Aerosvit Foros 2008 Round 1
Magnus and Shirov emerged as early leaders after beating Ivanchuk and Van Wely respectively. In addition we say several hard fought draws in round 1.
The home page did not have a direct link to the live-games but www.ruschess.com had.
Early in the game yesteday, Ivanchuk showed the same dynamic play as in the previous successful weeks. In addition to the captured pawn, he obviously had some positional compensation for the exchange sacrificed on f8. After thinking for a while, Magnus typically sacrificed another pawn in order to activate his bishop. He considered ceeding the c5 square to a black knight to be less of a problem in this specific position.
Magnus continued to put his pieces on the right squares to defend against the black kingside attack.
When he avoided the repetition of queen moves, he did not really see how either of them could make progress. White has to defend against the intrusion of the black bishop to e3 or d2, and it is difficult to support the a5 advance and recapture simultaneously. Blacks tactic simply does not work.
When Ivanchuk moved his knight from c5 via d7 and f6 to h5 Magnus was not sure if it was an attempt to win or an active defense. White was better although the advantage was not decisive until Ivanchuk impatiently played d5? Maybe he had missed Rce2! after which white is much better. None of the players had time trouble, and Magnus was a bit surprised by Ivanchuks impatient play. After the exchange of queens on f3 and rooks on f5, black is lost despite the two extra pawns. 1-0.
The luggage that arrived yesterday had supposedly been marked with our names by helpful airport officials but unfortunately it was not ours.
Latest news are that they have found two pieces of luggage in Simferopol with luggage tag numbers matching ours. So maybe the pictures from round 2 will feature Magnus in a different outfit than his NTG T-shirt worn yesterday (and the day before, and the day before, and...)
Today Magnus has black against Svidler, not an easy task.
Henrik C.,
Foros, June 9th 2008
The home page did not have a direct link to the live-games but www.ruschess.com had.
Early in the game yesteday, Ivanchuk showed the same dynamic play as in the previous successful weeks. In addition to the captured pawn, he obviously had some positional compensation for the exchange sacrificed on f8. After thinking for a while, Magnus typically sacrificed another pawn in order to activate his bishop. He considered ceeding the c5 square to a black knight to be less of a problem in this specific position.
Magnus continued to put his pieces on the right squares to defend against the black kingside attack.
When he avoided the repetition of queen moves, he did not really see how either of them could make progress. White has to defend against the intrusion of the black bishop to e3 or d2, and it is difficult to support the a5 advance and recapture simultaneously. Blacks tactic simply does not work.
When Ivanchuk moved his knight from c5 via d7 and f6 to h5 Magnus was not sure if it was an attempt to win or an active defense. White was better although the advantage was not decisive until Ivanchuk impatiently played d5? Maybe he had missed Rce2! after which white is much better. None of the players had time trouble, and Magnus was a bit surprised by Ivanchuks impatient play. After the exchange of queens on f3 and rooks on f5, black is lost despite the two extra pawns. 1-0.
The luggage that arrived yesterday had supposedly been marked with our names by helpful airport officials but unfortunately it was not ours.
Latest news are that they have found two pieces of luggage in Simferopol with luggage tag numbers matching ours. So maybe the pictures from round 2 will feature Magnus in a different outfit than his NTG T-shirt worn yesterday (and the day before, and the day before, and...)
Today Magnus has black against Svidler, not an easy task.
Henrik C.,
Foros, June 9th 2008
Comments:
Posted by: Tony
A 'live' rating of 2780 (!) - only 20 pts to get to 2800. No pressure!
Lol
Lol
Posted by: Bobby F.
Hello Henrik,
On the homepage of Aerosvit, there is a presentation of each player. For some of the players, there is a link to their personal homepages. This homepage of Magnus is not listed... It should be!
Best regards from a daily visitor.
On the homepage of Aerosvit, there is a presentation of each player. For some of the players, there is a link to their personal homepages. This homepage of Magnus is not listed... It should be!
Best regards from a daily visitor.
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