World Rapid Championship 2012, Karjakin wins

Saturday, 07 July 2012 10:36

Sergey Karjakin is the first World rapid chess champion 2012!

Sergey played some outstanding chess today, for the last five games. Sergey won against Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Kazhgaleyev, Svidler and a draw against Kurnosov was enough to secure the title. The start of the day was lucky as Vasily felt on time in a much better endgame. The rest was "clean", the technique of Sergey in endgames made him score import ants victories over Radjabov and Svidler.

In the meantime, Magnus Carlsen had a black day.The World number one lost twice, against Vasily Ivanchuk and Alexander Grischuk. He might have even lost a third game in the 15th game, if Veselin Topalov wouldn't have missed a mate in 5 moves in time trouble!

Veselin, with a possible win against Carlsen, would have been second alone. Making only draw, Veselin was caught by "Shak" Mamedyarov, who a winning strike with 3,5/5 today!

Tomorrow starts the blitz world championship, with 15 games to be played, and 15 others after tomorrow.

No.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2779		0	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	11.5
2	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2837	1		½	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.5
3	GM	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2752	½	½		1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	0	0	½	9.5
4	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2726	1	0	0		0	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	9.5
5	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2763	0	1	0	1		½	½	0	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	9.0
6	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2724	0	½	½	0	½		1	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	0	8.0
7	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2769	0	1	½	0	½	0		1	1	0	½	1	½	0	½	1	7.5
8	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2749	0	½	0	1	1	½	0		½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	7.5
9	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2788	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	½		½	½	0	1	1	½	1	7.5
10	GM	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2677	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	½		1	½	½	0	1	1	7.0
11	GM	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2770	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0		1	1	½	½	½	6.5
12	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2732	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0		1	1	1	½	6.0
13	GM	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2605	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	0	0		1	½	1	6.0
14	GM	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ	2537	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	0		½	1	6.0
15	GM	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	2644	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½		0	4.5
16	GM	Ismagambetov, Anuar	KAZ	2491	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1		3.5

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Day 3

Round 15

Board	Total	S.No.	White	Result	Black	S.No.	Total	Board
1	9.5	8	Topalov, Veselin	½ - ½	Carlsen, Magnus	16	10.5	1
2	6.5	9	Morozevich, Alexander	½ - ½	Grischuk, Alexander	7	9.0	2
3	6.0	10	Bologan, Viktor	½ - ½	Ismagambetov, Anuar	6	3.5	3
4	7.0	11	Dreev, Aleksey	1 - 0	Tkachiev, Vladislav	5	4.5	4
5	9.5	12	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1 - 0	Gelfand, Boris	4	8.0	5
6	11.5	13	Karjakin, Sergey	½ - ½	Kurnosov, Igor	3	6.0	6
7	7.5	14	Ivanchuk, Vassily	1 - 0	Svidler, Peter	2	7.5	7
8	7.5	15	Radjabov, Teimour	1 - 0	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1	6.0	8

Round 14

Board	Total	S.No.	White	Result	Black	S.No.	Total	Board
1	10.0	16	Carlsen, Magnus	½ - ½	Radjabov, Teimour	15	6.5	1
2	6.0	1	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1 - 0	Ivanchuk, Vassily	14	6.5	2
3	7.5	2	Svidler, Peter	0 - 1	Karjakin, Sergey	13	11.0	3
4	5.5	3	Kurnosov, Igor	0 - 1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	12	8.5	4
5	8.0	4	Gelfand, Boris	1 - 0	Dreev, Aleksey	11	6.0	5
6	4.5	5	Tkachiev, Vladislav	0 - 1	Bologan, Viktor	10	5.5	6
7	3.0	6	Ismagambetov, Anuar	½ - ½	Morozevich, Alexander	9	6.0	7
8	8.5	7	Grischuk, Alexander	0 - 1	Topalov, Veselin	8	9.0	8

Round 13

Board	Total	S.No.	White	Result	Black	S.No.	Total	Board
1	8.5	7	Grischuk, Alexander	1 - 0	Carlsen, Magnus	16	9.5	1
2	8.0	8	Topalov, Veselin	½ - ½	Ismagambetov, Anuar	6	2.5	2
3	5.5	9	Morozevich, Alexander	½ - ½	Tkachiev, Vladislav	5	4.5	3
4	4.5	10	Bologan, Viktor	0 - 1	Gelfand, Boris	4	7.0	4
5	6.0	11	Dreev, Aleksey	½ - ½	Kurnosov, Igor	3	5.5	5
6	7.5	12	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0 - 1	Svidler, Peter	2	7.5	6
7	10.0	13	Karjakin, Sergey	1 - 0	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1	5.0	7
8	6.5	14	Ivanchuk, Vassily	1 - 0	Radjabov, Teimour	15	6.0	8

Round 12

Board	Total	S.No.	White	Result	Black	S.No.	Total	Board
1	9.5	16	Carlsen, Magnus	0 - 1	Ivanchuk, Vassily	14	5.5	1
2	6.0	15	Radjabov, Teimour	0 - 1	Karjakin, Sergey	13	9.0	2
3	5.0	1	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	0 - 1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	12	7.5	3
4	6.5	2	Svidler, Peter	1 - 0	Dreev, Aleksey	11	5.5	4
5	5.0	3	Kurnosov, Igor	0 - 1	Bologan, Viktor	10	4.5	5
6	6.0	4	Gelfand, Boris	1 - 0	Morozevich, Alexander	9	5.0	6
7	4.0	5	Tkachiev, Vladislav	1 - 0	Topalov, Veselin	8	7.5	7
8	2.0	6	Ismagambetov, Anuar	0 - 1	Grischuk, Alexander	7	7.5	8

