Spanish Team Championship, Round 3: Andreu Paterna in the lead

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
9/26/2020 – Andreu Paterna, the team led by Jorden van Foreest, Francisco Vallejo and David Howell, grabbed the lead of the Spanish Team Championship in round 3, as they comfortably defeated Collado Villalba. Three teams are sharing second place a match point behind, Silla Bosch Serinsys, Solvay and Gros Xake Taldea. Beniaján Duochess, the favourite team rating-wise, is not having the best of tournaments, as they lost a second match in a row on Saturday. | Photo: Spanish Chess Federation
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A tough field

Jorden van ForeestDespite being the only team fielding four 2600+ rated players, Beniaján Duochess is currently placed sixth in the eight-team Spanish “División de Honor”. This talks about how competitive the tournament actually is, with some underrated players showing they can be dangerous when in form.

Andreu Paterna (led by Jorden van Foreest, pictured), the current leading squad on 5/6 match points, is one of two teams still undefeated after three rounds — the Silla Bosch Serinsys has not lost a match yet, but has drawn twice. Silla Bosch Serinsys is sharing second place with Solvay and Gros Xake Taldea, two teams that have won twice and lost once.

In round 4, Andreu Paterna will have the tough task of facing a wounded team in Beniaján Duochess. The two top boards will see Jorden van Foreest (AP) facing David Navara (BD) and Francisco Vallejo (AP) playing against David Antón (BD) in a clash of the two highest-rated Spanish representatives.

Solvay and Gros Xake Taldea score big wins

While Andreu Paterna comfortably beat the lowest-rated Collado Villalba, Solvay and Gros Xake Taldea obtained key victories in round 3, both beating teams that had higher-rated players than them in all but one board.

Solvay defeated Jaime Casas 4:2, with wins by Polish couple Bartosz and Monika Socko and by Alberto Martín. The latter took advantage of Joaquín Antoli’s careless 15th move:

 
Martín vs. Antoli - Round 3
Position after 15...Nd4

By playing 15...Nd4, Black underestimated White’s attacking chances along the b-file and the light-squared long diagonal. Martín found 16.b5 a5 17.b6 Bxb6 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Qf3 c6 20.Rxb6 dxc3 21.Rfb1:

 
Position after 21.Rfb1

Black is a pawn up, but his king is in trouble. Antoli tried 21...Bg4 and resigned after 22.Qf4 — for example, after 22...Be6 there would come 23.Bxc6 and Black needs to give up a massive amount material to avoid mate.

Solvay 4:2 Jaime Casas 

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 0-0 6.Nd5 Nxd5 A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation. 7.cxd5 Ne7! 8.Nxe5 Nxd5 9.Qe4
Strongly threatening Bd3. 9...c6! 10.Bc4 d6
11.Nd3N Predecessor: 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Qxb4 Qg5 14.g3 Qg6 15.Qd4 Be6 16.b3 Raf8 17.f4 1-0 (40) Hortin,M (1930)-Turner,H (1885) Lichess.org INT 2020 11...Re8 12.Qf3 Be6 13.0-0
And now e4 would win. 13...Ba5 14.b4 Qh4! Reject 14...Nxb4?! 15.Bxe6 Rxe6 16.Nxb4 15.e4 Nxb4 16.Bxe6 The position is equal. Rxe6 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.Rb1! Rxe4 Hoping for ...d5. 19.d3 Rg4 20.g3 Black must now prevent Rxb4! Qh3 21.a3 Bc5! Much weaker is 21...Rh4?! 22.Qh1± 22.Rxb7 Rf8 Black is not keeping still 23.Qxc6 h5 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Threatens to win with Qd5. h4 26.Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 hxg3 28.hxg3= Endgame KRR-KRR Ra4 29.Rb3 Re8 30.Rf4 Ra5 31.Kf3 Rae5 32.d4 Ra5 33.g4 g6 34.Rf6 Re6! 35.Rxe6 fxe6 KR-KR 36.Rb7 Kf8 37.Rd7 Rxa3 38.Rxd6 Ke7 39.Rc6 g5 40.Ke4 Ra1 41.Rc2 Kf6 42.Rf2+ Ke7! 43.Rh2 Ra3 44.Rh8 Kf7 45.Rh6 Ra5 46.Rh3 Ke7 47.Rh7+ Kf6 48.Rc7 Ra3 49.Rc5 Ra1 50.Re5 Rg1 51.Kf3 Rf1+ 52.Kg2 Ra1 53.Rb5 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Ra3 55.Rb1 Kg6 56.Ke4 Kf6 57.Rf1+ Ke7 58.Rf3 Rb3 59.Rh3 Ra3 60.Kf3 Kf6 61.Ke2 Ra2+ 62.Kd3 Rg2 63.Rh6+ Kf7 64.Ke4 Rg3 65.Rh7+ Kf6 66.Rxa7 Rxg4+ 67.Kf3 Rh4 68.e4 Rh3+ 69.Kg4 Rh4+ 70.Kf3 Rh3+ 71.Kg4 Rh4+ 72.Kf3 Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 98%. ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kryvoruchko,Y2682Huschenbeth,N2612½–½2020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Socko,B2601Kuzubov,Y26431–02020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Forcen Esteban,D2556Korneev,O2517½–½2020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Ubilava,E2461Gines Esteo,P24460–12020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Bulmaga,I2434Socko,M24040–12020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Martin Fuentes,A2397Antoli Royo,J24291–02020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203

