Is Tiviakov’s Scandinavian refuted?
8 January 2008 15:24 PM | Last modified: 17:54
With a score of 6 / 9, Hungarian GM Zoltan Almasi has won the 50e Torneo Capodanno in Reggio Emilia. Second was Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, who won the brilliancy prize for his win against Tiviakov. (Good to see that some tournamenst still give brilliancy prizes.) We’re going to look at this game in detail - a must for 1.e4 mainline players!
50th Reggio Emilia Final Standings
| Place | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almasi,Z | 2691 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6.0 |
| 2 | Gashimov,V | 2664 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.5 |
| 3 | Ni Hua | 2641 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 |
| 4 | Harikrishna,P | 2668 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Landa,K | 2678 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.5 |
| 6 | Korchnoi,V | 2611 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 |
| 7 | Navara,D | 2656 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Tiviakov,S | 2643 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Marin,Mi | 2551 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 3.5 |
| 10 | Godena,M | 2535 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 3.0 |
Here the best game of the tournament:
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The prize winning game
Post-game explanation by the players was common in Reggio too. Here Navara.
Marin and Godena
Korchnoi and Tiviakov analysing
The winner!
Everyone smile - the players and the organizers
What do you do as the Reggio winner? You give a thirty-board simul, as was agreed beforehand…
…but THIS we had not agreed! (After a big applause and lots of smiles, the five GMs gave their places to five amateurs.)
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Great report, Peter! I will just add another touch of colour. Upon seeing the 5 GMs, Almasi wore his best and most surprised smile. Then he simply added with a grin: “OK now, all you other guys can go home and I will play with these five!”. Champions are born…
Hmmm Scandiviestampot
Finally a success for Almási. He is such a good player, but he seemed to be a little bit short of luck. Now i’m happy to see him at first place in this strong tournament.