The Taiyuan double round Scheveningen tournament will take place from July 10 to 22, 2006, with one rest day on 16th. Total prize fund $18,000 will be distributed according to the individual scores. Game starts at 13:00 Beijing Time. Live broadcast available from July 11th.
Team A Average Rating 2638
Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2667 1983 M
Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2657 1985 M
Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2651 1983 M
Asrian, Karen g ARM 2635 1980 M
Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2619 1978 M
Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2601 1985 M
Team B Average Rating 2628
Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2664 1985 M
Zhang, Zhong g CHN 2639 1978 M
Wang, Yue g CHN 2626 1987 M
Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 2622 1980 M
Wang, Hao g CHN 2610 1989 M
Ni, Hua g CHN 2607 1983 M
This is one of the reasons why the Chinese players improved so much.
A total prize fund of only $18,000 for 12 days of play for professinals is absurd. How in the world do chess professionals stay alive with such limited incentives to continue to play? Such lack of money is what will likely kill off chess at the highest levels, not the computer!
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Usually it’s all expense-provided for invitationals in China with excellent Chinese foods.
Round one games:
[Event “Taiyuan GM 2006”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2006.07.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Zhang Zhong”]
[Black “Berkes, Ferenc”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C19”]
[PlyCount “61”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Ba3 Na5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Rab8 17. Bc2 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. b4 e5 20. bxc5 Bc6 21.
Qh5 Rbf8 22. Rae1 Nf5 23. Qe2 Re8 24. f3 Qf7 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Rf2 Nh4 27. Ref1
Ng6 28. g3 Qd7 29. Qd1 Ref8 30. Bc1 a5 31. Bc2 1/2-1/2
[Event “Taiyuan GM 2006”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2006.07.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Zhang Pengxiang”]
[Black “Asrian, Karen”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B12”]
[PlyCount “67”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Nh6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nb3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. g4 Kh8 11. Be3 Ng8 12. Ne1 f6 13. f4 c5 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4
Bc5 16. b4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Ne7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. b5 a6 21. Nf3
axb5 22. cxb5 b6 23. Qb4 Bd3 24. Qd2 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Ng6 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Nd4
Ndxe5 28. Bf4 Nc4 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxa2 31. Rd1 Nxf4 32. Nxf4 Nd2 33.
Nxd5 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event “Taiyuan GM 2006”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2006.07.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Vescovi, Giovanni”]
[Black “Ni Hua”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C11”]
[PlyCount “116”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bc4 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Bd6
15. Qh5 Rf8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Bf3 c3 18. bxc3 Nxc3 19. Qd3 Bxe5 20. Bxc3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Rc8 22. Bb2 Qc4 23. dxe5 Qb4+ 24. c3 Qxb2 25. O-O Qxc3 26. Qg4 Qxe5 27.
Rae1 h5 28. Qf3 Qc5 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qf6 Rc7 31. Re3 Rg8 32. Rd1 Qd6 33. Ree1 Qe7
34. Qf3 Kf8 35. Qxh5 Kg7 36. Re5 Rc5 37. Re3 Rh8 38. Qe2 Rd8 39. Re1 Qf6 40. h3
Rdd5 41. Re4 Rd4 42. f3 a5 43. Qe3 Rcd5 44. a3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Qb3 Rxe4
47. Rxe4 Rd4 48. Re1 Qf4 49. Rb1 Qd2 50. Kh2 Kf6 51. Qa4 Qf4+ 52. Kh1 Qe3 53.
Qb5 Qe5 54. Qb6 Kg7 55. Kg1 Qe3+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kh1 Rc4 58. Re1 Rc1 0-1
[Event “Taiyuan GM 2006”]
[Site “TaiYuan”]
[Date “2006.07.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Jobava, Baadur”]
[Black “Bu Xiangzhi”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A37”]
[WhiteElo “2651”]
[BlackElo “2664”]
[PlyCount “155”]
[EventDate “2006.07.10”]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nde7 15.
Na4 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc5 Ba2 19. bxa5 Bxb1 20. Qxb1 Rb8 21. Rc1
Nxa5 22. Na6 Rc8 23. Qxb5 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc8 25. Ba3 Nac6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Nd5
Kh7 28. Bxf8 Nd4 29. Qc4 Qxf8 30. Nc3 h5 31. Nc7 h4 32. Kg2 Qc8 33. Ne4 h3+ 34.
