FR Winawer 6…Qa5 Black Queen Blues Variation[C18]-TWIC 966

Somov Memorial 2013 Kirishi RUS Final Sandings

IM Artemiev dominated to take clear first with 10.5/11. The feature game is by the winner of this event.

Rk.		Name	FIDE	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.
1	IM	Artemiev Vladislav	2524	RUS	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.5
2	IM	Chigaev Maksim	2455	RUS	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8
3	IM	Karthikeyan Murali	2435	IND	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	+	8
4	IM	Zenzera Alexey	2387	RUS	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	+	7
5	IM	Eliseev Urii	2557	RUS	0	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6.5
6		Akhmetov Ayan	2318	KAZ	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	6.5
7	FM	Grib Roman	2375	BLR	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	+	5
8	FM	Harutyunian Tigran K.	2359	ARM	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	+	4.5
9	FM	Codenotti Marco	2385	ITA	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	+	4
10	FM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2328	IND	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	+	4
11		Golubov Saveliy	2251	RUS	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	+	2
12	WGM	Saduakassova Dinara	2351	KAZ	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	*	0

About the Tournament
'The "World's Youth Stars" chess tournament is devoted to the memory of Vanya Somov (20 February 1990-31 July 2002). He could have rightfully been a participant of this representative competition. But Vanya's star burned brightly and faded away having no time to shine in the sky if chess.

Though young, he was a rightful member of the team of the World champion 1999 Alexander Khalifman at the World Championship in Las Vegas, at the biggest International tournament in Linares (2000) at the math play with the leading young grandmaster of the world P. Leko in Budapest (2000).

In his chess biography he took part in such bright events as the Youth Championship of Russia (Sochi-2002), World Junior Championship (Spain-2000), International chess tournaments in Helsinki, Dortmund, Maintz, Sankt-Ingbert. 

He played for his school, town and Leningrad Region at the All-Russia's competitions, twice he became the winner of chess tasks and etudes in the Academy of Chess Art in St. Petersburg.

Vanya was surprisingly talented and kindhearted boy with a big sole and a special sunny smile.'-Gennady Nesis

Gallery-photos by Ilgar Bajarani

Some great photos from the gallery.

IM Artemiev(left)

IM Artemiev(right)

TWIC 966

Game 4 of 7 Winawer review May 2013

IM Artemiev played a model maneuvering game on the black side of the popular Black Queen Blues line advocated by Moskalenko in his Winawer books.

Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2328) - Artemiev,V (2524)
FR Winawer 6…Qa5[C18]
The Black Queen Blues Variation
Somov Memorial 2013 Kirishi RUS (6.4), 13.05.2013

Position 1
The position is closed. What do you suggest for black?

Black to Play

32.Be3