Congratulations to Vishy Anand for defending his title against Vladimir Kramnik! Anand finsished the tournament while have two whole points more than Kramnik. A great match between the strongest.
The Match ended with Anand 6.5 to Kramnik’s 4.5. Anand won 3 games whilst Kramnik only won Once. The rest of the games were drawn.
Both players devided the prize money of 1.5 million Euros equally. Giving each player, 750,000 Euroes.
<picture from chessbase.com>
On October 24th, The Filipino Chess Association of Kuwait held the fourth round of the President Cup Tourney. For those who don’t know, this tourney has 9 rounds total and each round is taken place once every Friday. Now they are done with four rounds… Meaning there is still 5 rounds for those who want to catch up.
DENNIS POLIQUIT is leading the tourney with a full FOUR POINTS! Until now, he remains the ONLY player in the tourney to be undefeated. However, Oscar Brillante is close behind with 3.5 points.
This Friday the game between Dennis and Oscar will take place on table 1. Will Dennis remain undefeated? Will Oscar beat his rival like Fisher beating Spassky? To find out, come to Salhiya Tower at 4 P.M. on Friday. Everybody is invited to watch 🙂
Click Here for the Round FOUR Results: round-4-result
Click Here to See Round FIVE Pairings: round-5-pairings1
Here are a few pictures from the tournament. Please Enjoy. (The pictures were taken by me.)
Dear Visitors,
Sorry for the Delay. I have been busy with classes. Very soon, I will bring you updates for the FCAK Presidents Cup Tourney and the GCC 2008 Championship!
Thank You For Your Patience
P.S. Kramnik Finally won a game against Anand. Who knows, Kramnik might be lucky.
Once a week on Friday, the Filipino Chess Association of Kuwait holds a tournament in Salhiya Tower located Kuwait city. 30 players from all over Kuwait battle it out to be the top champion. After 3 rounds, only three people have succeeded in getting the full 3 points. These strong individuals are, Basir Cosian, Dennis Poliquit, and Ferdie Bugay. Oscar Brillante is close behind with 2.5 points.
HERE IS A PDF OF THE RESULTS FROM ROUND THREE: round-3-result1
Here are the pairings for the round four:
Here are a few pictures from the tournament, please enjoy 🙂 (Pictures were given to me by Emman Ygpuara)
Game four ended quickly in a draw. A not-so exciting game by the top players. The game ended after only 29 moves when many of the major and minor pieces were exchanged. Here is the game.
Anand,V (2783) – Kramnik,V (2772)
WCh Bonn GER (4), 18.10.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf5 12.Be2 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd4 Ne6 15.Nxf5 Qxf5 16.0-0 Rfd8 17.Bg4 Qe5 18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Qb5 b6 20.Rfd1 Rd6 21.Rd4 a6 22.Qb4 h5 23.Bh3 Rad8 24.g3 g5 25.Rad1 g4 26.Bg2 Ne6 27.R4d3 d4 28.exd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 ½-½.
The 5th round will be 2 days from today. Tomorrow is rest day for the players.
Can Kramnik catch up or will Anand defend his crown? Apparenly most people think Anand will win. Vote now for your favorite! Be part of something historic by voiceing your opinion today!
(Pictures and Analysis are from chessbase.com)
A beautiful game by Vishy Anand last night. He crushed Vladimir Kramnik in 41 moves. Anand also had he black pieces which makes the game even more unbelievable! 4000 People watched the game live last night. While watching, they discussed possible moves. Some were using Fritz while other used Rybka. Anyways, here is the game.
Kramnik,V (2772) – Anand,V (2783) [D49]
WCh Bonn GER (3), 17.10.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 No Exchange Slav today, a real fight instead. 4…e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3. Kramnik invites the sharp Meran Variation. 6…dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.0-0 Qb6 14.Qe2. Up to here all well known. Anand’s next is a new move in this position and set Kramnik thinking.
14…Bb7. A brilliant novelty and brilliant preparation. Black has always tried to defend the b5 pawn here with Ba6 or b4 15.Bxb5 Bd6. Anand intends Ke7, Rg8 and Ne5 16.Rd1. Even at this stage I was wondering in my live commentary whether White should play cautiously here with 16.Bd3 Ke7 17.Rd1 Rag8 18.Be4. 16…Rg8 17.g3. 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Be4 d3!; Rxd4 was not good 17.Rxd4 Rxg2+ 18.Kxg2 Qxd4. 17…Rg4
18.Bf4. Credit to Kramnik he comes out fighting. At first sight 18.Nd2 wins material but it does leave the king undefended. Anand may have intended 18…Ke7!! 19.Bxd7 (19.Qxg4 Qxb5) 19…Rag8 20.Bb5 d3 21.Qxd3 Rxg3+ 22.hxg3 Rxg3+. 18…Bxf4. Vishy was still playing fast, he’s been here before. 19.Nxd4. What a shot, Kramnik chooses to sacrifice a piece himself and attacks the rook on g4. 19…h5 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rxd7 Kf8 22.Qd3
Now it was clear Kramnik would remain two pawns up but with his king is very exposed. 22…Rg7! 22…Bc8 23.Rh7 Kg8 24.Re7! threat Qh7 is good for White 24…f5 25.Rd1. 23.Rxg7 Kxg7 24.gxf4 Rd8 25.Qe2 Kh6!
