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The activities of the 200-year anniversary celebrations of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich have begun with the Jubilee Open at the Kongresshaus Zürich. For seven days, some 600 chess enthusiasts – world class players among them – are competing for CHF 100,000 in prize money. The Jubilee-Open, which lasts from 9 –15 August 2009 and takes place in the Kongresshaus Zürich, has brought participants from 43 countries together. In the Alois Nagler Memorial (Master Tournament) 45 grandmasters und 48 International Masters are competing for CHF 75,000 in prize money offered by the Alois Nagler Foundation. The event is open to the public, and the top games are being broadcast live over the Internet and on Playchess.com.
"A big bear hugged one and then there were two," certainly seems apt for the turn of events in this final round of the Zurich Jubilee. In a mere thirty moves, our bear, GM Alexander Areshchenko, squeezed the life out of GM Yuriy Kuzubov in the Meran System of the Semi-Slav.
Co-winner with 7.5/9: GM Alexander Areshchenko, 2651, UKR
On the top board, Boris Avrukh required a little more time, but turned in the same result, with the same pieces – black – against Alexander Morozevich in a 55-move Queen's Gambit Accepted. However, we should mention that"Moro" had some terrible luck (see game below).
Equal first in points, second on tiebreak: Boris Avrukh, 2641 ISR
The two final-round victims: Alexander Morozevich and Yuriy Kuzubov
Morozevich,A (2751) - Avrukh,B (2641) [D20]
Jubilee Open Zuerich SUI (9), 15.08.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.Nbc3
Bc4 9.Bxc4 Nxc4 10.0-0 e6 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Rd1 Nb4 13.a3 N4d5 14.Ne4 Qd7 15.Bg5
h6 16.Bd2 a5 17.a4 Nb4 18.Nc5 Qd5 19.Qg3 0-0-0 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Nf4 Qc6 22.a5
Nc4 23.Nb3 g5 24.Nd3 Qd5 25.Rdc1 Kb8 26.a6 b6 27.Qf3 g4
28.Qe2? How about 28.Qxf7 or 28.Qf6 for an instant win? 28...b5 29.Nf4 Qd7 30.Na5 Nxa5 31.Rxa5 c6 32.a7+ Ka8 33.Ra6 c5
34.g3? Once again Morozevich misses 34.dxc5+–. Now Black is able to consolidate, get his king safe and launch a counterattack, to which the Russian GM dutifully succumbs. 34...Qb7 35.Rca1 Rxd4 36.b3 Be7 37.R6a5 c4 38.Qxg4 Rhd8 39.h4 Rd2 40.Nh3 c3 41.Rf1 c2 42.Raa1 Bc5 43.Rac1 Qd5 44.Qf4 Qxb3 45.Kh2 Qc4 46.Qf3+ Qd5 47.Qxf7 b3 48.Nf4 Qb7 49.Qg6 Bxf2 50.Kh3 Rc8 51.Nd3 Bd4 52.Nb4 b2 53.Rxc2 Qg2+ 54.Kg4 Rdxc2 55.Nxc2 Qe2+ 0-1. A very dark day for the exquisitely talented but overly temperamental Alexander Morozevich.
Second-seeded Evgenij Miroshnichenko and fourth-seeded Emil Sutovsky only managed draws, while third-seeded Harikrishna has fallen to almost complete obscurity in the standings, despite a win over IM Olivier Moor in today's round. Congratulations to the winners, and to the Zurich Chess Club for a successful celebration of their 200th anniversary.
