Aronian,L (2754) - Leko,P (2751) [E55]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.c4 Rfe8 15.Bb2 Qf4 16.Qe3 Qf5 17.Ne1 b5 18.c5 Nd5 19.Qg3 Nf4 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.f3 N6h5 22.Qf2 Bd5 23.Bc2 Qg5 24.Kh1 Bc4 25.g3 Ng6 26.Ng2 Bd5 27.Ne3 Nf6 28.h4 Qh5 29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Re1 Red8 31.Rde2 Rab8 32.Bc1 h6 33.Kg2 Nc3 34.Re5 Nxe5 35.Rxe5 f5 36.Bb3 Nd5 37.Rxe6 Kh8 38.Qe1 Nf6 39.Qe5 Re8 40.c6 Rbc8 41.Qxb5 Qg6 42.h5 Qxh5 43.Bf4 a6 44.Qxa6 Nh7 45.c7 Ng5 46.Rxe8+ Qxe8 47.d5 Ra8 48.Qc4 Kh7 49.d6 Qe1 50.Qf1 Qe8 51.Qd3 Qd7 52.Qc4 Qe8 53.Bxg5 hxg5 54.Qg8+ 1-0
Bacrot,E (2728) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) [C43]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 c5 7.c4 Be6 8.Ng5 Nc6 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Kf7 13.f4 Nd4 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bd1 c4 16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Bf3 Rad8 19.Rd1 Bxb2 20.Bxd5+ Ke7 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Be4 c3 23.Bc2 Rc4 24.f5 Rb8 25.Rd5 a5 26.Rhd1 Rb7 27.Rd8 Ba3 28.Rh8 Rc5 29.f6+ Ke6 30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Rdd8 Rc4 32.Rh8 Rh4 33.fxg7 Kxg7 34.Rdg8+ Kh6 35.Rg6+ Kh5 36.Rg3 Kh6 37.Rg6+ Kh5 38.Rg3 Kh6 39.Rxc3 Bb4 40.Rc6+ Kg7 41.Rcc8 a4 42.Rcg8+ Kh6 43.Rg6+ Kh5 44.Rg3 Kh6 45.Rg6+ Kh5 46.Bf5 Rc4 47.Rg3 Kh6 48.Rg6+ Kh5 49.Rgg8 Rcc7 50.Bg6+ Kh6 51.Be4 Rb6 52.g4 Bc3 53.g5+ Kh5 54.g6 Bxe5 55.Rxh7+ Rxh7 56.gxh7 Rh6 57.Kf3 b4 58.Kg2 Kh4 59.Bf3 Bc3 60.Rg4+ Kh5 61.Kh3 Rxh7 62.Rh4+ Kg6 63.Be4+ 1-0
Gelfand,B (2733) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [D15]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.a3 a5 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qe5 Qxe5+ 13.Nxe5 Bb7 14.a4 b4 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Nc4 Ba6 17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nc4 Ra7 20.0-0-0 e6 21.Be5 Nf6 22.Bb8 Rb7 23.Bg3 Ra7 24.Bb8 Rb7 25.Be5 Ra7 26.f4 Nd5 27.Rhe1 f6 28.Bd6 Kd7 29.g3 Bxd6 30.Nxd6 b3 31.Re2 Rb8 32.Rde1 Rb4 33.Rxe6 Rxa4 34.Kb1 Ra8 35.Ne8 Rxd4 36.Rd6+ Kc8 37.Rxc6+ Kb7 38.Rce6 Rd3 39.c6+ Ka7 40.c7 a4 41.Rc1 a3 42.bxa3 Nc3+ 43.Rxc3 Rxc3 44.Kb2 Rxe8 45.Kxc3 1-0
Eljanov,P (2693) - Akopian,Vl (2696) [D12]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bf3 Rfe8 13.Bg2 a6 14.a3 Rad8 15.Qc2 Bb8 16.Bd2 Ba7 17.c5 e5 18.b4 e4 19.a4 Nf8 20.b5 Ne6 21.Qd1 Ng5 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.h4 Ngh7 24.Bh3 g5 25.h5 g4 26.Bxg4 Nxg4 27.Qxg4 Ng5 28.Kg2 Nf3 29.Ra2 Rf8 30.Qf5 g6 31.Qg4 Kg7 32.Ne2 Rh8 33.Nf4 Bb8 34.Ba5 Bxf4 35.Bxd8 Qxd8 36.Qxf4 Rxh5 37.g4 Rh2+ 38.Qxh2 Nxh2 39.Kxh2 Qh4+ 40.Kg2 Qxg4+ 41.Kh2 f5 42.Rg1 Qh5+ 43.Kg2 g5 44.Rb2 f4 45.exf4 gxf4 46.Rb8 Kf7 47.Rb3 f3+ 48.Kf1 Qh6 49.Re3 Qh8 0-1
Final standings:
Aronian wins by a full point at +4 (8.5/13)
Leko and Akopian tied for second at +2 (7.5/13)
Grischuk and Bacrot tied for fourth at +1 (7/13)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R12
Grischuk,A (2748) - Bacrot,E (2728) [A63]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Rc1 b6 14.e4 Ne5 15.Re1 Bd7 16.Bf1 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.b4 g5 20.Bd2 c4 21.Qd1 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Be3 h6 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Ra1 Nd7 28.g4 Bd3 29.Re6 Ne5 30.Bg2 Nf3+ 31.Bxf3 Rxf3 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Re8 34.Kf2 Rf8+ 35.Kg3 Re8 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg2 Re8 38.Kf2 Rf8+ 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Kf3 Rf8+ 41.Kg3 Re8 42.Re1 Ra8 43.e4 Ra3 44.Nxb5 Rb3 45.Kf2 Rxb4 46.Nxd6 c3 47.Ke3 c2 48.Kxd3 Rb1 49.Kxc2 Rxe1 50.Kd3 h5 51.Kd4 Kf8 52.Nf5 Rh1 53.e5 Rxh3 54.e6 hxg4 55.d6 Rh1 56.d7 Rd1+ 1-0
Karjakin,Sergey (2721) - Svidler,P (2726) [C92]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.a4 Nbd7 15.Bd3 c6 16.b3 g6 17.Ba3 Qc7 18.Qc2 Rad8 19.Rad1 Bg7 20.axb5 axb5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Ree8 25.Bb4 Qb8 26.Ba5 Rd7 27.Bc3 Rde7 28.Qb2 Re6 29.Ne3 d5 30.exd5 cxd5 31.b4 Qd6 32.Bf1 Nh5 33.Bxg7 Nxg7 34.b5 h5 35.Nc4 Qc7 36.Rxe6 Nxe6 37.b6 Qc5 38.Ne5 d4 39.Qb5 Rc8 40.Qd7 Qxe5 41.Qxb7 Rb8 42.Qa7 Qd6 43.Rb1 Rd8 44.b7 Qb8 45.Ra1 Qc7 46.Bc4 Qxc4 47.b8Q Rxb8 48.Qxb8+ Kh7 49.Ra7 Ng7 50.Qc7 Qxc7 51.Rxc7 Kg8 52.Rc8+ 1-0
Leko,P (2751) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2695) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxd6 14.Re3 Rae8 15.Rae1 Rxe3 16.Rxe3 g6 17.h4 Nb8 18.h5 Nd7 19.g4 Nf6 20.h6 Kh8 21.Re5 c6 22.c4 Ng8 23.Qe3 dxc4 24.Bxc4 g5 25.Rxg5 Nxh6 26.Qe4 f6 27.Rh5 f5 28.gxf5 Nxf5 29.Be6 Qxd4 30.Rxh7+ 1-0
Standings:
Leko, Aronian at +3
Grischuk, Alekseev, Akopian at +1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Rc1 b6 14.e4 Ne5 15.Re1 Bd7 16.Bf1 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.b4 g5 20.Bd2 c4 21.Qd1 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Be3 h6 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Ra1 Nd7 28.g4 Bd3 29.Re6 Ne5 30.Bg2 Nf3+ 31.Bxf3 Rxf3 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Re8 34.Kf2 Rf8+ 35.Kg3 Re8 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg2 Re8 38.Kf2 Rf8+ 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Kf3 Rf8+ 41.Kg3 Re8 42.Re1 Ra8 43.e4 Ra3 44.Nxb5 Rb3 45.Kf2 Rxb4 46.Nxd6 c3 47.Ke3 c2 48.Kxd3 Rb1 49.Kxc2 Rxe1 50.Kd3 h5 51.Kd4 Kf8 52.Nf5 Rh1 53.e5 Rxh3 54.e6 hxg4 55.d6 Rh1 56.d7 Rd1+ 1-0
Karjakin,Sergey (2721) - Svidler,P (2726) [C92]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.a4 Nbd7 15.Bd3 c6 16.b3 g6 17.Ba3 Qc7 18.Qc2 Rad8 19.Rad1 Bg7 20.axb5 axb5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Ree8 25.Bb4 Qb8 26.Ba5 Rd7 27.Bc3 Rde7 28.Qb2 Re6 29.Ne3 d5 30.exd5 cxd5 31.b4 Qd6 32.Bf1 Nh5 33.Bxg7 Nxg7 34.b5 h5 35.Nc4 Qc7 36.Rxe6 Nxe6 37.b6 Qc5 38.Ne5 d4 39.Qb5 Rc8 40.Qd7 Qxe5 41.Qxb7 Rb8 42.Qa7 Qd6 43.Rb1 Rd8 44.b7 Qb8 45.Ra1 Qc7 46.Bc4 Qxc4 47.b8Q Rxb8 48.Qxb8+ Kh7 49.Ra7 Ng7 50.Qc7 Qxc7 51.Rxc7 Kg8 52.Rc8+ 1-0
Leko,P (2751) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2695) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxd6 14.Re3 Rae8 15.Rae1 Rxe3 16.Rxe3 g6 17.h4 Nb8 18.h5 Nd7 19.g4 Nf6 20.h6 Kh8 21.Re5 c6 22.c4 Ng8 23.Qe3 dxc4 24.Bxc4 g5 25.Rxg5 Nxh6 26.Qe4 f6 27.Rh5 f5 28.gxf5 Nxf5 29.Be6 Qxd4 30.Rxh7+ 1-0
Standings:
Leko, Aronian at +3
Grischuk, Alekseev, Akopian at +1
Monday, April 27, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R11
Gelfand,B (2733) - Mamedyarov,S (2725) [E10]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.b3 b6 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.Bb2 b5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.a3 Nb6 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nd3 Qd7 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Rfc1 a6 23.Na2 Qe7 24.Qa5 Bc7 25.Nc5 Nbd7 26.Qd2 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Bb8 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.b4 Bc6 30.Nc3 Rfd8 31.e3 Be5 32.Rab1 Bxc3 33.Rxc3 d4 34.exd4 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Rxd4 36.Rd3 Rcd8 37.Rxd4 Qxd4 38.Qxd4 Rxd4 39.Rc1 Kf8 40.Kf3 Ke7 41.Ke3 Rd8 42.a4 bxa4 43.Ra1 e5 44.Rxa4 Rd4 45.f4 f6 46.Rxa6 Rxb4 47.Ra7+ Ke6 48.fxe5 Rb3+ 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kd4 Rb4+ 51.Kc3 Rb5 52.Kc4 Rb2 53.c6 Kxe5 54.Rxg7 Rxh2 55.c7 Rc2+ 56.Kb3 1-0
