World Rapid 2015

World Rapid 2015: Magnus Carlsen retains his titleby Albert Silver10/13/2015 It was an exciting finish to the World Rapid championship, w ith many thrilling battles. Forsome, the event never really took off, while others rose and fell, but Magnus Carlsen gave a vintageperformance as he scored a 11.5/15, a full point ahead of the field, and taking the no.1 spot to boot. Insecond was Ian Nepomniachtchi, and third was Dominguez. Report and analysis.

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Round eleven started with Belerus Sergei Zhigalko, who was the surprise co-leader with MagnusCarlsen at 8.0/10. Magnus Carlsen gave a strong showing with both flair and opportunism.

Sergei Zhigalko - Magnus Carlsen (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

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Though Vladimir Kramnik was in contention after day two with 7.5/10, five straight drawsat the end (against the eventual top-scorers tis true) cooled down his run

Igor Kovalenko had astounded with his flair and imagination, but ran into a player whosemiddle names are "flair and imagination": Vassily Ivanchuk

Igor Kovalenko - Vassily Ivanchuk (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "World Rapid-ch 2015"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Kovalenko,Igor"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2726"][Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry"GER"] {Vasily Ivanchuk shows in this game how to play w ith the black pieces against the Colle Zukertortsystem.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Nbd7{This is the basic development setup for Black. The knight on f6 and bishop on b7 stand in such fashionthat they control the e4 square. And now the rook comes to e8 and the other knight to f8.} 10. Bb2 a611. Ne5 Re8 12. f4 c5 13. Rf3 cxd4 $1 {Taking this pawn ensures that White can never open up hisbishop on b2 w ith dxc5.} 14. exd4 b5 15. Rh3 Nf8 $1 {This knight on f8 defends the h7 point and theother knight is ready to jump into e4.} 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ng3 f6 18. Ng4 Qd7 {Black has excellent co-ordination and White's opening has not been successful at all.} 19. Nh5 Ng6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne3 Bd622. Qf1 Rac8 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Qf2 Rf7 25. f5 Ne7 26. Rf1 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Black has the bishop pair andthe bishop on b2 is very passive.} 28. Bc1 e3 $6 (28... Bf8 29. Be3 Rc3 $15) 29. Bxe3 (29. Rxe3 {wasbetter.}) 29... Be4 30. Qh4 (30. Ng3 Rc2 $17) 30... Bxf5 31. Rhf3 Bd3 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Qc6 34. Bf4Be2 35. Rf2 Bxh5 36. Qxh5 Re7 (36... Bxf4 37. Rxf4 Qc1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qxd4 $17 {was anoption.}) 37. Bxd6 Qxd6 { Black has a nagging edge. The d4 pawn is weak and the White king w ill be introuble.} 38. Qd1 Re4 39. Rd2 Qe6 40. Qf3 Re3 {White queen cannot leave the control of the e3 squareas Re1 followed by Qe3 would be mate.} 41. Qf4 g5 42. d5 (42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ Kg6 44. h4 {wasbetter but White should be losing here too.}) 42... Qe8 $1 43. Qd4 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Re4 $1 {The Ukrainianwas very quick to execute this idea. Rf4 is simply a deadly check.} 45. Qc3 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ {A greatgame by Ivanchuk who never really gave a chance to his opponent.} 0-1


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Still, flair and imagination are hardly qualities lacking in the world no. 1, even if they manifestin more subtle shades than most, and Magnus Carlsen showed his competitive self

Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "World Rapid 2015"] [Site "Berlin GER"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Carlsen,Magnus"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2850"] [BlackElo "2726"][Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/7P/2p2rpR/3pp1p1/p5P1/P1P1KP2/2P5/8 w - - 0 40"][PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "rapid"] {Let's join this endgame at this point. Priorto this Ivanchuk was having a small edge but he didn't play so well and now Carlsen is at least equal.That's the thing w ith Magnus, once he sees the flow shifting he doesn't agree to a draw but goes for thefull point.} 40. c4 $5 {An ambitious decision which does not change the evaluation of the position butgives Black some concrete problems to solve.} dxc4 41. Ke4 Rf4+ (41... Re6 42. Rh3 Re7 43. c3 Re6 44.Rh6 {would lead to some sort of a zugzwang that looks pretty dangerous if you do not have an engineevaluation to help you.}) 42. Kxe5 {The pawn exchanges begin now and very soon we are left w ith verylittle material on the board.} Rxf3 43. Rxg6 Kxh7 44. Rxc6 Rc3 (44... Rxa3 45. Rxc4 {is not verycomfortable for Black.}) 45. Kd5 Rxa3 46. Rxc4 Ra1 47. Kc5 Kg6 {Ivanchuk has played well and the gameis still very much equal.} 48. Kb4 Kf6 49. Re4 Ra2 50. c3 Rc2 51. Rc4 Ra2 52. Kb5 a3 53. Kb4 Ke5 54. Kb3Ra1 55. Ra4 Rc1 56. Rxa3 Kf4 57. Ra4+ Kf3 {Black has lost a pawn but his king has been activated andthe c4 pawn cannot be pushed as the guy on g4 w ill fall.} 58. Rd4 Ke3 59. Kb4 Rf1 60. Kc5 Rf4 $6 {Now itis easier to play as White.} (60... Rc1 61. c4 Rh1 62. Rd5 Kf4 63. Rd4+ Ke3 64. Kd5 Rh8 65. Re4+ Kf3 {is avery curious position where White w ill lose his g-pawn and it w ill be a draw.}) 61. Kd5 Kf3 (61... Rf8 {Retaining the rooks would have given Black excellent draw ing chances.}) 62. Rxf4+ $1 gxf4 63. g5 Ke364. g6 f3 65. g7 f2 66. g8=Q f1=Q {This queen endgame is very difficult to defend in a practical gameespecially w ith very little time on clock.} 67. Qe6+ Kd2 68. c4 Kc3 69. Qe3+ Kb4 70. Qb6+ Kc3 71. Qd4+Kb3 72. c5 Qf7+ 73. Kc6 Qe6+ 74. Kb7 Qe7+ 75. Kb6 Qe6+ 76. c6 {One might say this is a prematureresignation but the position is simply lost and Ivanchuk did not want to try testing Carlsen's immaculatetechnique.} 1-0


Daniil Dubov had a great start, even threatening Magnus Carlsen in the world champion'sonly genuine danger, but three losses in the final four rounds cost him dearly

Ian Nepomniachtchi's prayers were indeed answered as he took second place for a fantasticresult. His final result of 10.5/15 was good for a 2849 FIDE Rapid performance.

Ian Nepomniachtchi - Boris Savchenko (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "World Rapid-ch 2015"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "13.3"] [White"Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Savchenko, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo"2567"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN"2r1k1nr/pp3pbp/1qn1p1p1/1B1pP3/3P4/Q6P/PP3PP1/RNB2RK1 w k - 0 12"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate"2015.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "GER"] {Before the start of this round Nepomniachtchiwas in the second position. In this position he could take on c6 but then the position would just be equal.Instead he plays in the romantic style and gives up his central pawns.} 12. Nc3 $5 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qxe514. Bc5 {Even though objectively Black is fine and maybe even slightly better, it is extrmely difficult to findthe right path in the rapid format.} a6 15. Rfe1 Qg5 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Rad1 Ne7 {Black has playedexcellently. Not only is he two pawns up but he is all ready to 0-0 his king to safety.} 18. Qb4 a5 $2 (18...Rxc5 19. Qxc5 O-O $17 {would have been a very favourable position for Black.}) 19. Qxb7 $1 {So didWhite blunder his bishop on c5?} Rxc5 {[#]} 20. Ne4 $1 {Of course Nepomniachtchi had seen this cutetrick!} Qh4 (20... dxe4 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Qd8#) 21. g3 Qxh3 22. Nxc5 {Black cannot even 0-0 and iscompletely lost.} Nf5 23. Qd7+ {With this w in Nepomniachtchi takes the sole second position.} 1-0


33-year-old Dmitry Bocharov, rated only 2577 FIDE Rapid, had a superlative result, with10.0/15, and a 2819 performance, finishing in a superb 5th place.

