Verslag ronde 7 door Yochanan Afek
The signal to the start of the seventh round of the European championship in Jerusalem was given yesterday by IA Eliahu Levant, the 87 years old mythological director of Beer- Sheva club, the pioneer who emigrated from St. Petersburg at the early seventies to build up from scratch a chess empire in the capital of the Negev, the southern desert of Israel.
Following multiple draws at the top the lead was reinforced by those who managed to emerge winners in the seventh rounds. Both matches between the leaders Motylev- Nepomnianchtchi; Bartel- Sargissian ended peacefully leaving all four at the lead. However they were joined by the five winners in the sub-top group: Ukrainian Anton Korobov inflicted on Israeli Emil Sutovsky his first defeat in an eventful and exciting battle to return to the lead following a short absence ; Russian Ivan Popov stopped the surprising success of the unknown Israeli Pinkhas Kantraji; German (until not long ago Romania No.1) Liviu- Dieter Nisipeanu downed in a hair-raising encounter Russian Ivan Bukavshin Englishman David Howell beat now Romania No.1 Constantin Lupulescu and Ukrainian Andrei Volokitin defeated Russian Aleksey Goganov. All nine are having 5.5 points.
The daily sensation was the victory of the unknown young Israeli player Ohad Kraus on Armenian GM Hrant Melkumian who is almost 500 rating points higher! (zie partij hieronder. redactie)
Things are expected to become even more complicated in the forthcoming rounds as the race for the 23 qualification tickets to the world cup and for the prize fund of 120,000 Euros is about to enter its decisive stage.
Top encounters of the eighth round are: Nepomniachtchi- Howell; Nisipeanu- Korobov; Sargissian- Volokitin; Popov- Motylev and Bartel-Eljanov .The games are to start Wednesday at 15.00. The official website www.eicc2015.com
Uitslagen ronde 7
| 28 | GM | Van Kampen Robin | NED | 2626 | ½ – ½ | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2586 |
| 33 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2706 | 1 – 0 | GM | Klein David | NED | 2505 |
| 49 | IM | Damaso Rui | POR | 2451 | 1 – 0 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2587 |
| 76 | FM | Bakalchuk Johnatan | ISR | 2272 | ½ – ½ | IM | Ducarmon Quinten | NED | 2482 |
| 108 | Gabizon Eyal | ISR | 1760 | 1 – 0 | Henseler Jorgen | NED | 2123 | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2665 | ½ – ½ | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2714 |
| 2 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2631 | ½ – ½ | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2668 |
| 3 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2727 | ½ – ½ | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2629 |
| 4 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2687 | 1 – 0 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2626 |
| 5 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2663 | 1 – 0 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2626 |
Van jong tot ouder (foto: Yoav Nis)
Stand ronde 7
| 1 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2687 | 5.5 |
| 2 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2714 | 5.5 |
| 3 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2665 | 5.5 |
| 4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2668 | 5.5 |
| 5 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2646 | 5.5 |
| 6 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2663 | 5.5 |
| 7 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2631 | 5.5 |
| 8 | GM | Popov Ivan | RUS | 2639 | 5.5 |
| 9 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | GER | 2654 | 5.5 |
| 10 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2573 | 5.0 |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 41 | GM | Van Kampen Robin | NED | 2626 | 4.5 |
| 90 | GM | Klein David | NED | 2505 | 4.0 |
| 132 | IM | Ducarmon Quinten | NED | 2482 | 3.5 |
| 147 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2587 | 3.5 |
| 228 | Henseler Jorgen | NED | 2123 | 2.0 |
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[Event “16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015”]
[Site “Jerusalem ISR”]
[Date “2015.03.03”]
[Round “7.49”]
[White “Damaso, Rui”]
[Black “Bok, Benjamin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D43”]
[WhiteElo “2451”]
[BlackElo “2587”]
[PlyCount “61”]
[EventDate “2015.02.24”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Qd8 11. c5 O-O 12. Ne5 Ba5 13. f4 Kg7 14. Kf2 Bc7 15.
