4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament (2009)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ni Hua, Nigel Short, Alexey Aleksandrov, Evgeny Postny, Vladislav Tkachiev, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Gadir Guseinov, Merab Gagunashvili, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Rauf Mamedov, Viktor Laznicka, Mikhael Mchedlishvili, Vadim Malakhatko, Le Quang Liem, Chanda Sandipan, Parimarjan Negi, Anton Filippov, Eltaj Safarli, Geetha Narayanan Gopal, Abhijeet Gupta, Jan Markos, Panjanathan Mahesh Chandran, Ziaur Rahman, Abhijit Kunte, Enamul Hossain, Anuar Ismagambetov, Petr Kostenko, Chakkravarthy J Deepan, Kidambi Sundararajan, Rustam Khusnutdinov, Laxman R R, Jha Sriram, Deep Sengupta, Tejas Bakre, Swayangsu Satyapragyan, Sharma Himanshu, Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, Ponnuswamy Konguvel, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, S P Sethuraman, Pandian Karthikeyan, Thejkumar M S, Venkatachalam Saravanan, Sundar M Shyam, Arghyadip Das, Baskaran Adhiban, Shakil Abu Sufian, Roy Saptarshi, Murali Krishnan B T, Vikramaditya Kamble, Kannappan Priyadharshan, Nikil P Shyam, Swapnil S Dhopade, Sunil Mokal Prathamesh, C Praveen Kumar, Somak Palit, Rahul Sangma, B S Shivananda, Anna Zozulia, Sahaj Grover, Akash Thakur, Udeshi Aditya, Prasanna Vasanthan Vishnu, Joydeep Dutta, Lalith Babu M R, Sayantan Das, Balasubramaniam Ramnath, Anwesh Upadhyaya

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Mamedyarov vs B S Shivananda 1-0 39 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 2. G N Gopal vs A Zozulia   1-0 34 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B30 Sicilian 3. A Upadhyaya vs Le Quang Liem 0-1 52 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B50 Sicilian 4. C Sandipan vs P Vishnu 1-0 89 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. J Dutta vs M Mchedlishvili 0-1 45 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 6. Negi vs V Kamble   ½-½ 31 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament C18 French, Winawer 7. C Praveen Kumar vs R Mamedov 0-1 32 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 8. V Laznicka vs B Ramnath 1-0 46 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov 9. S Abu Sufian vs Ganguly 0-1 36 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament C18 French, Winawer 10. A Aleksandrov vs U Aditya 1-0 33 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament E46 Nimzo-Indian 11. Akash Thakur vs E Postny   ½-½ 39 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament C45 Scotch Game 12. G Guseinov vs V Saravanan   1-0 28 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. K Priyadharshan vs Tkachiev ½-½ 91 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B08 Pirc, Classical 14. Ni Hua vs R Sangma   ½-½ 47 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament C48 Four Knights 15. S Prathamesh vs Short 0-1 45 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. S Satyapragyan vs C Sandipan   0-1 49 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Le Quang Liem vs S R Chowdhury   ½-½ 42 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. S Vidit vs G N Gopal   1-0 50 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. N P Shyam vs E Safarli   0-1 57 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 20. A Gupta vs Roy Saptarshi 1-0 66 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. S Dhopade vs T Hillarp Persson   ½-½ 35 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. V Malakhatko vs S Palit   1-0 29 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. M Mchedlishvili vs P Konguvel   ½-½ 45 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 24. R Mamedov vs Thejkumar M S 1-0 64 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 25. J Sriram vs Mamedyarov ½-½ 47 2009 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament A10 English  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing > Sep-04-09    DiscoJew: Where the hell is this drunken Tkachiev game? I know all to well what he was going through and played many games totally bombed on booze and weed. Sometime I could do it, sometimes I passed out. The games are often humorous to review though! We gotta find this game CHESSGAMES! Anyone else have drunk games they care to show? We could probably include many of hundreds of Tal's games :) Sep-05-09    WinKing: <apple pi: Does anyone have computer analysis after white's 37th in this game: Le Quang Liem vs Mamedyarov, 2009?