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15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International

23 September - 1 October 2006

Last updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:41 PM

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Round 3 - 25 September 2006

Left: Sole leader Mateusz Bartel. Right: All draws in this photo - Areschenko v Gormally in the foreground, then Greenfeld v Kobalia. then Khenkin v Ikonnikov - the sort of game which gives the draw a bad name...

John Saunders reports: Akopian's game looked a little complicated - did he get away with something again? Mateusz Bartel is the sole leader on 3/3 after defeating Alex Shabalov. I'm not quite sure what happened in this game - it doesn't look won for Bartel at the end... I shall seek an answer. Quite a number of draws amongst the leading players. But not all draws are of equal interest. Khenkin-Ikonnikov has a claim to being the most boring long game I've ever had to key in, ever. I went into a catatonic coma around move 60 trying to work which of a pair of rooks went to which square. Both players have awful scrawly handwriting and one of them didn't both trying to resolve ambiguous rook moves. And that's all they were moving - rook move after rook move. Impossible to decipher and not a great game to play through - avoid it or risk mental illness. However, do please play through Greenfeld-Kobalia and Areschenko-Gormally - both draws but both very interesting.

Peter Wells ticked me off for depriving you of the last couple of moves of his win against Joanna Dworakowska. "They deserve to exist!", as he put it. I'm not sure how I came to truncate his masterpiece but the missing moves have been restored in the games download.

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Greenfeld,A (2551) - Kobalia,M (2647) [D45]
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (3.6), 25.09.2006

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 e3 a6 6 b3 Bb4 7 Bd2 0-0 8 Bd3 Nbd7 9 0-0 [9 Qc2 Bd6 10 Ne2 was the continuation in Huzman-Kasparov, Euro Club Cup 2003 - a famous game in which a little-known Israeli GM beat the world no.1.] 9 ..Bd6 10 Qc2 b6 [10 ..h6 11 e4 dxc4 12 bxc4 e5 13 c5 Bc7 14 Na4 exd4 15 h3 Re8 16 Rab1 Nh5 17 g3 Rb8 was played in Kuzubov-Kobalia, at last year's Monarch Assurance tournament.] 11 cxd5 cxd5 12 e4 dxe4 13 Nxe4 Be7 14 Neg5 g6 15 Nxe6!? [Now the fun really starts.] 15 ..fxe6 16 Ng5 Bb7 17 Bxg6

 

[This looks like one of those positions you see in books and magazines, in which White is predestined to win in a further five or six moves. But it is salutary to look at a game where the defence holds.] 17 ..Kh8 18 Bxh7 [A reasonable option is 18 Nxe6 Qc8 19 Nxf8 Qxf8 20 Bf5 when White has rook and three for two knights, but after 20 ..Qg7 21 g3 Rc8 Black has some compensation.] 18 ..Ng4 [Fritz comes up with an awesome counter-attacking idea for Black: 18 ..Qb8!? 19 Qg6 Ng4 20 g3 Bxg5 21 Qxg5 Rxf2!? 22 Rxf2 Nxf2 at which point the software thinks the position is equal.] 19 Bg8 Rf5 20 Nxe6

 

[At this point, you would half expect the annotator to write 'and wins' and then move on to the next game. But Black finds a desperate resource to keep the game going.] 20 ..Ne3!? 21 Qxf5? [It turns out that Black's last move was just a bluff. The point of the move was that, after 21 fxe3 Qxg8 Black is threatening mate on g2 and thus buys time to do something about the attacked rook on f5. But White could have continued 22 d5! which blocks the mate threat and also opens up a lethal attack on the long diagonal. The best Black can do is 22 ..Rf6 23 Bc3 Rc8 24 Rad1 Ne5 but now 25 Qe2! wins.] 21 ..Nxf5 22 Nxd8 Rxd8 23 Be6 Nxd4 [White has rook and three against the two knights but Black seems to be able to defend.] 24 Bc3 Nf6 25 Bxd4 Rxd4 26 Rad1 Rh4 27 Rfe1 Bc5 28 Re2 Kg7 29 Bh3 [Rather an artificial move.] 29 ..Bf3 30 gxf3 Rxh3 31 Kg2 Rh5 32 f4 Rh4 33 Kg3 Rg4+ 34 Kf3 Rh4 35 Kg3 Rg4+ 36 Kf3 Rh4 37 Kg3 1/2-1/2