Spanish Team Championship 2020

The playing hall | Photo: FEDA

Meanwhile, Gros Xake Taldea beat Beniaján Duochess 3½:2½, with wins for Arkadij Naditisch and Íñigo Argandoña. This was Naiditsch’s third consecutive win, as he defeated David Antón with the white pieces. Antón played sharply in the opening, putting his hopes on a kingside attack after giving up a piece. The Spaniard missed a big — though difficult to find — chance to break through on the g and h-files:

 
Naiditsch vs. Antón - Round 3
Position after 20.Nxh4

Black went for 20...Qxf5, as White cannot capture the queen without allowing mate on h1. However, the winning move was 20...Qf6 — 21.Qxg5 fails to 21...Rdg8 22.Qxg8 Rxg8 23.Kh2 Rh8, while 21.f3 runs into 21...Rxh4 22.gxh4 Qxh4 and Black breaks through.

After the text, Naiditsch had calculated that 21.f3 was the way to go. At that point, Antón needed to stick to his guns and play 21...Rxh4, but opted for 21...Qe6 instead. A piece to the good, Naiditsch went on to get a 55-move win.

Gros Xake Taldea 3½:2½ Beniaján Duochess

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nd7 D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation. 11.Nh4 Be7 12.Ne2 f5 White has an edge. 13.g3 Bxh4 14.gxh4 Nf6 15.Bg2
15...Ke7N Predecessor: 15...Rg8 16.Ng3 f4 17.exf4 Nh5 18.f5 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Bxf5 20.0-0 Be6 21.Rae1 Kd7 1-0 (44) Navara,D (2734)-Usmanov,V (2443) Riga 2019 16.Ng3 f4 17.exf4 Nh5 18.f5 Nxg3! 19.fxg3 Bxf5 20.0-0 Be6 21.Rae1 b6 22.Re5 Rad8 23.b4 a5 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Bh3 Kd6 26.Rf6 Rhe8 27.Bf5 c5 28.Bxh7 cxd4 29.Re2 Rc8 30.Rd2 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Rh8 32.Bd3 Ke5 33.Rff2 Re1 34.Rfe2+ Rxe2+ 35.Rxe2+= Endgame KRB-KRB Kf6 36.Kf3 Rg8 37.Re1 a4 38.Rg1 Bf5 39.Bxf5 Kxf5± KR-KR 40.g4+! Kf6 41.Rd1 Rc8 42.Rxd4 Ke5
43.Rd3! Rc2 44.Re3+ Kd4
45.Ra3 45.h5!± 45...Rxh2= The position is equal. 46.Rxa4+ Ke5 47.g5 d4 48.Ra5+ Ke6 49.Ra6+ Ke5 50.Ra5+ Ke6 51.Kg3 d3 52.Ra3 52.Kxh2? loses. d2-+ 52...d2 53.Rd3 Re2 54.Kf3 Rh2 55.Kg3 Re2 56.a4 Kf5 57.Rd7 Ke4 58.Kg4 Ke3 59.h5 Rg2+ 60.Kf5 Rf2+! But not 60...Rg1? 61.h6+- 61.Ke5 Hoping for h6. Rg2! Don't blunder 61...Rf1? 62.h6+- 62.Kf6 Rf2+! 63.Kg7 Rf5 64.g6 fxg6 65.h6 Rh5 66.h7 g5 Strongly threatening ...g4. 67.a5 g4 And now ...g3 would win. 68.a6 g3 ...g2 is the strong threat. 69.Re7+ Kf2 69...Kf4!? 70.Rf7+ Ke3 71.Re7+ Kf4 72.Rf7+ Ke3 73.Re7+= 70.Rd7 Ke2 White must now prevent ...g2. 71.h8Q Rxh8 72.Kxh8 Threatens to win with a7. KR-KPP g2 73.a7 g1Q 74.a8Q Intending Qa6+ and mate. Qh2+ 75.Kg8 White wants to mate with Qe4+. Qg3+ 76.Kf8 aiming for Qa6+. Qf4+ 77.Ke8 Qe5+ 78.Re7 Qxe7+! 79.Kxe7 d1Q Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 98%. ½–½
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Navara,D2719Bacrot,E2673½–½2020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Naiditsch,A2624Anton Guijarro,D26881–02020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Berkes,F2661Paehtz,E24721–02020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Franco Alonso,A2409Grandelius,N2662½–½2020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Ibarra Jerez,J2561Gonzalez De La Torre,S2421½–½2020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203
Argandona Riveiro,I2424Vega Gutierrez,S23801–02020ESP-chT Honor Division 20203

