Tiviakov Wins Hoogeveen

Submitted by SonofPearl on Sun, 10/25/2009 at 2:40pm.

It was not a tournament graced by many decisive games, but that won't trouble Sergei Tiviakov whose lone victory against Judit Polgar earned him first place at Hoogeveen and a prize of €4,000.

Many of the 11 drawn games were genuine contests, but the tournament sadly disappointed as a spectacle, and will not live long in the memory.

Nevertheless, the final result is certainly a positive one for lowest seed Anish Giri, who at just 15 years of age managed to draw all his games against his illustrious opponents. Look out for more from Giri in the future!

The final scores:

Tiviakov, Sergei	NED	2670	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	3½
Giri, Anish	NED	2552	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	3
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2756	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	3
Polgar, Judit	HUN	2687	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	2½

The lone tournament victory is below, together with Tiviakov's narrow escape against Ivanchuk in round three. Stuart Haslinger of England won the Open section with a score of 7.5/9.

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by sryiwannadraw - 2 months ago
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by Gokukid - 2 months ago
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by spank_the_bishop - 2 months ago
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carsomarin said: "In Tiviakov,S (2670) vs. Polgar,Ju (2687) 18. Re2 is a blunder. It should have been defeated by e5. Losing the knight."

Really wonder why people bother to make lazy patzer comments like this.

If you'd even bothered to look ONE MOVE beyond your suggest 18...e5, you would have spotted 18.Re2, e5?? 19.Nd5! White gains a tempo on the queen, and a stronghold over the d5 square, with pressure on the backward d6 pawn which black will live to regret... white will have an easy game, while black can look forward to a long, stifled, grim defence...

In short, 18...e5 (?) is a blunder.

Do you really think top level grandmasters would make such elementary 1 move mistakes? maybe in time trouble at the end of the game, but it would be exceptionally rare this early in the game.

by maverick62289 - 2 months ago
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This had to be rigged somehow? I've heard of the Russians throwing games before to see a favorable outcome in the tournament but this??? COME ON!!!!!!!!

by TeslasLightning - 2 months ago
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A draw does not mean a game is somehow inferior...in fact, it may be more perfect than a win. I think we should appreciate draws as much as wins...unless of course, it is one of those 10-move agreed-upon-beforehand draws.

by dpenaranda - 2 months ago
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That's why checkless chess, 960, capablanca's chess and other variants are getting popular. And Carlsen is popular in chess comunity, he won games, at least what was happened in Pearl Spring.

by love_romance13 - 2 months ago
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by carsomarin - 2 months ago
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Ahh nvm, I retract my previous statement.

by somechessguy - 2 months ago
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carsomarin: Actually, Re2 is not a blunder. Let's say Black played 18. ... e5. White can respond with 19. Nd5. Even without looking very deep into that line, you can probably tell that Black has some issues to deal with.

by carsomarin - 2 months ago
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In Tiviakov,S (2670) vs. Polgar,Ju (2687) 18. Re2 is a blunder. It should have been defeated by e5. Losing the knight.