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Areshchenko,A (2641) - Gormally,D (2513) [B33]
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (3.7), 25.09.2006

1 e4 c5 2 Ne2 Nc6 3 Nbc3 Nf6 4 d4 cxd4 5 Nxd4 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Nd5 Qa5+ 10 c3 Nxd5 11 exd5 Ne7 12 Nc2 h6 13 Be3 Bd7 14 f4 Nf5 15 Bd2

 

[A slightly unusual Sveshnikov configuration.] 15 ..Be7 16 Bd3 Bh4+ 17 g3 Bf6 18 Qf3 g6 19 0-0 Qb6+ 20 Kh1 [White has threats of capturing on e5, playing g4 and then taking on f7, so Black has to castle kingside.] 20 ..0-0 21 Ne3 Ng7 [21 ..Nxe3? 22 Bxe3 gains White a valuable tempo which can be used to expedite a kingside attack.] 22 f5 [22 Ng4!? looks promising though, after 22 ..Bxg4 23 Qxg4 exf4 24 Bxf4 g5 25 Bd2 Be5 26 Qf3 f5 , Black may be holding.] 22 ..Bg5 23 h4 Bxe3 24 Bxe3 Qb7 25 f6 [25 Bxh6 is the main alternative: 25 ..Bxf5 26 Bxf5 gxf5 27 Bxg7 Kxg7 and now 28 Qd3! f4!? 29 gxf4 Rh8 30 Rg1+ Kf8 31 Rg4 looks pretty good for White.] 25 ..Nf5 26 Bd2 [26 Bxf5 Bxf5 27 Bxh6 Rfc8 28 Bg7 and it is hard to believe that White cannot organise Qe3-h6-h8 mate. But Fritz doesn't seem to think he can. Black has some defences based on g5!? and Bh7, and he can also deploy the rook via c4.] 26 ..e4 [Played simply to get some rook play along the e-file.] 27 Bxe4 Rae8 28 Kh2 Rxe4 [Black knocks out the important light-squared bishop and gets ready to deploy his other rook.] 29 Qxe4 Re8 [29 ..Be6? loses to 30 h5 Bxd5 31 Qg4 and there is no defence.] 30 Qg2 Re5 31 Rad1 Rxd5 32 Bxh6? [A rare miscalculation by the young Ukrainian. White would do better to play 32 Bf4 Bc6 33 Qe2 when his material advantage should eventually tell. If 33 ..Rxd1 34 Rxd1 Bf3? 35 Qe8+ Kh7 36 Re1 with a decisive advantage.] 32 ..Bc6 33 Rxd5 Nxh6! 34 Qd2 [34 Rfd1 Ng4+ 35 Kg1 Nxf6! wins (35 ..Ne3? 36 Qe2 Nxd5 37 Rxd5 Bxd5 38 Qe8+ Kh7 39 Qf8 Qb6+ 40 Kf1 Bc4+ 41 Kg2 Bd5+ is only a draw) ] 34 ..Ng4+ 35 Kh3 Bxd5 36 Kxg4 Bg2!

 