Arkadij Naiditsch

Arkadij Naiditsch | Photo: FEDA

Standings after Round 3

# Team MP BP City
1 C.A. ANDREU PATERNA 5 11 Paterna (Valencia)
2 C.A. SOLVAY 4 10 Torrelavega (Cantabria)
3 C.A. SILLA - BOSCH SERINSYS 4 9.5 Silla (Valencia)
4 GROS XAKE TALDEA 4 9 San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa)
5 C.A. MAGIC EXTREMADURA 3 9 Mérida (Badajoz)
6 C.A.C. BENIAJÁN - DUOCHESS 2 9.5 Beniaján (Murcia)
7 C.A. JAIME CASAS 2 9 Monzón (Huesca)
8 C.A. COLLADO VILLALBA 0 5 Collado Villalba (Madrid)

Pairings - Round 4

1 C.A. MAGIC EXTREMADURA 2572 ESP - GROS XAKE TALDEA 2480 ESP
1 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 2686 GEO - GM Bacrot, Etienne 2673 FRA
2 GM Kovalenko, Igor 2645 LAT - GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2624 AZE
3 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime 2588 ESP - IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2472 GER
4 GM Perez Candelario, Manuel 2604 ESP - IM Franco Alonso, Alejandro 2409 ESP
5 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2462 BUL - IM Gonzalez De La Torre, Santiago 2421 ESP
6 IM Moreno Tejera, Emilio 2446 ESP - IM Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 2424 ESP
2 C.A. ANDREU PATERNA 2582 ESP - C.A.C. BENIAJÁN - DUOCHESS 2623 ESP
1 GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2682 NED - GM Navara, David 2707 CZE
2 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco 2710 ESP - GM Anton Guijarro, David 2688 ESP
3 GM Howell, David W L 2663 ENG - GM Berkes, Ferenc 2661 HUN
4 GM Yuffa, Daniil 2583 RUS - GM Grandelius, Nils 2662 SWE
5 GM Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis 2491 ESP - GM Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito 2479 ESP
6 IM Garcia Martin, Marta 2328 ESP - IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2380 ESP
3 C.A. SOLVAY 2516 ESP - C.A. COLLADO VILLALBA 2404 ESP
1 GM Huschenbeth, Niclas 2612 GER - GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier 2551 ESP
2 GM Socko, Bartosz 2601 POL - IM Pulvett Marin, Daniel Eduardo 2502 ESP
3 GM Korneev, Oleg 2517 ESP - IM Martin Duque, Jesus 2402 ESP
4 GM Ubilava, Elizbar 2461 ESP - FM Quispe Arteaga, Gabriel 2402 ESP
5 GM Socko, Monika 2404 POL - IM Suarez Uriel, Adrian 2341 ESP
6 FM Martin Fuentes, Alberto 2397 ESP - WFM Kolotilina, Liudmila 2226 ESP
4 C.A. SILLA - BOSCH SERINSYS 2608 ESP - C.A. JAIME CASAS 2532 ESP
1 GM Korobov, Anton 2688 UKR - GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2682 UKR
2 GM Shirov, Alexei 2647 ESP - GM Kuzubov, Yuriy 2643 UKR
3 GM Abasov, Nijat 2664 AZE - GM Forcen Esteban, Daniel 2556 ESP
4 GM Alonso Rosell, Alvar 2554 ESP - IM Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio 2446 ESP
5 GM Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando 2535 ESP - IM Bulmaga, Irina 2434 ROU
6 GM Cramling, Pia 2464 SWE - IM Del Rey, Diego 2381 ESP

