Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Newsletter #512"He's an incredible talent," said Anand, soon after being outplayed by Carlsen in round 7 (in Nanjing) from a dead-equal position and barely hanging on to a draw. "Some of the things he does, even Vlady [Kramnik], who is a great technician, can't do." Viswanathan Anand 1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News 2) Steven Zierk wins World Under 18 Championship 3) Bill Addison 1933-2008 4) Here and There 5) Berkeley International 6) Upcoming Events 1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club NewsNational Master Peter Zavadsky, Experts Hayk Manvelyan, Oleg Shakhnazarov and Igor Traub and Class A player Uyanga Byambaa are tied for first after three rounds of the Fall Tuesday Night Marathon with perfect scores. Byambaa, a 20-year-old Mongolian student, has been particularly impressive with wins over Expert Steven Gaffagan and National Master Russell Wong the last two rounds. This is an uncompromising event. Just like round two there was only a single draw in the 25 games played. It is still not to late to enter the 9 round event with half point byes for rounds 1-3. Here is an interesting game from round two.
David Klinetobe - Peter Zavadsky 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Nbd4 0-0 11.c3 Nc6 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Be3 Re8 15.Re1 Ne4 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qa4 Bc7 18.Rad1 b5 19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Nb3 Nc4! 21.Bd4? 21.Rxd5 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qh6 is good for Black but after 21.Bf4 Qd6! Peter is winning. 21...Qd6! 22.g4 Bxg4? 22...Bg6 with ideas of ...h5 and ...Ng5 would have won quickly. 23.hxg4 Qf4 24.Rd3? 24.Kf1 Qxg4 25.Ng1 was necessary. 24...Qxg4+ 25.Kf1 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Re6 27.Ne5 Rg6+ 28.Bg4 Rxg4+ 29.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 30.Kf1 Re8 31.Qd1 Qf4 32.f3 Nxb2 33.Qc2 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Qf5 35.Re3 Re6 36.Ke1 Ng3 37.Rxe6 Qxe6+ 38.Kd1 Bf4 39.Nc5 Qh6 40.Kc2 Qh2+ 41.Kb3 Qe2 42.Qxe2 Nxe2 43.Nxa6 Nxd4+ 44.cxd4 h5 45.Nb4 h4 46.Nxd5 h3 47.Nxf4 h2 0-1 Arthur Ishmakow won the Wednesday Night Blitz last evening taking home the first prize of $50. Romolo Fuentes and Jules Jelinek tied for 2nd/3rd each winning $25. This Saturday and Sunday the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club will be hosting the Carroll Capps Memorial. Among those entered in advance is the esteemed veteran International Master Walter Shipman. 2) Steven Zierk wins World Under 18 ChampionshipVini Vidi Vici ! 17-year-old Los Gatos High school student and San Francisco Mechanics' team member Steven Zierk won the World Under 18 Championship in Halidiki, Greece, this past week. Seeded 26th at 2390 Steven's performance was outstanding. He scored 9.5 from 11 including 2.5 from 3 against the GMs he faced for a performance rating of 2723. Steve's victory gained him an automatic International Master title, one norm for the GM title and a whopping 66 FIDE rating points (the latter based on information from Chess Results.com). To put this result in perspective a list of previous winners of this prestigious event includes such famous names as Akopian, Tiviakov, Kramnik, Svidler, Ponomariov, Vallejo Pons, Mamedyarov, Jakovenko and Almasi. Steven becomes the third SF Mechanics' team member in four years, joining Daniel Naroditsky (U12) in 2007 and Sam Shankland (U18) - third on tiebreak - in 2008. Add a silver medal by Jordy-Mont Reynaud in the World Under 10 Championship in 1993 and Vinay Bhat' finishing in the top five on fine different occasions in different World Youth Championships and one can see the Bay Area has been a consistent producer of top-level youth talent. Steven was not the only Bay Area player to shine as Cameron Wheeler, Samuel Sevian and Vignesh Panchanatham all finished in the top ten in the World under 10. Well done! Bay Area Final Standings at the 2010 World Youth
