Standings after round 8 (top 100)
http://chess-results.com/tnr256103.aspx
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
1 | 7 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2610 | 7,0 | 35,0 | 45,5 | 2803 | 10 | 15,6 | |||
2 | 49 | IM | Pavlov Sergey | UKR | 2475 | 7,0 | 30,0 | 39,5 | 2762 | 10 | 25,7 | |||
3 | 2 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2654 | 6,5 | 32,5 | 43,5 | 2735 | 10 | 8,3 | |||
4 | 28 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | U20 | GER | 2539 | 6,5 | 30,0 | 41,0 | 2644 | 10 | 10,2 | ||
5 | 11 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2587 | 6,5 | 29,0 | 39,0 | 2669 | 10 | 8,6 | |||
6 | 64 | GM | Lugovskoy Maxim | RUS | 2440 | 6,5 | 28,5 | 37,5 | 2750 | 10 | 31,6 | |||
7 | 22 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | U20 | ISR | 2556 | 6,5 | 26,5 | 35,5 | 2627 | 10 | 7,5 | ||
8 | 14 | GM | Neiksans Arturs | LAT | 2582 | 6,0 | 32,0 | 41,5 | 2598 | 10 | 2,5 | |||
9 | 78 | Mu Ke | CHN | 2411 | 6,0 | 31,0 | 40,0 | 2637 | 10 | 24,4 | ||||
10 | 5 | GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2634 | 6,0 | 30,5 | 42,0 | 2646 | 10 | 1,9 | |||
11 | 16 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2577 | 6,0 | 30,5 | 40,0 | 2630 | 10 | 5,8 | |||
12 | 38 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | LTU | 2519 | 6,0 | 30,0 | 40,0 | 2616 | 10 | 10,6 | |||
13 | 15 | GM | Braun Arik | GER | 2577 | 6,0 | 30,0 | 40,0 | 2608 | 10 | 3,5 | |||
14 | 33 | GM | Ladva Ottomar | U20 | EST | 2532 | 6,0 | 29,5 | 38,5 | 2628 | 10 | 10,5 | ||
15 | 29 | GM | Zakhartsov Viacheslav V. | RUS | 2539 | 6,0 | 29,5 | 38,5 | 2579 | 10 | 4,7 | |||
16 | 30 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2538 | 6,0 | 28,5 | 39,5 | 2580 | 10 | 4,5 | |||
17 | 13 | GM | Stocek Jiri | CZE | 2583 | 6,0 | 28,5 | 38,5 | 2611 | 10 | 3,3 | |||
18 | 50 | IM | Tang Andrew | U18 | USA | 2475 | 6,0 | 28,5 | 38,5 | 2566 | 10 | 10,2 | ||
19 | 31 | GM | Zeng Chongsheng | CHN | 2537 | 6,0 | 28,5 | 38,0 | 2558 | 10 | 3,2 | |||
20 | 12 | GM | Kryakvin Dmitry | RUS | 2583 | 6,0 | 27,5 | 36,5 | 2573 | 10 | 0,6 | |||
21 | 56 | IM | Baldauf Marco | GER | 2460 | 6,0 | 27,0 | 35,5 | 2561 | 10 | 11,3 | |||
22 | 26 | GM | Sarana Alexey | U18 | RUS | 2540 | 6,0 | 26,5 | 35,5 | 2479 | 10 | -4,1 | ||
23 | 41 | GM | Lei Tingjie | U20 | w | CHN | 2514 | 5,5 | 31,0 | 41,5 | 2630 | 10 | 13,1 | |
24 | 47 | GM | Wan Yunguo | CHN | 2482 | 5,5 | 31,0 | 41,5 | 2578 | 10 | 11,0 | |||
25 | 111 | FM | Gokerkan Cem Kaan | U18 | TUR | 2357 | 5,5 | 30,5 | 39,0 | 2607 | 20 | 54,0 | ||
26 | 18 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E. | RUS | 2569 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 39,0 | 2532 | 10 | -3,2 | |||
27 | 20 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | U20 | IND | 2562 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 39,0 | 2531 | 10 | -2,5 | ||
28 | 67 | IM | Gholami Aryan | U16 | IRI | 2434 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 38,0 | 2563 | 10 | 14,3 | ||
29 | 37 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2525 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 39,5 | 2548 | 10 | 3,2 | |||
