FIDE Grand Prix 2008 - Elista R13: Radjabov vencedor ! Eljanov venceu Inarkiev, empate em todos os outros jogos

Classificação Final (depois de treze rondas)

Isto significa que não houve mudanças no comando do torneio. Teimour Radjabov, Dmitry Jakovenko e Alexander Grischuk partilham assim o 1º lugar, com Radjabov liderando o Grand Prix após este terceiro evento.

Round 13: Sunday, December 28, 2008
Vugar Gashimov	½-½	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Pavel Eljanov	1-0	Ernesto Inarkiev
Evgeny Alekseev	½-½	Dmitry Jakovenko
Wang Yue	½-½	Peter Leko
Vladimir Akopian	½-½	Shakh. Mamedyarov
Alexander Grischuk	½-½	Teimour Radjabov
Ivan Cheparinov	½-½	Etienne Bacrot
Games – Report

Eljanov,P (2720) - Inarkiev,E (2669) [D17]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (13), 28.12.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.Qc2 g6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.f3 Nb6 13.Bb3 a5 14.Na2 Be7 15.Kh1 Nh5 16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Bb4 18.Qf2 Nf6 19.e4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Nbd5 21.Nc5 Nd7 22.Nd3 Bd6 23.Bd2 Re8 24.Re1 Qb6 25.Bc4 Nb4 26.Bxb4 Bxb4 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.Rad1 Rcd8 29.f4 Re4 30.Ne5 f6 31.Nf3 Qc7 32.f5 Rde8 33.Bd3 R4e7 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Nh4 Rh8 36.Bxg6 Rxh4 37.Qxh4 Kxg6 38.Rf4

Whie has a rook and pawn for two pieces, and Black is looking for counterplay. His next move is a blunder: 38...Bd2??. It is clear that 39.Rxd2 doesn't work, because of 39...Qxf4 40.Qxf4 Re1+. But White has 39.Qg4+ and the game is virtually over. 39...Kh7 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Rg7 42.Qe8+ Nf8 43.Rxf6 Qe7 44.Qxf8+ Qxf8 45.Rxf8+ Kxf8 46.Rxd2 Ke7 47.g3 Kd6 48.Kg2 b5 49.h4 Kd5 50.Kh3 bxa4 51.h5 Ke4 52.Kh4 Rd7 53.g4 c5 54.d5 c4 55.Rc2 Kd4 56.h6 a3 57.bxa3 c3 58.g5 Kd3.

59.Rxc3+! Kxc3 60.g6 Rd6 61.h7 1-0. Want to see something depressing?

Deep Fritz 11 and Rybka find 59.Rxc3 instantly, and Fritz quite typically
goes on to announce mate in 82 after three minutes

Estatisticas: as brancas ganharam 27% dos jogos (25 de um total de 91), as pretas 8% (7 jogos), 65% dos jogos, 59 jogos, foram empate.

FIDE President and President of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
with special guest (and commentator) Boris Spassky at the closing ceremony

The big prize winners Grischuk, Jakovenko and Radjabov with their 24,167 Euro checks

Gashimov came fourth and got € 15,000, while the five players who scored 6.5/13, Leko, Wang, Mamedyarov, Bacrot and Kasimdzhanov, got € 9,000 each. Cheparinov came tenth and took € 6,000 home, Alekseev and Eljanov, half a point behind him, got € 5,250 each, and the two at the bottom of the table, Akopian and Inarkiev got € 4,750.

