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2004 NATIONAL OPEN Chess Festival Report June 17 – 20 Las Vegas, Nevada Reported by Leopold Lacrimosa
There were over 800 participants in nine sections. Tournament participants included GM’s Jaan Ehlvest, Alexander Shabalov, Alex Yermolinsky, Ildar Ibragimov, Gregory Serper, Dimitry Gurevich, Pavel Blatny, Emil Anka and Vitali Golod of Isreal who entered with a rating of 2788! Along with a host of IM’s, FM’s and many players who were trying to grab some scalps from these titled players. Along with the main tournament, there was a Blitz event on Thursday night won by GMs Vitali Golod and Daniel Fridman, both with 12/14 pts: Tate,E (2407) - Fridmann,D (2622) [B07] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 exd4 6.Bxg4 dxc3
7.Bf3 Nc6 8.Ne2 cxb2 9.Bxb2 Be7 10.Ng3 0-0 11.Nf5 Re8 12.0-0 Bf8 13.Kh1 g6
14.Ng3 Bg7 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.c4 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rb3 Nc5 19.Ra3 Qf6 20.e5
dxe5 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.f5 Rbd8 23.Qc1 f6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Raf3 Re6 26.Nf5+ gxf5
27.Rg3+ Kf7 28.Qh6 Ree8 29.Qh7+ Ke6 30.Qxf5+ Kd6 31.Rd1+ Ke7 32.Qh7+ Ke6
33.Qh3+ Kf7 34.Qh7+ Ke6 35.Qh3+ ½-½ Golod,V (2788) - Baze,L (2000) [E97] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0
Nc6 8.Be3 a6 9.d5 Ne7 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.b4 f5 12.f3 Nf6 13.c5 Bd7 14.Nc4 Ne8
15.a4 Kh8 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 Ng8 19.c6 Bc8 20.b6 cxb6 21.Nxb6
bxc6 22.dxc6 Be6 23.Ncd5 Nc7 24.Rc1 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bc8 26.c7 Qh4 27.Nxc8 Rxc8
28.Ba6 e4 29.Bd4 Nf6 30.Bxc8 exf3 31.Bxf5 fxg2 1-0 There were two Simultaneous Exhibitions held, one by GM Jaan Ehlvest who scored +22 -1 =1: Ehlvest,J (2704) - Seizler,R (1975) [B30] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c3
Nge7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 0-0 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Ne2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qd3
Qb6 15.Rd1 Bd7 16.b3 Rac8 17.Ba3 Nb4 18.Bxb4 Qxb4 19.a4 a5 20.g4 Nh4 21.Nxh4
Bxh4 22.Rf1 b5 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Qe3 Rc6 25.Rae1 Bxf2+ 0-1 Another was held by an old favorite, GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, who scored +22 -2 =2. The last game finished was played by a young boy dwarfed by the size of Roman and many years younger. Dzindzichashvili,R (2581) - Aedito,A (1936) [B23] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.Bxc6 bxc6
7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 d5 9.e5 Ne8 10.Na4 Ba6 11.b3 Nc7 12.c4 Rb8 13.Ba3 Na8 14.Qe1
Nb6 15.Nc3 Qc7 16.Qg3 Rbd8 17.Rae1 dxc4 18.dxc4 Rd3 19.Ne4 Nxc4 20.Nf6+ Kh8
21.Qh4 h6 22.Bc1 Ne3 23.Bxe3 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Bxf1 25.Ng5 Qd8 26.Nge4 Qd4 27.Kf2
Bxg2 28.Qg3 Bxe4 29.Nxe4 c4 30.bxc4 Qxc4 31.Re2 Bc5+ 32.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 33.Qe3
Qxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Rd8 35.Rc2 Rd5 36.Rxc6 Ra5 37.Rc2 Kh7 38.Rg2 g5 39.Rf2 Ra3+
40.Kd4 Ra4+ 41.Kc5 Rxf4 42.Rb2 Ra4 43.Kb5 Re4 44.Ka6 Rxe5 45.Kxa7 Ra5+
46.Kb6 Ra3 47.Kc5 f5 48.Kb4 Ra8 49.a4 f4 50.a5 Rb8+ 51.Kc3 Rxb2 52.Kxb2 f3
53.a6 f2 54.a7 f1Q 55.a8Q Qe2+ 56.Kc3 Qe3+ 57.Kc4 Qf4+ 58.Kd3 Qd6+ 59.Ke3
Qxh2 60.Qe4+ Kg7 61.Qd4+ Kg6 62.Qe4+ Kf6 63.Qh7 Qf4+ 64.Ke2 Qe5+ 65.Kd2 Qd5+
66.Ke3 Qb3+ 67.Kf2 Qa2+ 68.Kg3 Qa3+ 69.Kg2 Qf8 70.Kg3 Qa3+ 71.Kg2 Qf8 72.Kg3
e5 73.Kg4 Qc8+ 74.Kg3 Qc3+ 75.Kg2 Qd2+ 76.Kh3 Qe3+ 77.Kg2 Qe2+ 78.Kg3 Qe1+
79.Kg2 Qh4 80.Qh8+ Kf5 81.Qf8+ Ke4 82.Qb4+ Kd5 83.Qb5+ Ke6 84.Qb6+ Ke7
85.Qc7+ Kf6 86.Qd6+ Kf5 87.Qf8+ Ke4 88.Qb4+ Ke3 89.Qc3+ Ke2 90.Qc2+ Ke3
91.Qc3+ ½-½ The main tournament started on Friday at 12 noon. First round results were most of what was expected, with the higher rated players brushing aside their lower rated opponents. As I walked around the hall looking at the games on the top boards, I ran into a friend I’ve known for five years from when I first moved to Phoenix... IM Igor Ivanov who had since moved up to the mountains of St. George Utah where he is now semi retired. Igor himself is a mountain of a man with a friendly demur, white hair and white scraggly facial hair who will stop and talk chess with anyone who will ask. For those who don’t remember, Igor in 1979 defeated then World Champion Anatoly Karpov during the Soviet Team Championships and was sent $100.00 by Victor Korchnoi. He has won many Championships in both Canada and the US as well as becoming the US Grand Prix Champion an unprecedented nine times. It was good to talk with Igor and renew our friendship. When asked about his game he told me that he will win as his opponent was a patzer. He could tell this by his opponent’s third move. He then roam out to the casino bar and had several strong drinks before returning to the board twenty minutes later and destroyed his opponent. Igor played well in this tournament with one loss to the Yerminator, GM Alex Yermolinsky, in round three. When I left for the long ride home after my last game, Igor was on board 3 with 4 points, playing against GM Daniel Fridman for a piece of the 2nd place prize money. {Publisher's note: Fridman won the game and tied for first, while Ivanov finished the tourney with four points, tied for 14th-31st.) Round two had some exciting games played as two Arizona boys; FM Daniel Rensch of Phoenix, drew GM Vatili Golod of Israel and FM Robby Adamson of Tucsona drew with GM Jaan Ehlvest of Estonia. In round three the games began to heat up on the top boards as IM Jesse Kraai 2497 beat IM Benjamin Finegold, FM Emory Tate (2368) lost to Jaan Ehlvest while the others drew. Round four showed some of the most promise as many of the top players (leaders) began to meet each other. Only two GM draws were seen. A thirteen move draw between GM’s Yermolinsky and Golod, and a twelve move draw between Phoenix resident IM Nikolay Andrianov and IM Melikset Khachiyan of California. In this round, there were no major upsets as