[Event "Hokkaido Chess Championship 2004"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.03.06"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aoki, Yasuhiro"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "1638"] [BlackElo "1826"] [Annotator "Mayur"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2004.03.06"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.04.19"] {[%evp 0,142,19,-18,-25,-23,-26,-22,-23,-18,-5,-16,-3,-3,7,-19,-19,-16,0,-7,0, -13,6,6,-6,0,8,5,-15,-3,-2,7,21,22,23,32,28,0,15,4,-4,0,126,-23,168,162,163, 158,192,132,137,144,139,144,147,147,160,147,189,154,162,130,158,122,156,102, 102,60,73,59,47,9,39,39,27,21,43,45,38,43,37,45,48,-29,-22,-42,-44,-42,-42,-22, -42,-23,0,-12,-13,-16,-46,-46,-33,-28,-28,-12,0,0,31,38,23,40,7,14,14,-37,-31, -43,57,1,115,115,12,-34,0,-7,-4,-2,-2,-2,-2,-5,0,0,0,27,0,-180,-163,-228,-170, -161,-177,-386,-458,-509,-416,-534,-537]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. g3 f6 8. Bg2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Rad8 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Rc1 Nde7 17. b4 a6 18. Qb2 Bd5 19. b5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Nf5 21. e4 Nfd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. Bxc1 Rd8 28. Ke2 Kg8 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Ke4 g6 31. Be3 b6 32. Bh3 Ra8 33. Be6+ Ke7 34. Bc1 Kd6 35. Bb2 f5+ 36. Ke3 c6 37. g4 f4+ 38. Ke4 Ra4+ 39. Kf3 cxd5 40. Bg8 Ra7 41. a4 Rg7 42. Ba3+ Kc6 43. Be6 Ra7 44. Bb2 Kd6 45. Bg8 h6 46. Ba3+ Kc6 47. Bb2 Rg7 48. Be6 Kd6 49. Bc8 Ra7 50. Ba3+ Kc7 51. Be6 Rxa4 52. Bf8 Rd4 53. Ke2 e4 54. Bxh6 f3+ 55. Ke3 Rxd3+ 56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Bf7 Kc5 58. Bxg6 b5 59. Bg7 Rd2 60. Kg3 b4 61. h4 b3 62. h5 b2 63. Bxb2 Rxb2 64. h6 Rb8 65. g5 Kd6 66. h7 Ke7 67. Bf5 Rh8 68. g6 Kf6 69. Kg4 Kg7 70. Kg5 Rf8 71. Be6 d4 {White Resigns. Anish Giri 1.0/1} 0-1 [Event "Hokkaido Chess Championship 2004"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.03.06"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Yoshii, Yukihiko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1695"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2004.03.06"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.04.19"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 b5 17. g4 Rae8 18. Qf3 f5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 g6 21. Rh1 Kg7 22. Rh6 Rh8 23. Rdh1 Rxh6 24. Rxh6 Rh8 25. Qh3 Qe8 26. a3 Qg8 27. d5 cxd5 28. Bc3+ e5 29. f4 d4 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Qe3 (31. Bd2) 31... Qd5 (31... dxe3 32. Bxe5+ Kf7 33. Rxh8 Qxh8 34. Bxh8) 32. Qh3 dxc3 33. bxc3 Bf4+ 34. Kb2 Qd1 35. Rxh8 Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 Qc1+ 38. Ka2 {Draw agreed. Anish Giri 1.5/2} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hokkaido Chess Championship 2004"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.03.06"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Nishimori, Toshiyuki"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "1607"] [BlackElo "1826"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2004.03.06"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.04.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Be3 f5 18. f4 Rf6 19. Nd2 Rh6 20. Qf2 Re8 21. Nf1 Bh3 22. Re2 Kh8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rae1 Rhe6 25. Rc2 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 h6 27. Rcc1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qh5 29. Rc2 $2 R8e7 $2 (29... Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qxc2+ 33. Qe2 Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 g5 $19 {As per engines of 2004.}) 30. Rcc1 Qe8 31. Bd2 Re2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Qe4 35. Qd2 Bc7 36. a3 a5 37. Qc1 Bb6 38. Bf2 Kh7 39. Be1 Kg6 40. Qd2 h5 41. h4 Bd8 42. Kh2 Bf6 43. Kg1 Kf7 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg1 {Draw agreed. Anish Giri 2.0/3} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hokkaido Chess Championship 2004"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.03.07"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Hayashi, Kenji"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1879"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2004.03.06"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.04.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ba2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 Rd8 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f5 Bc6 17. Qe3 Qb7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rf7 Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxd6 Rg8 24. Qh3 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Rxg2 27. Rd8+ Bxd8 28. Rxa7 Rxc2 29. Ra8 Re2 30. Nd5 Kg7 31. Rxd8 Rxb2 32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Ne7 bxa4 34. Nf5+ Kh5 35. Bf7# {Anish Giri 3.0/4} 1-0 [Event "Hokkaido Chess Championship 2004"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.03.07"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Yamada, Kohei"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "1826"] [Annotator "Mayur"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2004.03.06"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.04.19"] {[%evp 0,68,21,16,25,25,17,8,25,7,7,3,10,9,25,4,23,-8,-8,-28,-22,-24,-8,-3,0, -14,-3,8,40,43,85,74,78,-35,-34,-33,-36,-36,-36,-36,-30,-36,-35,-73,-58,-54, -62,-104,-80,-146,-148,-138,-170,-289,-294,-286,-279,-286,-221,-333,-171,-247, -185,-222,-224,-265,-259,-471,-471,-29993,-29994] The final round between the top two. Finally Anish is on board no.1. Anish Giri, at 3.0/4 is in a must win situation with black, to be crowned the champion. He is facing Kohei Yamada who is the leader with 4.0/4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne3 g6 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne7 19. c4 h6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng3 f4 22. Ne4 Nf5 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. h4 Bc8 25. h5 g5 26. Rac1 Nd4 27. Qd1 f3 28. Qd2 fxg2 29. Bd1 Rf3 30. Re3 Bg4 31. Kxg2 Qf7 32. Be2 $4 ( 32. Kg1 Rf8 33. Bxf3 Bxf3 $19 {as per computers of 2004, and second line of StockFish13}) 32... Nxe2 33. Rxe2 $4 Rh3 34. Re3 Bf3+ {White Resigns. Anish Giri reaches 4.0/4, same score as his opponent but with a head-to-head win, and thus becomes Hokkaido Chess Champion 2004, at the age of 9. Anish Giri is now a very strong GM. Kohei Yamada is currently a strong FM.} 0-1