* U18: FM Steven Zierk 9.5 -- 1st place The last round Steven crushed a 2495 rated Azeri Grandmaster, his fourth straight victory
Steven Zierk - Vasif Durarbeyli 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 g6 7...e6 was safer but the text is playable if followed up correctly. 8.Nc3 Qa5? 8...Qd8, as played by Pia Cramling, was essential. The text loses a vital tempo as will soon be seen. 9.Qb3! Bg7 10.Ne5! 0-0 11.Nc4 Steven zeroes in on the weakness on b6. 11...Qc7 11...Qd8 12.Nb6 Ra7 13.d5 Bf5 14.h3 also leaves Black paralyzed. 12.Nb6 Ra7 13.d5 White is already winning as Black has no way to extricate his rook. 13...Bf5 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Be2 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Qc4 f5? 18.d6+ Kh8 19.Nbd5 e6 20.Nf4 Qxd6 21.Bxa7 Nc6 22.Bc5 Qe5+ 23.Be3 g5 24.Nd3 Qf6 25.0-0 f4 26.Bc5 Rc8 27.Ne4 Qg6 28.f3 Bf5 29.Qb3 Bxe4 30.fxe4 Rd8 31.Qxb7 Qxe4 32.Nf2 1-0 3) Bill Addison 1933-2008The great San Francisco chessmaster and gentlemen William Addison, who passed away two years ago on October 29th, is the subject of a first rate tribute by Bill Wall which appears at Chess.com Bill Addison Tribute 4) Here and ThereThe November FIDE rating list is out. Bilbao was counted, but not Magnus Carlsen's great result in Nanjing. The US has two players in the top 20 - Hikaru Nakamura is tied for 14th-15th at 2741 and current US champion Gata Kamsky shares 19th place at 2726.
1. Anand IND - 2804 American number one Hikaru Nakamura faces his toughest test to date in the category XXI (average rating - 2757) Tal Memorial in Moscow which starts today.
The players are: 4) 2011 Berkeley InternationalThe 2011 Berkeley International will not only be strong (already 8 GMs signed up including 2600s Van Wely, Gareev, Hess and Erenburg) but also has 22 foreigners in the 47 player field. The large number of foreign players and foreign title-holders will allow FIDE rule 1.43e to be met. It says: Swiss System tournaments in which the competitors include at least 20 FIDE Rated players, not from the host federation, from at least 3 federations, at least 10 of whom hold GM, IM, WGM or WIM titles. The effect of this is that the foreigner requirement is waived for the event and all players are eligible for norms assuming that meet the right number of titleholders and obtain the necessary points. This is very rare for American tournaments with only the World Open typically meeting these requirements. Contact Arun Sharma (arun2259@yahoo.com) or David Pruess (pruess@gmail.com) for more information. 6) Upcoming EventsMECHANICS' TOURNAMENTS (go to www.chessclub.org for more information) 2010 Events
Carroll Capps Memorial - November 6-7 2011 Events
Bob Burger Open - January 8 BAY AREA TOURNAMENTS Nov. 26-28 or 27-28 California Class Championship GPP: 40 Enhanced California Northern 6SS, 30/90 G/60 (2-day sched rds 1-3 G/60). Hyatt Regency SFO Airport, 1333 Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame, CA 94010. Hotel rate $89. $8,000 b/137 entries (80% guaranteed). 6 sections: Open (2200+ FIDE rated)> 1000-500-200-100-100. X (2000-2199), A (1800-1999), B (1600-1799) & C (1400-1599): 700-300-100-100-100 each. Section DE (1000-1399): 500-200-100 (u1200 200-100-100). The 5th place prize will be awarded only in the 2 largest sections. Unrated prize limit of $200 in all sections except Open. EF: $99 3-day & $98 2-day mailed by 11/23, online by 11/24, Onsite +$25, Play-up +$20. 5% off before 10/26. GMs/IMs free: EF subtr from prize. Re-entry $40. EF Econ Opt: EF minus $30 & 1/2 of computed prize. Nov 2010 Supp, CCA min & TD discretion used to place players accurately. TD/Org: McCumiskey, Langland, Azhar. 3-day sched: Reg Fri 10-11, Rds. Fri/Sat 11:30-5:30, Sun 10, 3:30. 