once again the stronger rated players out-played and out-matched their lower rated opponents. Round five, Sunday morning. The fight becomes clear. It's GM against GM as the cream of the crop rise to the occasion. GM Jaan Ehlvest scores a win against GM Ildar Ibragimov while GM Evgeny Najer draws the current US Champion GM Alexander Shabalov. Both now lead 4.5 points apiece, as Najer will face Ehlvest in the final round for first place. Right behind the leaders with 4 points will be the last round match ups of GM Shabalov – GM Serper, GM Fridman – IM Ivanov, GM Yermolinsky – IM Khachiyan, IM Akobian – Michael Aigner (the only untitled player to have 4 pts after 5 rounds), and IM Mark Ginsburg facing GM Golod who has 3.5 points. Prior to the start of the last rounds the organizers gave away several perks. Five upset prizes of GM Lev Albert’s Comprehensive Chess Course books (a complete set of six books each) were given away. As well as some door prizes award by pulling the names of participants out of a bowl. The Grand prize of free entry to the 2005 National Open, airfare and 5-night hotel stay was won by none other than IM Igor Ivanov! As my last round game was finished in only a few hours (I won ending with 3.5/6 pts), I headed home with a five hour drive ahead of me. None of the top boards were finished when I left. Publisher's Note: There was a five-way tie for first at 5-1 among Alex Yermolinsky, Evgeny Najer, Varuzhan Akobian, Jaan Elvhest, and Daniel Fridman. Complete results are available: 2004 National Open Chess Festival. Some additional games provided by Leopold follow (Incidentally, Leopold - playing in the Under-2000 Section - finished the event at 3.5/6 with a very nice +316 PR): Ivanov,I (2620) - Yermolinsky,A (2512) [A30] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Qe3 Qc7 13.Nd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2
Rfe8 15.Rac1 Bf8 16.Nf3 Qb7 17.a4 Rac8 18.Kg1 Nc5 19.Nd2 d5 20.cxd5 exd5
21.Qf3 Rcd8 22.b4 Nce4 23.Na2 Qd7 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Nc3 Nxc3 26.Bxc3 Qxa4
27.Rd4 Qc6 28.Qd3 Qb5 29.Qxb5 axb5 30.e3 Rc8 31.Rd3 Bxb4 32.Bb2 Rxc1+
33.Bxc1 Rc8 34.Bd2 Bxd2 35.Rxd2 Rc5 36.e4 Kf8 37.exd5 b4 38.d6 Ke8 39.Rb2
Rc4 0-1 Rensch,D (2421) - Golod,V (2788) [C45] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ne4
7.Nd2 Nc5 8.Be2 d6 9.exd6 cxd6 10.Nb3 Ne6 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.0-0 Be7 13.Nd4 Nxd4
14.Qxd4 0-0 15.Bf4 d5 16.c4 Bf6 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Re8 19.Qd4 Be6 20.cxd5
Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qxd5 cxd5 23.Rfd1 Re2 24.Rxd5 Rxb2 25.h3 g6 26.Ra5 Rb7
27.a4 Rc8 28.g3 Rc2 29.Kg2 h5 30.h4 Kf8 31.Re1 Rc6 32.Re4 a6 33.Rd5 Rf6
34.Re2 Rb4 35.Ra5 Rb3 36.Rd5 Ra3 37.Ra5 Kg7 38.Re4 Raf3 39.Re2 Rb3 40.Rd5
Rb4 41.Ra5 Rc4 42.Kg1 Rfc6 43.Kg2 R4c5 44.Rxc5 Rxc5 45.Re4 Kf6 46.Kf3 a5
47.Kf4 Rc3 48.Re5 Rc4+ 49.Re4 Rc2 50.f3 Rc3 51.Re8 Ra3 52.Re4 Ra1 53.g4 hxg4
54.fxg4 Rf1+ 55.Kg3 Rg1+ 56.Kf4 Rf1+ ½-½ Ehlvest,J (2704) - Adamson,R (2399) [A57] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.Qxc5
