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Lo mejor de 2016: ¡así han votado nuestros lectores!
El mejor jugador del año
Wesley So
Nuestros expertos habían elegido a 10 aspirantes al título de “jugador del año 2016” porque habían impresionado por su juego a lo largo del año ajedrecístico. En esta ocasión, nuestros lectores han elegido a Wesley So. So ascendió del décimo al cuarto puesto del escalafón mundial de la FIDE y forma parte del exquisito club de los jugadores con valoraciones superiores a lso 2800 puntos. Mostró una actuación sobresaliente en la Olimpiada de Ajedrez en Bakú, no solamente con su equipo sino también como jugador invidual, además ganó la Copa Sinquefield, el Chess Classic de Londres y finalmente también el circuito completo del Grand Chess Tour. Esperamos con ilusión volver a ver a Wesley So en acción en Wijk aan Zee a partir del próximo fin de semana.
La mejor jugadora del año
Hou Yifan
A comienzos del año de 2016, Hou Yifan había recuperado el título mundial femenino de ajedrez de Mariya Muzychuk en el duelo directo. Previamente, Hou Yifan había perdido el título en el Campeonato del Mundo Femenino que se había disputado por sistema eliminatorio. Por otra parte, Hou Yifan fue la única jugadora que participó en el Torneo Tata Steel en Wijk aan Zee a comienzos de 2016 y se las arregló muy bien entre sus competidores masculinos. Más adelante, la mejor jugadora del mundo con diferencia en cuanto a su fuerza de juego, se retiró del circuito del Campeonato del Mundo Femenino porque no estaba de acuerdo con el sistema. Tampoco participará en el próximo mundial femenino que se disputará en febrero en Teherán (Irán). Para nuestros lectores Hou Yifan es la mejor jugadora del año 2016, sin duda alguna.
La mejor partida del año
La partida del año, según nuestros lectores fue el duelo Carlsen vs. Tomashevsky, en el Torneo Tata Steel Chess en Wijk aan Zee 2016
Fue una partida magistral: tras una apertura tranquila con el sistema Londres, el Campeón del Mundo de repente armó un juego agresivo por el flanco del rey con mucha táctica involucrada. Como consecuencia se impuso a Tomashevsky que se quedó sin opciones contra Carlsen el Magno, eh, Magnus.
Peter Heine Nielsen ha comentado la partida para la ChessBase Magazine.
Carlsen, Magnus (2844) — Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2728)
? (6) Wijk aan Zee
2016.01.22 1-0 (Nielsen,PH)
Like in 2015, Magnus had a rather slow start in Wijk, and again had to wander along some dangerous paths to beat Loek van Wely. But like last year, that triggered an excellent streak, both in the number of points, as well as in quality of play.
1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.Af4!?
The London System. A few years back almost looked at with disgust, and in no way treated as a serious opening, but with Grischuk’s and Kramnik’s efforts recently the verdict has changed. Even so not to the extent that every professional has a ready-made solution planned against it, and Tomashevsky did spend quite some time on the upcoming moves.
3…b6
( Maybe inspired by Magnus’ success in this game, both Karjakin and Giri decided also to give the London a try, but now Black seemed tipped off, and we actually saw a theoretical debate in the London System(!). After 3…d5 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Cc6 6.Cbd2 Ad6!? Against Karjakin, but eventually lost. 7.Ag3 O-O 8.Ab5!? Against Karjakin, but eventually lost. )
4.e3 Ab7 5.h3
For those caring about the finer points of the move orders, its worth mentioning that Kramnik here seems to have preferred to play 5.Nbd2 first on a couple of outings. It’s hard coming up with a strong reason for either move, but maybe Kramnik wanted to avoid Alekhine’s idea against Rubinstein? With the knight on d2, instead of the pawn on e3, Alekhine played 5…Bd6!? and went on to win an instructive game, covered in his game collection. So maybe only playing h3, when Black has committed …Be7 is the point.
5…Ae7 6.Ad3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.c3 Cc6 9.Cbd2 d5
Both players have developed sensibly, and one could argue that the fact that neither side has obvious plans, but just have to make small common-sense additions to their positions, should be a small success for Black.