30 | 8 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | SUI | 2600 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 39,5 | 2543 | 10 | -4,4 | |||
31 | 36 | IM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | U20 | TUR | 2526 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 39,0 | 2521 | 10 | 1,0 | ||
32 | 63 | IM | Ochsner Bjorn Moller | DEN | 2443 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 39,0 | 2531 | 10 | 9,8 | |||
33 | 65 | IM | Das Sayantan | U20 | IND | 2436 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 38,5 | 2494 | 10 | 6,5 | ||
34 | 149 | Gluhovsky Mark | RUS | 2281 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 36,0 | 2522 | 20 | 54,0 | ||||
35 | 17 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | U20 | RUS | 2575 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 37,0 | 2557 | 10 | -1,1 | ||
36 | 9 | GM | Ovsejevitsch Sergei | UKR | 2596 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 37,0 | 2525 | 10 | -6,0 | |||
37 | 6 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2610 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 36,5 | 2540 | 10 | -6,2 | |||
38 | 10 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | RUS | 2593 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 35,5 | 2506 | 10 | -7,4 | |||
39 | 46 | IM | Valsecchi Alessio | ITA | 2493 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 35,5 | 2492 | 10 | 0,7 | |||
40 | 32 | IM | Bailet Pierre | FRA | 2536 | 5,5 | 27,0 | 36,5 | 2478 | 10 | -5,0 | |||
41 | 51 | GM | Shoker Samy | EGY | 2472 | 5,5 | 27,0 | 36,0 | 2469 | 10 | 1,4 | |||
42 | 107 | FM | Haldorsen Benjamin | U18 | NOR | 2362 | 5,5 | 26,0 | 34,0 | 2441 | 20 | 19,4 | ||
43 | 96 | FM | Rakesh Kumar Jena | U16 | IND | 2394 | 5,5 | 25,5 | 34,5 | 2473 | 20 | 19,2 | ||
44 | 87 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | U18 | IND | 2404 | 5,5 | 25,0 | 32,5 | 2463 | 10 | 7,4 | ||
45 | 62 | IM | Berzinsh Roland | LAT | 2444 | 5,5 | 25,0 | 32,5 | 2402 | 10 | -3,8 | |||
46 | 131 | IM | Zaiatz Elena | w | RUS | 2316 | 5,5 | 24,5 | 32,5 | 2451 | 10 | 15,5 | ||
47 | 43 | IM | Kvon Andrey | UZB | 2500 | 5,5 | 24,5 | 32,0 | 2447 | 10 | -4,5 | |||
48 | 71 | IM | Zakhartsov Vladimir | U20 | RUS | 2430 | 5,5 | 24,0 | 33,0 | 2430 | 10 | 0,7 | ||
49 | 76 | IM | Krupenski Juri | EST | 2413 | 5,5 | 22,5 | 29,5 | 2366 | 10 | -2,7 | |||
50 | 54 | IM | Hambleton Aman | CAN | 2461 | 5,0 | 32,0 | 42,0 | 2512 | 10 | 6,2 | |||
51 | 27 | GM | Sanal Vahap | U20 | TUR | 2539 | 5,0 | 31,5 | 42,0 | 2488 | 10 | -5,0 | ||
52 | 113 | Pershin Denis | U20 | RUS | 2353 | 5,0 | 31,5 | 40,5 | 2558 | 20 | 44,2 | |||
53 | 45 | IM | Meskovs Nikita | LAT | 2495 | 5,0 | 31,0 | 41,5 | 2552 | 10 | 6,6 | |||
54 | 3 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2648 | 5,0 | 30,5 | 41,0 | 2497 | 10 | -13,7 | |||
55 | 140 | WGM | Ozturk Kubra | w | TUR | 2298 | 5,0 | 30,5 | 38,0 | 2509 | 20 | 45,4 | ||
56 | 52 | IM | Fedorovsky Michael | GER | 2467 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 39,5 | 2527 | 10 | 6,9 | |||
