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Nodibirek Abdusattorov, born 1 December 2004, already has GM norms from St Petersburg 2016 and Abu Dhabi 2017.

After seven of the nine rounds in the current Tchigorin Memorial at St Petersburg, the Uzbek 12-year-old has 5.5/7 with a TPR of 2657. It was as high as 2799 before he lost in round 7.

He will be White this afternoon against GM Artyom Timofeev (2549). He needs at most 1/2 so a win today will clinch the title.

At 12.10, he would be the second youngest GM in chess history after Sergey Karjakin (12.7) and ahead of Negi and Carlsen who were both 13.

Abdusattorov has a very mature and patient style a la Karpov/Carlsen, and impresses me more at the moment than his rival Praggnanandhaa, who still has five months to break Karjakin's record but as yet has no GM norms.

Interesting. Unfortunately his game was not on a live board and as at 7pm today I still don't see the result.
Maybe later this evening check on

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr306753. ... d=8&wi=821

He has drawn, so needs a draw as Black tomorrow against 2622-rated Evgeny Alekseev for the title. Not easy.

Any games from this one to see the kids style?

All the games are available to view via the chess-results link above

The ninth and final round,which started three hours earlier than the others, is now in progress and Alexeev v Abdusattorov,with Black needing a draw to become the second youngest GM in chess history, began cautiously. Chessbase chessbomb and chess 24 have the current position which remained level nearly two hours into the game. A few moves on, Alekseev has a small edge with good v bad bishop, nothing much yet with queens and rooks on the board, but not nice when Black craves for half a point.

Alekseev at 2622 may not sound great, but his peak was 2725, No19 in the world,and his CV includes the Russian championship, Biel, Aeroflot, 2nd= to Kramnik at Dortmund, and 2nd in the European championship. He is only 31, so it is unclear why his rating has dropped 100 points from its peak.

A few moves further on from the above, and Black has gained control of the open c file with queen and rook to offset his bad bishop. Chesscom says dead level, so looking good for the record.

At noon GMT, it's a fairly standard looking rook ending with 3 moves to go to the time control (no zeitnot).
Alekseev has 4v3 on kingside (kings on g2 and g8) with R on a7. The kid has rook on a1 and his fourth pawn on a3. He can't reach the standard 3 v 4 draw as White's pawns are already on g4 and h5; Black's h-pawn on h6. So he needs to show some good technique using his outside passed a-pawn as a countervailing threat.
The online engine says 0.00 of course but the GM will try

Looks dodgy at this point to me.

