Kenny Solomon - Springbok chess champion, South Africa
Padova Open
Solomon,K (2426) - Naumkin,I (2432) [E17]
14th Padova Open Padova ITA (6), 15.12.2011
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.dxc5 Naxc5 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nf5 Ne6 16.Bd6 Bxb2 17.Rc2 [17.Rc4 Qf6 18.Bxf8 Qxf5 19.Be7 e3 (19...Bd5 20.Rc2 Re8 21.Rxb2 [...]
Bad Wiessee Round 8,9
Kneutgen - Solomon [B25]
1.e4 c5! ive been neglecting this move for sometime now.I was in a fighting mood and had no desire to attempt to grind down my opponent but to play aggressively. 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 0–0 8.0–0 Rb8 9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Nd4 [...]
Bad Wiessee rounds 6,7
Solomon - Buhmann [D15]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.f4 0–0 9.Be2 Be6 10.Bf3 a5 11.a3 Nfd7 12.Nd3 Na6 13.0–0 [i spent alot of time considering 13.g4 f6 14.h4 Bf7 15.g5 fxg5 16.hxg5 e5÷] 13…Bf5 14.Nf2 h5 forced 15.e4! dxe4 16.Ncxe4 Qc7 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Be6 19.Rfd1 [...]
Bad Wiessee Round 5
Petrov - Solomon [C41]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Re1 a6!? 8.a4 b6 9.Bg5 [At the Olimpaid in Siberia,Rozentalis played 9.Ne2 against me afterwhich black had no problems equalizing. 9...Bb7 10.Ng3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bf4 Bf8 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Ndf5 Ng6] 9…Bb7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 [My opponent spend some time [...]
Bad Wiessee Rounds 3,4
Mons,Leon - Solomon [B07]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.Nc4 Be6 9.Nxd6 cxd6 10.Bg5 Ke7 11.0–0–0 Rac8 12.Kb1 Nd4? 13.f4 Kf8 14.f5 [14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.f5 Bd7 16.Nd5 Bc6 17.Nxf6 Ke7] 14…Bd7 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Rxd4 Ke7 18.Bc4 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Ng4 20.Nd5+ Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Rc7 22.c3 h5 [...]
Bad Wiessee Open Round 2
Bad Wiessee Open Round 2
Solomon,K - Ludwigg,M [E94]
Bad Wiessee Notes by [,KennySolomon]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Re8 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Nf6 [Usual is 13...Be7 14.Qd2] 14.b4 fxe4 15.fxe4 Bh3 16.Rf3! Be7 [16...Ng4 17.Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.Bxg4 Rf1+ 19.Qxf1 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 [...]
Arctic Chess Challenge 2010-Kenny Solomon
In the Arctic chess challenge I made 5 out of 9, For me Round 2 was the most interesting experience of the tournament when I was paired against the number 1 seed Loek Van Wely .It was more difficult preparing for my opponent than actually playing him.I chose to play in an irregular style which [...]
IM KENNY SOLOMON’S CREDITABLE PERFORMANCE IN BUDAPEST
by MAXWELL SOLOMON
With his strong push mid-way through the tournament FM Daniel Naroditsky (2403) of the USA made his intentions clear. When IM Kenny Solomon (2383) lost the lead in round 8, FM Naroditsky became the sole leader of the tournament. After notching up four consecutive victories between rounds 6 and 9, FM Naroditsky’s [...]
BUDAPEST (FST, ROUND 10): WHEN AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE MEETS AN IMMOVABLE OBJECT …
by MAXWELL SOLOMON
In round 10 IM Kenny Solomon (2383) played the free-scoring leader of the tournament, FM Daniel Naroditsky (2403) of the USA. Between rounds 6 and 9, FM Naroditsky scored four consecutive victories, whereby he became the sole leader of the tournament. His fellow competitors could not keep pace. Indeed, he seemed unstoppable [...]
BUDAPEST (FST, ROUND 9): THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
by MAXWELL SOLOMON
After slipping back in the tournament standings after his round 8 loss to GM Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo (2513) of Cuba, IM Kenny Solomon (2383) was keen to face the stern test of facing the experienced GM Zoltan Varga (2488) of Hungary in round 9. An interesting feature to their clash would [...]