My thanks to Roland Wimmer, Olexandr Prohorov, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Mahdipour Reza, Dave Clayton,, Mitko Iliev, Adam Raoof, Jan Mazuch, Pablo Iglesias, Paulo Rocha, Pedro Alberdi, Tammy Hyde, Vladimir Talla and everyone else who helped with this issue.
Magnus Carlsen won the 11th game of the World Chess Championship in Sochi against Viswanathan Anand to retain his title now for another two years. Anand said that he did some things better and other things worse than last year but his main problem was that Carlsen is so punishing in certain kinds of position that Anand had to be very disciplined throughout the match and when he finally felt he might have an opportunity to get on level terms in game 11 he overplayed his hand. If this is to be Anand's last appearance in a World Championship match he did all that he could and performed very creditably. Anand is still a very strong player and I expect him to continue for at least a few more years at the top of chess as befits an all time great player. He won't have to play Carlsen all the time.
As for Carlsen I feel this has been a rather strange year, the quick defence after 11 months did him no favours and he didn't seem to have much time to settle into the title before having to defend it. I feel he can only improve from here after a year of stagnation, the uncomfortable times he had in the openings will surely be addressed. I look forward to his return in January in Wijk aan Zee. Anand returns even sooner in the London Chess Classic at the start of December. This week the Qatar Open and Russian Superfinal both start. These keep the top class chess coming.
TWIC turned 20 on September 17th. You can read my article 20 years of TWIC. which includes a full listing of all issues including all the texts. I have all the PGNs but that's a very large file but a ChessBase cbv archive format can be bought for £30 which will help me head out from this landmark. The cost of TWIC is basically my wage so any support would be very welcome as it's very tough surviving on pure advertising, although that has been essential too and I thank them too.
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The World Chess Championships took place in Sochi with the first round on Saturday 8th November and the final game 11 on the Sunday 23rd November 2014. Magnus Carlsen retained his title 6.5-4.5 with the final game 11 being decisive. The match was covered in detail on the main TWIC pages.
WCh Sochi | ||||||
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Anand, Viswanathan | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 48 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence |
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 35 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin |
Anand, Viswanathan | - | Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 34 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 47 | B40 | Sicilian Classical |
Anand, Viswanathan | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 39 | E15 | Queens Indian |
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 38 | B41 | Sicilian Paulsen |
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 122 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin |
Anand, Viswanathan | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 41 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 20 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin |
Anand, Viswanathan | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 32 | D97 | Gruenfeld Russian |
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 45 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin |
WCh Sochi (RUS), 8-28 xi 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Perf | ||
Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2863 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 6½ | 2857 | ||
Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2792 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | 4½ | 2798 |
Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian have drawn a four game classical match in St Louis. The Showdown will be completed with a 16 game blitz match on Tuesday 25th November 2014.
Nakamura-Aronian m St Louis | ||||||
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Nakamura, Hikaru | - | Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 48 | D38 | QGD Ragozin |
Aronian, Levon | - | Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 50 | A14 | Reti Opening |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - | Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 35 | D70 | Gruenfeld Defence |
Aronian, Levon | - | Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 30 | A14 | Reti Opening |
Nakamura-Aronian m St Louis (USA), 21-24 xi 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Perf | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2767 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2797 | ||||||
Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2797 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2767 |
The Russian Cup Final took place 17th to 25th November 2014. Dmitry Jakovenko won the final of the men's event 1.5-0.5 against Maxim Matlakov. Olga Girya won the women's event.
Russian Cup Final 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Mon 17th Nov 2014 - Tue 25th Nov 2014
Player List |
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Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Elo | FIDE Id |
1 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | GM | RUS | 2745 | 4122356 |
2 | Matlakov, Maxim | GM | RUS | 2685 | 4168003 |
3 | Khismatullin, Denis | GM | RUS | 2679 | 4142578 |
4 | Sjugirov, Sanan | GM | RUS | 2673 | 4189302 |
5 | Artemiev, Vladislav | GM | RUS | 2660 | 24101605 |
6 | Bukavshin, Ivan | GM | RUS | 2629 | 4199758 |
7 | Khairullin, Ildar | GM | RUS | 2625 | 4151348 |
8 | Kokarev, Dmitry | GM | RUS | 2624 | 4132181 |
9 | Ponkratov, Pavel | GM | RUS | 2624 | 4157800 |
10 | Goganov, Aleksey | GM | RUS | 2609 | 24109959 |
11 | Savchenko, Boris | GM | RUS | 2598 | 4147332 |
12 | Demchenko, Anton | GM | RUS | 2596 | 4160258 |
13 | Smirnov, Pavel | GM | RUS | 2592 | 4123425 |
14 | Kryakvin, Dmitry | GM | RUS | 2548 | 4153278 |
15 | Pridorozhni, Aleksei | GM | RUS | 2533 | 4127870 |
16 | Ulko, Jaroslav | IM | RUS | 2487 | 4116658 |
Russian Cup Final w 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Mon 17th Nov 2014 - Tue 25th Nov 2014
Player List |
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Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Elo | FIDE Id |
1 | Girya, Olga | WGM | RUS | 2457 | 4195752 |
2 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | WGM | RUS | 2438 | 4147103 |
3 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | IM | RUS | 2411 | 4181751 |
4 | Kovanova, Baira | WGM | RUS | 2399 | 4164083 |
5 | Charochkina, Daria | WGM | RUS | 2369 | 4180917 |
6 | Belenkaya, Dina | WFM | RUS | 2325 | 24142654 |
7 | Drogovoz, Irina | RUS | 2245 | 4176715 | |
8 | Smirnova, Ekaterina | WFM | RUS | 2152 | 4110943 |
The Ukrainian Championship took place 11th to 22nd November 2014. Yuriy Kuzubov edged out Pavel Eljanov on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/11. Anna Ushenina quit the women's event after losing her first round. Anna Muzychuk won with 6/8.
