Aspecto da sala de jogo

Em primeiro plano:   P. Priya (IND) vs Olga Alexandrova (ESP)

Decorre de 21 a 29 de Julho de 2012 mais uma edição do Open de Andorra. 

Uma das surpresas da 3ª sessão foi a vitória do MI Holandes Twan Burg (2470)  sobre o GM indiano Negi (2661).

Surpresa ou não o facto é de Burg lidera este Open de Andorra após a 4ª sessão. Essa é que é essa !

[Event "Andorra open"]
[Site "Erts - La Massana"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Burg, Twan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2470"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd3 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfd1 Rb6 19. b4 Nd7 20. a4 Nf6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qh3 h6 25. Nxe6 Qc8 26. Qe3 Rc6 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Ra7+ Kg6 29. h3 Nh5 30. c4 Rxc4 31. Rxd6+ Re6 32. Rdd7 Qf8 33. Qe2 Nf6
34. g3 h5 35. Qd3 Nxd7 36. Qxd7 Qg8 37. Kg2 Rf6 38. f4 exf4 39. e5 f3+ 40. Kh2
Rc2+ 41. Kh1 f2 42. Qd3+ Kh6 43. exf6 Qd5+ 0-1

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Classificação (top 10) após a ronda 4

Rk.		Nome	FED	Elo	Pts.	Des 1	Des 2	Des 3
1		Burg Twan m	NED	2470	3.5	2676	4.5	9.5
2		Granda Zuniga Julio E g	PER	2657	3.5	2675	6.0	9.5
3		Hammer Jon Ludvig g	NOR	2638	3.5	2675	5.5	9.5
4		Comas Fabrego Lluis g	ESP	2514	3.5	2622	5.0	9.5
5		Solodovnichenko Yuri g	UKR	2598	3.5	2621	5.0	9.0
6		Illescas Cordoba Miguel g	ESP	2601	3.5	2621	5.0	9.0
7		Dgebuadze Alexandre g	BEL	2563	3.5	2591	4.5	9.0
8		Alonso Rosell Alvar m	ESP	2502	3.5	2589	5.0	9.5
9		Marin Mihail g	ROU	2548	3.5	2586	4.5	9.0
10		Zoler Dan g	ISR	2527	3.5	2563	5.0	9.0

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Europe Echecs – « Anand goes Bollywood ! »

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A última edição da revista francesa de xadrez 'Europe Echecs' dedica-se ao triunfo de Anand em Bona e ao desenvolvimento do xadrez na India.

A só a capa é espectacular - desenhada em estilo Hollywoodesco, mostra o campeão do mundo Vishy Anand, o “Tiger of Madras”, e a sua exposa Aruna.

« From Sissa to Anand

Chess in India: religion of chess starts up!

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Production details

Genre:	Chess at the highest level
Movie type:	Epic World Championship
Theme:	Gentlemen sometimes turning into tigers or wolves
Director:	Josef Resch UEP
Main Cast:	Winner of multiple Chess Oscar Anand, Aruna, former World Champion Kramnik from Russia, German manager Carsten Hensel
Film director:	Aruna & the “Fab Four” IGM Nielsen, Kasimdzhanov, Wojtaszek and Ganguly
Screenwriters:	Aruna & Vishy Anand
Run Time:	eleven rounds and nearly fifteen centuries
Producer:	Europe Echecs
Included as bonus:	From the origins of Chess in India to Anand and nowadays with youngsters Gupta, Harika, Negi and all young Indians covered with gold during world Junior and Youth championships 2008. The legend of Sissa. Annotated games by Anand and his second Nielsen + Negi. Exclusive interviews with Humpy and Ashok Alexander. Appearances of IGM Harikrishna and Indian journalist from Mumbai Manisha Mohite.
Cover photo	ChessBase »

Interview Humpy – Extracto da Entrevista

World number two female player Koneru Humpy was born in the State of Tamil Nadu, just like Anand…

“I work with the oil company ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) as Deputy Manager. I didn’t study for that, it’s only because of chess I got this. In fact I was first under level but then I got promotions and now I’m Deputy Manager. If I reach my goals in chess I will be promoted. They support me when I play in international events like Wijk aan Zee. It depends up on the conditions I get in the tournament. If I don’t get conditions they pay my expenses. It’s a job so every month I get a salary. It’s the top oil company in India. There are other chess players working for the company. It’s a big team with Sasikiran (2694), Sandipan Chanda (2579), Neelotpal Das (2477), Konguvel Ponnuswamy (2463), Lanka Ravi (2371) and Koshy Varugeese (2284). I have to wear their logo whenever I play and I have to play two petroleum sports meets each year: a team event and an individual section.”

« Note: we have been reminded by numerous Indian readers that Humpy was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, which is a neighbouring state to Anand's Tamil Nadu. »

Parimarjan Negi – Extracto da Entrevista

Parimarjan is fifteen and, at the age of 13 years and seven months became the second youngest grandmaster in history.

"Since Vishy Anand's ascent to the top, chess has been steadily gaining popularity in India. Until just a few years ago, a medal or two in World Youths was the best we could achieve. Now, though, that has changed, along with the growing popularity of chess, there has also been considerable increase in corporate support for young players in India. For instance I have been sponsored by the TATA group for last few years. And with that now Indians are also getting many more opportunities to come and play strong events in Europe. And I guess with a billion people, there's got to be talent somewhere."

« Sissa, the purported inventor of chess

According to a popular myth chess was invented by a Brahmin called Sissa, who made up the game in order to teach his king that he could not rule without the help of his subjects. The king asked Sissa what reward he wanted for such a fine game, and he replied: one grain of rice for the first square of the board, two for the second, four for the third, eight for the fourth, and so on to the 64th square. That number turns out to be 18,445,744,073,709,551,615 grains, which in normal language is 18 billion billion grains, weighing around 450 billion tons – more than the current world production (400 million tons per year) for over 1000 years.

The first treatise of chess with occidental rules titled “Essays on Chess” was published in India two centuries ago by Trevangadacharya Shastree – in Mumbai 1814. »

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