Unive 04: So dominant

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10/25/2013 – With today's win Wesley So has basically won the tournament in Hoogevens. He has a commanding 1.5 point lead over Van Kampen. With two rounds left this seems like an impossible task to overcome, although anything could theoretically still happen. Adams and Van Wely have been unable to find good form and are shedding 20 rating points between them both. GM Analysis of So's victory.
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The small town of Hoogeveen is again a center of attention for the chess world. Both the Unive Crown Tournament and the Unive Open have started in Hoogeveen, sponsored by the Unive cooperative insurance company in the Netherlands. The main attraction is of course the super grandmaster double round robin tournament that will run from the 20th of October until the 27th.

Round 4

Van Kampen continues having a good tournament. He is at 50% and today he successfully held the black pieces against Adams in a Paulsen Sicilian.

Adams hasn't found his mojo that accompanied him during the last two tournaments, and he is losing 10 rating points

With today's victory over Van Wely, So is poised to win the event as he is 1.5 points ahead of Van Kampen with only two rounds to go

Loek Van Wely goes over what went wrong in his game against So while his wife, WIM Lorena Zepeda, watches with enthusiasm

Tania Sachdev is having a good event in the Open section, but she lost to GM Viktor Moskalenko who is leading the tournament alongside...

...Maxim Rodshtein. Both players are now at 6.0/7

Pictures by Lennart Ootes

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 the Moscow variation, almost as popular as the Botvinnik line which is known for its deep theoretical complexity. Even today in the age of computers there is no consensus on the evaluation of the Botvinnik or the Anti-Moscow. 6.Bh4 The more aggressive way of playing. 6.Bxf6 leads to a more positional type of game. 6...dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 an idea that had been tried once before 15.Bxb4 is the more common alternative and has been seen in many games at the highest level. 15...Nf6 16.e5 Ne4 17.Bxb4 c5 18.dxc5 Believe it or not, this is the first independent move of the game. However I'm not sure how good it is. 18.Ba3 cxd4 19.Bf3 Bf8 20.Re1 Gave White excellent play and eventually a win in Topalov-Gelfand, Monaco Rapid 2011 18...Bxe5 19.Na3 Qc7 20.Nxc4 Bxh2+ The position is hard to evaluate. Black has many immediate threats against White's king, but his structure is not as good as White's and his king will also be under fire if his initiative fails. 21.Kh1 Rd8 22.Qb3? it was imperative to keep the queen a little closer to the king 22.Qe1 Qf4 23.Ra3∞ and now that the queen defends f2 and the rook on a3 defends against Qh4 White has realistic possibilities of consolidating. 22...Qf4 23.Qf3 Qh4 24.Qg4 The only move. 24.Qh3 Nxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qxh3 and the queen cannot be recaptured because of the pin on the long diagonal. 24...Nxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qxf2 White has some compensation for the exchange, but it is not as much as he would hope. 26.c6? Unnecessarily throwing away more material. Van Wely is hoping to use the power of the bishop on b4 but this does not aid him in this game. 26.Rf1 Qg3 27.Nd6+ Rxd6 28.Qxg3 Bxg3 29.cxd6 Still gave White drawing chances as Black's extra pawn is not easy to convert. 26...Bxc6 27.Rf1 Qg3 With no Nd6+ White is simply down too much material. 28.Qxg3 Bxg3 29.Bh5 Rd4 30.Bxf7+ Kd7 31.Bc3 Rh4+ 32.Kg1 Bh2+ 33.Kf2 Rf4+ So simply navigated the complexities of the position far better than his opponent. 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Van Wely,L2693So,W27060–12013D4317th Unive Crown4.2
Adams,M2753Van Kampen,R2607½–½2013B4717th Unive Crown4.1

Standings

Schedule

Round 1 – October 20
So, Wesley 2706
1-0
 Van Wely, Loek 2693
Van Kampen, Robin 2607
1-0
 Adams, Michael 2753
Round 2 – October 21
Van Kampen, Robin 2607
½-½
 Van Wely, Loek 2693
Adams, Michael 2753
½-½
 So, Wesley 2706
Round 3 – October 22
Van Wely, Loek 2693
½-½
 Adams, Michael 2753
So, Wesley 2706
1-0
 Van Kampen, Robin 2607
Round 4 – October 24
Van Wely, Loek 2693
0-1
 So, Wesley 2706
Adams, Michael 2753
½-½
 Van Kampen, Robin 2607
Round 5 – October 25
Adams, Michael 2753   Van Wely, Loek 2693
Van Kampen, Robin 2607   So, Wesley 2706
Round 6 – October 26
Van Wely, Loek 2693   Van Kampen, Robin 2607
So, Wesley 2706   Adams, Michael 2753

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