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Jul-14-09
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| malthrope: Yeah a comic tragedy at the end - the candle(s) that burn so bright... ;) Here are the final standings (13 rounds with 12 games played by each). The final standings after 13 rounds played (each player received one bye or rest day). 1st -- Najer // 9.5-2.5
2nd -- Nepomniachtchi // 8.5-3.5
3rd -- Beliavsky // 7-5
4th-6th -- Gelfand // 6.5-5.5
4th-6th -- Eljanov // 6.5-5.5
4th-6th -- Smirin // 6.5-5.5
7th-8th -- Polgar, J. // 6-6
7th-8th -- Rodshtein // 6-6
9th-10th -- Roiz // 5.5-6.5
9th-10th -- Avrukh // 5.5-6.5
11th -- Golod // 5-7
12th -- Fridman // 3.5-8.5
13th -- Sutovsky // 2-10
Kudos to Najer (+7) & Nepo (+5) for putting on a fantastic Rapids display! (dismissing the final round games), And, a hearty Congrats to Big Al! (Beliavsky) for taking clear 3rd (+2). :D Don't forget the "Blitz tourney" on July 16th (July 15th - all simuls) - which starts at 13:00 (which would be 6 AM EDT). :)) - Mal |
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Jul-14-09
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| brankat: A bit of a misfortune befell Nepo towards the end of the event. Nevertheless, the second place, ahead of so many strong GMs, is still a success for the 19 years old. |
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Jul-23-09
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| whiteshark: I found the following position in a recent magazine.
click for larger viewIt said it is Black's (Ian Nepomniachtchi) turn to move and to win and that it was a recent game. I've checked all of Nepo's wins back to 2006 but couldn't find it in the chessgames.com database. Does somebody or other knows the related game? |
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| Jul-23-09 |
| Chessdreamer: <whiteshark> This is the related game. [Event "Ch Russia U20"]
[Site "Dagomys (Russia)"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.c3 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Ba6 16.Re1 Be7 17.Nb5 h4 18.Be3 O-O 19.Bf1 hxg3 20.fxg3 Bg5 21.Bf2 Bxb5 22.axb5 f5 23.h4 Bh6 24.Bh3 e4 25.Bd4 Ne5 26.Ra3 Rb8 27.Rf1 g6 28.h5 Rxb5 29.hxg6 Qg5 30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.Qa4 Rb6 32.Qd7 Rxg6 33.Bxf5 e3 34.Rf3 e2 35.Ra1 Qd2 36.Bxg6 Be3+ 37.Kh2 e1N+ 38.Kh3 Qg2+ 39.Kh4 Nxf3+ 40.Kh5 0-1 |
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Jul-23-09
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| whiteshark: Wow, that was quick. Thank you very much <Chessdreamer>. They say the underpromotion <38.e1N+> was the only way to win the game. |
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| Jul-23-09 |
| returnoftheking: Quite a game! |
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Jul-26-09
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| whiteshark: And now you can find the game here:
D Lintchevski vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2009 |
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Jul-27-09
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| percyblakeney: Nice article on Nepomniachtchi:
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/b... |
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| Jul-27-09 |
| returnoftheking: yes. I bet this page will get a lot more visitors pretty soon. |
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| Jul-30-09 |
| returnoftheking: or not.. |
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Jul-31-09
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| eternaloptimist: What was the result of the Anand - Nepomniachtchi game in the Chess Classic Mainz 2009 trnt. today? |
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Jul-31-09
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| percyblakeney: <eternaloptimist>
[Event "Grenkeleasing Rapid World Championship"]
[Site "Chess Classic Mainz 2009"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5
12. fxe5 g5 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Be2 Ngxe5 16. O-O
Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3
25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 27. Rh7 Bb7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ke2
Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxh6+ Rf6 32. Rh5 Re6+ 33. Kd1 g4
34. Nb3 Nf6 35. Rf5 Ne4 36. Kc1 Nc3 37. a3 Re3 38. Rf6+ Ke5
39. Rxa6 Rxg3 40. Nc5 Rxg2 41. Nd3+ Kd4 42. Ne1 Re2 43. Nd3
Rh2 44. Ne1 Ne4 45. Kb2 Rh1 46. Nd3 Nc3 47. a4 Nxa4+
48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Ka3 Nc5 51. Nxc5 Kxc5 52. Rg6
Rg1 53. Kb3 g3 54. Rg4 g2 55. Kb2 b4 56. Rg5 Kd6 0-1 |
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Jul-31-09
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| eternaloptimist: Thank u. |
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| Jul-31-09 |
| returnoftheking: Amazing that Nepomniachi wasn't mated after that opening. Poisoned pawn is not something that looks suited for rapid with black. But what do I know. |
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Jul-31-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: Anand vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2009 Maybe Nepo's most impressive win to date. |
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| Jul-31-09 |
| returnoftheking: Well I beg to disagree. Did you see the chessvibes article that Percy linked to above ? |
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Jul-31-09
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| veigaman: Beating Anand in a rapid game, with blacks and playing the najdorf against anand is just amazing. All i can say is well done nepo, another young talent is bursting into the chess scene ! |
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Jul-31-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: <return>
Yes, I did. Its a pretty game, but I have no clue of who is playing Black. A win ... in rapids ... against one of the best in the world at quick chess ... has got to be a better game than some quick crush of some "lesser light." Of course - this is just my opinion, I don't wish to argue about it. If you like the other game better, I understand this perfectly! :) |
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| Jul-31-09 |
| returnoftheking: No no no:) you are missing out. You can replay a lot of his games in the viewer under the article (if you are not familiar with Nepomniachi you might want to check it out).
In stature this win against Anand is of course very good, but remember that he played against top players before; Aeroflot, Dortmund. I understand your opinion though! |
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| Jul-31-09 |
| returnoftheking: E Alekseev vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2006 impressive game 2 albeit for other reasons :) |
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Jul-31-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: <return> I have looked at all of the articles, and briefly played through all of the games above. (At the top of the page.) For my money, the contest of S Sjugirov vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2005 might be his most impressive win. [(More for what went on in the sidelines, than what was played in the actual game.) I have NOT had a chance to Fritz this one yet, a (DEEP) computer analysis might change my mind a bit. (Maybe a lot.)] Also, about 2 or 3 Informants ago, one of his better wins was in there, as well. (I don't remember which one it was, but there were lots of sacrifices ... it looked more like "give-away," than real chess!) Again, this is not wishing to argue. Its like saying my favorite flavor of ice cream is better than yours ... it would be a pointless discussion. You are free to admire beauty anywhere you might discover it, I am sure we both have completely different standards for what might constitute this player's "best game." (Having a common ground ... similar standards, that were clearly and precisely defined ... would go a long way to resolving this issue.) What do you propose? |
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| Jul-31-09 |
| returnoftheking: Nothing, I think you are totally right. Sorry to bother you. I am going to check the game you mentioned.
At
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/b...
they collected some games I didn't know about too and a couple of them are really great. I should make a game collection one of these days. |
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Jul-31-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: <returnoftheking>
Now there is a good idea!
You could try to make a collection of his ten best games. (I would look at that.) BTW, are you a big Tolkien fan, or did you just enjoy the movie? |
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| Aug-01-09 |
| returnoftheking: Only saw the movie, it was ok and I had to pick a name;) |
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Aug-01-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: gotcha |
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