[Event "24th Chigorin Memorial"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2017.10.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "*"] [Board "7"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteCountry "RUS"] [WhiteFideId "4138147"] [BlackElo "2498"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [BlackCountry "UZB"] [BlackFideId "14204118"] 1. c4 {[%clk 1:30:56]} e6 {[%clk 1:30:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 1:29:51]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:30:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 1:28:34]} d5 {[%clk 1:30:22]} 4. e3 {[%clk 1:28:31]} Be7 {[%clk 1:27:48]} 5. b3 {[%clk 1:26:28]} c5 {[%clk 1:16:34]} 6. cxd5 {[%clk 1:21:38]} Nxd5 {[%clk 1:13:14]} 7. Bb2 {[%clk 1:16:10]} O-O {[%clk 1:10:22]} 8. Qc2 {[%clk 1:07:30]} b6 {[%clk 1:03:44]} 9. Nxd5 {[%clk 1:00:56]} exd5 {[%clk 1:03:16]} 10. d4 {[%clk 0:54:46]} Be6 {[%clk 0:55:46]} 11. Bd3 {[%clk 0:49:09]} h6 {[%clk 0:55:23]} 12. O-O {[%clk 0:49:04]} Nc6 {[%clk 0:53:24]} 13. Be2 {[%clk 0:48:42]} Rc8 {[%clk 0:51:54]} 14. Qd2 {[%clk 0:49:08]} cxd4 {[%clk 0:49:54]} 15. Nxd4 {[%clk 0:47:27]} Nxd4 {[%clk 0:50:15]} 16. Bxd4 {[%clk 0:46:25]} Bf6 {[%clk 0:49:18]} 17. Rac1 {[%clk 0:40:34]} Bxd4 {[%clk 0:49:19]} 18. Qxd4 {[%clk 0:41:02]} Qe7 {[%clk 0:49:31]} 19. b4 {[%clk 0:39:14]} Rc7 {[%clk 0:46:33]} 20. Ba6 {[%clk 0:39:38]} Rd8 {[%clk 0:42:33]} 21. a3 {[%clk 0:39:40]} Qd6 {[%clk 0:42:38]} 22. Rfd1 {[%clk 0:33:53]} Rdd7 {[%clk 0:40:55]} 23. Rxc7 {[%clk 0:30:20]} Rxc7 {[%clk 0:40:27]} 24. Bb5 {[%clk 0:29:07]} Qf8 {[%clk 0:37:05]} 25. h3 {[%clk 0:23:11]} Qc8 {[%clk 0:36:00]} 26. Be2 {[%clk 0:22:16]} Rc1 {[%clk 0:33:13]} 27. Bf3 {[%clk 0:21:49]} Qc3 {[%clk 0:27:19]} 28. Qxc3 {[%clk 0:17:39]} Rxc3 {[%clk 0:27:47]} 29. Bxd5 {[%clk 0:17:50]} Bxd5 {[%clk 0:27:35]} 30. Rxd5 {[%clk 0:18:15]} Rxa3 {[%clk 0:27:59]} 31. g4 {[%clk 0:16:16]} a5 {[%clk 0:26:21]} 32. bxa5 {[%clk 0:15:33]} bxa5 {[%clk 0:26:50]} 33. Rd8+ {[%clk 0:15:19]} Kh7 {[%clk 0:27:18]} 34. Rd7 {[%clk 0:15:18]} Kg8 {[%clk 0:27:31]} 35. Ra7 {[%clk 0:14:00]} Ra1+ {[%clk 0:27:55]} 36. Kg2 {[%clk 0:14:27]} a4 {[%clk 0:28:18]} 37. h4 {[%clk 0:14:32]} a3 {[%clk 0:28:15]} 38. h5 {[%clk 0:10:35]} g5 {[%clk 0:24:55]} 39. hxg6 {[%clk 0:08:23]} fxg6 {[%clk 0:25:19]} 40. f4 {[%clk 0:07:58]} a2 {[%clk 0:25:41]} 41. e4 {[%clk 0:08:20]} h5 {[%clk 0:22:53]} *

Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:14 pm

Looks dodgy at this point to me.

