Arctic Securities Rapid

the Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid tournament  finished yesterday.Magnus Carlsen won the event by beating Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final. Jon Ludvig Hammer came third and Judith Polgar is in last place.
here is the only defeat of Magnus and the final winning game.



Hammer,J (2636) - Carlsen,M (2826) [A31]
Arctic Stars Prelim Kristiansund NOR (5), 29.08.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 e6 7.e4 d6 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Be3 0-0 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rfc1 Rc8 13.Bf2 Nbd7 14.a4 Rab8 15.Qd1 Qd8 16.Kh1 Bf8 17.Bf1 g6 18.Rab1 Ne5 19.b3 Bg7 20.Bg3 h5 21.Qd2 h4 22.Bf4 Rc5 23.Re1 Nh5 24.Be3 Ng3+ 25.Kg1 Nxf1 26.Rxf1 h3 27.Nde2 hxg2 28.Kxg2 Rc6 29.Rbd1 Ba8 30.Bg5 Qf8 31.h4 Re8 32.Ng3 f6 33.Be3 Qf7 34.Bh6 Bh8 35.Be3 f5 36.Bg5 Qh7 37.Rf2 Nf7 38.Rh1 Rcc8 39.Nce2 Be5 40.Bf4 fxe4 41.Nxe4 Bxe4 42.fxe4 g5 43.hxg5 Qxe4+ 44.Kg1 Rf8 45.Ng3 Qd4 46.Qc2 Nxg5 47.Qg6+ Bg7 48.Qxg5 Rf7 49.Qg6 Rcc7 50.Kg2 Rxf4 51.Qh7+ Kf7 52.Rxf4+ Qxf4 53.Rf1 Qxf1+ 54.Kxf1 Rc5 55.Ne4 1-0



Carlsen,M (2826) - Anand,V (2800) [D78]
Arctic Stars Final Kristiansund NOR (1), 30.08.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 c6 6.0-0 d5 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Na6 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Rac1 Qd7 13.Nf3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nc7 15.Qa5 Ne8 16.e3 Bg4 17.Rd2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e6 19.Rdc2 Nd6 20.a4 f5 21.Qe1 a5 22.Bc3 dxc4 23.Bxa5 cxb3 24.Rb2 Rdc8 25.Rxb3 Bf8 26.Rcb1 Ra7 27.Kg2 Nc4 28.Bb4 Bxb4 29.Rxb4 Nd6 30.Qc3 Rca8 31.Qc2 Ra6 32.h4 h5 33.e4 R8a7 34.exf5 Nxf5 35.Re1 Ra5 36.Qb3 Kf7 37.Re4 Ne7 38.Qc2 Nd5 39.Rc4 Ra8 40.Re5 Ne7 41.Bxh5 Rxe5 42.dxe5 Qd5+ 43.Bf3 Qxe5 44.Re4 Qd6 45.h5 Rf8 46.Qb2 b5 47.axb5 cxb5 48.Qxb5 Nf5 49.Qb7+ Kf6 50.Qh7 gxh5 51.Bxh5 Qd5 52.Bf3 Qd2 53.g4 Ng7 54.g5+ 1-0

You can read what Magnus thinks here:http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?button=blog&main_image=35

poperism in chess!

Q: What is the difference between a large cheese pizza and a chess Grandmaster?
A: The pizza can feed a family of four.

how true for most players!!!

Almira Skripchenko (wife of Fressinet the french champ)is women french champ!

the new french champ.Fressinet picture.

playing a GMI with my too big fingers.

On holidays I had trouble playing on Playchess; first I needed to find  free wifi and secondly I was unable to play quickly because my fingers are much too big for the touch of my notebook(Ok some may said that usually I am slow cause of my head not big enough ...)
still I had the great chance to play a strong GM in 2 friendly games ,I am white in the first:
Black  IStohl (2352) friendly game 5m + 0s Grande salle de jeu, 10.08.2010

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0-0 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd3 Rb8 9.d5 Nb4 10.Qd2 a5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nd4 Qc8 13.Kh2 c6 14.a3 Na6 15.Rb1 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nc5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Na4 19.Nxa4 Bxa4 20.Bb2 Bd7 21.e4 Qd8 22.f4 Ne8 23.Nf3 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Ng7 25.Rbc1 Rc8 26.Qd4 Rc7 27.Qb6 Rxc1 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxc1 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.Nd4 f6 32.g4 g5 33.f5 Bd7 34.Bf1 Kf7 35.Bb5 Ke8 36.Kg3 h5 37.Kf3 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 Bxb5 39.Nxb5 Kd7 40.Ke3 Ne8 41.Nd4 Nc7 42.Kd3 b5 43.Kc3 Kc8 44.Nc6 Kd7 45.Nd4 Kc8 46.Nc6 Kd7 IStohl offers a draw . 47.Nd4  (Lag: Av=0.63s, max=10.4s) ½-½


in the revanche the GM with white  won a nice game:


Partie amicale, 5m + 0s Grande salle de jeu, 10.08.2010

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Bd3 e6 8.h3 Na6 9.0-0 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Bh2 Nf4 16.Bf1 Bd7 17.a4 Qf6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Ne4 Qg6 20.Nxc5 Bf5 21.d6 Nce6 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 b6 24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Qd4 Rad8 26.Bb5 Bd7 27.Bxd7 . 27...Rxe5 28.Qxe5  (Lag: Av=0.35s, max=0.8s) 1-0


viva hollidays !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fressinet is French Champ !

Fressinet won the tie break in blitz 1.5-0.5 to take the title against Edouard.
You can also look at Dorfman score 11 draw !some of them in less than 20 moves;It is not the first time that he does this kind of result and I wonder why people invited him?Nobody more interresting to watch?
Still congratulation to Fressinet !!

hmm no comment!

Do you  prefer chess or sex? “well it depends on the position!”

joke for friday

A chess master died – after a few days, a friend of his heard a voice; it was him!
“What’s it like, where you are now,” he asked.
“What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news.”
“Tell me the good news first.”
“Well, it’s really heaven here. There are tournaments and blitz sessions going on all the time and Morphy, Alekhine, Lasker, Tal, Capablanca, Botvinnik, they’re all here, and you can play them.”
“Fantastic!” the friend said, “and what is the bad news?”
“You have Black against Capablanca on Saturday.”

ANCL standing after 8 rounds

Poscard from hollydays

lKisses to  girls,handshake to boys