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Elitna Scena 2018-2 Elitna šahovska scena 2018 Druga knjiga US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 Memorijal Vugara Gašimova, Shamkir 2018 Norway Chess, Stavanger 2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund 2018 Hainan Danzhou GM Tournament 2018 Sinquefield Cup, Saint Louis 2018 Wizard Chess Books 2019 www.chessbooks.co.rs US Chess Championship Saint Louis 2018 18-30. april 2018 USA ch 2018, Saint Louis (USA), 18-30. april 2018, cat. XVII (2674) US Championship 2018 ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts mesto 1 Shankland, Samuel 2671 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 1 2 Caruana, Fabiano 2804 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 8 2 3 So, Wesley 2786 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 3 4 Nakamura, Hikaru 2787 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 4-6 5 Lenderman, Aleksandr 2599 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 4-6 6 Robson, Ray 2660 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 5½ 4-6 7 Izoria, Zviad 2599 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 7-8 8 Xiong, Jeffery 2665 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 7-8 9 Liang, Awonder 2552 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 4½ 9-11 10 Zherebukh, Yaroslav 2640 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½ 9-11 11 Akobian, Varuzhan 2647 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 1 4½ 9-11 12 Onischuk, Alexander 2672 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 3 12 5 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 Fabiano CARUANA Hikaru NAKAMURA Wesley SO ELO: 2804 ELO: 2787 ELO: 2786 Aleksandar ONIŠČUK Samuel SHANKLAND Jeffery XIONG ELO: 2762 ELO: 2671 ELO: 2665 Ray ROBSON Varužan AKOBJAN Jaroslav ŽEREBUH ELO: 2660 ELO: 2647 ELO: 2640 Zviad IZORIJA Aleksandar LENDERMAN Awonder LIANG ELO: 2599 ELO: 2599 ELO: 2552 6 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 ŠAMPIONAT USA 1-3. KOLO U Saint Louisu se održava 62. turnirski šampionat Sjedinjenih Američkih Država (u prošlosti se o tituli mnogo puta odlučivalo u mečevima). Posle perioda dvovlašća od 2009. do 2015. godine, kada je četiri titule osvojio Kamski, a još tri – Nakamura, u arenu su izašli „novi Amerikanci“: 2016. je pobedio Caruana, a prošle godine šampion je postao Wesley So. Ovog puta super-trojci pokušavaju da se suprotstave iskusni Akobjan i Oni- ščuk, Shankland, koji je proveren u igri za reprezentaciju, Robson i Lender- man, Izorija, koji u poslednje vreme igra samo u PTO League za „Hakere iz San Hozea“, student Žerebuh u juniori Xiong i Liang (Jeffery nije imao uspeha pro- šle godine, ali je sačuvao visok rejting, a Awonder je 2017. godine osvojio državno juniorsko prvenstvo), Posle prva tri kola lidersku poziciju s 2,5 poena zauzimaju Caruana, So i Akobjan, koji je prošle godine delio prvo mesto kolo pre kraja. ONIŠČUK – AKOBJAN (1. kolo) Sada je 12. £ef4 i 13. £g5 (može i obrnutim redosledom) moglo posta- Posle lukavo odigranog otvaranja, viti pred crnog veoma teške zadatke. Varužan se nije ustručavao da sops- A posle 12. xc4+ °h8 13. £g5?! tvenim rukama razruši svoj „kameni (bolje je 13.b4!) 13... £c6 14. §f4 zid“ – 8...dxc4 (bolje je 8... £a6), ali, §xf5 beli je osvojio kvalitet, ali je Oniščuk kao da je samo to i čekao: ustupio inicijativu, i Aleksandar nije 9.e4 e5 10.exf5 exd4 11. £e2 c5 uspeo da se izbori sa zadacima od- brane. 7 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 Posle 25.f3 §xf3 26. •d7 beli se još 34... •ee7? (34... •d8; 34... e5) 35. mogao boriti za remi, a posle 25. •xc4 1-0 •e2? d1 + zbog 26. •xd1 £xc3 mo- rao je da zaustavi časovnik. Wesley So je isto tako počeo s dve pobede – najpre je savladao Žerebu- AKOBJAN – LIANG ha u sicilijanci zatvorenog tipa, a (2. kolo) zatim je u španskoj partiji pobedio Oniščuka, posle čega je odigrao težak remi s Liangom. Caruana je, naprotiv, počeo s re- mijem protiv Lianga, a zatim je pobe- dio Lendermana i Xionga. CARUANA – LENDERMAN (2. kolo) Najmlađi učesnik turnira names- tio se potezom 25... £f6? (jednaku igru je držalo, na primer, 25... £d6), i mada Varužan nije video 26. £xd5!, uskoro je crni napravio još težu gre- šku, koja ovog puta nije ostala nekaž- njena. 