27 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – News of Boris Gelfand defeating Alexander Grischuk on the 26th May 2011 is finally sinking in. Gelfand who is 42 years, is older than Vishy Anand, the reigning World Chess Champion. Here is a five minute preview of the sixth game between Gelfand and Grischuk by the Internet Chess Club. Here is the link, click here.
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26 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, Russia, the sixth game of the Candidates Final generated a major win for Boris Gelfand. Grischuk played a Gruefeld Opening and ran into trouble with a novelty move by Gelfand and lost. With this win, Gelfand will get the chance to challenge the reigning World Chess Champion, GM Vishy Anand for the world title.
The official website of the tournament reported that Boris Gelfand won the last, sixth game of FIDE Candidates Matches final in Kazan against Russian Alexander Grischuk and became challenger for the World Champion Viswanathan Anand from India. In an extremely good performance Grischuk stopped his clock after move 35 and four hours playing. During the press conference, Gelfand reportedly said that he was fortunate that his opponent chose the Gruenfeld, an opening that he is very familiar.
Pairings Tree:
Here is the winning sixth game between Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk at the FIDE Candidates Final in Kazan, Russia played on the 25th May 2011.
[Event "Candidates Matches"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2011.05.25"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.05.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 Qc8 16. Kh2 Ra5 17. Rd1 Rh5 18. Nh4 Bf6 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf2 Bxh4 21. gxh4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rhxd5 23. Bb2 Rb5 24. Qe2 Rh5 25. e4 Bxb3 26. Rdc1 Na5 27. d5 b6 28. Be5 c5 29. dxc6 f6 30. Ba1 Rc5 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Qb5 Qc7 33. Rxb3 Nxc6 34. e5 Nd4 35. Qc4+ 1-0
After white played 35.Qc4+, black resigned.
22 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At Kazan, Russia, the final between Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand continues with its drawing ways. Three games and three draw results. Today is a rest day and tomorrow, Monday, 23 May 2011, the game 4 begins.
Here is the third game between Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk which ended in a draw after 14 moves.
[Event "Candidates Matches"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2011.05.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2011.05.21"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. g3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nd7 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qa4 a5 14. dxc5 1/2-1/2
17 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are two games from the Candidates Match 2011 in Kazan, Russia. Grischuk beats Kramnik in a crucial playoff tiebreak after two earlier drawn games. This means Grischuk will progress to the finals to meet Boris Gelfand.
TWIC reported that Alexander Grischuk showed amazing calmness under pressure to progress to the final of the World Chess Championship Candidates in Kazan. He defeated former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik in a blitz playoff. He will meet Boris Gelfand who finally defeated Gata Kamsky in the blitz after being extremely close to going out. The final starts on Thursday 19th May.
In the other semi-finals of the Candidates Match 2011, Boris Gelfand won easily two games against Gata Kamsky. One of the games is shown below.
The winning tie-break game between Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk is shown below. Kramnik played a fatal mistake by moving 47.Rb5 allowing Grischuk to capture the rook with his knight 47…Nxb5, game over and white resigned as black as a winning three pawns and a rook against white’s trapped pawn and a white colored bishop.
[Event "FIDE Candidates Matches 2011, Tiebreak"] [Site "Kazan/Tatarstan/Russia"] [Date "2011.05.16"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B38"] [Annotator "Robot 4"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2011.05.16"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Rfe1 a4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 e5 17. Rh3 h5 18. Ne3 Rh8 19. Rg3 Nc5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Rh3 Bxe4 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Ra6 25. Re3 Qf6 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Rb6 28. h3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nxb3 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Rd5 Kf6 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34. Rb6 Nc5 35. g3 hxg3 36. fxg3 Rc6 37. Rb5 f5 38. Kf2 b6 39. Ke3 Rd6 40. h4 Kf6 41. Be2 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kf3 Rh6 44. Rb1 Ne6 45. Kg2 Nd4 46. Bd1 Rc6 47. Rb5 Nxb5 0-1
Here is one of two winning games by Boris Gelfand against Gata Kamsky of the USA in the semi-finals of the Candidates Match 2011 in Kazan, Russia on the 16 May 2011. Gelfand had a winning pawn position in the end game. Black had five pawns to three disconnected white pawns.
