With Errol Tiwari
Demerara Distillers Limited will sponsor an eight-round Swiss System chess tournament this month for junior and senior chess players in recognition of Guyana’s 42nd independence anniversary under its popular Topco Juices label.
The $50,000 Topco Juices tournament is expected to attract the country’s leading players as they begin preparation for the Carifesta chess extravaganza in August, which will include an open knockout competition and a simultaneous exhibition. Visitors to Carifesta will be invited to participate in the two chess events which are to be hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation.
Details of the Topco independence tournament will be conveyed to aspiring participants in due course.
Meanwhile the first FIDE Grand Prix tournament is currently being played in Azerbaijan. The event is part of a series of six tournaments which would be held over a two-year period. Twenty- one of the highest-ranked grandmasters in the world were selected by FIDE Grand Prix tournament is currently being played in Azerbaijan. The event is part of a series of six tournaments which would be held over a two-year period.
Twenty- one of the highest-ranked grandmasters in the world were selected by FIDE to compete in the tournaments, with each player being requested to agree, in a stipulated contract, to play in four tournaments.
The winner of the Grand Prix series at the end of 2009 will play an eight-game match with the winner of the World Cup tournament, to become the challenger to the world chess champion in a match to be held in 2010.
Eight rounds have been completed so far in the thirteen-round tournament, and it is Wang Yue of China, Alexander Grischuk of Russia and newcomer Vugar Gashimov from Azerbaijan who are in the lead with five points each. Gata Kamsky of the USA and Magnus Carlsen (Norway) have 4½ points respectively.
Karajakin v Wang Yue
Karjakin, Sergey (2732) – Wang Yue (2689)
FIDE GP Baku AZE (5), 25.4.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Kg2 Be7 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.f3 h5 17.b3 a5 18.Ne2 a4 19.Nd4 Ra8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bg3 g6 22.Be1 c5 23.c4 b6 24.Bc3 Kf7 25.Rd2 axb3 26.axb3 Rxa1 27.Bxa1 Ra8 28.Bb2 Bg5! 29.f4 Bxf4 30.Rf2 g5 31.Bc1 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kg6 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 Kg5 35.Rf6 Kxg4
36.Rxe6? Kf5 37.Re7 Ra3 38.e6 Rxb3 39.Kf2 Rb4 40.Rxc7 Kxe6 41.Rh7 Rxc4 42.Rh6+ Kd5 43.Rxb6 Re4 44.Rb1 c4 45.Re1 c3 46.Rxe4 Kxe4 White Resigns ! 0-1.
