Lake Sevan 01+02: Vidit has a positive start

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 19/07/2016

The 2016 Lake Sevan International Tournament began in Martuni, Armenia. The tourney is a 10-player round-robin with an average rating of 2629 and a prize fund of $9200, that is, approximately Rs. 6,18,000. The Indian challenge is led by GM Vidit Gujrathi, who was off to a flying start with a victory defending the black pieces, and is among the early leaders at 1.5/2. An illustrated report. LIVE games at 16:30 IST.

Lake Sevan: Vidit off to a positive start

The 2016 Lake Sevan International Tournament began in Martuni, Armenia. The tourney is a 10-player round-robin with an average rating of 2629 and a prize fund of $9200, that is, approximately Rs. 6,18,000. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from the first move.

Festivities in the opening ceremony

The drawing of lots

Round 1 on 2016/07/18 at 16.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2671	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	½ - ½	GM	Sevian Samuel	2595	10
2	2	2607	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes	0 - 1	GM	Vidit Santosh	2658	9
3	3	2605	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	1 - 0	GM	Guijarro Anton David	2627	8
4	4	2653	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	1 - 0	GM	Onischuk Vladimir	2615	7
5	5	2615	GM	Pashikian Arman	½ - ½	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2640	6

GM Vidit Gujrathi (2658)

The Indian challenge is being led by GM Vidit Gujrathi who had previously won this tournament in 2014. He won the first round but settled for a draw in the second.

Black to move

Black played creatively by transferring the rook from a8 to c5, and create play in the queenside.

Black to move

White just pushed a2-a3. What is the only move to continue that Vidit must have foreseen?

[Event "Lake Sevan"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.07.18"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [SourceDate "2003.06.08"] [WhiteClock "1:19:22"] [BlackClock "0:44:02"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bd3 Ke7 17. Kd2 a4 18. g3 Ra5 19. f4 Rc5 20. b3 Ra8 21. f5 Bd7 22. a3 Na5 (22... bxa3 23. b4 $18) 23. axb4 Nxb3+ 24. Kc3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 ( 25. bxc5 Nxc2 26. cxd6+ Kxd6 27. Bxc2 Bc6 28. Ra1 Kc5 $17) 25... Rcc8 26. Na3 Bc6 27. b5 Bb7 28. Kb4 h5 29. Nb1 Rg8 30. Nc3 h4 31. gxh4 Rg2 32. Rxa4 Rb2+ 33. Ka3 Rxh2 34. Nd5+ Kd8 35. b6 Rh3 36. Nb4 Bxe4 37. Rxa8+ Bxa8 38. Ka4 e4 39. Be2 Rh2 40. Bh5 e3 41. Kb5 Rb2 42. c5 dxc5 43. Kxc5 e2 0-1

GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan (2607) is at 0.0/2

GM Vladislav Artemiev (2653)

Russian phenom GM Vladislav Artemiev beat GM Vladimir Onischuk (2615) by applying pressure on both the flanks.

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[WhiteClock "0:30:48"]
[BlackClock "0:30:44"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Nf4 17. Nxf4 Rxf4 18. Bg3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qe7 20. Rad1 Bd7 21.
Qc3 Rf8 22. Bb1 Kg8 23. Rfe1 Rf6 24. Qd3 g6 25. Re3 Be8 26. Bc2 Bf4 27. Re2 g5
28. Qc3 Bh5 29. Rde1 Qf7 30. Ba4 Nd8 31. b4 Kg7 32. b5 Bg6 33. Bb3 Bxg3 34.
fxg3 Rxf3 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Qf5 37. Rf3 Qg4 38. Bd1 Qh3 39. Bc2 Bxc2 40.
Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qxc2+ 1-0

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2605)

GM Samvel too won on the white side of a french Defence to complete a miserable day at the office for the opening.

