
Lake Sevan 2011
Report by IM Ashot Nadanian
On the sunny shores of Lake Sevan, in the rustic town of Martuni, Armenia,
the already-traditional Category 16 “Lake Sevan 2011” tournament has begun.
This year's edition boasts ten strong grandmasters: Baadur Jobava (2713, Georgia),
Sergei Zhigalko (2689, Belarus), Ildar Khairullin (2649, Russia), Zhou Jianchao
(2636, China), as well as the Armenian GMs Tigran L. Petrosian (2636), Arman
Pashikian (2616), Zaven Andriasian (2616), Avetik Grigoryan (2608), Hrant Melkumyan
(2600) and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2558).
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Standings after four rounds
SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Pts |
Rank |
1 |
Grigoryan Avetik |
2608 |
ARM |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
½ |
2½ |
2 |
2 |
Zigalko Sergei |
2689 |
BLR |
½ |
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
½ |
½ |
1½ |
8 |
3 |
Khairullin Ildar |
2649 |
RUS |
½ |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
½ |
½ |
|
1½ |
6 |
4 |
Pashikian Arman |
2616 |
ARM |
0 |
|
|
* |
|
|
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
1½ |
9 |
5 |
Zhou Jianchao |
2636 |
CHN |
|
|
|
|
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
2 |
4 |
6 |
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel |
2558 |
ARM |
|
|
|
|
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1½ |
7 |
7 |
Petrosian Tigran L. |
2636 |
ARM |
|
|
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
|
|
½ |
2½ |
1 |
8 |
Melkumyan Hrant |
2600 |
ARM |
|
|
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
* |
|
|
2½ |
3 |
9 |
Jobava Baadur |
2713 |
GEO |
|
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
* |
|
1½ |
10 |
10 |
Andriasian Zaven |
2616 |
ARM |
½ |
½ |
|
|
|
½ |
½ |
|
|
* |
2 |
5 |
Annotated games