Bacrot,E (2728) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 0-0 15.h4 g4 16.g3 Bf5 17.Bg2 Qd7 18.0-0 Rfd8 19.Rfe1 e6 20.Na4 Qb7 21.c4 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rad1 Rab8 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.b3 a5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Bxc6 Qd2 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.c5 Qxa2 33.Bg2 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qxb3 35.c6 a4 36.Qc5 a3 37.c7 e5 38.Bd5 1-0
Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Grischuk,A (2748) [E97]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nd4 a6 14.h3 Kh8 15.Qd2 Ng8 16.Rfd1 h5 17.Qxf4 Bh6 18.Qg3 h4 19.Qd3 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qg5 21.Re1 Bd7 22.c6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Be6 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Ne7 26.Qd1 Rab8 27.a3 Kg7 28.Re3 Qf6 29.Nf3 Nxc6 30.Nd5 Qe6 31.Nxc7 Qxg4 32.Qxd6 Rbd8 33.Qxc6 Rd1+ 34.Ne1 h3 35.Qc3+ f6 36.Rxh3 Rc8 37.e5 1-0
Standings:
Aronian at +3
Leko at +2
Alekseev, Bacrot, Akopian at +1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.b3 b6 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.Bb2 b5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.a3 Nb6 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nd3 Qd7 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Rfc1 a6 23.Na2 Qe7 24.Qa5 Bc7 25.Nc5 Nbd7 26.Qd2 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Bb8 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.b4 Bc6 30.Nc3 Rfd8 31.e3 Be5 32.Rab1 Bxc3 33.Rxc3 d4 34.exd4 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Rxd4 36.Rd3 Rcd8 37.Rxd4 Qxd4 38.Qxd4 Rxd4 39.Rc1 Kf8 40.Kf3 Ke7 41.Ke3 Rd8 42.a4 bxa4 43.Ra1 e5 44.Rxa4 Rd4 45.f4 f6 46.Rxa6 Rxb4 47.Ra7+ Ke6 48.fxe5 Rb3+ 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kd4 Rb4+ 51.Kc3 Rb5 52.Kc4 Rb2 53.c6 Kxe5 54.Rxg7 Rxh2 55.c7 Rc2+ 56.Kb3 1-0
Bacrot,E (2728) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 0-0 15.h4 g4 16.g3 Bf5 17.Bg2 Qd7 18.0-0 Rfd8 19.Rfe1 e6 20.Na4 Qb7 21.c4 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rad1 Rab8 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.b3 a5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Bxc6 Qd2 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.c5 Qxa2 33.Bg2 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qxb3 35.c6 a4 36.Qc5 a3 37.c7 e5 38.Bd5 1-0
Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Grischuk,A (2748) [E97]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nd4 a6 14.h3 Kh8 15.Qd2 Ng8 16.Rfd1 h5 17.Qxf4 Bh6 18.Qg3 h4 19.Qd3 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qg5 21.Re1 Bd7 22.c6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Be6 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Ne7 26.Qd1 Rab8 27.a3 Kg7 28.Re3 Qf6 29.Nf3 Nxc6 30.Nd5 Qe6 31.Nxc7 Qxg4 32.Qxd6 Rbd8 33.Qxc6 Rd1+ 34.Ne1 h3 35.Qc3+ f6 36.Rxh3 Rc8 37.e5 1-0
Standings:
Aronian at +3
Leko at +2
Alekseev, Bacrot, Akopian at +1
Message from Jennifer Shahade
I'm excited about this year's fantasy chess competition where YOU decide who will get more points in match-ups such as Shulman-Onischuk and Krush-Zatonskih. (You are predicting whether Zatonskih or Krush will get more points in the entire event, not what will happen if they are paired together.)
Here is a link to play: http://uschess.org/fc_2009/
Here are the rules and prizes: http://uschess.org/content/view/9328/525
This event will be hosted on www.uschess.org, so to play, you need to register on the site or login (to register as a member, you need your pin number,which you can find on the back of any personal Chess Life label). You must be an active USCF member to win the prizes which include a Monroi Personal Chess Manager, a signed chess board by all the participants and a copy of Kasparov vs Karpov signed by Kasparov to a "Good Guesser."
I'll be commenting live on the Championship daily along with GM Emil Sutovsky. If you're not in Saint Louis, follow the twitter feed and live streaming on the Internet Chess Club and www.uschesschamps.com. On www.uschess.org, read about club founder Rex Sinquefield and during the event, watch CLO for video wrap-ups, blogs and of course, fantasy updates by Arun Sharma.
Good luck in fantasy chess and no matter how your team does, be sure to get the most out of what should be two very exciting weeks for chess fans.
Here is a link to play: http://uschess.org/fc_2009/
Here are the rules and prizes: http://uschess.org/content/view/9328/525
This event will be hosted on www.uschess.org, so to play, you need to register on the site or login (to register as a member, you need your pin number,which you can find on the back of any personal Chess Life label). You must be an active USCF member to win the prizes which include a Monroi Personal Chess Manager, a signed chess board by all the participants and a copy of Kasparov vs Karpov signed by Kasparov to a "Good Guesser."
I'll be commenting live on the Championship daily along with GM Emil Sutovsky. If you're not in Saint Louis, follow the twitter feed and live streaming on the Internet Chess Club and www.uschesschamps.com. On www.uschess.org, read about club founder Rex Sinquefield and during the event, watch CLO for video wrap-ups, blogs and of course, fantasy updates by Arun Sharma.
Good luck in fantasy chess and no matter how your team does, be sure to get the most out of what should be two very exciting weeks for chess fans.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
US Championship Coming Up
I will be following this year's tournament more closely than I have past tournaments. It will take place in St Louis May 8-17. The 24 contenders will compete for a $135,400 guaranteed prize pool.
The players and the reason for their inclusion are listed below:
Varuzhan Akobiana, Rating
Julio Becerra, Rating
Joel Benjamin, Rating
Michael Brooks, Wildcard
Larry Christiansen, Rating
Jaan Ehlvest, Rating
Josh Friedel, Wildcard
Boris Gulko, Rating
Robert Hess, Wildcard
Tyler Hughes, Qualified - 2008 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Ildar Ibragimov, Rating
Gregory Kaidanov, Rating
Gata Kamsky, Rating
Melik Khachiyan, Rating
Irina Krush, Female Rating
Charles Lawton, Wildcard
Hikaru Nakamura, Rating
Alexander Onischuk, Rating
Ray Robson, Wildcard
Enrico Sevillano, Qualified - 2008 U.S. Open Champion
Alexander Shabalov, Wildcard
Sam Shankland, State Champion of Champions
Yury Shulman, Qualified - defending U.S. Champion
Anna Zatonskih, Female rating
This year's organizers are doing a great job press-wise. There's a very carefully crafted media kit available on their website.
The players and the reason for their inclusion are listed below:
Varuzhan Akobiana, Rating
Julio Becerra, Rating
Joel Benjamin, Rating
Michael Brooks, Wildcard
Larry Christiansen, Rating
Jaan Ehlvest, Rating
Josh Friedel, Wildcard
Boris Gulko, Rating
Robert Hess, Wildcard
Tyler Hughes, Qualified - 2008 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Ildar Ibragimov, Rating
Gregory Kaidanov, Rating
Gata Kamsky, Rating
Melik Khachiyan, Rating
Irina Krush, Female Rating
Charles Lawton, Wildcard
Hikaru Nakamura, Rating
Alexander Onischuk, Rating
Ray Robson, Wildcard
Enrico Sevillano, Qualified - 2008 U.S. Open Champion
Alexander Shabalov, Wildcard
Sam Shankland, State Champion of Champions
Yury Shulman, Qualified - defending U.S. Champion
Anna Zatonskih, Female rating
This year's organizers are doing a great job press-wise. There's a very carefully crafted media kit available on their website.
