Ivanchuk,V (2740) - Bu Xiangzhi (2708) [A11]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Ne5 Bh5 8.cxb5 cxb5 9.Bxb5+ axb5 10.Nxb5 e6 11.Nc7+ Ke7 12.Nxa8 Nfd7 13.Ba3+ Kf6 14.Bb2 Nxe5 15.f4 Nbd7 16.Nc7 Bg6 17.Bxe5+ Nxe5 18.fxe5+ Kxe5 19.Qc3+ Kf5 20.0-0+ Kg5 21.a4 Kh6 22.Rf3 Bf5 23.Raf1 Bd6 24.Nb5 Bb8 25.Nd4 Be4 26.Rh3+ Kg6 27.d3 Bf5 28.Rhf3 Be5 29.Qe1 Bxd4 30.Rg3+ Kh6 31.exd4 g6 32.Rgf3 1-0
Cheparinov,I (2696) - Topalov,V (2767) [C11]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Be7 9.c3 0-0 10.g3 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Nc5 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Kh1 Ne4 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.c4 a5 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.g4 Rfd8 21.Qf2 Be8 22.f5 Qxe5 23.fxe6 Nxe6 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Rde1 Qxg4 26.Bd4 Qh4 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Re1 Qg5 29.Re5 Qc1+ 30.Re1 Qg5 31.Re5 f5 32.h4 Qg4 33.Kh2 dxc4 34.Bh3 Qd1 35.Re1 Rxd4 36.Rxd1 Rxd1 37.Bf1 Bf7 38.Be2 0-1
Standings:
Ivanchuk - 3
Topalov - 2
Cheparinov - 1.5
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
Sofia Round 2
Topalov,V (2767) - Ivanchuk,V (2740) [C11]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Be2 0-0 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Bf3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nb6 14.Ne2 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Bd7 16.b3 Bb5 17.Nc3 Rfc8 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Be2 Nd7 20.Ra2 Nb8 21.0-0 Nc6 22.Qd2 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qa5 24.Qxa5 Rxa5 25.Raa1 Rca8 26.Rad1 Rxa3 27.Bxb5 Nb4 28.c4 R8a5 29.f5 exf5 30.g4 Rxb3 31.gxf5 Re3 32.Rb1 Nd3 {Things are looking better for White, who might be slightly better. Unfortunately his super-aggressive continuation does not really work.} 33.e6? d4 34.Be8 Nc5? {Better is 34...Kf8 – both players are in time trouble.} 35.Bxf7+ Kf8 36.f6 gxf6 37.Rxf6 Ke7 38.Rh6 d3 39.Rxh7 d2 {Black is now clearly better, but White can still fight and hope to hold the draw. Unfortunately on the last move before the time control Topalov falters.} 40.Rg1? {This allows a forced win.} 41...Re1 41.Bh5+ Kxe6 42.Rhg7 Ne4 43.R7g6+ Ke5 0-1
Standings:
Ivanchuk - 2
Cheparinov - 1.5
Topalov - 1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Be2 0-0 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Bf3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nb6 14.Ne2 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Bd7 16.b3 Bb5 17.Nc3 Rfc8 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Be2 Nd7 20.Ra2 Nb8 21.0-0 Nc6 22.Qd2 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qa5 24.Qxa5 Rxa5 25.Raa1 Rca8 26.Rad1 Rxa3 27.Bxb5 Nb4 28.c4 R8a5 29.f5 exf5 30.g4 Rxb3 31.gxf5 Re3 32.Rb1 Nd3 {Things are looking better for White, who might be slightly better. Unfortunately his super-aggressive continuation does not really work.} 33.e6? d4 34.Be8 Nc5? {Better is 34...Kf8 – both players are in time trouble.} 35.Bxf7+ Kf8 36.f6 gxf6 37.Rxf6 Ke7 38.Rh6 d3 39.Rxh7 d2 {Black is now clearly better, but White can still fight and hope to hold the draw. Unfortunately on the last move before the time control Topalov falters.} 40.Rg1? {This allows a forced win.} 41...Re1 41.Bh5+ Kxe6 42.Rhg7 Ne4 43.R7g6+ Ke5 0-1
Standings:
Ivanchuk - 2
Cheparinov - 1.5
Topalov - 1
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Sofia Round 1 - Three Decisive Games
Radjabov,T (2751) - Ivanchuk,V (2740) [E15]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 Re8 14.Bh3 Bb7 15.Nd2 e5 16.Rad1 h6 17.f3 exd4 18.Bxd4 Ne5 19.Nf1 Nh5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.e4 Qf6 22.Ne3 Qxf3 23.Bg2 Qf6 24.Ng4 Qe7 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Qf2 Bc6 27.a4 Qc5 28.Qxc5 bxc5 29.Re3 Kf8 30.Red3 Ke7 31.Rd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nf6 33.Rxc5 Kd6 34.Rb5 Ra7 35.h4 Nd7 36.Rd5+ Ke7 37.Bh3 c6 38.Rxd7+ Rxd7 39.Bxd7 Kxd7 40.c5 h5 41.Kf2 g6 42.Ke2 f5 43.exf5 gxf5 44.Kd3 Ke6 45.Kc4 f4 46.gxf4 exf4 47.Kd4 Kf5 48.Kd3 f3 0-1
Aronian,L (2763) - Topalov,V (2767) [E00]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bc3 0-0 9.0-0 d5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Qb3 Bf6 14.N2f3 Bg4 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.Qa4 Bxf3 17.exf3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Qd7 19.b4 b6 20.Rac1 Rbc8 21.Bb2 Rfd8 22.Rc2 Ne7 23.Rxc8 Nxc8 24.b5 Ne7 25.Qb3 Nf5 26.a4 h5 27.h3 Qe6 28.Kg2 Qe2 29.g4 Nh4+ 30.Kg3 Ng6 31.gxh5 Ne7 32.Kg2 Nf5 33.Bd4 Qe7 34.Qd3 Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Re8 36.Bb2 Re3 37.fxe3 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qxf3+ 39.Kg1 Nxe3 40.Rd2 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Qxh3+ 42.Kg1 Qg3+ 43.Kh1 Qe1+ 44.Kh2 Qxd2+ 45.Qxd2 Nf1+ 46.Kg2 Nxd2 47.Be5 Ne4 48.Kf3 Nc5 49.Ke3 Nxa4 50.Kd4 Nc5 51.Kxd5 a6 52.bxa6 Nxa6 53.Kc6 Nc5 54.Bc7 Kh7 55.Bxb6 Ne4 56.Be3 Nf6 57.Kd6 Nxh5 58.Ke5 Kg6 59.Bd2 f5 60.Be1 Kg5 0-1
Cheparinov,I (2696) - Bu Xiangzhi (2708) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a5 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.Bb5 Nbd7 13.Qf2 Rfc8 14.Kb1 Bc4 15.g4 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Qc6 17.a4 Ne8 18.Rd3 Qc4 19.Nc3 Nc7 20.Bb6 Nxb6 21.Qxb6 Qb4 22.Qxb4 axb4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxa4 25.Rb5 Ra7 26.Rxb4 g6 27.Rd1 f5 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Rd5 fxe4 30.fxe4 Kf7 31.c3 h5 32.Na5 Rc7 33.Nc4 Ke6 34.Ne3 Bd8 35.Nf5 Rd7 36.c4 b6 37.Rb3 Ra4 38.Rbd3 Be7 39.b3 Ra8 40.Rg3 Bf8 41.Kb2 h4 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Rg4 Rda7 44.Rxh4 Ra1 45.Rh7+ Ke6 46.Rh8 Re1 47.Ng3 Kf7 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Rb7 Rea1 50.Nf5 R8a2+ 51.Kc3 Rc1+ 52.Kb4 Rb2 53.Rb8 Rcb1 54.Rd3 Kf7 55.Rf3 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 Re8 14.Bh3 Bb7 15.Nd2 e5 16.Rad1 h6 17.f3 exd4 18.Bxd4 Ne5 19.Nf1 Nh5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.e4 Qf6 22.Ne3 Qxf3 23.Bg2 Qf6 24.Ng4 Qe7 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Qf2 Bc6 27.a4 Qc5 28.Qxc5 bxc5 29.Re3 Kf8 30.Red3 Ke7 31.Rd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nf6 33.Rxc5 Kd6 34.Rb5 Ra7 35.h4 Nd7 36.Rd5+ Ke7 37.Bh3 c6 38.Rxd7+ Rxd7 39.Bxd7 Kxd7 40.c5 h5 41.Kf2 g6 42.Ke2 f5 43.exf5 gxf5 44.Kd3 Ke6 45.Kc4 f4 46.gxf4 exf4 47.Kd4 Kf5 48.Kd3 f3 0-1
Aronian,L (2763) - Topalov,V (2767) [E00]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bc3 0-0 9.0-0 d5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Qb3 Bf6 14.N2f3 Bg4 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.Qa4 Bxf3 17.exf3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Qd7 19.b4 b6 20.Rac1 Rbc8 21.Bb2 Rfd8 22.Rc2 Ne7 23.Rxc8 Nxc8 24.b5 Ne7 25.Qb3 Nf5 26.a4 h5 27.h3 Qe6 28.Kg2 Qe2 29.g4 Nh4+ 30.Kg3 Ng6 31.gxh5 Ne7 32.Kg2 Nf5 33.Bd4 Qe7 34.Qd3 Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Re8 36.Bb2 Re3 37.fxe3 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qxf3+ 39.Kg1 Nxe3 40.Rd2 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Qxh3+ 42.Kg1 Qg3+ 43.Kh1 Qe1+ 44.Kh2 Qxd2+ 45.Qxd2 Nf1+ 46.Kg2 Nxd2 47.Be5 Ne4 48.Kf3 Nc5 49.Ke3 Nxa4 50.Kd4 Nc5 51.Kxd5 a6 52.bxa6 Nxa6 53.Kc6 Nc5 54.Bc7 Kh7 55.Bxb6 Ne4 56.Be3 Nf6 57.Kd6 Nxh5 58.Ke5 Kg6 59.Bd2 f5 60.Be1 Kg5 0-1
