Grand Prix Events / 2015 World Open
1. Nf3, the next nine half-moves were all pawn moves! One of the worst nightmares for a chess player is to be stuck in a com plex opening to figure moves by ourselves when our opponent is blitzing it out. But Edouard did not give in, he slowly started getting his pieces into the game and Ramirez also started using up time on his clock. As the middlegame started both players did not have a chance to castle making it a very complicated game. Even tu ally Black ended up with good structure and better piece coordination. Edouard ruthlessly went on to convert his advan - tage into a win.
RETI OPENING (A09) GM Alejandro Ramirez (2670) GM Romain Edouard (2712)
43rd Annual World Open (9), Arlington, Virginia, 07.05.2015
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 The line 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4
6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 e5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. d4 Ng4! has been known as equal since the time of Alekhine!
3. ... f6 4. e3 e5
10. Bb2 An unsuccessful opening novelty. The existing
games continued with 10. Ba3. I suspect White had forgotten his analysis; 10. Ba3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nb4 12. d3 Bf5 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Nbd2 0-0-0 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Re1 Ned5 18. Ndf3 Nf4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bc1 Nbd5, Draw agreed at move 60, Demuth, A (2476)-Duda, J (2587), Ruzomberok, 2014.
It looks like the position is very compli cated
but Black has better piece placement, so the outcome is favorable for him.
18. ... cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb5 20. Nc5 b6 21. f4 bxc5 22. fxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Kd1 Qe2+ 24. Kc1 cxb4 25. Bxd4 Ra6 26. Be3 a4, White resigned.
This game is a nice example that shows how
More than 100 games exist in this relatively unknown position.
5. c5 Breaking a basic chess law. White—instead of
controlling the center—is ad vancing the wing pawns, and out of the first five moves, four of them have been pawn moves. But in hypermodern chess these ideas are generally accepted, and also
At A GlAnce Felipe El Debs, Sergey Erenburg; 1st Under 2300, 61
quickly things can go wrong even for grandmasters when we break the basic laws of chess. Sometimes, however, these unconventional ideas can also help in creating a masterpiece!
After tiebreaks were calculated, Alex Lenderman
and Rauf Mamedov were de clared first and second and an Armageddon game was played. Lenderman ended up winning the game comfortably, earning an extra $300 over the two winner checks of $5,162 each.
43rd AnnuAl World open
Date: June 30-July 5, 2015 Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia 1,017 players | Top Finishers: Open, 1st-8th, 7: Aleksandr Lenderman, Rauf Mamedov, Ilya Smirin, Alexander Ipatov, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Illia Nyzhnyk, Romain Edouard, Axel Bachmann; 9th-10th, 61
2⁄ : Varuzhan Akobian, Anton Kovalyov, Gata Kamsky, Luke McShane, Sergei Azarov, Krikor Mekhitarian, 2⁄ : John Michael Burke; Under 2200, 1st-3rd, 71
2⁄ : Filipp Shelobolin, Pedro Perdomo; 4th, 7: Kevin Huang; 1st Under 1900, 7: Martin Stukan; Under 1800, 1st-3rd, 71 2⁄ : Leo C. Creger V, Andy Huang,
Justin Wang; 4th-6th, 7: Odafe Benedict Efemuai, Giuseppe E. Boyer Censore, Kenneth Odeh; Under 2000, 1st, 8: Roderick Scarlett; 2nd-3rd, 71
2⁄ : Brian
Liou, Narkeeran Narasimhan, Alexey Kochemirovskiy; 4th-8th, 7: George David, Kenneth Erickson, Carla Naylor, Vlad Paul Nitu, Srihari Nesamani; 1st Under 1700, 7: Bradley Guo; Under 1600, 1st, 8: Lenny Aaron; 2nd, 71 Allen Pauley; 3rd-4th/1st Under 1500, 7: Clark Rogers; Under 1400, 1st-2nd, 71
2⁄ : Alejandro Ramirez; 2nd, 7: David Cameron Kea; 3rd, 61 6: Connor Michael Smutny; 5th, 6: Felipe Gomez; 6th, 6: Michael James Wilson. Chief Tournament Director: William Goichberg. 2⁄ : Benjamin Lu; 3rd-4th, 7: Alex Li, Mark 2⁄ : Yuxing Xia, Jordan L. Lackner; 3rd-4th, 7: Jojo
Erispe, Volodymyr Nashempa; Under 1200, 1st, 8: Stepa Stepanovic; 2nd-4th, 7: Dennis Warren, Jr., Jason Zipfel, Franklin He; 2nd- 4th/1st Under 1000, 7: Yueming Zong; Unrated, 1st, 71
2⁄ : Andy Shanzle; 4th,
these type of lines show that openings are far from being exhausted with room for creativity!
5. ... a5 6. Qa4+ Ramirez himself faced 6. Bc4 in this position
when he defended the black side, that game continued with 6. Bc4 axb4 7. exd4 exd4 8. 0-0 Bxc5 9. Nh4 g6 10. d3 Kf8 11. Nd2 Nc6, Draw agreed at move 60, Gareev, T (2653)-Ramirez, A (2595), St. Louis, 2014.
6. ... Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. exd4 exd4
10. ... Bg4 11. Nxd4 Qd6 Black can definitely be happy with the outcome
of the opening as he has developed his pieces and has a better pawn structure. And all of this in just 11 moves of a Reti opening!
12. Ne2 The computer recommends 12. 0-0 Nd7 13.
Nb3 Nb6 14. Bf7+ Kxf7 15. Qxg4 Bb4, but still it looks a bit more comfortable for Black due to his better development.
12. ... Nd7 13. Nbc3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Ne5 15. Na4 Bd3 16. Be6 Bb4 17. Nd4 c5 18. a3
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