Vladislav Kovalev Gana El Aeroflot Open 2018

GM Vladislav Kovalev, Bielorrusia 

El joven de 24 años, es el sorprendente ganador del Aeroflot Open 2018. Con un score de 7/9 y un performance de ELO 2791. Con esta victoria, se hace acreedor a una invitación al Súper Torneo de Dortmund, 2018. Felicidades!!

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.28"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Na6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 b6 8. Ne5 d5 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. Nef3 e6 13. g4 e5 14. f5 gxf5 15. gxf5 Qe7 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Ng5 Nc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.27"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 $6 ( 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 {is better.}) 8. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 $1 {This is the problem. It's White who's winning the tempos here!} Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. dxc5 f6 $146 (12... Bd7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nb5 Ne5 15. Qd4 Qd5 16. O-O-O Qxd4 {Kramnik,V (2808)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger (blitz) 2017 and now} 17. Nexd4 {is still very good for White.}) 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 g6 15. Rd1 Rf8 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ra8 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd6 Kf7 22. Kd2 g5 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8+ 25. Kc3 Rd7 26. a4 h5 27. b4 a6 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Bf5 30. Ra1 Be4 31. Ra4 Bf3 32. Ra8 Rd1 33. Rc8 Ke6 34. Bd4 Rc1 35. Kb2 Rh1 36. Rf8 f5 37. Rf6+ Kd5 38. c6 bxc6 39. b6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.26"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Lysyj, Igor"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rae1 f5 14. Bd3 Qf7 15. c5 f4 16. Bf2 Be5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b3 Be6 19. Rc1 g5 20. Ne2 c5 21. Bc4 a5 22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. Nc3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Re6 25. Nb5 Rg8 26. h3 Nf6 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke2 a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.25"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bh6 8. a4 Nb8 9. Na3 Nc6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bf1 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qd6 16. d4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 e6 20. g3 Bd7 21. a5 Rfc8 22. Rd1 Be8 23. f4 Nd5 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. Bg2 Ne7 26. g4 Rd7 27. Rde1 Kf8 28. h4 Rd6 29. Rc5 Bd7 30. b4 Nc6 31. Nf3 Rc8 32. Ng5 Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Nxh7+ Kg7 35. Ng5 e5 36. fxe5 Bxg4 37. Re1 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Bf5 39. e6 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 f6 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Nf3 Bg4 43. Nd4 Rh8 44. Re3 Rd1 45. e7 Bd7 46. Nxc6 g5 47. Nd4 gxh4 48. Rd5 Ba4 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Rxd1 Kxf5 51. Rd8 Be8 52. b5 h3 53. bxa6 h2 54. Re1 h1=Q 55. Rxh1 Rxh1 56. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.24"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Karavade, Eesha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2386"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. f3 Ne6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nb3 b5 18. cxb5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 axb5 20. f4 Rc4 21. f5 Ng7 22. f6 exf6 23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Rcd1 Be6 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Qe3 Qa8 27. Rd8 Rc8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Bd4 Qxa2 30. Nc5 Rd8 31. h3 Ne8 32. Rf1 Qc4 33. Rb1 Ra8 34. Qf3 Ra3 35. Kh2 Bc8 36. Qg3 Ra8 37. e5 Bf5 38. Qf3 Nc7 39. Re1 Qd5 40. Qxd5 Nxd5 41. exf6 h5 42. Re5 Nc7 43. Nb7 Bd3 44. Re7 Ne8 45. Kg3 Bc4 46. Kf4 Bd5 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Bc4 49. Ke5 Rc8 50. g5 Kf8 51. Bc5 Kg8 52. Bb4 Ra8 53. Na5 Rc8 54. Nb7 Ra8 55. Ba5 Kf8 56. Rd7 Be6 57. Rd8 Rxd8 58. Nxd8 Bc4 59. Bb4+ Kg8 60. Bd6 Nxd6 61. Kxd6 Kf8 62. Kd7 Bd5 63. Nc6 Be4 64. Ne5 Bd5 65. Kd8 Bb3 66. Nd7+ Kg8 67. Ke7 Bc4 68. Ne5 Bb3 69. Ng4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.23"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2594"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. c4 O-O 8. Na3 e5 9. Nb3 d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. c5 Nc6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nd6 Qe7 15. Qd2 f5 16. e3 dxe3 17. Qxe3 e4 18. f3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Nc1 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. fxe4 f4 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. e5 Bg4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rde1 Be6 27. Nd3 g5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Nxf4 Bxa2 30. Re4 a3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. e6 Rg3+ 33. Kh2 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Rg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.22"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2586"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O Bh5 8. f4 e6 9. Qe1 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf3 Kf8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Ne5 Ne7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. f5 Qd7 22. fxg6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Rhf8 24. Bf4 Nc8 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Rfe1 Bd6 27. Bf5 a6 28. a4 Ng4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Nb6 33. b3 a5 34. Kf2 Nd7 35. Ra8 Nf6 36. Rxa5 Bc7 37. Ra7 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nd6 39. Kd3 Kxg6 40. c4 Bb6 41. Ra8 Bc7 42. c5 Nf7 43. b4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.21"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Pavlov, Sergey2"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Rb8 17. Qb2 Rg8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Nd5 a5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.20"] [Round "1.16"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2522"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2018.02.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Rd1 a6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. a4 Rc7 20. Qf2 Qb4 21. Rd3 Rcc8 22. Nc2 Qa5 23. Bb6 Qg5 24. f4 Qf6 25. e5 Qf5 26. Rcd1 Bc6 27. Ne3 Qh5 28. exd6 exd6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rfe8 31. Rxd6 Rc7 32. h3 Qc5 33. Ng4 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Kg7 35. Nf6 Ree7 36. g4 b5 37. g5 1-0