Cheparinov,I (2696) - Bu Xiangzhi (2708) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a5 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.Bb5 Nbd7 13.Qf2 Rfc8 14.Kb1 Bc4 15.g4 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Qc6 17.a4 Ne8 18.Rd3 Qc4 19.Nc3 Nc7 20.Bb6 Nxb6 21.Qxb6 Qb4 22.Qxb4 axb4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxa4 25.Rb5 Ra7 26.Rxb4 g6 27.Rd1 f5 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Rd5 fxe4 30.fxe4 Kf7 31.c3 h5 32.Na5 Rc7 33.Nc4 Ke6 34.Ne3 Bd8 35.Nf5 Rd7 36.c4 b6 37.Rb3 Ra4 38.Rbd3 Be7 39.b3 Ra8 40.Rg3 Bf8 41.Kb2 h4 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Rg4 Rda7 44.Rxh4 Ra1 45.Rh7+ Ke6 46.Rh8 Re1 47.Ng3 Kf7 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Rb7 Rea1 50.Nf5 R8a2+ 51.Kc3 Rc1+ 52.Kb4 Rb2 53.Rb8 Rcb1 54.Rd3 Kf7 55.Rf3 1-0
2007 Chess Oscar
World Champion Anand was selected by 130 experts. In second place was Vladimir Kramnik, and third was Gata Kamsky. This is Anand's fifth Chess Oscar – more than any other non-Russian player.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Baku Round 13 (Final) - Gashimov, Wang, Carlsen Win at +3
Bacrot,E (2705) - Carlsen,M (2765) [E21]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qe7 10.e3 g5 11.Bg3 d6 12.h4 0-0-0 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Nb3 f5 15.Qc2 Rhf8 16.f3 e5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.0-0-0 Rde8 19.Bd3 Qf7 20.Rh6 Ba6 21.Nd2 exd4 22.exd4 Na5 23.Rdh1 Re7 24.Qa4 Re3 25.Rh7 Qe8 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.R7h6 Kb7 28.Bf2 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Nd5 30.Re1 Qa4 31.Qc2 Qxa3+ 32.Qb2 Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Nxc4+ 34.Nxc4 Bxc4 35.Be3 g4 36.fxg4 fxg4 37.Rg6 a5 38.Rxg4 a4 39.Rg3 a3+ 40.Kxa3 Ra8+ 41.Kb2 Ra2+ 42.Kc1 Nxc3 43.Bd2 Ne2+ 44.Rxe2 Bxe2 45.Rg7 Ra4 46.Bc3 b5 47.g4 Bf3 48.g5 b4 49.Bb2 Ra5 50.Kc2 Bd5 51.Re7 Bc4 52.Bc1 Rf5 53.Bd2 Rf2 54.g6 Rg2 55.g7 Kc6 56.Re8 Bf7 57.Rb8 b3+ 58.Kc3 Rxg7 59.Kb2 Bc4 60.Kc3 Kd5 61.Rb7 Rg3+ 62.Kb2 Kxd4 0-1
Svidler,P (2746) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [E63]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Rb8 9.Rb1 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Qd3 c5 12.e4 Nd7 13.b3 e5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Be3 b5 16.cxb5 Nxb3 17.a4 Nd4 18.Nd2 axb5 19.Nxb5 Nxb5 20.axb5 Nb6 21.Bf1 Bd7 22.Ra1 Rb7 23.Reb1 Reb8 24.Ra6 Qd8 25.Qa3 Nc8 26.Ra8 Bf8 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Qa6 Nb6 29.Nc4 Nxc4 30.Bxc4 Ra8 31.Qb7 f6 32.b6 Rb8 33.Qa7 Ra8 34.Qb7 Rb8 35.Qa7 Ra8 36.Bxc5 dxc5 37.d6+ Kh8 38.Qc7 Rb8 39.b7 Be7 40.Qxc5 Bf8 41.Qc7 Bb5 42.Qxd8 Rxd8 43.Rxb5 Bxd6 44.Rd5 1-0
Navara,D (2672) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [D12]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Be2 Bh5 11.0-0-0 dxc4 12.Qxc4 a6 13.g4 b5 14.Qd3 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.f4 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Kb1 Nc6 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.h4 Rd8 22.Qc3 Bb4 23.Qxf6 Bxd2 24.h5 Qxe3 25.hxg6 Qe4+ 26.Ka1 Rf8 27.gxf7+ Kd7 28.Rxd2+ Kc7 29.Rxd8 Qxh1+ 30.Rd1 Qe4 31.Bd3 Qf3 32.Rc1 Qxd3 33.Qe7+ 1-0
Final Standings:
Overall Grand Prix Standings after this first tournament:
Gashimov, Wang, Carlsen = 153.33
Memadyarov, Grischuk = 105
Adams, Svidler = 85
Radjabov, Kamsky, Karjakin = 60
Cheparinov, Navara = 35
Bacrot, Inarkiev = 15
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qe7 10.e3 g5 11.Bg3 d6 12.h4 0-0-0 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Nb3 f5 15.Qc2 Rhf8 16.f3 e5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.0-0-0 Rde8 19.Bd3 Qf7 20.Rh6 Ba6 21.Nd2 exd4 22.exd4 Na5 23.Rdh1 Re7 24.Qa4 Re3 25.Rh7 Qe8 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.R7h6 Kb7 28.Bf2 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Nd5 30.Re1 Qa4 31.Qc2 Qxa3+ 32.Qb2 Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Nxc4+ 34.Nxc4 Bxc4 35.Be3 g4 36.fxg4 fxg4 37.Rg6 a5 38.Rxg4 a4 39.Rg3 a3+ 40.Kxa3 Ra8+ 41.Kb2 Ra2+ 42.Kc1 Nxc3 43.Bd2 Ne2+ 44.Rxe2 Bxe2 45.Rg7 Ra4 46.Bc3 b5 47.g4 Bf3 48.g5 b4 49.Bb2 Ra5 50.Kc2 Bd5 51.Re7 Bc4 52.Bc1 Rf5 53.Bd2 Rf2 54.g6 Rg2 55.g7 Kc6 56.Re8 Bf7 57.Rb8 b3+ 58.Kc3 Rxg7 59.Kb2 Bc4 60.Kc3 Kd5 61.Rb7 Rg3+ 62.Kb2 Kxd4 0-1
Svidler,P (2746) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [E63]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Rb8 9.Rb1 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Qd3 c5 12.e4 Nd7 13.b3 e5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Be3 b5 16.cxb5 Nxb3 17.a4 Nd4 18.Nd2 axb5 19.Nxb5 Nxb5 20.axb5 Nb6 21.Bf1 Bd7 22.Ra1 Rb7 23.Reb1 Reb8 24.Ra6 Qd8 25.Qa3 Nc8 26.Ra8 Bf8 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Qa6 Nb6 29.Nc4 Nxc4 30.Bxc4 Ra8 31.Qb7 f6 32.b6 Rb8 33.Qa7 Ra8 34.Qb7 Rb8 35.Qa7 Ra8 36.Bxc5 dxc5 37.d6+ Kh8 38.Qc7 Rb8 39.b7 Be7 40.Qxc5 Bf8 41.Qc7 Bb5 42.Qxd8 Rxd8 43.Rxb5 Bxd6 44.Rd5 1-0
Navara,D (2672) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [D12]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Be2 Bh5 11.0-0-0 dxc4 12.Qxc4 a6 13.g4 b5 14.Qd3 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.f4 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Kb1 Nc6 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.h4 Rd8 22.Qc3 Bb4 23.Qxf6 Bxd2 24.h5 Qxe3 25.hxg6 Qe4+ 26.Ka1 Rf8 27.gxf7+ Kd7 28.Rxd2+ Kc7 29.Rxd8 Qxh1+ 30.Rd1 Qe4 31.Bd3 Qf3 32.Rc1 Qxd3 33.Qe7+ 1-0
Final Standings:
Overall Grand Prix Standings after this first tournament:
Gashimov, Wang, Carlsen = 153.33
Memadyarov, Grischuk = 105
Adams, Svidler = 85
Radjabov, Kamsky, Karjakin = 60
Cheparinov, Navara = 35
Bacrot, Inarkiev = 15
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Baku Round 12 - Five Decisive Games
Carlsen,M (2765) - Adams,Mi (2729) [E37]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Qa5+ 11.b4 Nxb4 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Ne2 a6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.f3 Ba4 17.Qb2 Qxb2 18.Bxb2 Ng5 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Kf2 f6 21.Ra1 Ke7 22.Bc2 Rhd8 23.h4 Nf7 24.Bxh7 Rh8 25.Bc2 Rxh4 26.Bb3 Rh5 27.Ne2 Bc6 28.Nf4 Rg5 29.b5 Bxb5 30.Nxd5+ Kf8 31.Nc7 Rd8 32.Ne6+ Ke8 33.Bd4 Bd7 34.Nxd8 Nxd8 35.Rh1 Ke7 36.e4 Ne6 37.Be3 Re5 38.Rh7 Kf8 39.Bc2 Bc6 40.f4 Bxe4 41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.Rb8 Nd8 43.fxe5 Bxc2 44.exf6+ gxf6 45.Bd4 f5 46.Be3 Kd7 47.Bg5 Ne6 48.Rxb7+ Kc8 49.Rb2 Be4 50.Be7 Nf4 51.Ra2 Kd7 52.Bd6 Nxg2 53.Rxa6 f4 54.Ra4 Bc6 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.Ra6 Kd5 1-0
Radjabov,T (2751) - Navara,D (2672) [B46]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Na5 12.Nd2 Be8 13.Bd3 d5 14.e5 d4 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nde4 Be7 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 dxe3 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Nef6+ Bxf6 21.Nxf6+ Kh8 22.Qh5 h6 23.Raf1 Nb4 24.Rg5 e2 25.Bxe2 Qd2 26.Rg3 Nxc2 27.Bd3 Ne3 28.Qg5 Qxg2+ 29.Rxg2 hxg5 30.Rxg5 g6 31.Rf3 Kg7 32.h4 Rd8 33.Nh5+ Kh6 34.Nf4 Nf5 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Rg8+ 37.Kf2 Rg4 38.Rh5+ Kg7 39.Rg5+ Rxg5 40.hxg5 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.a5 Rb5 43.Kh4 Rxa5 44.Nh5+ Kg8 45.Nf6+ Kf8 46.Kh5 Ra1 47.Rh3 Bc6 0-1