Round 11

Board	Total	S.No.	White	Result	Black	S.No.	Total	Board
1	2.0	6	Ismagambetov, Anuar	0 - 1	Carlsen, Magnus	16	9.5	1
2	6.5	7	Grischuk, Alexander	1 - 0	Tkachiev, Vladislav	5	3.0	2
3	7.5	8	Topalov, Veselin	½ - ½	Gelfand, Boris	4	5.0	3
4	5.0	9	Morozevich, Alexander	1 - 0	Kurnosov, Igor	3	5.0	4
5	3.5	10	Bologan, Viktor	½ - ½	Svidler, Peter	2	5.5	5
6	5.5	11	Dreev, Aleksey	0 - 1	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1	5.0	6
7	6.5	12	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½ - ½	Radjabov, Teimour	15	6.0	7
8	8.0	13	Karjakin, Sergey	1 - 0	Ivanchuk, Vassily	14	4.5	8

Day 2

Today was the day of Magnus Carlsen. Sharing first place at the begin of the day, Magnus is finishing clear first with 1,5 point in front of Karjakin and Topalov (+7, 3)!
The Norwegian wonder kid had an impressive score, and possess 8,5/10. His last two victories are typical from what we see so far: not a big advantage after the opening, but putting pressure until the end.

On round 9 against Vlad Tkachiev, Magnus managed to get something out of nothing, taking finally control of the "c" line and eventually won it. The crucial game of the day was the 10th round, and last of the day, playing against his direct opponent for the title : Sergey Karjakin. Sergey just suffered a loss against Mamedyarov in the previous round and didn't recover fully. In a very complicated middle game, players arrived in a drawish endgame.

With a huge time trouble, Sergey didn't find the best line and to give up a rook+bishop+pawns endgame. The former FIDE world champion (2005) Veselin Topalov is sharing 2nd-3rd place, beating nicely Svidler on round 9. He could have even more point without a loss against Murtas Kahzgaleyev in the previous game.

We can notice the fighting spirit of Ismagambatov Anuar, 2491 rating, scoring in the last two rounds against Gelfand and Tkachiev.

Tomorrow are the last 5 rounds, and we still a lots of fights to come.

Round 10 results

Board	Total	S.No.	White	Result	Black	S.No.	Total	Board
1	8.5	16	Carlsen, Magnus	1 - 0	Karjakin, Sergey	13	7.0	1
2	4.5	14	Ivanchuk, Vassily	0 - 1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	12	6.0	2
3	5.5	15	Radjabov, Teimour	½ - ½	Dreev, Aleksey	11	5.5	3
4	4.0	1	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	0 - 1	Bologan, Viktor	10	3.0	4
5	5.0	2	Svidler, Peter	0 - 1	Morozevich, Alexander	9	4.0	5
6	5.0	3	Kurnosov, Igor	0 - 1	Topalov, Veselin	8	7.0	6
7	4.5	4	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	Grischuk, Alexander	7	5.5	7
8	3.0	5	Tkachiev, Vladislav	0 - 1	Ismagambetov, Anuar	6	2.0	8

Cross table - round 10

No.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2837		1		1			½	1	½	½		1	1	1	1		8.5
2	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2779	0		½	0		1	1			1		½		1	1	1	7.0
3	GM	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2752		½		1	1		½	1	1		½	1	0	½			7.0
4	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2726	0	1	0			0	½				1	1		1	½	1	6.0
5	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2788			0			1	½	1	½	½		½		0	½	1	5.5
6	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2763		0		1	0		1	½	0	½	½		1	1			5.5
7	GM	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2677	½	0	½	½	½	0					1	1		½		1	5.5
8	GM	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2605	0		0		0	½			½	1	½		1		½	1	5.0
9	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2749	½		0		½	1		½		½		0	½		½	1	5.0
10	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2724	½	0			½	½		0	½		1		½		1	0	4.5
11	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2769			½	0		½	0	½		0		½		1	½	1	4.5
12	GM	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2770	0	½	0	0	½		0		1		½		½	1			4.0
13	GM	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ	2537	0		1			0		0	½	½		½		0	½	1	4.0
14	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2732	0	0	½	0	1	0	½				0	0	1				3.0
15	GM	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	2644	0	0		½	½			½	½	0	½		½			0	3.0
16	GM	Ismagambetov, Anuar	KAZ	2491		0		0	0		0	0	0	1	0		0		1		2.0

Day 1

The rapid world chess championship has started and we had a great fights in each of the first five rounds of the tournament. Playing venue in the Radisson is just superb, live transmission allows internet users to watch theses 16 great champions live!

Sergey Karjakin arrived lately in the night, missing his plane, but the Russian player showed some incredible chess today, scoring an impressive 4,5/5, drawing the 5th round peacefully against Topalov. The most technical and impressive victory of Sergey might be his fourth game against Grischuk, making a beautiful queen sacrifice (Nxf5!) to mate his opponent.

Sergey is sharing the 1st place with the world number one Magnus Carlsen. As usual, Magnus is playing all the positions until the end, as his last game against Kurnosov showed. A drawish endgame which ended eventually by trapping the white's knight. Peter Svidler was putting a lot of problems to Magnus, but the Norwegian player finally managed to escape in the last seconds of the game.

Three players are sharing the 3rd place : Grischuk, Topalov and Radjabov. Despite a defeat against his compatriot, Grischuk had a great day, starting with a perfect 3/3. Radjabov was very solid as usual, remains undefeated. Dreev, player issued from qualification, is making a great impression beating Morozevich in a great style.

Strange day for Morozevich which started badly loosing to Topalov and Carlsen, and couldn't recover. Anyhow, tournament is still very long and it's clearly too early to draw conclusions so far. Show must go on!