Grand Prix Nalchik R10 - Five Wins
Aronian,L (2754) - Eljanov,P (2693) [D37]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc5 11.Qb4 Ne4 12.Nd4 b6 13.f3 a5 14.Qxc5 Nexc5 15.Nf5 Ne6 16.Bg3 g6 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.e3 Rd8 19.Rb1 Ba6 20.Kf2 f5 21.Nb5 Rdc8 22.Be2 Bxb5 23.Rxb5 Rxc3 24.Rxd5 Nf6 25.Rd2 Nc5 26.Rb1 Nfe4+ 27.fxe4 Nxe4+ 28.Ke1 Nxd2 29.Kxd2 Rxa3 30.Bh4+ Kf7 31.Bc4+ Kg7 32.Rxb6 Ra4 33.Bf6+ Kh6 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.h4 Kh5 36.Ke1 Rb7 37.Kf2 Rab4 38.Bg5 Rb2+ 39.Be2+ Rxe2+ 40.Kxe2 Kg4 41.Kf2 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Kg3 43.Bf4+ Kxh4 44.Rc7 h5 45.Rc4 Rb4 46.Rd4 g5 47.Bd6+ Rxd4 48.exd4 Kg4 49.d5 f4 50.Bxf4 1-0
Grischuk,A (2748) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) [E58]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Ne7 14.Re1 Ng6 15.e4 Bb7 16.Nd2 Rd7 17.Bf1 Rad8 18.Qe2 Qc6 19.Qc4 Qc7 20.Qe2 Qc6 21.Qc4 Qc7 22.Rac1 h5 23.Qe2 h4 24.e5 Nd5 25.Qg4 Nde7 26.Bd3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.Qxf5 Qc6 29.Ne4 Qe6 30.Qg5 Qe7 31.Qg4 Qe6 32.Qg5 Qe7 33.Qe3 Qe6 34.Nd6 Ba8 35.Qg5 Ne7 36.Qxh4 Nf5 37.Nxf5 Qxf5 38.e6 Qg6 39.exf7+ Rxf7 40.Qg4 Qxg4 41.hxg4 Rc8 42.dxc5 Rxc5 43.c4 Kh7 44.f3 Rfc7 45.Re5 Bb7 46.Rxc5 Rxc5 47.Rd1 Bc8 48.Rd8 Rxc4 49.Re8 Rc7 50.Be5 Rc1+ 51.Kh2 Re1 52.Re7 1-0
Akopian,Vl (2696) - Bacrot,E (2728) [B35]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc4 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Rad1 a5 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 a4 20.Nd2 Rd4 21.Qe3 Qd6 22.Ne2 Rd5 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Nc3 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Bxe6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Nde4 Nb6 28.Nc5 Bf5 29.Rd4 Rc8 30.N5xa4 Nxa4 31.Rxa4 Bxc2 32.Rb4 Rc7 33.Kf1 Bd3+ 34.Ke1 e5 35.h4 Kg7 36.g3 h6 37.Rb6 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f3 Rd7 40.a4 Rc7 41.g4 Rd7 42.a5 Bc2 43.Kf2 f5 44.gxf5 Bxf5 45.Kg3 g4 46.fxg4 Rd3+ 47.Kh4 Rd4 48.Rxb7+ Kf6 49.Rb4 Be6 50.Ne4+ Ke7 51.Rxd4 exd4 52.g5 Bd5 53.Nd2 Kd6 54.g6 Kc5 55.g7 d3 56.Kg3 Kb5 57.b4 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2725) - Svidler,P (2726) [D45]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 a6 9.c5 Bc7 10.Bd2 b5 11.cxb6 Nxb6 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.e4 Be7 14.0-0-0 Bb7 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Rhg1 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.g5 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Qd5 22.Qe2 hxg5 23.Nxg5 Rh4 24.Bc3 Qc4 25.Qf3 Rf4 26.Qb7 Bxf2 27.Rgf1 Nd5 28.Be5 Rf5 29.Rc1 Qd3+ 30.Ka1 Rd8 31.Qc6+ Ke7 32.Rxf2 Rxg5 33.Qb7+ Rd7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Qxd7+ Kg8 36.Bxg7 1-0
Leko,P (2751) - Gelfand,B (2733) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5 16.Qb3 0-0 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f4 b4 22.f5 Nf8 23.Red3 Nd7 24.Qc7 Qc5+ 25.Kf1 Qb5 26.Qg3 Ne5 27.f6 g6 28.Qg5 Kh8 29.Qh6 Rg8 30.Nc7 Qc4 31.b3 Qg4 32.Rd4 Qf5+ 33.Rf4 Ng4 34.Qg7+ Rxg7 35.fxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Nxa8 Ne3+ 38.Ke2 Nxd1 39.Kxd1 Kf6 40.Kd2 Ke5 41.Nc7 f4 42.Kd3 a6 43.Na8 1-0
Standings:
Aronian at +3
Leko at +2
Grischuk, Alekseev, Akopian at +1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc5 11.Qb4 Ne4 12.Nd4 b6 13.f3 a5 14.Qxc5 Nexc5 15.Nf5 Ne6 16.Bg3 g6 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.e3 Rd8 19.Rb1 Ba6 20.Kf2 f5 21.Nb5 Rdc8 22.Be2 Bxb5 23.Rxb5 Rxc3 24.Rxd5 Nf6 25.Rd2 Nc5 26.Rb1 Nfe4+ 27.fxe4 Nxe4+ 28.Ke1 Nxd2 29.Kxd2 Rxa3 30.Bh4+ Kf7 31.Bc4+ Kg7 32.Rxb6 Ra4 33.Bf6+ Kh6 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.h4 Kh5 36.Ke1 Rb7 37.Kf2 Rab4 38.Bg5 Rb2+ 39.Be2+ Rxe2+ 40.Kxe2 Kg4 41.Kf2 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Kg3 43.Bf4+ Kxh4 44.Rc7 h5 45.Rc4 Rb4 46.Rd4 g5 47.Bd6+ Rxd4 48.exd4 Kg4 49.d5 f4 50.Bxf4 1-0
Grischuk,A (2748) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) [E58]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Ne7 14.Re1 Ng6 15.e4 Bb7 16.Nd2 Rd7 17.Bf1 Rad8 18.Qe2 Qc6 19.Qc4 Qc7 20.Qe2 Qc6 21.Qc4 Qc7 22.Rac1 h5 23.Qe2 h4 24.e5 Nd5 25.Qg4 Nde7 26.Bd3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.Qxf5 Qc6 29.Ne4 Qe6 30.Qg5 Qe7 31.Qg4 Qe6 32.Qg5 Qe7 33.Qe3 Qe6 34.Nd6 Ba8 35.Qg5 Ne7 36.Qxh4 Nf5 37.Nxf5 Qxf5 38.e6 Qg6 39.exf7+ Rxf7 40.Qg4 Qxg4 41.hxg4 Rc8 42.dxc5 Rxc5 43.c4 Kh7 44.f3 Rfc7 45.Re5 Bb7 46.Rxc5 Rxc5 47.Rd1 Bc8 48.Rd8 Rxc4 49.Re8 Rc7 50.Be5 Rc1+ 51.Kh2 Re1 52.Re7 1-0
Akopian,Vl (2696) - Bacrot,E (2728) [B35]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc4 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Rad1 a5 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 a4 20.Nd2 Rd4 21.Qe3 Qd6 22.Ne2 Rd5 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Nc3 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Bxe6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Nde4 Nb6 28.Nc5 Bf5 29.Rd4 Rc8 30.N5xa4 Nxa4 31.Rxa4 Bxc2 32.Rb4 Rc7 33.Kf1 Bd3+ 34.Ke1 e5 35.h4 Kg7 36.g3 h6 37.Rb6 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f3 Rd7 40.a4 Rc7 41.g4 Rd7 42.a5 Bc2 43.Kf2 f5 44.gxf5 Bxf5 45.Kg3 g4 46.fxg4 Rd3+ 47.Kh4 Rd4 48.Rxb7+ Kf6 49.Rb4 Be6 50.Ne4+ Ke7 51.Rxd4 exd4 52.g5 Bd5 53.Nd2 Kd6 54.g6 Kc5 55.g7 d3 56.Kg3 Kb5 57.b4 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2725) - Svidler,P (2726) [D45]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 a6 9.c5 Bc7 10.Bd2 b5 11.cxb6 Nxb6 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.e4 Be7 14.0-0-0 Bb7 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Rhg1 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.g5 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Qd5 22.Qe2 hxg5 23.Nxg5 Rh4 24.Bc3 Qc4 25.Qf3 Rf4 26.Qb7 Bxf2 27.Rgf1 Nd5 28.Be5 Rf5 29.Rc1 Qd3+ 30.Ka1 Rd8 31.Qc6+ Ke7 32.Rxf2 Rxg5 33.Qb7+ Rd7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Qxd7+ Kg8 36.Bxg7 1-0
Leko,P (2751) - Gelfand,B (2733) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5 16.Qb3 0-0 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f4 b4 22.f5 Nf8 23.Red3 Nd7 24.Qc7 Qc5+ 25.Kf1 Qb5 26.Qg3 Ne5 27.f6 g6 28.Qg5 Kh8 29.Qh6 Rg8 30.Nc7 Qc4 31.b3 Qg4 32.Rd4 Qf5+ 33.Rf4 Ng4 34.Qg7+ Rxg7 35.fxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Nxa8 Ne3+ 38.Ke2 Nxd1 39.Kxd1 Kf6 40.Kd2 Ke5 41.Nc7 f4 42.Kd3 a6 43.Na8 1-0
Standings:
Aronian at +3
Leko at +2
Grischuk, Alekseev, Akopian at +1