83rd ch-UKR 2014 Lviv UKR Tue 11th Nov 2014 - Sat 22nd Nov 2014
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | 7 | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2661 | 7.5 | 40.75 | 0.0 | 5 |
2 | 11 | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2719 | 7.5 | 36.75 | 0.0 | 5 |
3 | 9 | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2680 | 6.5 | 34.75 | 0.0 | 3 |
4 | 5 | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR | 2711 | 6.5 | 31.50 | 0.0 | 4 |
5 | 12 | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2701 | 6.0 | 32.75 | 0.0 | 2 |
6 | 8 | Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2655 | 6.0 | 29.25 | 0.0 | 3 |
7 | 3 | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2726 | 5.5 | 28.25 | 0.0 | 2 |
8 | 1 | Zubov Alexander | UKR | 2588 | 5.5 | 26.75 | 0.0 | 3 |
9 | 10 | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR | 2706 | 4.5 | 22.75 | 0.0 | 1 |
10 | 6 | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2590 | 3.5 | 21.25 | 0.0 | 2 |
11 | 4 | Zubarev Alexander | UKR | 2588 | 3.5 | 18.25 | 0.0 | 3 |
12 | 2 | Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2585 | 3.5 | 16.50 | 0.0 | 1 |
12 players |
83rd ch-UKR 2014 Lviv UKR Tue 11th Nov 2014 - Sat 22nd Nov 2014. Category: 17. Ave: (2659) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | GM | UKR | 2661 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 2792 |
2 | Eljanov, Pavel | GM | UKR | 2719 | 0 | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2787 |
3 | Korobov, Anton | GM | UKR | 2680 | = | = | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2722 |
4 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | GM | UKR | 2711 | 0 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 6.5 | 2719 |
5 | Moiseenko, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2701 | = | = | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 6 | 2691 |
6 | Areshchenko, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2655 | = | = | = | 0 | = | # | = | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2696 |
7 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | GM | UKR | 2726 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2653 |
8 | Zubov, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2588 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | = | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 5.5 | 2666 |
9 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | GM | UKR | 2706 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2590 |
10 | Bogdanovich, Stanislav | IM | UKR | 2590 | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 2532 |
11 | Zubarev, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2588 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | = | 3.5 | 2533 |
12 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | # | 3.5 | 2533 |
74th ch-UKR w 2014 Lviv UKR Tue 11th Nov 2014 - Sat 22nd Nov 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | 9 | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2545 | 6.0 | 20.00 | 0.0 | 4 |
2 | 10 | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2470 | 5.5 | 18.75 | 0.0 | 3 |
3 | 8 | Osmak Iulija | UKR | 2246 | 5.0 | 17.00 | 0.0 | 2 |
4 | 2 | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2529 | 5.0 | 16.50 | 0.0 | 3 |
5 | 4 | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2381 | 4.5 | 16.50 | 0.0 | 1 |
6 | 5 | Kalinina Olga | UKR | 2259 | 4.0 | 12.75 | 0.0 | 3 |
7 | 7 | Doluhanova Evgeniya | UKR | 2284 | 3.0 | 12.25 | 0.0 | 1 |
8 | 1 | Tarleva Vira | UKR | 2127 | 1.5 | 4.50 | 0.0 | 0 |
9 | 6 | Tantsiura Maria | UKR | 2302 | 1.5 | 3.75 | 0.0 | 1 |
10 | 3 | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2494 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 |
10 players |
74th ch-UKR w 2014 Lviv UKR Tue 11th Nov 2014 - Sat 22nd Nov 2014. Category: 5. Ave: (2364) | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Muzychuk, Anna | GM | UKR | 2545 | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2564 |
2 | Osmak, Iulija | WFM | UKR | 2246 | = | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2502 |
