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Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017 (Games and Results)
Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017
Mark Crowther - Monday 17th April 2017
The Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge took place 12th to 17th April 2017. Players: Nakamura, Svidler, Anand, Nepomniachtchi, Kramnik, Gelfand, Oparin and Pelletier. Fast time control of 45m+30spm for the first 7 rounds and then a final day of games at 10 minutes and 5 seconds a move. Hikaru Nakamura took clear first above Ian Nepomniachtchi in the combined standings.
Final combined standings: 1st Hikaru Nakamura 15pts/21, 2nd Ian Nepomniachtchi 14pts, 3rd Viswanathan Anand 13.5pts, 4th Peter Svidler 12pts 5th Vladimir Kramnik 11pts 6th Boris Gelfand 9pts, 7th Grigoriy Oparin 5.5pts, 8th Yannick Pelletier 4pts
Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017 (Zurich SUI)
Thu 13th Apr 2017 - Mon 17th Apr 2017 -
Official Site - Live
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:45m+30spm) - Games in PGN: PGN Classical
Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:10m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games
6th Zurich Opening Blitz (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:4m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Opening Blitz
Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 (7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open
Anand-Skvortsov 2017 (2 players 1 Rds Match Indiv TC:40m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Exhibition
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 45m+30spm) - Games in PGN: PGN Classical
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| Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Zurich SUI (SUI), 13-17 iv 2017 | cat. XIX (2720) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2793 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2867 |
| 2. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2751 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2873 |
| 3. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2786 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2812 |
| 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2811 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2756 |
| 5. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2747 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2765 |
| 6. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2617 |
| 7. | Pelletier, Yannick | g | SUI | 2541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1½ | 2515 |
| 8. | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2604 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1½ | 2506 |
| Round 1 (April 13, 2017) | ||||||
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| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Pelletier, Yannick | 1-0 | 48 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 49 | B46 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 38 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Oparin, Grigoriy | ½-½ | 31 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 2 (April 14, 2017) | ||||||
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Pelletier, Yannick | 1-0 | 39 | C11 | French Defence | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 58 | A48 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 23 | A04 | Dutch System | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 54 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Round 3 (April 14, 2017) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 49 | A36 | English Botvinnik | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 41 | A35 | English Symmetrical | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 47 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Oparin, Grigoriy | ½-½ | 49 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Round 4 (April 15, 2017) | ||||||
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 | 37 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Oparin, Grigoriy | 1-0 | 42 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 63 | D05 | Colle System | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Pelletier, Yannick | ½-½ | 38 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Round 5 (April 15, 2017) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 35 | A48 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 36 | A37 | English Symmetrical | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 34 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 40 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Round 6 (April 16, 2017) | ||||||
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Pelletier, Yannick | 1-0 | 43 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 32 | B45 | Sicilian Classical | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Oparin, Grigoriy | ½-½ | 61 | D05 | Colle System | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 44 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 7 (April 16, 2017) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 30 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 30 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 | 23 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 28 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 10m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games
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| Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz Zurich SUI (SUI), 13-17 iv 2017 | cat. XIX (2720) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2793 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2867 |
| 2. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2786 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2812 |
| 3. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2751 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2765 |
| 4. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2747 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2765 |
| 5. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2724 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2769 |
| 6. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2811 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2656 |
| 7. | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2604 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 2½ | 2634 |
| 8. | Pelletier, Yannick | g | SUI | 2541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 2436 |
| Round 1 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 23 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 31 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 40 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 67 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 2 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Oparin, Grigoriy | 1-0 | 21 | A05 | Various | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | 79 | D36 | QGD Exchange | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 47 | A34 | English Symmetrical | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 38 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
| Round 3 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 36 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 48 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 | 45 | D04 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Pelletier, Yannick | ½-½ | 39 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Round 4 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | 76 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 49 | A34 | English Symmetrical | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 31 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 26 | A88 | Dutch Leningrad | |