10.De2!? Ad6
Tomashevsky blinks first, and tries to force concrete action. Waiting with e.g. …Rac8 would make sense, but White could still improve his position by bringing the rooks to d1 and e1, making it hard for Black to come up with similar useful moves which makes Black’s decision easily understandable.
11.Tfe1!?
Even so, Magnus do not take the bait, but puts the ball back in Tomashevsky’s court. White has many plans, but it is much harder to see positive options for Black, so instead Black tries forcing White to take on d6.
11…Ce7
( Taking on f4 looks strategically risky, as after 11…Axf4 12.exf4 cxd4 13.Cxd4! Cxd4 14.cxd4 White by swapping knights, removed the option of …Nb4 based counterplay, and despite having doubled pawns, gets a lot in return. f5 might be an option, transferring the knight to e5 too, or maybe Qe3-g3-h4 followed by Re3 and Rae1. )
12.Tad1 Cg6 13.Axg6! hxg6 14.Axd6 Dxd6 15.Ce5!
Yes, White has given a bishop for a knight, and even allowed Black to capture towards the centre. But the black pawn-structure, while looking healthy, actually is a major drawback. Due to the weakness of g6, Black can never realistically push the knight away from e5, meaning White will have a powerful knight, and Black a rather limited bishop. Tomashevsky keeps playing logical and sensible moves, heading for …Nd7 exchanging the powerful knight, but not wanting 15…Nd7 16 f4! and instead tries to stop White from advancing the f-pawn.
15…g5 16.f4!?
Played quickly, almost like saying: did you miss this? But while of course White could still probably be slightly better with like e. g. 16.Qf3, sending an invitation to the following fascinating complications is not only tempting, but also objectively good.
16…gxf4
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17.Tf1!
This is the point. White wants the f-line open, to sacrifice the rook on f6, and deliver mate.
17…Cd7
( 17…fxe3!? would be the logical way of trying to prove White’s concept flawed. After 18.Txf6 exd2! Does all this mean that Black’s position is actually objectively fine? Not really, as the less imaginative, but simply strong
( 18…gxf6? loses immediately as 19.Dg4+ Rh7 20.Tf1!! just mates. The threat is to bring the rook into the attack on f4, as a response to 20…exd2 and if 20…fxe5 then the simple 21.Qh5+ Kg7 22.Qg5+ Kh7 23.Rf6 mates. )
19.Tf4! does keep an edge. The threat is Qh5 and Rh4 with a mating attack, and Black’s only chance is to fight with
( 19.Dh5 An obvious try, forcing Black to take on f6, but after 19…gxf6 20.Dg4+ Rh8 21.Dh4+ Rg7! however there is no good follow-up as 22.Cg4
( and after 22.Dg3+ Black just goes to h7 with the king, not falling for 22…Kh8?? 23. Ng6+ winning the queen. )
22…Df4! protects both f6 and h6, )
( 19.Tdf1!? comes much closer to breaking Black’s defences. f7 cannot be defended, and taking on f6 allows a decessive attack along usual patterns. But Black has the fantastic 19…Aa6!! which exploits the fact that the white queen needs to be on the kingside for the attack to succeed, meaning that 20.Qxa6 gxf6 works, or even better, first 20…d1Q! as pointed out by the computers. After: 20.Dh5 or the more sophisticated 20…d1=D!?
( The obvious 20…gxf6?! 21.Dg4+ Rh8 22.Tf4 Ad3 23.Cxd3 d1=D+ 24.Dxd1 Tg8 25.Ce5! Rg7 26.Txf6! is still very promising for White )
( but either the simple 20…Axf1 21.Cxf7 Txf7 22.Dxf7+ Rh8!
( 22…Rh7? 23.Dg6+ followed by Rf7 )
)
21.Txd1 gxf6 22.Dg4+ Rh7 23.Dh4+ Rg7 just leads to a draw. )
19…f6 20.Cg6 but it obviously does not look very appealing. )
18.Dh5!
Not a neccessity, as also
( 18.Cxd7 Dxd7 19.Txf4 gives White a promising attack, but somehow keeps the spirit of the 2 previous moves, and continues the direct attack. )
18…Cf6 19.Dh4 Dd8?!
Again quite logical, trying to swap off queens, in order to stop the white attack.
