W Chinach niemożliwe stało się możliwe

Prowadzący od startu Wang Hao na dwie rundy przed końcem miał 1,5 przewagi. Przegrał obie, finiszowe partie i mistrzem Chin został nikomu nieznany Ding Liren. Szczegóły po kliknięciu nazwisk.

Niestety, wicemistrzyni świata kobiet Hou Yifan, nie sprostała panom.

1. Ding Liren CHN 2458 8,5
2. GM Wang Hao CHN 2696 8,0
3. GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2704 7,0
4. GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2563 6,5
5. GM Li Chao B CHN 2643 6,0
6. GM Ni Hua CHN 2724 6,0
7. Ji Dan CHN 2342 4,5
8. GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2635 4,5
9. GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2638 4,0
10. GMLiang Chong CHN 2511 4,0
11. GM Hou Yifan CHN 2590 3,5
12. GM Li Shilong CHN 2557 3,5

Na zdjęciu: największy przegrany w mistrzostwach Chin - arcymistrz Wang Hao.

Shen Yang mistrzynią Chin a.d. 2009

Wyniki końcowe:
1. WGM Shen Yang CHN 2420 9,0
2. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2531 8,5
3. Tan Zhongyi CHN 2436 8,0
4. WIM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2340 7,0
5. IM Wang Yu A CHN 2363 6,5
6. Ju Wenjun CHN 2454 6,5
7. WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2336 6,0
8. WFM Ding Yixin CHN 2281 5,5
9. Wang Xiaohui CHN 2265 3,5
10. WGM Zhang Jilin CHN 2335 2,5
11. WIM Xu Tong CHN 2231 2,0
12. Wang Jue CHN 2162 1,0

Monika Soćko - Monika Rykała 0,5:0,5 wczoraj w Warszawie

Bliższe szczegóły (i fotoreportaż) tej znakomitej imprezy już niebawem.

Magnus Carlsen pokonał chiński mur

Carlsen,Magnus (2770) - Wang,Yue (2739)

[E55] Obrona Nimzowitscha

Leon 2009 (1.5 partia), 06.06.2009
1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 Gb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Gd3 c5 6.Sf3 d5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Gxc4 Sbd7 9.He2 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.d5 Sc5?!N 12.Wd1 He8 13.Sb5 exd5 14.Sc7 Hc6 15.Sxd5 Sxd5 16.Gxd5 Ga6 17.Hc2 Hg6 18.Hxg6 hxg6 19.Gxa8 Wxa8 20.Gd2 Gxd2 21.Wxd2 Gb7 22.Wad1 Kf8 23.Se5 1-0

W finale Carlsen zagra z Iwanczukiem, który pokonał Morozevicha.

Po trzech dniach w Miskolcu (Leko - Anand 2:4)

Leko,Peter (2751) - Anand,Viswanathan (2783)

