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Shirov Wins 2012 Keres Memorial

  • SonofPearl
  • on 1/11/12 12:41 PM.

paul keres cropped.jpgThe Estonian Grandmaster Paul Keres (1916-1975) is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players never to attained the title of World Champion.

There is an annual memorial chess tournament held every year in Tallinn, and this year Alexei Shirov repeated his success in the 2011 competition. 

Since 1 January 2012, Alexei Shirov is representing Latvia once again after representing Spain for many years.

Held from 6-8 January, the event consisted of a preliminary qualifying Swiss, from which the four best finishers qualified to join another four invited players for a round-robin finale.

Games were played at a time control of 15 minutes plus a 10 second increment.

The final standings in the round-robin:


 Name Nat Elo Pts
1 Shirov Alexei LAT 2710 5.0
2 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2525 5.0
3 Ehlvest Jaan USA 2594 4.0
4 Kalifman Alexander RUS 2632 3.5
5 Nybäck Tomi FIN 2634 3.5
6 Volodin Aleksandr EST 2491 3.0
7 Külaots Kaido EST 2581 2.5
8 Seeman Tarvo EST 2399 1.5

 

The top finishers in the prelims:


 Name Nat Elo Pts
1 Seeman Tarvo EST 2399 6.0
2 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2525 6.0
3 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2632 5.5
4 Volodin Aleksandr EST 2491 5.5
5 Shvõrjov Igor EST 2470 5.5
6 Gabovits Ilia EST 1882 5.5
7 Kovaljov Denis EST 2274 5.5
8 Rauk Tõnu EST 2205 5.5
9 Westerinen Heikki M J FIN 2318 5.0
10 Ryzhkov Vjacheslav RUS 2140 5.0
11 Vovk Ilja EST 2233 5.0
12 Daulyte Deimante LTU 2223 5.0
13 Agopov Mikael FIN 2448 4.5
14 Shishkov Andrei EST 2380 4.5
15 Valner Uku EST 2197 4.5
16 Hartikainen Markku FIN 2334 4.5
17 Holvason Juri EST 2122 4.5
18 Paakkonen Timo FIN 2282 4.5
19 Remmel Anto EST 2263 4.5
20 Tusa Tuukka FIN 2173 4.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • 16 months ago

    netzach

    Am always glad to hear about this tournament. Paul Keres was outstanding player & deserves to be remembered always !

  • 16 months ago

    rorschach1985

    Nice to see Shirov win a tournament.  However, considering the competition he should have won.

  • 16 months ago

    Caliphigia

    Gabovits is only 16 and is on the rating list less than 6 moths. He only played 15 rated games so far. His score could be result of luck, good physical condition, his opponents could underestimate the boy, or it might be a combination of all those. Or he might just made rapid improvement in his play that hadn't had time to show on rating list. Remember this is not classic chess but 15 minutes rapid. We will have to wait and see his future perfomances.

    I think that Fedoseev made much better performance: first, he tied for 1st place in qualifications, and then again tied for 1st  with Shirov (who didn't play qualifications and was fresh for the finals).

  • 16 months ago

    NightHawk0085

    @ frankoMontreal - (and anyone else), correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Tal make a similar statement?

  • 16 months ago

    flashboy2222

    Fedoseev, Vladimir3 (2525) vs. Nyback, Tomi (2634)

     slip on the keyboard?

  • 16 months ago

    Stella_Woo

    1882 ?? :O

  • 16 months ago

    jittu

    i expect firts 7.f3  ( he went with Be2) ... Shirov, Alexei (2710) vs. Fedoseev, Vladimir (2525)

  • 16 months ago

    elbowgrease

    congrats to shirov!

  • 16 months ago

    frankoMontreal

    I have always liked Shirov. An anecdote about him I once heard was his reaction to being told that several of his pieces were being attacked and risked being captured: That's okay; my opponent can only take them one at a time.

  • 16 months ago

    Bab3s

    How about Ilia Gabovits? Impressive performance to say the least!

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