Friday, April 24, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R9
Grischuk,A (2748) - Kamsky,G (2720) [C95]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bd1 Rb8 22.Qe3 Kh7 23.Nf1 Qc7 24.Ng5+ Kg8 25.Be2 Bc8 26.Ra2 Qb6 27.Nf3 Kh7 28.Ng5+ Kg8 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nd2 Bh6 31.Qg3 Nh7 32.Ndf3 Qf6 33.h4 Nf8 34.Ra7 Bd7 35.Rea1 Qd6 36.R7a6 Qe7 37.Ra7 Qd6 38.R7a6 Qe7 39.Nh2 Bc8 40.Ra7 Rb7 41.Ra8 Nd7 42.Nf1 Nb6 43.R8a5 Bd7 44.Ne3 Qf6 45.Ra7 Reb8 46.R1a6 Be8 47.Rxb7 Rxb7 48.Bxh5 gxh5 49.Nf5 Bg7 50.d6 Nd7 51.Qf3 Bf8 52.Qxh5 Qg6 53.Qg4 f6 54.Ne7+ Bxe7 55.dxe7 Rb6 56.Rxb6 Nxb6 57.Qe6+ Kg7 58.Nf3 Na4 59.h5 Qxh5 60.g4 Qh3 61.Nxe5 Nxb2 62.Qc8 Qh8 63.Nd7 Nd3 64.Nf8 Qh4 65.Qxe8 Qxf2+ 66.Kh1 Qh4+ 67.Kg2 Qxg4+ 68.Kh2 Ne5 69.Kh1 Nf3 70.Ne6+ Qxe6 71.Qf8+ Kh7 72.Kg2 Nh4+ 73.Kf2 Ng6 74.e8Q Nxf8 75.Qxf8 b4 76.Qxc5 b3 77.Qc7+ Kg6 78.Qg3+ Kh5 79.Kf3 Qd7 80.Qg8 Qd3+ 81.Kf4 Qd2+ 82.Kf3 Qxc3+ 83.Kf4 Qc1+ 84.Kf3 Qf1+ 85.Ke3 Kh4 86.Kd4 Qd3+ 87.Kc5 Qxe4 88.Qh8+ Kg5 89.Qg7+ Qg6 90.Qb7 Qd3 0-1
Bacrot,E (2728) - Mamedyarov,S (2725) [B46]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 Qa5 14.Qd1 dxc4 15.Be4 Rb8 16.Bh6 Rb4 17.Nc3 Rxb2 18.Qc1 Rb8 19.Bc6 Bb7 20.Ba4 Kd8 21.Rd1 Bd5 22.Qc2 Rb4 23.Bd2 Ba8 24.Be1 Rxa4 25.Nxa4 Qb5 26.Rab1 Qc6 27.f3 Ke8 28.Rxd7 Kxd7 29.Qd1+ Kc8 30.Nb6+ Kb7 31.Nd5+ 1-0
Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nde2 Bb4 10.Bg2 0-0 11.0-0 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Nc6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Na4 e5 15.c3 Be7 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Nxc8 Rbxc8 18.Be3 Kf8 19.Rfd1 Rd6 20.Kf1 Na5 21.Rxd6 Bxd6 22.Rd1 Ke7 23.b3 Nc6 24.Be4 b5 25.b4 Nd8 26.Rc1 Ne6 27.Ke2 Rb8 28.Ra1 Nf4+ 29.Kd2 Nxh3 30.Rh1 Nf4 31.Rxh7 Kf6 32.Kc2 Bc7 33.Ba7 Rd8 34.Rh1 a5 35.Rb1 axb4 36.Rxb4 Kg5 37.f3 g6 38.Rxb5 f5 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Bb7 Ng2 41.Bf2 Bd6 42.a4 Kf4 43.a5 e4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Bb6 Rg8 46.a6 e3 47.Kd3 1-0
Standings:
Alekseev, Aronian at +2
Leko, Svidler, Bacrot at +1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bd1 Rb8 22.Qe3 Kh7 23.Nf1 Qc7 24.Ng5+ Kg8 25.Be2 Bc8 26.Ra2 Qb6 27.Nf3 Kh7 28.Ng5+ Kg8 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nd2 Bh6 31.Qg3 Nh7 32.Ndf3 Qf6 33.h4 Nf8 34.Ra7 Bd7 35.Rea1 Qd6 36.R7a6 Qe7 37.Ra7 Qd6 38.R7a6 Qe7 39.Nh2 Bc8 40.Ra7 Rb7 41.Ra8 Nd7 42.Nf1 Nb6 43.R8a5 Bd7 44.Ne3 Qf6 45.Ra7 Reb8 46.R1a6 Be8 47.Rxb7 Rxb7 48.Bxh5 gxh5 49.Nf5 Bg7 50.d6 Nd7 51.Qf3 Bf8 52.Qxh5 Qg6 53.Qg4 f6 54.Ne7+ Bxe7 55.dxe7 Rb6 56.Rxb6 Nxb6 57.Qe6+ Kg7 58.Nf3 Na4 59.h5 Qxh5 60.g4 Qh3 61.Nxe5 Nxb2 62.Qc8 Qh8 63.Nd7 Nd3 64.Nf8 Qh4 65.Qxe8 Qxf2+ 66.Kh1 Qh4+ 67.Kg2 Qxg4+ 68.Kh2 Ne5 69.Kh1 Nf3 70.Ne6+ Qxe6 71.Qf8+ Kh7 72.Kg2 Nh4+ 73.Kf2 Ng6 74.e8Q Nxf8 75.Qxf8 b4 76.Qxc5 b3 77.Qc7+ Kg6 78.Qg3+ Kh5 79.Kf3 Qd7 80.Qg8 Qd3+ 81.Kf4 Qd2+ 82.Kf3 Qxc3+ 83.Kf4 Qc1+ 84.Kf3 Qf1+ 85.Ke3 Kh4 86.Kd4 Qd3+ 87.Kc5 Qxe4 88.Qh8+ Kg5 89.Qg7+ Qg6 90.Qb7 Qd3 0-1
Bacrot,E (2728) - Mamedyarov,S (2725) [B46]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 Qa5 14.Qd1 dxc4 15.Be4 Rb8 16.Bh6 Rb4 17.Nc3 Rxb2 18.Qc1 Rb8 19.Bc6 Bb7 20.Ba4 Kd8 21.Rd1 Bd5 22.Qc2 Rb4 23.Bd2 Ba8 24.Be1 Rxa4 25.Nxa4 Qb5 26.Rab1 Qc6 27.f3 Ke8 28.Rxd7 Kxd7 29.Qd1+ Kc8 30.Nb6+ Kb7 31.Nd5+ 1-0
Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nde2 Bb4 10.Bg2 0-0 11.0-0 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Nc6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Na4 e5 15.c3 Be7 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Nxc8 Rbxc8 18.Be3 Kf8 19.Rfd1 Rd6 20.Kf1 Na5 21.Rxd6 Bxd6 22.Rd1 Ke7 23.b3 Nc6 24.Be4 b5 25.b4 Nd8 26.Rc1 Ne6 27.Ke2 Rb8 28.Ra1 Nf4+ 29.Kd2 Nxh3 30.Rh1 Nf4 31.Rxh7 Kf6 32.Kc2 Bc7 33.Ba7 Rd8 34.Rh1 a5 35.Rb1 axb4 36.Rxb4 Kg5 37.f3 g6 38.Rxb5 f5 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Bb7 Ng2 41.Bf2 Bd6 42.a4 Kf4 43.a5 e4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Bb6 Rg8 46.a6 e3 47.Kd3 1-0
Standings:
Alekseev, Aronian at +2
Leko, Svidler, Bacrot at +1
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R8
Kasimdzhanov,R (2695) - Gelfand,B (2733) [D43]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxc6 Qb6 11.d5 Bb7 12.a4 a6 13.Be2 Bg7 14.dxe6 Bxc6 15.exd7+ Nxd7 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.0-0 Ne5 19.Nd5 Qc5 20.Kh1 0-0 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 f5 23.b4 Qd6 24.Bf3 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd8 26.Rf2 c3 27.Rf3 Bxd5 28.Rd3 Nxd3 0-1
Kamsky,G (2720) - Eljanov,P (2693) [C91]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 Bb7 18.Qe2 Bf8 19.Bg5 Nd7 20.b3 Ncb6 21.a5 Nc8 22.c4 bxc4 23.Rec1 Na7 24.Be3 Qc8 25.bxc4 Nc5 26.Rcb1 Qc7 27.Nf5 Nc6 28.Qd2 Rad8 29.Qc3 Ba8 30.Rb6 Rb8 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Ba4 Rxb6 33.axb6 Qxb6 34.Nxe5 Nd4 35.Nxd4 Rxe5 36.Nf5 Rxe4 37.Bc2 Re8 38.Qg3 g6 39.Ne3 Bd6 40.Qh4 Be5 41.Rb1 Qd6 42.Ba4 Rb8 43.Rd1 Bd4 44.Qg4 h5 45.Qg5 Qe6 46.Nd5 Bxd5 47.cxd5 Qe2 48.d6 Qxf2+ 49.Kh1 Qa2 50.d7 Qxa4 51.d8Q+ Rxd8 52.Qxd8+ Kg7 53.Rb1 Qa2 54.Qb6 a5 55.Qb3 Qxb3 56.Rxb3 c4 57.Ra3 c3 58.Ra4 c2 59.Rc4 a4 60.Rxc2 a3 61.Ra2 Bb2 62.Kg1 h4 63.Kf2 Kf6 64.Kf3 Kf5 65.Ke3 Ke5 66.Kf3 f5 67.Ke3 g5 0-1
Standings:
Aronian at +2
Alekseev, Karjakin, Grischuk, Leko, Svidler at +1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxc6 Qb6 11.d5 Bb7 12.a4 a6 13.Be2 Bg7 14.dxe6 Bxc6 15.exd7+ Nxd7 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.0-0 Ne5 19.Nd5 Qc5 20.Kh1 0-0 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 f5 23.b4 Qd6 24.Bf3 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd8 26.Rf2 c3 27.Rf3 Bxd5 28.Rd3 Nxd3 0-1
Kamsky,G (2720) - Eljanov,P (2693) [C91]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 Bb7 18.Qe2 Bf8 19.Bg5 Nd7 20.b3 Ncb6 21.a5 Nc8 22.c4 bxc4 23.Rec1 Na7 24.Be3 Qc8 25.bxc4 Nc5 26.Rcb1 Qc7 27.Nf5 Nc6 28.Qd2 Rad8 29.Qc3 Ba8 30.Rb6 Rb8 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Ba4 Rxb6 33.axb6 Qxb6 34.Nxe5 Nd4 35.Nxd4 Rxe5 36.Nf5 Rxe4 37.Bc2 Re8 38.Qg3 g6 39.Ne3 Bd6 40.Qh4 Be5 41.Rb1 Qd6 42.Ba4 Rb8 43.Rd1 Bd4 44.Qg4 h5 45.Qg5 Qe6 46.Nd5 Bxd5 47.cxd5 Qe2 48.d6 Qxf2+ 49.Kh1 Qa2 50.d7 Qxa4 51.d8Q+ Rxd8 52.Qxd8+ Kg7 53.Rb1 Qa2 54.Qb6 a5 55.Qb3 Qxb3 56.Rxb3 c4 57.Ra3 c3 58.Ra4 c2 59.Rc4 a4 60.Rxc2 a3 61.Ra2 Bb2 62.Kg1 h4 63.Kf2 Kf6 64.Kf3 Kf5 65.Ke3 Ke5 66.Kf3 f5 67.Ke3 g5 0-1
Standings:
Aronian at +2
Alekseev, Karjakin, Grischuk, Leko, Svidler at +1
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R7
