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Saturday, September 2, 2017

Chess World Cup

Final


GM Levon Aronian 2802 4-2 GM Ding Liren 2771


Semifinals


GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 4-5 GM Levon Aronian 2802

GM Wesley So 2792 2½-3½ GM Ding Liren 2771


Quarterfinals


GM Peter Svidler 2756 1½-2½ GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804

GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2727 ½-1½ GM Levon Aronian 2802

GM Wesley So 2792 1½-½ GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2731

GM Richard Rapport 2675 ½-1½ GM Ding Liren 2771


4th Round


GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714 1-3 GM Peter Svidler 2756

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 3½-2½ GM Alexander Grischuk 2788

GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2727 1½-½ GM Anish Giri 2777

GM Levon Aronian 2802 1½-½ GM Daniil Dubov 2666

GM Wesley So 2792 2½-1½ GM Baadur Jobava 2702

GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2731 3-1 GM Maxim Rodshtein 2695

GM Evgeniy Najer 2694 1½-2½ GM Richard Rapport 2675

GM Wang Hao 2701 ½-1½ GM Ding Liren 2771


3rd Round


GM Magnus Carlsen 2827 ½-1½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714

GM Peter Svidler 2756 1½-½ GM Alexander Onischuk 2682

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 2½-1½ GM Aleksandr Lenderman 2565

GM Alexander Grischuk 2788 3½-2½ GM David Navara 2720

GM Vladimir Kramnik 2803 ½-1½ GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2727

GM Anish Giri 2777 4-2 GM S.P. Sethuraman 2617

GM Levon Aronian 2802 5-3 GM Maxim Matlakov 2728

GM Daniil Dubov 2666 1½-½ M Vladislav Artemiev 2692

GM Wesley So 2792 1½-½ GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 2717

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2741 1½-2½ GM Baadur Jobava 2702

GM Hikaru Nakamura 2781 ½-1½ GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2731

GM Anton Kovalyov 2649 0-2** GM Maxim Rodshtein 2695

GM Fabiano Caruana 2799 1½-2½ GM Evgeniy Najer 2694

GM Richard Rapport 2675 2½-1½ GM Li Chao 2745

GM Yuriy Kuzubov 2688 ½-1½ GM Wang Hao 2701

GM Ding Liren 2771 2½-1½ GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2702


** NOTE: Anton Kovalyov forfeited his game and quit the tournament, accusing organiser and Chairman of the Appeals Committee Zurab Azmaiparashvili of bullying after an arbiter’s request that the player change out of shorts escalated into a major scandal.

2nd Round


GM Magnus Carlsen 2827 2-0 GM Aleksey Dreev 2648

GM Etienne Bacrot 2728 1½-2½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714

GM Peter Svidler 2756 2½-1½ GM Viktor Erdos 2619

GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2739 1½-2½ GM Alexander Onischuk 2682

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 1½-½ GM Boris Grachev 2654

GM Aleksandr Lenderman 2565 1½-½ GM Aryan Tari 2588

GM Alexander Grischuk 2788 2½-1½ GM Jorge Cori 2648

GM David Navara 2720 3-1 GM Ivan Cheparinov 2695

GM Vladimir Kramnik 2803 1½-½ GM Anton Demchenko 2650

GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2727 3½-2½ GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2698

GM Anish Giri 2777 4-2 GM Alexander Motylev 2668

GM P. Harikrishna 2741 1½-2½ GM S.P. Sethuraman 2617

GM Levon Aronian 2802 4-2 GM Hou Yifan 2670

GM Maxim Matlakov 2728 5-3 GM Dmitry Andreikin 2708

GM Sergey Karjakin 2780 ½-1½ GM Daniil Dubov 2666

GM Teimour Radjabov 2742 3½-4½ M Vladislav Artemiev 2692

GM Wesley So 2792 4-2 GM Matthias Bluebaum 2633

GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 2717 1½-½ GM Evgeny Tomashevsky 2710

