Heviz (2008)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Zoltan Almasi, Francisco Vallejo-Pons, Arkadi Naiditsch, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Csaba Balogh, Victor Mikhalevski

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Z Almasi vs V Mikhalevski 1-0 33 2008 Heviz C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. Vallejo-Pons vs C Balogh ½-½ 57 2008 Heviz A04 Reti Opening 3. Naiditsch vs Nisipeanu 1-0 45 2008 Heviz B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 4. V Mikhalevski vs Vallejo-Pons   1-0 38 2008 Heviz A10 English 5. Naiditsch vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 27 2008 Heviz C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 6. Nisipeanu vs C Balogh   ½-½ 37 2008 Heviz D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. C Balogh vs V Mikhalevski   ½-½ 27 2008 Heviz C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Vallejo-Pons vs Naiditsch 0-1 36 2008 Heviz D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 9. Z Almasi vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 31 2008 Heviz C41 Philidor Defense 10. V Mikhalevski vs Naiditsch   ½-½ 40 2008 Heviz E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. Vallejo-Pons vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 26 2008 Heviz A15 English 12. C Balogh vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 32 2008 Heviz C67 Ruy Lopez 13. Z Almasi vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 26 2008 Heviz B12 Caro-Kann Defense 14. Nisipeanu vs V Mikhalevski   1-0 46 2008 Heviz C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 15. Naiditsch vs C Balogh   ½-½ 37 2008 Heviz A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 16. C Balogh vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 31 2008 Heviz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. Nisipeanu vs Naiditsch   1-0 55 2008 Heviz C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. V Mikhalevski vs Z Almasi   0-1 70 2008 Heviz A46 Queen's Pawn Game 19. C Balogh vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 44 2008 Heviz B12 Caro-Kann Defense 20. Z Almasi vs Naiditsch   0-1 49 2008 Heviz B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Vallejo-Pons vs V Mikhalevski   ½-½ 141 2008 Heviz A48 King's Indian 22. Nisipeanu vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 29 2008 Heviz E15 Queen's Indian 23. V Mikhalevski vs C Balogh   ½-½ 21 2008 Heviz D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Naiditsch vs Vallejo-Pons   0-1 27 2008 Heviz C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 25. C Balogh vs Naiditsch 1-0 37 2008 Heviz C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Apr-02-08    Comandente: Pretty drawish tourney... Apr-02-08    Knight13: ...with a few notable players. Apr-02-08    kellmano: Hmmm. Balogh won one game and yet won the tourney. On the point of draws, there seem to be fewer draws in the very highest level chess these days. I hope that the players, as they improve, have developed beyond the drawing phase and are now having decisive games again (as their standard of chess has improved). The second tier players (like here) play at the level the highest tier used to, and thus have lots of draws. Is this possible? Apr-02-08    jon01: Yes, pretty sad draw tournament. Naiditsch and Mikhalevski were the only ones who had decisive results. Apr-02-08    Kwesi: good result for the lowest rated player in the tourney though Apr-03-08    AmyBeercondo: boredom.... Apr-03-08    paavoh: <boredom... pretty sad... etc> Please play thru the games first before passing such judgments. For examples, Almazi-Mikhalevski is a jewel, and they were really fighting it out in Vallejo-Mikhalevski! Apr-04-08    jmi: A 7 move draw for Nisipeanu vs Vallejo-Pons, 2008 ? Why bother turning up? Apr-04-08    hkannan2000: <jmi> if they don't turn up both could be forfeited and get zero. Apr-08-08    mateifl: <jmi> It's a mistake in the cg database. The game is 26 moves long. http://www.palace-heviz.hu/pages/en... Apr-18-08    percyblakeney: Naiditsch-Mikhalevski from the last round is missing at the moment, Mikhalevski can't be accused of drawishness here since he could have taken the repetition draw but chose a quick loss with 40. ... Qd8: [Event "Hotel Palace GM"] [Site "Heviz"] [Date "2008.03.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2632"] [ECO "C80"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. Rd2 Ra7 21. Rcd1 c4 22. h4 Rc7 23. Rd5 g6 24. h5 Nc5 25. R1d4 Ne6 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. e6 Nd3 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. R5xd3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 cxd3 31. Qb3+ Kg7 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Ne4 Qc2 34. Rd2 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 37. Kh3 Qc8+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qc8+ 40. Kg2 Qd8 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Nf2 d2 43. Ng4+ Kh5 44. Ne5 Qb6 45. Qh7+ Kg5 46. Qxe7+ Kf5 47. Ng4 1-0

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