Karjakin-Kamsky
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 dxc3 12.Qd3 d4 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.O-O Qb6 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.Nxf7 Rdf8 19.Nd6 Nce7 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.a4 Nb4 22.a5 Qc5 23.Qh7 d3+ 24.Kh1 d2 25.Bxd2 cxd2 26.Qxe7 Rxf4 27.Rab1 Rgf8 28.c4 a6 29.h3 Ka8 30.Qg7 Qe3 31.Kh2 d1Q 32.Rbxd1 1-0
Gelfand-Eljanov
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Be5 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bg2 Rac8 14.Rc1 Qa6 15.a4 Rfe8 16.Ba3 Bxc3 17.dxc3 Na5 18.Re1 c4 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Ra1 Qe6 21.Bc1 b6 22.Qd4 Na5 23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Bb2 Nc4 25.Bc1 Ne5 26.Qa6 h5 27.Be3 h4 28.g4 Rxc3 29.Bd4 Rc4 30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxa7 Nxf2 32.Kxf2 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Rf4+ 34.Bf3 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Rxf3 0-1
Standings:
Aronian at +2
Karjakin, Alekseev, Leko, Grischuk, Svidler at +1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 dxc3 12.Qd3 d4 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.O-O Qb6 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.Nxf7 Rdf8 19.Nd6 Nce7 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.a4 Nb4 22.a5 Qc5 23.Qh7 d3+ 24.Kh1 d2 25.Bxd2 cxd2 26.Qxe7 Rxf4 27.Rab1 Rgf8 28.c4 a6 29.h3 Ka8 30.Qg7 Qe3 31.Kh2 d1Q 32.Rbxd1 1-0
Gelfand-Eljanov
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Be5 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bg2 Rac8 14.Rc1 Qa6 15.a4 Rfe8 16.Ba3 Bxc3 17.dxc3 Na5 18.Re1 c4 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Ra1 Qe6 21.Bc1 b6 22.Qd4 Na5 23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Bb2 Nc4 25.Bc1 Ne5 26.Qa6 h5 27.Be3 h4 28.g4 Rxc3 29.Bd4 Rc4 30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxa7 Nxf2 32.Kxf2 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Rf4+ 34.Bf3 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Rxf3 0-1
Standings:
Aronian at +2
Karjakin, Alekseev, Leko, Grischuk, Svidler at +1
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R6
Mamedyarov,S (2725) - Grischuk,A (2748) [D10]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Bd2 0-0 14.Rac1 d4 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe5 17.Qxe5 Bxe5 18.b3 dxe3 19.Bxe3 Be6 20.Bf3 Rab8 21.Ba7 Ra8 22.Bc5 Rfb8 23.g3 a5 24.Rfe1 Bc7 25.Be3 Bd6 26.Red1 Be5 27.Rc5 f6 28.Rb5 a4 29.Bxb7 axb3 30.axb3 Ra3 31.b4 Ra4 32.Bc5 Kf7 33.h4 Ra2 34.Rb6 Rb2 35.Re1 Ba2 36.f4 Bc3 37.Re7+ Kg6 38.Be4+ 1-0
Eljanov,P (2693) - Svidler,P (2726) [D91]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 0-0 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Qa4 Rac8 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Nd2 Nc6 17.g4 Be6 18.a3 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Ne4 Bxd4 22.Rcd1 Rcd8 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.f3 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Be3 Rd3 28.Bh6 fxe4 29.fxe4 Rd8 30.Rf5 Nd4 31.Rg5+ Kf7 32.Rg7+ Kf6 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.h4 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 Rd3+ 36.Kg2 Rxa3 37.Rxh7 Kg6 38.Rh8 Ra4 39.Bf4 Rxe4 40.Kf3 Rc4 41.h5+ Kg7 42.Ra8 a5 43.Bd2 a4 44.Ke2 b5 45.Ra6 Nd4+ 46.Kd1 Rc5 47.h6+ Kh7 48.Ra7 Nf5 49.Ra6 Rd5 50.Kc1 Rd6 51.Ra7 Rd3 52.Rb7 a3 53.Ra7 Rb3 54.Ra6 Nd4 55.Ra7 Nc6 56.Ra8 b4 57.Ra6 Rh3 58.Rxc6 Rh1+ 59.Kc2 a2 60.Ra6 a1Q 61.Rxa1 Rxa1 62.Bxb4 Ra7 63.Bd2 Ra3 64.Kd1 Rh3 65.Ke2 Kg6 66.Bc1 Kf5 67.Kf2 e5 68.Be3 Kg4 69.Ke2 Rh2+ 70.Kd3 Kf3 71.Bg5 Rh1 72.Kc4 e4 73.Kd4 Rg1 0-1
Aronian,L (2754) - Ivanchuk,V (2746) [A31]
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Qc7 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Be2 Be7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nd5 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxd5 Bxb2 16.Rc2 Be5 17.dxc6 dxc6 18.Bxa6 Rd8 19.Qf3 c5 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.g3 g6 22.Rd1 Kg7 23.Rcd2 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Kg2 h5 27.Qe4 Bc3 28.Qb7 Bf6 29.Bc4 Qe7 30.Qd5 h4 31.e4 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bd4 33.f4 f6 34.Kf3 Kh6 35.Qg8 g5 36.e5 fxe5 37.Bd3 e4+ 38.Bxe4 Qg7 39.Qe6+ Qf6 40.Qd7 1-0
Akopian,Vl (2696) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.0-0-0 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Ne5 16.Qa3 b5 17.h4 Be6 18.hxg5 Rc8 19.Rd2 hxg5 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qe3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.c3 f6 24.Qa7 Bd7 25.f3 Bg7 26.Nb6 Rd8 27.Qxa6 Be6 28.Qa7 Kf7 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.exd5 Qa8 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qd7 Rh8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.a3 Rh1+ 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Kxd1 Qa4+ 37.Kd2 Qb3 38.Kc1 Qb6 39.Be1 Qg1 40.g4 Qf1 41.Qe4 Ke8 42.Kd2 Kd8 43.Qe2 Qh1 44.Kc2 f5 45.gxf5 Qh3 46.Qxc4 Qxf3 47.Qd3 Qg2+ 48.Kb3 g4 49.a4 Be5 50.a5 Qg1 51.Qb5 Qxe1 52.a6 Qa1 53.Qb8+ Kd7 54.Qb5+ Kd8 55.Qb6+ Kc8 56.Qc6+ Kd8 57.Qa8+ Kd7 58.Qc6+ Kd8 59.Qa8+ Kd7 60.Qb7+ Kd8 61.Qb8+ Kd7 62.a7 Qd1+ 63.Kb4 Bxc3+ 64.Kxc3 Qc1+ 65.Kb3 Qd1+ 66.Kb4 Qe1+ 67.Kb5 Qf1+ 68.Kb6 Qg1+ 69.Ka6 Qa1+ 70.Kb7 Qc1 71.a8N 1-0
Standings:
Aronian at +2
Leko, Grischuk, Alekseev, Svidler at +1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Bd2 0-0 14.Rac1 d4 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe5 17.Qxe5 Bxe5 18.b3 dxe3 19.Bxe3 Be6 20.Bf3 Rab8 21.Ba7 Ra8 22.Bc5 Rfb8 23.g3 a5 24.Rfe1 Bc7 25.Be3 Bd6 26.Red1 Be5 27.Rc5 f6 28.Rb5 a4 29.Bxb7 axb3 30.axb3 Ra3 31.b4 Ra4 32.Bc5 Kf7 33.h4 Ra2 34.Rb6 Rb2 35.Re1 Ba2 36.f4 Bc3 37.Re7+ Kg6 38.Be4+ 1-0
Eljanov,P (2693) - Svidler,P (2726) [D91]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 0-0 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Qa4 Rac8 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Nd2 Nc6 17.g4 Be6 18.a3 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Ne4 Bxd4 22.Rcd1 Rcd8 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.f3 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Be3 Rd3 28.Bh6 fxe4 29.fxe4 Rd8 30.Rf5 Nd4 31.Rg5+ Kf7 32.Rg7+ Kf6 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.h4 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 Rd3+ 36.Kg2 Rxa3 37.Rxh7 Kg6 38.Rh8 Ra4 39.Bf4 Rxe4 40.Kf3 Rc4 41.h5+ Kg7 42.Ra8 a5 43.Bd2 a4 44.Ke2 b5 45.Ra6 Nd4+ 46.Kd1 Rc5 47.h6+ Kh7 48.Ra7 Nf5 49.Ra6 Rd5 50.Kc1 Rd6 51.Ra7 Rd3 52.Rb7 a3 53.Ra7 Rb3 54.Ra6 Nd4 55.Ra7 Nc6 56.Ra8 b4 57.Ra6 Rh3 58.Rxc6 Rh1+ 59.Kc2 a2 60.Ra6 a1Q 61.Rxa1 Rxa1 62.Bxb4 Ra7 63.Bd2 Ra3 64.Kd1 Rh3 65.Ke2 Kg6 66.Bc1 Kf5 67.Kf2 e5 68.Be3 Kg4 69.Ke2 Rh2+ 70.Kd3 Kf3 71.Bg5 Rh1 72.Kc4 e4 73.Kd4 Rg1 0-1