[Event "24th Chigorin Memorial"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2017.10.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Board "7"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteCountry "RUS"] [WhiteFideId "4138147"] [WhiteEloChange "-2"] [BlackElo "2498"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [BlackCountry "UZB"] [BlackFideId "14204118"] [BlackEloChange "2"] 1. c4 {[%clk 1:30:56]} e6 {[%clk 1:30:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 1:29:51]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:30:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 1:28:34]} d5 {[%clk 1:30:22]} 4. e3 {[%clk 1:28:31]} Be7 {[%clk 1:27:48]} 5. b3 {[%clk 1:26:28]} c5 {[%clk 1:16:34]} 6. cxd5 {[%clk 1:21:38]} Nxd5 {[%clk 1:13:14]} 7. Bb2 {[%clk 1:16:10]} O-O {[%clk 1:10:22]} 8. Qc2 {[%clk 1:07:30]} b6 {[%clk 1:03:44]} 9. Nxd5 {[%clk 1:00:56]} exd5 {[%clk 1:03:16]} 10. d4 {[%clk 0:54:46]} Be6 {[%clk 0:55:46]} 11. Bd3 {[%clk 0:49:09]} h6 {[%clk 0:55:23]} 12. O-O {[%clk 0:49:04]} Nc6 {[%clk 0:53:24]} 13. Be2 {[%clk 0:48:42]} Rc8 {[%clk 0:51:54]} 14. Qd2 {[%clk 0:49:08]} cxd4 {[%clk 0:49:54]} 15. Nxd4 {[%clk 0:47:27]} Nxd4 {[%clk 0:50:15]} 16. Bxd4 {[%clk 0:46:25]} Bf6 {[%clk 0:49:18]} 17. Rac1 {[%clk 0:40:34]} Bxd4 {[%clk 0:49:19]} 18. Qxd4 {[%clk 0:41:02]} Qe7 {[%clk 0:49:31]} 19. b4 {[%clk 0:39:14]} Rc7 {[%clk 0:46:33]} 20. Ba6 {[%clk 0:39:38]} Rd8 {[%clk 0:42:33]} 21. a3 {[%clk 0:39:40]} Qd6 {[%clk 0:42:38]} 22. Rfd1 {[%clk 0:33:53]} Rdd7 {[%clk 0:40:55]} 23. Rxc7 {[%clk 0:30:20]} Rxc7 {[%clk 0:40:27]} 24. Bb5 {[%clk 0:29:07]} Qf8 {[%clk 0:37:05]} 25. h3 {[%clk 0:23:11]} Qc8 {[%clk 0:36:00]} 26. Be2 {[%clk 0:22:16]} Rc1 {[%clk 0:33:13]} 27. Bf3 {[%clk 0:21:49]} Qc3 {[%clk 0:27:19]} 28. Qxc3 {[%clk 0:17:39]} Rxc3 {[%clk 0:27:47]} 29. Bxd5 {[%clk 0:17:50]} Bxd5 {[%clk 0:27:35]} 30. Rxd5 {[%clk 0:18:15]} Rxa3 {[%clk 0:27:59]} 31. g4 {[%clk 0:16:16]} a5 {[%clk 0:26:21]} 32. bxa5 {[%clk 0:15:33]} bxa5 {[%clk 0:26:50]} 33. Rd8+ {[%clk 0:15:19]} Kh7 {[%clk 0:27:18]} 34. Rd7 {[%clk 0:15:18]} Kg8 {[%clk 0:27:31]} 35. Ra7 {[%clk 0:14:00]} Ra1+ {[%clk 0:27:55]} 36. Kg2 {[%clk 0:14:27]} a4 {[%clk 0:28:18]} 37. h4 {[%clk 0:14:32]} a3 {[%clk 0:28:15]} 38. h5 {[%clk 0:10:35]} g5 {[%clk 0:24:55]} 39. hxg6 {[%clk 0:08:23]} fxg6 {[%clk 0:25:19]} 40. f4 {[%clk 0:07:58]} a2 {[%clk 0:25:41]} 41. e4 {[%clk 0:08:20]} h5 {[%clk 0:22:53]} 42. gxh5 {[%clk 0:08:19]} gxh5 {[%clk 0:23:22]} 43. e5 {[%clk 0:08:02]} h4 {[%clk 0:23:45]} 44. e6 {[%clk 0:08:06]} h3+ {[%clk 0:24:01]} 45. Kh2 {[%clk 0:08:30]} Kf8 {[%clk 0:24:02]} 46. f5 {[%clk 0:08:31]} Rf1 {[%clk 0:24:25]} 47. Rxa2 {[%clk 0:08:55]} Rxf5 {[%clk 0:24:51]} 48. Kxh3 {[%clk 0:09:18]} Re5 {[%clk 0:25:12]} 49. Ra6 {[%clk 0:09:43]} Ke7 {[%clk 0:25:38]} 50. Kg4 {[%clk 0:10:10]} Rxe6 {[%clk 0:26:02]} 51. Rxe6+ {[%clk 0:10:37]} Kxe6 {[%clk 0:26:23]} 1/2-1/2

Black had the option of 41....Re1 liquidating to a draw so I'm assuming he sees no danger in playing h5 first.

The game concluded: 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. e5 h4 44. e6 h3+ 45. Kh2 Kf8 46. f5 Rf1 47. Rxa2 Rxf5 48. Kxh3 Re5 49. Ra6 Ke7 50. Kg4 Rxe6 51. Rxe6+ Kxe6 ½-½

Looks drawn to me at this point after 45. Kh2.

He finished his smarties and made it look easy anyway.

A new record, then; and more rating points lost for poor Alekseev!

Seems this nice story might yet unravel somewhat. I took his 1 December birthdate from Wiki and other sources, but there are some places which give 18 September while the Match of the Millennials website, an event played in July, gives him as 13 then. This last would place his title age seriously close to the 13 years 4 months of Negi and Carlsen.

Even then, he is still the second youngest GM ever after Karjakin. I think that is remarkable enough!