Chess Room Newsletter #417

~ IM David Strauss - (quoted in Grandmaster Opening Secrets by Andrew Soltis)

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1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News
2) New FIDE Rating List out
3) Here and There

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The Mechanics' bounced back from a bad loss to Boston to defeat Arizona 3-1 in a match we might have swept. This coming week we face a resurgent Seattle team led by Hikaru Nakamura.

Arizona vs San Francisco

1. IM Rogelio Barcenilla (ARZ) vs IM Vinay Bhat (SF) 1/2-1/2
2. IM David Pruess (SF) vs IM Mark Ginsburg (ARZ) 1-0
3. FM Daniel Rensch (ARZ) vs FM Sam Shankland (SF) 0-1
4. FM Daniel Naroditsky (SF) vs NM Leo Martinez (ARZ) 1/2-1/2 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Qd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nde2 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Bd7 10.Bf4 0-0-0 11.Ne3 Re8 12.f3 Ne7 13.Kf2 Ng6 14.Bg3 Be7 15.h4 h5 16.Rad1 Be6 17.f4 Bd7 18.f5 Nf8 19.e5 c4 20.Nd4 Bc5 21.c3 b5 22.Rhe1 g6 23.f6 Ne6 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.Nec2 Rhe8 26.b4 cxb3 27.Nxb3 Bf8 28.Bf2 c5 29.Na5 Kc7 30.Ne3 Kb6 31.Nb3 Bc6 32.c4 Nc7 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.a3 Rd3 35.Rb1 Ne6 36.Ke2 Rxb3 37.Rxb3 Nd4+ 38.Kd3 Nxb3 39.g4 hxg4 40.Nxg4 bxc4+ 41.Kxc4 Nd2+ 42.Kd3 Nf3 43.Bg3 Nd4 44.Bf4 Bb5+ 45.Ke4 Bc6+ 46.Kd3 Nf5 47.Bg5 Kb5 48.e6 fxe6 49.Ne5 Nd6 50.f7 c4+ 51.Kc2 Be4+ 52.Kc3 Bg7 53.Bf6 Bh6 54.Be7 Nf5 55.f8Q Bxf8 56.Bxf8 Nxh4 57.Nxc4 Bf5 58.Ne5 Ng2 59.Be7 Ne3 60.Kd4 Nd5 61.Bd6 g5 62.Nf7 g4 63.Nh6 Nf6 64.Be5 Ne4 65.Nxg4 Ka4 66.Nf6 Nxf6 67.Bxf6 Kxa3 68.Kc4 a5 69.Be7+ Ka4 70.Kc3 Kb5 71.Kb2 Kc4 72.Ka1 1/2-1/21.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd2 Qa5 5.f3 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Nge2 dxe4 8.Bxf6 e3 9.Qxe3 gxf6 10.0-0-0 Nd7 11.d5 Bc5 12.Nd4 e5 13.Qe1 Qb6 14.Nf5 Bf2 15.Qe2 Bc5 16.f4 Rg8 17.Qh5 Nf8 18.Bc4 Qb4 19.Ne4 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Rxg2 21.Nxf6+ Kd8 22.dxc6+ Bd4 23.c7+ 1-01.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 10.f4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Rxd2 b6 17.Be2 Bb7 18.Bf3 Kf8 19.Rhd1 Ke7 20.e5 Bxf3 21.exd6+ Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 e5 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.c4 Ke6 26.Kc2 f5 27.b4 Rc8 28.Kc3 f4 29.a4 h5 30.a5 h4 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ra1 h3 33.gxh3 Kf5 34.Ra7 Rh8 35.Rf7+ Ke4 36.b5 f3 37.Rf6 Rxh3 38.Kb4 Ke3 39.c5 bxc5+ 40.Kxc5 Rxh2 41.b6 Rb2 42.Re6 e4 43.Kd5 Rd2+ 44.Kc6 f2 45.Rf6 Rb2 46.b7 Ke2 47.Kc7 f1Q 0-11.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc5 9.Qe2 Nfxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Ng5 Nd6 12.Bxb7 Nxb7 13.Qf3 Nd6 14.Rd1 Be7 15.Nxf7 0-0 16.Nxd8 Rxf3 17.Nxe6 Rf7 18.Nxc7 Rc8 19.Nd5 Rxc2 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Rxd6 Re1+ 22.Kg2 Rcxc1 23.Rxc1 Rxc1 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rd7+ Kf6 26.Rxa7 Rc2 27.b3 Rb2 28.Ra6 Kf7 29.Rxb6 Rxa2 30.Rb7+ Kf6 31.b4 Rb2 32.b5 Rb3 33.b6 Kg6 34.Rb8 h5 35.h3 Kh7 36.b7 Rb2 37.Kf1 Kg6 38.f4 Rb4 39.Ke2 Rb3 40.f5+ Kh7 41.h4 Rb5 42.Ke3 Rb4 43.g4 Rb3+ 44.Ke2 Rb2+ 45.Ke3 Rb3+ 46.Kd2 hxg4 47.Ke2 Rb5 48.h5 g3 49.h6 g2 50.Kf2 Rxf5+ 51.Kxg2 Rb5 52.hxg7 Kxg7 53.Kf3 Rb3+ 54.Ke4 Rb4+ 55.Kd5 Rb1 56.Kc4 Rc1+ 57.Kb3 Rb1+ 58.Ka3 Kh7 59.Ka2 Rb6 60.Rc8 Rxb7 1/2-1/2Good luck to MI members Josh Friedel and David Pruess who just left for China to represent the United States in the Mind Sports Olympiad.

