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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:28 PM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report: Chess Is Cool -- Alexandra Kosteniuk Wins Women's Title |
Alexandra Kostantinovna Kosteniuk Women's World Champion, 2008 Chess Is Cool: Alexandra Kosteniuk Wins Women's World Championship Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia is the new women's world chess champion. Alexandra Kostantinovna defeated fourteen-year-old prodigy Hou Yifan of China in the final match of the knock out tournament in Nalchik, Russia on Wednesday, 2½-1½. The new champion won the first game of the match and drew the remaining three. She could have won the final game as well, but pounced on an opportunity to force a draw by pertetual check when it arose since she only need to avoid loss to take the title. Alexandra Kostantinovna, 24. played once before in the final match for the women's title. When she was a teen-age prodigy in 2001, she lost to Zhu Chen, then of China and now of Qatar. In addition to being the new women's champion, Alexandra Konstantinovna also won the Chess960 (FischerRandom) women's title in 2006 in Mainz and defended her title earlier this year. In 2005 she won the Russian women's championship. Alexandra Kostantinovna is among the most popular chess players on the international circuit. Her podcasts, titled Chess Is Cool, have a loyal following. In addition to being a full chess grandmaster, the photogenic champion populaizes the game by fashion modeling. In private life, she is married to American IM and Swiss native Diego Garces, who is of Colombian descent. The couple live in Florida and have a 16-month-old daughter. Timofeev Takes Russian Higher League Grandmaster grandmaster Artyom Timofeev won the Russian Higher League Tournament in Novokuznetsk in central Siberia with 8 points out of a possible 11. The Higher League is a qualifying event for the Russian National Championship to be held this year in October. Grandmasters Nakita Vitiugov and Ernesto Inarkiev finished second with 7½ points each. It is the second major achievement this year for Timofeev, who won the Moscow Open in February. Jan Werle Comes From Behind to Win in Liverpool My Space Graphics Dutch grandmaster Jan Werle (pronounced VERL) took a clear lead with a Black victory over Czech GM Viktor Laznicka in the penultimate round and hung on to win the ten-round European Union Open in Liverpool which concluded Thursday. Mh. Werle scored 8 points in ten rounds. Laznicka tied for second place with English grandmasters Mickey Adams and Nigel Short with 7½ points each. Adams and Laznicka were trading the lead for most of the tournament, with Werle catching them after seven rounds when the three were tied for the lead. Mr. Short's chances were hurt in the second round when his cell beeped warning of a low battery, causing him to forfeit his game to Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant of Scotland. Short had remembered to turn the sound of his phone off, but the rules are designed to discourage cell phones from being on the floor and punish a player whose cell phone makes any noise whatsoever. China Leads Russia in Annual Team Match China leads the annual team match with Russia by a combined score of 23-17 after four rounds in Ningpo, China. In today's fourth round, which started with the overall score knotted at 15-15, the Chinese men scored 4½ points in five games while the Chines women scored 3½. Former girls' junior champion Shen Yang has scored 3½ points in four rounds for the Cinese women to all players in individual point scoring. SPICE Cup begins in Lubbock The second annual SPICE Cup Tournament began Friday on the campus of the Texas Institute of Technology in Lubbock, Texas. The tournament is a round robin among ten players. The participants, all grandmasters, are: Alex Onischuk, Julio Bacerra, Greg Kaidanov, Var Akobian and Eugene Perelshteyn, all of the United States; Pentala Harikrishna (India); Hannes Stefansson (Iceland); Leonid Kritz (Germany); Kemil Miton (Poland); and Victor Mikhalevski (Israel). After two rounds, Akobian, Kritz and Mikhalevski are tied for first with 1½ points each. The third round begins today at 2 pm CDT and will be braodcast on the Monroi webstite. Registration is required but free. The event is sponsored by the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE). Calendar Commonwealth Chess Championship, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India) 27 Septemper-6 October. Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match, Bonn 14 October-2 November. Twelve rounds. European Club Cup, Kallithea (Greece) 16-24 October. Asian Championships, Tehran 21-30 October. Chess Olympiad, Dresden 12-25 November. Topalov-Kamsky World Championship Semifinal Match, Lvov 26 November-15 December. Eight Rounds. FIDE Grand Prix, Doha 13-29 December. Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk aan Zee 16 January-1 February 2009. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. This week's games |
Your humble hare acknowledges the assistance of Fritz 6.0 on analysis. Diagrams on the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Chess Mérida, a true type font that can be downlaoded free here. !""""""""# $tMvWlVmT% $OoOoOoOo% $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $pPpPpPpP% $RnBqKbNr% /(((((((() WHITE White to move (This position is a theoretical draw) |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hou - Kosteniuk, Final Match, Nalchik |
World Women's Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk Hou Yifan - Alexandra Kosteniuk FIDE Knock Out Women's Championship, Final Match/Game 1 Nalchik, 14 September 2008 Spanish Grand Royal Game: Anti-Marshall Line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a3
8...d6 9.c3 Bg4
10.d3!?