57 | 19 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2566 | 5,0 | 29,5 | 39,5 | 2478 | 10 | -8,5 | |||
58 | 35 | GM | Berelowitsch Alexander | GER | 2527 | 5,0 | 29,5 | 39,5 | 2474 | 10 | -5,0 | |||
59 | 1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2688 | 5,0 | 29,5 | 39,0 | 2518 | 10 | -14,3 | |||
60 | 59 | IM | Yankelevich Lev | U20 | GER | 2447 | 5,0 | 29,5 | 39,0 | 2490 | 10 | 5,2 | ||
61 | 73 | IM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | U18 | w | KAZ | 2423 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 39,0 | 2481 | 10 | 7,0 | |
62 | 34 | GM | Dastan Muhammed Batuhan | U20 | TUR | 2529 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 38,5 | 2525 | 10 | 0,2 | ||
63 | 53 | IM | Thybo Jesper Sondergaard | U18 | DEN | 2464 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 38,5 | 2480 | 10 | 2,0 | ||
64 | 88 | Kumsiashvili Nikoloz | U20 | GEO | 2403 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 38,0 | 2474 | 10 | 9,6 | |||
65 | 98 | IM | Mandizha Farai | ZIM | 2392 | 5,0 | 28,5 | 38,0 | 2493 | 10 | 12,1 | |||
66 | 23 | GM | Kunin Vitaly | GER | 2551 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 38,0 | 2471 | 10 | -7,7 | |||
67 | 80 | IM | Laurusas Tomas | LTU | 2409 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 37,0 | 2464 | 10 | 7,1 | |||
68 | 92 | IM | Krivonosov Oleg | LAT | 2397 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 38,0 | 2501 | 10 | 11,7 | |||
69 | 39 | IM | Schneider Ilja | GER | 2519 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 38,0 | 2454 | 10 | -6,0 | |||
70 | 69 | FM | Bernotas Arturs | LAT | 2431 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 36,5 | 2442 | 10 | 1,4 | |||
71 | 99 | IM | D`costa Lorin A R | ENG | 2390 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 36,0 | 2436 | 10 | 6,2 | |||
72 | 233 | Mitrandzas Athanasios | GRE | 2110 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 35,5 | 2448 | 20 | 64,0 | ||||
73 | 75 | IM | Fruebing Stefan | GER | 2417 | 5,0 | 27,0 | 35,0 | 2401 | 10 | -0,7 | |||
74 | 112 | FM | Klabis Rokas | LTU | 2355 | 5,0 | 26,5 | 37,0 | 2387 | 20 | 9,2 | |||
75 | 89 | FM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | U16 | NOR | 2399 | 5,0 | 26,0 | 34,5 | 2362 | 10 | 0,8 | ||
76 | 100 | IM | Pultinevicius Paulius | U16 | LTU | 2389 | 5,0 | 26,0 | 34,5 | 2324 | 10 | -3,4 | ||
77 | 83 | IM | Percivaldi Martin | U18 | DEN | 2407 | 5,0 | 25,5 | 34,5 | 2380 | 10 | -1,8 | ||
78 | 91 | IM | Ikeda Junta | AUS | 2397 | 5,0 | 25,5 | 34,0 | 2428 | 10 | 4,0 | |||
79 | 48 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | U20 | NOR | 2475 | 5,0 | 25,5 | 34,0 | 2390 | 10 | -8,3 | ||
80 | 58 | IM | Grinberg Eyal | U20 | ISR | 2455 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 33,5 | 2368 | 10 | -8,5 | ||
81 | 95 | FM | Bakalchuk Johnatan | U20 | ISR | 2394 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 33,5 | 2264 | 10 | -9,5 | ||
82 | 90 | IM | Korchmar Vasiliy | RUS | 2398 | 5,0 | 24,0 | 33,5 | 2382 | 10 | -0,9 | |||