[Event "FIDE Candidates Matches 2011, Tiebreak"] [Site "Kazan/Tatarstan/Russia"] [Date "2011.05.16"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [Annotator "Robot 4"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2011.05.16"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 d6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c3 e5 15. f5 a6 16. Na3 d5 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Bf2 d4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Kh1 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nc5 23. Bc4 Na5 24. Nxa5 bxa5 25. Qh5 Qc7 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Ne4 28. Bg1 Qc4 29. Raa1 Qxd5 30. Rad1 d3 31. Qf3 Rad8 32. Rfe1 Nf6 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. c4 Rd7 35. Bb6 e4 36. c5 Rc8 37. h3 h5 38. Kg1 h4 39. Bxa5 Rxc5 40. Bc3 Rc4 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. b3 Rb4 43. Kf2 Rd5 44. Ke3 Rxf5 45. Rc1 Rg5 46. Rc4 Rxc4 47. bxc4 Rxg2 48. c5 Re2+ 49. Rxe2 dxe2 50. Kxe2 Kf8 0-1
(games from playchess.com)
Links:
- Official – website of Candidates Matches.
14 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the FIDE Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia, the tournament has reached the Semi-Finals stage.
TWIC reported that both Boris Gelfand and Vladimir Kramnik got serious opening advantages with white in the second round of the semi-finals of the FIDE World Chess Championship Candidates matches. Gelfand in particular had a winning position, at least according to his opponent Kamsky. But he didn't find the right way to exploit this and Kamsky then found his way to a draw. Kramnik got what looked like the kind of position he enjoys but in this case Grischuk found a very nice plan which kept the advantage within bounds and allowed him to hold the draw.
The tree illustrates the scenario of the players that have been eliminated at Quarterfinals and the standings at Semi-Finals stage.
Results of Semi-Finals:
Early favorite, Levon Aronian, was eliminated by Alexander Grischuk during the Quarterfinals with a 4.5-3.5 in favour of Grischuk.
Here is the winning game for Grischuk against Aronian during the quarterfinals.
[Event "Candidates Matches"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2011.05.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2011.05.09"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. d3 Qd7 11. Ned5 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rac8 14. e4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Be3 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bg1 h5 20. Nd5 Rf7 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Rcf8 23. Qf3 Bf6 24. Bf2 Rh7 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rh1 g5 27. h3 b6 28. Rh2 Nd8 29. b3 Ne6 30. Kf1 b5 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rhh1 Rf8 33. Rhc1 Rb8 34. Rh1 b4 35. Rh2 a4 36. Kh1 Ra8 37. Bg1 axb3 38. Rxb3 Ra4 39. Rbb2 Ra3 40. Rbg2 Qa4 41. h4 Rc3 42. Qf1 Qa3 43. hxg5 Rc1 44. Qf2 Rxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Nxg5 46. Kh1 Qxd3 47. Qh4 Qh3+ 0-1
After black played 47….Qh3+, white resigned.
Links:
- TWIC – commentaries and results.
- Official – website of Candidates Matches.
- Games
8 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the winning game played by Gata Kamsky against Veselin Topalov during 1.2 round of the FIDE Candidates Match 2011 at Kazan, Russia.
[Event "Candidates Matches"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2011.05.06"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2011.05.08"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 Bh6+ 11. e3 a5 12. h4 Ncb4 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rd2 f6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Be2 Qc8 18. Rh4 Kf7 19. Rd1 g5 20. Rh2 g4 21. Nfd2 c5 22. dxc5 f5 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Bf4 Rf6 28. e4 Rxc5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. b3 Qd4 31. Be3 Qc3+ 0-1
5 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, Russia, the FIDE Candidates Matches has begun today and eight candidates that includes Levon Aronian (pix above), Gata Kamsky, Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Grischuk, and Boris Gelfand will be competing to become the next challenger to the current reigning World Champion, Vishy Anand. The dates of the Candidates matches are from May 3rd-27th, 2011.
Game Format: The matches will be played over four games. Two days after these matches end, the second round starts, with the winner of Topalov-Kamsky against the winner of Gelfand-Mamedyarov and the winner of Kramnik-Radjabov against the winner of Aronian-Grischuk. These matches will also consist of four games. The final match will consist of six games.
The matches are being held in Kazan, Russia. It’s the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan where it ranks as the sixth largest city of Russia.
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