Kf1 f6 35. e3 Qg4 36. Nc3 Nf3 37. Qxg4 Nxh2+ 38. Kg1 Nxg4 39. Nd1 f5 40. f3 Nf6
41. Kh2 Kg8 42. Kxh3 Kf7 43. e4 Nd7 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Nf2 Bh6 46. Nd5 Ke6 47. Kf1
Bg5 48. Nb4 Bd2 49. Nc2 Nb3 50. Ke2 Bh6 51. Ne1 Nd4+ 52. Kd1 Bf8 53. Nh3 Bc5
54. Ng1 Nc6 55. Ne2 Bf2 56. Nc2 Na5 57. Kd2 Nb3+ 58. Kc3 Nc5 59. Na3 Be1+ 60.
Kc2 Bf2 61. Nb5 Kd7 62. Nbc3 Ne6 63. Nb1 Ng5 64. Nd2 Ke6 65. Kd1 Nh7 66. Nf1
Nf6 67. Kc2 Nh7 68. Kd2 Ng5 69. Nc1 Bb6 70. Ke2 Nh3 71. Ke1 Bf2+ 72. Kd1 Ng1
73. f4 Bb6 74. Ne2 Nh3 75. Nd2 exf4 76. gxf4 Be3 77. Nf3 fxe4 78. dxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event “Taiyuan GM 2006”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2006.07.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Wang Yue”]
[Black “Jakovenko, Dmitry”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D15”]
[PlyCount “92”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5
Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Nc1 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 e5 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxa1+ 17. Ke2 Bxc5 18. Qc2 Ra5 19. f4 f6 20. e6 Bxe6 21.
Kf3 f5 22. Bd3 O-O 23. Re1 Bd7 24. g4 fxg4+ 25. Kg3 Bd6 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bd3
Rc5 28. Qe2 d4 29. exd4 Rh5 30. Kg2 Rxf4 31. Rf1 Rf3 32. Qe4 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1
Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 g3 35. Qf3 g2 36. Bc4 Rh1+ 37. Kxg2 Rh4 38. Qe3 Rf4 39. Be2 Rf6
40. Qg5 Be6 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. Bc4 Bd5+ 44. Bxd5+ cxd5 45. Qd7 g6
46. Qxd5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event “Taiyuan GM 2006”]
[Site “Taiyuan CHN”]
[Date “2006.07.10”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Timofeev, Artyom”]
[Black “Wang Hao”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C11”]
[WhiteElo “2657”]
[BlackElo “2610”]
[PlyCount “132”]
[EventDate “2006.07.10”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 Qb6 13. c3 a5 14. g4 Ba6 15. Nd3
bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. f5 Rac8 19. Nfe1 Bg5 20. Nxb4 Bxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 Bxe2 22. Rf4 Qxb4 23. Qxe2 g5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qe3 Nb6 27.
Nd3 Qa3 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nc4 30. Qh3 Qxa2 31. g5 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33.
Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Ne1 Nd2+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Kf1 Nxg5 37. Qc3 Qg4 38. Qxa5 Qf4+ 39.
Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qxh2+ 42. Kd1 Ne4 43. Nd3 Nf2+ 44. Kc2 Nxd3+ 45.
Kxd3 Qf4 46. Kc3 h5 47. Qb6 Qf5 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Qf7 50. Qd8 Qf3+ 51. Kd2
Qf5 52. Kc3 g5 53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Kb4 h4 55. Qe8 h3 56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. Kc5 g4 58.
Kd6 Kg5 59. Qd8+ Kf4 60. Qh4 Kf3 61. Qe1 g3 62. Qd1+ Kf4 63. Qd2+ Kg4 64. Qe2+
Qf3 65. Qc2 h2 66. Qg6+ Kh3 0-1
Is this like a traditional round robbin or is it different where locals only play against foreign players and not each other similar to when they use to have older men gms vs women until the women starting crushing the older gms!
It’s a double round robbin, China vs World, in its 3rd year. it seems the World team members varied each year. Competitive but friendly.
What’s their website with games?