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Guijarro, David Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[WhiteClock "0:21:32"]
[BlackClock "0:28:02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Qe2 a6 10. g3 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Bf6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. d5 b4 15.
dxe6 Qxe6 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17. Ncxe2 O-O-O 18. b3 Rhe8 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Nxf5 Bxf4
21. gxf4 Nf6 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Kg2 Nd5 24. Kf3 Nc3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rg1 Rd5
27. Ne3 Rh5 28. Rg7 f6 29. Rf7 Rxh2 30. f5 h5 31. Kg3 Rh1 32. Kg2 Rh4 33. Rxf6
Rf4 34. Rh6 h4 35. Rg6 a5 36. Rg4 h3+ 37. Kxh3 Rxf2 38. Kg3 Rd2 39. Kf3 Rd8 40.
Rf4 c5 41. f6 Kc6 42. f7 Rf8 43. Kg4 Nb5 44. Kg5 Nd6 45. Kg6 Nxf7 46. Rxf7 Re8
47. Rf6+ Kc7 48. Nc4 a4 49. Rf5 Kc6 50. Ne5+ 1-0

Round 2 on 2016/07/19 at 16.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2595	GM	Sevian Samuel	1 - 0	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2640	6
2	7	2615	GM	Onischuk Vladimir	1 - 0	GM	Pashikian Arman	2615	5
3	8	2627	GM	Guijarro Anton David	½ - ½	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	2653	4
4	9	2658	GM	Vidit Santosh	½ - ½	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2605	3
5	1	2671	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	1 - 0	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes	2607	2

GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland

The top seed Duda played a beautiful game to join the leaders.

[Event "Lake Sevan"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [SourceDate "2003.06.08"] [WhiteClock "0:22:32"] [BlackClock "0:28:18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Qa5 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. f3 Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. c3 b5 18. Kb1 a5 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. Be3 Be7 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. g4 Nc5 23. Rc1 h5 24. h4 g6 25. f4 hxg4 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bxf5 b4 28. c4 a4 29. h5 a3 30. b3 Bf6 31. Bxg4 e4 32. Rcf1 Be5 33. Kc2 Nd7 34. Rf5 Ke7 35. h6 Rbg8 36. Rg5 Rf8 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Qg4+ Kd8 39. Qxe4 Re8 40. Qf5 Bc3 41. Rg3 Qd7 42. Qxd7+ Kxd7 43. Rf1 Rh7 44. Kd3 Re5 45. Rgf3 Ke7 46. Rf5 Rxf5 47. Rxf5 Rh8 48. Rh5 Kf6 49. Bd4+ Bxd4 50. Kxd4 Kg6 51. Rh2 f5 52. c5 dxc5+ 53. Kxc5 f4 54. d6 f3 55. d7 1-0

GM Samuel Sevian (2595)

US talent Samuel Sevian too joined the leading pack.

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[WhiteClock "0:30:02"]
[BlackClock "0:30:01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
h3 h6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. Nh2 h5 12. Nhf1 Nf8 13. Ne3 Ng6 14. h4 Nf4 15.
Qf1 Bd7 16. g3 Ne6 17. O-O-O Nd4 18. f4 c5 19. Ndc4 O-O-O 20. Nd5 Qh6 21. Kb1
exf4 22. gxf4 Bc6 23. Nxd6+ Qxd6 24. Ne3 Kb8 25. Rg1 g6 26. Rg5 Rhe8 27. Nc4
Qf8 28. f5 Bd7 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Ne5 Bc8 31. Qxf8 Rxf8 32. Nxg6 Rg8 33. Bxd4
cxd4 34. Rdg1 Bg4 35. Ne5 Be6 36. Nd7+ Kc8 37. Nf6 Rxg5 38. Rxg5 Rf8 39. Nxh5
Kd7 40. Ng7 Rf1+ 41. Kb2 Bf7 42. Nf5 c5 43. Nh6 Kd6 44. Rg7 Be8 45. Nf5+ Kc6
46. h5 Bd7 47. Ne7+ 1-0

GM Vladimir Onischuk (2615)

Onischuk put his first round defeat behind him and won powerfully.

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:35"]
[BlackClock "0:01:02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3
a6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Nhf3 Bf8 15.
Ne4 Nh5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qh4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. c4 Bb4 25. Qd4 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Qxh3 27. Bd1
c5 28. Qe5 Qh4 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Qe7 31. Ng5+ 1-0

Lake Sevan

Pairings for Round 03:

Round 3 on 2016/07/20 at 16.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2607	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes		GM	Sevian Samuel	2595	10
2	3	2605	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel		GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2671	1
3	4	2653	GM	Artemiev Vladislav		GM	Vidit Santosh	2658	9
4	5	2615	GM	Pashikian Arman		GM	Guijarro Anton David	2627	8
5	6	2640	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert		GM	Onischuk Vladimir	2615	7

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