Intuition as a means of avoiding errors ( Part 2)

Wesley So – Grandelius Video Analysis

The biggest Swedish chess talent Nils Grandelius was victorious against Wesley So at Sigeman 2011. Analysis of the game by GM Henrik Danielsen.

Johnny Hector – Wesley So Video analysis

A victory for Wesley So to reach shared first at the Sigeman chess championship. Analysis by GM Henrik Danielsen.

Final Report: Sigeman & Co 2011 Malmo Sweden

In Malmö, finished the tournament in which six members have played in one round. Today, in the final round tied Tikkanen played with Giri and Grandelius with Shirov. Wesley So defeated black Johnny Hector and joined the leaders. As a result, 3 points each scored three: Giri, Tikkanen and So. Additional indicators they were also equal. Fourth place went to Alexei Shirov, falling behind by half a point.

Final Ranking crosstable after 5 Rounds

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	TB1
1	gm	Giri Anish	2687	NED	*	½	½	½	1	½	3.0	1.0
	gm	So Wesley	2667	PHI	½	*	½	1	0	1	3.0	1.0
	gm	Tikkanen Hans	2560	SWE	½	½	*	½	1	½	3.0	1.0
4	gm	Shirov Alexei	2709	ESP	½	0	½	*	½	1	2.5	0.0
5	gm	Grandelius Nils	2541	SWE	0	1	0	½	*	½	2.0	0.0
6	gm	Hector Jonny	2585	SWE	½	0	½	0	½	*	1.5	0.0

Final Ranking after 5 Rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	K	rtg+/-
1	gm	Giri Anish	NED	2687	3.0	1.0	10	-0.1
	gm	So Wesley	PHI	2667	3.0	1.0	10	1.6
	gm	Tikkanen Hans	SWE	2560	3.0	1.0	10	10.2
4	gm	Shirov Alexei	ESP	2709	2.5	0.0	10	-6.8
5	gm	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2541	2.0	0.0	10	1.8
6	gm	Hector Jonny	SWE	2585	1.5	0.0	10	-6.7

Libyan Leader Gaddafi enjoys a game of chess

MOSCOW, June 12, 2011 (AFP) - President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi told him over a game of chess in Tripoli on Sunday he had no plans to stand down or leave his country.

As fighting between Kadhafi's forces and Libyan insurgents raged across western Libya, the Russian eccentric who once claimed he hosted extraterrestrials, also sat down for a game of chess with Kadhafi's eldest son Muhammad and the two played the Sicilian defense, Russia's Interfax news agency said.

"The meeting [with Moamer Kadhafi] lasted around two hours, we played some chess with Kadhafi," Ilyumzhinov, who is on a visit to Tripoli in his capacity as FIDE president, told Interfax.

"Kadhafi stated that he is not going to leave Libya, stressing that it is his motherland and a land where his children and grandchildren died. He also said that he does not understand which post he needs to step down from."

"I am neither premier nor president nor king. I do not hold any post in Libya and therefore I have no position which I should give up," Ilyumzhinov quoted Kadhafi as telling him.

Ilyumzhinov, who also met with foreign and education ministers, said he saw a lot of destruction in Tripoli.

He expressed his condolences to Kadhafi over the death of his son and grandchildren and said he was shown a house hit by five bombs where the leader's family members died.

Ilyumzhinov was the head of Russia's Buddhist region of Kalmykia between 1993 and 2010. He famously claimed that he had met aliens on the balcony of his apartment in Moscow, prompting demands to explain his behaviour.

The West is involved in the bombing campaign against Kadhafi's forces, a conflict Russia has offered to mediate. The Kremlin's special representative to Africa, Mikhail Margelov, visited rebels in Libya's east this week and is now preparing a trip to Tripoli.

Margelov said he would be ready to meet with Kadhafi but had not so far received any such orders from the Kremlin, which has repeatedly called on the Libyan leader to stand down for the sake of peace of the country.

How to beat Wesley So

Ranking crosstable after Round 4

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	TB1
1	gm	Giri Anish	2687	NED	*		½	½	½	1	2.5	0.0
	gm	Tikkanen Hans	2560	SWE		*	½	½	½	1	2.5	0.0
3	gm	So Wesley	2667	PHI	½	½	*	1		0	2.0	1.0
4	gm	Shirov Alexei	2709	ESP	½	½	0	*	1		2.0	0.0
5	gm	Hector Jonny	2585	SWE	½	½		0	*	½	1.5	0.5
	gm	Grandelius Nils	2541	SWE	0	0	1		½	*	1.5	0.5

Round 4 on 2011/06/12
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	3	gm	So Wesley	0 - 1	gm	Grandelius Nils	5
2	1	gm	Shirov Alexei	½ - ½	gm	Tikkanen Hans	6
3	2	gm	Giri Anish	½ - ½	gm	Hector Jonny	4

Round 5 on 2011/06/13
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	6	gm	Tikkanen Hans		gm	Giri Anish	2
2	5	gm	Grandelius Nils		gm	Shirov Alexei	1
3	4	gm	Hector Jonny		gm	So Wesley	3

I observed that our very own GM Wesley So has the tendency to lost to a lower rated opponent, and again this is what happen.

Round 3 Report: Wesley So vs Hans Tikkanen

Standings After Round 3

#	Name	ELO	Pts	S-B
1	GM Wesley So		2	3.5
	GM Anish Giri		2	2.25
	GM Hans Tikkanen		2	2
4	GM Alexei Shirov		1.5	2
5	GM Jonny Hector		1	1.25
6	GM Nils Grandelius		0.5	0.5

Crosstable, after starting number

Nr.		Name	Rating	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts	Plac.	TB1
1	gm	Alexei Shirov	2709	ESP	*	½	0	1			1.5	4	0.0
2	gm	Anish Giri	2687	DOWN	½	*	½		1		2.0	2	0.5
3	gm	So Wesley	2667	PHI	1	½	*			½	2.0	1	1.0
4	gm	Jonny Hector	2585	ENG	0			*	½	½	1.0	5	0.0
5	gm	Grandelius Nils	2541	ENG		0		½	*	0	0.5	6	0.0
6	gm	Tikkanen Hans	2560	ENG			½	½	1	*	2.0	3	0.0

Pairings/Results

Round 1 on 2011/06/09
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	3	gm	So Wesley	½ - ½	gm	Giri Anish	2
2	1	gm	Shirov Alexei	1 - 0	gm	Hector Jonny	4
3	6	gm	Tikkanen Hans	1 - 0	gm	Grandelius Nils	5
Round 2 on 2011/06/10
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	3	gm	So Wesley	1 - 0	gm	Shirov Alexei	1
2	4	gm	Hector Jonny	½ - ½	gm	Tikkanen Hans	6
3	2	gm	Giri Anish	1 - 0	gm	Grandelius Nils	5
Round 3 on 2011/06/11
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	1	gm	Shirov Alexei	½ - ½	gm	Giri Anish	2
2	6	gm	Tikkanen Hans	½ - ½	gm	So Wesley	3
3	5	gm	Grandelius Nils	½ - ½	gm	Hector Jonny	4
Round 4 on 2011/06/12
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	3	gm	So Wesley		gm	Grandelius Nils	5
2	1	gm	Shirov Alexei		gm	Tikkanen Hans	6
3	2	gm	Giri Anish		gm	Hector Jonny	4
Round 5 on 2011/06/13
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	6	gm	Tikkanen Hans		gm	Giri Anish	2
2	5	gm	Grandelius Nils		gm	Shirov Alexei	1
3	4	gm	Hector Jonny		gm	So Wesley	3