GM Alexey Dreev wins Indonesia Chess Open 2013
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GM Alexey Dreev drew the last round game with India's GM GN Gopal to win the Indonesia Chess Open comfortably. In other results of the last round, GM Nigel Short (6.5) beat GM Alexander Moiseenko (7.5), GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (7) drew GM Batchuluub Tsegmed (6.5) and GM Abhijeet Gupta (6.5) beat GM Marco Sandro (7).
On the lower boards with remaining players on 6.5/10 and in contention for a top-ten finish, GM Oliver Barbosa found GM Dao Tien Hai too strong as the former Vietnam No. 1 comfortably halted his Kingside attack and then converted the endgame, GM Shyam Sundar M ended WGM Elisabeth Paehtz’s fine run, GM Susanto Megaranto quickly drew IM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Vaibhav Suri beat GM Darwin Laylo and GM Cao Sang lost to GM Vadim Malakhatko.
International title norms were achieved by:
IM 1. Anjas Novitas, 2. Masruri Rahman. 3. Mohamad Ervan and 4. Anton Smirnoff, 5. Pradeep Kumar RA
WIM 1. Citra AA Dewi
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Indonesia Chess Open 2013 Round 8: Alexey Dreev Keeps Lead
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More chess updates coming in from the Indonesia Chess Open 2013 where eight rounds have been played. GM Alexey Dreev (6/7), who has been leading, played GM Sandro Mareco (5.5/7) and drew thereby keeping the sole lead with 6.5/8.
There was a crowd of players at 5/7 and witnessed quite a few draws. GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami drew with GM Alexander Moiseenko, IM Nguyen Duc Hoa drew with GM Nigel Short and WGM Elisabeth Paehtz drew with GM Ivan Ivanisevic.
In other major results, GM Eduardo Iturrizaga lost to GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and GM Dao Tien Hai beat GM Ivan Sokolov. GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan lost to GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and GM Renier Vazquez Igarza beat IM Djurabek Khamrakulov.
Standings
1. Dreev 6.5/8, 2-3. Mosieenko and Mareco 6/8, 4-11 Short, Ivaninevic, Ganguly, Nguyen Ngoc Trong Son, Vazquez Igarza, Dao, Nguyen Duc Hoa, and Paehtz 5.5/8.
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Indonesia Chess Open Round 7: Alexey Dreev Keeps Lead
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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Today was a double round at one of the top open championships of the year Indonesia Open 2013. GM Alexey Dreev (interview here) kept the sole lead achieved in R5 after a gift and a hard fought draw. He is eager to achieve a good score before his important participation at the European Club Cup 2013.
Among the women, WGM Elisabeth Paehtz (interview here) is now on 5,0/7, while GM Antoaneta Stefanova and GM Hoang Thanh Trang are close behind on 4.5/7.
Live games with analysis here
Round 6, the morning round
The tournament leader in GM Alexey Dreev was expected to have a tough encounter against first seeded GM Alexander Moiseenko in a top board match-up of the morning round, but it was not to be as somehow Moiseenko did not manage to make the game on time. With this gift Dreev consolidated his lead to 5.5/6, a result which left the chasing pack with everything to do. On second board GM Sandro Mareco drew quickly against GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly by allowing repetition of an opening variation already played earlier by Black and leaving both with 4.5/6.
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When World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand Played in Chennai!
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A nice chess article (AsianAge) on when World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand last played in Chennai. As you know it is going to be dateline Chennai this November when Anand takes on World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.
The score line 4.5-1.5 in favour of GM Viswanathan Anand against erstwhile Soviet Union GM Alexey Dreev might not even raise an eyebrow today. But then, in 1991, Anand was just an upcoming GM from the so-called third world country while Dreev was a rising star from the illustrious Soviet school of chess.
An Indian defeating a Russian with such a resounding score line was a big achievement. The win not only thrust India’s first GM into the limelight, as he advanced to the quarterfinals of the world chess championship cycle, but it also put India on the global map of chess for organising a match of that stature.
“When I broke the news to Anand’s mother Susheela Viswanathan about holding the pre-quarterfinals match in Chennai, she was both happy and surprised. She asked me whether we would be able to pull off such a big event. By successfully conducting the match, we proved that we can organise high profile events,“ said Fide vice president D. V. Sundar, who added that the total prize fund of about `2 lakh was a big amount in 1991.
Anand’s father K.Viswanathan said he was thrilled to see his son win the quarterfinal. He visited the tournament hall every day to provide moral support to his son who was 21 years old then. Anand had for the first time qualified for the 1990-93 world championship cycle.
