790
½-½
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
½-½
Anand Viswanathan
2791
So Wesley
2788
1-0
Mamedov Rauf
2651
Round 5
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Mamedov Rauf
2651
½-½
Adams Michael
2746
Anand Viswanathan
2791
1-0
So Wesley
2788
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
1-0
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
Caruana Fabiano
2802
½-½
Giri Anish
2790
Carlsen Magnus
2863
1-0
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
Round 6
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Adams Michael
2746
½-½
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
Giri Anish
2790
½-½
Carlsen Magnus
2863
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
0-1
Caruana Fabiano
2802
So Wesley
2788
½-½
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
Mamedov Rauf
2651
½-½
Anand Viswanathan
2791
Round 7
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Anand Viswanathan
2791
1-0
Adams Michael
2746
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
½-½
Mamedov Rauf
2651
Caruana Fabiano
2802
1-0
So Wesley
2788
Carlsen Magnus
2863
1-0
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
½-½
Giri Anish
2790
Round 8
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Adams Michael
2746
1-0
Giri Anish
2790
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
1-0
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
So Wesley
2788
½-½
Carlsen Magnus
2863
Mamedov Rauf
2651
½-½
Caruana Fabiano
2802
Anand Viswanathan
2791
1-0
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
Round 9
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2754
½-½
Adams Michael
2746
Caruana Fabiano
2802
½-½
Anand Viswanathan
2791
Carlsen Magnus
2863
1-0
Mamedov Rauf
2651
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
2762
½-½
So Wesley
2788
Giri Anish
2790
½-½
Kramnik Vladimir
2783
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