Gashimov,V (2679) - Grischuk,A (2716) [C72]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Nxd4 9.hxg4 Nxb3 10.axb3 hxg4 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Qd3 Rb8 13.Rxa6 f6 14.Nc3 fxg5 15.Bxg5 Be7 16.f4 gxf3 17.Qxf3 Nf6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qf7+ Kd8 20.Qxg7 Kc8 21.Qxh8+ Kb7 22.Qh7 Qg4 23.exd5 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Bxg5 25.Rfa1 Be3 26.Ra7+ Qxa7 27.Rxa7+ Bxa7 28.g4 Rf8 29.g5 Rf2 30.Qe4 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rf4 32.Qxf4 exf4 33.c3 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Bacrot,E (2705) [D15]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Qd2 b6 8.e4 bxc5 9.exd5 cxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 g6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Qxe5 Rg8 15.Bc4 Bg7 16.Qe2 Bd4 17.0-0 Kf8 18.Rfe1 Rb8 19.Rad1 Rb6 20.Rd3 Bf5 21.Rd2 Qd6 22.Qf3 Kg7 23.Rde2 Qf6 24.Nd1 Re8 25.b3 Bd7 26.Qg3 Rd6 27.Re4 h6 28.h4 Kf8 29.Rf4 Qg7 30.Rfe4 Qf6 31.Ne3 h5 32.Nc2 Bf5 33.Rf4 Bc3 34.Re2 Qg7 35.Ne3 Bd7 36.Re4 f5 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Ng4 f4 39.Qxc3 Qg7 40.Ne5 Bg4 41.Re1 Kg8 42.a4 Qf6 43.a5 Kg7 44.g3 fxg3 45.Qxg3 Bc8 46.Kh2 Rf8 47.Nd3 Bg4 48.Kg1 Rc8 49.Re5 Bf3 50.Kh2 Rcd8 51.Rg5 Rf8 52.Nxc5 Qa1 53.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 54.Rxe5 Rf5 55.Rxf5 gxf5 56.b4 Rg6 57.Ne6+ Kf6 58.Ng5 Bd1 59.Bxa6 Ke5 60.Bb7 Be2 61.Nf7+ Kf6 62.Ng5 Ke5 63.Bc6 Bc4 64.f4+ Kxf4 65.b5 Ke5 66.b6 Bxd5 67.Bxd5 Kxd5 68.b7 Rg8 69.a6 Kc6 70.Ne6 Kb6 71.Nc5 Rd8 72.Nd7+ Kc7 73.b8Q+ 1-0
Kamsky,G (2726) - Svidler,P (2746) [B96]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qh5 Qc5 10.Qxc5 dxc5 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.g3 Ke7 13.Bg2 Ra7 14.0-0-0 Rd8 15.a4 b6 16.Nd2 Rad7 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Rxd7+ Bxd7 19.Re1 Be8 20.Na3 Kf8 21.Bf1 Bc6 22.b3 Bb7 23.Rd1 Rd4 24.Bd3 Nc6 25.Ne2 Rd8 26.c3 Ke7 27.Bc2 Rb8 28.Bd3 Na7 29.c4 Nc6 30.Nc2 h5 31.h4 Rg8 32.Kd2 Nd4 33.Ncxd4 cxd4 34.b4 e5 35.c5 bxc5 36.Rc1 f5 37.exf5 e4 38.Bc4 d3 39.Nc3 Rxg3 40.Nxe4 Bxf4+ 0-1
Standings:
Gashimov, Wang - 7.5
Carlsen, Memadyarov, Grischuk - 7
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Qa5+ 11.b4 Nxb4 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Ne2 a6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.f3 Ba4 17.Qb2 Qxb2 18.Bxb2 Ng5 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Kf2 f6 21.Ra1 Ke7 22.Bc2 Rhd8 23.h4 Nf7 24.Bxh7 Rh8 25.Bc2 Rxh4 26.Bb3 Rh5 27.Ne2 Bc6 28.Nf4 Rg5 29.b5 Bxb5 30.Nxd5+ Kf8 31.Nc7 Rd8 32.Ne6+ Ke8 33.Bd4 Bd7 34.Nxd8 Nxd8 35.Rh1 Ke7 36.e4 Ne6 37.Be3 Re5 38.Rh7 Kf8 39.Bc2 Bc6 40.f4 Bxe4 41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.Rb8 Nd8 43.fxe5 Bxc2 44.exf6+ gxf6 45.Bd4 f5 46.Be3 Kd7 47.Bg5 Ne6 48.Rxb7+ Kc8 49.Rb2 Be4 50.Be7 Nf4 51.Ra2 Kd7 52.Bd6 Nxg2 53.Rxa6 f4 54.Ra4 Bc6 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.Ra6 Kd5 1-0
Radjabov,T (2751) - Navara,D (2672) [B46]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Na5 12.Nd2 Be8 13.Bd3 d5 14.e5 d4 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nde4 Be7 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 dxe3 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Nef6+ Bxf6 21.Nxf6+ Kh8 22.Qh5 h6 23.Raf1 Nb4 24.Rg5 e2 25.Bxe2 Qd2 26.Rg3 Nxc2 27.Bd3 Ne3 28.Qg5 Qxg2+ 29.Rxg2 hxg5 30.Rxg5 g6 31.Rf3 Kg7 32.h4 Rd8 33.Nh5+ Kh6 34.Nf4 Nf5 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Rg8+ 37.Kf2 Rg4 38.Rh5+ Kg7 39.Rg5+ Rxg5 40.hxg5 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.a5 Rb5 43.Kh4 Rxa5 44.Nh5+ Kg8 45.Nf6+ Kf8 46.Kh5 Ra1 47.Rh3 Bc6 0-1
Gashimov,V (2679) - Grischuk,A (2716) [C72]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Nxd4 9.hxg4 Nxb3 10.axb3 hxg4 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Qd3 Rb8 13.Rxa6 f6 14.Nc3 fxg5 15.Bxg5 Be7 16.f4 gxf3 17.Qxf3 Nf6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qf7+ Kd8 20.Qxg7 Kc8 21.Qxh8+ Kb7 22.Qh7 Qg4 23.exd5 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Bxg5 25.Rfa1 Be3 26.Ra7+ Qxa7 27.Rxa7+ Bxa7 28.g4 Rf8 29.g5 Rf2 30.Qe4 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rf4 32.Qxf4 exf4 33.c3 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Bacrot,E (2705) [D15]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Qd2 b6 8.e4 bxc5 9.exd5 cxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 g6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Qxe5 Rg8 15.Bc4 Bg7 16.Qe2 Bd4 17.0-0 Kf8 18.Rfe1 Rb8 19.Rad1 Rb6 20.Rd3 Bf5 21.Rd2 Qd6 22.Qf3 Kg7 23.Rde2 Qf6 24.Nd1 Re8 25.b3 Bd7 26.Qg3 Rd6 27.Re4 h6 28.h4 Kf8 29.Rf4 Qg7 30.Rfe4 Qf6 31.Ne3 h5 32.Nc2 Bf5 33.Rf4 Bc3 34.Re2 Qg7 35.Ne3 Bd7 36.Re4 f5 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Ng4 f4 39.Qxc3 Qg7 40.Ne5 Bg4 41.Re1 Kg8 42.a4 Qf6 43.a5 Kg7 44.g3 fxg3 45.Qxg3 Bc8 46.Kh2 Rf8 47.Nd3 Bg4 48.Kg1 Rc8 49.Re5 Bf3 50.Kh2 Rcd8 51.Rg5 Rf8 52.Nxc5 Qa1 53.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 54.Rxe5 Rf5 55.Rxf5 gxf5 56.b4 Rg6 57.Ne6+ Kf6 58.Ng5 Bd1 59.Bxa6 Ke5 60.Bb7 Be2 61.Nf7+ Kf6 62.Ng5 Ke5 63.Bc6 Bc4 64.f4+ Kxf4 65.b5 Ke5 66.b6 Bxd5 67.Bxd5 Kxd5 68.b7 Rg8 69.a6 Kc6 70.Ne6 Kb6 71.Nc5 Rd8 72.Nd7+ Kc7 73.b8Q+ 1-0
Kamsky,G (2726) - Svidler,P (2746) [B96]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qh5 Qc5 10.Qxc5 dxc5 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.g3 Ke7 13.Bg2 Ra7 14.0-0-0 Rd8 15.a4 b6 16.Nd2 Rad7 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Rxd7+ Bxd7 19.Re1 Be8 20.Na3 Kf8 21.Bf1 Bc6 22.b3 Bb7 23.Rd1 Rd4 24.Bd3 Nc6 25.Ne2 Rd8 26.c3 Ke7 27.Bc2 Rb8 28.Bd3 Na7 29.c4 Nc6 30.Nc2 h5 31.h4 Rg8 32.Kd2 Nd4 33.Ncxd4 cxd4 34.b4 e5 35.c5 bxc5 36.Rc1 f5 37.exf5 e4 38.Bc4 d3 39.Nc3 Rxg3 40.Nxe4 Bxf4+ 0-1
Standings:
Gashimov, Wang - 7.5
Carlsen, Memadyarov, Grischuk - 7
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Baku Round 11
Wang Yue (2689) - Svidler,P (2746) [D80]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0-0 Na5 14.Qb4 Rac8 15.Ne5 Qd6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qa4 c5 18.e4 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bg4 Ra8 22.Bc7 cxd4 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Be2 e5 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.f3 a6 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Bd5 dxc3 30.Bxc6 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxc6 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.Rxc3 Kd6 34.Rd3+ Kc6 35.g4 Be6 36.a3 g5 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.Rd1 b5 39.h4 h6 40.Rh1 Kd6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rh5 f6 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Rh7+ Bf7 45.Rh8 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Rc7 1-0
Bacrot,E (2705) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [C69]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.d3 Qg4 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Re1 h6 11.h3 Qh5 12.Re5 g5 13.Ne2 Qg6 14.Ned4 Bd7 15.Qe2 f6 16.Ne6 Kf7 17.d4 Bd6 18.Nc5 fxe5 19.Nxd7 Qf5 20.Ndxe5+ Kg7 21.Nc4 Rf8 22.Nxd6 cxd6 23.Qe7+ 0-1
Standings:
Wang, Grischuk - 7
Gashimov - 6.5
Carlsen, Memadyarov, Adams - 6
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0-0 Na5 14.Qb4 Rac8 15.Ne5 Qd6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qa4 c5 18.e4 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bg4 Ra8 22.Bc7 cxd4 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Be2 e5 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.f3 a6 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Bd5 dxc3 30.Bxc6 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxc6 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.Rxc3 Kd6 34.Rd3+ Kc6 35.g4 Be6 36.a3 g5 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.Rd1 b5 39.h4 h6 40.Rh1 Kd6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rh5 f6 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Rh7+ Bf7 45.Rh8 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Rc7 1-0
Bacrot,E (2705) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [C69]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.d3 Qg4 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Re1 h6 11.h3 Qh5 12.Re5 g5 13.Ne2 Qg6 14.Ned4 Bd7 15.Qe2 f6 16.Ne6 Kf7 17.d4 Bd6 18.Nc5 fxe5 19.Nxd7 Qf5 20.Ndxe5+ Kg7 21.Nc4 Rf8 22.Nxd6 cxd6 23.Qe7+ 0-1
