The Big Baku Bash

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Date: 28 Apr 2008 08:33:28
From: Chess One
Subject: The Big Baku Bash

round 7 line-up

Grischuk Alexander 2716 - Wang Yue 2689
Gashimov Vugar 2679 - Kamsky Gata 2726
Radjabov Teimour 2751 - Carlsen Magnus 2765
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
Karjakin Sergey 2732 - Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
Navara David 2672 - Svidler Peter 2746
Adams Michael 2729 - Bacrot Etienne 2705

standings after round 6 where Svidler scored with white and Cheparinov with
black

1-3 Grischuk, Kamsky, Wang Yue - 4.0
4-5 Radjabov, Gashimov - 3.5
6-10 Svidler, Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Bacrot, Adams - 2.5
11 Karjakin - 2.5
12-13 Inarkiev, Navara - 2.0
14 Cheparinov - 1.5

Over 6 rounds:

Black has won 7 games
White has won 9 games

Thus
16 games have been decisive
25 games have been drawn

Phil Innes

Date: 28 Apr 2008 11:33:18
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

Big !whoops! in round 7 for Kamsky, who just beat Mickey Adams in the
previous round. Nothing strange in this game up to move 20.

GM Gashimov (2679) - GM Kamsky (2726) [C88]
28.04.200 - Baku Grand Prix (Round 7)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.Ba2 c5 15.Bd2 Bf8
16.b4 h6 17.c4 Nf4 18.Re3 bxc4 19.dxc4 Ne6 20.Bb1 g6 21.Re1 Qc7 22.Bd3 Bg7
23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Ne2 Nd4 25.Nc3 Rec8 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Nd5 Bc6 28.Bf1 Nf8 29.Nxd4
exd4 30.f4 Nd7 31.Qf3 Rcb8 32.Qg3 cxb4 33.axb4 a5 34.b5 Bxd5 35.cxd5 Nc5
36.e5 a4 37.Bb4 a3 38.Bxa3 d3 39.Bxc5 d2 40.Bxd6 Rb7 41.Red1 dxc1Q 42.Rxc1
Rba7 43.Qb3 Ra1 44.Bc7 Qh4 45.Rxa1 Rxa1 46.Qf3 Qe1 47.b6 Qb4 48.d6 Qd4+
49.Kh2 Rb1 50.b7 Rxb7 51.Qxb7 Qxf4+ 52.g3 1-0

"Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote in message
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> round 7 line-up
>
> Grischuk Alexander 2716 - Wang Yue 2689
> Gashimov Vugar 2679 - Kamsky Gata 2726
> Radjabov Teimour 2751 - Carlsen Magnus 2765
> Cheparinov Ivan 2695 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
> Karjakin Sergey 2732 - Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
> Navara David 2672 - Svidler Peter 2746
> Adams Michael 2729 - Bacrot Etienne 2705
>
> standings after round 6 where Svidler scored with white and Cheparinov
> with black
>
> 1-3 Grischuk, Kamsky, Wang Yue - 4.0
> 4-5 Radjabov, Gashimov - 3.5
> 6-10 Svidler, Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Bacrot, Adams - 2.5
> 11 Karjakin - 2.5
> 12-13 Inarkiev, Navara - 2.0
> 14 Cheparinov - 1.5
>
> Over 6 rounds:
>
> Black has won 7 games
> White has won 9 games
>
> Thus
> 16 games have been decisive
> 25 games have been drawn
>
> Phil Innes
>
>

Date: 28 Apr 2008 16:17:45
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

Chess One <[email protected] > wrote:
> 16 games have been decisive
> 25 games have been drawn

And, of the twenty-three of those draws I spotted[1] while scanning
through chessbase.com's pages, only five were of thirty moves or
fewer. What are we worshipers of the grandmaster draw supposed to do?

Dave.

[1] There are twenty-five draws but I somehow missed two of them while
compiling my stats but this facetious post isn't important enough
for me to go back and do the whole thing again. Damn, this
footnote's grown longer than the post.

--
David Richerby Unholy Cat (TM): it's like a cat but
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's also a crime against nature!

Date: 29 Apr 2008 13:58:09
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

Round 7
Gashimov - Kamsky 1-0
Grischuk - Wang Yue 1/2
Radjabov - Carlsen 0-1
Adams - Bacrot 1/2
Karjakin - Inarkiev 1-0
Navara - Svidler 1/2
Cheparinov - Mamedyarov 1-0

Round 7 standings:
1-3 Grischuk, Gashimov, Wang Yue - 4.5
4-5 Carlsen, Kamsky - 4.0
6-10 Radjabov, Svidler, Bacrot, Adams, Karjakin - 3.5
11 Mamedyarov - 3.0
12-13 Cheparinov, Navara - 2.5
14 Inarkiev - 2.0

So Kamsky fails at last, Carlsen revives his fortunes with black, Karjakin
won with white, [but see below], and Cheparinov scores another.

