After missing a clear win in the endgame against Dominguez yesterday in round 1, Wang Yue came back and won against Ivanchuk (with help from Ivanchuk) today with the Black pieces. He joins Shirov and Carlsen at the top of the leaderboard.
Round 2 results:
Shirov, A 1/2 Topalov, V
Dominguez, L 1/2 Carlsen, M
Ivanchuk, V 0-1 Wang, Y
Standings after round 2:
1-3. Carlsen, Shirov, Wang 1.5
4. Dominguez 1.0
5. Topalov 0.5
6. Ivanchuk 0.0
Official website: http://www.mtelmasters09.com/
[Event “Mtel 2009”]
[Date “2009.05.14”]
[Round “2”]
[White “GM Ivanchuk”] [Black “GM Wang Yue”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C42”]
[WhiteElo “2746”]
[BlackElo “2738”]
[PlyCount “102”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 Bf6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. b3 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bf1 Bg6 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf2 Qf5 21. Bg3 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bd2 h6 26. Bc3 Nf5 27. Re1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Kc1 Nh4 31. Bf1 Kd7 32. Kd2 Ke6 33. Ke3 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Bd3 Ne7 36. g4 Nc6 37. Be4 Nd8 38. Bd5+ Ke7 39. Bg7 h5 40. Bd4 Bc6 41. Be3 Kf6 42. Kg3 Ne6 43. a4 Ke5 44. Bxg5 Bxd5 45. f4+ Ke4 46. cxd5 Nxg5 47. fxg5 h4+ 48. Kxh4 Kf3 49. b4 b5 50. a5 Kg2 51. h3 Kh2 {Black wins} 0-1
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The end of the Yue game was very, very pretty. I still have to study it a few moves prior to the white king getting imprisoned, so I don’t know if Ivanchuk blundered or not, but h4+ by black was a beauty.
Eh, 2 Wang in the standings.. X)
If you refresh your browser, the correct standings would come up.
2 Wangs are better than 1 🙂
It was trivial for white to draw. He was playing for a win with BG5, when be6 was a dead draw.
Why has Ivanchuk been so beatable lately??
Susan:
Standings after round 2 are:
1-3. Carlsen, Wang, Shirov 1.5
4. Dominguez 1.0
5. Topalov, 0.5
6. Ivanchuk 0.0
Wang beats Chucky!
Scandalous!
I think that I can beat Ivanchuk now.
Besides of the mistake of Ivanchuk, the End Game indicates the class of Wang Yue..