The sharp-eyed reader will see Kasimdzhanov, Cheparinov, Gashimov, Bacrot, Leko
and Wang Hue on the stage behind the three first-prize winners

All of them: Kasim, Akop, Chep, Gash, Back, Leko, Radja, Jako, Wang, Mamed, Elja, Gris, Alek and Inark

Grand Prix Standings após três provas

Player	Baku	Sochi	Elista	Total	Played
Teimour Radjabov (AZE)	60	150	153.33	363.33	3
Wang Yue (CHN)	153.33	120	80	353.33	3
Vugar Gashimov (AZE)	153.33	65	110	328.33	3
Alexander Grischuk (RUS)	105	45	153.33	303.33	3
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS)		90	153.33	243.33	2
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	105		80	185.00	2
Levon Aronian (ARM)		180		180.00	1
Gata Kamsky (USA)	60	120		180.00	2
Peter Svidler (RUS)	85	90		175.00	2
Sergey Karjakin (UKR)	60	90		150.00	2
Ivan Cheparinov (BUL)	35	45	50	130.00	3
Etienne Bacrot (FRA)	15		80	95.00	2
Peter Leko (HUN)			80	80.00	1
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)			80	80.00	1
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)		65		65.00	1
David Navara (CZE)	35	15		50.00	2
Pavel Eljanov (UKR)			35	35.00	1
Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)			35	35.00	1
Boris Gelfand (ISR)		30		30.00	1
Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS)	15		15	30.00	2
Vladimir Akopian (ARM)			15	15.00	1
Magnus Carlsen (NOR)	153.33				withdrew
Michael Adams (ENG)	85				withdrew
Mohamad Al-Modiahki (QAT)		15			removed
Yannick Pelletier (SUI)					removed

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FIDE Grand Prix 2008 - Elista: Round11 & 12

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Classificação após ronda 12

				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Jakovenko,D	2737	+62	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1		½	½	7.5/12	44.25
2	Radjabov,T	2751	+46	½	*		½	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	7.5/12	42.75
3	Grischuk,A	2719	+78	½		*	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	7.5/12	41.75
4	Gashimov,V	2703	+72	½	½	1	*	0	1	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	7.0/12
5	Leko,P	2747	-38	½	½	0	1	*	½	0		½	1	½	½	½	½	6.0/12	35.50
6	Mamedyarov,S	2731	-16	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½		1	6.0/12	35.50
7	Bacrot,E	2705	+9	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½		½	½	½	½	6.0/12	35.50
8	Wang Yue	2736	-27	0	½	0	½		½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	6.0/12	33.50
9	Kasimdzhanov,R	2672	+45	0	0	½		½	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	1	½	6.0/12	33.00
10	Cheparinov,I	2696	-10	½	½	½	½	0	½		0	0	*	1	1	1	0	5.5/12
11	Inarkiev,E	2669	-11	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	½		5.0/12	31.50
12	Alekseev,E	2715	-62		0	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	*	1	0	5.0/12	28.50
13	Akopian,V	2679	-53	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	4.5/12	28.50
14	Eljanov,P	2720	-92	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	1		1	½	*	4.5/12	25.50

Emparceiramento para a última ronda - 28 Dezembro (13ªronda)

Gashimov- Kasimzhanov
Eljanov-Inarkiev
Alekseev-Jakovenko
Wang Yue- Leko
Akopian-Mamedyarov
Grischuk-Radjabov
Cheparinov-Bacrot

Ronda 12

Voltou a haver só uma vitória nesta ronda ! Está tudo a guardar-se para um "sprint" final ?!
Amanhã será a ultima ronda deste torneio !

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Round 12: Saturday, December 27, 2008
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	1-0	Ivan Cheparinov
Etienne Bacrot	½-½	Alexander Grischuk
Teimour Radjabov	½-½	Vladimir Akopian
Shakh. Mamedyarov	½-½	Wang Yue
Peter Leko	½-½	Evgeny Alekseev
Dmitry Jakovenko	½-½	Pavel Eljanov
Ernesto Inarkiev	½-½	Vugar Gashimov
Games – Report

Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [E92]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (12), 27.12.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.0-0 f5 13.exf5 Nc5 14.Qd2 g4 15.Nh4 a5 16.f3 gxf3 17.Rxf3