8 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 Prošle godine Fabiano je umesto A Nakamuri za sad ne daju da se standardnog 9. d1 primenio 9. £f3 i razigra – u škotskoj partiji s Robso- razbio Naroditskog, a za danas je nom, igrajući po Morozeviču 8.h4, pripremio krajnje retko 9.h4!? Kao Hikaru je postigao nešto slabiju pozi- ni Naroditsky, ni Lenderman nije ciju, posle čega se morao boriti za uzeo na c2, a možda je trebalo (mada izjednačenje, a u 3. kolu je Žerebuh i posle 9... xc2 10. £f3, kako je igra- mirno održao remi s favoritom u no u nekoliko partija, beli vlada inici- ruskoj partiji. U 3. kolu s Oniščukom jativom). U svakom slučaju, njegovo na tabli se dešavalo nešto manje sta- tretiranje s uzimanjem na d4 i c3, ndardno, ali Nakamura nije dočekao kao što se može videti iz sledećeg grešku suparnika, tako da je Alek- dijagrama, nije bilo uspešno. sandar ubeležio prvih pola poena u svoju tabelu. Osim Nakamure, na 50% su i Že- rebuh i Robson. ŽEREBUH – ROBSON (3. kolo) Preti 14. •h4 sa zarobljavanjem dame, a Aleks nije želeo svoju damu da zaključava u ormar posle 13... e4+ 14. §e2 £ge7 15. •h4 h7 16. §d3 g8, pa se odlučio na 13...g5 14.hxg6 e4+ 15. §e2 xg6 , i izgu- bio brzo i bez mučenja. Trebalo se braniti putem 37... °c7 U sledećem kolu Xiong je protiv – preti •a8-b8, a na 38. §b5 §xb5 Caruane u Ben-Oniju žrtvovao peša- 39. •xb5 dobro je 39...e5, ne puštajući ka, ali je Fabiano pogasio aktivnost kralja na d4. suparnika i realizovao prednost u Ray je odlučio da počne od 37... završnici. e5? 38.fxe5 fxe5 , ali je prevideo 39.a4! Na 39... §xa4 sledi 40. •g6, a Pola poena iza lidera zaostaje posle 39... °c7 40. §b5 §xb5 41. Shankland, koji je u 3. kolu pobedio axb5 nastaje lako dobijena topovska Izoriju. završnica. 9 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 ŠAMPIONAT USA 4-6. KOLO Na drugoj deonici od 18 partija odlučene su samo četiri, i u sve četiri pobe- dili su crni. Dva puta, protiv Robsona i Akobjana, uspeh je zabeležio Shan- kland, i pred slobodan dan on je preuzeo lidersku poziciju s 4,5 iz 6. Pola poe- na iza njega zaostaju So i Caruana, koji je na poraz od Izorije odgovorio pobe- dom protiv Robsona. Glavna vest 4. kola bio je poraz Caruane od Izorije. Osim pobede na Šampi- onatu sveta do 16. godina 2000. godine, Zviad je poznat i po pobedi na HB Global Chess Challenge (Minneapolis 2005) s prvom nagradom od 50.000$. Godinu dana kasnije, kada je imao 22 godine, dostigao je maksimalni rejting u karijeri – 2660, ali se uskoro odselio u Sjedinjene Države i 2010. godine osta- vio je šah. Danas Izorija nastupa prvenstveno na PTO League, ekipnoj online ligi u ubrzanom šahu. Pre partije s liderom Zviad je iz-gubio dve partije zaredom, tako da je Fabi- ano bio raspoložen odlučno. CARUANA – IZORIJA (4. kolo) Zahvaljujući potpornim punkto- vima e5 i g4 crni stoji bolje, a tu pre- U italijanskoj partiji beli je ostva- dnost je fiksiralo 45...c4!, ali je Izorija rio određene prednosti, i sada je tre- požurio s 45...f5 , dozvolivši suparni- balo otpočeti igru na daminom krilu ku da odigra 46.b3 . Posle otvaranja putem 20.b4! Umesto toga, Fabiano «b» linije bele figure su oživele, ali se zabavio provođenjem f2-f4: 20. nove greške Zviad nije dopustio, i na £c4 §a7 21. §e3 §xe3 22. xe3 kraju je Caruana prešao granicu doz- £h7 23.f4 , i evo šta je iz toga proiza- voljenog. šlo. 10 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 72. °xc6 £a5+ , i beli skakač se pokazao bespomoćnim protiv kraj- njeg pešaka. Do susreta s Fabianom Izorija nikad nije pobedio suparnika s rej- tingom preko 2700. Zanimljivo je da se i u sledeća dva kola Izorija susreo s liderima. U petom kolu on je odlično stajao s Oba pešaka je branilo 67. •b2, a Akobjanom, ali je bez potrebe kre- umesto toga je usledilo 67.c4?! nuo na izmene, koje su dovele do £xg2 68. °d5 •c8 remi topovske završnice. Protiv Soa takva strategija je bila više osnovana i omogućila mu je da se odbrani crnim figurama. Ali, vratimo se 4. kolu: mesto Caruane u liderskom triju sa Soom i Akobjanom zauzeo je Shankland. ROBSON – SHANKLAND (4. kolo) Posle 69. °xd6 •xc4 70. •b5+ °h6 71. £f6 beli bi postigao remi, ali, Fabiano je odigrao 69. £b6? £e3+ 70. °e6 •c6 71. °d7 , U otvorenoj varijanti španske par- tije crni je izjednačio, i Ray je trebalo, kako bi izbegao nešto gore, da izmeni na c4. Umesto toga, on se podmetnuo pod vezivanje: 17. £f3? §g4 18. d3 očigledno previdevši 71... £xc4! g6 19.b3 §xf3 20.bxc4 (gubi 20. 11 US Chess Championship, Saint Louis 2018 gxf3 £xe5) 20...dxc4 21. e3 §d5 , i Umesto uobičajenog 8... £c6 9. £c3 Sam je realizovao pešaka više. §e7, Fabiano je izabrao krajnje sum- njivo 8...g6?! , na šta je Sam odgovo- U 5. kolu najbolja rezerva s Olim- rio direktnim 9. £c3 §g7 10.d5 pijade u Tromseu 2014. i olimpijski exd5 11. •e1+ §e6 12. £xd5 , i pos- šampion iz Bakua 2016, imao je dob- talo je jasno da se igra vodi na dva re šanse da postigne uspeh protiv rezultata. Posle izmene belopoljnih kolege iz reprezentacije. lovaca crni je ostao sa slabim peša- kom na e6, a nakon par poteza Shan- kland ga je uzeo i prešao u tehničku završnicu – ali, kao da mu je nedosta- jalo tehnike..
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