GM Karjakin (2732) – GM Carlsen (2765) [B77]
30.04.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nd5 e5 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.Ne2 Rc6 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qf4 23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 f5 25.Re1 Kf6 26.c3 Ke6 27.Kc2 fxe4 28.Rxe4 Rec8 29.Kd3 b5 30.a4 a6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Rb4 Rc5 33.Re2 Rd5+ 34.Kc2 Rc4 35.Kb3 Rxb4+ 36.Kxb4 Kd7 37.b3 Kc6 38.Ra2 Kb6 39.Re2 Rd1 40.f4 exf4 41.Re6 Kc6 42.Rxg6 Rh1 43.c4 bxc4 44.bxc4 Rxh4 45.Rg5 Rg4 46.Rxh5 Rxg2 47.Rf5 Rf2 48.Kc3 f3 49.Kd4 Rf1 50.Ke3 Ra1 51.Kxf3 Rf1+ 52.Ke4 Rxf5 53.Kxf5 Kc5 54.Ke6 Kxc4 55.Kxd6 Game drawn ½–½
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With this win, Grischuk is back to clear first.
GM Grischuk (2716) – GM Inarkiev (2648) [E62]
30.04.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0–0 Rb8 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 a6 10.Rc1 Bf5 11.g4 Bd7 12.Qd2 h5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.g5 Nh7 15.Rfd1 Bf5 16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.h4 Be6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nd5 Rd7 20.Nd2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nf4 c6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Be4 Nf8 25.Nb3 Rf7 26.Kg2 d3 27.Bxd3 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Bc3 29.Nc5 Bd4 30.Ne4 Rc7 31.e3 Ba7 32.c5 Nd7 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.f4 Rc8 35.Rc3 Rf8 36.Rb3 Rb8 37.Rc3 Rf8 38.Bc2 e5 39.Rb3 Nxc5 40.Nxc5 Bxc5 41.Rxb7+ Kh8 42.f5 Rd8 43.Bb3 Rd6 44.f6 e4 45.Rg7 Rd2+ 46.Kf1 White wins 1–0
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GM Adams (2729) – GM Svidler (2746) [B92]
30.04.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.a5 Rfe8 14.h3 h6 15.Qe1 Qb8 16.Bf3 Rc4 17.Nd2 Rc6 18.Nf1 Rec8 19.Bd2 b6 20.Ne3 bxa5 21.Ncd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Rc5 23.Bxa5 e4 24.Be2 Qxb2 25.Bxa6 Rb8 26.c3 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Qb6 28.Rda1 Nc5 29.Bf1 Qd8 30.Rb5 Rc8 31.Ra7 Nfd7 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Qe3 Qf6 34.Ng3 Qe5 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Rxd7 Rxc3 37.Qe2 Qd4 38.Rd8 Rc1 39.Kh2 White wins 1–0
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Hello,
My name is David Monatelli and I am the chess coach of two IL district 103’s state champion teams. The goal of this web site is to achieve public attention/action to an injustice in scholastic chess caused by the USCF. Ultimately I hope this will bring about change in time for our children to be included in this years national chess championship May 9-11, 2008.
Sign the “Let them play” petition
The USCF Scholastic Council has voted to disallow IL District 103’s State Champion Chess Teams from competing at Nationals in May due to a technicality in the regulation 13.x. I have been fighting this for a month now via the USCF channels. It is now clear to me that one person is not going to make a difference when going up against a non for profit corporation like the USCF. I am looking for support in the chess community. Perhaps if this becomes a global issue something will get done. Don’t just take it from me, please read some of our children’s letters requesting a chance to compete. They were all sent to the USCF board members. Please sign our petition and spread the word!
Links:
* Sign the “Let them play” petitionClick here to sign an online petition supporting our children’s right to play as a team.
* Click here to see some of the kids letters requesting the right to play.
* Click here for a contact list of USCF board members and voice your opinion directly to the Executive board and Scholastic Council.
Background:
I’m David Monatelli the coach of two IL State champion chess teams in 2008 and 13 champion teams since 2003. The problem our teams face stem from a poorly worded USCF regulation (#13). Simply stated it says that you must be attending the same building as your teammates to play together. Back in the day when I actually attended Sprague as a child everything was fine. The schools were K-3, 4-5 and 6-8 respectfully. That was a long time ago but the district still remains one school spread over 3 buildings. However as the population changed the distribution of grades per building also changed. Currently we have the following grade breakdown:
The exact breakdown of grades per building is as follows:
* K-2 Sprague
* 3-4 Half Day
* 5-8 Daniel Wright
With this breakdown of grades per building our 2nd and 3rd graders cannot be a team in the K-3 section and similarly neither can 4th and 5th graders be a team in the K-5 section. (I am sure this regulation affects many other schools across the USA).
NOTE: Our buildings are all located within a one mile radius of each other.
One school feeds directly into the next There is simply no other choice for the children. Our schools do not overlap or duplicate any grades in any of the buildings involved. In theory we could have 9 buildings with one grade in each building or conversely 1 building for all of K-8. The actual children would be the same in either scenario just where they are housed would change. The only thing that changes are the buildings. Perhaps our buildings shouldn’t be allowed to play chess but our children should!
The intent of regulation 13.x is mainly to disallow super teams that can be created from a large school district with many feeder schools. To that extent the rule is useful. However its current wording harshly discriminates against cases like ours. It also gives an unfair advantage to our competitors in private schools that have all K-8 students in one building and have NO geographic boundaries for recruiting their team. We are just a simple public school system that wants a chance to compete.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
David Monatelli