US Championship 2016: Hikaru Nakamura vs Jeffery Xiong

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[EventDate "2016.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 Ned7 9. Be3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nh3 Qe7
12. O-O b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. Ng5 Bh6
17. Nb5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ne8 19. Nxa7 Ne5 20. Be2 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Ra8 22. Nb5 Rxa2 23. Na3 Qg7 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Bd3
Kg8 27. Qf2 c5 28. Bb1 Ra1 29. Nc2 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Bxe4 31. Nxd4
Bxb1 32. Nf5 exf5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe3 1-0

US Championship 2016 - Link oficial:  http://www.uschesschamps.com/tags/2016-us-championship

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Blitz Challenge 2016: Wesley So x Garry Kasparov

Wesley So ganhou a Garry Kasparov num jogo espetacular em partidas 'blitz', no passado mês de Maio, integrado no evento Ultimate Blitz Challenge no Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis - E.U.A. .



 [Event "Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "GM Lubomir Kavalek/The Huffington Post"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "blitz"]
1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. h3 Bd7 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nc4 f6 11. d6 Nc8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O Bc6 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rc1 Nge7 17. Qb3 h6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Ncxe5 fxe5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. Ba4 Qb7 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qe6+ N8e7 24. Bc5 Rc8 25. Bxe7 1-0






Partida comentada...

Foto:  The Huffington Post

Images from Saint Louis by Lennart Ootes

US Champ 2016: Nakamura vs. Lenderman, Aleksandr

[Event "US Chess Championship 2016"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng5 a5 14. Bh3 a4 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Ng4 g6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Bg2 Qb6
21. Bd6 Re8 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. Bc5 Ba6 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. e4 d4 29. e5 h5
30.f4 f6 31. Rxd4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bc8 33. Rcd1 Bd7 34. Rd6 Qxe5 35. Qxg6 Qf5 36. Bc3 Qf7 37. Rf1 Qxg6 38. Rxg6 1-0




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Campeões dos EUA: Caruana e Paikidze

A ultima ronda  

(Foto: Austin Fuller)

Nazi Paikidze

Nazi Paikidze

Página Oficial...


Fotos: Tournament page (Lennart Ootes, Austin Fuller, Spectrum Studios)
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The Grid...

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

Vai haver um "mano a mano" entre  os GMs  Hikaru Nakamura  e  Fabiano Caruana, os dois jogadores TOP da seleção dos Estados Unidos.  

Eles vão visitar em Novembro o Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) e vão durante 4 dias, competir entre si. Será de 12 a 15 de Novembro !

Fabiano Caruana no  Sinquefield Cup 2014 

(Foto: Lennart Ootes)

Hikaru Nakamura em  Zürich 2015 

(Foto: Eteri Kublashvili)

A exibição inclui:

●        4 games Fischer Random (Chess 960) at G/20 + 10 seconds/p>

●        4 games Rapid Chess at G/15 + 10 seconds

●        8 games Blitz Chess at G/3 + 2 seconds

●        e... mais ainda !

Claro que estes "meninos" não fazem a coisa de borla. Eles competem por $100,000 USD  em prémios.

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USA Open 2015: Rusudan Goletiani vs. Anna Sharevich

na foto: Virkud, Apurva vs.  Goletiani, Rusudan

[Event "U.S. Womens Championship 2015"]

[Site "Saint Louis"]

[Date "2015.04.08"]

[Round "7"]

[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]

[Black "Sharevich, Anna"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A06"]

[WhiteElo "2311"]

[BlackElo "2267"]

[PlyCount "86"]

[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

[EventCountry "USA"]

[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. O-O Qc7 7. d4 e6 8. c4

Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. e3 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15.

Qe2 a6 16. a3 h6 17. g4 Bh7 18. f4 Rc8 19. Bf3 Ne8 20. Kg2 Nd6 21. Rh1 Bh4 22.

Rhg1 a5 23. Kh1 Rc7 24. Qh2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Na4 Rfc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. f5

Rc2 29. Bd1 Rc8 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Qe5 Rc3 34. Rf1

Bf6 35. Qxe6+ Nf7 36. Bf3 Rc2 37. Bxd5 Bg6 38. Bxf6 Rxd2 39. Be5 Qd8 40. e4 Qh4

41. g5 Bxe4+ 42. Kg1 Qxg5+ 43. Qg4 Rg2+ 0-1

Photos by Lennart Ootes

Links

• Site Oficial
• Open Games
• Women's Games

Levon Aronian Immortal Game

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Hikaru Nakamura Immortal Game

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2015 Sinquefield Cup

Decorre de 22 de Agosto até 3 de Setembro um torneio super-GM , com os melhores do Mundo.

