AS in the opening round, Round 2 of the 2021 DSB-Kader-Challenge now ongoing at Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany, was another round of four draws iced by a solitary decision – a result that kept 17-year old FM Frederik Svane in the lead of the Category 14 (average Elo: 2590) event.
Svane held GM Andreas Heimann with the black pieces in 58 moves of a hard-fought Ruy Lopez. The only winner of the round was GM Matthias Blübaum, who bounced back from a sorry Round 1 loss to the young Svane to outplay GM Niclas Huschenbeth in 38 moves of a Nimzo-Indian. The rest of the Round 2 matches were drawn: GMs Daniel Fridman vs. Dennis Wagner, GMs Alexander Donchenko vs. Luis Engel, and GMs Rasmus Svane vs. Dmitrij Kollars turned out point-splitters.
The standings after Round 2: 1. F. Svane, 1½; 2-9. Heimann, R. Svane, Fridman, Kollars, Wagner, Engel, Donchenko, Blübaum, 1; 10. Huschenbeth,½.
Fridman, D (2601)-Wagner, D (2581) [D33]
Magdeburg (2.1) 2021
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.a4 Re8 15.b4 Ne4 16.Be3 h5 17.Rfd1 h4 18.Ra3 Qe7 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.Qxe4 Rxe4 21.Rd4 Rxd4 22.Bxd4 c5 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Bxc5 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Bxa4 26.gxh4 Bb5 27.e3 g6 28.Kg2 f6 29.Kg3 Kf7 30.Bd4 Be2 31.Kf4 Bd1 32.f3 Ba4 33.h3 Bd7 34.h5 gxh5 35.h4 Kg6 36.e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 Bc6 38.Bc3 Bb7 39.e5 fxe5 40.Be5 Bc8 ½-½
Donchenko, A (2659)-Engel, L (2553) [E04]
Magdeburg (2.2) 2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bxc5 9.Nd2 Ke7 10.Ndxc4 Rd8+ 11.Bd2 Bb4 12.Nd3 Bxd2 13.Kxd2 Ra7 14.Rhc1 Bd7 15.Nce5 Ne8 16.Ke1 f6 17.Nc4 Bc6 18.Bh3 Nd6 19.Na5 Be4 20.Nf4 b6 21.Nxe6 bxa5 22.Nxd8 Kxd8 23.Rc5 Rb7 24.Rd1 Ke7 25.Rdc1 Rxb2 26.Rc7+ Kf8 27.Be6 Bf5 28.Rd1 Bxe6 29.Rxd6 Bd7 30.Rdxd7 Nxd7 31.Rxd7 Rxa2 32.Ra7 a4 33.h4 a3 34.Rxa6 h5 35.Ra7 Kg8 36.f3 Kh7 37.Kf2 Kg6 38.Ke3 Kh6 39.Ra6 Kg6 40.Kd3 Kh6 41.e4 Rg2 42.e5 Kg6 43.Ke3 a2 44.exf6 gxf6 45.Kf4 Rb2 46.g4 Rb4+ 47.Kg3 hxg4 48.fxg4 Rb3+ 49.Kf4 Rb4+ 50.Kg3 ½-½
Bluebaum, M (2670)-Huschenbeth, N (2604) [E51]
Magdeburg (2.3) 2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nb5 Bf8 11.Ne5 c5 12.f4 a6 13.Nc3 b5 14.Qf3 c4 15.Bc2 Bb7 16.a3 Nbd7 17.g4 g6 18.Be1 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf6 22.Qc6 Qd6 23.Qxd6 Bxd6 24.g5 Ne4 25.h4 h6 26.gxh6 Ra7 27.Kg2 Rc7 28.Ba5 Rcc8 29.Rfc1 f6 30.Nxg6 Kh7 31.h5 Kxh6 32.Nh4 Kxh5 33.Kf3 Rg8 34.Kxe4 Kxh4 35.Rh1+ Kg3 36.Rag1+ Kf2 37.Be1+ Ke2 38.Rh2+ 1-0
Svane, R (2613)-Kollars, D (2598) [C84]
Magdeburg (2.4) 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 0-0 9.Bg5 d6 10.Nc3 b4 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 a5 13.c3 bxc3 14.bxc3 g6 15.Rb1 Bg7 16.Ne3 Bc8 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.Qb3 h6 19.Qa2 Ne7 20.Rb2 Nc8 21.Bd5 Ra7 22.Rfb1 Nb6 23.Bb3 Qe7 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 c6 26.Bc4 Rc7 27.Rb7 Bg4 28.Rxc7 Qxc7 29.Nd2 Bf6 30.h3 Bc8 31.Qb3 Kg7 32.Qb8 Bd8 33.Qa8 Bg5 34.Nf3 Bf6 35.Qb8 Qd8 36.Qa8 Qc7 37.Qb8 Qd8 38.Ba2 Ba6 39.Qxd8 Rxd8 40.c4 Rd7 41.Rb6 Bb7 42.c5 dxc5 43.Kf1 Kf8 44.Ke2 Ke7 45.Nd2 Kd6 46.Rb1 Ba6 47.Bc4 Bc8 48.Rb8 Kc7 49.Ra8 Bd8 50.Ra7+ Bb7 51.Ba6 Kb6 52.Rxb7+ Rxb7 53.Bxb7 Kxb7 54.Nc4 Bc7 55.h4 h5 56.Kf3 Kc8 57.g4 Kd7 58.gxh5 gxh5 59.Ne3 Ke6 60.Ke2 Bd8 61.Nf5 Kf6 62.Nd6 Ke7 63.Nc4 Ke6 64.Ke3 Bc7 65.Kf3 Bd8 66.Kg3 Bc7 67.Kg2 Bd8 68.Kh3 f5 69.Kg3 f4+ 70.Kg2 Bc7 71.Kf3 Bd8 72.Ke2 Bc7 73.Nd2 Bd8 74.Nc4 Bc7 75.f3 Bd8 76.Kf1 Bc7 77.Ke2 ½-½
Heimann, A (2606)-Svane, F (2421) [B32]
Magdeburg (2.5) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 g6 7.Be2 Be6 8.0-0 a6 9.N5c3 Nf6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Nd5 0-0 12.Nbc3 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.Ne2 Nd7 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rac1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Qb5 19.Qxb5 axb5 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Bf4 Rfd8 22.a3 d3 23.Rcd1 Bxb2 24.Rxd3 Rxa3 25.Rxa3 Bxa3 26.Rb1 Bc5 27.Rxb5 Re8 28.Rxb7 Rxe4 29.g3 h5 30.Rd7 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Re2 32.Bxd6 Rxf2+ 33.Kh1 Bxd6 34.Rxd6 Rd2 35.h4 Kf8 36.Rd7 Ke8 37.Ra7 Rxd5 38.Kg2 Kf8 39.Kf3 Rd4 40.Rb7 Kg7 41.Rb6 Ra4 42.Rc6 Ra5 43.Rb6 Rf5+ 44.Kg2 Rf6 45.Rb7 Ra6 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Rc7 Ke6 48.Rb7 Ra5 49.Rb6+ Kf5 50.Rb3 f6 51.Rc3 g5 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.g4+ hxg4+ 54.Kg3 Ke4 55.Kxg4 Kd4 56.Rc8 Rc5 57.Rxc5 Kxc5 58.Kxg5 ½-½
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE,
MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Qa8!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…Qxa8/a6/a4/a3/a2/b6/c5/d4 2.Nf7#; 1…Qb7/c7/a1+ 2.Q(x)a1#; 1…Qa5+ 2.Qxa5#; 1…Bg2/f1 2.Nxg4#./PN
