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The German top player Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu is not particularly fond on online chess and the corona lockdown forced him to take a long break from tournament chess. But now over-the-board chess is coming back to life and the German-Romanian Grandmaster's visibly enjoys it. That's the only way to explain his outstanding result at the Open in Benasque.
In 2021, the tournament in the small Spanish Pyrenean village, which was held for the first time in 1981, celebrates its 40th anniversary. Tourism is important for Benasque, a village which has long been difficult to reach, but is picturesquely embedded in the mountain ranges of the Pyrenees, and the Open contributes to tourism. Despite the remote location, the event has always attracted a lot of players.
This year, almost 300 players took part, most from Spain, some from the nearby mini-state of Andorra. Two players started under the flag of Venezuela though they probably did not travel to the Pyrenees especially for this tournament. With 18 Grandmasters and 20 International Masters the field was also strong.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the ten round Swiss with the sensational score of 9.0/10 and achieved a performance rating of 2771. On his way to winning the tournament, Nisipeanu played against five grandmasters and scored 4 points against them.
In the following nice and brutal win against a fellow Grandmaster Nisipeanu showed his attacking skills:
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 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.a4 Nbd7 8.a5 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.c3 Bc7 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Qd4 Re8 17.0-0 Bxa5 18.Bh6 f6 19.Rxa5 Qxa5 20.Qxf6 Qc7 21.Re1 Qf7 22.Qd4 Rad8 23.Re5 b6 24.h4 Qc7 25.h5 Qf7 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Qh4 Qg7 28.Bd4 1–0
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Nisipeanu,L | 2656 | Movsziszian,K | 2474 | 1–0 | 2021 | B08 | XL Benasque Open 2021 | 6.1 |
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The two young grandmasters Jesper Sondergaard Thybo from Denmark and Gergely Kandor from Hungary, both born in 1999, also had a good tournament. They both scored 8.0/10 shared the second and third prize.
Final standings
Rk. |
SNo |
|
|
Name |
FED |
RtgI |
Pts. |
TB1 |
1 |
1 |
|
GM |
NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter |
GER |
2656 |
9,0 |
2405 |
2 |
5 |
|
GM |
THYBO Jesper Sondergaard |
DEN |
2575 |
8,0 |
2397 |
3 |
11 |
|
GM |
KANTOR Gergely |
HUN |
2527 |
8,0 |
2320 |
4 |
9 |
|
IM |
SOSA Tomas |
ARG |
2541 |
7,5 |
2363 |
5 |
7 |
|
GM |
PERALTA Fernando |
ARG |
2566 |
7,5 |
2361 |
6 |
12 |
|
GM |
NARCISO DUBLAN Marc |
ESP |
2519 |
7,5 |
2347 |
7 |
41 |
|
IM |
SUAREZ URIEL Adrian |
ESP |
2355 |
7,5 |
2344 |
8 |
26 |
|
IM |
GOMEZ LEDO Roberto Carlos |
CUB |
2446 |
7,5 |
2307 |
9 |
16 |
|
IM |
SOCHACKI Christophe |
FRA |
2494 |
7,5 |
2272 |
10 |
14 |
|
GM |
MARIN Mihail |
ROU |
2502 |
7,5 |
2269 |
11 |
13 |
|
GM |
ALSINA LEAL Daniel |
ESP |
2514 |
7,5 |
2269 |
12 |
39 |
|
FM |
ALONSO GARCIA Aaron |
ESP |
2363 |
7,5 |
2264 |
13 |
10 |
|
GM |
KORPA Bence |
HUN |
2536 |
7,0 |
2409 |
14 |
6 |
|
GM |
FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel |
ESP |
2566 |
7,0 |
2358 |
15 |
24 |
|
IM |
LOISEAU Quentin |
FRA |
2459 |
7,0 |
2343 |
16 |
20 |
|
IM |
PULVETT MARIN Daniel Eduardo |
ESP |
2476 |
7,0 |
2335 |
17 |
21 |
|
GM |
MOVSZISZIAN Karen |
ARM |
2474 |
7,0 |
2316 |
18 |
2 |
|
GM |
LAGARDE Maxime |
FRA |
2648 |
7,0 |
2311 |
19 |
23 |
|
IM |
FLUVIA POYATOS Jordi |
AND |
2461 |
7,0 |
2299 |
20 |
25 |
|
GM |
UBILAVA Elizbar |
ESP |
2447 |
7,0 |
2272 |
21 |
38 |
|
IM |
ROEDER Matthias |
GER |
2367 |
7,0 |
2227 |
22 |
42 |
|
IM |
SONG Julien |
FRA |
2328 |
7,0 |
2143 |
23 |
62 |
|
FM |
ACOR Corey |
USA |
2223 |
7,0 |
2113 |
24 |
19 |
|
IM |
CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier |
ESP |
2479 |
6,5 |
2298 |
Games
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Translation from German: Johannes Fischer
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