Os jogadores:

• Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
• Levon Aronian (Armenia)
• Fabiano Caruana (USA)
• Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
• Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)
• Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
• Anish Giri (Netherlands)
• Viswanathan Anand (India), Wesley So (USA)

O organizador:  Chess Club and Scholastic Center , Saint Louis, USA.

Classificação após a ronda 8:

Links:

• Site Oficial
• Todas as partidas em PGN

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Legends Blitz Match 2015: Short x Kasparov

[Event "Legends Blitz Match 2015"]

[Site "Saint Louis USA"]

[Date "2015.04.26"]

[Round "6"]

[White "Short, Nigel D"]

[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B63"]

[WhiteElo "2664"]

[BlackElo "2812"]

[PlyCount "58"]

[EventDate "2015.04.25"]

[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.

O-O-O O-O 9. h4 a6 10. Kb1 h6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5

15. Qxd7 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Rad8 18. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qe1 20. Be2 Qxh1

21. Qxc6 Rd8 22. b4 Qe1 23. Qxa6 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qd2+ 25. Kb2 Rb8+ 26. Bb5 Qb4+

27. Kc1 Rxb5 28. Nc3 Rxe5 29. Qc6 e3 0-1

Legends Blitz: G. Kasparov x N. Short

[Event "Legends Blitz Match 2015"]

[Site "Saint Louis USA"]

[Date "2015.04.26"]

[Round "7"]

[White "Kasparov, Garry"]

[Black "Short, Nigel D"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C00"]

[WhiteElo "2812"]

[BlackElo "2664"]

[PlyCount "79"]

[EventDate "2015.04.25"]

[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a5 8. Re1

O-O 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. d4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 b5 15.

Ne3 b4 16. Ng4 a4 17. a3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rb6 19. Qxa4 Qa8 20. Qc2 h5 21. Ne3 Rfb8

22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 R8b7 24. Kh1 Na5 25. Rg1 Qe8 26. Bg5 Rb2 27. Qc1 Kf8 28.

Qf4 Qd8 29. Bh6 Re2 30. Bxg7+ Ke8 31. Nh6 Nb6 32. Qxf7+ Kd7 33. Ng5 Kc8 34.

Qxe6+ Kb8 35. Ngf7 Qc7 36. Nf5 Rxf2 37. N7d6 Bxd6 38. Nxd6 Qxg7 39. Rxg7 Rxg7

40. Rg1 1-0

 

Legends: Garry Kasparov x Nigel Short

[Event "Legends Blitz Match 2015"]

[Site "Saint Louis USA"]

[Date "2015.04.26"]

[Round "5"]

[White "Kasparov, Garry"]

[Black "Short, Nigel D"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A50"]

[WhiteElo "2812"]

[BlackElo "2664"]

[PlyCount "97"]

[EventDate "2015.04.25"]

[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. e3 c6 7. Nh3 Bb7 8. e4 Ng6

9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. d6 O-O 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. b3 Qa3 14. Na4 Rfb8 15. Qc1

Qb4+ 16. Qc3 Nf8 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. c5 Ne6 19. Nf2 a5 20. Rc1 Nf4 21. g3 Ng6 22.

Bc4 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nd3 h5 25. h4 Nh7 26. Kd2 Nhf8 27. f4 Re8 28. Rce1 f6

29. f5 Nh8 30. Rhf1 Nf7 31. Rf3 Nh6 32. Nf2 Ra7 33. Nb6 Kf7 34. Ra1 g6 35. Kd3

Kg7 36. a3 Rb7 37. axb4 gxf5 38. exf5 Ng4 39. Ne4 axb4 40. Kc4 Reb8 41. Kxb4

Rxb6+ 42. cxb6 Rxb6+ 43. Kc4 Rb5 44. b4 Rd5 45. Rd3 Rxd3 46. Kxd3 Nh6 47. Rf1

Kf7 48. Kc4 Nh7 49. Kc5 1-0