: THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION IN ACTION AT RIYADH, KSA
Magnus Carlsen, left, who defended his title thrice (against Anand 2x and Karjakin) is also the world champion in World Blitz Chess Championship held at Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Dec. 29, 2017 winning it with a round to spare. The 1st round against Ernesto Inarkiev produced another ‘saying in chess’ that during Blitz or Rapid chess tourney, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! (Photo from tournament website)
FUNNY 1st ROUND OF 2017
WORLD BLITZ CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP
The December 29, 2017 first round of 2017 World Blitz Chess Championship in Riyadh, KSA turned to be a funny but instructional demonstration of how good the current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is but also the decision of the Chief Arbiter about the overruling of the first arbiter.
In his game against Ernesto Inarkiev, Carlsen captured the b7 pawn with his rook on his 27th move, checking Inarkiev’s king. There’s only 6 seconds left in Inarkiev’s clock while Carlsen has 13 sec.
Inarkiev ignored the check and put Magnus in check with the illegal 27. …Ne3+. Carlsen could have won the game instantly by claiming an illegal move, but—perhaps due to instinct—got his king out of trouble with 28. Kd3. Crazy you say? Here’s where it gets even crazier…
Let’s check the moves first:
Magnus Carlsen vs. Ernesto Inarkiev (World Blitz Championship—2017), Riyadh KSA, Round 1 Dec. 29 (Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation (B20) – 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nxa7 11. Rxa7 e5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nb5 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Bc5 17. Re1+ Ne7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rd8 20. Nd4 Kd7 21. Ra7 Rhe8 22. Kc2 Kc7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. f3 Nd5 25. Nxc6 Kxc6 26. Bb5+ Kb6 27. Rxb7+…
At this point, Inarkiew played the illegal move 27. …Ne3+. Carlsen might have won instantly by claiming the illegal move, but instead he instinctively moved his king out of danger with 28. Kd3. At this point, Inarkiev stopped the clock and claimed victory on the basis that Carlsen made an illegal move. The initial arbiter at first awarded Inarkiev the win, but Carlsen alerted the chief arbiter, who overruled the first arbiter, and gave Inarkiev the option of resuming the game from the position arising after Carlsen’s 28. Kd3. Inarkiev refused to play and Carlsen was awarded the win. Inarkiev appealed the chief arbiter’s decision, but his claim was rejected by the appeal board and Carlsen’s win stood.
Maybe Inarkiev realized already his losing position even if they resumed playing with a few seconds left in his clock. This incident is ‘normal’ even with the best players in the world. The decision of the appeal board to reject Inarkiev’s appeal is the right decision.
In Palau, it’s like a natural phenomenon with illegal moves like making a new queen using the queen of his opponent; replying to an illegal move with another illegal move like what happened to Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. vs. Gene Pastrana at Beken’s Store in Jan. 2010. But this game is different when Gene captured the king of Cyril, which is illegal move. It took more than a week to resolve this. Gene doesn’t like to follow FIDE’s Laws of Chess and even any of the decisions from known persons around the world like Gary Bekker, Toti Abundo, Joselito Marcos and Ric Ambatali. I have given him a chance to play another game with Cyril’s approval but he will only settle with a draw, which is unacceptable to Cyril.
Eventually, with his refusal, the game was awarded to Cyril and Gene withdrew from the tournament which is more than halfway. The venue, his place or residence and business, has shifted from Beken’s Store to Palau Royal Resort. That tournament was the 2009-2010 Palau National Chess Championship and the time control is 90 minutes for each player to finish the game.
Gene, with FIDE rating of 1870, warned me not to use his played games so that those who don’t have FIDE ratings yet can get their initial rating. I can’t give up to this bullying as I can use those games of him, esp. the losses, for the benefit of striving players because he played more than 50% of his games. Many of the advises about this incident were from my BFF CM Joselito Marcos, who is a very good arbiter being the founder of Nueva Ecija Chess Arbiters Association and the lone certified arbiter of the defunct Philippine Chess Federation in Central Luzon. My Australian friend Ric Ambatali wanted a drastic penalty for Gene for not following FIDE Laws of Chess—suspension or banning him from playing any chess tournament in Palau.
Solution to last week’s 15th Anniversary puzzle: 1. h7+ Kg7 2. h8Q+!! (The key move) Kxh8 3. Kf7+! (Threatening mate of Bf6) Rf1+ 4. Bf6+ Rxf6+ 5. Kxf6 Kf8 or Kh8 6. g7+ and white wins.
(As usual, nobody solved my anniversary puzzles. Nick Nehez can only find half of the right answers. Good for another $2.00. He solve a # in 3 last Wed. for $1.00)
This week’s puzzle No. 3904: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 27
Issue 01
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
Soon to be published as a book
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013
http://palau-chess,blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 -- January 08, 2018
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- January 08, 2018
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