Two Indian GMs: K. Sasikiran and S. P. Sethuraman and Armenia's Champion H. Martirosyan share the lead at the Karen Asrian Memorial prior to the final round.
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Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Meier and Anna Muzychuk star in the 4th edition of the Gideon Japhet Memorial, taking place in the Israeli capital of Jerusalem on July 1st. #chessnews
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Jerusalem hosts the 4th Japhet Tournament
Elita rapid chess and more in the Israeli capital of Jerusalem. Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Meier and Anna Muzychuk star in the 4th edition of the Gideon Japhet Memorial, beginning July 1st. | Pictured: The prize giving podium of the third…
38.Qe6??
Anand, who was able to get a clear advantage after a bloody battle, now finds himself in a lost position.
38.Qg4 +-
38... B×c3 39.Rf1 Raf8 40.g4 Nd7 41.g5 Nc5 -+
Anand, who was able to get a clear advantage after a bloody battle, now finds himself in a lost position.
38.Qg4 +-
38... B×c3 39.Rf1 Raf8 40.g4 Nd7 41.g5 Nc5 -+
25.Qh4?
Aronian missed a tactical chance to beat Grischuk.
25.R×h7!
A)25...K×h7 26.Rh4+ Kg8 27.B×c5 +- with the idea of Bd4-Rh8#.
B)25...B×d4 26.B×d4 K×h7 27.Qh4+ Kg8 28.Qh8#
C)25...R×e3 26.Rdh4 Kf8 27.f×g6 Q×g6 28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.R×a8 +-
25...h5 26.g×h6 Kh7 27.f×g6+ f×g6 28.Qf2 Rf8 =
Aronian missed a tactical chance to beat Grischuk.
25.R×h7!
A)25...K×h7 26.Rh4+ Kg8 27.B×c5 +- with the idea of Bd4-Rh8#.
B)25...B×d4 26.B×d4 K×h7 27.Qh4+ Kg8 28.Qh8#
C)25...R×e3 26.Rdh4 Kf8 27.f×g6 Q×g6 28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.R×a8 +-
25...h5 26.g×h6 Kh7 27.f×g6+ f×g6 28.Qf2 Rf8 =
22...h5??
Preventing White from playing Ng4. However, this move turns out to be a horrendous tactical blunder.
22...Rd8! was the only move.
A)23.Ng4 Rd4 =
B)23.Nd5 B×d5 24.e×d5 R×d5 25.Ne4?? Rd1+ 26.Kf2 N×e4+ -+
23.Nd5 B×d5 24.e×d5 Qb6 25.Ne4 c4+ 26.Kf1 Kg7 27.d6! 1-0
Preventing White from playing Ng4. However, this move turns out to be a horrendous tactical blunder.
22...Rd8! was the only move.
A)23.Ng4 Rd4 =
B)23.Nd5 B×d5 24.e×d5 R×d5 25.Ne4?? Rd1+ 26.Kf2 N×e4+ -+
23.Nd5 B×d5 24.e×d5 Qb6 25.Ne4 c4+ 26.Kf1 Kg7 27.d6! 1-0
54.Be3??
The winner of the candidates Tournament 2018, Fabiano Caruana was very lucky that Mamedyarov didn't see the winning continuation.
54.R×e1 R×e1 55.e7 Re6 56.Bd6! Kf7 57.Kc6 Re4 58.b5 1-0
54...Kf8! 55.Kc6 Ke8 56.Kd5 Rf3 57.Bd4 R×e4 58.K×e4 Rh3 59.b5 R×h4+ 60.Kd5 Rh1 61.b6 Rb1 62.Kc6 Ke7 63.b7 R×b7 ½-½
The winner of the candidates Tournament 2018, Fabiano Caruana was very lucky that Mamedyarov didn't see the winning continuation.
54.R×e1 R×e1 55.e7 Re6 56.Bd6! Kf7 57.Kc6 Re4 58.b5 1-0
54...Kf8! 55.Kc6 Ke8 56.Kd5 Rf3 57.Bd4 R×e4 58.K×e4 Rh3 59.b5 R×h4+ 60.Kd5 Rh1 61.b6 Rb1 62.Kc6 Ke7 63.b7 R×b7 ½-½
24.Bd3!
The white pieces are prepared to sacrifice their dignity to keep the enemy shutout.
24...Qe6
Intending 25...Nc4 or perhaps even the heroic 25...Qc4!? in some cases.
25.Bc1!
After all his retreating moves, Topalov is ready to strike with 26 f5!. Then the advantages he has carefully hoarded – the bishop pair and mobile center pawns – will rip away the black kingside pawns and leave his king defenseless.
25...f5 26.Qe2
Topalov refuses to be hurried. His queen move rules out 26...Nc4.
26...Kf8
Fearing White's light-squared bishop, Kramnik puts his king on to a dark square.
27.Rd1
Another patient move. The bishop on d3 is overprotected so that the white queen is freed for action.
27...Qe7 28.h4!
At long last, the Bulgarian Grandmaster begins to utilize his kingside pawns. The idea is to break through with Rh1 and h4-h5, followed by conquering the f5-pawn. Then nothing would hold back the white rooks and bishops from their assault on the black king.
The white pieces are prepared to sacrifice their dignity to keep the enemy shutout.