37 Qe2 [White is unable to move his rook because of various mating threats: 37 Rf4?? Qc8+ 38 Kg5 Qc5+ 39 Kg4 Qh5#; 37 Rf2 Qc8+ 38 Kf4 Qf5+ 39 Ke3 Qe4# etc] 37 ..Qc8+ 38 Kg5 [38 Kf4?? Bxf1! wins.] 38 ..Bxf1 39 Qxf1 Kh7 40 Qf4 Qe6 [A curious stand-off has arisen in which both players have to be ultra-careful in defending their king against instant mate.] 41 b3 a5 42 c4 bxc4 43 bxc4 Qe2 44 Qxd6 Qxc4 45 a3 [Whoever goes for his gun first gets shot down: 45 Qf8?? Qd5+ 46 Kf4 Qd4+ forces 47 Kf3 Qxf6+ 48 Ke2 Qe6+ when Black captures the a2 pawn with a likely winning endgame.] 45 ..Qe4 46 Qc5 Qe2 47 Qc3 Qe4 48 g4 a4 49 Qc5 [49 h5 Qd5+ 50 Kf4 gxh5 51 Qc2+ Kh6 52 Qxa4 Qg5+ 53 Kf3 is equal.] 49 ..Qe1 50 Kf4 Qxh4 51 Qe7 g5+ 52 Kf5 Qf2+ 53 Kxg5 Qd2+ 54 Kf5 Qf2+ 55 Kg5 1/2-1/2

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Dworakowska,J (2359) - Wells,P (2480)
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (3.21), 25.09.2006

 

23 ..f5! 24 exf6 [24 Qg3 may be better, though 24 ..Nc5 is a little better for Black.] 24 ..Qxf6 25 Rxe6 Qxb2+ 26 Kd1 Qa1+ 27 Kd2 Rf8 28 Re7? [White overpresses. 28 Qh4 Qc3+ 29 Kc1 and Black has a draw by repetition if he wants it. If he tries for more with 29 ..gxh6 30 Bxh7+ then 30 ..Kxh7! (but 30 ..Kh8?? loses to 31 Bd3!) 31 Rxh6+ Kg8 32 Qg4+ Qg7 33 Rg6 Rf1+ 34 Kd2 Rf2+ 35 Ke1 Rf7 36 Rxg7+ Rxg7 37 Qe6+ Rf7 seems to work out equal.] 28 ..Rf2+! 29 Be2 [This loses prettily but 29 Ke3 Qe1+ 30 Be2 Rxe2+ 31 Qxe2 Qxe2+ 32 Kxe2 gxh6 is also very good for Black.] 29 ..Qc3+ 30 Kd1 [30 Kc1 Qe1+ 31 Bd1 Qxe7 wins.] 30 ..Nb2+ 31 Kc1

31 ..Nd3+! 0-1 [32 Bxd3 Qa1#; 32 Kd1 Qe1#; 32 Kb1 Qb2#]

Round: 3

 Bd White                                Result  Black                                 --No--
  1 Akopian, Vladimir....... 2713   (2)  ½ - ½   Landa, Konstantin....... 2584   (2)    1  17
  2 Neverov, Valeriy........ 2556   (2)  ½ - ½   Krasenkow, Mikhal....... 2635   (2)   23   6
  3 Bartel, Mateusz......... 2561   (2)  1 - 0   Shabalov, Alexander..... 2604   (2)   21  11
  4 Zatonskih, Anna......... 2432   (2)  ½ - ½   Malakhatko, Vadim....... 2594   (2)   39  13
  5 Khenkin, Igor........... 2586  (1½)  ½ - ½   Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav... 2587   (2)   16  15

  6 Greenfeld, Alon......... 2551  (1½)  ½ - ½   Kobalia, Mikhail........ 2647  (1½)   26   3
  7 Areshchenko, Alexander.. 2641  (1½)  ½ - ½   Gormally, Daniel W...... 2513  (1½)    4  30
  8 Korneev, Oleg........... 2638  (1½)  1 - 0   Kuzubov, Yuri........... 2554  (1½)    5  25
  9 Arkell, Keith C......... 2479  (1½)  ½ - ½   Efimenko, Zahar......... 2632  (1½)   34   7
 10 Volkov, Sergey.......... 2628  (1½)  1 - 0   Williams, Simon K....... 2473  (1½)    8  36

 11 Al Sayed, Mohamad N..... 2492  (1½)  0 - 1   Socko, Bartosz.......... 2621  (1½)   32   9
 12 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas..... 2606  (1½)  1 - 0   Hanley, Craig A......... 2419  (1½)   10  41
 13 Postny, Evgeny.......... 2591  (1½)  1 - 0   Vasilevich, Tatiana..... 2412  (1½)   14  47
 14 Yakovich, Yuri.......... 2583  (1½)  1 - 0   Sarakauskas, Gediminas.. 2414  (1½)   18  45
 15 Ledger, Andrew J........ 2411  (1½)  0 - 1   Golod, Vitali........... 2576  (1½)   48  19