Aronian,L (2754) - Ivanchuk,V (2746) [A31]
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Qc7 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Be2 Be7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nd5 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxd5 Bxb2 16.Rc2 Be5 17.dxc6 dxc6 18.Bxa6 Rd8 19.Qf3 c5 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.g3 g6 22.Rd1 Kg7 23.Rcd2 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Kg2 h5 27.Qe4 Bc3 28.Qb7 Bf6 29.Bc4 Qe7 30.Qd5 h4 31.e4 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bd4 33.f4 f6 34.Kf3 Kh6 35.Qg8 g5 36.e5 fxe5 37.Bd3 e4+ 38.Bxe4 Qg7 39.Qe6+ Qf6 40.Qd7 1-0
Akopian,Vl (2696) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.0-0-0 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Ne5 16.Qa3 b5 17.h4 Be6 18.hxg5 Rc8 19.Rd2 hxg5 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qe3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.c3 f6 24.Qa7 Bd7 25.f3 Bg7 26.Nb6 Rd8 27.Qxa6 Be6 28.Qa7 Kf7 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.exd5 Qa8 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qd7 Rh8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.a3 Rh1+ 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Kxd1 Qa4+ 37.Kd2 Qb3 38.Kc1 Qb6 39.Be1 Qg1 40.g4 Qf1 41.Qe4 Ke8 42.Kd2 Kd8 43.Qe2 Qh1 44.Kc2 f5 45.gxf5 Qh3 46.Qxc4 Qxf3 47.Qd3 Qg2+ 48.Kb3 g4 49.a4 Be5 50.a5 Qg1 51.Qb5 Qxe1 52.a6 Qa1 53.Qb8+ Kd7 54.Qb5+ Kd8 55.Qb6+ Kc8 56.Qc6+ Kd8 57.Qa8+ Kd7 58.Qc6+ Kd8 59.Qa8+ Kd7 60.Qb7+ Kd8 61.Qb8+ Kd7 62.a7 Qd1+ 63.Kb4 Bxc3+ 64.Kxc3 Qc1+ 65.Kb3 Qd1+ 66.Kb4 Qe1+ 67.Kb5 Qf1+ 68.Kb6 Qg1+ 69.Ka6 Qa1+ 70.Kb7 Qc1 71.a8N 1-0
Standings:
Aronian at +2
Leko, Grischuk, Alekseev, Svidler at +1
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R5
Ivanchuk-Kasimdzhanov
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qa2 0-0 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Be5 Be6 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Be2 Qe7 17.0-0 Rac8 18.Rac1 Kh8 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.Rd2 Nde5 21.Qb3 Qf7 22.Bf1 d4 23.Na2 [23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Qd1 Ndf3+! 25.gxf3 Nxf3+ 26.Kh1 Qf4] Ng4 24.Rdc2 dxe3 25.fxe3 Na5 0-1 [26.Qd3 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Qxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxe3+]
Akopian-Kamsk
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Bd3 Bc5 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Ne5 Be4 18.Rde1 Bf5 19.g3 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 Qf5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.c4 Ne8 23.Rd1 Qc6 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 f6 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Qd7 Qxd7 28.Rxd7 Rc7 29.Rd8 Kf7 30.Ba3 e5 31.g4 g6 32.Kg2 h5 33.h3 a6 34.Bb4 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.Rb8 Rc2 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Rb8 Kf7 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa4 Ra2 43.a5 Ra4 44.Kf3 f5 45.Ke2 Nf6 46.Kd1 Nd5 47.Bd2 Ra2 48.Rb5 Nf4 49.Rxe5 Ra1+ 50.Kc2 Ra2+ 51.Kc3 Nxh3 52.Rxf5 Nxf2 53.Bc1 Re2 54.Rxh5 Kf7 55.Kb3 Nd3 56.Ba3 Ne5 57.Rh7+ Ke6 58.Re7+ Kd5 59.a6 Rg2 60.Ka4 Nc4 61.a7 Rg8 62.Rb7? [62.Rc7! Nxa3 63.Kxa3 Kd6 64.Rg7] Ra8 63.Rb5+ Kc6 64.Bc5 Kc7 65.Rb4 Rg8 66.Rxc4 Kb7 67.Ka5 Rc8 68.Rb4+ Ka8 69.Rb5 Re8 70.Bd4 Rc8 71.Rd5 Kb7 72.Bb6 Rg8 73.Kb5 Re8 74.a8Q+ Kxa8 75.Kc6? [75.Rd7 or 75.Bc5 was required; the position is now a draw.] Re6+ 76.Kc7 Re7+ 77.Kd6 Rh7 78.Kc6 Rh6+ 79.Kc7 Rh7+ 80.Kc8 Rh8+? [80...Rh5! is the move to draw; now White can win.] 81.Bd8 Rh7 82.Ra5+ Ra7 83.Rb5 Rb7 84.Rh5 Rf7 85.Ra5+ Ra7 86.Rb5 Rb7 87.Re5 Rh7 88.Re1 Rb7 89.Ra1+ Ra7 90.Rb1 Rb7 91.Re1 Rh7 92.Re2 Rb7 93.Be7? Rb8+? [93...Rxe7!= ] 94.Kc7 Rb7+ 95.Kc6 Ra7 96.Bd8 Rh7 97.Bc7 Rh6+ 98.Bd6 1-0
Standings
Grischuk at +2
Karjakin, Leko, Aronian, Alekseev at +1
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qa2 0-0 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Be5 Be6 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Be2 Qe7 17.0-0 Rac8 18.Rac1 Kh8 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.Rd2 Nde5 21.Qb3 Qf7 22.Bf1 d4 23.Na2 [23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Qd1 Ndf3+! 25.gxf3 Nxf3+ 26.Kh1 Qf4] Ng4 24.Rdc2 dxe3 25.fxe3 Na5 0-1 [26.Qd3 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Qxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxe3+]
Akopian-Kamsk
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Bd3 Bc5 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Ne5 Be4 18.Rde1 Bf5 19.g3 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 Qf5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.c4 Ne8 23.Rd1 Qc6 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 f6 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Qd7 Qxd7 28.Rxd7 Rc7 29.Rd8 Kf7 30.Ba3 e5 31.g4 g6 32.Kg2 h5 33.h3 a6 34.Bb4 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.Rb8 Rc2 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Rb8 Kf7 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa4 Ra2 43.a5 Ra4 44.Kf3 f5 45.Ke2 Nf6 46.Kd1 Nd5 47.Bd2 Ra2 48.Rb5 Nf4 49.Rxe5 Ra1+ 50.Kc2 Ra2+ 51.Kc3 Nxh3 52.Rxf5 Nxf2 53.Bc1 Re2 54.Rxh5 Kf7 55.Kb3 Nd3 56.Ba3 Ne5 57.Rh7+ Ke6 58.Re7+ Kd5 59.a6 Rg2 60.Ka4 Nc4 61.a7 Rg8 62.Rb7? [62.Rc7! Nxa3 63.Kxa3 Kd6 64.Rg7] Ra8 63.Rb5+ Kc6 64.Bc5 Kc7 65.Rb4 Rg8 66.Rxc4 Kb7 67.Ka5 Rc8 68.Rb4+ Ka8 69.Rb5 Re8 70.Bd4 Rc8 71.Rd5 Kb7 72.Bb6 Rg8 73.Kb5 Re8 74.a8Q+ Kxa8 75.Kc6? [75.Rd7 or 75.Bc5 was required; the position is now a draw.] Re6+ 76.Kc7 Re7+ 77.Kd6 Rh7 78.Kc6 Rh6+ 79.Kc7 Rh7+ 80.Kc8 Rh8+? [80...Rh5! is the move to draw; now White can win.] 81.Bd8 Rh7 82.Ra5+ Ra7 83.Rb5 Rb7 84.Rh5 Rf7 85.Ra5+ Ra7 86.Rb5 Rb7 87.Re5 Rh7 88.Re1 Rb7 89.Ra1+ Ra7 90.Rb1 Rb7 91.Re1 Rh7 92.Re2 Rb7 93.Be7? Rb8+? [93...Rxe7!= ] 94.Kc7 Rb7+ 95.Kc6 Ra7 96.Bd8 Rh7 97.Bc7 Rh6+ 98.Bd6 1-0
Standings
Grischuk at +2
Karjakin, Leko, Aronian, Alekseev at +1
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R4