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2741 2½-1½ GM B. Adhiban 2670

GM Yu Yangyi 2750 2-4 GM Baadur Jobava 2702

GM Hikaru Nakamura 2781 2½-1½ GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2651

GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2731 1-0 GM Ernesto Inarkiev 2694

GM Viswanathan Anand 2794 ½-1½ GM Anton Kovalyov 2649

GM Michael Adams 2738 ½-1½ GM Maxim Rodshtein 2695

GM Fabiano Caruana 2799 4-2 GM Luka Lenic 2646

GM Nikita Vitiugov 2728 1-3 GM Evgeniy Najer 2694

GM Wei Yi 2748 1½-2½ GM Richard Rapport 2675

GM Li Chao 2745 2½-1½ GM Samuel Sevian 2610

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2797 1-3 GM Yuriy Kuzubov 2688

GM Boris Gelfand 2737 1½-2½ GM Wang Hao 2701

GM Ding Liren 2771 2½-1½ GM Martyn Kravtsiv 2670

GM Le Quang Liem 2739 ½-1½ GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2702



1st Round


GM Magnus Carlsen 28272-0 FM Oluwafemi Balogun 2255

GM Aleksey Dreev 2648 2-0 GM Axel Bachmann 2634

GM Alexandr Fier 2569 1½-2½ GM Etienne Bacrot 2728

GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714 2-0 GM Diego Flores 2580

GM Jakhongir Vakhidov 2518 0-2 GM Peter Svidler 2756

GM Bassem Amin 2699 2½-3½ GM Viktor Erdos 2619

GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2739 1½-½ GM Felipe de Cresce El Debs 2533

GM Yaroslav Zherebukh 2621 0-2 GM Alexander Onischuk 2682

IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev 2455 ½-1½ GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804

GM Boris Grachev 2654 2½-1½ GM Hrant Melkumyan 2642

GM Pavel Eljanov 2734 0-2 GM Aleksandr Lenderman 2565

GM Aryan Tari 2588 3½-2½ GM David Wei Liang Howell 2701

GM Alexander Grischuk 2788 2-0 GM Essam El Gindy 2455

GM Jorge Cori 2648 1½-½ GM Gawain Christopher B. Jones 2668

GM Johann Hjartarson 2539 0-2 GM David Navara 2720

GM Ivan Cheparinov 26951½-½ GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2573

Changren Dai 2422 ½-1½ GM Vladimir Kramnik 2803

GM Alexander Areshchenko 2645 2-4 GM Anton Demchenko 2650

GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2727 3-1 GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2570

GM Levan Pantsulaia 2593 0-2 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2698

GM Anish Giri 2777 1½-½ GM Nana Dzagnidze 2519

GM Jeffery Xiong 2633 ½-1½ GM Alexander Motylev 2668

GM Yuri Gonzalez Vidal 2547 2½-3½ GM P. Harikrishna 2741

GM Ruslan Ponomariov 2694 ½-1½ GM S.P. Sethuraman 2617

GM Levon Aronian 2802 2-0 IM Daniel Cawdery 2449

GM Kacper Piorun 2644 ½-1½ GM Hou Yifan 2670

GM Julio Catalino Sadorra 2574 ½-1½ GM Maxim Matlakov 2728

GM Dmitry Andreikin 2708 3-1 GM Aleksey Goganov 2567

IM Anton Smirnov 2508 1-3 GM Sergey Karjakin 2780

GM Daniil Dubov 2666 3½-2½ GM Daniel Fridman 2625

GM Teimour Radjabov 2742 1½-½ GM Helgi Dam Ziska 2545

GM Benjamin Bok 2620 0-2 GM Vladislav Artemiev 2692

IM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo 2377 0-2 GM Wesley So 2792

GM Sandro Mareco 2649 ½-1½ GM Matthias Bluebaum 2633

GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 2717 2½-1½ GM Murali Karthikeyan 2574

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov 2578 1½-2½ GM Evgeny Tomashevsky 2710