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The US men have 4 players in the top 100 ( Kamsky, Nakamura 2704!, Onischuk and Seirawan) and two women ( Krush and Zatonskih).

Top 100

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Topalov,Veselin	g	BUL	2791	10	1975
2	Morozevich,Alexander	g	RUS	2787	9	1977
3	Ivanchuk,Vassily	g	UKR	2786	50	1969
4	Carlsen,Magnus	g	NOR	2786	31	1990
5	Anand,Viswanathan	g	IND	2783	10	1969
6	Kramnik,Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	16	1975
7	Aronian,Levon	g	ARM	2757	23	1982
8	Radjabov,Teimour	g	AZE	2751	23	1987
9	Leko,Peter	g	HUN	2747	16	1979
10	Jakovenko,Dmitry	g	RUS	2737	39	1983
11	Wang,Yue	g	CHN	2736	23	1987
12	Adams,Michael	g	ENG	2734	16	1971
13	Movsesian,Sergei	g	SVK	2732	12	1978
14	Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2731	16	1985
15	Karjakin,Sergey	g	UKR	2730	24	1990
16	Kamsky,Gata	g	USA	2729	22	1974
17	Svidler,Peter	g	RUS	2727	24	1976
18	Shirov,Alexei	g	ESP	2726	34	1972
19	Eljanov,Pavel	g	UKR	2720	26	1983
20	Gelfand,Boris	g	ISR	2719	27	1968
21	DominguezPerez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719	15	1983
22	Ponomariov,Ruslan	g	UKR	2719	14	1983
23	Grischuk,Alexander	g	RUS	2719	13	1983
24	Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime	g	FRA	2716	30	1990
25	Alekseev,Evgeny	g	RUS	2715	30	1985
26	Bu,Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2714	9	1985
27	Polgar,Judit	g	HUN	2711	0	1976
28	Ni,Hua	g	CHN	2710	5	1983
29	Bacrot,Etienne	g	FRA	2705	23	1983
30	Nakamura,Hikaru	g	USA	2704	6	1987
31	Gashimov,Vugar	g	AZE	2703	27	1986
32	Rublevsky,Sergei	g	RUS	2702	14	1974
33	Cheparinov,Ivan	g	BUL	2696	28	1986
34	Wang,Hao	g	CHN	2696	9	1989
35	Sasikiran,Krishnan	g	IND	2694	9	1981
36	Tiviakov,Sergei	g	NED	2686	56	1973
37	Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	19	1976
38	Najer,Evgeniy	g	RUS	2682	20	1977
39	Bologan,Viktor	g	MDA	2682	9	1971
40	Milov,Vadim	g	SUI	2681	9	1972
41	Efimenko,Zahar	g	UKR	2680	10	1985
42	Akopian,Vladimir	g	ARM	2679	5	1971
43	Moiseenko,Alexander	g	UKR	2678	40	1980
44	Naiditsch,Arkadij	g	GER	2678	17	1985
45	Roiz,Michael	g	ISR	2677	32	1983