Standings:
Wang, Grischuk - 7
Gashimov - 6.5
Carlsen, Memadyarov, Adams - 6
Friday, May 02, 2008
Baku Round 10
Radjabov,T (2751) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [B10]
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b4 a5 9.bxa5 Qxa5 10.Bb2 d4 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.c3 dxc3 13.Bxc3 c5 14.Nfd2 b5 15.Qc2 Na6 16.Rfc1 Be6 17.Nf1 Nc6 18.Ne3 c4 19.dxc4 bxc4 20.Nd5 cxb3 21.Nxc7 bxc2 22.Nxa8 Nd4 23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Ba5 Bh6 25.Bf1 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 Nc6 27.Rxc2 Nxa5 28.Nd5 Nb4 29.Rc5 Nbc6 30.a4 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rb7 32.h4 Ra7 33.Nc3 Bd7 34.Bb5 Nb3 35.Rd5 Nbd4 36.f4 exf4 37.gxf4 Nxb5 38.axb5 Ne7 39.Rc5 Rb7 40.h5 Nc8 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.Kg3 Na7 43.f5 Nxb5 0-1
Standings:
Grischuk - 6.5
Wang, Gashimov - 6
Memadyarov, Carlsen, Adams - 5.5
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b4 a5 9.bxa5 Qxa5 10.Bb2 d4 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.c3 dxc3 13.Bxc3 c5 14.Nfd2 b5 15.Qc2 Na6 16.Rfc1 Be6 17.Nf1 Nc6 18.Ne3 c4 19.dxc4 bxc4 20.Nd5 cxb3 21.Nxc7 bxc2 22.Nxa8 Nd4 23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Ba5 Bh6 25.Bf1 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 Nc6 27.Rxc2 Nxa5 28.Nd5 Nb4 29.Rc5 Nbc6 30.a4 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rb7 32.h4 Ra7 33.Nc3 Bd7 34.Bb5 Nb3 35.Rd5 Nbd4 36.f4 exf4 37.gxf4 Nxb5 38.axb5 Ne7 39.Rc5 Rb7 40.h5 Nc8 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.Kg3 Na7 43.f5 Nxb5 0-1
Standings:
Grischuk - 6.5
Wang, Gashimov - 6
Memadyarov, Carlsen, Adams - 5.5
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Baku Round 9
Navara,D (2672) - Mamedyarov,S (2752) [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.Na4 Qc7 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.h3 c5 15.c4 d4 16.b3 Bb7 17.Nb2 0-0-0 18.Be4 Rdg8 19.Nd3 Rg7 20.a3 Rhg8 21.Bxb7+ Qxb7 22.f3 g4 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.f4 Rh7 25.Nf2 Rgh8 26.Rb1 a5 27.Qxg4 Kc7 28.f5 Qa8 29.Ne4 Rg8 30.Qf3 Bh4 31.fxe6 fxe6 32.Bxh4 Rxh4 33.Nd2 Qd8 34.b4 Rf8 35.Qg3 Rg8 36.Qf3 Rhg4 37.Re2 Rg3 38.Qh5 d3 39.Ne4 dxe2 40.Nxg3 Rxg3 41.Qxe2 Qg5 0-1
Grischuk,A (2716) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [E62]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Rb8 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 a6 10.Rc1 Bf5 11.g4 Bd7 12.Qd2 h5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.g5 Nh7 15.Rfd1 Bf5 16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.h4 Be6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nd5 Rd7 20.Nd2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nf4 c6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Be4 Nf8 25.Nb3 Rf7 26.Kg2 d3 27.Bxd3 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Bc3 29.Nc5 Bd4 30.Ne4 Rc7 31.e3 Ba7 32.c5 Nd7 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.f4 Rc8 35.Rc3 Rf8 36.Rb3 Rb8 37.Rc3 Rf8 38.Bc2 e5 39.Rb3 Nxc5 40.Nxc5 Bxc5 41.Rxb7+ Kh8 42.f5 Rd8 43.Bb3 Rd6 44.f6 e4 45.Rg7 Rd2+ 46.Kf1 1-0
Adams,Mi (2729) - Svidler,P (2746) [B92]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.a5 Rfe8 14.h3 h6 15.Qe1 Qb8 16.Bf3 Rc4 17.Nd2 Rc6 18.Nf1 Rec8 19.Bd2 b6 20.Ne3 bxa5 21.Ncd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Rc5 23.Bxa5 e4 24.Be2 Qxb2 25.Bxa6 Rb8 26.c3 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Qb6 28.Rda1 Nc5 29.Bf1 Qd8 30.Rb5 Rc8 31.Ra7 Nfd7 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Qe3 Qf6 34.Ng3 Qe5 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Rxd7 Rxc3 37.Qe2 Qd4 38.Rd8 Rc1 39.Kh2 1-0
Radjabov,T (2751) - Kamsky,G (2726) [B41]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f3 d6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.b4 Rac8 14.Nb3 Qb8 15.Kh1 Rfe8 16.Na4 Bd8 17.Bg1 h5 18.Bf2 Bc7 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.c5 dxc5 21.bxc5 b5 22.c6 Nxc6 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 bxa4 25.Bg1 Be5 26.Qxa4 Rxc6 27.Qxc6 Rc8 28.Qxa6 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Rc1 Qb2 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 Qxa3 34.f4 Bxf4 35.e5+ g6 36.exf6 Qd6 37.Qc5 Qxc5 38.Bxc5 Be5 39.Be7 h4 40.Bc4 g5 41.Bxe6 Kg6 42.Bc8 Bxf6 43.Bxf6 Kxf6 44.g4 hxg3 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk - 6
Wang, Gashimov - 5.5
Radjabov, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Adams - 5
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.Na4 Qc7 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.h3 c5 15.c4 d4 16.b3 Bb7 17.Nb2 0-0-0 18.Be4 Rdg8 19.Nd3 Rg7 20.a3 Rhg8 21.Bxb7+ Qxb7 22.f3 g4 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.f4 Rh7 25.Nf2 Rgh8 26.Rb1 a5 27.Qxg4 Kc7 28.f5 Qa8 29.Ne4 Rg8 30.Qf3 Bh4 31.fxe6 fxe6 32.Bxh4 Rxh4 33.Nd2 Qd8 34.b4 Rf8 35.Qg3 Rg8 36.Qf3 Rhg4 37.Re2 Rg3 38.Qh5 d3 39.Ne4 dxe2 40.Nxg3 Rxg3 41.Qxe2 Qg5 0-1
Grischuk,A (2716) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [E62]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Rb8 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 a6 10.Rc1 Bf5 11.g4 Bd7 12.Qd2 h5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.g5 Nh7 15.Rfd1 Bf5 16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.h4 Be6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nd5 Rd7 20.Nd2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nf4 c6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Be4 Nf8 25.Nb3 Rf7 26.Kg2 d3 27.Bxd3 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Bc3 29.Nc5 Bd4 30.Ne4 Rc7 31.e3 Ba7 32.c5 Nd7 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.f4 Rc8 35.Rc3 Rf8 36.Rb3 Rb8 37.Rc3 Rf8 38.Bc2 e5 39.Rb3 Nxc5 40.Nxc5 Bxc5 41.Rxb7+ Kh8 42.f5 Rd8 43.Bb3 Rd6 44.f6 e4 45.Rg7 Rd2+ 46.Kf1 1-0
Adams,Mi (2729) - Svidler,P (2746) [B92]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.a5 Rfe8 14.h3 h6 15.Qe1 Qb8 16.Bf3 Rc4 17.Nd2 Rc6 18.Nf1 Rec8 19.Bd2 b6 20.Ne3 bxa5 21.Ncd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Rc5 23.Bxa5 e4 24.Be2 Qxb2 25.Bxa6 Rb8 26.c3 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Qb6 28.Rda1 Nc5 29.Bf1 Qd8 30.Rb5 Rc8 31.Ra7 Nfd7 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Qe3 Qf6 34.Ng3 Qe5 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Rxd7 Rxc3 37.Qe2 Qd4 38.Rd8 Rc1 39.Kh2 1-0
Radjabov,T (2751) - Kamsky,G (2726) [B41]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f3 d6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.b4 Rac8 14.Nb3 Qb8 15.Kh1 Rfe8 16.Na4 Bd8 17.Bg1 h5 18.Bf2 Bc7 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.c5 dxc5 21.bxc5 b5 22.c6 Nxc6 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 bxa4 25.Bg1 Be5 26.Qxa4 Rxc6 27.Qxc6 Rc8 28.Qxa6 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Rc1 Qb2 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 Qxa3 34.f4 Bxf4 35.e5+ g6 36.exf6 Qd6 37.Qc5 Qxc5 38.Bxc5 Be5 39.Be7 h4 40.Bc4 g5 41.Bxe6 Kg6 42.Bc8 Bxf6 43.Bxf6 Kxf6 44.g4 hxg3 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk - 6
Wang, Gashimov - 5.5
Radjabov, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Adams - 5
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Baku Round 8