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2741 3½-2½ GM Mladen Palac 2535

GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen 2629 2½-3½ GM B. Adhiban 2670

GM Amirreza Pourramezanali 2534 1-3 GM Yu Yangyi 2750

GM Baadur Jobava 2702 4½-3½ GM Ivan Salgado Lopez 2627

GM Hikaru Nakamura 2781 2-0 GM Al Rakib Mollah Abdullah 2454

GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2651 1½-½ GM David Anton Guijarro 2656

GM Yusnel Bacallao Alonso 2573 1-3 GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2731

GM Ernesto Inarkiev 2694 1½-½ GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2607

IM Li Tian Yeoh 2478 ½-1½ GM Viswanathan Anand 2794

GM Varuzhan Akobian 2662 ½-1½ GM Anton Kovalyov 2649

GM Michael Adams 2738 2½-1½ GM Tsegmed Batchuluun 2566

GM Robert Hovhannisyan 2594 1½-2½ GM Maxim Rodshtein 2695

GM Fabiano Caruana 2799 2-0 GM Kenny Solomon 2398

GM Luka Lenic 2646 4-2 GM Laurent Fressinet 2657

GM Kaido Kulaots 2571 ½-1½ GM Nikita Vitiugov 2728

GM Evgeniy Najer 2694 1½-½ GM Aleksej Aleksandrov 2580

GM Bator Sambuev 2529 1½-2½ GM Wei Yi 2748

GM Richard Rapport 2675 2-0 GM Emilio Cordova 2616

GM Li Chao 2745 1½-½ GM Leandro Krysa 2540

GM Samuel Sevian 2610 2½-1½ GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2674

IM Guanchu Liu 2455 ½-1½ GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2797

GM Yuriy Kuzubov 2688 1½-½ GM Sergei Zhigalko 2642

GM Boris Gelfand 2737 2-0 GM Kirill Stupak 2579

GM Deep Sengupta 2589 ½-1½ GM Wang Hao 2701

GM Ding Liren 2771 1½-½ GM Mohamed Haddouche 2487

GM Igor Kovalenko 2634 ½-1½ GM Martyn Kravtsiv 2670

GM Vitaly Kunin 2531 ½-1½ GM Le Quang Liem 2739

GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2702 1½-½ GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez 2614

Friday, April 14, 2017

Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017


The winner of a Classical game is awarded 2 points for the Overall Standings, in case of a draw each player gets 1 point and the loser 0 points.In the Blitz tournament that follows on Monday, 17 April however, the winner is given 1 point, by a draw each player half a point and the loser 0 points.

Standings


RankNameRatingsWinDrawLossPoints(SB)
1Hikaru Nakamura279342110
2Ian Nepomniachtchi275142110
3Vishwanathan Anand27864129
4Vladmir Kramnik28111608
5Peter Svidler27472418
6Boris Gelfand27471335
7Yannick Pelletier25410343
8Grigory Oparin27600343

Results

Round 7

Hikaru Nakamura 1-1 Viswanathan Anand
Yannick Pelletier 0-2 Boris Gelfand
Grigoriy Oparin 0-2 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Peter Svidler 1-1 Vladimir Kramnik

Round 6

Viswanathan Anand 2-0 Peter Svidler
Vladimir Kramnik 1-1 Grigoriy Oparin
Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 Yannick Pelletier
Boris Gelfand 0-2 Hikaru Nakamura

Round 5

Boris Gelfand 0-2 Viswanathan Anand
Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 Ian Nepomniachtch
Yannick Pelletier 1-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Grigoriy Oparin 0-2 Peter Svidler

Round 4

Viswanathan Anand 2-0 Grigoriy Oparin
Peter Svidler 1-1 Yannick Pelletier
Vladimir Kramnik 1-1 Hikaru Nakamura
Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 Boris Gelfand