46	Fressinet,Laurent	g	FRA	2676	12	1981
47	Malakhov,Vladimir	g	RUS	2675	21	1980
48	Postny,Evgeny	g	ISR	2674	40	1981
49	Motylev,Alexander	g	RUS	2672	11	1979
50	Kasimdzhanov,Rustam	g	UZB	2672	5	1979
51	Timofeev,Artyom	g	RUS	2670	20	1985
52	Dreev,Alexey	g	RUS	2670	5	1969
53	Inarkiev,Ernesto	g	RUS	2669	22	1985
54	Nikolic,Predrag	g	BIH	2669	0	1960
55	VallejoPons, Francisco	g	ESP	2664	22	1982
56	Jobava,Baadur	g	GEO	2664	12	1983
57	Areshchenko,Alexander	g	UKR	2664	0	1986
58	Tkachiev,Vladislav	g	FRA	2664	0	1973
59	Almasi,Zoltan	g	HUN	2663	5	1976
60	Nielsen,Peter Heine	g	DEN	2662	10	1973
61	Volokitin,Andrei	g	UKR	2659	29	1986
62	Harikrishna,P.	g	IND	2659	12	1986
63	Ivanisevic,Ivan	g	SRB	2658	42	1977
64	Avrukh,Boris	g	ISR	2657	16	1978
65	Riazantsev,Alexander	g	RUS	2656	32	1985
66	Grachev,Boris	g	RUS	2653	22	1986
67	Lastin,Alexander	g	RUS	2651	20	1976
68	Sutovsky,Emil	g	ISR	2651	19	1977
69	Karpov,Anatoly	g	RUS	2651	0	1951
70	Guseinov,Gadir	g	AZE	2650	20	1986
71	Sokolov,Ivan	g	NED	2650	11	1968
72	Smirin,Ilia	g	ISR	2649	27	1968
73	Zhang,Zhong	g	SIN	2649	20	1978
74	Savchenko,Boris	g	RUS	2648	43	1986
75	Khenkin,Igor	g	GER	2647	20	1968
76	Bareev,Evgeny	g	RUS	2647	15	1966
77	Tregubov,Pavel V.	g	RUS	2646	12	1971
78	Zvjaginsev,Vadim	g	RUS	2646	11	1976
79	Tomashevsky,Evgeny	g	RUS	2646	0	1987
80	Berkes,Ferenc	g	HUN	2645	27	1985
81	Georgiev,Kiril	g	BUL	2645	23	1965
82	Onischuk,Alexander	g	USA	2644	30	1975
83	Sadvakasov,Darmen	g	KAZ	2643	16	1979
84	Sargissian,Gabriel	g	ARM	2642	12	1983
85	Short,Nigel D	g	ENG	2642	11	1965
86	Sakaev,Konstantin	g	RUS	2640	11	1974
87	Caruana,Fabiano	g	ITA	2640	10	1992
88	Kazhgaleyev,Murtas	g	KAZ	2640	9	1973
89	Vitiugov,Nikita	g	RUS	2638	21	1987
90	Graf,Alexander	g	GER	2636	32	1962
91	Zhang,Pengxiang	g	CHN	2636	4	1980
92	Vescovi,Giovanni	g	BRA	2635	9	1978
93	Amonatov,Farrukh	g	TJK	2634	29	1978
94	Gurevich,Mikhail	g	TUR	2634	19	1959
95	Nyback,Tomi	g	FIN	2634	18	1985
96	Gustafsson,Jan	g	GER	2634	12	1979
97	Seirawan,Yasser	g	USA	2634	0	1960
98	Malakhatko,Vadim	g	BEL	2633	69	1977
99	Navara,David	g	CZE	2633	22	1985
100	Istratescu,Andrei	g	ROU	2633	9	1975