Inarkiev,E (2684) - Navara,D (2672) [C88]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.Bd2 Bc5 12.a4 Nd4 13.axb5 Nxb3 14.cxb3 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8 16.Nxb5 d5 17.Qc2 Bb6 18.Nc3 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bb7 20.Be3 Bd4 21.Nd2 c5 22.Na4 Nd7 23.Nc4 Qe7 24.Ra1 Nf6 25.f3 Ba6 26.Bf2 Rd8 27.Ne3 Bc8 28.Rc1 Nh5 29.Nd5 Qg5 30.Nxc5 Bxh3 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Rd1 Be6 33.Rxd4 Bxd5 34.Qd2 Qxd2 35.Rxd2 Nf6 36.b4 Rb8 37.exd5 Kf8 38.d6 Ke8 39.Re2+ Kd8 40.Re7 Rxb4 41.Nb7+ Kc8 42.Rc7+ Kb8 43.Na5 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [E15]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qa3 Ne8 13.b4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Qb8 15.Rd2 h6 16.Rad1 Qa7 17.Qa4 Ndf6 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 Ng4 21.Nb5 Qb8 22.Nxd6 Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Nxd6 24.Rxd6 Ne5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.h3 g5 29.Rd4 Qc7 30.e3 Rc8 31.Kg2 Nxc6 32.Rc4 Qa7 33.Qc2 Ne7 34.Rxc8+ Nxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Qc4 Qa8+ 37.Kg1 Qa5 38.a4 h5 39.Qd4+ Kg6 40.Qe4+ Kg7 41.h4 gxh4 42.Qxh4 f6 43.Qc4 e5 44.Kf1 Qd2 45.Kg2 Qd8 46.Qc6 Kg6 47.e4 Qd1 48.Qxb6 h4 49.Qe6 hxg3 50.Qg8+ Kh6 51.Qxg3 Qxa4 52.Qd3 Qb4 53.Qd5 Qb2 54.Qc6 Kg5 55.b6 Qe2 56.Qc1+ Kg6 57.Qb1 Qg4+ 58.Kf1 Qf3 59.Qc2 Qa3 60.Kg2 Qb4 61.Qc6 Kg5 62.b7 Qb1 63.Qd5 Kf4 64.Qd2+ Kxe4 65.f3+ Kf5 66.Qd7+ 1-0
Standings:
Gashimov, Wang, Grischuk - 5
Carlsen, Kamsky - 4.5
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.Bd2 Bc5 12.a4 Nd4 13.axb5 Nxb3 14.cxb3 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8 16.Nxb5 d5 17.Qc2 Bb6 18.Nc3 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bb7 20.Be3 Bd4 21.Nd2 c5 22.Na4 Nd7 23.Nc4 Qe7 24.Ra1 Nf6 25.f3 Ba6 26.Bf2 Rd8 27.Ne3 Bc8 28.Rc1 Nh5 29.Nd5 Qg5 30.Nxc5 Bxh3 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Rd1 Be6 33.Rxd4 Bxd5 34.Qd2 Qxd2 35.Rxd2 Nf6 36.b4 Rb8 37.exd5 Kf8 38.d6 Ke8 39.Re2+ Kd8 40.Re7 Rxb4 41.Nb7+ Kc8 42.Rc7+ Kb8 43.Na5 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [E15]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qa3 Ne8 13.b4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Qb8 15.Rd2 h6 16.Rad1 Qa7 17.Qa4 Ndf6 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 Ng4 21.Nb5 Qb8 22.Nxd6 Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Nxd6 24.Rxd6 Ne5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.h3 g5 29.Rd4 Qc7 30.e3 Rc8 31.Kg2 Nxc6 32.Rc4 Qa7 33.Qc2 Ne7 34.Rxc8+ Nxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Qc4 Qa8+ 37.Kg1 Qa5 38.a4 h5 39.Qd4+ Kg6 40.Qe4+ Kg7 41.h4 gxh4 42.Qxh4 f6 43.Qc4 e5 44.Kf1 Qd2 45.Kg2 Qd8 46.Qc6 Kg6 47.e4 Qd1 48.Qxb6 h4 49.Qe6 hxg3 50.Qg8+ Kh6 51.Qxg3 Qxa4 52.Qd3 Qb4 53.Qd5 Qb2 54.Qc6 Kg5 55.b6 Qe2 56.Qc1+ Kg6 57.Qb1 Qg4+ 58.Kf1 Qf3 59.Qc2 Qa3 60.Kg2 Qb4 61.Qc6 Kg5 62.b7 Qb1 63.Qd5 Kf4 64.Qd2+ Kxe4 65.f3+ Kf5 66.Qd7+ 1-0
Standings:
Gashimov, Wang, Grischuk - 5
Carlsen, Kamsky - 4.5
Monday, April 28, 2008
Baku Round 7
Cheparinov,I (2696) - Mamedyarov,S (2752) [D43]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.a3 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.Rd1 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Bg3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Ba2 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qe8 20.Bd6 c4 21.Rfd1 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Nc5 23.Nd4 g6 24.h4 h5 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Ng5 Rcd8 27.Nxf7 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 Kh7 29.Rd4 Nd3 30.Ne4 Kh6 31.Qd2 Qxh4 32.f4 Rd8 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Qc3 Qe7 35.Qh8+ Qh7 36.Qd8 Qa7 37.Kh2 h4 38.Qxh4+ Kg7 39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Nd6 Kh7 1-0
Gashimov,V (2679) - Kamsky,G (2726) [C88]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.Ba2 c5 15.Bd2 Bf8 16.b4 h6 17.c4 Nf4 18.Re3 bxc4 19.dxc4 Ne6 20.Bb1 g6 21.Re1 Qc7 22.Bd3 Bg7 23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Ne2 Nd4 25.Nc3 Rec8 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Nd5 Bc6 28.Bf1 Nf8 29.Nxd4 exd4 30.f4 Nd7 31.Qf3 Rcb8 32.Qg3 cxb4 33.axb4 a5 34.b5 Bxd5 35.cxd5 Nc5 36.e5 a4 37.Bb4 a3 38.Bxa3 d3 39.Bxc5 d2 40.Bxd6 Rb7 41.Red1 dxc1Q 42.Rxc1 Rba7 43.Qb3 Ra1 44.Bc7 Qh4 45.Rxa1 Rxa1 46.Qf3 Qe1 47.b6 Qb4 48.d6 Qd4+ 49.Kh2 Rb1 50.b7 Rxb7 51.Qxb7 Qxf4+ 52.g3 1-0
Radjabov,T (2751) - Carlsen,M (2765) [B77]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.h4 h5 12.0-0-0 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 Re8 15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Nxh5 17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qh2 Ng6 19.Qxh5 Qa5 20.f4 Rxg5 21.fxg5 e6 22.Nf5 exf5 23.Qxg6 Be6 24.Qh5 fxe4 25.Rf1 Qe5 26.Rxf7 Bxb3 27.axb3 g3 28.Ka2 Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qg4 e3 31.g6 e2 32.Qf3+ Ke8 33.Qf7+ Kd8 34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.Qf7+ Qe7 36.Qf5+ Kd8 37.Qa5+ b6 38.Qd5 e1Q 39.Qa8+ Kd7 40.Qb7+ Ke8 0-1
Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [C99]
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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Nf1 Rfe8 19.Ng3 Bd8 20.Qe2 h6 21.Bd3 Rb8 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.b4 axb3 25.axb3 Bb6 26.b4 Rec8 27.Kh2 Be6 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Rc1 Qd8 30.Bxb6 Rxb6 31.Qe3 Qb8 32.Qc5 Bd7 33.Ra1 Rc6 34.Qe3 Rd6 35.Ne2 Bc6 36.f3 Nd7 37.Ra5 Rd4 38.Qd2 Rd6 39.Ng3 Nf8 40.Qc3 Qb6 41.Nf5 Rd7 42.Bxb5 Rd1 43.Ne3 1-0
Standings:
Gashimov, Yang, Grischuk - 4.5
Carlsen, Kamsky - 4
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.a3 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.Rd1 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Bg3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Ba2 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qe8 20.Bd6 c4 21.Rfd1 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Nc5 23.Nd4 g6 24.h4 h5 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Ng5 Rcd8 27.Nxf7 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 Kh7 29.Rd4 Nd3 30.Ne4 Kh6 31.Qd2 Qxh4 32.f4 Rd8 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Qc3 Qe7 35.Qh8+ Qh7 36.Qd8 Qa7 37.Kh2 h4 38.Qxh4+ Kg7 39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Nd6 Kh7 1-0
Gashimov,V (2679) - Kamsky,G (2726) [C88]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.Ba2 c5 15.Bd2 Bf8 16.b4 h6 17.c4 Nf4 18.Re3 bxc4 19.dxc4 Ne6 20.Bb1 g6 21.Re1 Qc7 22.Bd3 Bg7 23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Ne2 Nd4 25.Nc3 Rec8 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Nd5 Bc6 28.Bf1 Nf8 29.Nxd4 exd4 30.f4 Nd7 31.Qf3 Rcb8 32.Qg3 cxb4 33.axb4 a5 34.b5 Bxd5 35.cxd5 Nc5 36.e5 a4 37.Bb4 a3 38.Bxa3 d3 39.Bxc5 d2 40.Bxd6 Rb7 41.Red1 dxc1Q 42.Rxc1 Rba7 43.Qb3 Ra1 44.Bc7 Qh4 45.Rxa1 Rxa1 46.Qf3 Qe1 47.b6 Qb4 48.d6 Qd4+ 49.Kh2 Rb1 50.b7 Rxb7 51.Qxb7 Qxf4+ 52.g3 1-0
Radjabov,T (2751) - Carlsen,M (2765) [B77]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.h4 h5 12.0-0-0 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 Re8 15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Nxh5 17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qh2 Ng6 19.Qxh5 Qa5 20.f4 Rxg5 21.fxg5 e6 22.Nf5 exf5 23.Qxg6 Be6 24.Qh5 fxe4 25.Rf1 Qe5 26.Rxf7 Bxb3 27.axb3 g3 28.Ka2 Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qg4 e3 31.g6 e2 32.Qf3+ Ke8 33.Qf7+ Kd8 34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.Qf7+ Qe7 36.Qf5+ Kd8 37.Qa5+ b6 38.Qd5 e1Q 39.Qa8+ Kd7 40.Qb7+ Ke8 0-1
Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [C99]
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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Nf1 Rfe8 19.Ng3 Bd8 20.Qe2 h6 21.Bd3 Rb8 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.b4 axb3 25.axb3 Bb6 26.b4 Rec8 27.Kh2 Be6 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Rc1 Qd8 30.Bxb6 Rxb6 31.Qe3 Qb8 32.Qc5 Bd7 33.Ra1 Rc6 34.Qe3 Rd6 35.Ne2 Bc6 36.f3 Nd7 37.Ra5 Rd4 38.Qd2 Rd6 39.Ng3 Nf8 40.Qc3 Qb6 41.Nf5 Rd7 42.Bxb5 Rd1 43.Ne3 1-0
