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    Default Tata Steel Chess - Group C - Bluvshtein

    Round 1 Results ( Saturday, Jan. 15 )

    Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein is the top FIDE rated player in Canada ( playing for the Canadian Federation ). He is rated 2590. He is playing in the third " C " group in the Tata Steel tournaments - it has 14 players and an average rating of 2507.

    In Rd. 1, Mark played the Ukrainian GM Kateryna Lahno. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years and 4 months, breaking Judit Polgár's record to become the youngest ever to earn this title. She soon earned her GM title. At the age of 15 she won the 2005 European Individual Women's Championship. In May 2008, Lahno won the European Individual Women Chess Championships again. In August 2010, Kateryna became World Woman Blitz Champion.

    She played a good solid game against Mark, and the most advantage was a “ slight “ one for Kateryna from time to time ( Mark never did get the advantage ). The game ended in a draw.

    Mark is in a 6-player tie for 5th, with .5/1 pts.

    Bob
    Last edited by Bob Armstrong; 01-16-2011 at 03:59 AM.

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    Please include the official site next time, as now I need to look for it somewhere else
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    Hi Egis:

    Since you had to look for the URL for the official Tata site, why didn't you find it first, and then post it in your post?

    Bob

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    Hi John:

    Much thanks, and from Egis ! I knew someone would tire of us and post it !

    Bob

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    Default Round 2 Pairings ( Sunday, January 16 )

    Round 2 Pairings ( Sunday, January 16 )

    GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2590 ) .5 - 1 GM Dariusz Swiercz ( Poland - 2540 )

    Official Site: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

    Live Games ( start at 7:30 AM EST ):

    http://live.tatasteelchess.com/d16/

    Bob
    Last edited by Bob Armstrong; 01-16-2011 at 08:43 AM.

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    Default Round 2 Results ( Sunday, January 16 )

    Tata Steel Chess - Group C

    Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein is the top FIDE rated player in Canada ( playing for the Canadian Federation ). He is rated 2590. He is playing in the third " C " group in the Tata Steel tournaments in the Netherlands - it has 14 players and an average rating of 2507.

    Round 2 Results ( Sunday, Jan. 16 )

    The co-leaders are:

    1/5. 1.5/2 pts. - M. Bluvshtein, K. Lahno, I. Nyzhnyk, S. Siebrecht, D. Vocaturo

    Mark's Result:

    GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2590 ) .5 1-0 1 GM Dariusz Swiercz ( Poland - 2540 )

    Mark is in a 5-player tie for 1st.

    Round 3 Pairings ( Monday, Jan. 17 )

    GM Illya Nyzhnyk ( Ukraine - 2530 ) - GM Mark Bluvshtein( 2590 )

    Official Site: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/ - Live Games are available ( start at 7:30 AM EST )

    Some Annotated Tata Steel Games, including Mark's : Chess 5 - http://chess5.com - Use " Public Games " link

    Bob
    Last edited by Bob Armstrong; 01-17-2011 at 12:12 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
    Mark is in a 5-player tie for 1st.

    Round 3 Pairings ( Monday, Jan. 17 )

    GM Illya Nyzhnyk ( Ukraine - 2530 ) - GM Mark Bluvshtein( 2590 )
    Thanks for the update Bob ...

    Mark is playing very well and very balanced - I wish him all the luck he may need (although it seems luck is seldom a factor for him!)

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    Mark drew in round three... and in the A-section Carlsen lost in 21 moves!

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    Default Rd. 3 Results ( Monday, Jan. 17 )

    Tata Steel Chess - Group C

    Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein is the top FIDE rated player in Canada ( playing for the Canadian Federation ). He is rated 2590. He is playing in the third " C " group in the Tata Steel tournaments in the Netherlands - it has 14 players and an average rating of 2507. He is ranked third.

    Round 3 Results ( Monday, Jan. 17 )

    The co-leaders after 3 rounds are :

    1/2. 2.5/3 pts. - K. Lahno, D. Vocaturo

    Mark's Result:

    In Rd. 3, Mark ( 2590 ) played the 14-year old Ukrainian prodigy, GM Illya Nyzhnyk ( 2530 ).

    Illya won Group B of the 2007 Moscow Open at the age of 10. He attained a nearly flawless score of 8½/9 and his performance rating was 2633, that of a Grandmaster. In 2007 he won the European Youth Chess Championship for under-12. In the 2007 World Youth Chess Championship he tied for first in the under-12 age group, placing second on tie-breaks.

    In April 2008, Nyzhnyk won the Nabokov Memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, with 8½/11, and scored his first GM norm. In September 2008 he won, at the age of 12, the European Youth Chess Championship for under 16. Soon after, in December 2008, he placed 12th in the Ukrainian championship, with a performance rating of 2594, barely under the 2600 performance required for another GM norm. In December 2009 he won the Schaakfestival Groningen tournament in the Netherlands with a performance rating of 2741. In December 2010 he was equal first (GM Dejan Bojkov won on Bucholz tie-break) at the Schaakfestival Groningen tournament, securing his final GM norm and making him, at 14 years and three months, the youngest Grandmaster in the world.

    In the first round, Illya defeated the C Group’s top seed, GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev ( Kazakhstan - 2637).

    In the game with Mark, Illya went up a P, but had a bad K-side pawn structure, that Mark was able to exploit to get a repetition draw.

    GM Illya Nyzhnyk ( Ukraine - 2530 ) .5-.5 GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2590 )

    Mark has 2/3 pts.. He is in a 4-way tie for third with Nyzhnyk, Siebrecht and Sachdev.

    Round 4 Pairing ( Tuesday, Jan. 18 )

    GM Mark Bluvshtein - IM Robin van Kampen ( Netherlands - 2443 )

    Official Site: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/ - Live Games are available ( start at 7:30 AM EST )

    Some Annotated Tata Steel Games, including Mark's : Chess 5 - http://chess5.com - Use " Public Games " link

    Bob
    Last edited by Bob Armstrong; 01-18-2011 at 01:43 AM.

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