La próxima copa del mundo se avecina: el 2 de septiembre dará comienzo la Copa del Mundo de la FIDE 2017 en Tiblisi (Georgia). Se trata de un torneo por eliminatorias, con 128 jugadores al inicio, con 6 fases, disputadas al mejor de 2 partidas, y la final, que será al mejor de 4 partidas.
Es la primera vez que el campeón del mundo en ejercicio participa en la Copa del Mundo. Magnus Carlsen ha declarado su gusto por este tipo de competiciones y es el favorito a priori, pero no hay mucho margen de maniobra para los días malos.
3/4/2016 – It starts in a week, the eight-player double-round robin tournament to determine the Challenger for the World Championship title match in November this year. Here are details of the tournament and some pictures of the venue and the state-of-the-art design and production features that have been set up for the tournament. In addition an interview with Peter Heine Nielsen on the chances of the various players
2016 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament
This 14-round event, which determines the next Challenger to Magnus Carlsen's title, will take place in Moscow from March 10–30. An official partner of the tournament, which is supported by the Russian Chess Federation, is the “Tashir Group”. Organizer is the AGON, the commercial partner of the World Chess Federation, which will also stage the World Championship 2016, from 11-30 November in New York.
The 2016 Candidates will see eight players, including six of the World’s top-ten rated grandmasters, representing six countries, taking part.
According to FIDE regulations the list of players includes the top two performers from the 2014-2015 Grand Prix: Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana (both of the USA); the winner and runner-up of the 2015 World Cup, Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler (both of Russia); as well as the loser of the 2014 World Chess Championship match, Viswanathan Anand of India; Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Anish Giri of the Netherlands, based on their 2015 FIDE ratings are likely to have qualified to participate. The eighth and final participant is Levon Aronian of Armenia, who was chosen as Wild Card entry by the Organizers.
Here is a table of all eight Candidates, with their current (March 1st 2016) ratings and their current world rankings:
Candidate
Rating
Nation
Rank
Fabiano Caruana
2794
USA
3
Anish Giri
2793
NED
4
Hikaru Nakamura
2790
USA
6
Levon Aronian
2786
ARM
7
Veselin Topalov
2780
BUL
8
Viswanathan Anand
2762
IND
11
Sergey Karjakin
2760
RUS
13
Peter Svidler
2757
RUS
16
So who will win this event? We have a fascinating interview with Peter Heine Nielsen, who has been the second of both Anand and (currently) Carlsen:
Danish Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen is a well-known opening expert, who worked with Magnus Carlsen when the young Norwegian player used the Dragon as one of his weapons against 1.e4. He was second of World Champion Anand in his matches against Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand. Recently, he started to work again with Magnus Carlsen. Peter Heine was in Hamburg recording more DVDs when the above interview was conducted.
Prize fund and time controls
The guaranteed prize fund of the Candidates Tournament will be in excess of 420,000 USD. First prize is €95,000, second €88,000, third €75,000, fourth €55,000, fifth €40,000, sixth €28,000, seventh €22,000 and eighth €17,000.
The time control for the games is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move
one.
Tiebreaks: If two or more players score the same points at the top of the list, the tie will be decided by the following criteria, in order of priority:
The results of the games between the players involved in the tie. If they are still tied:
The total number of wins in the tournament of every player involved in the tie. If they are still tied:
Sonneborn Berger System
If there is no clear winner with the above three criteria, there will be a special competition between the players who still remain tied after using the 3rd criteria (Sonneborn Berger): after a new drawing of colors, each tied player will play two tiebreak games with the other tied opponent(s). The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move. If one or more players are still tied there will be a two-game blitz match (5m + 3s) between them, and if there is still a tie an Armageddon game (five minutes vs four minutes, White must win).
The Venue
The Central Telegraph, an historic building on Tverskaya Street in the heart of Moscow, is the site of the 2016 Candidates tournament to select a challenger for the World Championship.
The building, which provides fixed line telephony and Internet access, was inaugurated in 1929
This is what it looks like today. The Central Telegraph has a large multifunctional space
within the building, will be the actual venue for the tournament [pictures from Wikimedia]
A new way to watch chess
The Candidates Tournament will feature a new, modern design for the playing space and for the spectators. It will have state-of-the-art design and production features for the players, the spectators and for the streaming broadcast of the event over official site (WorldChess.com).
Area for visitors and press briefings area
The interior space where the players will compete and the spectators can watch has been designed by Novoe Architectural Bureau. It is a fully integrated area with distinct spaces for the competition, for news conferences, and for spectators who want to watch the games directly, listen to commentary or possibly play some games themselves.
The playing area with the four tables
There is a glass-enclosed VIP area, which is sponsored by Beluga ...
... that overlooks the playing area, much like a sky-box in regular sporting events.
For the live broadcasting of the games and the commentary there is a spacious television studio ...
... that overlooks the visitors’ area and playing hall.
La octava y última plaza se adjudicará también por Elo. De momento los candidatos son Anish Giri y Vladimir Kramnik, aunque Giri va con ventaja bastante clara.
Esta primera
lección consiste en que no debemos ser impulsivos en el ajedrez, debemos
aprender a manejar nuestro tiempo. Especialmente
cuando estamos aprendiendo a jugar este maravilloso juego, ejecutamos lo
primero que encontramos en nuestra búsqueda mental.
Un tip
importante es que si encontramos una buena jugada, debemos buscar una mejor. Muchas veces ocurre que cuando estamos en
ventaja material o posicional durante el desarrollo de una partida nos confiamos y jugamos rápido (sin pensar lo
suficiente) y ocurre que es en estas situaciones en las que más concentración
debemos tener y no dejarnos llevar por
nuestras emociones de confianza en uno mismo.
En los torneos profesionales ocurre muchas veces que el jugador
que está en desventaja material deja transcurrir su tiempo a propósito a fin de
verse en complicaciones de tiempo y con esto hace aparecer un elemento
distractor a su adversario, quien al ver
que su rival está jugando rápido también juega rápido y muchas veces comete un
error fatal.
Fig.1. En esta partida un error es fatal
La Vida:
1.- Piensa antes de actuar:
Al igual que en el ajedrez en nuestra
vida diaria tenemos que tomar decisiones a diario, en nuestro hogar, en nuestro
centro de trabajo todos los días tomamos decisiones.
En la Gestión de Proyectos muchas
veces debemos dar respuesta a preguntas sobre los costos y tiempos que nos toman los proyectos, una
buena respuesta es “depende”, esto nos da un tiempo para pensar nuestra
respuesta. En este caso podemos consultar sobre el alcance exacto del proyecto
a fin de poder dar una respuesta apropiada.
Se comete muchos errores al responder
a nuestros jefes o clientes con respecto a los costos y tiempo de ejecución de
los proyectos o trabajos, es por eso que es muy importante pensar antes de
actuar.
Muchos de nosotros estamos
acostumbrados a dar una respuesta inmediata ante cualquier consulta, esto nos
induce a cometer grandes errores, en la medida que nos tomemos más tiempo vamos
a encontrar mejores respuestas.
En el caso del hogar con nuestras familias a veces ante un
estimulo negativo actuamos impulsivamente y luego nos arrepentimos, es muy
importante tener presente la lección “piense antes de actuar”.
