FIDE Candidates Finals G3: Another draw in Kazan

Gelfand loves to play with captured pieces – here he in fact tosses a black knight in the air.

Grischuk labored on his decision.

The beginning of the third installment of the final match of applicants Grischuk - Gelfand was promising: the rivals started a custom game in the queen gambit. However, having spent considerable time in meditation, chess players decided not to risk it and agreed on a draw at the 14 th move.


Tomorrow, the finalists will take a rest, and will continue to fight May 23, 2011


Finals - Game 3

FIDE Candidates Finals G2: Another draw

Scoreboard Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 R1 R2 R3 R4 Blitz Tot. Perf Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 ½ ½ 1.0 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2747 ½ ½ 1.0

Finals - Game two

FIDE Candidates Finals: after 49.Kf6 Another draw in Kazan

Scoreboard Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 R1 R2 R3 R4 Blitz Tot. Perf Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 ½ 0.5 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2747 ½ 0.5

Remaining schedule

Day	Date	Game	Commentary on Playchess
Thursday	May 19	Round 3 Game 1	van Wely/Gustafsson	live
Friday	May 20	Round 3 Game 2	Dejan Bojkov	live
Saturday	May 21	Round 3 Game 3	Sam Collins	live
Sunday	May 22	Free day
Monday	May 23	Round 3 Game 4	Loek van Wely	live
Tuesday	May 24	Round 3 Game 5	Daniel King	live
Wednesday	May 25	Round 3 Game 6	Daniel King	live
Thursday	May 26	Tiebreaks, closing
Friday	May 27	Departure

Finals - Game one

Two Kings, Grischuk and Gelfand will play in the final

Scoreboard Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Blitz Tot. Perf Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2785 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0.5 4.5 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2747 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1.5 5.5 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Blitz Tot. Perf Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1.5 6.0 Gata Kamsky USA 2732 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0.5 4.0

The two finalists, Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk in the press conference 

after the match (led by press officer Boris Kutin in the middle)

From 3 to 27 May 2011 the FIDE Candidates matches are being held in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, with eight strong GMs competing to qualify as Challenger for the 2012 World Champion match. Time controls in the four regular games are 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. In case of a tie there will be four rapid chess games, and if the tie is still not broken then up to five two-game blitz matches 5'+3". Finally there may be a sudden-death final decider. The prize fund of the candidates is 500,000 Euros.

Russian Alexander Grischuk and Israeli Boris Gelfand eliminated Vladimir Kramnik and Gata Kamsky in tie-break.

It was a double tie. At first – in the regular part of the match, at second – in rapid games. In the Russian match all games finished in a draw, and in other just the first two. In the third game with Kamsky, Gelfand was playing white and he already made an incredible mistake in the opening. Literally, it was he himself, who captured his own queen. His opponent did not hesitate to get the strongest opponent's piece for a rook. Gelfand had no any chance to escape from the defeat. It was game 13 in the semi final, after 12 consecutive draws. However, number 13 turned to become lucky for the loser. Gelfand roused from the dead playing very well with black and equalized the score.

In the Russian match, Kramnik playing white had extremely good chances to win both games, but Grischuk defended himself brilliantly.

There was just one horse race in blitz in both matches. Kramnik for the first time faced a problem, playing white and finally blundered in the position with good chances to make a draw. He was a pawn down and placed his rook on the square under the control of the black knight. This was the end of the story. Grischuk in his turn had no problems to make a draw with white pieces.

Kamsky, with one foot already in the final, did not play blitz on his level and lost both games.

The final match of the six games will start on Thursday, 19, May, 2011. The winner will challenge the current World Champion Viswanathan Anand next year.

source: http://kazan2011.fide.com/

18TH BCM NON-MASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT “ INDEPENDENCE DAY CUP”

BAGUIO CENTER MALL AND KIRBY EXHIBITS AND SHOWS PRESENTS
18TH BCM NON-MASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT
“ INDEPENDENCE DAY CUP”  BAGUIO CITY


REGISTRATION:
1. EARLY REGISTRATION FEE ARE P150.00 FOR OPEN CATEGORY AND P150.00 FOR KIDDIES DIVISION
2. EARLY REGISTRATION STARTS ON MAY 10, 2011 AND DEAD LINE IS ON JUNE 8, 2011 @ THE BCM CHESS GALLERY FROM 10AM-7PM.
3. LATE REGISTRATION FEE ARE P250.00 FOR OPEN CATEGORY AND P200.00 FOR KIDDIES DIVISION (FROM JUNE 9-11@ 10am or before posting of pairings)
4. PARTICIPATING PLAYERS ARE REQUESTED TO FILL – UP THE REGISTRATION FORM AND SUBMIT THE SAME TO THE CHESS ATTENDANT.