[D97] Obrona Gruenfelda

Miskolc Rapid (5 partia), 06.06.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5. It is not surprise for us: Anand keeps on playing Grunfeld with Black. 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.0-0 Nxe4. The main line of the "Hungarian variarion". It looks like the World Champion is unsatisfied what happened in the fourth game after [11...Nbd7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Nxc5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qa3+/=] 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bf4 [13.Bg5 was played by Kasparov against Leko, but Peter showed the right defensive plan and kept the balance.] 13...Bd5 14.Qe3 Bxb2 15.Rad1 e6 16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Nd3 Bg7 18.Nb4 Nf6 19.Bf3N. Reasonable continuations are still [19.Bd6; or 19.Be5 ] 19...Rc8 Anand does not hurry to escape from the pin with his queen, he is waiting for Leko's committment. 20.c6 Qa5!
21.Qc5? Too agressive, which can be explained by the standing in the match and not by the objective quality of the position! This move destroys the pawn structure on the kingside and the white queen will feel uncomfortable after the next movies of Black. Better was [21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Bxd5©; 21.a3 unclear] 21...Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rfe8 23.Bd6 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Rd6 Qa3! The c6 passed pawn does not mean serious danger for Black, therefore Anand starts a counterattack with his queen. 26.Rd3 Qb2! 27.Rb3 Qe2
28.Nxa6! The best chance to save the game! [After 28.Re3 Qc4 29.Qxc4 bxc4 30.Ra3 Nd5! 31.Nxd5 exd5 32.Rxa6 Rfd8 the connected passed pawns give good winning chances for Black.] 28...Qxa2 29.Ra3 Qb2 30.Qc3! At this moment Peter understood he has to fight for draw, because his pieces are uncoordinated and Anand's knight on d5 can be very powerful. Peter's idea is to exchange all pieces and queenside pawns except one pair of rooks. If Peter can do it the rook endgame only with the pawns on the kingside is a famous drawish position. 30...Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Nd5 32.Rc5 Ra8 33.c7
33...Rfc8 [For example 33...Rxa6?! 34.c8Q Rxc8 35.Rxc8+ Kg7 36.Rb1 b4 37.Rb8 Ra3 38.Kg2 Kf6 39.R1xb4 Nxb4 40.Rxb4 h5 41.h3 and this is the dream position.] 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.Rd6 Kg7 36.Rc1 b4 37.Rd8 [37.Rb1?! Rxa6 38.Rxa6 Rxc7 39.Ra8 Rc4 40.Rb8 Kf6=/+ this was Anand's plan, as he told the audience after the game.] 37...Raa8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Rb1 Kf6
40.Rb3?? Because of the time trouble (under one minute) Peter starts an incredible series of mistakes. [40.Nxb4 Nxc7 41.Rc1 Ke7 42.Na6 Kd7 43.Nxc7 Rxc7 44.Ra1=] 40...Ke7 41.Nxb4 Nxc7? A fatal mistake without punishment. [41...Rxc7 42.Nd3 (42.Nxd5+? exd5-+) 42...Kf6-/+] 42.Rc3 Kd6 [42...Kd7 43.Rd3+! Ke7 44.Rc3=]
43.Rd3+?? Peter told us after the game, he was waiting for Kd7, but Anand played Kd6 and in his big time trouble he mixed up the two saving moves. [43.Na6=] 43...Nd5 44.Kg2 Rc4 45.Nxd5 exd5 The rest is simple. 46.Ra3 d4 47.Ra8 Rc7 48.Kf1 Ke5 49.Rd8 f5 50.h4 Rc1+ 51.Kg2 Rc6 52.Re8+ Re6 53.Rd8 Rd6 54.f4+ Kd5 55.Re8 Re6 56.Ra8 d3 57.Kf3 Kc4 58.Rc8+ Kb3 0-1 (komentarz: http://www.chessbase/)

Grachev, mimo porażki w ostatniej rundzie, wygrał w Lublinie

Wyniki końcowe (ostatnia liczba to przyrost rankingu):

1. GM Grachev, Boris RUS 2652 6.0 +0.97
2. GM Roiz, Michael ISR 2635 5.5 +0.68
3. GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2630 5.5 +0.77
4. GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2637 5.0 +0.17
5. GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2622 4.5 -0.13
6. GM Khenkin, Igor GER 2630 4.0 -0.73
7. GM Dziuba, Marcin POL 2535 4.0 +0.57
8. GM Gajewski, Grzegorz POL 2571 4.0 +0.08
9. GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2601 4.0 -0.33
10. GM Malakhatko, Vadim BEL 2618 2.5 -2.05

Na zdjęciu: Borys Graczew - triumfator I trnieju arcymistrzowskiego Unii Lubelskiej w Lublinie.

Po czterech rundach - Alexei Shirov - "zero"

Kojarzenie V rundy (po nazwisku - dotychczasowa ilość punktów). Klikając na nazwisko, zobaczysz szczegóły.

1. GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5 GER 2700 - GM Efimenko, Zahar 1.5 UKR 2682
2. GM Motylev, Alexander 3.5 RUS 2677 - GM Inarkiev, Ernesto 3.0 RUS 2676
3. GM Gashimov, Vugar 3.5 AZE 2730 - GM Sutovsky, Emil 2.0 ISR 2660
4. GM Bologan, Viktor 2.0 MDA 2690 - GM Shirov, Alexei 0.0 ESP 2745
5. GM Rublevsky, Sergei 1.0 RUS 2702 - GM Onischuk, Alexander 1.0 USA2684

Na zdjęciu: Po czterech rundach w Piokowskim prowadzi Azer - Vugar Gashimov (3,5 z 4 pkt.)