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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. Bacrot vs Motylev   ½-½ 28 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Caruana vs Jakovenko 1-0 46 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C78 Ruy Lopez 3. V Laznicka vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0 43 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. Karjakin vs Onischuk   ½-½ 49 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 5. Rublevsky vs Efimenko   ½-½ 25 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C48 Four Knights 6. Jakovenko vs Karjakin   ½-½ 30 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E20 Nimzo-Indian 7. Motylev vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 18 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. L Bruzon Batista vs Efimenko   ½-½ 44 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E12 Queen's Indian 9. Onischuk vs Bacrot ½-½ 59 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E92 King's Indian 10. V Laznicka vs Caruana ½-½ 19 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 11. Rublevsky vs Onischuk   ½-½ 27 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C77 Ruy Lopez 12. Caruana vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 33 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Efimenko vs Motylev 1-0 43 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 14. Bacrot vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 27 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. Karjakin vs V Laznicka 1-0 30 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B12 Caro-Kann Defense 16. V Laznicka vs Bacrot   ½-½ 39 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 17. Onischuk vs Efimenko ½-½ 15 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E15 Queen's Indian 18. Caruana vs Karjakin   ½-½ 38 2011 Karpov Poikovsky E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. L Bruzon Batista vs Motylev   ½-½ 46 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. Jakovenko vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 50 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Efimenko vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 51 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C67 Ruy Lopez 22. Bacrot vs Caruana 1-0 78 2011 Karpov Poikovsky D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 23. Motylev vs Onischuk   ½-½ 25 2011 Karpov Poikovsky C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Rublevsky vs V Laznicka   ½-½ 23 2011 Karpov Poikovsky B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. Karjakin vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 26 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 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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. Last round: Rublevsky v Bruzon Efimenko v Bacrot Motylev v Caruana Onischuk v Karjakin Jakovenko v Laznicka Oct-12-11    Blunderdome: That can't be right, as some of those players have already met. Motylev - Karjakin Efimenko - Bacrot Onischuk - Caruana Jakovenko - Laznicka Rublevsky - Bruzon Are the matchups that will happen, assuming they plan to make a round robin of it. Can't say for sure if I have the colors right, though. Oct-13-11    WiseWizard: Are they all playing to draw with Black? Lol What a joke. A bunch of sheep. Oct-13-11    dx9293: I know a lot of fans don't like it, but I like this traditional-style tournament. Thank goodness the Sofia rules and especially the 3-1-0 silliness haven't invaded Russia. Short draws and playing to win with White, draw with Black is how international tournaments have been played for decades. I don't think that should change simply because some fans will be "bored." That's their problem. Bravo to the organizers for keeping tradition alive. Oct-13-11    WiseWizard: I didn't say that out of boredom, I enjoy laughing at followers, the sheep who can't think for themselves, they see Kramnik drawing with Black and now they all have to do it too. It's hilarious, very amusing. One player says this is the right way to do it! And thousands of sheep follow blindly. He changes his mind and they all follow again. I would love to go th tournament hall and laugh at every one of them. Oct-13-11    kurtrichards: <...And thousands of sheep follow blindly.> I guess those thousands are all colored white. What about the black(s)? :) Oct-13-11    waustad: Trying to read Russian, I mixed up Caruana and Karjakin. I should have noticed the second 'k'. Right now, Bacrot has a chance to catch Karjakin. Oct-13-11    waustad: Bacrot won. I'm not even going to try the site to figure out tiebreaks. Interestingly, both wins today were with black. Oct-13-11    Illogic: According to @2700Chess twitter, Bacrot won the tournament on tiebreaks. I believe this is his second time winning the event. Oct-13-11    paavoh: Yes, Bacrot had a joint #1 with Bologan in 2005, beating Grischuk btw. 6th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament (2005) Oct-14-11    laskersteinitz: So happy for Bacrot!! Felicitations mon ami! search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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