17...Ng4 18.h3 Bh6 19.Qe1 e4 20.Rf1. Interesting and tempting was 20.hxg4 exf3 21.Nxf3. 20...Ne5 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.g4 Be3+ 23.Kh1 Ra6 24.Ng2 Bd4 25.Qg3 Qg5 26.Rad1

26...Bxf5 27.Nb5 Qg7 28.Kh2 (why not 28...Qa3+–, we ask diffidently) 28...Bg6 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Nxc7 Rf6. Little tactical point: 30...Qxc7? 31.Rxd4!) 31.Nb5 Bxb2? 32.g5 Rf5 33.Bg4 Rf7 34.Rb1

34...Nd3. 34...Bd4 does not work because of 35.Nxd4 and Black cannot retake: 35...exd4?? 36.Qb8+ Ke7 37.d6 mate! 35.Rxb2 Nxb2 36.Qa3+ Kg8 37.Qxb2. The spoils of battle for White: two knights for a rook, and a winning position. 37...Rf1 38.Nd6 Qe7 39.Be6+ Kf8 40.Qxe5 Qg7 41.Qxg7+ Kxg7 42.Nxb7 Rf2 43.c5 Rd2 44.c6 e3 45.Kg3 e2 46.c7 1-0.

Ronda 11...

Houve uma única vitória portanto, só um jogo foi decisivo: GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov venceu Ernesto Inarkiev. Todos os outros jogos terminaram empatados assim, continua tudo em aberto para a 12ª ronda.
Na frente estão Jakovenko, Radjabov e Grischuk.

Round 11: Friday, December 26, 2008
Ernesto Inarkiev	0-1	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Vugar Gashimov	½-½	Dmitry Jakovenko
Pavel Eljanov	½-½	Peter Leko
Evgeny Alekseev	½-½	Shakh. Mamedyarov
Wang Yue	½-½	Teimour Radjabov
Vladimir Akopian	½-½	Etienne Bacrot
Alexander Grischuk	½-½	Ivan Cheparinov
Games – Report

Inarkiev,E (2669) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) [C92]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (11), 26.12.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.b3 g6 14.a4 Nbd7 15.Ba3 c6 16.Nf1 Qc7 17.Ng3 Rad8 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.Rad1 c5 20.d5 bxa4 21.bxa4 a5 22.Qe3 Ba6 23.Nd2 Rb8 24.Ngf1 Nb6 25.Bb3 Nh5 26.c4 Rb7 27.Qc3 Nd7 28.Ne3 Nhf6 29.Rc1 Bh6 30.Qc2 Reb8 31.Ba2 Nb6 32.Bb3 Bf4 33.g3 Bh6 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Rb1 Ra7 36.Qc3 Bc8 37.Rh1 Rbb7 38.Ra1 Qe8 39.Ng4?! Bxg4 40.hxg4

40...Nbxd5! 41.cxd5 Bxd2 42.Qd3 (42.Qxd2 Rxb3) 42...Bg5 43.f3 h5 44.gxh5 Nxh5 45.Bc4 Qxa4 46.Bxc5 Rb2+ 47.Bf2 Qd7 48.Ra2 Rab7 49.Qa3 Rxa2 50.Qxa2 Qc7 51.Rd1 Qb8 52.Qxa5 Rb2 53.Qe1 Kg7 54.Kg1 Qc8 55.Bf1 Qc2 56.Bd3 Qa4 57.Ra1 Qb3 58.Rb1 Bd8 59.Rxb2 Qxb2 60.Qe2 Qc1+ 61.Qe1 Qb2 62.Qe2 Qb4 63.Qe3?