Top 100women

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Polgar,Judit g HUN 2711 0 1976 2 Koneru,Humpy g IND 2618 15 1987 3 Hou,Yifan wg CHN 2578 40 1994 4 Xie,Jun g CHN 2574 0 1970 5 Cramling,Pia g SWE 2550 23 1963 6 Stefanova,Antoaneta g BUL 2548 15 1979 7 Sebag,Marie g FRA 2533 7 1986 8 Kosteniuk,Alexandra g RUS 2525 21 1984 9 Zhao,Xue g CHN 2518 4 1985 10 Danielian,Elina m ARM 2513 27 1978 11 Kosintseva,Tatiana m RUS 2513 6 1986 12 Cmilyte,Viktorija m LTU 2512 14 1983 13 Muzychuk,Anna m SLO 2508 19 1990 14 Dzagnidze,Nana m GEO 2503 45 1987 15 Ushenina,Anna m UKR 2496 15 1985 16 Ruan,Lufei wg CHN 2496 6 1987 17 Zhu,Chen g QAT 2496 0 1976 18 Chiburdanidze,Maia g GEO 2489 0 1961 19 Lahno,Kateryna g UKR 2488 24 1989 20 Zhukova,Natalia wg UKR 2488 11 1979 21 HoangThanh Trang g HUN 2483 13 1980 22 Xu,Yuhua g CHN 2477 11 1976 23 Pogonina,Natalija wg RUS 2474 12 1985 24 Gaponenko,Inna m UKR 2473 52 1976 25 Javakhishvili,Lela m GEO 2473 11 1984 26 Paehtz,Elisabeth m GER 2471 13 1985 27 Kosintseva,Nadezhda m RUS 2468 6 1985 28 Hunt,Harriet V m ENG 2462 0 1978 29 Qin,Kanying wg CHN 2462 0 1974 30 Harika,Dronavalli m IND 2461 38 1991 31 Korbut,Ekaterina m RUS 2459 0 1985 32 Skripchenko,Almira m FRA 2455 13 1976 33 Peng,Zhaoqin g NED 2455 9 1968 34 Krush,Irina m USA 2452 8 1983 35 Shen,Yang wg CHN 2450 8 1989 36 Arakhamia-Grant,Ketevan m SCO 2448 0 1968 37 Dembo,Yelena m GRE 2446 18 1983 38 Mkrtchian,Lilit m ARM 2443 12 1982 39 Zatonskih,Anna m USA 2440 10 1978 40 Kovalevskaya,Ekaterina m RUS 2439 5 1974 41 Lomineishvili,Maia m GEO 2437 15 1977 42 Muzychuk,Mariya wg UKR 2436 30 1992 43 Socko,Monika m POL 2434 32 1978 44 Atalik,Ekaterina m TUR 2432 31 1982 45 Peptan,Corina-Isabela m ROU 2430 36 1978 46 Hagarova,Zuzana m SVK 2430 9 1977 47 Huang,Qian wg CHN 2430 0 1986 48 Ovod,Evgenija m RUS 2429 7 1982 49 Shadrina,Tatiana wg RUS 2429 0 1974 50 Li,Ruofan wg SIN 2426 11 1978 51 Tania,Sachdev m IND 2425 12 1986 52 Tairova,Elena m RUS 2422 11 1991 53 Bojkovic,Natasa m SRB 2420 8 1971 54 Zdebskaja,Natalia wg UKR 2419 7 1986 55 Khurtsidze,Nino m GEO 2417 14 1975 56 Matnadze,Ana m GEO 2411 40 1983 57 Matveeva,Svetlana m RUS 2411 4 1969 58 Melia,Salome m GEO 2410 43 1987 59 Mongontuul,Bathuyag wg MGL 2410 4 1987 60 Khukhashvili,Sopiko m GEO 2409 13 1985 61 Wang,Pin wg CHN 2407 0 1974 62 Maric,Alisa m SRB 2405 25 1970 63 Rajlich,Iweta m POL 2404 40 1981 64 Repkova,Eva m SVK 2400 18 1975 65 Michna,Marta wg GER 2399 18 1978 66 Houska,Jovanka m ENG 2399 11 1980 67 Borsuk,Angela wg ISR 2398 35 1967 68 Romanko,Marina wg RUS 2398 20 1986 69 Ju,Wenjun CHN 2397 4 1991 70 Tan,Zhongyi CHN 2395 4 1991 71 