# | Ti. | Player | Rtng | FED | Pts. | BH |
1 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2651 | UKR | 7½ | 50 |
2 | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2641 | ISR | 7½ | 47 |
3 | GM | Dreev Alexey | 2660 | RUS | 7 | 50 |
4 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | 2631 | ISR | 7 | 48 |
5 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2751 | RUS | 6½ | 51½ |
6 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2635 | UKR | 6½ | 50 |
7 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2675 | ISR | 6½ | 49 |
GM | Golod Vitali | 2599 | ISR | 6½ | 49 | |
9 | GM | Meier Georg | 2658 | GER | 6½ | 48 |
10 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2574 | SUI | 6½ | 47½ |
GM | Hess Robert L. | 2560 | USA | 6½ | 47½ | |
12 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2585 | IND | 6½ | 47 |
GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 2575 | IND | 6½ | 47 | |
GM | Bosiocic Marin | 2551 | CRO | 6½ | 47 | |
15 | GM | Gharamian Tigran | 2615 | FRA | 6½ | 46½ |
16 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2665 | GER | 6½ | 45 |
17 | GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | 2696 | UKR | 6½ | 44½ |
GM | Hou Yifan | 2584 | CHN | 6½ | 44½ | |
GM | Bischoff Klaus | 2551 | GER | 6½ | 44½ | |
20 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2602 | FRA | 6½ | 44 |
21 | IM | Bromberger Stefan | 2510 | GER | 6½ | 42½ |
22 | IM | Hirneise Tobias | 2429 | GER | 6½ | 40½ |
23 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2629 | SRB | 6½ | 36 |
24 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2658 | ISR | 6 | 48½ |
25 | GM | Shchekachev Andrei | 2530 | FRA | 6 | 47 |
26 | GM | Jovanic Ognjen | 2541 | CRO | 6 | 46½ |
27 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2679 | IND | 6 | 46 |
GM | Giri Anish | 2518 | NED | 6 | 46 | |
IM | Gozzoli Yannick | 2498 | FRA | 6 | 46 | |
30 | GM | Malaniuk Vladimir P. | 2563 | UKR | 6 | 45½ |
31 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2597 | AZE | 6 | 45 |
GM | Andersson Ulf | 2581 | SWE | 6 | 45 | |
33 | GM | Jussupow Artur | 2570 | GER | 6 | 44 |
34 | IM | Vernay Clovis | 2463 | FRA | 6 | 43 |
35 | IM | Lauber Arnd | 2517 | GER | 6 | 42½ |
36 | GM | Vera Gonzales Reynaldo | 2499 | CUB | 6 | 42 |
37 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2561 | CRO | 6 | 41½ |
IM | Mesropov Konstantin | 2414 | RUS | 6 | 41½ | |
39 | GM | Fernandez Jose Luis | 2465 | ESP | 6 | 41 |
40 | IM | Vila Gazquez Xavier | 2457 | ESP | 6 | 40½ |
IM | Strohhaeker Raoul | 2439 | GER | 6 | 40½ | |
42 | FM | Hochstrasser Michael | 2386 | SUI | 6 | 38½ |
43 | IM | Zeller Frank | 2418 | GER | 6 | 37½ |
272 participants; 45 GMs ø
Elo 2573; 48 IMs ø Elo 2390; 35 FM ø Elo 2307; 144 ø Elo 2109; ø Elo over all 2253 |
Best Female Players | Best Seniors |
Best Under 16 | |||||
1 | Hou Yifan | 1 | Portisch, Lajos | 1 | Giri, Anish | ||
2 | Jackova, Jana | 2 | Vorotnikov, Vladislav | 2 | Grandadam, Nicolas | ||
3 | Sedina, Elena | 3 | Donchenko, Anatoly | 3 | van Overdam, Julian | ||
Best Under 20 | Best Elo 2200-2399 | Best Elo less than 2200 | |||||
1 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | 1 | Hochstrasser, Michael | 1 | Garcia, Miguel Angel | ||
2 | Hess, Robert | 2 | Vuilleumier, Alexandre | 2 | Delorme, Laurie | ||
3 | Narayanan Gopal | 3 | Berend, Fred | 3 | Martinsen, Stig | ||
4 | Fruebing, Stefan | 4 | Good, Daniel | ||||
5 | Brendel, Oliver | 5 | Lang, Erich |
Chinese GM Hou Yifan, 15, and Swedish veteran Ulf Andersson, 58, on the
same table
Super-talents Hou Yifan and Anish Giri, both 15 and both full GMs, in the
blitz tournament
Best junior under 16: GM Anish Giri, 2518, NED, 6.0/9
Ninth: GM Georg Meier, 2658, GER, 6.5/9
Tenth: GM Yannick Pelletier, 2574, SUI 6.5/9
30th: GM Vladimir P. Malaniuk, 2563, UKR, 6.0/9
42nd FM Michael Hochstrasser, 2386, SUI, 6.0/9
Camille de Seroux
WIM Dr Gundula Heinatz, 2232, Switzerland
Gundula's daughter Maria Heinatz, 18, 1930, Switzerland
Things you can do with your hair: Einora Juciute, 1822, of Lithuania
Nino Wilkins-Borsani, rating 1978, born 1990, Switzerland
Alexander Donchenko
Winners of the blitz tournament: Daric, Fridman and Meier
Tournament director Rahel Umbach
One of the main organisers and sponsors, Dr William Wirth, watches the event
LinksA selection of games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009! |
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Zurich Jubilee 2009 Open under way – Pein on Giri
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Zurich Jubilee 2009: twelve GMs in the lead |