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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Nf5 9.Bd2 Be7 10.g4! Nh4 10...Nh6?! 11.h3 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 h6 12...Be4 13.Be3 12...f6 13.f5 Bf7 14.g5 exf5 14...Bxg5 15.Bg4 exf5 16.Bxg5 fxg5 17.Bxf5 Bg6 18.Bxg6+ hxg6 19.Qd3 15.gxf6 12...f5 13.exf6 13.g5 h6 14.Bh5 Kf7! 15.Bxg6+ Kxg6 13...Bxf6 14.g5 Be7 15.Bg4 15.Bh5 15...Bf5 16.Re1 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Qh5+ g6 18.Qh6 Kf7 16...0-0 17.Rxe6! Bxe6 18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19.Qg4! 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh6 Bd6 21.f5 gxf5 22.Re1 22.g6 Qe7 23.Re1 Nf6 24.Bxf5 Ne4 22...Qc7 23.Re3 Nb6 24.Rh3 Rae8 25.Nc5 Qg7 26.g6 Re7 19...Nb6 20.Rf1 Nc4 21.Bc1 Nd6 22.Nc5 g6 23.Nd7 13.f5 Bh7 14.Bd3 0-0 15.Qf3 c5?! 15...a5 16.a4 Bg5 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 f6 17...Qc7?! 18.Qh3! Bg5 18...Be7 19.f6 Bxc5+ 20.Kh1 Bxd3 21.cxd3 Qxe5 22.Bxh6! gxf6 23.Rf5‼ exf5 23...Qxb2 24.Raf1 24.gxf5 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.fxe6 Bxd3 21.exf7+ Rxf7 22.Qxd3 Qxc5+ 23.Kg2 18.fxe6?! 18.Bf4 18...fxe5 19.Qxf8+?! 19.Bxh7+?! Kxh7 20.Qb3 Re8! 21.Qxb7 Rxe6 19.Bf5! e4 19...g6? 20.Bxh6 gxf5 21.Bxf8 Qxf8 22.gxf5 20.Qb3 Bxf5 20...Be7 21.Rad1‼ Bxc5+ 22.Kh1 Qd6 23.Bxh6‼ gxh6 24.Rxd5 Qa6 25.Rfd1 Be7 26.Qe3! 21.gxf5 Qc7 22.Kh1 d4 23.Qh3 e3 23...Bf6? 24.Bxh6! gxh6 25.Qxh6 Qh7 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.Rg6! 24.Qxh4 Qc6+ 25.Kg1 exd2 26.Rf2! Qxc5 27.Qe4! Rf6 28.Rd1 Raf8 29.Rdxd2 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 Qxf5 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.Rxd4 Re5 33.Rd7 19...Qxf8 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Bxh7+? 21.Rf1 21...Kxh7 22.Be1 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Kg6 24.Bc3 d4 25.Bb4 Kf6 25...Be7?? 26.c6! 26.e7 Kf7 27.Ke2 e4! 28.c6 bxc6 29.Bc5 Bf6! 30.Bxa7 Kxe7 22...Be7 23.Bf2 Kg6! 24.Rd1 d4 25.c3 25.Re1? Rxf2! 26.Kxf2 Bh4+ 27.Kf1 Bxe1 28.Kxe1 Kf6 25...Bxc5 25...dxc3 26.bxc3 Kf6 27.Rd7 Kxe6 28.Rxb7 Rf4 29.h3 Rc4 30.Rxa7 Rxc3 31.Kg2 Rc2 26.b4 Bb6 27.cxd4 Rf4 28.Re1 Rxg4+ 29.Kf1 Rf4 30.Kg2 Bxd4 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.Rxe5 Rd8 33.Rc5 Rd2+ 34.Kf3 Kf6 35.Rc7 Kxe6 36.Rxb7 Rxa2 37.Rxg7 Rxh2 ½–½
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Zhigalko,S | 2689 | Jobava,B | 2713 | ½–½ | 2011 | B12 | Sevan Lake | 1 |
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 e6?! 4...Nc6 5.Bd3 d5! 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Re1 Qc7 9.Qe2 Rb8 9...f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Bf5 9...Be7 10.Bc2 b5 11.d3 b4?! 11...Be7 12.c4! Nb6 13.Nbd2 Be7 14.Nf1 14.cxd5 Nxd5 14...exd5 15.d4 c4 16.Nf1 15.Qe4 0-0 16.Nb3 14...0-0 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Qe3 Rfd8 17.b3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qg3 Nd7! 20.Bh6 Bf8 21.Bg5 21.Nh2 dxc4 22.bxc4 22.dxc4 Nc5 22...f6 23.Bf4 23.Ng4 f5 23...fxe5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Bd6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 21...Re8 22.Bf4! 22.Nh2? f6 22...dxc4?! 22...Be7! 23.Nh2 Nf8! 24.Ng4? Ng6 23.dxc4 Nc5 24.Rad1 Rbd8 25.Nh2 d3 25...Kh8 26.Ng4 Qc6 27.f3 d3 28.Bb1 26.Bxd3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Rd8 29.Qe2 a5 29...Qa5 30.Rc1 30.Rd1 Qc6 31.Nf3 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Be7 33.Qd4! h5 34.Be3! 34.Qa7?! g5 35.Be3 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Ne1 Qd7 34...a4 35.Qa7! a3 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Kh2! Kg6?! 37...Qd7 38.Qh8! h4? 38...Qc8 39.Qxc8 Bxc8 40.Nd4 Bc5 41.Nc2 39.Bh6‼ Bf6 40.Nxh4+! Bxh4 41.Qxg7+ Kf5 41...Kh5 42.g4# 42.Qg4+ 1–0
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Petrosian,T | 2636 | Zhou Jianchao | 2636 | 1–0 | 2011 | B50 | Sevan Lake | 2.5 |
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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.h3 Na6 6...e5 6...c5 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.g4 c5 8...e5 9.Be2!? 9.Bg2 9.d5 9...cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.f3 Bd7?! 11...Ne6 12.Be3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 12.Qd2 Qb8?! 12...Rc8 13.h4 Ne6 14.Be3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Be6 13.h4 Rc8?! 13...d5!? 14.exd5 Qg3+ 15.Kd1 15.Kf1? Nxg4! 16.fxg4 f5! 15...e5! 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 e4! 18.Kc2 exf3 19.Rhg1 Qd6 20.Bxf3 b5! 14.h5 Ne6 15.Be3! Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Be6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.g5 Nh5 19.f4 Ng3 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 20...Nxh1 21.Qd4 Ng3 22.Bh6 f6 23.Nd5 Kf7 24.f5 21.Qd4+ f6 22.gxf6+ exf6 23.Rg1 Nxe2 24.Kxe2 Rxc4 24...Qc7 25.b3 25.Rxg6+‼ Kxg6 26.f5+ Kg7 27.Rg1+ Kf8 28.Qxf6+ Bf7 29.Rh1 1–0
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Pashikian,A | 2616 | Jobava,B | 2713 | 1–0 | 2011 | E90 | Sevan Lake | 3 |
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Picture gallery

One of the main organizers of the tournament GM Smbat Lputian

Singing girls at the opening ceremony

Elo favourite GM Baadur Jobava in an optimistic mood

Chief arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan with his son Levon and a local journalist

GM Zaven Andriasian

GM Zhou Jianchao

GM Samvel Ter Sahakyan

GM Sergei Zhigalko

GM Tigran L. Petrosian

GM Avetik Grigoryan

GM Ildar Khairullin

GM Hrant Melkumyan

Participants at the opening ceremony

The beautiful Lake Sevan, which gave the tournament its name
Photos by Gevorg Asatryan

Your reporter, IM Ashot Nadanian
IM Ashot Nadanian is a professional chess player and coach,
currently rated 2436. His best single event was the Moscow Aeroflot Open 2002,
where his performance against 2628-rated opposition was 2636. Ashot was born
on September 19, 1972 in Baku, his parents, Sergei and Irina, are both hairdressers.
He has played chess since the age of seven and twice won the Azerbaijan Youth
Championship (1986 and 1987). In 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh War began,
his family moved to Armenia. There he became an International Master (1997)
and fulfilled two grandmaster norms (2002 and 2004). He was the Kuwait National
Team coach from 1999-2001 and Singapore National Team coach between 2005-2010.
In January 2011 he became the second of Levon Aronian and moved back to Armenia.
Ashot is best known for his contribution to opening theory, with two variations
named after him: the Nadanian Variation in the Grünfeld Defence (1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4) and the Nadanian Attack in the Queen's Pawn
Opening (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 h6 3.c4 g5).
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