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Karpov Poikovsky (2011) The 12th Karpov tournament took place in Poikovsky, Russia 4-13 October 2011. Rounds 1-8 at 3 pm local time, Round 9 at 1 pm. Rest day: October 9. Time controls: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Etienne Bacrot won the event for the second time, on tiebreak ahead of Sergey Karjakin, both with 5.5/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Bacrot 2705 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2 Karjakin 2772 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 3 Caruana 2712 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 =4 Motylev 2690 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 4½ =4 Onischuk 2669 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ =4 Bruzon 2682 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4½ =4 Laznicka 2701 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4½ 8 Jakovenko 2716 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4 =9 Rublevsky 2681 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ =9 Efimenko 2703 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3½ Category: XIX (2703). Chief arbiter: Yuri Lobanov FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Chess-News: http://chess-news.ru/node/4292 Soloscacchi: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?... Europe Echecs: https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/1... Previous: Karpov Poikovsky (2010). Next: Karpov Poikovsky (2012)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Rublevsky vs Efimenko   ½-½ 25 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C48 Four Knights 2. Bacrot vs Motylev   ½-½ 28 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Caruana vs Jakovenko 1-0 46 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Karjakin vs Onischuk   ½-½ 49 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 5. V Laznicka vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0 43 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 6. V Laznicka vs Caruana ½-½ 19 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 7. Onischuk vs Bacrot ½-½ 59 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E92 King's Indian 8. L Bruzon Batista vs Efimenko   ½-½ 44 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E12 Queen's Indian 9. Motylev vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 18 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. Jakovenko vs Karjakin   ½-½ 30 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E20 Nimzo-Indian 11. Karjakin vs V Laznicka 1-0 30 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B12 Caro-Kann Defense 12. Bacrot vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 27 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Rublevsky vs Onischuk   ½-½ 27 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C77 Ruy Lopez 14. Efimenko vs Motylev 1-0 43 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 15. Caruana vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 33 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Onischuk vs Efimenko ½-½ 15 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E15 Queen's Indian 17. Caruana vs Karjakin   ½-½ 38 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 18. L Bruzon Batista vs Motylev   ½-½ 46 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Jakovenko vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 50 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. V Laznicka vs Bacrot   ½-½ 39 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 21. Rublevsky vs V Laznicka   ½-½ 23 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B12 Caro-Kann Defense 22. Karjakin vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 26 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C67 Ruy Lopez 23. Motylev vs Onischuk   ½-½ 25 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Bacrot vs Caruana 1-0 78 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 25. Efimenko vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 51 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C67 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-05-11    HeMateMe: Have to make Kjarkan a favorite. How many "memorial" tournaments are there in the former USSR republics? There are Tal, Botvinnik, Alekhine, Petrosian memorials. Any others? Keres memorial? Oct-05-11    polarmis: But this tournament isn't a memorial! :) I wrote a few reports for WhyChess. Preview: http://www.whychess.org/node/2127 Opening ceremony/start: http://www.whychess.org/node/2147 Round 1: http://www.whychess.org/node/2157 Not sure how much more there'll be unless the official website improves, though... Oct-05-11    polarmis: Live games should be here, though it's currently not working: http://chess.admoil.ru/ Oct-05-11    visayanbraindoctor: I think the reason why a Siberian town would host a Karpov tournament is that people from Siberia must regard Karpov as a 'Siberian', being a native of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk. This is located east of the Ural mountain range, the dividing line between Europe (west of the urals) and Asia/ Siberia (east of the urals). Oct-05-11    HeMateMe: ok, not a memorial, but you get the idea. Tournaments that celebrate a great player, no longer active or deceasedd. They seem to have a lot of these events, very nice. Oct-05-11    Kanatahodets: <HeMateMe: Have to make Kjarkan a favorite. How many "memorial" tournaments are there in the former USSR republics? There are Tal, Botvinnik, Alekhine, Petrosian memorials. Any others? Keres memorial?> This is just a nostalgia. Russians and Soviets in general are very sentimental, not like Anglo-Saxons. I wonder if there will be Fischer memorial? Oct-05-11    HeMateMe: The Marshall chess club in Manhattan, NYC, has an annual Fischer Memorial blitz tournament. It's just a local event, but maybe someday there can be some money found for a GM Bobby Memorial. Time heals all wounds... Oct-05-11    JoergWalter: there is no Keres memorial? with Fischer: "time wounds all heals" I guess. Americans are seemingly not as sentimental as russians. (or just more phlegmatic) are there Morphy or Pillsbury memorials? I don't know. Oct-05-11    HeMateMe: I think there is a Keres memorial tournament, in Estonia. Chess just isn't part of the popular culture here. Mostly it is only fairly serious players in the USA who really follow chess history. Oct-05-11    cuppajoe: <I think there is a Keres memorial tournament, in Estonia.> There's also one in Vancouver, Canada. A little googling reveals that there's a Morphy memorial in Chicago and a Pillsbury memorial in Boston. Oct-05-11    HeMateMe: Does Canada have a lot of Baltic immigrants? Oct-05-11    cuppajoe: <Does Canada have a lot of Baltic immigrants?> The Vancouver Keres memorial is so named because Paul Keres played (and won) his last tournament here. But to answer your question: probably. Oct-05-11    redwhitechess: they play a draw tribute to Karpov! come on, this is not World Cup or candidate match..... put in you King Gambit! Oct-06-11    Skakalec: We also have Vasja Pirc, Milan Vidmar and Bora Kostic memorial in Yougoslavia. No doubt, we will get Gligoric memorial, hopefully not so soon. Oct-06-11    Honza Cervenka: <HeMateMe: Have to make Kjarkan a favorite. How many "memorial" tournaments are there in the former USSR republics? There are Tal, Botvinnik, Alekhine, Petrosian memorials. Any others? Keres memorial?> There are also some Chigorin memorials. Oct-06-11    Strongest Force: I hope fab (who loved to argue with me at ICC) wins. Oct-08-11    sisyphus: Bacrot is a clear exchange up on Caruana after 40. Oct-08-11    sisyphus: Bacrot finally figured out a win, and Caruana resigned after 82 moves. Bacrot was down to less than a minute (with a 10 second increment), while Caruana had almost 15. Oct-08-11    Fusilli: Will black ever win? Oct-09-11    kurtrichards: <...and Caruana resigned after 82 moves...> or was it 77 moves of Gruenfeld, Exchange var.? That doesn't matter anyways...Bacrot-Caruana 1-0...c,") Oct-09-11    Edmontonchessclub: Too bad they don't have Sophia rules in place. Too many short draws. If they just disallowed draw offers, as in Bilbao, we would have more interesting games and more decisive results (or at least the draws would be played out). Oct-09-11    Gypsy: Laznicka-Bacrot draw is not yet reflected in the x-table, it seems. Oct-10-11    Gypsy: All fixed. Thx cg. Oct-12-11    paavoh: @Fusilli: <Will black ever win?> I guess they all imitate Karpov, secure draw with Black, try to win with White :-) Oct-12-11    waustad: Excuse my trouble reading the table on the official page but I'm trying to fight through Cyrillic. I do not speak Russian, but I looked at some chess stuff so I think I've got the names right. 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