Reggio Emilia, Round 2: Morozevich Wins Again
Today two of the three games in the 2011/12 edition of Reggio Emilia were drawn, but mighty Alexander Morozevich struck again - and again, with the black pieces, defeating Anish Giri with a brutal attack in the center. He now leads with a 2-0 score - or rather, 6-0, as they seem to be using the 3-1-0 scoring system borrowed from soccer.
Hikaru Nakamura drew Fabiano Caruana; they have 4 points (1.5/2) and 1 point (.5/2), respectively. Vassily Ivanchuk's game with Nikita Vitiugov was also drawn, leaving Ivanchuk with two points thanks to his two draws and Vitiugov, like Caruana and Giri, with a single point based on their one draw.
Today's games, including my notes to Giri-Morozevich (and a bad pun), can be replayed here.
Reader Comments (5)
Oh dear, I hope I never see that pun again!
What source did you get Giri-Morozevich from? Your version ends quite differently than the ones I've seen.
[DM: From TWIC. If what you saw was what took place during the live transmission, it was mistaken - they had some relay problems with the last moves.]
47 ... Qe1+ with mate in 40.
I don't see why that's so difficult, Dennis, it would have only required a 61 move calculation. (!)
[DM: I didn't say the lines weren't difficult, but it's not really fair to imply that the tablebase numbers are part of the total "calculation"!]
Hi Dennis, If you look on the analysis on the TWIC site, they used the live transmission moves as well for Giri-Morozevich. I guess someone should tell them.
[DM: Mark Crowther published his report very soon after the game, when the available game score was still based on the mistaken relay.]
Ah I see - TWIC has updated their analysis of Giri-Morozevich now. It was good to see the correct moves with analysis here first!
[DM: Yes, I informed him of the error. :)]