Standings:
Gashimov, Yang, Grischuk - 4.5
Carlsen, Kamsky - 4
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Baku Round 6
Inarkiev,E (2684) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [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.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Bd6 Bf8 17.Bg3 Bg7 18.e5 0-0 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.Ne4 Nb6 21.Qe2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Nd5 23.a3 Kh8 24.Qc2 a5 25.h4 Nf4 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Bxf4 gxf4 28.g4 f5 29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Nc5 Bc8 32.Qe4 Qd6 33.Rh1 Rh8 34.g5 Bxg5 35.Rhg1 Kf7 36.Kf1 Rdg8 37.Ke2 Rg7 38.Rg4 e5 39.Nb7 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Rxg5+ Kxg5 42.Rg1+ Kf6 43.dxe5+ Kf7 44.Nd6+ Kf8 45.Rd1 Ke7 46.Bxc6 Be6 47.Bxb5 Rg5 48.Nxc4 Bg4+ 49.f3 Rh2+ 50.Kd3 Bxf3 51.Re1 Rg3 52.Kd4 Be2 53.e6 Rd3+ 54.Ke4 f3 55.Ne5 Rh4+ 56.Kf5 Rh5+ 57.Kg4 Rxe5 58.Bxd3 Bxd3 59.Rxe5 f2 0-1
Kamsky,G (2726) - Adams,Mi (2729) [C92]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Rc8 22.Bb3 Bd7 23.Qf3 Be6 24.Red1 Qg5 25.Rd3 Qf4 26.Qe2 Bxb3 27.axb3 d5 28.exd5 e4 29.Re3 Qe5 30.Rxa6 f5 31.Ng3 Qxd5 32.Qh5 Re5 33.Qg6 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Ra7+ Be7 36.Ne2 Ke8 37.Rb7 Rd5 38.Nd4 Bg5 39.Rxb5 Rxb5 40.Nxb5 Rb8 41.Nc7+ Kd7 42.Na6 Ra8 43.Nc5+ Kc6 44.Re2 Ra1+ 45.Kh2 Kb5 46.Rc2 Bf6 47.g3 Rd1 48.Kg2 Be5 49.h4 g6 50.Ne6 Rd6 51.Nf4 Bxf4 52.gxf4 Rd3 53.c4+ Kxb4 54.c5 Kxb3 55.Rc1 Kb2 56.Rc4 Rd7 57.c6 Rc7 58.h5 Kb3 59.Rc1 gxh5 60.Kh3 1-0
Svidler,P (2746) - Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [D47]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qc2 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe7 15.e4 e5 16.Ne2 Bxb4 17.Ng3 g6 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.Bg5 Qc5 20.e6 Nde5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bf6 Qxc2 23.Bxc2 Bd6 24.Bb3 fxe6 25.Bxe6+ Nf7 26.f4 Bc8 27.Bb3 Re8 28.f5 Bxg3 29.hxg3 Rxe4 30.Ra1 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Kf8 32.Ra7 Ne5 33.Rxh7 Nc4 34.fxg6 Be6 35.Bc2 Re2 36.Bd3 Re3 37.Bf5 Bd5 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Bd7 Nd6 40.Bg7+ 1-0
Standings
Kamsky, Wang, Grischuk - 4
Radjabov, Gashimov - 3.5
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.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Bd6 Bf8 17.Bg3 Bg7 18.e5 0-0 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.Ne4 Nb6 21.Qe2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Nd5 23.a3 Kh8 24.Qc2 a5 25.h4 Nf4 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Bxf4 gxf4 28.g4 f5 29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Nc5 Bc8 32.Qe4 Qd6 33.Rh1 Rh8 34.g5 Bxg5 35.Rhg1 Kf7 36.Kf1 Rdg8 37.Ke2 Rg7 38.Rg4 e5 39.Nb7 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Rxg5+ Kxg5 42.Rg1+ Kf6 43.dxe5+ Kf7 44.Nd6+ Kf8 45.Rd1 Ke7 46.Bxc6 Be6 47.Bxb5 Rg5 48.Nxc4 Bg4+ 49.f3 Rh2+ 50.Kd3 Bxf3 51.Re1 Rg3 52.Kd4 Be2 53.e6 Rd3+ 54.Ke4 f3 55.Ne5 Rh4+ 56.Kf5 Rh5+ 57.Kg4 Rxe5 58.Bxd3 Bxd3 59.Rxe5 f2 0-1
Kamsky,G (2726) - Adams,Mi (2729) [C92]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Rc8 22.Bb3 Bd7 23.Qf3 Be6 24.Red1 Qg5 25.Rd3 Qf4 26.Qe2 Bxb3 27.axb3 d5 28.exd5 e4 29.Re3 Qe5 30.Rxa6 f5 31.Ng3 Qxd5 32.Qh5 Re5 33.Qg6 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Ra7+ Be7 36.Ne2 Ke8 37.Rb7 Rd5 38.Nd4 Bg5 39.Rxb5 Rxb5 40.Nxb5 Rb8 41.Nc7+ Kd7 42.Na6 Ra8 43.Nc5+ Kc6 44.Re2 Ra1+ 45.Kh2 Kb5 46.Rc2 Bf6 47.g3 Rd1 48.Kg2 Be5 49.h4 g6 50.Ne6 Rd6 51.Nf4 Bxf4 52.gxf4 Rd3 53.c4+ Kxb4 54.c5 Kxb3 55.Rc1 Kb2 56.Rc4 Rd7 57.c6 Rc7 58.h5 Kb3 59.Rc1 gxh5 60.Kh3 1-0
Svidler,P (2746) - Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [D47]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qc2 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe7 15.e4 e5 16.Ne2 Bxb4 17.Ng3 g6 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.Bg5 Qc5 20.e6 Nde5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bf6 Qxc2 23.Bxc2 Bd6 24.Bb3 fxe6 25.Bxe6+ Nf7 26.f4 Bc8 27.Bb3 Re8 28.f5 Bxg3 29.hxg3 Rxe4 30.Ra1 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Kf8 32.Ra7 Ne5 33.Rxh7 Nc4 34.fxg6 Be6 35.Bc2 Re2 36.Bd3 Re3 37.Bf5 Bd5 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Bd7 Nd6 40.Bg7+ 1-0
Standings
Kamsky, Wang, Grischuk - 4
Radjabov, Gashimov - 3.5
Friday, April 25, 2008
Baku Round 5
Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - Wang Yue (2689) [C67]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Kg2 Be7 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.f3 h5 17.b3 a5 18.Ne2 a4 19.Nd4 Ra8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bg3 g6 22.Be1 c5 23.c4 b6 24.Bc3 Kf7 25.Rd2 axb3 26.axb3 Rxa1 27.Bxa1 Ra8 28.Bb2 Bg5! 29.f4 Bxf4 30.Rf2 g5 31.Bc1 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kg6 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 Kg5 35.Rf6 Kxg4 36.Rxe6? (36.Kf2! Ra3 37.Ke3! Rxb3+ 38.Ke4 Rc3 39.Rg6+! Kh5 40.Rxe6 Rxc4+ 41.Kf5=) Kf5 37.Re7 Ra3 38.e6 Rxb3 39.Kf2 Rb4 40.Rxc7 Kxe6 41.Rh7 Rxc4 42.Rh6+ Kd5 43.Rxb6 Re4 44.Rb1 c4 45.Re1 c3 46.Rxe4 Kxe4 47.Ke1 0-1
Standings
Wang, Grischuk - 3.5
Radjabov, Gashimov, Kamsky, Adams - 3
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Kg2 Be7 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.f3 h5 17.b3 a5 18.Ne2 a4 19.Nd4 Ra8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bg3 g6 22.Be1 c5 23.c4 b6 24.Bc3 Kf7 25.Rd2 axb3 26.axb3 Rxa1 27.Bxa1 Ra8 28.Bb2 Bg5! 29.f4 Bxf4 30.Rf2 g5 31.Bc1 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kg6 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 Kg5 35.Rf6 Kxg4 36.Rxe6? (36.Kf2! Ra3 37.Ke3! Rxb3+ 38.Ke4 Rc3 39.Rg6+! Kh5 40.Rxe6 Rxc4+ 41.Kf5=) Kf5 37.Re7 Ra3 38.e6 Rxb3 39.Kf2 Rb4 40.Rxc7 Kxe6 41.Rh7 Rxc4 42.Rh6+ Kd5 43.Rxb6 Re4 44.Rb1 c4 45.Re1 c3 46.Rxe4 Kxe4 47.Ke1 0-1
Standings
Wang, Grischuk - 3.5
Radjabov, Gashimov, Kamsky, Adams - 3
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Baku Round 4
Adams,Mi (2729) - Navara,D (2672) [C05]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 Qb6 9.dxc5 Qc7! (an excellent novelty) 10.Nb3 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.0-0 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Bg7 14.h5 0-0 15.Bg5 b6 16.h6 Bh8 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Rfe1 Bb7 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nb5 Qc6 21.a4 f6 22.Bd2 f5 23.f4 d4 24.Qf1 dxc3 25.Bxc3 exf4 26.Bxh8 Kxh8 27.Rac1 Qf6 28.Qxf4 Qxb2 29.Qe5+ Qxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxa4 31.Nd6 Rd4 32.Rc7 Bd5 33.Rd7 Kg8?? 34.Re8 Rxe8 35.Nxe8 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Bb3 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.Nxh7+ Ke8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 40.h7 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Carlsen,M (2765) [E17]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 Na6 8.Ne5 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 c6 10.e4 Qc7 11.Nc3 Qb7 12.Nd3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.h4 Nb4 16.Bg5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Bb4 18.Rec1 a6 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.h5 h6 21.a3 Bf8 22.Bd2 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rf1 b5 25.f4 Qc6 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Rf1 Qc6 28.Qf3 Qb6 29.f5 exf5 30.Bc3 a5? 31.Bxa5! Qxa5 32.Qxf5 Qd2 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.Rf2 Rd8? 35.dxe5 Bc5. 35.Qxd5 Qa5 36.Nf4 Qa8 37.Ng6+ 1-0