63...Nxg3! If the bishop retakes Black has the skewer 64...Bb6. 64.f4 exf4 65.Qxf4 Nh5 66.Qe3. For the second time in this game Rustam Kasimdzhanov is a healthy pawn up, with good winning chances. 66...Kg8 67.Kg2 Qb2 68.Be2 Qxe2. Why not 68...Bb6 69.Qxb6 Qxe2 and if 70.Qxd6 Qxe4+ 71.Kh2 Nf4 72.Kg3 Nxd5 and Black is two pawns up. In any case "Kasim" knows how to play this ending. 69.Qxe2 Nf4+ 70.Kf3 Nxe2 71.Kxe2 Bf6 72.Kf3 Be5 73.Kg4 f6 74.Be3 Kf7 75.Kf3 Ke7 76.Ke2 Kd7 77.Kd3 Kc7 78.Kc4 Kb7 79.Kb5 g5 80.Bg1 g4 81.Bf2 g3 82.Be3 g2 83.Bg1 Bb2 84.Ka4 Ka6 85.Kb4 Be5 86.Kc4 Ka5 0-1.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2008 - Elista: Round 8 to 10 summary...

Resultados após ronda 10

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Round 10: Thursday, December 25, 2008
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	½-½	Alexander Grischuk
Ivan Cheparinov	1-0	Vladimir Akopian
Etienne Bacrot	½-½	Wang Yue
Teimour Radjabov	1-0	Evgeny Alekseev
Shakh. Mamedyarov	1-0	Pavel Eljanov
Peter Leko	1-0	Vugar Gashimov
Dmitry Jakovenko	1-0	Ernesto Inarkiev
Games – Report

Não está pacifico este torneio. 5 dos 7 jogos foram já "decisivos".

Resultados ronda 9...

Round 9: Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Dmitry Jaovenkko	1-0	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Ernesto Inarkiev	½-½	Peter Leko
Vugar Gashimov	1-0	Shakh. Mamedyarov
Pavel Eljanov	0-1	Teimour Radjabov
Evgeny Alekseev	½-½	Etienne Bacrot
Wang Yue	1-0	Ivan Cheparinov
Vladimir Akopian	½-½	Alexander Grischuk
Games – Report

Jakovenko fez um grnade jogo de ataque contra Kasimdzhanov.

Jakovenko,D (2737) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) [B90] FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (9), 23.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Ng4 10.Kb1 Be6 11.g3 Nc6 12.f4 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Rc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 exf4 16.gxf4 Nb8 17.Bd3 Nd7 18.Qe4 g6

With all his pieces aimed at the enemy king White mounts a ruthless attack: 19.h4 Bf6 20.h5 Bg7 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.c3 Qf6 23.Nd4 Rfe8 24.Qf3 Nb6 25.f5 g5 26.Rdg1 Re5 27.Qh5 Kf8 28.Nf3 Rxc3

Black is desperately seeking counterplay, probably dreaming of something like 29.bxc3 Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Qxc3=. But White does not allow himself to be distracted: 29.Nxe5. Good enough, though 29.Nxg5 with the treath of 30.Nh7+ was more forceful. 29...Rc7 30.Qxg5 Qxg5 31.Ng6+ Qxg6 32.fxg6 Nxd5 33.gxf7 Nf4

34.Rxg7. Beautiful: 34...Kxg7 35.Rh7+ Kf8 36.Rh8+ Kxf7 37.Rh7+, so 1-0.

Dmitry Jakovenko, Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Resultados ronda 8...

Round 8: Monday, December 22, 2008
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	1-0	Vladimir Akopian
Alexander Grischuk	1-0	Wang Yue
Ivan Cheparinov	1-0	Evgeny Alekseev
Etienne Bacrot	½-½	Pavel Eljanov
Teimour Radjabov	½-½	Vugar Gashimov
Shakh. Mamedyarov	½-½	Ernesto Inarkiev
Peter Leko	½-½	Dmitry Jakovenko
Games – Report

Alexander Grischuk, ganhou pela terceira vez e está agora no comando !

Wang Yue, que perdeu pela 2ª vez em Elista,

depois de estar 82 jogos sempre perder !!!

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Bonita partida com o Gambito Benko

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Bonita e didáctica partida de como se deve jogar o Gambito Benko...