| Round 5 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 | 54 | B67 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 19 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Oparin, Grigoriy | 1-0 | 35 | A05 | Various | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Pelletier, Yannick | ½-½ | 46 | D05 | Colle System | |
| Round 6 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 41 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Svidler, Peter | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 17 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | 38 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 54 | A34 | English Symmetrical | |
| Round 7 (April 17, 2017) | ||||||
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 26 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Oparin, Grigoriy | 0-1 | 59 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Pelletier, Yannick | 1-0 | 32 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 38 | D05 | Colle System | |
Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 (7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open
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| Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI Thu 13th Apr 2017 - Mon 17th Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Safarli Eltaj | GM | AZE | 2680 | 5.5 | 32.0 | 200.0 | 22.5 |
| 2 | 5 | Motylev Alexander | GM | RUS | 2658 | 5.5 | 31.0 | 205.0 | 23.0 |
| 3 | 4 | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | GM | RUS | 2665 | 5.5 | 30.0 | 205.5 | 21.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Berkes Ferenc | GM | HUN | 2648 | 5.5 | 30.0 | 200.0 | 22.0 |
| 5 | 7 | Guseinov Gadir | GM | AZE | 2643 | 5.5 | 29.0 | 199.5 | 21.0 |
| 6 | 3 | Van Wely Loek | GM | NED | 2669 | 5.0 | 33.0 | 206.0 | 23.5 |
| 7 | 10 | Bauer Christian | GM | FRA | 2619 | 5.0 | 33.0 | 198.5 | 24.0 |
| 8 | 14 | Zhigalko Andrey | GM | BLR | 2577 | 5.0 | 32.5 | 186.5 | 23.0 |
| 9 | 12 | Hera Imre (junior) | GM | HUN | 2608 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 203.5 | 23.0 |
| 10 | 9 | Ivanisevic Ivan | GM | SRB | 2633 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 197.0 | 23.0 |
| 11 | 15 | Martirosyan Haik M. | IM | ARM | 2515 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 185.0 | 19.5 |
| 12 | 1 | Shirov Alexei | GM | LAT | 2693 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 184.0 | 20.0 |
| 13 | 13 | Tregubov Pavel V. | GM | RUS | 2579 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 188.5 | 24.0 |
| 14 | 16 | Pavlovic Milos | GM | SRB | 2495 | 4.5 | 31.0 | 188.0 | 22.0 |
| 15 | 8 | Romanov Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2640 | 4.5 | 30.0 | 191.0 | 22.0 |
| 16 | 11 | Perunovic Milos | GM | SRB | 2611 | 4.5 | 29.0 | 179.5 | 20.5 |
| 17 | 17 | Esipenko Andrey | FM | RUS | 2492 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 190.0 | 21.0 |
| 18 | 32 | Wyss Jonas | FM | SUI | 2246 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 174.5 | 18.0 |
| 19 | 18 | Jenni Florian | GM | SUI | 2472 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 186.5 | 18.0 |
| 20 | 24 | Klundt Klaus | IM | GER | 2314 | 4.5 | 24.0 | 178.5 | 17.5 |
| 21 | 41 | Golubeva Oksana | WFM | RUS | 2154 | 4.5 | 22.0 | 179.0 | 14.5 |
| 22 | 28 | Barle Janez | IM | SLO | 2290 | 4.5 | 21.0 | 172.5 | 15.0 |
| 23 | 22 | Lazarev Vladimir | GM | FRA | 2373 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 187.5 | 21.0 |
| 24 | 30 | Rüetschi Urs | FM | SUI | 2266 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 182.0 | 20.0 |
| 25 | 19 | Miezis Normunds | GM | LAT | 2468 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 181.0 | 20.5 |
| 26 | 20 | Moor Roger | IM | SUI | 2397 | 4.0 | 27.5 | 170.5 | 19.0 |
| 27 | 21 | Ballmann Martin | IM | SUI | 2395 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 190.5 | 19.0 |
| 28 | 27 | Weinzettl Ernst | IM | AUT | 2294 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 181.5 | 18.0 |
| 29 | 42 | Zenker Ulrich | FM | GER | 2150 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 180.5 | 18.5 |
| 30 | 51 | Schmid Christoph | SUI | 2113 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 141.5 | 17.5 | |
| 31 | 34 | Salzgeber Frank | SUI | 2211 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 163.5 | 17.0 | |
| 32 | 25 | Huss Andreas | IM | SUI | 2313 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 179.0 | 16.5 |
| 33 | 54 | Toenz Arthur | FRA | 2107 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 173.0 | 17.0 | |
| 34 | 37 | Levrand Roland | SUI | 2159 | 4.0 | 20.5 | 166.5 | 13.5 | |
| 35 | 43 | Jovanovic Sladjan | SUI | 2141 | 3.5 | 27.5 | 166.5 | 19.5 | |
| 36 | 40 | Reinwald Patrick | AUT | 2155 | 3.5 | 27.0 | 171.5 | 19.0 | |
| 37 | 33 | Georges Sacha | FM | SUI | 2218 | 3.5 | 27.0 | 170.0 | 19.5 |
| 38 | 26 | Kolbus Dietmar | IM | GER | 2308 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 176.0 | 17.5 |
| 39 | 29 | Ganaus Hannes | IM | AUT | 2289 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 167.0 | 19.5 |
| 40 | 49 | Stehli Martin | SUI | 2117 | 3.5 | 23.0 | 171.0 | 16.0 | |
| 41 | 23 | Aeschbach Philipp | FM | SUI | 2326 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 180.0 | 15.0 |
| 42 | 56 | Gass Ulrich | GER | 2080 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 164.5 | 16.0 | |
| 43 | 35 | Drechsler Christoph | SUI | 2196 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 159.5 | 15.5 | |
| 44 | 31 | Friedrich Norbert | FM | GER | 2250 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 176.0 | 15.0 |
| 45 | 39 | Tueckmantel Rene | GER | 2156 | 3.5 | 19.5 | 171.5 | 13.0 | |
| 46 | 52 | Giesinger Elias | SUI | 2111 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 167.5 | 18.5 | |
| 47 | 45 | Borner Daniel | FM | SUI | 2138 | 3.0 | 25.5 | 171.0 | 18.0 |
| 48 | 44 | Fischer Daniel | SUI | 2141 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 170.0 | 17.0 | |
| 49 | 55 | Leutwyler Mathias | SUI | 2097 | 3.0 | 24.5 | 165.0 | 18.5 | |
| 50 | 58 | Portmann Daniel | SUI | 2054 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 163.0 | 16.5 | |
| 80 players | |||||||||
6th Zurich Opening Blitz (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 4m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Opening Blitz
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| 6th Zurich Opening Blitz Zurich SUI Thu 13th Apr 2017 - Mon 17th Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2793 | 4.5 | 18.00 |
| 2 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2724 | 4.5 | 16.25 |
| 3 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2811 | 4.0 | 15.75 |
| 4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2751 | 3.5 | 13.50 |
| 5 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2786 | 3.5 | 12.00 |
| 6 | Grigoryi Oparin | RUS | 2604 | 3.0 | 9.75 |
| 7 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2747 | 2.5 | 7.25 |
| 8 | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2543 | 2.5 | 6.25 |
| 8 players | |||||
Anand-Skvortsov 2017 (2 players 1 Rds Match Indiv TC: 40m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Exhibition
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