> Position after white's 37th Nxb7. click for larger view [+0.60] d=25 37...Kc7(37...Kc6? 38.Nd8+) 38.Na5 Kb6 39.Nb3 Kb5 40.Kf1 Kb4 41.Nd4 Kc5 42.Nf3 f6 43.Ke2 d5 44.Kd3 e5 45.Nd2 f5 46.Nb3 Kb4(Diagram) click for larger view Sep-05-09    virginmind: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... come on, we're all humans...besides, it makes chess more popular ;) on a more serious note: he should have abstained to come to the playing hall in that state - or at least his second (if he has one) should have told him so. Sep-05-09    Octavia: <The "live" games on Monroi aren't very live either> They seem to put their own moves in sometimes, but always correct them quickly. I'm very pleased with the Alekhineclub. Sep-05-09    Open Defence: <Octavia> are you in Kolkata ? if so welcome to my country Sep-06-09    PhilFeeley: <DiscoJew> Try a few of Alekhine's games, especially one of his matches against Euwe. Sep-06-09    Check It Out: There seemed to be a lot of play left in the Rd 6 Chanda-Short game. Was it really a simple draw? Sep-09-09    swordfish: Who won this tournament? Sep-09-09    JointheArmy: <There seemed to be a lot of play left in the Rd 6 Chanda-Short game. Was it really a simple draw?> How is that different than any other Super GM game? GMs like Leko and Kramnik have been doing this for years. Lots of play on the board, but they'd rather draw games then draw blood. Sep-09-09    Boomie: <There seemed to be a lot of play left in the Rd 6 Chanda-Short game. Was it really a simple draw?> If you play out the final position, you will see that white has all the winning chances. Black will have to play very well to hold. I think Chanda was wrong to accept the draw offer. Sep-09-09    nhat8121: where can I find the current standing of this tourney? Sep-09-09    slomarko: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi... Sep-09-09    Thuellin: It's looking really good for Le Quang Liem going into the last round. He probably only needs a draw to win the tournament and he has white against a significantly lower-rated opponent. The only player half a point behind him has the black pieces against top-seeded Mamedyarov. Sep-10-09    siamesedream: Nice Short's win... [Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2009.09.10"] [Round "10"] [White "Nigel D, Short"] [Black "Mikheil, Mchedlishvili"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "2706"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackELO "2613"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Nbc3 e6 8.Be3 Nge7 9.f3 Bf5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nf4 a6 12.Rc1 h5 13.Bg2 hxg4 14.fxg4 Bh7 15.O-O Ng6 16.Nfxd5 Nh4 17.Bh1 exd5 18.Nxd5 Bg6 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Nf6 gxf6 21.Bxc6 Ke7 22.exf6 Kd6 23.Qa4 Kc7 24.Rc1 Qd6 25.Bxa8 Kb8 26.Qe8 1-0 Sep-10-09    Thuellin: Congratulations to GM Le Quang Liem for winning unshared first with 8/10! He took it easy today against IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu (who I think is getting a GM norm) with a 21-move draw. GM Mamedyarov ground down GM Laznicka to take second on tie-break. Sep-10-09    PhilFeeley: <siamesedream: Nice Short's win> Now why couldn't he have done that against those much lower rated opponents who drew with him? Sep-10-09    luzhin: Because they didn't play as badly as Mchedlishvili. Sep-10-09    jon01: Because he wasn't angry enough. Sep-10-09    jahhaj: <Nice Short's win...> If this is Nice Short I wouldn't like to be playing Nasty Short. Sep-12-09    chessgames.com: We just uploaded the last few rounds. Congratulations to Le Quang Liem for his incredible winning streak. You can see all 10 of his games here: 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament (2009)/Le Quang Liem Sep-13-09    pulsar: <CG> Thank you for the update! Sep-13-09    jamesmaskell: Advice for anyone playing Short, dont play the C-K. Hes blown two to pieces in one tournament. Its a bit passive an opening to play against Short. Kind of asking for a happy slapping attack really... Sep-14-09    shintaro go: Very prestigious win in young Le Quang Liem's career. Truly amazing. Sep-19-09    offramp: The home page lists this as, "4th Kolkata Open, Calcutta, India." Sep-19-09    timhortons: i hope lee quang liem could play in corus B, OR AT LEAST COULD GET AN INVITATION DUE TO HIS FINE PERFORMANCE AT CALCUTTA. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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