[Event " FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Barriga,Miguel"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh3 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne5 14. b3 Bc8
15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Nfg4 18. Ne1 f5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 fxe4 21.
Qe2 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxe4 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxa2 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rf2 Ra3 27.
Bxf6 exf6 28. Rfb2 Ra7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bd3 Rab7 31. Ke3 Rb4 32. Kd2 Bb5 33.
Bxb5 R8xb5 34. Kc3 Rb7 35. Rd1 g5 36. Rdd2 Re7 37. Re2 Re5 38. Rbd2 h5 39. Rxe5
fxe5 40. Ra2 Rd4 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Kg6 43. Re7 Rxd5 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. b4
cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 g4 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Kc4 Rd4+ 49. Kc3 Kf7 50. Rh6 Ke7 0-1




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Ronda 6 e 7: FIDE Grand Prix 2008 - Elista 2008

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Ronda 6

Round 6: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	½-½	Wang Yue
Vladimir Akopian	0-1	Evgeny Alekseev
Alexander Grischuk	1-0	Pavel Eljanov
Ivan Cheparinov	½-½	Vugar Gashimov
Etienne Bacrot	½-½	Ernesto Inarkiev
Teimour Radjabov	½-½	Dmitry Jakovenko
Shakh. Mamedyarov	½-½	Peter Leko
Games – Report

Evgeny Alekseev e Vladimir Akopian

Alexander Grischuk e Pavel Eljanov

Ronda 7

Alexander Grischuk ganhou usando um gambito Benko/Volga contra Evgeny Alekseev.

Teimour Radjabov perdeu (com posição ganhadora) contra Ernesto Inarkiev - é a sua primeira derrota neste evento !

Pavel Eljanov precisou de 125 lances (!) para ganhar a Ivan Cheparinov num final de Damas.

Round 7: Sunday, December 21, 2008
Peter Leko	½-½	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Dmitry Jakovenko	½-½	Shakh. Mamedyarov
Ernesto Inarkiev	1-0	Teimour Radjabov
Vugar Gashimov	½-½	Etienne Bacrot
Pavel Eljanov	1-0	Ivan Cheparinov
Evgeny Alekseev	0-1	Alexander Grischuk
Wang Yue	½-½	Vladimir Akopian
Games – Report

Ernesto Inarkiev, que conseguiu "roubar" um ponto ao lider deste torneio

Teimour Radjabov, que destruiu uma boa posição no controlo de tempo

Inarkiev,E (2669) - Radjabov,T (2751) [B76]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (7), 21.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Qe1 e5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.Bc5 Rfd8 16.h4 h6 17.h5 f5 18.Nf2 Nf4 19.Bxe6+ Nxe6 20.Bb4 g5 21.Bc3 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Nf4 23.Ne3 Qf7 24.Kb1 Nd5 25.Nc4 Rb8 26.Bd2 Qe7 27.c3 e4 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Qg3 Rd8 30.Qg4 e3 31.Bc1 e2 32.Re1 Nf4 33.Ne3 Qe4+ 34.Ka1 Re8 35.Qd7 Re7 36.Qd2 Nd3 37.Rxe2 Nxc1 38.Qxc1 Be5 39.Qe1

One move before the time control Radjabov, who is doing very well with the black pieces, manages to spoil the game: 39...Qd3? [39...Bd6! was required] 40.Rd2 Bxc3. Cute tactics, but Black has lost the initiative. 41.Rxd3 Bxe1 42.Nf5 Re2 43.Re3 Rxe3 44.Nxe3 Bb4. Now the position is more or less equal, the result should be a draw. 45.Kb1 Kf7 46.Kc2 Bf8 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Ke4 g4?! This simply loses a pawn in the long run. 49.Nxg4+ Kg5 50.Ne5 c5 51.b3 Bg7 52.Nc6 Kxh5 53.Nxa7 Kg4