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bg7 22. Nf1 bxa4 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxa4 Reb8 27. Bc6 Ra7 28. Ra2 Bh6 29. Ngf3 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rea1 Rb5 32. Qxc4 Qxf2 33. Qc6 Ra7 34. b4 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Qe3 36. Nc4 Qxe4 37. Nxd6 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Rxa5 Bd3 41. Rxa7 Bxe4 42. Re1 1-0
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Round 3

Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 Viswanathan Anand
Boris Gelfand 1-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura 0-2 Peter Svidler
Yannick Pelletier 1-1 Grigoriy Oparin

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 e6 8. Nge4 f5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. d3 Be6 13. h4 Be5 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 b6 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Bd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. fxe3 O-O 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. e4 Bxa2 23. exf5 gxf5 24. b3 Nd4 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Re1 Qf7 27. b4 Bd5 28. bxc5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Qa4 Rc8 32. Kh3 Ne6 33. Re5 c4 34. Qa6 Nxf4+ 35. gxf4 Rc7 36. Re2 c3 37. Qd6 Qd7 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Qe5 Qc6 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Re2+ 1-0
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Round 2

Viswanathan Anand 2-0 Yannick Pelletier
Grigoriy Oparin 0-2 Hikaru Nakamura
Peter Svidler 1-1 Boris Gelfand
Vladimir Kramnik 1-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ndb8 10. Qf2 c4 11. Ne2 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. c3 b5 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. h4 Rh8 17. Qg2 Bf8 18. f5 exf5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. h5 Be6 21. h6 Kd7 22. h7 Re8 23. Bd2 Kc8 24. a4 b4 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Kf1 b3 28. Re1 Nd8 29. Re2 Qb7 30. Ngxe6 Nxe6 31. Nxd5 Be7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. d5 Nf8 34. Bh6 Re8 35. Bxf8 Rexf8 36. Rh4 Kd8 37. Rd2 Re8 38. e6 Re7 39. Qg5 1-0
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Round 1

Vladimir Kramnik 2-0 Viswanathan Anand
Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-1 Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand 1-1 Grigoriy Oparin
Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 Yannick Pelletier

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Nf3 d5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. Ba6 Rd8 22. h4 Bc5 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe7 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. a5 Rdc8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Bf1 b5 29. Bd3 Rc4 30. Bxc4 Qxb4 31. Rab1 Qxc4 32. Qd2 h5 33. Rbc1 Qb3 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Qf4 Bf5 36. e6 Bxe6 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Ra1 1-0
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Opening Blitz

The Opening Blitz Tournament has no influence on the overall result, but is played to determine the starting number of each player

Round 1

Yannick Pelletier 0-1 Boris Gelfand
Hikaru Nakamura ½:½ Vladimir Kramnik
Grigoriy Oparin ½:½ Viswanathan Anand
Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Peter Svidler

Round 2

Boris Gelfand 1-0 Peter Svidler
Viswanathan Anand 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Vladimir Kramnik ½:½ Grigoriy Oparin
Yannick Pelletier 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura

Round 3

Hikaru Nakamura 0-1 Boris Gelfand
Grigoriy Oparin 1-0 Yannick Pelletier
Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Peter Svidler ½-½ Viswanathan Anand

Round 4

Boris Gelfand 1-0 Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Peter Svidler
Yannick Pelletier 1-0 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Grigoriy Oparin

Round 5

Grigoriy Oparin 0-1 Boris Gelfand
Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura
Peter Svidler 0-1 Yannick Pelletier
Viswanathan Anand 1-0 Vladimir Kramnik

Round 6

Boris Gelfand ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Yannick Pelletier 0-1 Viswanathan Anand
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Peter Svidler
Grigoriy Oparin 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi

Round 7

Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Boris Gelfand
Peter Svidler ½-½ Grigoriy Oparin
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik ½-½ Yannick Pelletier

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
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Chess World Cup

Final GM Levon Aronian 2802 4-2 GM Ding Liren 2771 Semifinals GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 4-5 GM Levon Aronian 2802 GM Wesle...