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Levitov Chess Week Tournament

Alexander Grischuk9.5/14(+8 -3 =3)[games]
Ian Nepomniachtchi8.5/14(+6 -3 =5)[games]
Viswanathan Anand8.5/14(+7 -4 =3)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik7.5/14(+6 -5 =3)[games]
Peter Svidler6.5/14(+5 -6 =3)[games]
Anish Giri6.5/14(+3 -4 =7)[games]
Boris Gelfand5.5/14(+3 -6 =5)[games]
Evgeny Bareev3.5/14(+2 -9 =3)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Levitov Chess Week (2019)

Former World Champions Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand joined six more star players for a private chess event in the five-star Waldorf Astoria hotel in Amsterdam organised by former Russian Chess Federation head Ilya Levitov on his 40th birthday. The first event was a 7-round blitz tournament, played on August 3. Players had 3 minutes for all moves, with a 2-second increment from move 1. (1) The 7-round rapid tournament took place from August 4-6. Players had 25 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. (2) Chief arbiter: Arno Eliens. The games were not broadcast live.

The Blitz tournament (3 August) was won on tiebreak by Vladimir Kramnik with 5/7:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Kramnik * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5 2 Anand 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 3 Grischuk ½ 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 4½ 4 Svidler 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 4 5 Nepomniachtchi ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 3½ 6 Gelfand 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 2 7 Giri 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 2 8 Bareev 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 2

The main Rapid tournament (4-6 August) was won on tiebreak by Ian Nepomniachtchi with 5/7:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Nepomniachtchi * 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2 Grischuk 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5 3 Giri 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 4 Anand 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 3½ 5 Gelfand ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 3½ 6 Kramnik 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 2½ 7 Svidler ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 2½ 8 Bareev 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ * 1½

Chess.com 1: https://www.chess.com/news/view/201...
Chess.com 2: https://www.chess.com/news/view/nep...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr460844....
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/amste...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...

(1) Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... (2) Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

 page 3 of 3; games 51-56 of 56  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Bareev vs Gelfand  1-0402019Levitov Chess WeekE12 Queen's Indian
52. Giri vs Nepomniachtchi  1-0412019Levitov Chess WeekB10 Caro-Kann
53. Anand vs Svidler  0-1232019Levitov Chess WeekB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
54. Kramnik vs Grischuk 0-1422019Levitov Chess WeekA28 English
55. Nepomniachtchi vs Bareev  1-0202019Levitov Chess WeekA13 English
56. Gelfand vs Giri  ½-½682019Levitov Chess WeekD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-31-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <former Russian Chess Federation head Ilya Levitov on his 40th birthday.>

Another Putin friend or associate?

Aug-18-23  konstantin71: You can find a documentary about this event on the YT channel @LevitovChessWorld

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