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Viswanathan Anand - Mateusz Bartel (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "World Rapid-ch 2015"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "13.20"] [White "Anand,Viswanathan"] [Black "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2622"][Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3k2r/p2q3p/3b1p2/2pp4/Q4Bn1/5N2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w kq -0 17"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "GER"] {Black's lastmove was c6-c5. But w ith his king in the centre and White fully developed, this is not a position that youwould like to have against Vishy Anand.} 17. Rfe1+ Be7 18. Rxe7+ $1 {This sacrifice is as natural as ababy's smile for Anand, although it must be said he took 4 minutes to execute it. Maybe the youngerAnand would not have taken so much time.} Kxe7 19. Re1+ Ne5 20. Qc2 (20. Qa6 Qe6 21. Qa5 Qc6 22.Bxe5 fxe5 23. Nxe5 $18 {was the faster way to finish off the opponent.}) 20... Rhe8 21. Bxe5 (21. Qxh7+Kd8 $17) 21... fxe5 22. Nxe5 Kd6 {Maybe this is something that Vishy missed. The queen cannot be takenbecause of the mate on the back rank but his compensation is not at all in doubt.} 23. f4 Qg7 24. b4 $1{Another nice move trying to get to the black king.} c4 25. Qc3 Qc7 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Qxc4$1 {Anand is in his element here.} Rxc4 29. Nxc4+ Kc6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Kg1 $16 {White is clearly betterin this endgame and went on to w in this game. It was good to see Vishy showing some sparkling chessfor which he is so well known.} 1-0


The top Cuban player Leinier Dominguez put in a star result and was 4th

Leinier Dominguez - Sergei Zhigalko (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "World Rapid-ch 2015"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "14.4"] [White "DominguezPerez, Leinier"] [Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2656"][Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry"GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be710. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. Ncb4 O-O 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bb5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Kh8 22. b5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qb6 {We have reached quite apopular position in the Sveshnikov Variation where there have been many games and Zhigalko himselfhas had two draws against Azarov and Papp. But here Dominguez comes up w ith a novelty.} 24. Rh3Qxb5 {Zhigalko took full seven minutes to get acquainted w ith the subtleties of the position.} (24... f5{Maybe a move like this made more sense than taking the b5 pawn.}) 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 {This is a veryinstructive position. White is a pawn down but is slightly better because his bishop on d5 is a completemonster while the bishop on h6 is not doing much.} 26. g4 f6 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Be6 (28. Rc3 Rbc5 29. Rxc5dxc5 30. Ke2 {Followed by Kd3 is also a pleasant position for White but nothing special.}) 28... Rc1+ 29.Ke2 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Rb3 Rf8 33. Kf3 (33. Rbb7 Be3 {looks unplesant but White has avery strong move in} 34. Rf7 $3 Rb8 35. Rab7 $18) 33... Rd2 34. Rbb7 {As you can see, the White rookshave broken through and the extra pawn makes no sense at all.} Rc2 35. Rf7 Re8 36. Bd5 Rc3+ 37. Kg2Rcc8 38. g5 $1 fxg5 39. hxg5 Bxg5 40. Rxg7 Re7 41. Rgxe7 {A beautiful game by Dominguez who veryaptly showed how initiative and activity is more important than material in opposite coloured bishoppositions.} 1-0

It was not his event as Levon Aronian struggled


The Azeri Shakhriyar Mamedyarov played well and strong, but was unable to break out