83 | 25 | IM | Kantans Toms | LAT | 2541 | 5,0 | 24,0 | 32,0 | 2374 | 10 | -14,4 | |||
84 | 79 | IM | Hansen Mads | DEN | 2410 | 5,0 | 23,5 | 32,5 | 2327 | 10 | -7,4 | |||
85 | 105 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | U18 | BLR | 2369 | 5,0 | 23,0 | 30,0 | 2325 | 10 | -2,8 | ||
86 | 101 | IM | Sveshnikov Vladimir | LAT | 2377 | 5,0 | 22,0 | 30,5 | 2333 | 10 | -3,6 | |||
87 | 4 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2640 | 5,0 | 21,5 | 29,0 | 2198 | 10 | -17,1 | |||
88 | 97 | FM | Agmanov Zhandos | U18 | KAZ | 2393 | 4,5 | 31,0 | 40,5 | 2453 | 10 | 8,9 | ||
89 | 127 | Rahul Srivatshav P | U16 | IND | 2321 | 4,5 | 29,0 | 37,0 | 2413 | 20 | 22,0 | |||
90 | 66 | GM | Lanka Zigurds | LAT | 2434 | 4,5 | 28,5 | 38,0 | 2430 | 10 | 0,3 | |||
91 | 136 | FM | Vovk Ilja | EST | 2307 | 4,5 | 28,5 | 36,5 | 2415 | 20 | 24,4 | |||
92 | 24 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2547 | 4,5 | 28,5 | 36,0 | 2340 | 10 | -18,4 | |||
93 | 57 | IM | Wieczorek Oskar | POL | 2460 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 37,5 | 2374 | 10 | -8,2 | |||
94 | 120 | FM | Kleinman Michael | CAN | 2340 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 36,0 | 2406 | 20 | 15,6 | |||
95 | 139 | FM | Sirosh Ilja | U20 | EST | 2299 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 36,5 | 2387 | 20 | 21,6 | ||
96 | 94 | IM | Tomazini Zan | SLO | 2395 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 36,0 | 2399 | 10 | 1,8 | |||
97 | 93 | Saveliev Alexei | U20 | RUS | 2396 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 36,0 | 2379 | 10 | -0,3 | |||
98 | 114 | FM | Krykun Yuriy | U20 | UKR | 2350 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 35,5 | 2372 | 20 | 8,2 | ||
99 | 55 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | ISL | 2461 | 4,5 | 27,0 | 37,0 | 2417 | 10 | -3,8 | |||
100 | 82 | FM | Bruedigam Martin | GER | 2408 | 4,5 | 27,0 | 36,5 | 2351 | 10 | -3,9 |
It’s mate in 3: 1) Qxe6+ forces Kxe6 ; 2) Ng5+ forces Kd6; 3) c5#
To Lenny – or 3 Nf7++
No jewin,
3. Nf7. Ke6
Three Sam Loyd puzzles for Alena- all Mate in 3s:
8/2p5/2p5/k1K5/8/3Q4/8/3b4 w – – 0 1
8/4K3/8/1R6/3kP3/8/8/4Q3 w – – 0 1
8/8/1Q6/1pP5/k7/8/K7/8 w – – 0 1
Here is the solution for the first puzzle. The first move was diabolic. It was very difficult to find.
V-1
1. Qg3 Ka6
2. Qxc7 B any move
3. Qb6#
V-2
1. Qg3 Ka4
2. Qc3 B any move
3. Qb4#
V-3
1. Qg3 Bc2
2. Qg8 Bb1
3. Qa8#
V-4
1. Qg3 Bc2
2. Qg8 Ka4
3. Qa2#
V-5
1. Qg3 Ba4
2. Qxc7+ Ka6
3. Qb6#
V-6
1. Qg3 Bb3
2. Qxc7+ Ka4
3. Qa7#
Here is the solution for the second puzzle.
V-1 (the main line)
1. Rb3 Ke5
2. Re3 Kd4
3. Qc3#
V-2
1. Rb3 Kc4 or Kc5
2. Qc3#
Here is the solution for the third puzzle.
V-1
1. Qh6 Kb4
2. Qc1 Ka5
3. Qa3#
V-2
1. Qh6 Ka5
2. Kb3 b4
3. Qb6#
Well done on all three. Loyd was probably the very best short mate problem composer of all time. All three of these are extremely difficult due to the quiet first and second moves.
Each was posted here in 2011 by Susan- below are the links where you can see how the commenters then found them, as you wrote, diabolical.
Link1
Link2
Link3