Black will lose the following pawn race. 54.a4 Kg3 55.a5 h5 56.a6 h4 57.Nb5 Kxg2 58.a7 h3 59.a8Q h2 60.Qa2+ Kg1 61.Qb1+ Kg2 62.Qc2+

Black gave up. The game could continue 62...Kg3 63.Qc1 Kg2 64.Qg5+ Kh3 65.Qf5+ Kg2 66.Qf3+ Kg1 67.Ke3 Bd4+ (67...h1Q 68.Qf2#) 68.Nxd4 cxd4+ 69.Ke2 d3+ 70.Ke3. 1-0.

Eljanov,P (2720) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [D12]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (7), 21.12.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Rc1 a6 10.b3 Bb4 11.g3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.Bg2 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Qe7 15.h4 g5 16.hxg5 Rxh1+ 17.Bxh1 Qxg5 18.Qc1 Nf6? (missing the following combination) 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rc8+ Rxc8 21.Qxc8+ Ke7 22.Qxb7+ Ke8 23.Qc8+ Ke7 24.Qb7+ Ke8 25.Qc8+ Ke7 26.Qxa6

White is two (distant passed) pawns up and should have no difficulty winning. Cheparinov finds an interesting plan: sacrifice the knight for three pawns and challenge the opponent to win. Qf5 27.Qa3+ Ke8 28.Qb2 Ng4 29.Bg2 Nxf2 30.Qxf2 Qb1+ 31.Ke2 Qxa2+ 32.Kf3 Qxb3. Now White has almost a hundred moves of work ahead of him. 33.Bf1 Qb1 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.Qe2 Qc1 36.Kf2 Qb1 37.Qd3 Qb2+ 38.Be2 g6 39.Kg1 Kg7 40.Bd1 Qb4 41.Kg2 Qe7 42.Qe2 Qg5 43.Bc2 Qd8 44.Qf2 Qc7 45.g4 Kg8 46.Qe2 Kg7 47.Bd3 Qc3 48.Qc2 Qa3 49.Qd2 Qb3 50.Bc2 Qa3 51.Qf2 Qc3 52.g5 Kg8 53.Bd1 Qd3 54.Bg4 Qc3 55.Kg3 Qc1 56.Be2 Qc3 57.Kf3 Qc2 58.Qh4 Qb1 59.Kf2 Qb2 60.Qh2 Qc2 61.Qh3 Kg7 62.Qf3 Kg8 63.Kg3 Qb1 64.Qf1 Qe4 65.Qf2 Qb1 66.Bf1 Qb8+ 67.Kg2 Qb1 68.Kh3 Qd1 69.Qe2 Qb1 70.Qf3 Qb3 71.Ba6 Qb1 72.Kg2 Qc2+ 73.Qf2 Qb1 74.Kg3 Qb8+ 75.Qf4 Qb1 76.Qf1 Qb8+ 77.Kh3 Qb3 78.Bd3 Qc3 79.Qe2 Kg7 80.Kg4 Qc1 81.Bc2 Qb2 82.Qd1 Qc3 83.Bd3 Qb2 84.Qc2 Qa3 85.Qb1 Qc3 86.Kf3 Qc7 87.Qc2 Qb8 88.Kg4 Kh7 89.Kh3 Kg7 90.Qf2 Kg8 91.Kg4 Qa8 92.Qc2 Qa1? Better was 92...Qa3, indirectly attacking the e-pawns and not allowing the following tactical shot.