0-0 8.Nc3 d6 9.Qa3 Bb7 10.e4 axb5 11.Qb3 Na6 12.Bxb5 Nc5 13.Qc4 Nfxe4
14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.0-0 Nf6 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.Qe2 Nxd5 18.a4 h6 19.a5 Ba8 20.Ra4 Rc5
21.Nd4 Qc7 22.Nb3 Nc3 23.bxc3 Qb7 24.f3 Qxb5 25.Qxb5 Rxb5 26.Rb4 Rfb8 27.Bd2
Bxc3 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Bxc3 Rxb3 30.Rc1 e5 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Rxa8
Ra3 34.h4 h5 35.a6 Ra2 36.Kf1 Ra1+ 37.Kf2 Ra2+ 38.Kg3 Kf6 39.Kh3 Ra3 40.Ra7
Kg7 41.Kg3 Ra2 ½-½ Kraai,J (2497) - Finegold,B (2606) [B30] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Nd5 Be7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.b3
0-0-0 14.c4 f5 15.exf5 Qf6 16.Ba3 Qxf5 17.Qe2 Rhe8 18.b4 Kd7 19.Bb2 Ke7
20.a4 Kf7 21.b5 Bd7 22.Ra3 Kg8 23.Qd2 e5 24.Rd3 Qf4 25.Ree3 Bc8 26.h3 Qxc4
27.Bxe5 axb5 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Qxd6 Qc6 30.Qd4 Qd7 31.Qc5 bxa4 32.Rg3 Re7
33.Rc3 Re8 34.f4 Qf5 35.Rg3 g6 36.Rc3 Bd7 37.Qd5+ Be6 38.Qxb7 Bf7 39.Kh2
Rxe5 40.fxe5 Qxe5+ 41.Rg3 Kg7 42.Qa7 Qf4 43.Qa5 Bb3 44.Qc3+ Qf6 45.Qc7+ Qf7
46.Qb8 Qf8 47.Qa7+ Qf7 48.Qe3 Qe6 49.Qc5 h5 50.Re3 Qf5 51.Re7+ Kh6 52.Qe3+
1-0 Tate,E (2368) - Ehlvest,J (2704) [B17] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ne2 Ndf6 6.N2g3 Nxe4
7.Nxe4 Bf5 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Be2 e6 11.a4 Bd6 12.Bd3 Nd5 13.Bxg6 hxg6
14.Qf3 Qe7 15.Ne4 Bc7 16.c3 f5 17.Nc5 e5 18.0-0-0 e4 19.Qe2 b6 20.Na6 Bd6
21.c4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rc8 23.Kb1 c5 24.b4 cxd4 25.exd4 Bxb4 26.c5 bxc5 27.dxc5
Qb7 28.Qb2 Qxa6 29.Qxg7 Bxc5 30.Qxh8+ Kf7 31.Qe5 Qxa4 32.Rd2 Qb5+ 33.Rb2
Qd3+ 34.Ka2 Bb6 35.Qb5 Qd6 36.Qb3+ Kf6 37.Rd1 Bd4 38.Qa4 Qe6+ 39.Rb3 Rc4
40.Qa5 Rc2+ 41.Ka3 Bc5+ 42.Rb4 Qa2# 0-1 Blatny,P (2547) - Fridman,D (2622) [A03] 1.b3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0
Nc6 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Ne8 10.Bxg7 Nxg7 11.d4 Qa5 12.g4 Bd7 13.Qd3 cxd4
14.exd4 b5 15.a4 b4 16.Qe3 Rac8 17.Ra2 Qb6 18.a5 Qf6 19.c4 bxc3 20.Nxc3 Qd6
21.Na4 f5 22.Nc5 fxg4 23.b4 Rb8 24.Qe5 Bb5 25.a6 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1
Bxe2+ 28.Kxe2 Rxb4 29.Kd3 Kf7 30.e6+ Kf6 31.Kc3 Rc4+ 32.Kd3 Rb4 33.Kc3 Rc4+
34.Kd3 Nf5 35.Rb2 Rxd4+ 36.Ke2 Rc4 37.Nd7+ Kxe6 38.Rb7 Nd4+ 39.Kf2 Nc6
40.Kg3 h5 41.Kh4 Kf5 0-1 Lugo,B (2443) - Ibragimov,I (2617) [C11] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bf4 a6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Bg3 b5 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Ne2 Bd7 13.Ned4 Qb6 14.c3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 b4 16.Bf4 bxc3 17.bxc3 Na5 18.Rab1 Qd8 19.Nd2 0-0 20.Re3 Bb5 21.Nxb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 Qc7 23.Qd3 Rfc8 24.Rh3 g6 25.Qg3 Nc4 26.Nf3 Rxa2 27.Ng5 Qa7 28.Nxh7 Ra1 29.Qd3 Rb8! 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 [31.Qxf1 Qa2 32.Rd3 Kxh7-+] 31...Rb2 0-1 Read More at the Author's Website
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