GM Mamedyarov (2752) - GM Karjakin (2732) [E15]
29.04.2008 - Baku Grand Prix - Round 8

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 0-0
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qa3 Ne8 13.b4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Qb8 15.Rd2 h6
16.Rad1 Qa7 17.Qa4 Ndf6 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 Ng4 21.Nb5 Qb8
22.Nxd6 Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Nxd6 24.Rxd6 Ne5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8
28.h3 g5 29.Rd4 Qc7 30.e3 Rc8 31.Kg2 Nxc6 32.Rc4 Qa7 33.Qc2 Ne7 34.Rxc8+
Nxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Qc4 Qa8+ 37.Kg1 Qa5 38.a4 h5 39.Qd4+ Kg6 40.Qe4+ Kg7
41.h4 gxh4 42.Qxh4 f6 43.Qc4 e5 44.Kf1 Qd2 45.Kg2 Qd8 46.Qc6 Kg6 47.e4 Qd1
48.Qxb6 h4 49.Qe6 hxg3 50.Qg8+ Kh6 51.Qxg3 Qxa4 52.Qd3 Qb4 53.Qd5 Qb2 54.Qc6
Kg5 55.b6 Qe2 56.Qc1+ Kg6 57.Qb1 Qg4+ 58.Kf1 Qf3 59.Qc2 Qa3 60.Kg2 Qb4
61.Qc6 Kg5 62.b7 Qb1 63.Qd5 Kf4 64.Qd2+ Kxe4 65.f3+ Kf5 66.Qd7+ White wins
1-0

Phil Innes

Date: 30 Apr 2008 09:01:25
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

Round 8
Gashimov - Radjabov 1/2
Wang Yue - Adams 1/2
Carlsen - Cheparinov 1/2
Kamsky - Bacrot 1/2
Mamedyarov - Karjakin 1-0
Svidler - Grischuk 1/2
Inarkiev - Navara 1-0

Round 8 standings:
1-3 Grischuk, Gashimov, Wang Yue - 5.0
4-5 Carlsen, Kamsky - 4.5
6-10 Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Svidler, Bacrot, Adams - 4.0
11 Karjakin - 3.5
12-13 Cheparinov, Inarkiev - 3.0
14 Navara - 2.5

Round 9 pairings:

Radjabov Teimour 2751 - Kamsky Gata 2726
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 - Gashimov Vugar 2679
Karjakin Sergey 2732 - Carlsen Magnus 2765
Navara David 2672 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
Grischuk Alexander 2716 - Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
Adams Michael 2729 - Svidler Peter 2746
Bacrot Etienne 2705 - Wang Yue 2689

Phil Innes

Date: 03 May 2008 10:47:30
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

Event Fide Grand PRIX
Azerbaijan 20th April - 6th May 2008

Standings after 10 rounds:
I can't make the official site URL work, so these reports are from SP and
also a Russian chess site where you can reply or download games:

http://www.ruschess.com/index.php

Big action at the moment is that Cheparinov seems to have scored 4 points
from 5 games.

Big Surprises are low placements of Kamsky and Svidler, high placement of
Wang Yue.

Everyone getting exhausted now, and therefore the high draw rate in round
10, viz:

Round 10
Gashimov - Karjakin 1/2
Mamedyarov - Grischuk 1/2
Carlsen - Navara 1/2
Radjabov - Cheparinov 0-1
Kamsky - Wang Yue 1/2
Svidler - Bacrot 1/2
Inarkiev - Adams 1/2

Standings:

1. Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 6�

2-3 Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 6
Wang Yue 2689 CHN 6

4-6 Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 5�
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 5�
Adams Michael 2729 ENG 5�

7-9 Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA 5
Kamsky Gata 2726 USA 5
Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 5

10-12 Svidler Peter 2746 RUS 4�
Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR 4�
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 4�

13. Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS 3�

14. Navara David 2672 CZE 3

//phil innes

Date: 04 May 2008 08:50:14
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4+

[a little off-beat. this move often occurs a move later after 7. Nf3]

Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg3

[with the KN developed, this move is though to be too tame... and usually
met with c5!]

Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0-0 Na5 14.Qb4 Rac8 15.Ne5 Qd6

[interesting decision by black]

16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qa4 c5 18.e4 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bg4 Ra8
22.Bc7 cxd4

[black is so cramped by the bishops, he needs to find some action, even at
the expense of the exchange]

23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Be2 e5 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.f3 a6 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Bd5
dxc3 30.Bxc6 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxc6 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.Rxc3 Kd6

[the strategic issue for black is to chose between active and passive
defence]

34.Rd3+ Kc6 35.g4 Be6 36.a3 g5 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.Rd1 b5 39.h4 h6 40.Rh1 Kd6
41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rh5 f6 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Rh7+ Bf7 45.Rh8 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Ra7+
Ke8 48.Rc7 White wins 1-0

[the white king is free to move up the board, white made suppressing black
look easy]

With this win, Wang Yue is once again tied for first with Grischuk with just
2 rounds to go.
Round 11 standings:
1-2 Grischuk, Wang Yue - 7.0
3 Gashimov - 6.5
4-6 Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Adams - 6.0
7-8 Kamsky, Radjabov - 5.5
9-11 Bacrot, Karjakin, Cheparinov - 5.0
12-13 Svidler, Inarkiev - 4.5
14 Navara - 3.5

Round 11 results:
Wang Yue - Svidler 1-0
Grischuk - Carlsen 1/2
Adams - Mamedyarov 1/2
Bacrot - Inarkiev 0-1
Karjakin - Radjabov 1/2
Cheparinov - Kamsky 1/2
Navara - Gashimov 1/2

Date: 04 May 2008 15:17:46
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

Standings with 1 round to go:

Wang Yue 2689 CHN 7�
Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 7�

Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 7
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 7
Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 7

Adams Michael 2729 ENG 6

Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 5�
Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR 5�
Svidler Peter 2746 RUS 5�
Kamsky Gata 2726 USA 5�

Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA 5
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 5
Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS 5

Navara David 2672 CZE 4�

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Date: 28 Apr 2008 06:44:43
From:
Subject: Re: The Big Baku Bash

On Apr 28, 8:33=A0am, "Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote:
>
> standings after round 6
>
> 1-3 Grischuk, Kamsky, Wang Yue - 4.0
> 4-5 Radjabov, Gashimov - 3.5
> 6-10 Svidler, Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Bacrot, Adams - 2.5

This should be 3.0, not 2.5

> 11 Karjakin - 2.5
> 12-13 Inarkiev, Navara - 2.0
> 14 Cheparinov - 1.5