3 | Zhukova, Natalia | GM | UKR | 2470 | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2475 | |
4 | Muzychuk, Mariya | IM | UKR | 2529 | = | = | = | # | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2422 | |
5 | Gaponenko, Inna | IM | UKR | 2381 | = | = | = | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2388 | |
6 | Kalinina, Olga | WGM | UKR | 2259 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2361 | |
7 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | WGM | UKR | 2284 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | 1 | # | = | 0 | 3 | 2270 | |
8 | Tarleva, Vira | WFM | UKR | 2127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | = | 1.5 | 2126 | |
9 | Tantsiura, Maria | WIM | UKR | 2302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | # | 1.5 | 2104 | |
10 | Ushenina, Anna | GM | UKR | 2494 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2396 |
Round 1. Thu 13th Nov 2014 | |||||
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Ushenina, Anna | 0-1 | Osmak, Iulija | 53 | A09 | Reti opening |
Muzychuk, Mariya | 1/2-1/2 | Muzychuk, Anna | 26 | D12 | QGD Slav |
Tarleva, Vira | 0-1 | Zhukova, Natalia | 28 | C47 | Four knights |
Gaponenko, Inna | 1/2-1/2 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 26 | B90 | Sicilian |
Kalinina, Olga | 1-0 | Tantsiura, Maria | 80 | B83 | Sicilian |
Round 2. Fri 14th Nov 2014 | |||||
Tarleva, Vira | 0-1 | Muzychuk, Mariya | 43 | B40 | Sicilian defence |
Muzychuk, Anna | 1-0 | Ushenina, Anna | 1 | B00 | King's pawn opening |
Zhukova, Natalia | 1-0 | Tantsiura, Maria | 110 | E12 | Queen's Indian |
Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 1-0 | Kalinina, Olga | 73 | B42 | Sicilian |
Osmak, Iulija | 1/2-1/2 | Gaponenko, Inna | 31 | B31 | Sicilian |
Round 3. Sat 15th Nov 2014 | |||||
Muzychuk, Mariya | 1/2-1/2 | Zhukova, Natalia | 28 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
Gaponenko, Inna | 1/2-1/2 | Muzychuk, Anna | 19 | B42 | Sicilian |
Tantsiura, Maria | 1-0 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 41 | B90 | Sicilian |
Kalinina, Olga | 1/2-1/2 | Osmak, Iulija | 65 | C11 | French |
Round 4. Sun 16th Nov 2014 | |||||
Zhukova, Natalia | 1/2-1/2 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 37 | E53 | Nimzo-Indian |
Muzychuk, Anna | 1-0 | Kalinina, Olga | 33 | D20 | QGA |
Tarleva, Vira | 1/2-1/2 | Gaponenko, Inna | 44 | B35 | Sicilian |
Osmak, Iulija | 1-0 | Tantsiura, Maria | 42 | B22 | Sicilian |
Round 5. Tue 18th Nov 2014 | |||||
Gaponenko, Inna | 1/2-1/2 | Muzychuk, Mariya | 68 | B14 | Caro-Kann |
Tantsiura, Maria | 0-1 | Muzychuk, Anna | 30 | B10 | Caro-Kann |
Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 1/2-1/2 | Osmak, Iulija | 44 | C41 | Philidor |
Kalinina, Olga | 1-0 | Tarleva, Vira | 48 | B93 | Sicilian |
Round 6. Wed 19th Nov 2014 | |||||
Zhukova, Natalia | 1/2-1/2 | Osmak, Iulija | 21 | A09 | Reti opening |
Muzychuk, Anna | 1-0 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 63 | A30 | English |
Muzychuk, Mariya | 0-1 | Kalinina, Olga | 72 | E00 | Catalan opening |
Tarleva, Vira | 1/2-1/2 | Tantsiura, Maria | 99 | B83 | Sicilian |
Round 7. Thu 20th Nov 2014 | |||||
Gaponenko, Inna | 1/2-1/2 | Zhukova, Natalia | 24 | C60 | Ruy Lopez |
Osmak, Iulija | 1/2-1/2 | Muzychuk, Anna | 26 | B12 | Caro-Kann |
Tantsiura, Maria | 0-1 | Muzychuk, Mariya | 65 | B22 | Sicilian |
Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 1/2-1/2 | Tarleva, Vira | 63 | B90 | Sicilian |
Round 8. Fri 21st Nov 2014 | |||||
Muzychuk, Mariya | 1-0 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | 47 | B22 | Sicilian |
Zhukova, Natalia | 1/2-1/2 | Muzychuk, Anna | 33 | A04 | Reti opening |
Gaponenko, Inna | 1/2-1/2 | Kalinina, Olga | 51 | B42 | Sicilian |
Tarleva, Vira | 0-1 | Osmak, Iulija | 48 | C11 | French |
Round 9. Sat 22nd Nov 2014 | |||||
Kalinina, Olga | 0-1 | Zhukova, Natalia | 57 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
Muzychuk, Anna | 1-0 | Tarleva, Vira | 30 | D45 | QGD semi-Slav |
Osmak, Iulija | 1/2-1/2 | Muzychuk, Mariya | 38 | C77 | Ruy Lopez |
Tantsiura, Maria | 0-1 | Gaponenko, Inna | 38 | B57 | Sicilian |