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Karpov Poikovsky (2007) The 8th Karpov tournament took place in Poikovsky, Russia 15-24 March 2007. Chief organizer: Galina Kovaleva. Rest day: March 20. Time controls: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Dmitry Jakovenko won with 6/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Jakovenko 2691 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 =2 Onischuk 2663 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 =2 Alekseev 2661 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 =2 Bologan 2658 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 5 =5 Istratescu 2619 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ =5 Rublevsky 2677 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ =7 Dreev 2658 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4 =7 Sutovsky 2629 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4 =9 Tkachiev 2649 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ =9 Zhang Pengxiang 2643 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 3½ Category: XVII (2655). Chief arbiter: Yuri Lobanov FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Official site: http://xn----7sbooiklil0c.xn--p1ai/... ChessPro: https://chesspro.ru/_events/2007/po... Russiachess: http://www.russiachess.org/content/... Europe Echecs: https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/a... ChessBase (after Round 7): https://en.chessbase.com/(X(1)S(llg... Jonathan Speelman in The Guardian, 8 April 2007: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous: Karpov Poikovsky (2006). Next: Karpov Poikovsky (2008)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bologan vs Jakovenko 0-1 36 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 2. P Zhang vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 19 2007 Karpov Poikovsky A45 Queen's Pawn Game 3. E Alekseev vs Onischuk   ½-½ 43 2007 Karpov Poikovsky A28 English 4. A Istratescu vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 22 2007 Karpov Poikovsky B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. Tkachiev vs Dreev   ½-½ 26 2007 Karpov Poikovsky D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Jakovenko vs Tkachiev   ½-½ 30 2007 Karpov Poikovsky C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Onischuk vs Dreev   ½-½ 41 2007 Karpov Poikovsky D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Sutovsky vs Bologan 1-0 77 2007 Karpov Poikovsky B12 Caro-Kann Defense 9. Rublevsky vs P Zhang 1-0 44 2007 Karpov Poikovsky B30 Sicilian 10. E Alekseev vs A Istratescu   0-1 38 2007 Karpov Poikovsky B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 11. Tkachiev vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 32 2007 Karpov Poikovsky A15 English 12. Dreev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 34 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E12 Queen's Indian 13. Bologan vs Rublevsky 1-0 124 2007 Karpov Poikovsky D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. A Istratescu vs Onischuk   ½-½ 21 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 15. P Zhang vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 40 2007 Karpov Poikovsky B23 Sicilian, Closed 16. E Alekseev vs Bologan   1-0 53 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 17. A Istratescu vs P Zhang   ½-½ 17 2007 Karpov Poikovsky C42 Petrov Defense 18. Onischuk vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 45 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E15 Queen's Indian 19. Sutovsky vs Dreev   ½-½ 42 2007 Karpov Poikovsky B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 20. Rublevsky vs Tkachiev 1-0 28 2007 Karpov Poikovsky C45 Scotch Game 21. P Zhang vs Onischuk   ½-½ 16 2007 Karpov Poikovsky C45 Scotch Game 22. Tkachiev vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 13 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Dreev vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 12 2007 Karpov Poikovsky D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 24. Bologan vs A Istratescu   1-0 51 2007 Karpov Poikovsky E15 Queen's Indian 25. Jakovenko vs Sutovsky 1-0 43 2007 Karpov Poikovsky C80 Ruy Lopez, Open  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-16-07    Knight13: Nice. Onischuk and Dreev is in there!! Mar-16-07    thatsmate: Is it just me, or is Jakovenko playing in a lot of tournaments, and scoring pretty well in almost all of them? Mar-16-07    Dr.Lecter: Best lucks to Onischuk. He's still in his solid form. Mar-17-07    cannibal: Didn't Bologan already suck last year? He apparently wants to continue that streak. Mar-17-07    Mameluk: <thatsmate> Jakovenko is surely a new top 20 player and Kamsky-like fighter, but today he is in trouble in super-sharp game against Dreev. 12. Bd3!!?? Mar-17-07    cannibal: <Mameluk> Can you post a link for live games? I only found one for Bologan-Rublevsky at chesspro. Mar-17-07    Raskolnikov: <cannibal: <Mameluk> Can you post a link for live games? I only found one for Bologan-Rublevsky at chesspro.> You can try http://russiachess.org/online/. Mar-17-07    cannibal: What a drama in Bologan-Rublevsky! On move 76 they reached a theoretically drawn endgame rook+bishop (for Bologan) vs rook. Rublevsky seemed to defend easily for a long time, but when the game already headed towards a 50-move-rule draw, he finally blundered. When he resigned (on move 124), white would have mated or won the rook on the next move, which would have been 49 moves after the last capture Mar-17-07    chislanoua: Bravo, Viorel! Mar-18-07    Dr.Lecter: Onischuk drew four rounds. He needs a win. Mar-19-07    cannibal: Three disappointing short draws in round 5 (12, 13 and 16 moves!), wins for Bologan (without him this tournament would be a drawfest) and Jakovenko, who now leads with 3.5/5 Mar-20-07    Resignation Trap: I wonder if a day of rest will help Bologan. Of the nine decisive games in this tournament, he was involved in five if them! Viorel does not produce many short draws, but goes gushing for a win in most instances. When he is in top form it works out well, as in Dortmund 2003: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... . When he's not in his best form, this strategy often backfires. Mar-21-07    PhilFeeley: Bologan is fighting his way back. Today's game was really sharp. No boring draws for him! Mar-22-07    Raskolnikov: Jakovenko just won against Alekseev. I think he is goint to win the tournament. Mar-22-07    sapfy: Jakovenko right now has an unofficial rating of 2710, though he'll 'only' be 2698 on the April list. Mar-22-07    s4life: <Resignation Trap: I wonder if a day of rest will help Bologan. Of the nine decisive games in this tournament, he was involved in five if them!> That's just things as usual.. he's a fighter! Mar-23-07    PhilFeeley: Another win today by Bologan! He's now tied for second. Nice comeback. Mar-24-07    Mameluk: <sapfy> I think you got something wrong. Do you count both Pamplona and Aeroflot? Then some small loss from Wijk B, still 2700+ though even not counting Poikovsky. He will play European championship, so he is probably tireless. Mar-25-07    Resignation Trap: <www.chessgames.com> The round 8 game Andrei Istratescu - Dmitry Jakovenko needs to be added to our database to complete the tournament record: (E15) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Ba3 Bf6 20.Rc1 Bb5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Qb6 23.Ne4 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Nd6 Qc5 26.Nxb5 Qxb5 27.Bd5 g6 28.Qf3 Kg7 29.Bb3 Re8 30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Qd5 h5 32.h4 Qe7 1/2-1/2 Mar-26-07    Timex: Jakovenko won!! Mar-27-07    Resignation Trap: Here's a good photoreport on Poikovsky 2007: http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp... . Mar-27-07    elLocoEvans: Nice pic that of Karpov at Poikovsky, analyzing blindfold with Sutovsky. Everybody plays that way these days ;) NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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