TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
Gashimov Memorial 2014 (gashmem14_2.pgn)
Carlsen beats Nakamura for perfect 2/2 start in the Gashimov Memorial
Mark Crowther - Monday 21st April 2014
Carlsen-Nakamura Round 2. Photo © | http://shamkirchess.az
Magnus Carlsen turned the two white's he started with into two points at the start of the Gashimov Memorial following a win against Hikaru Nakamura. Carlsen played for the tiniest of edges which he used to cause Nakamura some problems and the in subsequent time pressure Nakamura "got it all wrong". 17...Nd6 allowed Carlsen to pin the knight with 18.Ba3 which needed addressing and 18...f5 weakened the kingside, neither necessarily errors but they did give Carlsen something to work with. 21.Qf3 encouraged Nakamura to give up the centre. Nakamura thought 30...e5 was an improvement and highlighted 33...Nb6 as the losing error. Nakamura had hoped that white's rook would get trapped on the kingside but when it didn't and a second pawn fell it was only a matter of time before Carlsen converted. Another fine performance by Carlsen and his nineth win against Nakamura without reply.
The other games were tame affairs leaving the stage open for this game of the day. Much of the post-game press conference centred on some rather inelegant postures Carlsen struck during the fifth hour. The post-game press conference was a rather tense affair but the players conversed in a polite manner. Carlsen was happy with his start but wouldn't entertain discussions of scoring 9/10 to go over 2900 because it pretty much isn't going to happen.
Round 2 Standings: Carlsen 2pts, Karjakin, Caruana, Radjabov 1pt, Nakamura, Mamedyarov 0.5pts.
Round 3 Pairings: 11am BST 12pm CSET Tues 22nd April: Nakamura-Mamedyarov, Karjakin-Carlsen, Radjabov-Caruana.
Carlsen-Nakamura press conference Photo © http://www.shamkirchess.az.
Black should be completely fine but somehow I got it all wrong. Nakamura
When I started losing my mind was when I played this... [Nb6] somehow I hallucinated I thought this rook was getting trapped.
Carlsen and Nakamura discuss the game afterwards. Photo © http://www.shamkirchess.az.
Much of the post-game press was about Carlsen's posture at the board during the fifth hour. Photo © http://www.shamkirchess.az.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov gave up a pawn for queenside pressure against Teimour Radjabov's Meran but when this pawn was returned a draw was always likely.
The Ruy Lopez Berlin caused it's normal problems for the white player. Fabiano Caruana innovated with 15.Rd2 against Sergey Karjakin but his 18.Nd4 simply to encourage c5 showed it was hardly anything and the game was drawn.
Much of the post-game press was about Carlsen's posture at the board during the fifth hour. Photo © http://www.shamkirchess.az.
| Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 Shamkir AZE (AZE), 19-30 iv 2014 | cat. XXII (2780) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2881 | * | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | |
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2772 | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2748 |
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2783 | . | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 2772 |
| 4. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2713 | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | 2766 |
| 5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2772 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | 2639 |
| 6. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2760 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | 2604 |
| Round 2 (April 21, 2014) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 61 | D12 | Slav Defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 28 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 40 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran | |
| Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014 Shamkir AZE (AZE), 19-30 iv 2014 | cat. XVII (2663) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2722 | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1½ | 2852 | |||
| 2. | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2685 | . | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1½ | 2781 | |||
| 3. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2732 | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 1½ | 2881 | |||
| 4. | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2734 | ½ | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 2671 | |||
| 5. | Abasov, Nijat | g | AZE | 2516 | . | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2670 | |||
| 6. | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2656 | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 2568 | |||
| 7. | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2621 | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | 1 | 2695 | |||
| 8. | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2660 | . | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | 2515 | |||
| 9. | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2716 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | 2465 | |||
| 10. | Durarbayli, Vasif | g | AZE | 2584 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | 2526 | |||
| Round 2 (April 21, 2014) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abasov, Nijat | - Safarli, Eltaj | ½-½ | 33 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Guseinov, Gadir | - Wang, Hao | ½-½ | 35 | B47 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Mamedov, Rauf | - Motylev, Alexander | 0-1 | 37 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | 58 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
| Durarbayli, Vasif | - Bacrot, Etienne | 0-1 | 39 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
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