Zug (nee Lisbon)

[Jonathan Bryant]

starts tomorrow I gather.

Decent line-up of chessers but no Agon, Andrew Paulson or chess casting, it seems.


http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/zug-g ... -more-fide

[Christopher Kreuzer]

This bit about the 500,000 Euros deposit is quite funny! Is that normal for such deals?

[Mick Norris]

Probably

Not too bothered about this event really, but would be good to see Radjabov return to form

Should be some time trouble anyway

[Jonathan Bryant]

This bit about the 500,000 Euros deposit is quite funny! Is that normal for such deals?

Do you mean normal for FIDE deals or normal for normal deals?

[Andrew Bak]

This is one of the craziest games I have seen for a while! Definitely not one to show to a beginner!

[Event "Renova Grand Prix"] [Site "Zug, SUI"] [Date "2013.04.29"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [LiveChessVersion "1.4.1"] [ECO "A34"] 1. c4 {[%clk 1:59:57]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:59:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 1:59:35]} c5 {[%clk 1:58:54]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 1:58:26]} d5 {[%clk 1:58:27]} 4. cxd5 {[%clk 1:57:39]} Nxd5 {[%clk 1:58:21]} 5. e4 {[%clk 1:57:13]} Nb4 {[%clk 1:55:35]} 6. Bc4 {[%clk 1:57:03]} Nd3+ {[%clk 1:53:41]} 7. Ke2 {[%clk 1:56:55]} Nf4+ {[%clk 1:53:30]} 8. Kf1 {[%clk 1:56:50]} Ne6 {[%clk 1:52:06]} 9. b4 {[%clk 1:54:49]} cxb4 {[%clk 1:49:13]} 10. Ne2 {[%clk 1:52:31]} Nc5 {[%clk 1:28:44]} 11. Ng3 {[%clk 1:44:49]} Be6 {[%clk 1:27:50]} 12. Bxe6 {[%clk 1:42:25]} Qd3+ {[%clk 1:16:23]} 13. Kg1 {[%clk 1:34:59]} Nxe6 {[%clk 1:16:14]} 14. Bb2 {[%clk 1:33:07]} Nc6 {[%clk 1:13:46]} 15. Rc1 {[%clk 1:31:57]} Rd8 {[%clk 1:11:35]} 16. h4 {[%clk 1:30:37]} h5 {[%clk 1:02:00]} 17. Kh2 {[%clk 1:28:34]} Nf4 {[%clk 0:49:36]} 18. Ne5 {[%clk 1:16:23]} Qb5 {[%clk 0:37:59]} 19. Rxc6 {[%clk 1:11:09]} bxc6 {[%clk 0:32:37]} 20. Qf3 {[%clk 1:10:42]} f6 {[%clk 0:32:21]} 21. Qxf4 {[%clk 1:10:32]} fxe5 {[%clk 0:32:13]} 22. Bxe5 {[%clk 1:10:16]} Rd3 {[%clk 0:30:56]} 23. Nf5 {[%clk 1:07:10]} Rg8 {[%clk 0:28:59]} 24. Nd4 {[%clk 1:03:46]} Qc4 {[%clk 0:23:01]} 25. Rc1 {[%clk 0:36:06]} Qxc1 {[%clk 0:20:40]} 26. Ne6 {[%clk 0:36:01]} Qc4 {[%clk 0:11:28]} 27. Qf5 {[%clk 0:35:51]} g6 {[%clk 0:10:38]} 28. Nc7+ {[%clk 0:35:44]} Kd8 {[%clk 0:10:34]} 29. Ne6+ {[%clk 0:35:42]} Kd7 {[%clk 0:07:55]} 30. Nxf8+ {[%clk 0:35:11]} Ke8 {[%clk 0:07:52]} 31. Nxg6 {[%clk 0:35:09]} Rd7 {[%clk 0:04:14]} 32. Bb8 {[%clk 0:29:47]} Qf7 {[%clk 0:02:21]} 33. Qxf7+ {[%clk 0:29:42]} Kxf7 {[%clk 0:02:19]} 34. Ne5+ {[%clk 0:29:41]} Ke6 {[%clk 0:02:16]} 35. Nxd7 {[%clk 0:29:36]} Kxd7 {[%clk 0:02:12]} 36. Bxa7 {[%clk 0:29:33]} Ra8 {[%clk 0:01:58]} 37. Bc5 {[%clk 0:29:29]} Rxa2 {[%clk 0:01:55]} 38. Bxb4 {[%clk 0:29:25]} Ra4 {[%clk 0:01:52]} 39. Bc5 {[%clk 0:21:27]} Rxe4 {[%clk 0:01:45]} 40. Kh3 {[%clk 1:21:09]} Ke6 {[%clk 1:00:10]} 41. f3 {[%clk 1:04:56]} Rc4 {[%clk 0:55:27]} 42. Be3 {[%clk 1:02:08]} Kf5 {[%clk 0:51:08]} 43. Bg5 {[%clk 1:01:26]} e5 {[%clk 0:43:54]} 44. Be3 {[%clk 0:55:40]} Ra4 {[%clk 0:26:34]} 45. Bf2 {[%clk 0:46:24]} Rc4 {[%clk 0:21:14]} 46. Be3 {[%clk 0:45:48]} c5 {[%clk 0:16:52]} 47. g4+ {[%clk 0:43:18]} Kg6 {[%clk 0:13:17]} 48. Kg3 {[%clk 0:42:12]} Rc1 {[%clk 0:12:59]} 49. Kf2 {[%clk 0:35:56]} c4 {[%clk 0:12:49]} 50. Bg5 {[%clk 0:35:32]} Ra1 {[%clk 0:10:03]} 51. Ke3 {[%clk 0:34:57]} Re1+ {[%clk 0:09:53]} 52. Kf2 {[%clk 0:34:55]} Ra1 {[%clk 0:09:45]} 53. Ke3 {[%clk 0:34:48]} Ra4 {[%clk 0:09:18]} 54. gxh5+ {[%clk 0:34:16]} Kxh5 {[%clk 0:09:10]} 55. Bf6 {[%clk 0:33:18]} Ra3+ {[%clk 0:06:46]} 56. Ke4 {[%clk 0:33:03]} c3 {[%clk 0:06:32]} 57. dxc3 {[%clk 0:32:59]} Rxc3 {[%clk 0:06:29]} 58. Bxe5 {[%clk 0:32:55]} Rxf3 {[%clk 0:06:25]} 59. Kxf3 {[%clk 0:32:52]} Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Kevin Thurlow]

I'm not entirely convinced by 8....Ne6, but it looks normal up to there.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Both it and the subsequent 9b4 pawn sacrifice is fairly well established theory IIRC.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Impressive performance from Topalov, winning the event with a round to spare. Who from this event would you think would be a good bet to make the next Candidates Tournament?

[Mick Norris]

Impressive performance from Topalov, winning the event with a round to spare. Who from this event would you think would be a good bet to make the next Candidates Tournament?

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... pants.html

Topalov moves into the lead - of course, the most interesting question is where and when rounds 4-6 take place

Then there is the question whether there are 3 qualifying places for the Candidates from the Grand Prix

EDIT - there are 2 places and the updated table can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_Grand ... _standings

[Mick Norris]

More from FIDE

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... dings.html

and

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... ement.html