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Montag, 2. Dezember 2013

Von Schach -Ticker

Überraschende Aufstellungen

Nach der Einzel-WM ist vor der Mannschafts-WM, die ab Dienstag in Antalya gespielt wird. Das heisst auch, dass Spieler (mindestens Giri und Nakamura), die Anand-Carlsen via Twitter ausführlich kommentierten, demnächst zeigen können/dürfen/müssen was sie selbst am Brett drauf haben. Dabei sind – in alphabetischer Reihenfolge – Ägypten, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, China, Deutschland (Europameister 2011), Niederlande, Russland, Gastgeber Türkei, Ukraine und die USA. In dieser Vorschau ein selektiver Blick auf die Aufstellungen lautTurnierseite (jeweils die Flaggen anklicken) und gleich zu Beginn eine Info die dort nicht zu finden ist, und meines Wissens auch sonst noch nirgendwo.
Beginnen wir (genau) mitten im Alphabet mit demdeutschen Team. Spielen werden – wie bei der Mannschafts-EM 2013 – Naiditsch, Fridman, Meier, Baramidze und Khenkin. Das ist die Reihenfolge laut Turnierseite, die definitive Brettreihenfolge ist vielleicht anders. Eröffnungstrainer ist, wie in Warschau, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. Und nun was Brandneues: Teamchef Uwe Bönsch kann, wie er meinem Kollegen Raymund Stolze mitteilte, aus familiären Gründen nicht nach Antalya fahren. Er fand selbst einen Ersatzmann, und zwar Konstantin Sakajew der auf seine Anfrage sofort zusagte. Wer ist Sakajew? Da fand der Schachbund bzw. Bönsch ein schachliches Schwergewicht:
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Sakajew ist ein russischer Grossmeister. Als Spieler war er zu seiner besten Zeit (Januar 2005) immerhin Nummer 26 der Weltrangliste mit Elo 2677; seine direkten Nachbarn (fünf Punkte hin oder her) waren damals Bologan, van Wely, Lautier, Kasimdzhanov, Nikolic, Short, Karpov und Nisipeanu. Davor war er zweimal Weltmeister: 1990 in der Altersklasse U16, 1992 bei der U18. Ausserdem hat er Erfahrungen als Trainer und Sekundant (u.a. für Kramnik). Ausserdem schrieb er diverse Eröffnungsbücher über (Semi-)Slawisch, Russisch, Damengambit und Grünfeld-Indisch. Ein altes Interview mit ihm findet der Leser hier – dort auch ein Hinweis in welcher Hinsicht er auch ein Schwergewicht ist oder zumindest im Jahre 2005 war.
Nun zu einigen anderen Teams in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Aserbaidschan verzichtet auf Mamedyarov und Radjabov und spielt daher mit Safarli, zweimal Mamedov (Rauf und Nidjat), Guseinov und Durarbayli. Damit sind sie plötzlich nominell etwa so stark oder schwach wie das deutsche Team, und das sicher hochinteressante Duell Naiditsch-Mamedyarov wird es nicht geben. Mit Aronian, Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk und Nakamura bekommt Naiditsch noch genug starke Gegner.
China spielt ohne Wang Hao – der hat doch hoffentlich nicht wieder gesundheitliche Probleme wie vor einiger Zeit?
Die Niederlande spielen, etwas überraschend, unter anderem mit Tiviakov – der hatte lange Ärger mit dem Schachverband. Ausserdem Giri, van Wely, Sokolov und l'Ami.
Russland spielt mit Kramnik, Karjakin, Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi und Vitiugov. Vom EM-Team ist nur Grischuk wieder mit dabei, während der beste Mann Svidler zu Hause bleibt. Nach Elo sind sie natürlich und wie immer Favorit, aber das muss nichts heissen.
Ukraine hat vorne Ivanchuk, aber wie bei der EM fehlen Ponomariov und Eljanov. Hinten mit Korobov und Kryvoruchko zwei Neulinge im ukrainischen Team.
Die USA haben natürlich Nakamura und Kamsky und wie Deutschland eine nicht-spielende Doppelspitze: neben Teamchef IM John Donaldson noch Trainer GM Wesley So. Die meisten anderen Teams haben einen relativ bekannten in- oder auch ausländischen GM als Teamchef – dabei sind u.a. Khalifman, Dokhoian, Miroshnichenko und Chuchelov.
Das muss erstmal reichen – Berichte während des Turniers je nachdem was passiert und wann ich dafür Zeit finde.

Montag, 18. November 2013

Samstag, 29. Juni 2013

What is genius?

 
 

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Chess / By Shelby Lyman
on June 29, 2013 - 8:08 AM


What is genius? It is an edifice built of solitude. Our inner spirit drives it forth.

So it was with the young Boris Spassky, who recounted, as in a dream, his first sight of the gleaming tables and chess pieces at a pavilion in Finland Bay, north of Leningrad.

And with the young Bobby Fischer encountering his first love, chess.

It is passion married to wonder. It is a voyage of discovery.

Einstein with usual honesty and clarity said, "I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious."

Genius discovers a world large or small. Cosmic or 64 small squares, a universe in itself.

So Bobby saw and fell in love.

He contested his sister, Joan, on the tiny plastic set from a candy store. Mom and pop got their few cents, Bobby entered a new world.

Joan tired of the sport.

But Bobby had no doubts.

He played both sides, seeking out its secrets.

He discovered and built on them, astonishing himself and the rest.

In a demonstration of precocity – extraordinary for its time – Fischer became a grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 6 months.

Although his career was sadly short, no chess player has been more dominant in his time.


