Anand vs Karpov rapid chess match in Corsica
Ноя 1, 2009 by
01.11.2009
– First there were 32-board simuls, against participants from the Corsica Masters. Reigning World Champion Anand won all his games, 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov conceded one draw, against a 15-year-old. Then they faced each other in the first of four rapid chess games. Anand won one, the second was drawn. The next two are scheduled for November 2nd. Illustrated report.
Anand vs Karpov – Match of World Champions
The World Champion Vishy Anand is playing a four-game rapid chess match against
the legendary twelfth World Champion Anatoly Karpov, on the island of Corsica.
The games take place in Bastia on October 31th, and then in Ajaccio on November
2nd. Time controls are 15 minutes for the whole game and 3 seconds increment
per move. Live coverage is available on the official
web site and on the .
The event started with a simultaneous exhibition by both players, each facing
32 opponents from the subsidiary events – Youth and Open tournaments.
Karpov won 31 games and drew one (against 15-year-old Francis Xavier Vincenti,
rated 1854). Anand won all 32 games. A selection of these games are given at
the bottom of the page.
In the rapid chess Match Anand won the first game with white in 46 moves. The
second game ended after 41 moves in a draw.
Anand,V (2788) - Karpov,Ana (2619) [D31]
Rapid Match Corsica FRA (1), 31.10.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.e3 Nbd7
8.h3 0-0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rab1 a5 14.a3 Be6 15.Na4
N6d7 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 b5 18.Nc5 Nb6 19.Ra1 f6 20.Qc3 Bf7 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Ra1
Qb8 23.Nd2 Nc4 24.Ndb3 Ra7 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Bd5 27.Bxd5+ cxd5 28.Re1 Qd6 29.Qf3
Kf7 30.g3 g6 31.h4
Anand has been putting the pressure on Karpov for most of the game, but the
older player has been hanging on pretty well. 31...Re7?! Leaving
the a-file to the opponent was probably not the best idea. 32.Ra1 Rc7?
33.Ra6 Qd8 34.Qf4 Kg7 35.Rxf6 Qxf6 36.Qxc7+ Kg8. Anand is now a healthy
pawn up and on the path to victory. 37.Kg2 Qf5 38.Qe7 h6 39.Nc1 g5 40.hxg5
hxg5 41.N1d3 Nd2 42.Qe2 Nc4 43.Ne5 Kg7 44.Ng4 Ng6 45.Qe6 Qxe6 46.Nxe6+
Black resigned, Anand went into the lead. 1-0. [Click
to replay]
In the second game Karpov held his own until move 29, where he gave Anand attacking
chances.
Karpov,Ana (2619) - Anand,V (2788) [D45]
Rapid Match Corsica FRA (2), 31.10.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2
b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Rfd1 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qc3
f6 16.Qd4 Qe7 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nb7 19.Qe2 e5 20.e4 Qe6 21.Rd5 Rc7 22.Rc1
Rfc8 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.h3 Bf8 25.Ne1 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Qc4+ Qf7 28.Qc6 Nc5 29.Ba3
Karpov's last move gives Anand the initiative, but it is not enough to seriously
endanger the twelfth World Champion: 29...Nxb3 30.Bxf8 Nd4 31.Qa8 Qxf8
32.Qxa7 Qb4 33.Qa8+ Kf7 34.Nf3 Nxf3+ 35.gxf3 Qc5 36.Qb7+ Kg6 37.Qd7 Kh6 38.a4
Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qg5+ 40.Kf1 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Qg5+ ½-½. [Click
to replay]
Relaxing on the hotel terrace by the sea: Aruna and Vishy Anand, Anatoly
Karpov
At lunch in a Corsican restaurant
Looking good in front of the boats and yachts: Anatoly Karpov in Corsica
He definitely should get himself one of these: World Champion Vishy Anand
Anand, Karpov and chief organiser Léo Battesti with the Corsican
flag
Gifts – see, Anatoly, if you had brought your wife you would have
got two baskets!
Results and standings
Viswanathan Anand 2809 Anatoly Karpov 2598
The Corsica Masters
The Corsica Masters tournament took place in Bastia from October 25 to 31 and
had a prize fund of €40,000. It was a nine-round Swiss played at the rate
of 1 hour 30 minutes for all moves with a 30 second increment per move during
the entire game. Three GMs scored 7.5 points out of nine games to share first
place. The official web site gives Sokolov as the winner.
Dutch GM Ivan Sokolov, winner of the Corsica Masters 2009
Final standings (after nine rounds)
Pl.
Ti.
Player
Elo
Pts
Tr.
Bu.
Perf
1
GM
Sokolov Ivan
2657
7½
46½
57½
2726
2
GM
Malaniuk Vladimir P
2586
7½
46½
57½
2684
3
GM
Hamdouchi Hicham
2590
7½
45½
56
2676
4
GM
Maslak Konstantin
2551
7
47
58
2600
5
IM
Bujisho Benjamin
2403
7
44½
55
2506
6
IM
Caspi Israel
2404
7
42½
51½
2429
7
GM
Palac Mladen
2576
7
42
51½
2525
8
GM
Karpatchev Aleksandr
2477
7
42
51½
2465
9
GM
Shishkin Vadim
2511
6½
47
57
2538
10
GM
Guliyev Namig
2525
6½
45½
55½
2543
11
GM
Gruenfeld Yehuda
2474
6½
45½
55
2511
12
IM
Kozlov Oleg
2226
6½
45
53½
2434
13
GM
Kozakov Mikhail
2437
6½
43
53
2457
14
FM
Lehtivaara Petri
2377
6½
43
52½
2405
15
IM
Vuilleumier Alexandre
2332
6½
42
50½
2321
16
IM
Shirazi Kamran
2410
6½
41½
50½
2391
17
GM
Prie Eric
2493
6½
41
50½
2435
18
Bressac Stephane
2153
6½
40½
48
2272
19
FM
Wantiez Fabrice
2339
6½
39½
48½
2263
20
FM
Mullon Jean-Baptiste
2368
6
45
55½
2423
21
IM
Dimitrov Pavel
2376
6
45
54½
2392
22
IM
Dimitrov Radoslav
2365
6
43½
53
2374
23
FM
Njili Kamel
2316
6
43
52½
2279
24
IM
Godard Maxence
2344
6
42
51
2287
25
Iwanesko Alexandre
2191
6
42
49
2270
26
IM
Ljubisavljevic Zivojin Z
2291
6
41½
51
2329
27
Davitian Achot
2261
6
41½
50
2256
28
FM
Guedon Stephane
2164
6
41½
49
2244
29
Bates Caspar J
2190
6
40½
49
2228
30
Nieminen Kari
2219
6
39
48
2140
31
Costa Pierre-Mathieu
1958
6
39
45½
2078
32
Valgmae Toomas
1999
6
38
47
2188
33
Cristofari Antoine
2109
6
37
44½
2098
The Corsica Masters under way
Satisfied: Léo Battesti with his organisation staff
Ahh, but they are not so satisfied with Léo...
Links
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