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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 03:44 PM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report (April 2): Four-way tie ends Euro Championship |
Four finish Aix-les-Bains on 8½/11; Potkin has best tiebreak
Stefan64, Wikipedia (Creative Commons License, Attribution/Share Alike) Four grandmasters finished tied for the 12th European Championship general competition in Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, southeastern France with 8½ points in eleven rounds at the conclusion of the tournament earlier today. Russian grandmaster Vladimir Potkin was awarded the title of European Champion with a performance rating, used as the first tie break in Aix-les-Bains, of 2849. Thother three first-place finishers, in order of performance rating, are Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland), Judit Polgar (Hungary) and Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine). Potkin, Wojtaszek and Ms. Polgar entered the day tied for first with 8 points each in ten rounds. Wojtaszek and Ms. Polgar played each other on the top board and settled for a short draw, while on board 2 Potkin drew with tournament top seed Peter Svidler of Russia. Moiseenko began the day a half point back with nine other players. He won the only decisive game among the, defeating British GM Luke McShane in a 38-move King's Indian Defense. Ms. Polgar, who played some of the best chess of her legendary career in Aix-les-Bains, is now responsible for another crack in chess' glass ceiling after being personally responsible for so many others as she becomes the first woman to finish in the top three in a continental championship. COMING ATTRACTIONS Dubai Open 9-19 April. Asian Championships, Mashad, Iran 1-11 May. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. This Week's Games |
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Your humble hare acknowledges the assistance of Rybka 4 and Fritz 6.0 on analysis. Diagrams on the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Aquarium, a commercially available interface for Rybka. Diagrams and other images are hosted on imgur.com. BLACK WHITE White to move (This position is a theoretical draw) I would like to thank my impressive and loyal staff: Buccaneer, Spitfire, Desperado, Swashbuckler, Pancho and Robin Hood. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 12th European Championship, Aix-les-Bains |
Lac du Bourget and Aix-les-Bains |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Potkin - Jobava, Round 10 |
Vladimir Potkin Baadur Jobava, - Vladimir Potkin 12th European Championship, Round 10 Aix-les-Bains, 1 April 2011 Slav Queen's Gambit: Tikhi Opening 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3
4...e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4
7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.Nc3
9...Nbd7 10.e4 Qb6 11.Be2 (N)
11...Nh5
12.d5
BLACK: Vladimir Potkin WHITE: Baadur Jobava Position after 12...Nh5f4 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.0-0-0!?
14...Bb4!
15.Kb1 Ndc5 16.Rd6 0-0 17.Nd5?!
BLACK: Vladimir Potkin WHITE: Baadur Jobava Position after 17.Nc3de5 17...cxd5!!
18.Rxb6 axb6 19.a3?
19...dxe4!
20.axb4 exf3 21.bxc5
21...fxe2 22.c6 Nd4 23.Qd3
23...Nxc6 24.f3 Ra4 25.Qd7
25...Rxh4 26.Qxb7 Rd4
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Nisipeanu - Wojtaszek, Round 9 |
Radoslaw Wojtaszek Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu - Radoslaw Wojtaszek 12th European Championship, Round 9 Aix-les-Bains, 31 March 2011 Open Sicilian Game: Najdorf-Scheveingen Defense (Rauzer Opening) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6
8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 g5?!
13.exf6
13...gxh4
14.Be2 Qa5 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Kh1 Qg5!?
17.Rf4!
17...e5
18.Nd5 exd4 19.Qxd4 (N)
BLACK: Radoslaw Wojtaszek WHITE: Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Position after 19. Qd2d4:p 19...Kd8
20.Rd1 h3!?
21.g3!?
21...Bd6!
22.Re4 Re8 23.Nb6
23...Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Qc5 25.Nxa8 Nxf6 26.Qd3 Ke7 27.Bf3 h5
28.Qe2+?!
BLACK: Radoslaw Wojtaszek WHITE: Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Position after 28.Qd3e2 28...Be6!
29.Bxb7 Ng4 30.Rf1 h4 31.gxh4 Nxh2?!
32.Rg1?!
32...Kf8 33.Rg5?
BLACK: Radoslaw Wojtaszek WHITE: Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Position after 33.Rg1g5 33...Qb4!
34.Qe4
34...Qb1+ 35.Rg1 Nf1 36.Qc6 Ng3+
37.Kh2 Nf1+ 38.Kh1 Qd1 39.Qf3 Qd2 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Pantsulaia - J. Polgar, Round 7 |
Judit Polgar Levon Pantsulaia - Judit Polgar 12th European Championship, Round 7 Aix-les-Bains, 28 March 2011 English Game: Agincourt Defense 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.g3 d5 4.Qc2
4...c5 5.d4?!
5...cxd4!
6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nb3
7...Nc6
8.Bg2 Nb4 9.Qd1
9...dxc4 10.N3d2 Bf5 11.Na3?!
BLACK: Judit Polgar WHITE: Levon Patsulaia Position after 11. Nb1a3 11...b5!!
Analysis Diagram: Timman-J. Polgar, IT, Malmø, 2000 BLACK: Judit Polgar WHITE: Jan Timman Position after 12.e2e4
12.Bxa8 Qxa8 13.Nf3 Nd3+!!
14.exd3 Bxd3!
15.Nxb5 BLACK: Judit Polgar WHITE: Levon Patsulaia Position after 15.Na3b5:p 15...Bb4+!
16.Nc3
16...0-0 17.Rg1 Ne4
18.Bd2 Rd8! 19.Rc1
19...Nxc3 20.bxc3 Ba3!
21.Be3 Bxc1 22.Bxc1 Rb8
23.Nd2 Qd5 24.Qa4 a5 25.Qd1 h6 26.Qf3?
BLACK: Judit Polgar WHITE: Levon Patsulaia Position after 26.Qd1f3 26...Rb1!!
27.Kd1
27...e4 28.Qf4 Ra1 29.Qb8+
29...Kh7 30.g4 Qd7
31.Qe5
31...e3
32.fxe3
32...Qa4+ 33.Ke1 Rxc1+ 34.Kf2 Rxg1 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Moiseenko - McShane, Round 11 |
Alexander Moiseenko Alexander Moiseenko - Luke McShane 12th European Championship Round 11 Aix-les-Bains, 2 April 2011 West India Game: King's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0
5.Bd3
5...Nc6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Nd4 8.Nxd4
8...exd4 9.Ne2 c5 10.0-0 d6 11.Bg5 Re8
12.f3 h6 (N)
13.Bd2
13...Nd7 14.f4 Nf6 15.Qc2 Bd7
16.a4 h5 17.h3 Qe7 18.e5
18...dxe5
19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qe7 21.Bg5?!
BLACK: Luke McShane WHITE: Alexander Moiseenko Position after 21. Bf4g5 21...Qd6!
22.Bxf6
22...Bxf6 23.Bxg6 Rxe2 24.Bh7+ Kg7!?
BLACK: Luke McShane WHITE: Alexander Moiseenko Position after 24...Kg8g7 25.Qxe2!!
25...Kxh7 26.Ra3!
26...Re8?!
27.Qxh5+!
27...Kg7?
BLACK: Luke McShane WHITE: Alexander Moiseenko Position after 27...Kg8g7 28.Raf3!
28...Rh8
29.Rxf6 Rxh5
30.Rxd6 Bxa4 31.Rdf6 Be8 32.d6 Kf8 33.R1f5
33...Rh4
34.Rxc5 Bc6 35.Rcf5 Rh7 36.Rf4 Rg7 37.g4 d3 38.Rd4 1-0
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