page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Svidler vs Kamsky ½-½ 35 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. I Cheparinov vs V Gashimov ½-½ 45 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C42 Petrov Defense 3. Radjabov vs M Al-Modiahki 1-0 48 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A07 King's Indian Attack 4. Gelfand vs Jakovenko ½-½ 42 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Grischuk vs Karjakin 1-0 41 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Navara vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 39 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E15 Queen's Indian 7. Wang Yue vs Aronian ½-½ 32 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. Aronian vs Navara 1-0 46 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. Karjakin vs Wang Yue ½-½ 41 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C67 Ruy Lopez 10. Svidler vs I Cheparinov 0-1 39 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C67 Ruy Lopez 11. V Gashimov vs Gelfand ½-½ 39 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 12. M Al-Modiahki vs Grischuk ½-½ 34 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C18 French, Winawer 13. Kamsky vs Ivanchuk 1-0 47 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B33 Sicilian 14. Jakovenko vs Radjabov ½-½ 57 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E97 King's Indian 15. Wang Yue vs M Al-Modiahki ½-½ 43 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Navara vs Karjakin ½-½ 44 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. Ivanchuk vs Aronian 1-0 44 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. Gelfand vs Svidler   ½-½ 53 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A15 English 19. Radjabov vs V Gashimov ½-½ 24 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C42 Petrov Defense 20. Grischuk vs Jakovenko ½-½ 87 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 21. I Cheparinov vs Kamsky 1-0 41 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 22. M Al-Modiahki vs Navara 1-0 48 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B40 Sicilian 23. Karjakin vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 25 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C42 Petrov Defense 24. Jakovenko vs Wang Yue ½-½ 74 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. Kamsky vs Aronian ½-½ 37 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 92 OF 108 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-13-08    euripides: After 43...Rf7 Navara seemed to be in zugzwang - maybe not fatally. Aug-13-08    euripides: Cheparinov may have been sure the endgame was winning. Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: 44. Rc6 Seems Wang is offering a draw by repetition. If Navara defends, White's rook goes back to a6. Aug-13-08    euripides: 53.Rh4 Re3 mate would have been instructive. Aug-13-08    euripides: <After 43...Rf7 Navara seemed to be in zugzwang - maybe not fatally.> meaning Wang of course. Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: Svidler's King is trying to penetrate via the white squares on the Kingside. Aug-13-08    whiteshark: Cheparinov vs Al-Modiahki, position after <54.g4>: click for larger view In comparison to my last diagram (after 34.Bf3) black's position looks far better now. A endgame offers a lot of drawing resources for the weaker side... Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: 45..a4 Navara refused the draw offer. Aug-13-08    euripides: After his 57.g4 Svidler has a zugzwang that he probably foresaw before starting the king march. Aug-13-08    Whiteresigns: Is it only me who thinks that suddenly this "draw refusal" may lead to a loss? Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: <euripides: Cheparinov may have been sure the endgame was winning.> I have replayed some Capablanca endgames. I am sure Capa would have instantaneously judged the resulting ending as very problematic for White to win, and would avoid it as much as possible. Capa would have taken the a6 pawn immediately, and quickly won. And then again, Capa was so good that he could have found a way to win the present endgame if this was the best he could come up with. Aug-13-08    euripides: ... though if 57...Bg7 Svidler must avoid 58.Nxg7? losing. Aug-13-08    arkansaw: yep, loss for Wang Aug-13-08    euripides: <visay> If replaying Capablanca's endings gave one Capablanca's intuition we would all be grandmasters :-) Aug-13-08    nuwanda: Hi <visayanbraindoctor> and <HFBA> i gave the position after 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Qb6+ Kc8 27. Qxa6+ Kc7 28. Rhe1 Qd6 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. Re7 Rd7 to my comp (ok, he is not very fast and its Fritz 8) and he said 31. Qa8+ Qb8 32. Qa6+ with something like +2.50 e.g. 32. ... Kd8 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Qf6 Kc7 35. Rd3 Bc6 36. Rc3 Qe8 37. Rxc6 Aug-13-08    euripides: Is Svidler planning a knight sac with 62.Kg8 !!?? Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: <nuwanda> Thanks. Aug-13-08    boz: Whether Svidler plays 63.Kh7 or 63.Nh6+, it's a repetition. Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: <euripides: <visay> If replaying Capablanca's endings gave one Capablanca's intuition we would all be grandmasters :-)> Unfortunately, it does not. If we had Capa's chess intuition, we would not only win this game, but probably the whole Grand Prix itself. Aug-13-08    visayanbraindoctor: What's Svidler up to? I thought he was winning. Now his King looks trapped and the game drawish. Aug-13-08    euripides: Svidler may be aiming for Nb7, when there might be a further zugzwang. Aug-13-08    Mateo: <euripides: Svidler may be aiming for Nb7, when there might be a further zugzwang.> Why? The Bishop would still have 2 squares : f8 and e7. Aug-13-08    boz: <euripides: Svidler may be aiming for Nb7, when there might be a further zugzwang.> In that case wouldn't the bishop still have the e7 and f8 squares? Aug-13-08    euripides: <boz> e7, yes. But if Bf8 my thought was Nd8+ Ke8 Kg8 and White has made a little progress. Aug-13-08    HFBA: <visayanbraindoctor: <euripides: <visay> If replaying Capablanca's endings gave one Capablanca's intuition we would all be grandmasters :-)> Unfortunately, it does not. If we had Capa's chess intuition, we would not only win this game, but probably the whole Grand Prix itself.> If we had Capablanca's chess intuition, we wouldn't be able to win the Grand Prix, because we'd all draw against each other because we'll all play with the same intuition and playing strength. Haha. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 108) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 92 OF 108 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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