2-day sched: Reg Sat. 9-9:30, Rds Sat 10-12:30-2:45-5:30, Sun. 10-10:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes & must commit bef rd 3. Ent: Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite B213, San Jose 95131. T: 408-786-5515. E: ask@BayAreaChess.com, Info/Form/Entries: BayAreaChess.com/tg. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Dec. 31-Jan. 2 or Jan. 1-2 New Year Open GPP: 40 Enhanced California Northern 6SS 30/90 G/60 (2-day sched rds 1-3 G/60). Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwt, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Hotel rate $79. $7,000 b/118 entries (80% guaranteed). 5 sections: Open (2100+) $1000-500-200-100-100. XA (1900-2099), AB (1700-1899), BC (1500-1699) $700-300-100-100-100 each. CDE (under 1500) $500-200-100 (u1300 200-100-100). The 5th place prize will be awarded in only the 2 largest sections. Unrated prize limit of $200 in all sections except Open. EF: $99 3-day & $98 2-day mailed by 12/28, online by 12/29, Onsite +$25, Play-up +$20. 5% off bef 11/30. GMs/IMs free: EF subtr from prize. Re-entry $40. EF Econ Opt: EF minus $30 & 1/2 of computed prize. Jan 2011 Supp, CCA min & TD discretion used to place players accurately. TD/Org: Langland/Azhar. 3-day sched: Reg Fri 10-11, Rds. Fri/Sat 11:30-5:30, Sun 10, 3:30. 2-day sched: Reg Sat. 9-9:30, Rds Sat 10-12:30-2:45-5:30, Sun. 10-10:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes & must commit before rd 3. Ent: Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite B213, San Jose 95131. T: 408-786-5515. E: ask@BayAreaChess.com, Info/Form: BayAreaChess.com/ny. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Jan. 14-17 or 15-17 2nd Annual Golden State Open GPP: 150 Enhanced California Northern 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75). Concord Hilton Hotel, 1970 Diamond Blvd., Concord, CA 94520 (I-680 Willow Pass Rd exit). Free shuttle between hotel and Concord BART station. Free parking. Prizes $40,000 based on 320 paid entries (re-entries & U1300 Section count as half entries), minimum guarantee $30,000 (75% of each prize). In 6 sections. Open, open to all. $3000-1500-1200-800-600-500-400, clear or tiebreak winner $200, top U2400/Unr $1800-1000. FIDE. Under 2200: $2400-1200-1000-700-500-400-300. Under 2000: $2400-1200-1000-700-500-400-300. Under 1800: $2400-1200-1000-700-500-400-300. Under 1600: $2000-1000-800-600-400-300-200, top Under 1400 $800-400. Under 1300: $800-500-400-300-200- 100-100, top Under 1100 $400-200. Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) may enter any section, with maximum prize U1300 $300, U1600 $500, U1800 $700, U2000 $900. Top 5 sections EF: 4-day $154, 3-day $153 mailed by 1/6, all $155 online at chesstour.com by 1/11, $160 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 1/11 (entry only, no questions), $180 at site. GMs free; $130 deducted from prize. Under 1300 Section EF: $4-day $74, 3-day $73 mailed by 1/6, $75 online at chesstour.com by 1/11 (entry only, no questions), $80 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 1/11, $100 at site. All: Special 1 yr USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry (except Open) $60. Mailed EF $5 less to CalChess members. 4-day schedule: Late reg. ends Fri 6:15 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Late reg. ends Sat 10:15 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. Byes: OK all, limit 3; Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Foreign player ratings: See chesstour.com. HR: Rate of $99-99 has been reduced to about $93-93, even lower for seniors 62 or over, 925-827-2000, for details see www.chesstour.com/gso11.htm, reserve by 12/31 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Ent: Continental Chess, c/o Goichberg, Box 661776, Arcadia, CA 91066. $15 service charge for withdrawals. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. |