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Doctor Zhivago of chess

 
 

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Meeting 'Zhivago'
By ANDY SOLTIS
Last Updated: 11:08 PM, June 29, 2013
Posted: 9:43 PM, June 29, 2013


Boris Spassky recalled how he met the Doctor Zhivago of chess:

En route to a tournament in Winnipeg, Spassky was visited at his hotel by Fyodor Bohatyrchuk, a famed radiologist and one of the greatest players of the 20th century.

But Spassky had seen an official list of "evil enemies" of the USSR. Their names could not be uttered — and Bohatyrchuk was at the top of the list.

Bohatyrchuk's crime was that during World War II, while heading a Red Cross unit in occupied Ukraine, he fled with the retreating Nazi army and emigrated to Ottawa. He was denounced as a traitor.

But Spassky was charmed during his 1967 meeting with Bohatyrchuk, which he called "a gift of fate."

Yet, when he later showed former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik a postcard he got from Bohatyrchuk, Botvinnik said, "I would personally hang this man in the city center."

Spassky recalled his encounter this month, after the publication of a biography, "Fyodor Bohatyrchuk, the Doctor Zhivago of Soviet Chess" by Sergey Voronkov. 


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Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2013

Boris Gelfand wins Tal Memorial, Carlsen 2nd

 
 

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Boris Gelfand won the 8th Tal Memorial.

Results:


H. Nakamura - A. Morozevich 0-1
S. Mamedyarov - M. Carlsen 1/2
V. Kramnik - B. Gelfand 1/2
S. Karjakin - V. Anand 1/2
F. Caruana - D. Andreikin 1/2

Final standings:

1. B. Gelfand - 6

2. V. Carlsen - 5,5
3-5. F. Caruana, S. Mamedyarov, D. Andreikin - 5
6. H. Nakamura - 4,5
7. S. Karjakin - 4
8. A. Morozevich, V. Anand - 3,5
10. V. Kramnik - 3

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Gelfand 1st, Carlsen 2nd, Caruana 3rd at Tal Memorial

 
 

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Final standings


1.Gelfand, Boris
ISR2755*½1½½1½1½½62904
2.Carlsen, Magnus
NOR2864½*0½½1½½112847
3.Caruana, Fabiano
ITA277401*½½0½11½52820
4.Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE2753½½½*½1½½½½52823
5.Andreikin, Dmitry
RUS2713½½½½*½½½½152827
6.Nakamura, Hikaru
USA27840010½*10112776
7.Karjakin, Sergey
RUS2782½½½½½0*½½½42733
8.Morozevich, Alexander
RUS27600½0½½1½*0½2699
9.Anand, Vishy
IND2786½00½½0½1*½2696
10.Kramnik, Vladimir
RUS2803½0½½00½½½*32649
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Gelfand victorious at Tal Memorial

 
 

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Boris Gelfand was declared sole winner of the Tal Memorial today in Moscow. The Israeli grandmaster had an undefeated performance of +3; two of his wins were achieved with the black pieces. This great run put Gelfand back in the top-10 at the live ratings list; he is 9th after gaining 18 points in this event. Defending champion Magnus Carlsen recovered from his loss against Caruana in the third round to finish sole second with 5.5/9 points.

The best Russian in the competition ended up being the lowest-rated, Dmitry Andreikin. The national champion drew eight of his games and defeated Vladimir Kramnik. Andreikin shared 3rd-5th places with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Fabiano Caruana. The young Italian jumped to third place in the live ratings list, and is four points away from the 2800-mark.

Live games with analysis / Full list of participants

The eventual champion arrived to his last game with a draw in mind. His rival, Vladimir Kramnik, did not have a good event and was not likely to push too hard with white, as he was probably expecting to finish the tournament as soon as possible, rest and think about his next compromises. This forecast was accurate as their game was the first one to finish. The experienced strategists split the point in 25 moves.

Gelfand left the playing hall and went on to wait for the result in the game of his closest follower, favorite Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian also had the black pieces, and faced Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. This game was a totally different affair, as the players went into a sharp middlegame. Gelfand must have been relieved to see that the Azerbaijani was in the driver seat in the middle of the complications, but it is impossible to write-off Carlsen even in the worst situations. This time, the Israeli finished on top as the game ended in a draw in 33 moves.

The only decisive game of the day was the win of Alexander Morozevich over Hikaru Nakamura. This was Morozevich's only victory of the event and Nakamura's third straight loss. The American had a performance full of ups and downs, as he only drew one game, won four and lost four. He seemed in good shape to win the tournament after the sixth round, when he was sole leader and only had Gelfand close behind.

The game was a sharp Queen's Gambit Accepted where Morozevich chose very complicated lines at the critical moments. The American was left with a healthier pawn structure while black had the bishop pair and a dangerous passed c-pawn. However, the decisive factor in the end was Morozevich's control of the open h-file. Nakamura sacrificed an exchange to free himself but the material disadvantage was impossible to overcome later. The American resigned on move 49.

Fabiano Caruana and Dmitry Andreikin drew their last round game in 41 moves of a Ruy Lopez. Both players finished on +1 which might be considered more successful for the Russian. Caruana comes from playing the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki and, with two good results in these two events, he rose to third place in the live ratings lists, thanks to an impressive gain of 22 points in the last period. The Italian was not very satisfied with his play in the event, but said that his result was not bad, and that he got it with a little bit of luck.

Sergey Karjakin and Viswanathan Anand signed a rather quick draw in a Sicilian. The world champion's performance was below par, as he lost three games, something that is very rare for the Indian. The young Russian finished on -1 and was probably expecting a better result in the tournament.

Photos by Eteri Kublashvili

Final Standings:

1 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2755 6


2 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2864 5½


3 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2774 5
4 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2753 5
5 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2713 5


6 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2784 4½


7 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2782 4


8 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2760 3½
9 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2786 3½


10 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2803 3
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