( 19…Ch7!? probably was a better chance, even if White has a promising position after 20.Txf4
( or even just 20.exf4 )
)
20.Txf4 Ce4?
A blunder, and a decisive one.
( The same idea would be much better, but with 20…cxd4 21.exd4 interpolated. Then after 21…Ce4 White can not play like in the game, as there is now no dxc5! but instead has 22.Dg4!? when Black has no choice but to play the weakening 22…f5 , where after 23.Dg6 Tf6 24.Dh5 De8 does avoid immediate disaster, but after 25.Dxe8+ Txe8 26.Cxe4 it makes a huge difference having forced …f5, as the white knight now dominates on e5, leaving him excellent winning chances in the ensuing ending. )
21.Cxe4 Dxh4 22.Txh4 dxe4 23.dxc5! bxc5 24.Td7 Tab8 25.b3!
Black is basically in a zugzwang. playing…f6 allows Ng6 and mate on h8. The f-rook defends f7, the other, the bishop on b7, which can’t move, as then a7 would fall. So what is left, is to move the a-pawn.
25…a5 26.Tc7 a4 27.bxa4 Aa8 28.a5 Tb7 29.Txc5 Ta7 30.Cc4
Here Tomashevsky resigned. Maybe a bit premature, but there is no doubt that White’s position is clearly winning with the 2 extra pawns, and while Black certainly could prolong the game for a while, the result is not really in doubt.
1-0
La mejora jugada del año
50.Dh6!! de la última partida del Campeonato del Mundo Carlsen vs. Karjakin, Nueva York 2016
¡Magnus Carlsen, la tercera! No le resultó tan fácil como se había esperando defender su título contra el aspirante, Sergey Karjakin. El noruego incluso estuvo a punto de perder la corona mundial, pero en las partidas de desempate logró liberarse de la tensión y recuperó su gran fuerza. Carlsen dominó las cuatro partidas de ajedrez rápido durante la fase de desempate del Campeonato del Mundo y terminó el desafío con un movimientazo tremendo: 50. Dh6!! No es extraño que esa haya sido la jugada del año 2016 para gran parte de nuestros lectores.
Carlsen, Magnus (2853) — Karjakin, Sergey (2772)
? (4) New York
2016.11.30 1-0 (AS)
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.f3 e5 6.Cb3 Ae7 7.c4 a5 8.Ae3 a4 9.Cc1 O-O 10.Cc3 Da5 11.Dd2 Ca6 12.Ae2 Cc5 13.O-O Ad7 14.Tb1 Tfc8 15.b4 axb3 16.axb3 Dd8 17.Cd3 Ce6 18.Cb4 Ac6 19.Tfd1 h5 20.Af1 h4 21.Df2 Cd7 22.g3 Ta3 23.Ah3 Tca8 24.Cc2 T3a6 25.Cb4 Ta5 26.Cc2 b6 27.Td2 Dc7 28.Tbd1 Af8 29.gxh4 Cf4 30.Axf4 exf4 31.Axd7 Dxd7 32.Cb4 Ta3 33.Cxc6 Dxc6 34.Cb5 Txb3 35.Cd4 Dxc4 36.Cxb3 Dxb3 37.De2 Ae7 38.Rg2 De6 39.h5 Ta3 40.Td3 Ta2 41.T3d2 Ta3 42.Td3 Ta7 43.Td5 Tc7 44.Dd2 Df6 45.Tf5 Dh4 46.Tc1 Ta7 47.Dxf4 Ta2+ 48.Rh1 Df2 49.Tc8+ Rh7
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50.Dh6+
( 50.Dh6+ gxh6
( 50…Rxh6 51.Th8# )
51.Txf7# )
1-0
El mejor final del año
Carlsen vs. Kramnik, en el torneo Norway Chess 2016, en Stavanger
Y otra vez el Campeón del Mundo: tras el cambio temprano de las damas en una variante conocida del Gambito de Dama Rehusado contra Vladimir Kramnik, Carlsen creó otra partida magistral y digna de los libros de texto. El tema era la debilidad de la casilla (f5!) y el dominio. Los protagonistas: una pareja de caballos blancos. La mitad de nuestros lectores que han votado opinan que éste ha sido “el final de partida del año 2016”.
Mihail Marin ha comentado esta partida para la ChessBase Magazine.
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