Kamsky,G (2720) - Svidler,P (2726) [C91]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Rfe8 17.a4 h6 18.b3 Na5 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nh4 Nc6 22.Nhf5 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Bf8 24.Bd3 Nd8 25.c4 Ne6 26.cxb5 Nc5 27.Bc4 Bxf5 28.Nxf5 Ncxe4 29.Bb4 Qb6 30.Ne3 d5 31.Ba5 Qc5 32.b4 Qa7 33.b6 Qb7 34.Bb5 Re6 35.Rc1 Rxb6 36.Bxb6 Qxb6 37.Qa5 Qb8 38.Bd3 Qxb4 [38...Nxf2 39.Kxf2 e4 40.Qc7 Qxb4 41.Rb1] 39.Qxb4 Bxb4 40.Rc8+ Bf8 41.Nxd5 Nxd5 42.Bxe4 Ne7 43.Rc5 f6 44.Bc2 g6 45.Kf1 h5 46.Rc7 f5 47.Ke2 Kf7 48.Rb7 Bh6 49.Bb3+ Kf8 50.Kd3 h4 51.f3 Bf4 52.Kc4 e4 53.fxe4 fxe4 54.Kc3 Be5+ 55.Kd2 Bf4+ 56.Ke2 Nf5 57.Bd5 Ng3+ 58.Kd1 g5 59.Rb6 Ke7 60.Rb4 e3 61.Bf3 Kd6 62.Rb5 Ke6 63.Ra5 Kf6 64.Bg4 Ne4 65.Ke2 Nd6 [65...Nf2] 66.Kd3 Ke7 67.Kd4 Kf6 68.Kd5 Ke7 69.Ra7+ Kf6 70.Ra6 Ke7 71.Ra7+ Kf6 72.Bh5 Be5 73.Ra6 Kf5 74.Bg4+ 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk at +2
Karjakin, Kamsky, Leko, Aronian, Alekseev at +1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Rfe8 17.a4 h6 18.b3 Na5 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nh4 Nc6 22.Nhf5 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Bf8 24.Bd3 Nd8 25.c4 Ne6 26.cxb5 Nc5 27.Bc4 Bxf5 28.Nxf5 Ncxe4 29.Bb4 Qb6 30.Ne3 d5 31.Ba5 Qc5 32.b4 Qa7 33.b6 Qb7 34.Bb5 Re6 35.Rc1 Rxb6 36.Bxb6 Qxb6 37.Qa5 Qb8 38.Bd3 Qxb4 [38...Nxf2 39.Kxf2 e4 40.Qc7 Qxb4 41.Rb1] 39.Qxb4 Bxb4 40.Rc8+ Bf8 41.Nxd5 Nxd5 42.Bxe4 Ne7 43.Rc5 f6 44.Bc2 g6 45.Kf1 h5 46.Rc7 f5 47.Ke2 Kf7 48.Rb7 Bh6 49.Bb3+ Kf8 50.Kd3 h4 51.f3 Bf4 52.Kc4 e4 53.fxe4 fxe4 54.Kc3 Be5+ 55.Kd2 Bf4+ 56.Ke2 Nf5 57.Bd5 Ng3+ 58.Kd1 g5 59.Rb6 Ke7 60.Rb4 e3 61.Bf3 Kd6 62.Rb5 Ke6 63.Ra5 Kf6 64.Bg4 Ne4 65.Ke2 Nd6 [65...Nf2] 66.Kd3 Ke7 67.Kd4 Kf6 68.Kd5 Ke7 69.Ra7+ Kf6 70.Ra6 Ke7 71.Ra7+ Kf6 72.Bh5 Be5 73.Ra6 Kf5 74.Bg4+ 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk at +2
Karjakin, Kamsky, Leko, Aronian, Alekseev at +1
Friday, April 17, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R3
Karjakin,Sergey - Aronian,Levon
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.a5 h6 14.Bc4 Kf8 15.b3 Ke7 16.Bd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Na7 18.Nxe5 Kf8 19.Ndc4 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Nc6 21.Bg5 hxg5 22.dxc6 f6 23.Rc5 Be6 24.Nb6 Rab8 25.Nd7+ Bxd7 26.cxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc6 Rb5 28.Rxa6 Rd2 29.Ra8+ Kf7 30.g4 Rc5 31.a6 Rcxc2 32.Rc8 c6 33.a7 Rxf2 34.Rh8 1-0
Alekseev,Evgeny - Eljanov,Pavel
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 c4 10.Nd2 0-0 11.e3 h6 12.Bh4 Qe8 13.f3 b5 14.Kf2 a5 15.g4 Qe7 16.Bg3 b4 17.Qc2 b3 18.Qc3 Nb6 19.Re1 Na4 20.Qc1 Re8 21.h3 c3 22.bxc3 b2 23.Qc2 Bd7 24.Nb1 Bc6 25.Bd3 Qb7 26.h4 Bb5 27.Qb3 Bc6 28.Qxb7 Bxb7 29.Bb5 Nb6 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Nh7 32.Re2 Re6 33.Rxb2 Nxg5 34.Bf4 Nh7 35.Nd2 Ba6 36.Rc1 Nf6 37.Bxa6 Rxa6 38.Rb5 Rc6 39.e4 Ra8 40.c4 Nxc4 41.Nxc4 dxc4 42.d5 Rcc8 43.Ke3 Nd7 44.Kd4 f6 45.Rxc4 Rxc4+ 46.Kxc4 Rc8+ 47.Kd4 g5 48.Bd6 Kf7 49.Rxa5 Rc1 50.Ra7 Ke8 51.a4 Rf1 52.a5 Rxf3 53.Ra8+ Kf7 54.a6 Rf1 55.Rd8 Rd1+ 56.Kc3 Nb6 57.Rb8 1-0
Grischuk,Alexander - Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6 9.Nbc3 Qd7 10.a3 0-0-0 11.0-0 h5 12.Rc1 Kb8 13.Na4 Be7 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Ba4 h4 16.f3 f6 17.Bb5 Qc8 18.Qb3 Na7 19.Bc4 fxe5 20.dxe5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Qe3 b6 23.b4 b5 24.Ba2 c4 25.Nd4 Qb7 26.a4 h3 27.axb5 hxg2 28.Rfd1 Nxb5 29.Nxf5 exf5 30.Bxc4 f4 31.Qxf4 Rdf8 32.Bf7 Qb6+ 33.Rc5 Nc3 34.Rd2 Na4 35.e6 Nxc5 36.bxc5 Qxc5+ 37.Kxg2 Kc8 38.Qg4 Qe7 39.Ra2 1-0
Akopian,Vladimir - Leko,Peter
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 c5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Bxb5 cxd4 17.Rd1 Qd5 18.Bf1 Rac8 19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Rxd4 Qf5 21.Rf4 Qe5 22.Bd2 Qxb2 23.Rd1 Ba6 24.Qe1 Bxf1 25.Qxf1 Rfd8 26.Rb4 Qc2 27.Rc4 Qa2 28.Rdc1 Rxd2 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 Qxa3 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Qb1+ f5 33.g3 Rb2 34.Qd1 Qb4 35.h4 a5 36.Qf3 a4 37.Kg2 a3 38.Qa8 Qe4+ 39.Qxe4 fxe4 40.Ra8 a2 41.h5 g5 42.hxg6+ Kxg6 43.g4 e5 44.Kg3 Re2 45.Ra5 Kf6 46.Ra6+ Kf7 47.Ra5 Ke6 48.Kh4 Rxf2 49.Kh5 Rg2 50.Kxh6 Rxg4 51.Rxa2 Rg3 52.Kh5 Kf5 53.Kh4 Rxe3 54.Ra8 Rf3 55.Rf8+ Ke6 56.Re8+ Kd5 57.Rd8+ Kc4 58.Kg4 Rf1 59.Rc8+ Kd3 60.Rd8+ Ke2 61.Ra8 Rg1+ 0-1
Standings:
Grischuk at +2
Aronian, Svidler, Leko, Alekseev, Karjakin at +1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.a5 h6 14.Bc4 Kf8 15.b3 Ke7 16.Bd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Na7 18.Nxe5 Kf8 19.Ndc4 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Nc6 21.Bg5 hxg5 22.dxc6 f6 23.Rc5 Be6 24.Nb6 Rab8 25.Nd7+ Bxd7 26.cxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc6 Rb5 28.Rxa6 Rd2 29.Ra8+ Kf7 30.g4 Rc5 31.a6 Rcxc2 32.Rc8 c6 33.a7 Rxf2 34.Rh8 1-0
Alekseev,Evgeny - Eljanov,Pavel
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 c4 10.Nd2 0-0 11.e3 h6 12.Bh4 Qe8 13.f3 b5 14.Kf2 a5 15.g4 Qe7 16.Bg3 b4 17.Qc2 b3 18.Qc3 Nb6 19.Re1 Na4 20.Qc1 Re8 21.h3 c3 22.bxc3 b2 23.Qc2 Bd7 24.Nb1 Bc6 25.Bd3 Qb7 26.h4 Bb5 27.Qb3 Bc6 28.Qxb7 Bxb7 29.Bb5 Nb6 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Nh7 32.Re2 Re6 33.Rxb2 Nxg5 34.Bf4 Nh7 35.Nd2 Ba6 36.Rc1 Nf6 37.Bxa6 Rxa6 38.Rb5 Rc6 39.e4 Ra8 40.c4 Nxc4 41.Nxc4 dxc4 42.d5 Rcc8 43.Ke3 Nd7 44.Kd4 f6 45.Rxc4 Rxc4+ 46.Kxc4 Rc8+ 47.Kd4 g5 48.Bd6 Kf7 49.Rxa5 Rc1 50.Ra7 Ke8 51.a4 Rf1 52.a5 Rxf3 53.Ra8+ Kf7 54.a6 Rf1 55.Rd8 Rd1+ 56.Kc3 Nb6 57.Rb8 1-0
Grischuk,Alexander - Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6 9.Nbc3 Qd7 10.a3 0-0-0 11.0-0 h5 12.Rc1 Kb8 13.Na4 Be7 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Ba4 h4 16.f3 f6 17.Bb5 Qc8 18.Qb3 Na7 19.Bc4 fxe5 20.dxe5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Qe3 b6 23.b4 b5 24.Ba2 c4 25.Nd4 Qb7 26.a4 h3 27.axb5 hxg2 28.Rfd1 Nxb5 29.Nxf5 exf5 30.Bxc4 f4 31.Qxf4 Rdf8 32.Bf7 Qb6+ 33.Rc5 Nc3 34.Rd2 Na4 35.e6 Nxc5 36.bxc5 Qxc5+ 37.Kxg2 Kc8 38.Qg4 Qe7 39.Ra2 1-0
Akopian,Vladimir - Leko,Peter
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 c5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Bxb5 cxd4 17.Rd1 Qd5 18.Bf1 Rac8 19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Rxd4 Qf5 21.Rf4 Qe5 22.Bd2 Qxb2 23.Rd1 Ba6 24.Qe1 Bxf1 25.Qxf1 Rfd8 26.Rb4 Qc2 27.Rc4 Qa2 28.Rdc1 Rxd2 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 Qxa3 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Qb1+ f5 33.g3 Rb2 34.Qd1 Qb4 35.h4 a5 36.Qf3 a4 37.Kg2 a3 38.Qa8 Qe4+ 39.Qxe4 fxe4 40.Ra8 a2 41.h5 g5 42.hxg6+ Kxg6 43.g4 e5 44.Kg3 Re2 45.Ra5 Kf6 46.Ra6+ Kf7 47.Ra5 Ke6 48.Kh4 Rxf2 49.Kh5 Rg2 50.Kxh6 Rxg4 51.Rxa2 Rg3 52.Kh5 Kf5 53.Kh4 Rxe3 54.Ra8 Rf3 55.Rf8+ Ke6 56.Re8+ Kd5 57.Rd8+ Kc4 58.Kg4 Rf1 59.Rc8+ Kd3 60.Rd8+ Ke2 61.Ra8 Rg1+ 0-1
