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Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz (2018), Day 1 Rapids
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense (C83)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 h5 20. Nd2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Ba2 c5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nf3 c4 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Kg2 Rd5 28. f3 Rad8 29. Rh1 Bd6 30. Qe1 d2 31. Qe3 Bc2 32. Rad1 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Bxe5 34. Bxe5 Rd3 35. Qe4 R8d5 36. Bb1 Qf7 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Qa8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bc3 Ke7 41. Kf2 g6 42. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 43. Bxd2 Kd6 44. Bb4+ Kd5 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Bd2 Kd5 47. f4 Kc5 48. Ke4 b4 49. Ke5 a5 50. Kxe6 Kd4 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Kd3 53. Bf4 a4 54. f6 b3 55. f7 c3 56. bxc3
The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz is the third stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The 10-player tournament takes place in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 11-15 August and sees tour regulars Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, MVL, So, Mamedyarov, Grischuk and wild card Dominguez. The prize fund is $150,000, with $37,500 for 1st place.
The rapid section is a single round-robin with 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days at a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. A tie for first place will be decided in a 2-game Rapid mini-match (10min + 5sec delay), only between the top two, and if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs. 4). The playoff takes place shortly after the last round. Official website: grandchesstour.org
About five months after the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) qualifier was held, the first stage (the quarterfinals) of the Candidates matches was held in four cities in May 1971. In Vancouver, Canada there was a 10 game match between Mark Taimanov and Bobby Fischer, played May 16th – June 1st. Fischer sensationally won the match with a perfect score of 6-0, thereby proceeding to the Fischer – Larsen Candidates Semifinal (1971). After the event, Taimanov was reported to have said, “At least I still have my music.” He wasn’t being merely melodramatic: the consequences of this loss were to haunt him for years. In an interview with Joel Lautier, Taimanov later recounted:
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