M-Tel masters 2008

what is happening today ?

Originally posted by vipiu
what is happening today ?

ivanchuk just blitzed something like 5-6 moves in under a minute to reach time control, and kept a pretty complex position equal. he's now looking at whether to give topalov a huge attack for an exchange (I doubt he will).

[White "*GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "*GM_Topalov"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2767"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Rc1 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb1 Kh8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Ng3 Qf6
21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ba2 b6 23. Rc2 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rab8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc3 Rd6
27. Rde2 Bb6 28. Re5 Bf7 29. Bb1 Qd8 30. Ba2 Rb7 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Re3 a4 33.
Qc2 Rc7 34. Qxa4 c5 35. dxc5 Rxc5 36. Rc3 Ne5 37. Ned4 Ng4 38. h3 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rxd4 41. Kf1 Qd7
*





cheparinov vs. aronian was just drawn by repetition, and radjabov is winning his first game.

I like black here...is it =+ ?

Originally posted by vipiu
I like black here...is it =+ ?

it actually appears ...Qd7 was a mistake and white is better again because he can force a queen trade.

the game has continued 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.Qc6 Qd6


but ivanchuk is burning time again. 🙂

ok, Q trade and after that Ne5 looks sexy...

Originally posted by vipiu
ok, Q trade and after that Ne5 looks sexy...

yeah but there's Rd2 then Rf2+ and a nasty discovered attack...

it was just drawn:

[White "*GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "*GM_Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2767"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Rc1 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb1 Kh8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Ng3 Qf6
21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ba2 b6 23. Rc2 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rab8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc3 Rd6
27. Rde2 Bb6 28. Re5 Bf7 29. Bb1 Qd8 30. Ba2 Rb7 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Re3 a4 33.
Qc2 Rc7 34. Qxa4 c5 35. dxc5 Rxc5 36. Rc3 Ne5 37. Ned4 Ng4 38. h3 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rxd4 41. Kf1 Qd7 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qc6 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6
45. Rf8 Ra7 46. Ne5 Rd2 47. Re2 Rd1+ 48. Re1 Rd2 49. Re2
1/2-1/2

hehe, they went close to our line....I was about to write that Rd2 cand be met with Re2 and Rd1+ Re1 with perpetuum 🙂

Originally posted by vipiu
hehe, they went close to our line....I was about to write that Rd2 cand be met with Re2 and Rd1+ Re1 with perpetuum 🙂

we're almost as good as them, obviously. 😛

how is it going today ?

Originally posted by vipiu
how is it going today ?

I just came home (and noticed icc is sending live video as well, which is nice, even though it's just guys sitting and rubbing their head 🙂).


[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Bu_Xiangzhi"]
[Black "*GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Rac1
Qc7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Nh2 Qb8 17. Ng4 Ba8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Na4 Be7 20. e5
Bxg2 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Kxg2 Nc5 23. Nc3 Be5 24. b4 Nb7 25. Qxb6 Rxc4 26.
Na4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 Qa8 29. Qc6 Nd6 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Rc6 Nf5
32. Rc7 h5 33. Nd3 h4 34. g4 Nd4 35. a4 f6
*


[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Aronian"]
[Black "*GM_Radjabov"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. a4 Ra6
15. Ra3 Nh5 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Bb2 Ne8 18. Nf3 h6 19. g3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Nd2 Nf6 22. Bd3 Rf7 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Qb1 Rf8 25. Rf3
*


[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Topalov"]
[Black "*GM_Cheparinov"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O
8. Rc1 N8d7 9. a4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. d6 Qe6
15. b3 Bg7 16. h4 f5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. b4 f4 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. bxa5 Nd7 21.
a6 Kh8 22. Nb1
*


hey, they just interviewed spassky! 🙂

thx...nice, a kid and a gruenfeld...I like when the games gets in the openings that I play...

Originally posted by vipiu
thx...nice, a kid and a gruenfeld...I like when the games gets in the openings that I play...

ivanchuk managed to draw, cheparinov got crushed:

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Topalov"]
[Black "*GM_Cheparinov"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O
8. Rc1 N8d7 9. a4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. d6 Qe6
15. b3 Bg7 16. h4 f5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. b4 f4 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. bxa5 Nd7 21.
a6 Kh8 22. Nb1 Bh6 23. Nf3 bxa6 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rc7 Bxe4 26. Rxd7 Qf5 27.
Rc7 Bxb1 28. Ng5 Bg7 29. Bc4 Bc2 30. Qd5 h6 31. Rf7 Qc8 32. Rxg7
1-0


and radjabov ended up winning:

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Aronian"]
[Black "*GM_Radjabov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. a4 Ra6
15. Ra3 Nh5 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Bb2 Ne8 18. Nf3 h6 19. g3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Nd2 Nf6 22. Bd3 Rf7 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Qb1 Rf8 25. Rf3 h5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Rxe4 Ra8 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Bc1 Ra8 30. Bd2 b6 31. Be3 e4 32. Rf4 Nxe3 33.
fxe3 Bh6 34. Nxd6 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Qh4 36. Re2 Bg4 37. Rg2 g5 38. f5 Bxf5 39.
Rg3 Bh3 40. Bxe4 Rf1+ 41. Qxf1 Bxf1 42. Bf5 g4 43. Be6+ Kh7 44. Bf5+ Kh8
0-1

heh, only half a point between the leaders...cool finish

Originally posted by adam warlock
He's really kicking butts this time! And not any butts they are all Super GM butts!

He really loves chess and has great fun while playing it and that's why he's one of the guys I like to see winning.

Interestingly, Jonathon Speelman has always reckoned that Ivanchuk would be comfortably world no 1 but for his sometimes dodgy nerves.