Wang Yue (2689) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [A65]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 0-0 9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 Nh5 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Be3 Ne5 17.Be2 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Ng7 19.Qd2 Bd7 20.Be2 Rc8 21.Bf4 Bd4 22.Bxd6 Bxh3 23.Bh2 Bd7 24.Bf3 f6 25.d6 Ne6 26.e5 Ng5 27.Bxb7 Rb8 28.Bd5+ Kg7 29.Bf4 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.Re1 Bf5 33.f4 Nf7 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.Qd5+ Kg7 36.Rxe5 Qf6 37.Re7+ Kh6 38.Qe5 Qxe5 39.fxe5 Rxb2 40.d7 Rd2 41.e6 Bxe6 42.Rxe6 Rxd7 43.Rc6 Kg5 44.Rxc5+ Kf4 45.Nd5+ Kg3 46.Rc3+ Kh4 47.Nf6 Rd4 48.Rh3+ Kg5 49.Nxh7+ Kg4 50.Ra3 Rf4 51.Kh2 a5 52.Rg3+ Kh5 53.Ng5 Rxa4 54.Nf7 Rg4 55.Ra3 a4 56.Ne5 Rh4+ 57.Kg1 Re4 58.Nd7 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk - 3
Karjakin, Radjabov, Kamsky, Gashimov, Wang, Adams - 2.5
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 Qb6 9.dxc5 Qc7! (an excellent novelty) 10.Nb3 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.0-0 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Bg7 14.h5 0-0 15.Bg5 b6 16.h6 Bh8 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Rfe1 Bb7 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nb5 Qc6 21.a4 f6 22.Bd2 f5 23.f4 d4 24.Qf1 dxc3 25.Bxc3 exf4 26.Bxh8 Kxh8 27.Rac1 Qf6 28.Qxf4 Qxb2 29.Qe5+ Qxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxa4 31.Nd6 Rd4 32.Rc7 Bd5 33.Rd7 Kg8?? 34.Re8 Rxe8 35.Nxe8 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Bb3 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.Nxh7+ Ke8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 40.h7 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Carlsen,M (2765) [E17]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 Na6 8.Ne5 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 c6 10.e4 Qc7 11.Nc3 Qb7 12.Nd3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.h4 Nb4 16.Bg5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Bb4 18.Rec1 a6 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.h5 h6 21.a3 Bf8 22.Bd2 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rf1 b5 25.f4 Qc6 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Rf1 Qc6 28.Qf3 Qb6 29.f5 exf5 30.Bc3 a5? 31.Bxa5! Qxa5 32.Qxf5 Qd2 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.Rf2 Rd8? 35.dxe5 Bc5. 35.Qxd5 Qa5 36.Nf4 Qa8 37.Ng6+ 1-0
Wang Yue (2689) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [A65]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 0-0 9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 Nh5 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Be3 Ne5 17.Be2 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Ng7 19.Qd2 Bd7 20.Be2 Rc8 21.Bf4 Bd4 22.Bxd6 Bxh3 23.Bh2 Bd7 24.Bf3 f6 25.d6 Ne6 26.e5 Ng5 27.Bxb7 Rb8 28.Bd5+ Kg7 29.Bf4 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.Re1 Bf5 33.f4 Nf7 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.Qd5+ Kg7 36.Rxe5 Qf6 37.Re7+ Kh6 38.Qe5 Qxe5 39.fxe5 Rxb2 40.d7 Rd2 41.e6 Bxe6 42.Rxe6 Rxd7 43.Rc6 Kg5 44.Rxc5+ Kf4 45.Nd5+ Kg3 46.Rc3+ Kh4 47.Nf6 Rd4 48.Rh3+ Kg5 49.Nxh7+ Kg4 50.Ra3 Rf4 51.Kh2 a5 52.Rg3+ Kh5 53.Ng5 Rxa4 54.Nf7 Rg4 55.Ra3 a4 56.Ne5 Rh4+ 57.Kg1 Re4 58.Nd7 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk - 3
Karjakin, Radjabov, Kamsky, Gashimov, Wang, Adams - 2.5
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Baku Round 3
Carlsen,M (2765) - Inarkiev,E (2684) [A48]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.0-0 Nh5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rfe1 Na5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bc2 e5 16.Nf1 Nf4 17.Qd1 Nc4 18.Qb1 Bg4 19.Bd1 g5 20.Bg3 Rad8 21.h3 Bh5 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Be2 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Nd2 25.Nxd2 Rxd2 26.e5 Bxe5 27.Qf5 f6 28.Rad1 Rfd8 29.Qe6+ Kg7 30.Qxa6 b4 31.Rxd2 Rxd2 32.Rd1 bxc3 33.bxc3 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 c4 35.Be2 Bxc3 36.Bxc4 Be5 37.Qe6 Qd8 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.f3 Bd6 40.a4 Bb4 41.Kh2 Qf8 42.Qg6 Be1 43.Bd3 f5 44.a5 Bg3+ 45.Kh1 Qg7? 46.Qe8+ Qg8 47.Qe5+ Qg7 48.Qb8+ Qg8 49.Qb6 Qd5 50.Qxh6+ Kg8 51.Qxg5+ Kf7 52.Qxf5+ Qxf5 53.Bxf5 Bf2 54.g4 fxg3 55.f4 Kf6 56.Be4 Be3 57.a6 1-0
Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - Adams,Mi (2729) [C78]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 0-0 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nh5 17.Kh1 Qf6 18.Be3 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Bb3 Ne6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Kg2 e5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Qd7 Rd8 28.Qc7 Rf8 29.h4 g6 30.b4 h6 31.b5 Rf7 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.h5 g5 34.Rh3 Qd6 35.Qc3 Rc7 36.Qe3 Rc5 37.Rh1 Rxb5 38.Ra1 Ra5 39.Rxa5 bxa5 40.Qa7+ Kf8 41.Qxa5 Qf6 42.Qa3+ Kg8 43.Kf1 Qe6 44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Qa7+ Kf6 46.Kd2 g4 47.fxg4 Qxg4 48.Qb6+ Kg5 49.Qg6+ Kh4 50.Kc3 Qf3+ 51.Kc4 Qxf2 52.Kd5 Qd4+ 53.Ke6 Qb6+ 54.Kxe5 Qc5+ 55.Ke6 Qc6+ 56.Kf7 Qd7+ 57.Kf8 Qd8+ 58.Kg7 Qe7+ 59.Kxh6 Qf8+ 60.Kh7 Qe7+ 61.Kg8 Qd8+ 62.Kf7 Qc7+ 63.Kf8 Qd8+ 64.Qe8 Qf6+ 65.Kg8 Kg5 66.e5 1-0
Navara,D (2672) - Grischuk,A (2716) [D12]
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.g3 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.b3 Qe7 12.a3 Rfd8 13.Bf3 Rac8 14.Bb2 Bb8 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.c5 Bb8 17.Bg2 e5 18.b4 e4 19.f4 exf3 20.Qxf3 Re8 21.Rce1 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qf2 Nf6 24.d5 Nxd5 25.Bxe4 Nf6 26.Bf3 Be5 27.Bd4 Rcd8 28.a4 a6 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.c6 bxc6 32.Bxc6 Rf8 33.Bxb5 Bxd4 34.exd4 Qb4 35.Rb1 Qxd4 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Rfd1 Rfd8 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Bc6 Ng4 40.Rb2 Ne5 41.Bb5 g5 42.Be2 Rd7 43.Kf2 g6 44.Rb4 f5 45.h4 g4 46.Rf4 Rh7 47.Ra4 Rb7 48.Rf4 Rb2 49.Ke1 Kg7 50.h5 Kf6 51.hxg6 Nxg6 52.Ra4 Kg5 53.Ra8 Ne7 54.Rd8 Ra2 55.Rd6 Ng8 56.Ra6 Rc2 57.Ra7 Nf6 58.Bd3 Rc3 59.Kd2 Rc5 60.Ke3 Nh5 61.Kf2 Rc3 62.Rd7 Rb3 63.Rd4 Ra3 64.Rd8 Ra2+ 65.Ke3 Nxg3 66.Rg8+ Kf6 67.Rf8+ Ke7 68.Rh8 Kf6 69.Rf8+ Kg7 70.Rd8 Ra4 71.Rd6 f4+ 72.Kf2 Ne4+ 73.Bxe4 Rxe4 74.Ra6 Kf7 75.Rb6 Re6 76.Rb8 Kf6 77.Rg8 Kf5 78.Rf8+ Rf6 79.Rh8 Kg5 80.Rg8+ Rg6 81.Rf8 Rh6 82.Rg8+ Kh4 83.Rf8 Kh3 84.Rxf4 Ra6 85.Rf8 Ra2+ 86.Kg1 Ra1+ 0-1
Cheparinov,I (2696) - Bacrot,E (2705) [E21]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3 9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 0-0 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Qe3 d5 14.0-0 d4 15.Qd3 Rd8 16.a3 Ne5 17.b4 Nxd3 18.bxa5 Nc5 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.Ne4 Na4 21.Rb4 Bd7 22.Rfb1 Bc6 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.Bxc6 Rdc8 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Nxb7 27.Rxb7 g5 28.Rb4 a6 29.Kf1 Rc5 30.Ke1 Rxa5 31.a4 Kg7 32.Kd2 Kf6 33.Kd3 Ke5 34.f4+ gxf4 35.gxf4+ Kxf4 36.Kxd4 e5+ 37.Kd3 Kf5 38.Kc3 Ke4 39.Kb3 Ke3 40.Rb7 e4 41.Rxf7 Re5 42.Rxh7 Kxe2 43.Kc3 e3 44.Rf7 Ke1 45.Rf4 e2 46.Kc2 Ra5 47.h4 Rxa4 48.h5 Ra2+ 49.Kc1 Ra3 50.h6 Rc3+ 51.Kb2 Rh3 52.Rf6 Kd2 53.Rd6+ Ke3 54.Re6+ Kd3 55.Rd6+ Kxc4 56.Re6 Kd3 57.Rd6+ Ke3 58.Re6+ Kd3 59.Rd6+ Kc4 60.Re6 Rh2 61.Kc1 Kd3 62.Rd6+ Ke3 63.Re6+ Kf2 64.Rf6+ Ke1 65.Kc2 a5 66.Kb3 Rh4 67.Ka3 Rh1 0-1
