The strong Spanish Honor Division Club Team Championship – Spain’s answer to the Schachbundesliga of Germany – ended Sept. 29 with a victory for the team C.A. Silla-Bosch Serinsys.
Eight teams competed in the event which was held in the RL Anibal Hotel in Linares, Spain. The teams, according to their rankings based on Elo average, are C.A.C. Beniaján Duochess, led by GM David Navara; C.A. Silla-Bosch Serinsys, led by GM Anton Korobov; C.A. Andreu Paterna, led by GM Francisco Vallejo Pons; C.A. Magic Extremadura, led by GM Ivan Cheparinov; C.A. Jaime Casas, led by GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko; C.A. Solvay, led by GM Niclas Huschenbeth; Gros Xake Taldea, led by GM Etienne Bacrot; and C.A. Collado Villalba, led by GM Renier Vazquez. The tournament is a classical competition with a time format of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move.
COVID-19 protocols were observed during the event (face masks, face shields, social distancing).
The final standings: 1. Silla-Bosch Serinsys; 2. Andreu Paterna; 3. Magic Extremadura; 4. Beniaján Duochess; 5. Gros Xake Taldea; 6. Jaime Casas; 7. Solvay; 8. Collado Villalba.
Kuzubov, Y (2643)-Vallejo Pons, F (2710) [A13]
Linares (2.14) 2020
1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 a6 4.c5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.e3 Nf6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Rd8 12.Rc1 e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qd4 Qe7 16.Bd3 c6 17.b4 g6 18.Rfe1 Be6 19.Qh4 Re8 20.Ne2 Nh5 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.Nd4 Ng7 23.f3 Bf5 24.Bf1 Bd7 25.Kf2 Nf5 26.Bd3 Nxd4 27.exd4 Kf8 28.Rc3 h6 29.Bc2 Rae8 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Re3 g5 32.f4 f6 33.Bg6 Bg4 34.h3 Bd7 35.f5 Rxe3 36.Kxe3 h5 37.g3 Be8 38.Bxe8 Kxe8 39.Kd3 Kd7 40.Kc3 Kc7 41.Kb3 a5 42.Ka4 axb4 43.Kxb4 Kb8 44.Ka5 Kc7 45.a3 h4 46.g4 Kb8 47.Kb6 Kc8 48.Ka7 Kc7 49.a4 Kc8 50.a5 Kc7 51.a6 1-0
Vazquez Igarza, R (2551)-Cheparinov, I (2686) [D76]
Linares (7.1) 2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 a5 10.Nh4 a4 11.Rb1 Re8 12.Re1 e5 13.d5 Nb4 14.e4 Bd7 15.Bf1 Bf8 16.a3 Na6 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Be3 Ra5 19.Nd2 Bd6 20.Rc1 Qf6 21.h4 Rea8 22.Bg5 Qg7 23.h5 f6 24.Be3 f5 25.hxg6 f4 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.Nb5 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 fxg3+ 29.Kg1 Bxb5 30.Qg4 Kh8 31.Nf3 Rg8 32.Qh5 Qxg6 33.Qxe5+ Qg7 34.Rxc7 Qxe5 35.Nxe5 Rg7 36.Rc5 Bxf1 37.Rxa5 g2 38.d6 h6 39.Rc5 1-0
Navara, D (2719)-Kryvoruchko, Y (2682) [E48]
Linares (7.7) 2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 a6 11.f3 c5 12.Nf4 cxd4 13.exd4 Nf8 14.Na4 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Nc5 Qb8 17.Kh1 Bxh2 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Bf5 Rc6 20.f4 g6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Kxh2 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 Qd6 24.Kg1 Qe6 25.f5 gxf5 26.Qf3 Rc8 27.Bg5 Ne4 28.Qxf5 Rc2 29.b4 Rxa2 30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.Be7 Ng3 32.Rf6 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Nxd4 34.Bc5 Rd2 35.Ke1 Rd3 36.Rf8+ Kg7 37.Rb8 b5 38.Rb6 Kf6 39.Rxa6 Kf5 40.Rb6 e5 41.Bxd4 Rxd4 42.Rxb5 Ke4 43.Rb8 Ke3 44.Rd8 Rxb4 45.Rxd5 Rb1+ 46.Rd1 Rxd1 47.Kxd1 Kf2 0-1
Bacrot, E (2673)-Korobov, A (2688) [D45]
Linares (7.13) 2020
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.0-0 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Bf1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Ne2 Bc7 17.Ng3 Ba5 18.Nf5 Qf8 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 a6 21.Qa5 Rc8 22.Rc1 g6 23.Ng3 h5 24.Qa4 Qe7 25.Qf4 Nf8 26.Ng5 Ng4 27.e4 d4 28.e5 Ne6 29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Ne4 Rf8 31.Qg3 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Kh7 33.Rc2 a5 34.Bd3 Rg8 35.h3 Nh6 36.Qf4 Kg7 37.Qd2 Qd8 38.Ba6 Ra8 39.Rxc5 Qb6 40.Qc1 Qxa6 41.Rc7+ Nf7 42.Qf4 Rgf8 43.Qf6+ Kh6 44.Rxf7 Rxf7 45.Qxf7 d3 46.g4 1-0
Shirov, A (2647)-Naiditsch, A (2624) [B52]
Linares (7.14) 2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Rd1 g5 8.c3 g4 9.Nh4 Qe6 10.d3 d5 11.Nd2 c4 12.dxc4 dxe4 13.Nb3 Rc8 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Rd5 Rg8 16.Rad1 Nce5 17.Nd4 Qa6 18.Bf4 Qxc4 19.Rxe5 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rg5 22.Bf4 Ra5 23.a3 e6 24.g3 Rd8 25.Re1 Rad5 26.Nd4 Bg7 27.Rxe4 Bxd4 28.cxd4 Rxd4 29.Re2 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Rb1 31.h3 h5 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.f3 gxf3+ 34.Nxf3 Ke7 35.Bd2 f6 36.Bc3 Rbd1 37.Nd2 b6 38.Ne4 e5 39.Rf2 Ke6 40.Rxf6+ Kd5 41.Nf2 Rb1 42.Ng4 Re8 43.Rf2 Re6 44.Rd2+ Kc4 45.Nxe5+ Kb3 46.g4 a5 47.Nf3 Rg6 48.g5 Rc1 49.Bf6 Ka2 50.Rd8 Rc6 51.Rf8 b5 52.Kh3 b4 53.axb4 axb4 54.Ne5 1-0
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE,
MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Qd2!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…Sd2 2.e4#; 1…c2 2.e3#; 1…Rxf3 2.exf3#./PN
