Donostia Chess Festival (2011)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vugar Gashimov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Etienne Bacrot, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexander Moiseenko, Andrei Volokitin, Laurent Fressinet, Arkadi Naiditsch, Loek Van Wely, Ivan Cheparinov, Viktor Laznicka, Christian Bauer, Konstantin Landa, Tigran Gharamian, Sergey Fedorchuk, Sebastien Feller, Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga, Kamil Miton, Dragan Solak, Ibragim S Khamrakulov, Sebastien Maze, Andrei Shchekachev, Reynaldo Vera, Slavko Cicak, Aleksa Strikovic, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo, Vitaly Kunin, Antoaneta Stefanova, Daniel Alsina Leal, Alejandro Hoffman, Fabien Libiszewski, Davorin Komljenovic, Alejandro Franco Alonso, Nicolas Brunner, Mikel Huerga Leache, Daniel Barria Zuniga, Felix Izeta Txabarri, Jean-Baptiste Mullon, Leonardo Valdes, Inigo Argandona Riveiro, Francisco Javier Sanz Alonso, Sarkhan Gashimov, Carlos Cruz-Lopez Claret, Inigo Martin Alvarez, Lorena Zepeda, Jose Luis Guijarro Galan, Juan Carlos Lakunza Oyarbide, Soren Mikkel Andersen, Asier Urretabizkaia Merino, Antonio Segovia Sanchez, Siu Hung Tung, Mikel Zubia Aramburu, Tomas Lazkano Gaite, Inaki Aizpurua Zufiria, Jon Vadillo Jueguen, Juan Maria Santos Martinez, Raul Gonzalez Larraz

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Gonzalez Larraz vs A U Merino 0-1 27 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 2. T Lazkano Gaite vs J L Guijarro Galan   0-1 44 2011 Donostia Chess Festival E10 Queen's Pawn Game 3. J L Guijarro Galan vs T Lazkano Gaite   1-0 36 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 4. A U Merino vs R Gonzalez Larraz ½-½ 20 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 5. A Segovia Sanchez vs C Cruz-Lopez Claret   0-1 52 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D00 Queen's Pawn Game 6. C Cruz-Lopez Claret vs A Segovia Sanchez 1-0 29 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. J M Santos Martinez vs I Zufiria   0-1 23 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B01 Scandinavian 8. I Zufiria vs J M Santos Martinez   1-0 32 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D04 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Siu Hung Tung vs Jon Vadillo Jueguen   1-0 24 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B32 Sicilian 10. S M Andersen vs J Mullon   0-1 61 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. M Z Aramburu vs J C Lakunza Oyarbide   0-1 29 2011 Donostia Chess Festival A16 English 12. J C Lakunza Oyarbide vs M Z Aramburu   1-0 31 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. J Mullon vs S M Andersen   ½-½ 62 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B53 Sicilian 14. F J Sanz Alonso vs L Zepeda   1-0 40 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B54 Sicilian 15. L Zepeda vs F J Sanz Alonso 0-1 38 2011 Donostia Chess Festival C55 Two Knights Defense 16. Jon Vadillo Jueguen vs Siu Hung Tung   0-1 31 2011 Donostia Chess Festival C41 Philidor Defense 17. N Brunner vs Ponomariov 0-1 43 2011 Donostia Chess Festival E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 18. A Moiseenko vs D Komljenovic   1-0 29 2011 Donostia Chess Festival B06 Robatsch 19. D Komljenovic vs A Moiseenko   ½-½ 40 2011 Donostia Chess Festival E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 20. L Dominguez vs Siu Hung Tung 1-0 24 2011 Donostia Chess Festival A20 English 21. I Argandona Riveiro vs Mamedyarov   0-1 42 2011 Donostia Chess Festival A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 22. Naiditsch vs D Barria   1-0 35 2011 Donostia Chess Festival A30 English, Symmetrical 23. D Barria vs Naiditsch   0-1 34 2011 Donostia Chess Festival D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. V Gashimov vs I Martin Alvarez   ½-½ 50 2011 Donostia Chess Festival A00 Uncommon Opening 25. C Cruz-Lopez Claret vs M Vachier-Lagrave   ½-½ 35 2011 Donostia Chess Festival E77 King's Indian  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-29-11    Penguincw: < The real twist is this: matches will consist of two games of classical chess played simultaneously, an old idea by David Bronstein. > Very interesting. Could expect some unexpected results. Dec-29-11    cbpatzer: They play 2 games simultaneous and it is knockuot http://chessbomb.com/o/2011-donostia/ Dec-29-11    waustad: In the live broadcast they have Naiditsch castling 0-0 twice in the same game. The king disappeared. Dec-29-11    beenthere240: There don't seem to be a lot of draws. Maybe you can transfer a piece from one board to another. Dec-29-11    waustad: They fixed it. Dec-29-11    fgh: My (former) chess teacher once had me play 5 blitz games with him simultaneously. I lost all of them on time. Dec-29-11    waustad: What do they do here for a tiebreak? Play bughouse? Dec-29-11    hellopolgar: well...let's say i am playing two games against Anand at the same time, I could just copy his moves and the score will be 1-1 in the end... Dec-29-11    hand banana: yeah, if one players desires to copy all opponent's moves, there is no way to stop that.. Dec-29-11    Harvestman: Of course, copying your opponent's moves gives you no more than a tie. These players might want to try for more, given the knockout format. Yes, you can do it, but it doesn't achieve anything. Dec-29-11    parmetd: Very interesting idea! Dec-29-11    frogbert: seems the best players win here too. :o) despite the format. Dec-30-11    Everett: < The real twist is this: matches will consist of two games of classical chess played simultaneously, an old idea by David Bronstein. > Bronstein offered this idea in the '70s, and then had three matches in the '80s with this format. '82 Tal on 8 boards, Tal won 5-3 Of the other two, Suetin was one of them, forget the other. Dec-30-11    SteinitzLives: Some of the players in this tourney seem to have very low ratings, e.g. Juan Maria Santos Martinez vs I Zufiria Or am I missing something? Jan-02-12    Penguincw: I lost track of who's still in it. Jan-02-12    Everett: Seems that Feller's computer fed him the wrong lines vs Ponomariov today, or maybe he had it going for the other game... Jan-03-12    voratco: <Everett: Seems that Feller's computer fed him the wrong lines vs Ponomariov today, or maybe he had it going for the other game...> LOL...... Jan-03-12    romison: laznicka si on killing spree Jan-04-12    Illogic: Final Four: Laznicka, Moiseenko, Dominguez Perez, Volokitin Jan-04-12    pajaste: the copy-catter problem is somewhat smaller, if the first moves are done without seeing both boards at the same time. but of course one may want to play some openins from both sides. Jan-04-12    Gypsy: <hellopolgar: well...let's say i am playing two games against Anand at the same time, I could just copy his moves and the score will be 1-1 in the end...> You'd lose both games ... on time. Jan-05-12    Shams: These games are not rated, correct? Jan-05-12    wordfunph: Andrei Volokitin and Viktor Laznicka will meet in the final tomorrow on the 5th of January.. http://www.donostiachess.com/ Jan-05-12    Illogic: Volokitin wins! Jan-05-12    parmetd: Congrats to GM Andrei Volokitin! < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now.

Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts. No personal attacks against other users. Nothing in violation of United States law. See something which violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform an administrator. NOTE: Keep all discussion on the topic of this page. This forum is for this specific tournament and nothing else. If you want to discuss chess in general, or this site, you might try the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.