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Issue # 13-18 May 15, 2012
World Chess Championship Match May 10 31 Equal So Far. The match up is: Viswanathan Anand ( India ) - 2791 15th and current World Champion - # 4 in the world born 1969;
VS Challenger - Boris Gelfand ( Israel ) - # 20 2727 born 1968.
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In most fan voting polls, usually over 80% of those voting said Anand would win. But Gelfand is a tough player to beat, though not too flashy. The unknown was whether hed be able to hang in there, draw games, and at some point get a lucky break, if Anand had a lapse. So how is it going? In Game 1, we saw a rather quiet, short draw, as the players get rid of start-up jitters, and just feel each other out a bit. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Anand, Viswanathan (2791) Gelfand, Boris (2727) [D85] WCh 2012 Moscow RUS (1), 11.05.2012 1.d4 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not generally accepted. 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 Grunfeld Defence 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.d5 Qa5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Bxc6+?!= [11.Ba4 b5 12.dxc6 Qxa4 13.Qxa4 bxa4] 11...bxc6 12.0-0 Qxa2 Boris goes up a P 13.Rb2 Qa5 14.d6 [14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qa4 Bd7=] 14...Ra7 15.Bg5 exd6 16.Qxd6 16...Rd7 17.Qxc6 material equality 17...Qc7 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Rc2?! for the first time in the game, Boris gets the advantage [20.Rd2 0-0 21.Rd5 Bxc3 22.Rxc5 Bb4=] 20...0-0 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nd2 f5?!= [22...Bd7 23.f4 Bb5] 23.f3 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf5= - Game 2 was also a rather timid affair, ending in a draw in 25 moves this time. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Gelfand, Boris (2727) Anand, Viswanathan (2791) [D45] WCh 2012 Moscow RUS (2), 12.05.2012 1.d4 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not generally accepted. 1...d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6?! Boris gets a " clear " advantage ( in Game 1, neither side had achieved a " clear " advantage ). [5...Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5] 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Rc1?! [10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 exd4 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Bd3 Nc5] 10...e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6 Nxd6 19.Nd4 Rfe8 20.Nxf5?!= [20.Rfd1 Bg6 21.Bf4 Rad8] 20...Nxf5 21.Bc5 h5 22.Rfd1 Rac8 23.Kf1 f6 24.Bb4 Kh7 25.Rc5= - Game 3 saw a sharp line of the Gruenfeld, that looked like it was going to lead to an interesting game. Vishy initially got a slight advantage and tried to set up a K-side attack, but then Boris began counter-play in the centre, and Vishy had to turn his attention back to the centre. Vishy got an extra pawn to the 7th, but Boris won back the P and got a repetition draw by getting both rooks on the 2nd rank. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Anand, Viswanathan (2799) Gelfand, Boris (2739) [D70] WCh 2012 Moscow RUS (3), 14.05.2012 1.d4 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not generally accepted. 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3?! [3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7] 3...d5?!= [3...c5 4.d5 d6] 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 [8.f4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4=] 8...e5?! [8...Nc6 9.0-0-0 a5=] 9.d5 c6 [9...Qe7?! 10.h4 Rd8; 9...N8d7 10.Nh3 Nf6] 10.h4 [10.d6 Re8 11.Bg5 f6] 10...cxd5 ( verified depth 22 ) 11.exd5 N8d7 12.h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.0-0-0 Bd7 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Ka1?!= [16.Nh3 Bf5+ 17.Ka1 e4] 16...e4 [16...Nh5?! 17.Bg5 Qe8 (17...Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6) ] 17.Bd4 Na4 [17...Qc7 18.Rh4 Qg3=] 18.Nge2 Qa5?! ( verified depth 21 ) [18...exf3 19.gxf3
Rf7=] 19.Nxe4 Vishy goes up a P 19...Qxd2 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Rxd2 Rf5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.d6 this P looks dangerous 23...Rfc5 24.Rd1 a5 [24...Rc2 25.b3 Nb6] 25.Rh4 Rc2 26.b3 Nb2 27.Rb1 Nd3 28.Nd4 Rd2 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Re1 Rd2 31.Kb1 [31.Re7+ Kf6 32.Kb1 Bf5+] 31...Bf5+ 32.Nxf5+ gxf5 33.Re7+ Kg6
XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+-+-+( 7+p+-tR-+p' 6-+-zP-+k+& 5zp-+-+p+-% 4-+-+-+-tR$ 3+P+-+P+-# 2P+-tr-+P+" 1+K+-+-+-! xabcdefghy 34.Rc7?!= Vishy has lost his advantage [34.d7 Rcc2 35.Rc4 Rxc4 36.bxc4 h5] 34...Re8 35.Rh1 Ree2 36.d7 Rb2+ 37.Kc1 Rxa2= material equality, but Boris must take a draw by repetition, with Vishy about to queen. - Capablanca Memorial, Cuba
( adapted from TWIC ) The 47th Capablanca Memorial took place in Havana,
Cuba 4th-14th May 2012. The Elite Group saw the return of 5 time winner (2005-7, 2010-11) and defending champion Vassily Ivanchuk who hadn't played since February, one of his longest breaks in recent years. He was joined by Leinier Dominguez Perez ( Cuba ), Ian Nepomniachtchi ( Russia ), Viktor Laznicka ( Czech Republic ), Vladimir Potkin ( Russia ) and Yuniesky Quesada ( Cuba ).