 16 Ferguson, Mark.......... 2389  (1½)  ½ - ½   Stocek, Jiri............ 2561  (1½)   51  22
 17 Kononenko, Tatiana...... 2387   (1)  ½ - ½   Kiriakov, Petr.......... 2554  (1½)   52  24
 18 Iordachescu, Viorel..... 2603   (1)  1 - 0   Quillan, Gary........... 2344   (1)   12  62
 19 Ashton, Adam G.......... 2329   (1)  ½ - ½   Bobras, Piotr........... 2535   (1)   63  28
 20 Hebden, Mark L.......... 2532   (1)  0 - 1   Zozulia, Anna........... 2352   (1)   29  59

 21 Dworakowska, Joanna..... 2359   (1)  0 - 1   Wells, Peter K.......... 2480   (1)   57  33
 22 Paehtz, Elizabeth....... 2456   (1)  1 - 0   Szieberth, Adam......... 2328   (1)   37  64
 23 Haslinger, Stewart G.... 2423   (1)  ½ - ½   Eggleston, David J...... 2232   (1)   40  67
 24 Cox, John J............. 2418   (1)  1 - 0   Spence, David J......... 2205   (1)   42  69
 25 Siebrecht, Sebastian.... 2417   (1)  1 - 0   Collier, David O........ 2175   (1)   43  71

 26 Palliser, Richard JD.... 2413   (1)  1 - 0   Majer, Chris E.......... 1991   (1)   46  87
 27 Grant, Alan G........... 2193   (1)  0 - 1   Sriram, Jha............. 2408   (1)   70  49
 28 Mohota, Nisha........... 2313   (1)  ½ - ½   Peek, Marcel............ 2367   (1)   65  55
 29 Meenakshi, Subbaraman... 2310   (½)  1 - 0   Sahl, Bjarke............ 2364   (1)   66  56
 30 Walton, Alan J.......... 2222   (½)  0 - 1   Vijayalakshmi, Subbarama 2417   (½)   68  44

 31 Groffen, Hans........... 2171   (½)  0 - 1   Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi 2394   (½)   72  50
 32 Hutchinson, Norman A.... 2107   (½)  ½ - ½   Devereaux, Maxim L...... 2377   (½)   75  53
 33 Zimmerman, Yuri......... 2374   (½)  1 - 0   Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy  2077   (½)   54  82
 34 Sharma, Dinesh K........ 2358   (½)  1 - 0   Savory, Richard J....... 2101   (½)   58  77
 35 Mannion, Steve R........ 2346   (½)  1 - 0   Ormsby, Alan............ 1939   (½)   60  93

 36 Cafolla, Peter.......... 2062   (0)  0 - 1   Sarakauskiene, Zivile... 2158   (0)   85  73
 37 De Lagontrie, Jean...... 1974   (0)  ½ - ½   Fox, Anthony............ 2117   (0)   88  74
 38 Henrichsen, Jens........ 2106   (0)  ½ - ½   Henderikse, Bert........ 2019   (0)   76  86
 39 Nicholson, John......... 1945   (0)  0 - 1   Fairbairn, Stephen...... 2088   (0)   90  80
 40 Lunn, Timothy........... 2079   (0)  1 - 0   Marks, Ian A............ 1944   (0)   81  91

 41 Spanton, Tim R.......... 2075   (0)  0 - 1   Fabri, Henrik........... 1940   (0)   83  92
 42 Minor, Harry............ 1500d  (0)  0 - 1   Werner, Gert............ 2069   (0)   94  84


Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
Open

Venue:      Ocean Castle Hotel Port Erin
Date:       23 Sep 06 to 01 Oct 06
Timings:    First 40 moves in 120 mins. Next 20 moves in 60 mins. 30 mins to completion.

 

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