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Arakhamia-Grant,K2253Pert,M207611.233684693
Lauterbach,I1998Carroll,T212611.323684713
Reimanis,R2359Claridge-Hansen,W237311.13684744
Kovchan,A2453Waldhausen Gordon,F236111.333684714
Dobrolyubov,A1951Large,P230311.443684728
Jarocka,L2267McCarthy,K195411.473684732
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Murawski,J2065Hoffmann,H220211.43684747
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Bryant,H2128Hariharan,S194011.53684748
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Hertog,A1897Serbanescu,D199211.83684752
Wall,T2168Rees,I225111.93684753
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Southcott-Moyers,I2174Sucikova,S216911.103684754
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Larchikov,M2050Jones,S217511.113684755
Bullen,A2160Burnett,A217511.123684757
Roberson,P2432Bates,R231511.133684679
Dunn,A2117Pilley,J193711.133684759
Ledger,D2191Varnam,L203311.143684680
Freeland,A2031Chan,S210111.143684760
Hryshchenko,K2138Varney,Z199611.153684681
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Shearsby,J2192Merriman,J221111.183684764
Willow,J2454Williams,S244211.193684688
Roe,S2145Bowcott-Terry,F216811.193684765
Eggleston,D2339Czopor,M238311.203684690
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Duggan,J2028Dicen,E210011.233684772
Fallowfield,J2072Nguyen,T204911.243684773
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Korshunov,S2330Goh,J201711.253684777
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Hill,A2076Taylor,A225811.263684780
Navrotescu,A2338Pigott,J230311.273684707
Wilks,S2078Lee,R210211.273684781
Taylor,M2353Li,H220311.283684708
Mihalik,A2133Verbytski,O196811.283684782
Camacho Collados,J2348Rogers,J233111.293684709
Waller,D2099Starley,R203611.293684784
Sowray,P2205Chow,S234811.303684710
Sivanandan,B2082Alizada,E199811.303684786
Wall,G2258Zhao,G223311.313684711
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Chan,N2011Handley,M199311.323684790
Dunn,M1934McLean,R201111.333684791
Gourlay,I2303Badacsonyi,S229811.343684715
Longson,A2250Cole,J197411.343684792
Macak,S2310Vijayakumar,R217211.353684716
Olson,H2374Pang,E230311.363684717
Longson,S1929Gibbs,D198011.363684796
Yoon,J2270Berry,N224811.373684718
Gilmore,S1959Rughani,M190711.373684797
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Badacsonyi,F2266McKay,R217711.393684721
Moore,G2033Sajanani,V190211.393684801
Latham,D2033default-11.403684802
Kilic,E2473Cox,T202811.413684723
Cooksey,P2234Vaidyanathan,A187211.413684804
Bremner,A2149Larkin,V245511.423684724
Patel,K1973Kacprzak,K229111.423684805
Kacprzak,K2346Talsma,P208311.433684806
Banerjee,S2141Milson,S206911.433684727
Page,M2049Webb,R217211.443684807
Maycock Bates,D2290Lentzos,I212611.453684729
Thompson,I2010Baer,B196211.453684809
Birtwistle,N2041Bezuidenhout,R228511.463684730
Sandhu,M1978Terler,B190611.463684810
Noyce,R2067Cooper,D199511.473684811
Morea,G1941Patel,Z208311.483684733
Cundy,M1914Tart,P190311.483684812
Suleymanli,A2617Muradli,M25888.23692708
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Aditya Mittal2550Brodsky,M25158.43692710
Samadov,R2521Ahmadzada,A25648.53692711
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