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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Sberbank GM Rapid Tournament

Sergey Karjakin6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Veselin Topalov6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Sergei Zhigalko5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Peter Leko5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Anton Korobov4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Evgeny Tomashevsky4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Pavel Eljanov4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Alexander Areshchenko4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Anatoly Karpov3/9(+1 -4 =4)[games]
Arkadij Naiditsch2/9(+2 -7 =0)[games]

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Leko vs S Zhigalko  ½-½732013Sberbank GM RapidA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
2. A Korobov vs Tomashevsky  0-1582013Sberbank GM RapidE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
3. Eljanov vs Karjakin 1-0332013Sberbank GM RapidA07 King's Indian Attack
4. Topalov vs S Zhigalko 1-0542013Sberbank GM RapidE15 Queen's Indian
5. Leko vs Karpov ½-½312013Sberbank GM RapidB01 Scandinavian
6. Naiditsch vs Areshchenko  0-1532013Sberbank GM RapidB50 Sicilian
7. S Zhigalko vs Eljanov  1-0582013Sberbank GM RapidC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
8. Karpov vs A Korobov 0-1542013Sberbank GM RapidD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. Karjakin vs Leko  ½-½572013Sberbank GM RapidC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
10. Areshchenko vs Topalov 0-1482013Sberbank GM RapidC02 French, Advance
11. Tomashevsky vs Naiditsch  1-0612013Sberbank GM RapidD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Eljanov vs Areshchenko  ½-½512013Sberbank GM RapidA34 English, Symmetrical
13. Topalov vs Naiditsch 1-0472013Sberbank GM RapidC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
14. Karpov vs Tomashevsky  ½-½292013Sberbank GM RapidD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. A Korobov vs Karjakin  0-1852013Sberbank GM RapidE12 Queen's Indian
16. Naiditsch vs Karjakin 0-1372013Sberbank GM RapidC78 Ruy Lopez
17. Leko vs Eljanov  1-0422013Sberbank GM RapidC78 Ruy Lopez
18. Karjakin vs Areshchenko  ½-½602013Sberbank GM RapidB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. Tomashevsky vs S Zhigalko  ½-½462013Sberbank GM RapidE55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
20. A Korobov vs Topalov  0-1562013Sberbank GM RapidE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
21. Karpov vs Naiditsch 0-1462013Sberbank GM RapidA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
22. Eljanov vs A Korobov  ½-½462013Sberbank GM RapidA30 English, Symmetrical
23. Leko vs Tomashevsky 1-0672013Sberbank GM RapidC78 Ruy Lopez
24. Areshchenko vs S Zhigalko 0-1272013Sberbank GM RapidB30 Sicilian
25. S Zhigalko vs Naiditsch 1-0372013Sberbank GM RapidC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
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Jun-06-13  paavoh: Wow, first here!
Jun-06-13  schweigzwang: Cool, Karpov is playing.
Jun-06-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Topa is playing a lot, these days. New mortgage to pay for?
Jun-06-13  anandrulez: Congrats paavoh. Topalov playing good nice. Sergey lost to Eljanov his countryman from Ukraine.
Jun-06-13  Conrad93: Kiev is not in Russia...

Dear God, ChessGames.com, it is the capital of Ukraine.

Do people still have trouble telling the two countries apart?

Jun-06-13  Reisswolf: Dear <ChessGames.com>:

I completely agree with <Conrad93>. It is <unacceptable> for you to make such an error.

Love,

Reisswolf
New York, Canada

Jun-06-13  fisayo123: <Reisswolf> We all see what you did there :)
Jun-07-13  Conrad93: <We all see what you did there >

He didn't do anything.

Jun-07-13  jancotianno: I would have loved to see Karpov winning this tournament.
Jun-07-13  geeker: Karjakin wins!
I enjoyed seeing Karpov and hoped for at least an even score - funny that the 3...Qd6 Scandinavian was his preferred Black system (2 draws and two losses :-( )
Jun-07-13  ajile: <Conrad93: Kiev is not in Russia...

Dear God, ChessGames.com, it is the capital of Ukraine.

Do people still have trouble telling the two countries apart?>

The real problem is that nobody has played the Leningrad Dutch yet. Unacceptable.

Jun-07-13  mindanalyzer: I agree with you <KKDEREK>; Definitely Leko is the master of draws, 6 freaking draws out of 9 games in RAPID!!! Jeesshhh
Jun-07-13  Arcturar: Too bad Karpov didn't do well this time, although it warms my heart to see how much aupport he has, lol. And gratz to Karjakin! What a clutch performance to catch Topalov! He isn't World Rapid Champ for nothing!
Jun-07-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <The real problem is that nobody has played the Leningrad Dutch yet. Unacceptable.>

If someone starts referring to it as the St Petersburg or Petrograd Dutch, what then?

Someone should have invited Malaniuk and we would have our fix of the Leningrad.

Sometimes the PC crap, come to obsession over utmost precision of nomenclature, can be a bother, to say the least.

Jun-07-13  ajile: <perfidious: Someone should have invited Malaniuk and we would have our fix of the Leningrad.>

Does he even play anymore in tournaments like this? I would love to see him in some Leningrad Dutch 7..Qe8 games against top current GM's.

http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/0...

Jun-08-13  parmetd: It is funny that Naiditsch's two wins were both black and one of them against the immobile Leko.
Jun-08-13  Eyal: Heh – I remember that Alex Yermolinsky, who was doing daily round reports for ICC during the Grand Prix, started to wax nostalgic for several minutes of Malaniuk and the Dutch when he came to talk about Kasimdzhanov vs Kamsky, 2013.
Jun-08-13  QueentakesKing: Again, my bold prediction--Karjakin is the next K!!!
Jun-08-13  QueentakesKing: Karpov is playing<*****>5 stars!
Jun-08-13  QueentakesKing: Can some chess- loving rich billionaires chip in for a couple of sessions of brain stem cell therapy for Anatoly! I want the 'old' Anatoly back.
Jun-08-13  Octavia: <Conrad93: Kiev is not in Russia...

Dear God, ChessGames.com, it is the capital of Ukraine.

Do people still have trouble telling the two countries apart?>

how come nobody told these good people that young Karjakin is from the Ukraine? Congratulations for winning it !!!

Jun-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingfu: Karpov needs to dump the Scandinavian and get back to 1... c6.

Interesting note in Karjakin's bio: It says he is Ukrainian but a citizen of Russia.

Jun-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  PawnSac: If he'd lay off the Scandinavian he would have a better showing.
Jun-08-13  Jason Frost: So Caruana is American and Nakamura Japanese?!
Jun-09-13  messachess: I could look it up, but somebody, please, what's the time control here?
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