page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Motylev vs R Wojtaszek 0-1 123 2012 13th Karpov International B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Onischuk vs Wang Yue   ½-½ 56 2012 13th Karpov International D94 Grunfeld 3. Ponomariov vs L Bruzon   ½-½ 28 2012 13th Karpov International B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 4. Jakovenko vs Bologan 1-0 46 2012 13th Karpov International E15 Queen's Indian 5. Short vs Rublevsky 1-0 62 2012 13th Karpov International A28 English 6. R Wojtaszek vs Ponomariov 0-1 67 2012 13th Karpov International D97 Grunfeld, Russian 7. Short vs Jakovenko 0-1 51 2012 13th Karpov International A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 8. Rublevsky vs L Bruzon 1-0 64 2012 13th Karpov International C45 Scotch Game 9. Wang Yue vs Motylev 0-1 33 2012 13th Karpov International D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Bologan vs Onischuk   ½-½ 24 2012 13th Karpov International C67 Ruy Lopez 11. Jakovenko vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 33 2012 13th Karpov International D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 12. L Bruzon vs R Wojtaszek ½-½ 20 2012 13th Karpov International A30 English, Symmetrical 13. Onischuk vs Short ½-½ 64 2012 13th Karpov International A10 English 14. Motylev vs Bologan ½-½ 48 2012 13th Karpov International B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. Ponomariov vs Wang Yue   ½-½ 29 2012 13th Karpov International C24 Bishop's Opening 16. Short vs Motylev   ½-½ 40 2012 13th Karpov International B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 17. Jakovenko vs Onischuk 1-0 32 2012 13th Karpov International D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Rublevsky vs R Wojtaszek   ½-½ 55 2012 13th Karpov International B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 19. Bologan vs Ponomariov 1-0 68 2012 13th Karpov International E60 King's Indian Defense 20. Wang Yue vs L Bruzon   ½-½ 58 2012 13th Karpov International A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Onischuk vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 17 2012 13th Karpov International D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Ponomariov vs Short 1-0 44 2012 13th Karpov International E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. L Bruzon vs Bologan 0-1 45 2012 13th Karpov International A04 Reti Opening 24. R Wojtaszek vs Wang Yue   ½-½ 42 2012 13th Karpov International D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. Motylev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 15 2012 13th Karpov International E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Sep-28-12    Shams: Past winners: 2011: Bacrot (tiebreaks over Karjakin) 2010: Karjakin/Bologan 2009: Motlyev 2008: Rublevsky 2007: Jakovenko 2006: Shirov Sep-29-12    HeMateMe: Ponomariov v. Short--2 games, 2000, 2005, both drawn. I thought there might be more, but maybe Short was easing out of chess, back when Pono was just getting some notoriety. Sep-30-12    Octavia: http://twiclive.com/silverlive.htm the games! Oct-01-12    HeMateMe: no kibitizing here, seems odd. Some very strong players at this one. wouldn't it be something if this was played in say, 1975 in the old USSR, and the winner was given the choice to be paid in a) Rubles, b) sacks of flour, or c) vodka? Oct-04-12    galdur: Short vs. Bruzon click for larger view 54. Rd4?? Ne4? 55. Rd8 Nc3 56. Rd4?? a2 57. Kb2 Ne2 and white resigned Oct-04-12    Blunderdome: Looks like it got overshadowed by London and Bilbao. I'll have to check out Jakovenko's games. Oct-05-12    kia0708: a twist in the endgame between Bologan and Wojtaszek Bologan vs R Wojtaszek, 2012 BTW, I have the feeling that nobody will stop Jakovenko Oct-05-12    waustad: Short played the Budapest gambit and ended up in a draw. Oct-06-12    KingV93: Great to see GM Short playing the Evans Gambit and the Budapest Gambit, it makes for interesting and exciting chess, I wish more of the top players did this. Oct-06-12    parmetd: Jakovenko wins with a round to go. Oct-06-12    Marmot PFL: Guess Jako did what he had to do, beat the tail enders and draw with the rest. Oct-06-12    Peligroso Patzer: <KingV93: Great to see GM Short playing the Evans Gambit and the Budapest Gambit, it makes for interesting and exciting chess, I wish more of the top players did this.> His results here are not likely to inspire epigones. His one win through eight rounds was playing the White side of an English Opening against Rublevsky in the first round. Oct-06-12    fisayo123: <Kingv93> I don't think any of those gambits produce more exciting games than Sicilians and KID's for example. Short is just trying to get out of book early but the opposition here is much too strong for that tactic. Oct-06-12    Shams: <parmetd><Jakovenko wins with a round to go.> How so? He's only a point clear of the field. Oct-07-12    Kinghunt: <Shams> And that means he was guaranteed at least a share of first. As it happened, he didn't lose his last round game, and so finished in sole first. Oct-07-12    parmetd: Shams... As king hunt said. Fisayo123. Depends on your definition of exciting. I find the sicilian to be the most boring opening of chess. Oct-07-12    goodevans: <fisayo123 ... Short is just trying to get out of book early but the opposition here is much too strong for that tactic> If you look at the games themselves you will see that there was nothing wrong with that "tactic" (I'd call it a strategy, myself). In almost all his games Short achieved good positions through playing unusual openings or lines. It was a succession of errors in the later stages of the games that did for him. Short's choice of openings lead in most cases to dynamic positions with chances for both sides. If anyone were to suggest to him that he should stick to better known openings I'm pretty sure he'd ignore them and I, for one, would be happy that he did. Oct-07-12    Everett: Ruslan ground out a nice knight ending vs Rublevsky in the final round. Oct-09-12    hillsong: whats happening to my man short,he is really having a bad tournament

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