24...Qe6
Intending 25...Nc4 or perhaps even the heroic 25...Qc4!? in some cases.
25.Bc1!
After all his retreating moves, Topalov is ready to strike with 26 f5!. Then the advantages he has carefully hoarded – the bishop pair and mobile center pawns – will rip away the black kingside pawns and leave his king defenseless.
25...f5 26.Qe2
Topalov refuses to be hurried. His queen move rules out 26...Nc4.
26...Kf8
Fearing White's light-squared bishop, Kramnik puts his king on to a dark square.
27.Rd1
Another patient move. The bishop on d3 is overprotected so that the white queen is freed for action.
27...Qe7 28.h4!
At long last, the Bulgarian Grandmaster begins to utilize his kingside pawns. The idea is to break through with Rh1 and h4-h5, followed by conquering the f5-pawn. Then nothing would hold back the white rooks and bishops from their assault on the black king.
9.Ne2!
Clearing the way for the plan of Rc1 and c2-c4, when a line of attack is opened against the c7-pawn.
9...Be7?
Up until here, Karpov has played a competent, if rather uninspired, defence in the style of Petrosian. But now he puts the bishop on a square where it blocks in the knight on g8. Just how is the poor horse meant to get into the game, seeing that ...Nh6 can always be answered by Bxh6 breaking up Black's kingside pawns?
Experienced French players realize that in this type of scenario you either have to go right back with the bishop to f8, which is risky here as White is poised for a quick Rc1 and c2-c4 or else exchange with 9...Bxd2, which looks like the best idea. Karpov tries to keep his 'good' bishop but he wants more than the position is willing to give him. As a result, he will end up being horribly mangled. If you have ever wondered how a player like Morphy would fare in a modern chess tournament, with no knowledge of the development of the game since his own time, then Karpov's play in the present game makes for a pessimistic forecast. Karpov was the reigning World Champion, young, fresh, gifted with a fine grasp of strategy, in short on top of his game. Yet when he is forced into a pawn structure that is unfamiliar to him, with no theoretical knowledge to fill in the gaps in his understanding, he is completely at sea. If Morphy faced a modern player, he would be confronted with pawn structures and technical riddles that he couldn't solve over the board. The American was undoubtedly a genius in the field of chess. But if he were playing a modern elite player, his genius would be overwhelmed by a host of genii from later ages: the ideas of Steinitz, Rubinstein, Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov and many others would be showing his opponent how to outwit him in the opening and middlegame. On the other hand, Morphy had a fantastic capacity for assimilating the ideas of players he met and using them to refine his own understanding of the game. If Morphy were given a year to study modern theory he would undoubtedly emerge as one of the best players in the world.
10.Rc1 b5
Karpov does his best to mute the power of the c2-c4 breakthrough, but it can't be prevented forever.
11.Nf4
With ideas of 12 Nh5.
11...h5 12.b3 Ba3 13.Rb1 a5 14.c4 c6 15.c5!+/-
Geller shows his excellent judgment. It seems paradoxical that he closes the queenside, but he is about to give his opponent an ultimatum: if you don't open lines for me I'm going to trap your bishop.
Clearing the way for the plan of Rc1 and c2-c4, when a line of attack is opened against the c7-pawn.
9...Be7?
Up until here, Karpov has played a competent, if rather uninspired, defence in the style of Petrosian. But now he puts the bishop on a square where it blocks in the knight on g8. Just how is the poor horse meant to get into the game, seeing that ...Nh6 can always be answered by Bxh6 breaking up Black's kingside pawns?
Experienced French players realize that in this type of scenario you either have to go right back with the bishop to f8, which is risky here as White is poised for a quick Rc1 and c2-c4 or else exchange with 9...Bxd2, which looks like the best idea. Karpov tries to keep his 'good' bishop but he wants more than the position is willing to give him. As a result, he will end up being horribly mangled. If you have ever wondered how a player like Morphy would fare in a modern chess tournament, with no knowledge of the development of the game since his own time, then Karpov's play in the present game makes for a pessimistic forecast. Karpov was the reigning World Champion, young, fresh, gifted with a fine grasp of strategy, in short on top of his game. Yet when he is forced into a pawn structure that is unfamiliar to him, with no theoretical knowledge to fill in the gaps in his understanding, he is completely at sea. If Morphy faced a modern player, he would be confronted with pawn structures and technical riddles that he couldn't solve over the board. The American was undoubtedly a genius in the field of chess. But if he were playing a modern elite player, his genius would be overwhelmed by a host of genii from later ages: the ideas of Steinitz, Rubinstein, Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov and many others would be showing his opponent how to outwit him in the opening and middlegame. On the other hand, Morphy had a fantastic capacity for assimilating the ideas of players he met and using them to refine his own understanding of the game. If Morphy were given a year to study modern theory he would undoubtedly emerge as one of the best players in the world.
10.Rc1 b5
Karpov does his best to mute the power of the c2-c4 breakthrough, but it can't be prevented forever.
11.Nf4
With ideas of 12 Nh5.
11...h5 12.b3 Ba3 13.Rb1 a5 14.c4 c6 15.c5!+/-
Geller shows his excellent judgment. It seems paradoxical that he closes the queenside, but he is about to give his opponent an ultimatum: if you don't open lines for me I'm going to trap your bishop.