Peter Svidler vs Boris Gelfand (2004)

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Peter Svidler vs Boris Gelfand
Armenia - The Rest of the World (2004), Moscow RUS, rd 1, Jun-10
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack (B90) · 1-0

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Jun-16-04		Rowson: Isn't Svidler a Russian not an Armenian?

Jun-16-04		Cyphelium: He's a Russian and he plays for the World. It was Gelfand who played for Armenia. Ok, I can anticipate your next question. Apparently, the definition of 'Armenian' is quite wide in this tournament. I think I read somewhere that Kasparov played for Armenia because his mother is Armenian. As for Gelfand, I guess he has some sort of relation to the country of Petrosian, maybe his grandfather was from Armenia? Or whatever.

Jun-16-04		Cyphelium: Ok, further research revealed this, which I copied from the TWIC site: 'The Armenian team will consist of three Armenians; Vladimir Akopian, Smbat Lputian and Rafael Vaganian and three players with Armenian connections; Garry Kasparov whose mother is Armenian and world title challenger Peter Leko whose wife is Armenian. Mrs Leko's family name is Petrosian and her father Arshak is a GM but they are not related to Tigran Petrosian. Boris Gelfand makes up the numbers for the Armenian team. I was baffled as to what Armenian connection Gelfand could have, as he is a Jew who now lives in Israel but he explained that he was the most famous pupil to study under Tigran Petrosian. Gelfand attended classes with Petrosian between 1980-83 at Sochi and the Moscow suburbs and recalls how well pupils were looked after. Petrosian even took them to ice hockey matches after lessons.'

Jun-16-04		PinkPanther: What does being a Jew have to do with anything?

Jun-16-04		Cyphelium: I don't know. To get the answer, I guess you'll have to go to the TWIC site and see if you can find the e-mail adress to Malcolm Pein, who wrote the article I quoted.

Jun-16-04		rochade18: An Armenian poet (or so) once said: Anybody who feels like an Armenian is an Armenian!

Jun-17-04		patzer2: In the final position, Black is powerless to prevent either the Queening of the a-Pawn or the mopping up of the weak Black pawns (all on White Squares) by the White King. Play could continue 52... Bb4+ 53. c3 Ba5 54. Kc2 Bc7 55. Kb3 Bc5 56. Kc4 , with the Black pawns soon to be gobbled up by the White King.

Jun-19-04		Rowson: Thanks for the clear up! i knew Gelfand played for israel... so i figure that svidler had to be the Armenian in this game. cheers

Jun-21-23		plang: Shipov was critical of 12..Rc8 saying that 12..Na4 is a better way of fighting for control of the key d5 square. In an obscure 1997 game White had played 13 Kb1; Svidler's 13 f5 was new and represented a clear improvement. After the game Gelfand suggested 14..Nxc4 15 Nd5..Be7 16 Qg3..Nxe3 17 Nxe3 as an improvement with just a small White edge. In a bad position Black felt that his best chance was to sacrifice the exchange. 23 Bd2 would have been strong but, instead, White returned material simplifying to an ending where White's knight on c6 was dominant. White missed 32 Bd2! which would have been immediately decisive but, nether the less, was able to bring home the full point without difficulty.

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