For anyone rushing out to copyright that moniker in order to sell commemorative mugs, mouse pads, and teddy bears with Peter Svidler's face on them, any American chess fan can tell you that the title is already taken. Walter Browne won six US titles from 1974-83, even more impressive than it looks since that span included only seven events. Peter Svidler just won his amazing sixth Russian title, his first since 2008 and 17 years since his first in 1994. Since Russia went solo in 1992, only one other player has won more than once, Morozevich in 1998 and 2007. In 2004 the championship was supercharged into a superfinal, a round-robin that mixed qualifiers with the heavyweights who often chickened out of the big opens.
The 2011 edition was perhaps the strongest yet, if also the smallest. All of Russia's top stars were there, plus qualifiers Timofeev and Galkin. Kramnik turned up for just the second time, joined by Grischuk, Morozevich, Svidler, Nepomniachtchi, and new Russian number one Sergey Karjakin. No insult to Jakovenko or Vitiugov, who are currently rated higher than Moro and Nepo, but there's no doubt the latter two are the marquee names. The sporadically retired Morozevich actually dropped below 2700 on the last list and is ready to add over 40 points on the next one after his results in the Russian Ch and Biel. Great to have him back.
So a short sprint it would be, just seven rounds with one rest day. +2 was looking good for a share of first in such a tough field. But instead of conservative play we got a real firefight with under 50% of games drawn. No one escaped without a loss, though Timofeev and Galkin were knocked around as Elo expected, both going winless. Svidler started fast out of the gate, beating Kramnik in the first round when Big Vlad couldn't keep the fires burning after an enterprising piece sac. Then after two draws Svidler won three games in a row to lock up the title. The final table looks closer than it was due to Svidler's loss to Morozevich in the final round. Clinching the Russian championship with a round to spare is no small feat, especially in an event of just seven rounds. Svidler played a lot of excellent defense, twice winning with counterattacks. When he got the chance to go on the offensive he was just as impressive, outplaying Galkin and Nepomniachtchi with powerful efforts. It was a particularly sweet win for him since it came right on the heels of his mediocre showing for Russia at the World Teams.
Kramnik continues to impress with his aggressive play, not to say devil-may-care. After losing the Anand match Kramnik started sacrificing pawns in the opening on a regular basis and now he's chucking pieces around like a Spaniard heaving tomatoes during the Tomatina. Of course such risks don't always pay off, although Kramnik's other loss came in his beloved Berlin, to Karjakin, who just beat Kramnik's Petroff a few months ago. Kramnik compensated with three wins to tie for 3-5th with Karjakin and Grischuk. He also pulled off his "I want to win with black so I will play the Pirc and you will think you can beat me but you will lose because I am Kramnik and you are not" trick against Galkin in the final round. He first did this against Smeets at Wijk aan Zee last year, though it didn't work out against Naiditsch at Dortmund 2010, when the lower-rated player did beat him. There were many other wonderful games in Moscow, a real Russian feast.
Next up, the FIDE World Cup in, where else, Khanty-Mansiysk. Round one is on Sunday the 28th. As I mentioned here before, the number of top players not participating guarantees that at least one or two top-tenners won't be in the next world championship cycle, assuming FIDE actually sticks to its own rules. Nakamura qualified by rating but just tweeted he's off to Vancouver for two weeks. I hope he's preparing for the Bilbao Grand Slam Final, which is at the end of September. Aronian, Carlsen, Topalov, and Kramnik are also absent. I'll start a separate thread for this one tomorrow, have to get our upset picks in! (Leko-Shankland, hmmm...)
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Leko-Shankland? Shankland is a scrapper, but that's a non-starter.
Lots of other potentially good matchups to watch, however.
I am hoping for Shulman in Shulman-Potkin
What did Nakamura qualify by rating for?
I think Mig means that Naka's rating is high enough that he could have entered the World Cup if he wanted to, but that he opted not to, which means that unless he's selected as the "wildcard" by the next Candidates' organizers he's going to have to wait until the next cycle. But I might be misinterpreting.
well it means that he might know Rex Sinquefield intends to bid on the next candidates then otherwise his not participating is dumb.
Yeah, Nakamura's rating is high enough that he didn't need to qualify for the World Cup (by playing Zonal 2.1, AKA US Championship). When he decided to skip the World Cup, he probably expected better results at Bazna and Dortmund - not losing Elo ground on Karjakin and Kramnik who now have the best chances for the last rating spot (and Karjakin also plays in Siberia).
It's actually a Nakamura pattern that he wants to be invited rather than qualifying: He declined Corus B invitations, waiting for a crown group invite. And he didn't bother trying to qualify for the World Blitz Championship, which meant that his participation was delayed by one year.
Even if Sinquefield bids for the next candidates, Nakamura's approach is at least risky:
- the bid may not be honored
- even if it is, currently it isn't THAT clear who should get the wildcard, Nakamura or Kamsky.
Final point @Mig: FIDE would have to change its own rules quite drastically to accomodate ALL top tenners. There are only nine players in the final stage (world champion and eight in the candidates event), and chances are that the candidates event will have one or several 'weaker' (not top10) players - Gelfand (if he loses his match against Anand) and, so I suspect, at least one of the World Cup qualifiers.
It's not clear who "deserves" the wildcard by skill based criteria - Kamsky or Nakamura if Rex wins the bid. However ---- under all other circumstances it is quite clear. 1) Nakamura lives in St. Louis 2) Nakamura is an employee of Rex 3) Nakamura plays for St. Louis Arch Bishops 4) Nakamura's training and expenses are paid for by the club 5) Kamsky's small request for minor funds for the Kazan Candidates cycle wasn't JUST declined... the club (and Rex!) couldn't even be bothered to give Kamsky an answer.
Really? A personal thing? Couldn't be bothered? I'll wager that Rex is gonna get bitten in the ass one day by his protege, and will regret how he treated Kamsky.
Welcome back, it was entertaining.
Naka qualifies for nothing....he begs for handouts
If I won the lottery you guys wouldn't have to beg for handouts to play in the candidates.
What's this about Kamsky and Rex? I'd be interested in hearing more details and a source. I'm a big fan of Kamsky and it's a shame if he was mistreated by the CCSCSL.
Very entertaining interview with Korchnoi, with a priceless rant about Kasimdzhanov's anti-draw proposal: http://www.whychess.org/en/node/1527
Interesting as ever mishanp.
So he has a cane now. I wonder how long it will take before he starts hitting his enemies with it?
Btw Kasparov's Predecessors book featuring Korchnoi is a good read, as is Korchnoi's autobiography.
On second thoughts, I think I might change that to "walking stick" :)
"Cane" is a perfectly appropriate word. Anyway, hundreds of opponents have already been beaten by Korchnoi, and there was no outcry.
Thanks, mishanp, greatly appreciated as always!
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