Nadig,Kruttika wm IND 2387 62 1988 72 Karavade,Eesha wg IND 2386 46 1987 73 Stepovaia,Tatiana wg RUS 2386 12 1965 74 Alexandrova,Olga m UKR 2383 0 1978 75 Bodnaruk,Anastasia wf RUS 2381 21 1992 76 Gunina,Valentina wf RUS 2381 0 1989 77 Turova,Irina m RUS 2381 0 1979 78 Wang,Yu A. m CHN 2381 0 1982 79 Zozulia,Anna m BEL 2380 36 1980 80 Vajda,Szidonia m HUN 2380 20 1979 81 Kovanova,Baira wg RUS 2379 8 1987 82 Zawadzka,Jolanta wg POL 2378 36 1987 83 Kononenko,Tatiana m UKR 2377 0 1978 84 Moser,Eva m AUT 2376 20 1982 85 Pokorna,Regina wg SVK 2376 9 1982 86 Madl,Ildiko m HUN 2376 4 1969 87 Kachiani-Gersinska,Ketino m GER 2371 2 1971 88 Nemcova,Katerina wg CZE 2369 18 1990 89 Vasilkova,Svetlana wm RUS 2369 8 1988 90 Vasilevich,Tatjana m UKR 2368 8 1977 91 Zimina,Olga wg ITA 2368 0 1982 92 Milliet,Sophie wg FRA 2366 20 1983 93 Lujan,Carolina m ARG 2366 18 1985 94 Chistiakova,Tamara wf RUS 2366 0 1986 95 Foisor,Cristina Adela wg ROU 2365 36 1967 96 Sedina,Elena m ITA 2365 13 1968 97 Zaiatz,Elena m RUS 2364 9 1969 98 Dworakowska,Joanna m POL 2363 9 1978 99 FierroBaquero, Martha L. m ECU 2361 17 1977 100 Gvetadze,Sopio m GEO 2361 15 1983 Italian-American Fabiano Caruana continues his meteoric rise.Top Juniors << Previous Next >> You can browse through our archived newsletters using the "next" and "previous buttons". 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Join Our Email List → Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen,Magnus g NOR 2786 31 1990 2 Karjakin,Sergey g UKR 2730 24 1990 3 Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime g FRA 2716 30 1990 4 Wang,Hao g CHN 2696 9 1989 5 Caruana,Fabiano g ITA 2640 10 1992 6 Mamedov,Rauf g AZE 2631 31 1988 7 Kuzubov,Yuriy g UKR 2622 33 1990 8 Li,Chao b g CHN 2622 33 1989 9 Nepomniachtchi,Ian g RUS 2616 18 1990 10 Zhou,Jianchao g CHN 2612 9 1988 11 So,Wesley g PHI 2610 69 1993 12 Rodshtein,Maxim g ISR 2609 42 1989 13 Andreikin,Dmitry g RUS 2603 22 1990 14 Negi,Parimarjan g IND 2597 36 1993 15 Howell,David W L g ENG 2593 32 1990 16 Zhigalko,Sergei g BLR 2592 22 1989   Library Chess Building Mon 10 - 6 10 - 6 8 - 6 Tue 10 - 8 10 - 6 8 - 8 Wed 10 - 6 10 - 6 8 - 6 Thu 10 - 8 10 - 6 8 - 8 Fri 10 - 6 10 - 6 8 - 6 Sat 10 - 5 Closed Closed Sun Closed Closed Closed Upcoming Events In-Person Tour of the Mechanics' Institute Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Creative Project Group Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 12:00 pm Introduction to Genealogy Research Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm The Makioka Sisters (Part I) Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA  94104 [parking map]