XVII Torre Memorial Knockout (2004)

Player: Sergei Tiviakov

page 1 of 1; 6 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Hernandez Guerrero vs Tiviakov   0-1 42 2004 XVII Torre Memorial Knockout B30 Sicilian 2. Tiviakov vs G Hernandez Guerrero ½-½ 51 2004 XVII Torre Memorial Knockout B22 Sicilian, Alapin 3. Tiviakov vs Ivanchuk   0-1 47 2004 XVII Torre Memorial Knockout C24 Bishop's Opening 4. Ivanchuk vs Tiviakov   1-0 47 2004 XVII Torre Memorial Knockout E17 Queen's Indian 5. Ivanchuk vs Tiviakov ½-½ 59 2004 XVII Torre Memorial Knockout E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 6. Tiviakov vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 69 2004 XVII Torre Memorial Knockout C24 Bishop's Opening   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tiviakov wins | Tiviakov loses

Dec-22-04    iron maiden: That's two strong performances in a row for Ivanchuk, counting the Olympiad. Dec-22-04    siggemannen: was this a blitz tourney because the games looks more like my 5 0 efforts than games by GM's Dec-22-04    iron maiden: No, all the games were regular time control, except the rapid playoffs. Dec-23-04    Pawsome: Ivanchuk is just a way out in front of his opposition, check out the Berlin Defense he essays against Quezada, for example. Dec-23-04    Clubfoot: Three strong performances in a row if you count the Euro championships in Turkey. I'd nominate Chuk for player of the year. The Moro-style win with the Black pieces against Moro at the Olympiad was another piece of Chuk-style mimicry, killer beyond killer. Dec-24-04    acirce: <No, all the games were regular time control> So they played two such games per day? It's of course possible, just not so common. Dec-24-04    iron maiden: It was the 13th to the 21st, right? That'd be nine days for eight games, not counting rapid tie-breaks. Dec-24-04    acirce: http://www.jaque.tv/torre04.htm says Ivanchuk beat Nogueiras 2-0 the 17th, Tiviakov 3-1 the 18th, Quezada 2-0 the 19th and Graf 2-0 the 20th. I think they began with a preliminary tournament to decide which ones to join the KO phase together which those who were automatically qualified, or something like that. Dec-30-04    tachun5marinerito: I am from mexico and i am a new player Dec-31-04    Lawrence: Hi <tachun5marinerito>, a warm welcome and bienvenido from all of us, and felíz año nuevo. Apr-01-05    coffee monster: Hmmmm. Seems like some of these games were classical after all. FIDE has counted 8 of Ivanchuk's games in the April rating list. That means that on the 18th December he played 2 classical and 2 rapid games against Tiviakov. Most odd and I expect very tiring, no wonder Chucky always looks so sleepy. Apr-01-05    hintza: <no wonder Chucky always looks so sleepy.> Wow, you may just have solved the mystery of why Ivanchuk spends most of his time with his eyes closed during his games! Well, maybe not *most* of his time, but I have heard he often analyses over-the-board positions in such a way.

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