Susheela, who stayed with Anand at the tournament venue Trident Hotel, recalled the candidates’ match, and noted that everything went on smoothly. “The crowd behaved well and it was an enjoyable experience. In one game, Anand played a knight fork that took everyone by surprise. My son was very good in handling knights,” she added.
Ebenezer Joseph, India’s first Fide trainer, said the interest level was lower for the AnandDreev match. “Chess was not much popular in India those days,” he added. Anand’s performances took the game to the next level.
Players started getting jobs and the union government recognised the mind sport. Tamil Nadu’s first WIM Saritha Reddy, however, said the 1991 match created interest for chess in India. “Chess was not as popular in the early 90s as it is today and we didn’t have many promising young players. But I feel the Anand-Dreev match created a buzz. Today we have so many youthful grandmasters and the popularity of the game has grown manifold,” she added.
Saritha said Anand’s chances against Dreev were 50-50. The Indian GM, a five-time world champion now, may start as the underdog against Magnus Carlsen in the world championship match, which will be held in Chennai from November 6 to 26 later this year.
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Classical Chess Losing Popularity: GM Alexey Dreev
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In an interesting observation, GM Alexey Dreev has said that classical chess is losing popularity because of computer use and rapid chess is the way to go in the future. He was speaking to Russian chess news site chess-news.ru. The European Rapid Chess Champion Alexey said, "In classical chess 20-30 moves made by the players aren't their own. Not in every game, but in most of them. The recent encounter Jakovenko - Gelfand is the best example of it. Dmitry decided to check his opponent, Boris forgot the theory on 41st move! Classical chess loses popularity under pressure of computers... This process has already started, but not everyone pays enough attention to it. Rapid is more entertaining. You should have preparation, but you don't have time to learn all that variations by heart! So, the one whose overall chess skills are stronger - wins. I consider this to be fairer. It's absolutely wrong to think that rapid chess is not objective! Only the strongest wins in it. You may play a classical game against the opponent whose rating is 2200, but who has memorized what Houdini has advised him, while rapid shows who is who immediately. What is more important, in rapid the role of computers goes down!"
Speaking about analysis and preparation, he said, "Depends with whom you are comparing. Let's say, Vishy Anand with his team, or Sergey Karjakin if talking about Russia. Sergey's preparation is focused on computer preparation. He has assistants who analyse with computers. Actually that's just a huge work, hard labor, hellish work. I've done that as long as I've been helping different players. The main problem is how to memorize all that. At least that's a problem for me. There are people with exceptional memory who have a huge advantage against others. As Garry Kasparov had once. Well, of course I write down some variants, but only to a definite point in analyses, not to absurdity!"
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GM Igor Kurnosov Wins World Rapid Chess Qualifier
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GM Igor Kurnosov has won the qualifier of the World Rapid Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. He was already leading on Day 1 and held on to his lead to finish the event a point clear of the field. Second place was shared by four players, but 2nd and 3rd on tiebreak were Alexey Dreev and Vladislav Tkachiev, who also qualified for the World Rapid Chess 2012 finals.
These three players now join Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Viktor Bologan, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, and Anuar Ismagambetov for the finals in Astana.
Final standings of the qualifiers
Name Pts TB1 TB2
1 Kurnosov, Igor 6,5 37 46,5
2 Dreev, Alexey 6 38 49
3 Tkachiev, Vladislav 6 37,5 47
4 Andreikin, Dmitry 6 36 46
5 Moiseenko, Alexander 6 35,5 46
6 Le, Quang Liem 5,5 33 42,5
7 Kuderinov, Kirill 5,5 33 42,5
8 Gagunashvili, Merab 5 38 45,5
9 Chadaev, Nikolai 5 37 47
10 Filippov, Anton 5 32,5 41,5
11 Kotsur, Pavel 5 30,5 39,5
12 Aleksandrov, Aleksei 4,5 33 40,5
13 Iuldachev , Saidali 4,5 32 39
14 Neverov, Valeriy 4,5 31 40
15 Jumabayev, Rinat 4,5 29 38
16 Rychagov, Andrey 4 34 43,5
17 Saduakassova, Dinara 4 27 34
18 Papin, Vasily 3,5 31 40
19 Akkozov, Berik 3,5 27,5 35
20 Mankeyev, Rauan 3,5 26 33
21 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 3 30 37
22 Igambergenov, Alibek 3 26,5 33
23 Akhmetov, Ayan 3 26 32
24 Minko, Vladimir 1 26 34
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GM Alexey Dreev drew the last round game with India's GM GN Gopal to win the Indonesia Chess Open comfortably. In other results of the last round, GM Nigel Short (6.5) beat GM Alexander Moiseenko (7.5), GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (7) drew GM Batchuluub Tsegmed (6.5) and GM Abhijeet Gupta (6.5) beat GM Marco Sandro (7). 
