Bacrot & Kovalyov lead in Montreal
After four rounds GMs Etienne Bacrot and Anton Kovalyov are leading the Montreal International with 3 points. The two are half a point ahead of GMs Mark Bluvshtein and Alexander Onischuk in a strong, 12-player round-robin.
The 10th Montreal International takes place August 27th till September 7th in Montreal, Canada. This year it's a 12-player round-robin with Etienne Bacrot (FRA, 2721), Alexander Onischuk (USA, 2699), Arkady Naiditsch (2697), Alexander Moiseenko (UKR, 2682), Sergei Tiviakov (NED, 2674), Yuri Shulman (USA, 2648), Varuzhan Akobian (USA, 2626), Anton Kovalyov (ARG, 2572), Mark Bluvshtein (CAN, 2558), Sebastien Maze (FRA, 2546), Thomas Roussel-Roozmon (CAN, 2487) and Vinay Bhat (USA, 2473).
Etienne Bacrot and the relatively unknown Argentine grandmaster Anton Kovalyov lead after four rounds; the Frenchman beat GM Tiviakov and IM Roussel-Roozmon while Kovalyov also beat the Canadian IM, and GM Vinay Bhat. Below are the games of the first three rounds - all that is available at the moment on the so far disappointing tournament website, which is offering only the most basic information.
Games rounds 1-3
Game viewer by ChessTempo
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Meppie
2 years 5 months ago
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Is that really Tiviakov player overthere? Five games and no draw. I think somebody else is playing in his place....
Thomas
2 years 5 months ago
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Meppie, it takes two to agree to a (quick) draw ... . Maybe Tiviakov's opponents in Montreal are less 'cooperative' than even some he used to play at Corus, despite their higher ratings?
Meppie
2 years 5 months ago
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Maybe Tiviakov is not in his best shape. Normally he's hard to beat and wins a lot of players with a lower rating. Especially with white.
guitarspider
2 years 5 months ago
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To me it looks like Tiviakov is simply out of form.
Jan Vente
2 years 5 months ago
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In round 6 this disaster happened to Naiditsch:
(5) Akobian (2626) - Naiditsch (2697) [D36]
TIM (6), 2009
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Cc3 c6 6.Dc2 Fe7 7.Fg5 0-0 8.e3 Ce4 9.Ff4 f5 10.Fd3 Cd7 11.h3 g6 12.g4 g5 13.Fh2 fxg4 14.Cxe4 Txf3 15.Cd6 Cf8 16.Fxh7+ 1-0
Jan Vente
2 years 5 months ago
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(5) Akobian (2626) – Naiditsch (2697) [D36]
In the live broadcasting the played some more moves. Sorry for the incorrect posting.
guitarspider
2 years 5 months ago
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The table is funny, it says Naiditsch got 3/4 points for a draw :D
Also the game viewer has three Naiditsch wins, but the table has 2 wins and 2 draws?
Peter Doggers
2 years 5 months ago
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I'll sort it out later; busy on last day NH today...
guitarspider
2 years 5 months ago
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No worries, I know those aren't your mistakes. But the 3/4 is amusing. :D
Rini Luyks
2 years 5 months ago
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Naiditsch has also 3 out of 4.
And sorry (once again, understandable Peter because of NH), Kovalyov (friend of our dear Grupo de Xadrez Alekhine Lisbon!, he gave a simul here!) also beat Tiviakov (not the Canadian) in a crazy game in the first round! I looked at some moments on my blogue "Gato do Alekhine"
Thomas
2 years 5 months ago
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Maybe the organizers symbolically gave Naiditsch 3/4 points for his fighting spirit against Maze. He declined a repetition to continue playing against the white king - even though he was down quite some material and his own king was also VERY exposed. Some time later Naiditsch still had to give perpetual check. (The game is now available on the tournament homepage).
And yes, Moiseenko-Naiditsch was a short draw (not a win by black in 14 moves) and Naiditsch is in shared first with 3/4 (three out of four).
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