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Magnus Carlsen (annotated by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "World Rapid-ch 2015"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo"2850"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN"4r1k1/p4pp1/qp3n1p/3p4/P2P4/1P3P2/2QB2PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 25"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate"2015.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "GER"] {This was the crucial last round. Mamedyarovhas a very tiny edge here. If he could somehow convert this into a w in then Magnus would be in troubleas Nepomniachtchi could catch him. Maybe it was the nervousness of the world title that caused Magnusto play quite weirdly from this point onwards.} 25... Nd7 26. Qc6 Nf6 27. Qc2 Qb7 28. Qf5 Qe7 29. h3 Qe230. Qc2 Qa6 {We have reached the same position and White has got the h3 move for free.} 31. Bf4 Qb732. Kh2 Qe7 33. Qf5 {Rc7 is threatened. At this point it seemed like Magnus was in real trouble. AsAlexander Grischuk who came to the commentary room said, "You cannot just waste 5-6 moves and thenbe alright!".} Rd8 34. Bc7 $6 ( 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rc6 {Keeping all the threats in the position would havebeen very strong. Bxh6 is not so easy to parry now.} Nh7 36. Rc8+ Nf8 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Qg4+ $1 Kh739. Rxf8 $18 {And White has a w inning position.}) 34... Qd7 { Now everything is fine.} (34... Rd7 35. Be5{was what Mamedyarov might have expected.}) 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Be5 Nh7 37. Rc8+ Nf8 {White has adefinite edge here but the position is just to static to make use of the better placed pieces. MeanwhileBlack has the clear cut idea w ith f6, Kf7 and Ne6.} 38. Kg3 ( 38. f4 f6 39. Bb8 Kf7 40. f5 $16 {was themost accurate way to play not giving the e6 square for the knight. Mamedyarov would have found this ina classical game but to do that w ith very less time on the clock is not at all easy.}) 38... f6 $1 $11 39. Bb8Kf7 40. Kf2 Ne6 $11 {Now it's easy for Black to defend. } 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. f4 Rb7 43. Rg8 Kf7 44. Rh8 Rd745. Rc8 g6 46. g4 Re7 47. Bd6 Re8 48. Rxe8 Kxe8 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Ng5 51. h4 Ne4 52. Bb8 a6 53. h5Kf7 54. Bf4 Kg7 {Congratulations to the World Champion Magnus Carlsen who successfully defended hisWorld Rapid title.} 1/2-1/2

It was a vintage result by the World Champion who won a clear point ahead of the field. Notonly did he defend his title, but by gaining 26 Elo, his next rating of 2873 will make him no.1


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Final standings after fifteen roundsRk SNo Ti. Name FED Rtg Pts TB Perf rtg+/-1 1 GM Carlsen Magnus NOR 2847 11,5 2723 2917 26,02 8 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2789 10,5 2712 2849 24,43 16 GM Radjabov Teimour AZE 2741 10,5 2681 2822 32,24 13 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2749 10,5 2673 2813 26,05 89 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2577 10,0 2712 2819 96,66 7 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2798 10,0 2696 2813 6,47 38 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2692 10,0 2696 2809 47,28 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2835 10,0 2690 2804 -10,09 39 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2687 10,0 2686 2800 45,610 9 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2784 10,0 2676 2791 3,411 11 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2756 10,0 2673 2792 13,812 19 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2733 10,0 2648 2767 12,813 92 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2574 9,5 2737 2805 93,614 71 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2619 9,5 2735 2803 77,015 53 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2662 9,5 2733 2811 62,016 36 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2694 9,5 2722 2804 46,217 51 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 9,5 2706 2781 50,218 34 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2698 9,5 2698 2782 35,219 5 GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2805 9,5 2678 2767 -13,020 66 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2631 9,5 2672 2748 49,0

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After 10 games, it seems the only guy who could somehow dethrone Carlsen wasIvanchuk who was on a roll. If only their game was Ivanchuk having white, it would havebeen a better challenge to Carlsen than Ivanchuk employing Petroff as black. Ivanchukcould theoretically been the champion had he beaten Carlsen. Alas, Planet Ivanchuk is toounstable.

The theme in Dominguez - Zhigalko is very well known. Check my blogarticle http://chess-brabo.blogspot.be/2013/09/chessintuition-part-2.html I also want to add that besides 24...f5 black has probably the even more straightforward24...Bd2. That is not so difficult if you know the theory after 24. Bc6 Be3! w ith an instantdraw.

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7.O-Ob5 8.d5b4 9.Ne2c5 10.Bb5c4 11.Bxc4b3 12.axb3Nc6 13.bxa4d6 14.dxc6e5 15.Bb5g6 16.c7+Ke7 17.cxd8=Q+Ke6 18.Ng5#

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