10...Na5
11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7
13.d4 Qc7
14.d5
14...c4 15.Nbd2
15...Nb7 16.Nf1 Nc5
17.g4!?
17...h5
18.N3h2
18...hxg4
19.hxg4 Qc8 20.f3?!
20...Nh7 21.Ng3 !""""""""# $t+w+ Tl+% $+ +vVoOm% $o+ O + +% $+oMpO + % $ +o+p+p+% $P P +pN % $ Pb+ + N% $R BqR K % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 21...Nf1g3 21...Bg5!
22.Nf5
22...Qd8 23.Kg2
23...g6 24.Ng3
24...Kg7 25.Rh1 Rh8
26.Nhf1 Qf6
27.Be3
27...Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Ng5 29.Qe2
29...Rag8 30.Raf1 Qf4 31.Rxh8?!
31...Rxh8 32.Rh1
32...Rxh1 33.Nxh1 Nd3
34.Bxd3 cxd3 35.Qf2
35...d2!
36.Ng3
!""""""""# $ + + + +% $+ +v+oK % $o+ O +o+% $+o+pO M % $ + +pWp+% $P P NpN % $ P O Qk+% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Hou Yifan Position after 36.Nh1g3 36...Nxf3!!
37.Qxf3 Bxg4 38.Qf2
38...d1Q 39.Nxd1 Bxd1 40.Qe1
40...Bf3+ 41.Kg1
41...f5 42.exf5 gxf5 43.Qf2 Kg6 44.b3
44...e4 45.c4 bxc4 46.bxc4 Qg5 47.c5 f4 48.cxd6 fxg3 0-1
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Topalov - Carlsen, Grand Prix Final, Bilbao |
Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov - Magnus Carlsen Grand Slam Chess Final, Round 8 Bilbao, 10 September 2008 Open Sicilian Game: Rat Dragon Defense (Yugoslav Opening) 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.Bc4 Bd7
10.0-0-0
10...Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5
12.Kb1 a6
13.h4
13...h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Rdg1
16...Rc5!?
17.Bh6 Kh7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.f4
19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.f5 e5!
22.Nde2
22...Rh8 23.b3
23...Rc6 24.Rxg4 Nf6 25.Rgg1
25...Rxh1?!
26.Rxh1 Ng4 27.Ng3 Kg8
!""""""""# $ + W +l+% $+o+v+o+ % $o+tO +o+% $+ + Op+ % $ + +p+m+% $+pN + N % $p+pQ + +% $+k+ + +r% /(((((((() WHITE: Veselin Topalov Position after 27...Kg7g8 28.Nd5!
28...Rc5 29.Ne3
29...Nxe3
30.Qxe3 Qf6 31.Qh6?!
31...Qg7!
32.Qg5 f6 !""""""""# $ + + +k+% $+o+v+ W % $o+ O Oo+% $+ T OpQ % $ + +p+ +% $+p+ + N % $p+p+ + +% $+k+ + +r% /(((((((() WHITE: Veselin Topalov Position after 32...f7f6 33.Qd2!?
33...Rc6 34.Kb2?!
34...gxf5 35.Qa5 Qe7
36.Qd5+ Be6
37.Qd1 Qg7?!
38.exf5 Bf7
39.Ne4 Kf8 40.Nxd6 Ke7
41.Nxb7!
41...Qg8
42.Qd2 Rb6 43.Rd1 Qc8
44.Nd6 Qd7 45.Nxf7 Qxd2 46.Rxd2 Kxf7 47.c4 Ke7 48.Kc3 1-0
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What do you think of how the scoring system played itself out? |
Anand finishing last was a shock, but that's not really related to the system.
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Neither was anything else |
I don't think there was a single game where one of the players went for a win (and the extra point} rather than settle for a draw.
