Month: July 2015

In an interesting turn of events at the Lake Sevan Tournament 2015, GM Duda Jan Krzysztof overcame overnight joint-leader GM Vidit Gujrathi to join GM Anton Guijarro David at the top of the table after Round 4.

The Vidit – Duda game, which took off with the Semi-Slav defence, looked pleasant for Vidit in the early middlegame. However, Duda’s excellent move 25…g5 pretty much equalized the situation. With the trend against him, Vidit kept making small errors which eventually gave Duda a pleasant endgame. However, both the players struggled to find the best moves in the endgame, and on move 56, the Indian youngster had a chance to pull things back. Vidit not only missed the opportunity but also committed a flurry of mistakes which allowed Duda to decide the matters on move 64.

Amongst other results, GM Hovhannisyan toppled GM Petrosyan Tigran L while GM Artemiev, the top-seed, overcame GM Salem A. R. Saleh. Interestingly, all the wins in Round 4 were scored by players playing with the black pieces.

Round 4 Results:

Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg
2630	Petrosyan Tigran L.	0 – 1	Hovhannisyan	2611
2593	Ter-Sahakyan	½ – ½	Sevian	2578
2643	Vidit Gujrathi	0 – 1	Duda	2632
2626	Anton Guijarro David	½ – ½	Gabuzyan	2589
2615	Salem	0 – 1	Artemiev	2660

The third round of the Lake Sevan Chess Tournament 2015 kept up the intensity set by previous rounds as 4 games out of the total 5 finished decisively. The only draw of this round was a 127-move long game between GM Artemiev and GM Anton Guijarro David.

After 3 rounds, GMs Anton Guijarro David and Vidit Gujrathi lead the rest with 2.5 points each. The latter, India’s lone hope in the tournament, overcame GM Gabuzyan with the black pieces en route to his second victory on the trot.

Round 3 Results:

Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg
2615	Salem A.R. Saleh	1 – 0	Petrosyan Tigran L.	2630
2660	Artemiev	½ – ½	Anton Guijarro David	2626
2589	Gabuzyan	0 – 1	Vidit	2643
2632	Duda	0 – 1	Ter-Sahakyan	2593
2578	Sevian	1 – 0	Hovhannisyan	2611

The second round of the Lake Sevan Chess Tournament 2015 turned out to be a perfect advertisement for the game of Chess with all the 5 games in the tournament finishing decisively. In a round marked by youthful exuberance, four victories were scored by players with the White pieces while Duda’s win over Hovhannisyan was the only black victory of the day.

The lone Indian player in the fray – GM Vidit Gujrathi – recorded his first win of the tournament as he ran through the defences of top-seed GM Vladislav Artemiev. In a complicated middlegame, typical of the Grunfeld Defence, Artemiev went astray around the 40-move mark. This allowed Vidit, the defending champion, to decide the matters with a nice attack followed by a pretty Queen Sacrifice. With mate being inevitable, Artemiev resigned on move 45.

After 2 rounds, GMs Anton Guijarro David and Duda Jan Kryzystof lead the table with 2 points each. The duo is being closely trailed by GM Vidit on 1.5/2.

Round 2 Results:

Rtg	Name	Result	Name	Rtg
2630	Petrosyan Tigran L.	1 – 0	Sevian	2578
2611	Hovhannisyan	0 – 1	Duda Jan Krzysztof	2632
2593	Ter-Sahakyan	1 – 0	Gabuzyan	2589
2643	Vidit Gujrathi	1 – 0	Artemiev	2660
2626	Anton Guijarro David	1 – 0	Salem A.R. Saleh	2615

The 2015 edition of the annual Lake Sevan Tournament, which traditionally encourages young talents from all over the globe, commenced with a bang as 3 out of the total 5 games finished decisively whilst the Gabuzyan – Hovhannisyan game resulted in a fighting draw. The only disappointment of the first round was a rather quick draw between GM Salem and GM Vidit.

The excitement of the opening round was further accentuated by the quality of fight in all 3 decisive games. These games saw GMs Anton Guijarro, Artemiev and Duda make full use of White pieces by scoring victories, albeit in hard-fought battles.

Round 1 Results:

Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg
Anton Guijarro	2626	1-0	Petrosian Tigran L	2630
Salem	2615	½-½	Vidit	2643
Artemiev	2660	1-0	Ter-Sahakyan	2593
Gabuzyan	2589	½-½	Hovhannisyan	2611
Duda	2632	1-0	Sevian	2578