After sixty moves of relatively fruitless maneuvering White gets an opportunity for a breakthrough: 93.Bxg6 Qg1+ 94.Kf4 Qf1+ 95.Ke5 Qh3 96.Kf6 Qh8+ 97.Ke7 Kg7 98.Bd3 Qb8 99.Qc6 Qa7+ 100.Kd8 Qb8+ 101.Kd7 Qa7+ 102.Qc7 Qa4+ 103.Qc6 Qa7+ 104.Kc8 Qa3 105.Qc2 Qa8+ 106.Kc7 Qa5+ 107.Kb7 Qe1 108.Qe2 Qb4+ 109.Ka6 Qa4+ 110.Kb6 Qb4+ 111.Bb5 Kg6 112.Qd3+ Kxg5 113.Kc6 Kf6 114.e4 dxe4 115.Qxe4 Qc3+ 116.Kd7 Qg3 117.Be2 Kg5 118.Ke8 Qf4 119.Qd3 Kf6?

Black has been hanging on for dear life, but the last move gives it all up. 120.Qf3 Kg5 121.Qh5+ Kf6 122.Qxf7+ Kg5 123.Qe7+ (naturally not 123.Wxf4+ Kxf4 and the last white pawn is lost) 123...Kf5 124.Bd3+ Kg4 125.Qxe6+ and White will force a queen exchange on his next move while keeping his final pawn safe for promotion. 1-0.

GM Alexander Grischuk - Russia

Alexander Grischuk venceu Evgeny Alekseev num bonito gambito Benko/Volga - quem gosta deste gambito deve estudar este jogo !!! Muito educativo !!!

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Com esta vitória Grischuk "saltou" para o topo da tabela, com 4.5/7 e partilhando o controlo do torneio com Vugar Gashimov.

Classificação após a ronda 7

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FIDE Grand Prix 2008 - Elista 2008 - Ronda 5

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O terceiro torneio FIDE Grand Prix está a decorrer em Elista de 13 a 29 de Dezembro de 2008.

Round 5: Thursday, December 18, 2008
Shakh. Mamedyarov	½-½	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Peter Leko	½-½	Teimour Radjabov
Dmitry Jakovenko	½-½	Etienne Bacrot
Ernesto Inarkiev	0-1	Ivan Cheparinov
Vugar Gashimov	1-0	Alexander Grischuk
Pavel Eljanov	½-½	Vladimir Akopian
Evgeny Alekseev	½-½	Wang Yue
Games – Report

Inarkiev-Cheparinov : as negras "tiraram da cartola" uma novidade ao 11º lance...

Inarkiev,E (2669) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [B90]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (5), 18.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.f4 b5 9.f5 Ne5 10.fxe6 fxe6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Be7 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Nc3 0-0 16.Rxa6 Qc8

White is doing fine and the game could continue with 17.Rxd6 and many very interesting tactical possibilities arise. But Inarkiev chose a more passive strategy: 17.Ra7 Rb4 18.Rf4 Qb8 19.Ra1 Ng6 20.Rf3 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Nc5 dxc5 23.Qxd7 Nh4 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8

White can give up his hopes of winning, and after 25.Bc4? he is on the road to disaster. 25...Rxe3 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Qf7 Bd6. We can only speculate whether Inarkiev overlooked the refutation of 28.Ra7. Black defends with 28...Nf5 and now 29.Bxf5 is impossible owing to 29...Bxh2+ 30.Kf2 Qf4#. The game ended 28.Bd5 Bxh2+ 29.Kf2 Re8 0-1.

Gashimov,V (2703) - Grischuk,A (2719) [B97]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (5), 18.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Be7 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qc4 Qd7 16.Qb3 Kh8 17.Bc4 d5 18.exd5 b5 19.Be2 Bc5 20.Kh1 exd5 21.Be3 Nc6 22.Ne6 Qxe6 23.Bxc5 Re8 24.Bf3 Bb7 25.a4 Na5 26.Qb4 Nc4 27.Rbd1 Ne4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Be2 e3 30.axb5 axb5 31.Qxb5 Ba6 32.Qb4 Rab8 33.Qa4 Ra8 34.Qb4 Nd2 35.Rfe1 Ne4 36.Kg1 Rab8 37.Qd4