ELIGIBILITY: THE TOURNAMENT IS OPEN TO ALL UNTITLED CHESS PLAYERS

TOURNAMENT SYSTEM:
1. THE 18TH BCM NON-MASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED IN 7 ROUNDS SWISS SYSTEM.
2. THE TIME CONTROL SHALL BE GAME 45 ( 45 MINUTES EACH PLAYER TO FINISH A GAME).
3. THE FIDE LAWS OF CHESS, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN THESE RULES, SHALL GOVERN THE TOURNAMENT.
4. THE SWISS MANAGER PROGRAM SHALL BE USED FOR PAIRINGS.
5. RECORDING OF MOVES IS MANDATORY.
6. TIES SHALL BE BROKEN BY SWISS MANAGER TIE BREAKERS IN CASE AFTER THE 3 TIE BREAKERS HAS BEEN APPLIED AND THE PLAYERS ARE STILL TIED, THE CASH PRIZES SHALL BE SHARED EQUALLY AMONG THE TIED PLAYERS. PLAYERS WHO WIN TWO PRIZES SHALL RECEIVE ONLY THE LARGER ONE.

ARBITRATION: ANY PROTESTS AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE CHIEF ARBITER SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING WITHIN HALF AN HOUR AFTER THE ROUND WITH A DEPOSIT FEE OF 1,000.00 WHICH SHALL BE REFUNDED IF THE PROTEST IS UPHELD.

PLAYERS CONDUCT:
1. NO ANALYSIS IS PERMITTED IN THE PLAYING AREA WHEN ANY GAME IS IN PROGRESS.
2. THE PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE PLAYING VENUE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ARBITER.THE PLAYING AREA, RESTROOMS, REFRESHMENT AREA, SMOKING AREA AND OTHER PLACES WILL BE DESIGNATED BY THE CHIEF ARBITER BEFORE THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT.
3. THE PLAYER WHO’S TURN TO MOVE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE PLAYING AREA WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ARBITER.
4. THERE IS A BAN ON USING EITHER MOBILE PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT CAN DISTURB THE PLAYERS DURING THE GAMES. CELLPHONES HAVE TO BE SWITCHED OFF COMPLETELY IN THE PLAYING AREA. SILENT MODE IS NOT ALLOWED. ANY PLAYER WHOSE PHONE RINGS AND/OR UTILIZES ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING THE GAME SHALL AUTOMATICALLY LOSE THE GAME.
5. THE PLAYERS MUST LEAVE THE PLAYING AREA WHEN THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR GAME.
6. ANY PLAYER WHO DEFAULTS HIS GAME WILL NOT BE PAIRED FOR THE NEXT ROUND UNLESS HE INFORMS THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS OF HIS INTENTION TO PLAY IN THE NEXT ROUND. HE MUST INFORM THE CHIEF ARBITER BEFORE THE END OF THE TIME FRAME OF THE ROUND HE DEFAULTED. A PLAYER WHO DEFAULTS TWO (2) TIMES SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENT.
7. PLAYERS WHO DID NOT FINISH THE GAME OR WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE METED CORRESPONDING PENALTIES (SUCH AS SUSPENSION FROM SUCCEEDING TOURNAMENTS).
8. PRIOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN PLAYERS AS TO THE RESULT OF INDIVIDUAL GAMES SHALL BE PENALIZED WITH THE UTMOST SEVERITY. IF ANY SUCH AGREEMENT IS PROVEN TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE, THE POINTS APPORTIONED BY THOSE INVOLVED SHALL BE ANNULLED AND THE MATTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE TOURNAMENT
9. BCM CHESS GALLERY GROUND RULES ALSO APPLIES TO THIS TOURNAMENT.



TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:

JUNE 11, 2011
9:30-11:00 AM PREPARATION AND BRIEFING OF PARTICIPANTS
11-1230PM ROUND 1
1230-130PM LUNCH
130-300PM ROUND 2
330-500PM ROUND 3
530-700PM ROUND 4
JUNE 12, 2011
10-1130 AM ROUND 5
1130-1230PM LUNCH
1230-200PM ROUND 6
230-400PM ROUND 7
430-500PM AWARDING CEREMONIES AT ACTIVITY AREA

PRIZES:
OPEN DIVISION ( 13 YRS OLD & ABOVE )
CHAMPION:  P7,000.00 PLUS TROPHY
2ND PLACER P5,000.00 PLUS TROPHY
3RD PLACER P3,000.00 PLUS TROPHY
4TH PLACER P1,000.00
5TH PLACER P800.00
6TH – 10TH PLACER P500.00

KIDDIES DIVISION ( 12 YRS OLD & BELOW )
CHAMPION: P5,000.00 PLUS TROPHY
2ND PLACER P3,000.00 PLUS TROPHY
3RD PLACER P1,500.00 PLUS TROPHY
4TH PLACER P1,000.00
5TH PLACER P800.00
6TH – 10TH PLACER P500.00

SPECIAL AWARDS:
TOP JUNIOR (13-19 YRS OLD) TROPHY
TOP LADY TROPHY
TOP SENIOR TROPHY
TOP 9-under (kiddies division) P300

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