GM Vincent Keymer received the 2024 Rubinstein Memorial’s ALREH GM match on Sunday regardless of ending with two losses. After beginning with the very good rating of six factors out of seven video games, the 19-year-old German grandmaster had already secured the title with a spherical to spare on Saturday.
On the event of the sixtieth version of the memorial of GM Akiba Rubinstein—one of many strongest gamers in historical past by no means to achieve the world title—a robust 10-player round-robin was a part of the annual pageant. The occasion, which had a mean score of 2687, occurred August 17-25, 2024, on the Spa Theatre in Polanica-Zdroj within the south of Poland, simply north of the Czech border.
Closing Standings
You possibly can say that Keymer’s match lasted two rounds too lengthy. After spherical seven, with 5 wins and two attracts, the German participant, whom we are able to name a young person for just a few extra months, was actually on a roll—and the stay scores have been displaying it. He had entered the highest 20 with bang, occupying quantity 15 with a 22-point score achieve. Slightly unexpectedly, he suffered his first loss after which one other one to finish on (nonetheless a really respectable) quantity 19 with 11 Elo factors gained.
Keymer’s win in opposition to GM Andrei Volokitin in spherical six was fairly entertaining. Then on a 4.5/5 rating, the younger German will need to have been brimming with confidence and went for his Ukrainian opponent’s king like a caveman – and it labored! Volokitin, who had sacrificed his b-pawn earlier, was a bit too wanting to win it again and his monarch was simply too weak after that:
Once more enjoying the white items, Keymer began working along with his h-pawn once more in spherical eight, however GM Sam Shankland reacted higher and ultimately floor down his opponent deep in a rook endgame.
Within the remaining spherical, high seed GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who was on a disappointing 50-percent rating, determined to push for a win. He moved up each his h- and g-pawns towards Keymer’s kingside however determined the sport on the queenside:
Aside from GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who drew all his video games (whereas keeping track of his spouse profitable the Tbilisi Grand Prix), the one different participant who remained undefeated was GM David Navara. The Czech grandmaster drew eight occasions and received one, in opposition to Duda within the penultimate spherical, which helped Keymer safe match victory:
Particularly because it was performed on this match, this recreation may very well be seen as a pleasant hommage to the good Rubinstein, who received a considerably comparable endgame on this variation in opposition to Carl Schlechter, in San Sebastian in 1912:
How you can rewatch?
The video games may be checked out on our devoted 2024 ALREH Akiba Rubinstein Grandmaster Event occasions web page.
The 2024 ALREH Akiba Rubinstein Grandmaster Event occurred August 17 to August 25, 2024, in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland. It was a 10-player single round-robin match. The time management was 90 minutes for every participant, with a bonus of quarter-hour after transfer 40 and an increment of 30 seconds ranging from transfer one.