The standings would have been exactly the same in the usual system as the were in this. An elite tournament like Bilbao is probably not a good one to experiment with this kind of scoring system. Players at this level are very happy to draw (perhaps better read not to lose). Maybe in a strong Swiss system tournament it would work better. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Timofeev - Landa, Russian Higher League, Novokuznetsk |
Artyom Timofeev Artyom Timofeev - Konstantin Landa Russian Championship Higher League, Round 6 Novokuznetsk, 8 September 2008 Spanish Petit Royal Game: Gothic Defense (Berlin Defense) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3
9...Ke8
10.h3 Be7
11.Re1!?
11...Nh4
12.Nd4
12...Nf5 13.Nce2
13...a6 14.Nf3 Nh4?!
15.Nxh4!
15...Bxh4 16.Be3!
16...Be7
17.g4
17...h5 18.f3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Be6 20.Kg2
20...Rd8 21.Nf4 Bc8 22.Rh1 Rg8
23.Rh7 b6
24.Nh5 Bf8 25.Bh6!?
25...Bf5 26.Nxg7+
26...Bxg7 27.Rxg7 Rxg7 28.Bxg7 Bxc2 29.Rh1
29...Rd3
30.Bf6
30...Kd7 31.Rh8 c5 32.f4 Bb1 !""""""""# $ + + + R% $+ O +o+ % $oO + B +% $+ O P + % $ + + Pp+% $+ +t+ + % $pPv+ +k+% $+v+ + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Artyom Timofeev Position after 32...Bc2b1 33.Rf8!
33...Kc6 34.Rxf7 Bxa2 35.Rg7 Bd5+
36.Kh2 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Rxb2 38.f5?!
38...a5?!
39.e6!?
39...Re2
40.g5 c4?
41.Bd8!
41...c3
42.Rxc7+ Kd6 43.Rxc3
43...Ke5 !""""""""# $ + B + +% $+ + + + % $ O +p+ +% $O +vLpP % $ + + + +% $+ R + K % $ + +t+ +% $+ + + + % /(((((((() WHITE: Artyom Timofeev Position after 43...Kd6e5 44.Rf3!!
44...Bxf3
45.Kxf3 Re1 46.g6 Kd6
47.Bxb6 Rc1 48.g7 Rc8 49.Bxa5 Ke5 50.Kg4 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Laznicka - Werle, EU Open, Liverpool |
Dutch grandmaster Jan Werle gained possession of first place in Liverpool with this win and won the tournament clear of the field the following day.
Jan Werle Viktor Laznicka - Jan Werle European Union Open, Round 9 Liverpool, 17 September 2008 Queen's Gambit: Catalan Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Ne5
7...Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4 9.Naxc4 Bc5
10.Qb3 0-0 11.Qxb7
11...Nxe5
12.Nxe5 Rb8 13.Qf3 Bd6
14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Qe7 16.Qa4!?
16...e5 17.Rb1!?
17...h6
18.Bd2 Bb4 19.Bxb4!?
19...Rxb4 20.Qa3 !""""""""# $ + + Tl+% $O + WoO % $ + + M O% $+ + O + % $ T O + +% $Q + + P % $pP +pPbP% $+r+ +rK % /(((((((() WHITE: Viktor Laznicka Position after 20.Qa4a3 20...e4!
21.Rfc1 Rd8 22.Rc2 Ng4
23.Rbc1?!
23...d3 24.exd3 e3
25.Rc8?
!""""""""# $ +rT +l+% $O + WoO % $ + + + O% $+ + + + % $ T + +m+% $Q +pO P % $pP + pbP% $+ R + K % /(((((((() WHITE: Viktor Laznicka Position after 25.Rc2c8 25...Rxc8!
26.Rxc8+ Kh7 27.Re8
27...exf2+ 28.Kf1 Qc5 0=1
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow - Alexandra Kosteniuk wins and looks like a sophisticate |
at the same time. She's dispelling the myth of male superiority in things math like, e.g., chess.
She's what, 19-20? She'll mature to the point of becoming combined World Champion. Now that would get chess some much deserved attention. If we want to promote math and logic, essential skills, we should figure out a way to make chess as popular as, oh, World of Warcraft;) How a about those Chinese beating the Russians in team play. Has this happened before? Thanks for the update!!! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm in the Ural Mountains |
April 23, 1984.
She became an international grandmaster (that's what used to be called the men's title) in 2004. |
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