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In the last round of the Teplice Open, Frederik Svane played it safe. He had white against Armenian GM Shant Sargsyan, and did not hesitate to sign a draw by repetition after only 22 moves out of a well-known variation of the Najdorf-Sicilian.
The remaining players on the top boards also shied away from risk and also signed draws more or less quickly. So Frederik Svane’s safety-first strategy paid off, and he became the sole tournament winner with 7½ out of 9 points.
Making the right decisions in chess - Fundamentals
In a total of 6 chapters, we look at the following aspects: the right decision based on tactical factors, decisions in exchanges and moves, complex and psychological decisions in longer games and in defence.
Fiona Sieber, winner of the women’s German Masters tournament in 2020 and 2016 European Youth Champion U16, also had an excellent performance. She collected 5½ points after facing three Grandmasters and two International Masters. Her Elo performance of 2390 gained her 25.8 rating points.
Fiona Sieber at the 2020 German Masters event | Photo: German Chess Federation
Fiona Sieber managed to score a nice win in the final round, when she faced Chinese IM Zou Chen.
Black has an extra pawn, but things are not quite clear yet, since White also has a passed pawn and the black passed pawns on b4 and d4 look vulnerable.
41.a5 Rc7! With this neat tactical trick, Black holds her advantage.
42.Rd1 Qc5 43.h3 Qxd5 44.exd5 Now both sides have two passed pawns, but the black pawns are stronger.
44...b3 45.d6 After 45.Rxd4 b2 46.Rb4 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 b1Q 48.Rxb1 Rxb1 49.a6 Ra1 Black can stop both passed pawns.
45...Rc6 46.Rb1 After 46.Rxd4 b2 47.Rb4 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 b1Q 49.Rxb1 Rxb1 50.a6 Kf7 the white pawns are again too slow.
46...d3 47.d7 Rd6 48.Kg1 d2 49.Rd1 b2 50.Kf2 b1Q
0–1
| Rg. | Snr | Name | Age | FED | EloI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | 7 | GM | Svane Frederik | GER | 2603 | 7,5 | 46 | 57,50 | |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Sargsyan Shant | ARM | 2640 | 7 | 44,5 | 55,50 | |
| 3 | 11 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | NOR | 2555 | 7 | 42,5 | 54,50 | |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2616 | 7 | 42 | 54,00 | |
| 5 | 22 | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | GRE | 2471 | 7 | 39 | 50,50 | |
| 6 | 23 | IM | Sokolovsky Yahli | U18 | ISR | 2464 | 7 | 37,5 | 48,00 |
| 7 | 13 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2541 | 6,5 | 43 | 53,00 | |
| 8 | 9 | IM | Teclaf Pawel | POL | 2576 | 6,5 | 41 | 52,50 | |
| 9 | 6 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2609 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 52,00 | |
| 10 | 25 | IM | Sorensen Hampus | SWE | 2453 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 52,00 | |
| 11 | 2 | GM | Demchenko Anton | FID | 2623 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 51,50 | |
| 12 | 16 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2507 | 6,5 | 39,5 | 50,50 | |
| 13 | 15 | GM | Kantor Gergely | HUN | 2520 | 6,5 | 39,5 | 50,50 | |
| 14 | 21 | IM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | NOR | 2484 | 6,5 | 39 | 50,50 | |
| 15 | 5 | GM | Pechac Jergus | SVK | 2611 | 6,5 | 38,5 | 49,50 | |
| 16 | 41 | FM | Agdelen Huseyin Can | TUR | 2391 | 6,5 | 38,5 | 49,00 | |
| 17 | 35 | IM | Grabinsky Aaron | USA | 2407 | 6,5 | 38 | 50,00 | |
| 18 | 46 | IM | Anwesh Upadhyaya | IND | 2353 | 6,5 | 33,5 | 42,00 | |
| 19 | 8 | GM | Gumularz Szymon | POL | 2591 | 6 | 41,5 | 52,50 |