Look how safe Black’s king is from now on. 26.Kf1. 26.f5 Rg8+ 27.Kf1 Bg2+ 28.Ke1 Bc6 29.Qd2+ Kh7 30.Bxc6 Qxc6! 31.Ke2 forced 31…Qb5+ 32.Kf3 (32.Qd3 Qxb2+ 33.Kf3 Qxa1 34.fxe6+ Kh8) 32…Rg4 Deep Hiarcs tells me this wins for Black. So we can conclude Kramnik has problems here. 26…Rg8 27.a4? With time ebbing away Kramnik errs. The silicon consensus is 27.Rc1 Bg2+ 28.Ke1 Bh3 when White has time for 29.f5! Rg1+ 30.Kd2 Qd4+ 31.Bd3 Qxb2+ 32.Rc2 Qb4+ 33.Rc3 Bxf5 34.Bxf5 exf5=/+. 27.Rd1 Bg2+ 28.Ke1 Qa5+ 29.Rd2 Bh3 wins.. 27…Bg2+ 28.Ke1 Bh3!
29.Ra3. Desperate but 29.Rd1 Bg4 30.Qe3 Qxe3+ 31.fxe3 Bxd1 32.Kxd1 Rg2 should be winning 33.b3 Rxh2 34.a5 Ra2 35.a6 h4; 29.Kd2 Rg2 30.Rf1 Rxh2! 29…Rg1+ 30.Kd2 Qd4+ 31.Kc2. 31.Rd3 Qxb2+ 32.Ke3 Qa1 wins, Re1 follows. 31…Bg4 32.f3. 32.Rd3 Bf5.
32…Bf5+. 32…Bf5+ 33.Kb3 Rc1 with either Qd5+ or e5 and Be6 in reserve surely Vlad can’t survive this 34.a5 Qd5+ (34…Rc2 35.Qxc2 Bxc2+ 36.Kxc2 Qc5+ 37.Kb1 Qxb5 38.a6 saves the game) 35.Bc4 Qb7+ 36.Bb5 Rc5 37.Kb4 Rc2 38.Qe3 Rxb2+ 39.Rb3 Qe7+-/+ 40.Kc4 Rxh2 41.a6 Qc7+.
33.Bd3?? 33.Kb3 Rc1 34.a5 Bc2+ 35.Qxc2! Rxc2 36.Kxc2 Qc5+ 37.Kb1 Qxb5 38.a6 saves the game, but Black can also play; 33.Kb3 Rc1 34.a5 Qd5+ 35.Bc4 Qb7+ 36.Bb5 Rc5 37.Kb4 Rc2 38.Qe3 Rxb2+ 39.Rb3 Qe7+ when it’s grim but not totally over. That would have been a spectacular time scramble. 33…Bh3? Vishy had seen he was winning but he could have ended it now with 33…Bxd3+ 34.Rxd3 (34.Qxd3 Rg2+) 34…Qc4+ 35.Kd2 Qc1#. 34.a5. Kramnik has one swindling idea left. 34…Rg2 35.a6 Rxe2+ 36.Bxe2 Bf5+ 37.Kb3 Qe3+ 38.Ka2 Qxe2 39.a7 Qc4+ 40.Ka1 Qf1+ 41.Ka2 Bb1+ 0-1.
Congratulations To Vishy Anand! There is still 9 more rounds to go. Let’s see if Kramnik could catch up 🙂
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This tournament is sponspered by the Filipino Chess Assosiation of Kuwait (FCA-K). It is open to all nationalities. So eveybody is welcomed to join.
The details that I have are as follows:
Entrance Fee: Only 2 KD!
Location: Salhiya Tower (near the salhiya complex)
Rounds: There are a total of 9 rounds (with one day break)
System: Swiss System
Time Control: Long Game
Prizes: ???
Date for the 1st round: October 3rd, 2008
For more information, contact Mr. Emmanuel Ygpuara. His Phone number is = 65101844.
Also, contact Mr. Oliver Arki. His phone number = 66906419.
Also, FCAK Many, their phone number = 66737298.
Good Luck everyone! I hope to see everyone soon 🙂
My sincere Regards
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