Standings:
Grischuk at +2
Aronian, Svidler, Leko, Alekseev, Karjakin at +1
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R2
Svidler,Peter - Ivanchuk,Vassily [C78]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 0-0 9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ne3 Bf8 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Nf5 d5 16.axb5 dxe4 17.dxe4 axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.e5 Ne4 20.e6 fxe6 21.Nxd4 Rd8 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.g5 Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Bc5 25.Qe5 Bxf2+ 26.Kf1 Qf8 27.gxh6 Bxe1+ 28.Bf4 Nd2+ 29.Ke2 1-0
Aronian,Levon - Akopian,Vladimir [D45]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 b6 8.Bb2 a5 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Qe2 axb4 13.axb4 Bb7 14.h3 bxc5 15.bxc5 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 Ra8 17.Qd1 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 h6 19.Qa4 Bd8 20.Na2 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Bxa5 22.Bc3 Bc7 23.Nd2 Kf8 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Ba5 Kd8 26.Nb4 Nb8 27.Kf1 Bxa5 28.Nxa5 Kc7 29.Ke2 Bc8 30.Nb3 Ng8 31.f3 Ne7 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 Nd7 34.Ke3 Bb7 35.Bc4 Nf6 36.Nd2 Nd7 37.Ba2 Kd8 38.Nc4 Nc8 39.Bb3 Kc7 40.e5 f6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Nf4 Nf8 43.Nd6 Kd7 44.Nh5 fxe5 45.dxe5 Ne7 46.g3 g5 47.Nf6+ Kc7 48.Nf7 Bf1 49.Nxh6 Bxh3 50.Ne4 g4 51.Kd4 Bg2 52.Nf6 Bd5 53.Bd1 Bf3 54.Bc2 Kd8 55.Ne4 Nd5 56.Nf2 Ne7 57.Bd3 Kc7 58.Be4 Bxe4 59.Kxe4 Nd7 60.Nd3 Nd5 61.Nxg4 Kd8 62.Nh2 Nc3+ 63.Ke3 Nd5+ 64.Kd4 Ne7 65.Ke4 Ng6 66.Nf3 Ke7 67.Nd4 Nb8 68.Kf3 Kf7 69.Kg4 Ne7 70.Kh5 Nf5 71.Ne2 Ne3 72.g4 Nd5 73.g5 Nd7 74.g6+ Kg7 75.Kg5 Kg8 76.Nef4 Nxf4 77.Kxf4 Kf8 78.Kg4 Kg8 79.Kh5 Kh8 80.Kh6 Kg8 81.Kg5 Kg7 82.Nf4 Nxe5 83.Nxe6+ Kg8 84.Kf6 Nd7+ 85.Kf5 Kh8 86.Kg5 Kg8 87.Kh6 Ne5 88.Nd4 Ng4+ 89.Kg5 Ne5 90.Nf5 Kh8 91.Kf6 Ng4+ 92.Ke6 Kg8 93.Ne7+ Kg7 94.Nxc6 1-0
Standings:
Aronian - 2
Grischuk, Svidler - 1.5
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 0-0 9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ne3 Bf8 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Nf5 d5 16.axb5 dxe4 17.dxe4 axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.e5 Ne4 20.e6 fxe6 21.Nxd4 Rd8 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.g5 Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Bc5 25.Qe5 Bxf2+ 26.Kf1 Qf8 27.gxh6 Bxe1+ 28.Bf4 Nd2+ 29.Ke2 1-0
Aronian,Levon - Akopian,Vladimir [D45]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 b6 8.Bb2 a5 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Qe2 axb4 13.axb4 Bb7 14.h3 bxc5 15.bxc5 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 Ra8 17.Qd1 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 h6 19.Qa4 Bd8 20.Na2 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Bxa5 22.Bc3 Bc7 23.Nd2 Kf8 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Ba5 Kd8 26.Nb4 Nb8 27.Kf1 Bxa5 28.Nxa5 Kc7 29.Ke2 Bc8 30.Nb3 Ng8 31.f3 Ne7 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 Nd7 34.Ke3 Bb7 35.Bc4 Nf6 36.Nd2 Nd7 37.Ba2 Kd8 38.Nc4 Nc8 39.Bb3 Kc7 40.e5 f6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Nf4 Nf8 43.Nd6 Kd7 44.Nh5 fxe5 45.dxe5 Ne7 46.g3 g5 47.Nf6+ Kc7 48.Nf7 Bf1 49.Nxh6 Bxh3 50.Ne4 g4 51.Kd4 Bg2 52.Nf6 Bd5 53.Bd1 Bf3 54.Bc2 Kd8 55.Ne4 Nd5 56.Nf2 Ne7 57.Bd3 Kc7 58.Be4 Bxe4 59.Kxe4 Nd7 60.Nd3 Nd5 61.Nxg4 Kd8 62.Nh2 Nc3+ 63.Ke3 Nd5+ 64.Kd4 Ne7 65.Ke4 Ng6 66.Nf3 Ke7 67.Nd4 Nb8 68.Kf3 Kf7 69.Kg4 Ne7 70.Kh5 Nf5 71.Ne2 Ne3 72.g4 Nd5 73.g5 Nd7 74.g6+ Kg7 75.Kg5 Kg8 76.Nef4 Nxf4 77.Kxf4 Kf8 78.Kg4 Kg8 79.Kh5 Kh8 80.Kh6 Kg8 81.Kg5 Kg7 82.Nf4 Nxe5 83.Nxe6+ Kg8 84.Kf6 Nd7+ 85.Kf5 Kh8 86.Kg5 Kg8 87.Kh6 Ne5 88.Nd4 Ng4+ 89.Kg5 Ne5 90.Nf5 Kh8 91.Kf6 Ng4+ 92.Ke6 Kg8 93.Ne7+ Kg7 94.Nxc6 1-0
Standings:
Aronian - 2
Grischuk, Svidler - 1.5
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Grand Prix Nalchik R1
Grischuk Alexander - Gelfand Boris
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7 16.Qd3 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Rab8 18.a4 cxd4 19.exd4 Ba8 20.Qf5 Qxc3 21.Qxd7 Qc7 22.Qf5 Rb6 23.Ne5 g6 24.Qf4 Bg5 25.Qg4 a6 26.h4 Bf6 27.Bd3 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 h5 29.Qf4 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Re8 31.Rc1 Qd7 32.Bxa6 d4 33.Bc4 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.Rd1 Rxe5 36.Rxd4 Bc6 37.Bb3 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Rb1 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 Rb4 41.g3 f4 42.a5 fxg3+ 43.fxg3 Ra4 44.Rxh5 Kg7 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.g4 f6 47.h5+ Kg7 48.g5 fxg5 49.Rxg5+ Kf6 50.Rb5 1-0
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar - Aronian Levon
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.a4 Nxc4 8.dxc4 d6 9.b3 Be6 10.a5 c6 11.a6 b6 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.f4 Rad8 14.Kh1 Bc8 15.Bb2 Ng4 16.Qd3 exf4 17.Nxf4 Bh4 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.h3 Ne5 20.Nd1 Bg5 21.Nh5 Qe7 22.Ne3 g6 23.Nf4 Nd7 24.Nh5 Qxe4 25.Qf2 f5 26.Ng4 gxh5 27.Nh6+ Bxh6 28.Qg3+ Kf7 29.Rae1 Rg8 30.Qf2 Qxg2+ 31.Qxg2 Rxg2 32.Kxg2 0-1
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
April 1 Rating List
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2812 17 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 14 1969
3 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 27 1990
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 0 1975
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 27 1987
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2754 37 1982
7 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2753 5 1983
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 13 1977
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 0 1979
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2748 14 1983
11 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2747 23 1978
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 37 1969
13 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 0 1972
14 Wang, Yue g CHN 2738 38 1987
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