Nach den Presseberichten über anscheinende die Benachteiligung
des 15-jährigen Gaston Needleman beim Tiebreak der Amerikanischen
Kontinentalmeisterschaft hat sich der Gouverneur der argentinischen Provinz
Rodiguez Sah beim FIDE-Präsidenten für Needleman eingesetzt und erreicht, dass
der junge Nachwuchsmann von Ilyumshinov eine Wildcard in Form einer persönlichen
Einladung erhält. Rodriguez Sah ist derzeit wie der FIDE-Präsident zu Gast beim
FIDE-Kongress in Dresden.
Der argentinische Schachjournalist Carlos Illardo hat in der Zeitung La nacion
und auf den ChessBase-Webseiten gegenüber den beteiligten Großmeistern des
Stichkampfes die Anschuldigung erhoben, diese hätten mit Hilfe von vorherigen
Remisabsprachen vereinbart, Gaston Needleman zusammen aus der Qualifikation zu
werfen. Tatsächlich wurden zwischen allen genannten Großmeistern mit einer
einzigen Ausnahme nur kurze bis sehr kurze Remispartien gespielt.
Auf Mig Greengard Seite Chessninja wurde der Fall ausführlich diskutiert.
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/archives/tiebroken.htm
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/archives/onischuk_on_the_continental.htm
Dort hat sich auch Alexander Onischuk zu Wort gemeldet und der
Darstellung von Carlos Illardo widersprochen. Auch Gilberto Milos gibt auf
seiner Webseite eine andere Auffassung von den Vorgängen wider. Beide betonen,
dass die Kurzremisen vor allem in der sehr späten Spielzeit ihre Ursache haben.
1 Alexander Onsichuk:
Hi everyone. First of all, I would like
to thank Mig for being objective and not making conclusions based on
the lies of some local Argentinean journalist as, unfortunately, the
ChessBase web site did.
I could say a lot about the system of
the tournament, which started at 10PM on the day of the last round
and the closing ceremony and was supposed to be finished at about
5AM, but I won’t do that. I'll just give you some facts.
Some of you in your comments say
something like "Felgaer fought, why didn't other GMs fight?" Well,
everything was different from what the local journalist wrote. It
was actually GM Felgaer who sent the young player into the dangerous
minus-one zone in the fourth round. After that GM Felgaer made two
short draws (and the bye) and secured his place in the World Cup.
I also would like to give you a score
of my game with GM Granda Zuniga, which was a quite typical game
between GMs in the first half of the tournament.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6
5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 b4 10.Na4 Ne4 11.Bxc4?
Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bg7 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.O-O ½-½
Does this look to you, dear chess
friends, like an arranged game? I made a mistake and offered a draw
in a probably worse but complicated position. For my opponent, who
had +1 at that moment and the best progressive score (tie-break), to
agree meant practically to qualify for the World Cup, so he agreed.
I understand that chess fans want to
see fighting, interesting games, but you cannot demand it from us at
2AM or if it is the second long game of the day. Before criticizing
professional players please think about the reasons that can be
behind short draws. Better conditions in chess, not rules like a "thirty
moves rule," can improve the situation.
Sincerely, GM Alex Onischuk
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/archives/onischuk_on_the_continental.htm
2. Gilberto Milos:
Chess friends, Let me talk about the tie breaks of the
continental championship. First I would like to point that it is not nice to
play 7 games from 11 pm until 3 am immediately after playing eleven rounds of
normal chess. I don’t fell any obligation, duo to these conditions, to avoid
short draws or satisfy the public trying to play nice games.
When I realized that I had to play a tie break with seven players for six places
and that I would be qualified with six draws I dreamed about 6 easy draws and
keep dreaming in bed.
Think about this tournament; Six GMs of 2600 or more and another player with
2200. Seven players, six places. What would be your strategy? This tournament,
played overnight, will be full of short draws or not? There was no agreement
between the GMs. I respect all websites and I hope they don’t use this term (ganged
on) without convincing proves.
The argentine journalist lied when he said that Felgaer played all his games. He
drew quickly against me, Kasmky and Onishuk.
Let´s follow the tournament round by round.
First round I played with Vescovi, draw. Felgaer and Onishuk did the same.
Kamsky and Granda played a long game with the same result.
Second round I lost to Needleman. I won a pawn in the opening, entered an
endgame with two pawns up and managed to lose. He played very well in the last
minutes.I did not offer a draw on this game because it was the first time I saw
Gaston playing and he lost a pawn so easy... Then I realized I was exhausted to
play chess. Granda beat Felgaer and the other game was a draw.
Third round I rested. Onishuk draw against Granda, Felgaer against Vescovi,
after trying to win, and Kamsky beat Needleman.
Forth round I played Kamsky and draw since he was already qualifying with this
result and I should wait the game Felgaer – Neddleman to know who would share
the last place with me. The other game was a draw. Felgaer won and at this point
I was qualifying again because the tie break system (progressive score from the
normal tournament) favors me against Needleman.
I made another draw on round five, this time against Felgaer, who was out of
danger. Onishuk played Needleman and had a better position after the opening (Benko
Gambit) but blundered a pawn and was clearly worse in the endgame. Gaston did
not find the best continuation and allowed a draw. The other game was a draw.
On round six Gaston had to beat Granda to force a situation in which I would
have to beat Granda in the last round to qualify. I was impressed with this game
because Julio never played routine moves trying to make a plan at that time in
the evening and Gaston was also playing for win as he did in all games, but he
lost.
After that Gaston was eliminated, but tried to win against Vescovi on last round
and lost again. Other games were draws.
After the tournament (about 3:30 am) I went to talk with Gaston, for the first
time, and his father, which I already played, and expressed my admiration for
his talent and attitude when playing. I also wish him the best.
If you think that what happened was wrong, let’s change the rules, for example;
Instead of a round robin we play knock out matches, the losers play themselves
until the last loser remains and is eliminated. But please...we play on next day,
after breakfast, with pause for lunch and dinner, if necessary.
Best wishes to All.
Quelle:
http://www.milos.com.br/xadrez/noticias4.php