The winner, for the sixth time, was Ivanchuk. This is the second time he has won three in a row. He finished a point clear of Ian Nepomniachtchi and Leinier Dominguez. How to Get a Regular FIDE Rating ( submitted by Erik Malmsten ) Initially only masters had FIDE ratings. In 2002 FIDE started publishing ratings as low as 1800, currently the floor is 1200 and in July will be 1000. But to get a FIDE rating one must play FIDE-rated opponents in a FIDE-rated tournament. With rated open sections and World Youth Championships slowly more Canadians below 2200 are being listed. In Sept 2010 there were 89 (55 active) FIDE-rated Canadians below 2000. Today there are 147 (100 active) players below 2000, Melissa Giblon is 1586. From the FIDE handbook, www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=11&view-category
http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=11&view-category
An unrated player must score at least 1 out of 3 games, i.e. either a win or two draws, in a tournament against players who already have a listed rating. After that a player must play more games for a total of 9 to get a published rating. These games could all be losses, as long as their performance rating is above the 1200 rating floor. Until last July, players had to have 3 ratable games per tournament which left many Canadian players unable to reach 9 and they lost their 1/3 result after 2 years. Now even just playing 1 fide-rated opponent counts towards the 9. For a tournament to be rated it must be pre-registered by the CFC 1 month before the tournament starts. There must be no more than 3 rounds a day and may not go on longer than 90 days. In a round-robin 1/3 of the players must be rated, in a double round-robin 2/3. The time control for masters must be 4 hours or greater, but for players over 1600 3 hours is OK. So the SCC could FIDE rate tournaments for players under 2200 FIDE, providing enough already rated players entered. Rated players will not have a rating change for playing against unrated players. Congratulations to these players who have their first published FIDE ratings from playing in tournaments in Toronto since last summer: 1926 Loadman, Ian 1909 Longo, Tyler 1897 Nasir, Pi 1883 Ye, Stephen 1804 Nasir, Zehn 1792 Ian Finlay 1756 Zotkin, Daniel 1730 Manalo, Pepin 1589 Lee, Melissa FIDE Statement on Blitz and Rapid FIDE Ratings ( forwarded by Erik Malmsten ) The Executive Board meeting in Krakow approved the launch of "Rapid" and "Blitz" rating lists in 2012. We hope that all federations will take note of the regulations regarding these lists, and that they will ensure that tournament organizers in their nations are informed, as well as encouraging them to register their rapid and blitz events for FIDE rating. It is hoped that tournaments of all standards will be submitted, not just those of a high level. It will be possible for players without any current FIDE rating to enter the rapidplay or blitz list by playing games against rated opponents. All FIDE rating fees for these events will be waived during 2012. The framework of the new lists will be as follows: Tournaments commencing on or after 1st January 2012 may be registered. This should be done as early as possible, but not later than two days before the start. The Laws to be followed will be as set out in the Laws of Chess, Appendices A and B. All "Rapidplay" games will be eligible for rating.
That is, each player must have at least 15 minutes, but less than 60 minutes thinking time; or the time allotted + 60 times any increment or delay is at least 15 minutes, but less than 60 minutes for each player. Only those "blitz" games where each player has at least five minutes, but less than 15 minutes, after adjustment for any increment or delay mode, will be rated. Thus, the time control of 3 minutes plus 2 second increment or all the moves in 5 minutes is acceptable. Both players must have the same allotted time. For players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on both of the new lists will be that rating. Their rapidplay or blitz ratings will be adjusted depending on their results in those forms of chess. The method used to calculate ratings in each list will be the same as currently used, with the exception that the K factor used will in all cases be 20. For unrated players this has the effect their rating, if they score higher than 50%, becomes Ra +10 for each half point above 50%, with a maximum of 400. If an