This is one for our collection of "my-how-the-tide-can-turn" positions: Black has excellent winning chances with 37...Bxe2 38.Rxe2 Qc6, but he plays a more aggressive looking line and falls into trouble: 37...Nf2 38.Ra1 Bxe2 39.Rxe2 Ng4 40.h3 Ne5. Now, just four moves later it is White who is calling all the shots. 41.Rxe3 Rbd8 42.Qc3 Qc4 43.Qxc4 Nxc4 44.Rxe8+. White has a healthy passed pawn, which Gashimov uses effectively to obtain the full point: 44...Rxe8 45.Ra7 h6 46.Bd4 Ne5 47.c4 Kh7 48.c5 h5 49.Ra6 Nd3 50.Ra3 Nf4 51.Be3 Nd5 52.Kf2 Re4 53.Rd3 Nxe3 54.Rxe3 Rc4 55.Re5 Rc2+ 56.Kf3 h4 57.Ke4 Kg6 58.Kd5 Rd2+ 59.Ke6 Rxg2 60.c6 Rc2 61.Kd6 Kf6 62.Rd5 g5 63.c7 g4 64.Rc5 1-0.

Classificação após 5ª ronda

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FIDE Grand Prix 2008 - Elista 2008 - Ronda 4

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Entretanto está a decorrer um outro torneio muito forte (categoria 19 !) mas que tem dado muita polémica, após vários GM do TOP-10 mundial não o jogarem; uns por terem desistido de o jogar em protesto com a Organização (como Adams e Carlsen) e outros porque simplesmente não o quiseram jogar (como Anand, Kramnik e Topalov). É o terceiro "FIDE Grand Prix" que está a ser disputado na cidade de "Elista" entre 13 e 29 de Dezembro 2008.

Após a quarta ronda, a classificação é:

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Round 4: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	0-1	Evgeny Alekseev
Wang Yue	1-0	Pavel Eljanov
Vladimir Akopian	½-½	Vugar Gashimov
Alexander Grischuk	½-½	Ernesto Inarkiev
Ivan Cheparinov	½-½	Dmitry Jakovenko
Etienne Bacrot	1-0	Peter Leko
Teimour Radjabov	½-½	Shakh. Mamedyarov
Games – Report

O "jogo do dia" foi entre Etienne Bacrot vs Peter Leko. O Hungaro tento uma Caro-Kann clássica contra o GM Francês, e até estava bem encaminhada ao lance 20. Mas "o terreno" era um autêntico "campo minado" , com armadilhas multiplas a cada jogada...

Bacrot,E (2705) - Leko,P (2747) [B19]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (4), 17.12.2008
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.0-0-0 Ngf6 16.Ne4 0-0 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Qe2 f5 19.Rdg1 Rae8 20.Ne1 e5 21.Ng3 exd4

Black certainly stands better (he is two pawns up), and White is forced to take drastic steps: 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Qxg4 Rf7. 23...Rg5 24.Bxg5 Bxg5+ 25.Kb1 Ne5 26.Qf5 Nxc4 was an alternative to consider. 24.Bxh6 Bf6 25.Bd2 Ne5 26.Qe2 d3 27.Qe4 Qb6 28.b3 Qc5 29.h6 Qa3+ 30.Kd1. The tides have turned and White's position is now better. Black's next move is a blunder: 30...Qxa2??

Deixo agora consigo a tarefa de encontrar o lance de Bacrot que levou ao imediato abandono de Leko.

O Francês GM Etienne Bacrot...

... o ex-candidato ao título mundial Peter Leko (da Hungria)

Descobriram a jogada do jogo Bacrot-Leko acima ?

31.Qh7+!! Leko abandonou, há mate em 4 lances ! 31...Kxh7 32.hxg7+ Bh4 33.Rxh4+ Kg8 34.Rh8 mate; or 31...Kf8 32.Bb4+ c5 33.Bxc5+ Rfe7 34.hxg7+ Kf7 35.g8Q mate.

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