Bc4 Nd7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Qc3 Kg8 20. Re2 Bd7 21. Rae1
Rad8 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxf4+ 25. gxf4 Qh4+ 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27.
hxg3 Rxd4 28. Re4+ Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Kf7 30. Ra4 Bb8 31. Kf3 1-0
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[Event “16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015”]
[Site “Jerusalem ISR”]
[Date “2015.03.03”]
[Round “7.28”]
[White “Van Kampen, Robin”]
[Black “Mchedlishvili, Mikheil”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B46”]
[WhiteElo “2626”]
[BlackElo “2586”]
[PlyCount “78”]
[EventDate “2015.02.24”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rac1 a5 18. Rc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qh5 Rad8
21. Rh3 h6 22. Bc1 Rd3 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Bxh6 g6 25. Qg4 R8d4 26. Bf4 Qc8 27. Qe2
Qd8 28. Be3 Rd5 29. Qf3 Rd1 30. g4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rxe5 32. Qf4 Qd3+ 33. Kg2 Re4
34. Qb8+ Qd8 35. Qxd8+ Bxd8 36. Kf3 f5 37. Rg3 Kf7 38. Rg1 a4 39. gxf5 exf5
1/2-1/2
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[Event “16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015”]
[Site “Jerusalem ISR”]
[Date “2015.03.03”]
[Round “7.33”]
[White “Vallejo Pons, Francisco”]
[Black “Klein, David”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D31”]
[WhiteElo “2706”]
[BlackElo “2505”]
[PlyCount “123”]
[EventDate “2015.02.24”]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nf8 10. O-O Ne6 11. Be5 Nh6 12. e4 f6 13. exd5 fxe5 14. dxe6
exd4 15. Nce4 O-O 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. b4 Nf5 18. Nc5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxb4 20. Nd7 Rf5
21. Rb1 Qd6 22. Rxb7 Rg5 23. Bc4 d3 24. Rb3 Rd8 25. Re1 d2 26. Re2 Qd4 27. Rxd2
Qxc4 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ Kh5 33.
Qxf6 Rf5 34. Qd8 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Kh6 36. Rb4 Rh5+ 37. Rh4 Rxh4+ 38. Qxh4+ Kg7 39.
Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. f4 Qa3 43. f5 Qe7 44. Qd7 Qf8 45. fxg6
Qh6+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qh6+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qc1+ 50. Ke2 Qc2+ 51. Ke3
Qc3+ 52. Ke4 Qc4+ 53. Ke3 Qc3+ 54. Kf4 Qf6+ 55. Ke4 Qxg6+ 56. Kd4 Qf6+ 57. Kc4
Qf1+ 58. Kc5 Qc1+ 59. Kd6 Qa3+ 60. Kc7 Qa5+ 61. Kb7 Qb4+ 62. Kc8 1-0
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[Black “Kraus, Ohad”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “E60”]
[WhiteElo “2673”]
[BlackElo “2190”]
[PlyCount “86”]
[EventDate “2015.02.24”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Rd1
c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. h3 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Be3
Qb8 16. Rac1 Qa8 17. Qb1 e6 18. Nde2 Bf8 19. g4 h6 20. Ng3 Qb8 21. Bd4 Bg7 22.
Qb2 Ba8 23. Qd2 Red8 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Bd4 Bc6 27. Qb2 Ne8 28. Bxg7
Nxg7 29. h4 Qb7 30. h5 Qe7 31. Qd2 gxh5 32. gxh5 Qh4 33. Qe2 e5 34. Qf3 Nce6
35. Qxf7 Be8 36. Qf3 Nf4 37. Qe3 Bxh5 38. Qxb6 Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Rb8 40. Qc7 Rxb3
41. Rc1 Qg5 42. Nce2 Rxg3 43. Nxg3 Nfe6 0-1
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