Gashimov,V (2679) - Svidler,P (2746) [B43]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Be2 Bb7 7.Bf3 Qc7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.a4 Bxh2+ 10.Kh1 Be5 11.axb5 Nf6 12.Be3 0-0 13.Qd3 d6 14.Rfd1 Nfd7 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Be2 Nf6 17.f4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 d5 19.bxa6 Nxa6 20.e5 Ne8 21.f5 Nc5 22.Bb5 Qd8 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.f6 Nd7 25.fxg7 Qc7 26.Bf4 Qb7 27.Rd3 Nxg7 28.Bxd7 Rc4 29.Qf2 Qxd7 30.Rg3 Kh8 31.Bg5 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk - 2.5
Karjakin, Radjabov, Gashimov, Carlsen, Kamsky - 2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.0-0 Nh5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rfe1 Na5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bc2 e5 16.Nf1 Nf4 17.Qd1 Nc4 18.Qb1 Bg4 19.Bd1 g5 20.Bg3 Rad8 21.h3 Bh5 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Be2 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Nd2 25.Nxd2 Rxd2 26.e5 Bxe5 27.Qf5 f6 28.Rad1 Rfd8 29.Qe6+ Kg7 30.Qxa6 b4 31.Rxd2 Rxd2 32.Rd1 bxc3 33.bxc3 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 c4 35.Be2 Bxc3 36.Bxc4 Be5 37.Qe6 Qd8 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.f3 Bd6 40.a4 Bb4 41.Kh2 Qf8 42.Qg6 Be1 43.Bd3 f5 44.a5 Bg3+ 45.Kh1 Qg7? 46.Qe8+ Qg8 47.Qe5+ Qg7 48.Qb8+ Qg8 49.Qb6 Qd5 50.Qxh6+ Kg8 51.Qxg5+ Kf7 52.Qxf5+ Qxf5 53.Bxf5 Bf2 54.g4 fxg3 55.f4 Kf6 56.Be4 Be3 57.a6 1-0
Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - Adams,Mi (2729) [C78]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 0-0 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nh5 17.Kh1 Qf6 18.Be3 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Bb3 Ne6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Kg2 e5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Qd7 Rd8 28.Qc7 Rf8 29.h4 g6 30.b4 h6 31.b5 Rf7 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.h5 g5 34.Rh3 Qd6 35.Qc3 Rc7 36.Qe3 Rc5 37.Rh1 Rxb5 38.Ra1 Ra5 39.Rxa5 bxa5 40.Qa7+ Kf8 41.Qxa5 Qf6 42.Qa3+ Kg8 43.Kf1 Qe6 44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Qa7+ Kf6 46.Kd2 g4 47.fxg4 Qxg4 48.Qb6+ Kg5 49.Qg6+ Kh4 50.Kc3 Qf3+ 51.Kc4 Qxf2 52.Kd5 Qd4+ 53.Ke6 Qb6+ 54.Kxe5 Qc5+ 55.Ke6 Qc6+ 56.Kf7 Qd7+ 57.Kf8 Qd8+ 58.Kg7 Qe7+ 59.Kxh6 Qf8+ 60.Kh7 Qe7+ 61.Kg8 Qd8+ 62.Kf7 Qc7+ 63.Kf8 Qd8+ 64.Qe8 Qf6+ 65.Kg8 Kg5 66.e5 1-0
Navara,D (2672) - Grischuk,A (2716) [D12]
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.g3 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.b3 Qe7 12.a3 Rfd8 13.Bf3 Rac8 14.Bb2 Bb8 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.c5 Bb8 17.Bg2 e5 18.b4 e4 19.f4 exf3 20.Qxf3 Re8 21.Rce1 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qf2 Nf6 24.d5 Nxd5 25.Bxe4 Nf6 26.Bf3 Be5 27.Bd4 Rcd8 28.a4 a6 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.c6 bxc6 32.Bxc6 Rf8 33.Bxb5 Bxd4 34.exd4 Qb4 35.Rb1 Qxd4 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Rfd1 Rfd8 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Bc6 Ng4 40.Rb2 Ne5 41.Bb5 g5 42.Be2 Rd7 43.Kf2 g6 44.Rb4 f5 45.h4 g4 46.Rf4 Rh7 47.Ra4 Rb7 48.Rf4 Rb2 49.Ke1 Kg7 50.h5 Kf6 51.hxg6 Nxg6 52.Ra4 Kg5 53.Ra8 Ne7 54.Rd8 Ra2 55.Rd6 Ng8 56.Ra6 Rc2 57.Ra7 Nf6 58.Bd3 Rc3 59.Kd2 Rc5 60.Ke3 Nh5 61.Kf2 Rc3 62.Rd7 Rb3 63.Rd4 Ra3 64.Rd8 Ra2+ 65.Ke3 Nxg3 66.Rg8+ Kf6 67.Rf8+ Ke7 68.Rh8 Kf6 69.Rf8+ Kg7 70.Rd8 Ra4 71.Rd6 f4+ 72.Kf2 Ne4+ 73.Bxe4 Rxe4 74.Ra6 Kf7 75.Rb6 Re6 76.Rb8 Kf6 77.Rg8 Kf5 78.Rf8+ Rf6 79.Rh8 Kg5 80.Rg8+ Rg6 81.Rf8 Rh6 82.Rg8+ Kh4 83.Rf8 Kh3 84.Rxf4 Ra6 85.Rf8 Ra2+ 86.Kg1 Ra1+ 0-1
Cheparinov,I (2696) - Bacrot,E (2705) [E21]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3 9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 0-0 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Qe3 d5 14.0-0 d4 15.Qd3 Rd8 16.a3 Ne5 17.b4 Nxd3 18.bxa5 Nc5 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.Ne4 Na4 21.Rb4 Bd7 22.Rfb1 Bc6 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.Bxc6 Rdc8 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Nxb7 27.Rxb7 g5 28.Rb4 a6 29.Kf1 Rc5 30.Ke1 Rxa5 31.a4 Kg7 32.Kd2 Kf6 33.Kd3 Ke5 34.f4+ gxf4 35.gxf4+ Kxf4 36.Kxd4 e5+ 37.Kd3 Kf5 38.Kc3 Ke4 39.Kb3 Ke3 40.Rb7 e4 41.Rxf7 Re5 42.Rxh7 Kxe2 43.Kc3 e3 44.Rf7 Ke1 45.Rf4 e2 46.Kc2 Ra5 47.h4 Rxa4 48.h5 Ra2+ 49.Kc1 Ra3 50.h6 Rc3+ 51.Kb2 Rh3 52.Rf6 Kd2 53.Rd6+ Ke3 54.Re6+ Kd3 55.Rd6+ Kxc4 56.Re6 Kd3 57.Rd6+ Ke3 58.Re6+ Kd3 59.Rd6+ Kc4 60.Re6 Rh2 61.Kc1 Kd3 62.Rd6+ Ke3 63.Re6+ Kf2 64.Rf6+ Ke1 65.Kc2 a5 66.Kb3 Rh4 67.Ka3 Rh1 0-1
Gashimov,V (2679) - Svidler,P (2746) [B43]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Be2 Bb7 7.Bf3 Qc7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.a4 Bxh2+ 10.Kh1 Be5 11.axb5 Nf6 12.Be3 0-0 13.Qd3 d6 14.Rfd1 Nfd7 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Be2 Nf6 17.f4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 d5 19.bxa6 Nxa6 20.e5 Ne8 21.f5 Nc5 22.Bb5 Qd8 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.f6 Nd7 25.fxg7 Qc7 26.Bf4 Qb7 27.Rd3 Nxg7 28.Bxd7 Rc4 29.Qf2 Qxd7 30.Rg3 Kh8 31.Bg5 1-0
Standings:
Grischuk - 2.5
Karjakin, Radjabov, Gashimov, Carlsen, Kamsky - 2
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Baku Round 2
Adams-Cheparinov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.h3 0-0 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0-0 Rfd8 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.b3 e6 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Bd4 Rdc8 18.a4 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qe3 Qd8 21.Ne2 Qa5 22.Nd4 Rb6 23.Rc3 Qc5 24.Qe1 Ne5 25.Re3 Nc6 26.Nc2 a5 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.g3 Nb4 29.Nxb4 Rxb4 30.Qf6 Rb6 31.e5 Re8 32.h4 d5 33.Rf3 Qe7 34.Qxe7 Rxe7 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Rxd5 Rbe6 37.Rxa5 Rxe5 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.Re3 Rd5 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Rb8 Rd7 42.Kg2 h5 43.b4 Kf6 44.a5 Ke6 45.b5 Kd6 46.Rc8 Re7 47.b6 Re5 48.a6 1-0
Bacrot-Radjabov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 0-0 16.Rxa4 a5 17.b5 Bd7 18.Nc3 Qb6 19.Be2 Rbc8 20.0-0 Be6 21.Qd3 Bd8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Rc2 24.Bc4 Rxb2 25.Ra2 Rb4 26.Rd1 Qb8 27.Bf1 Bb6 28.Qxd6 Rxe4 29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.g3 Kf8 31.Rd6 Rd4 32.Rc6 Ke7 33.Kg2 Rd6 34.Rac2 Rbd8 35.Bc4 f5 36.Kf1 Rxc6 37.bxc6 Kd6 38.Ke2 g6 39.h3 Kc7 40.g4 e4 41.f3 Rd4 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Bg8 Rd3 44.fxe4 Rg3 45.Bd5 f4 46.e5 Re3+ 47.Kf1 f3 48.Rd2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Rc2 50.e6 Rg2 51.Ke1 Rg1+ 52.Kd2 f2 53.Bc4 Kxc6 54.Ke2 Bc5 55.Bb3 Rg5 56.Kf1 Re5 57.Ba4+ Kb6 58.Bb3 h6 59.Kg2 Re1 60.Ba4 f1Q+ 0-1
Inarkiev-Mamedyarov
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Re8 11.Re1 Nxe4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Qxd6 Qf6 15.Qxf6+ Nxf6 16.Bd3 Rf4 17.c3 Bxh3 18.Ne5 Bf5 19.g3 Bxd3 20.gxf4 Bf5 21.a5 a6 22.Rad1 Nh5 23.Rd4 c5 24.Rc4 Rc8 25.b4 cxb4 26.cxb4 Rf8 27.Rd4 Nf6 28.Rc1 Be6 29.f3 Rb8 30.Kf2 h5 31.Rc7 Nd5 32.Rd7 Nf6 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8 Nd5 35.Nd3 h4 36.f5 1-0
Standings
Kamsky, Radjabov, Adams, Grischuk - 1.5/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.h3 0-0 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0-0 Rfd8 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.b3 e6 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Bd4 Rdc8 18.a4 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qe3 Qd8 21.Ne2 Qa5 22.Nd4 Rb6 23.Rc3 Qc5 24.Qe1 Ne5 25.Re3 Nc6 26.Nc2 a5 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.g3 Nb4 29.Nxb4 Rxb4 30.Qf6 Rb6 31.e5 Re8 32.h4 d5 33.Rf3 Qe7 34.Qxe7 Rxe7 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Rxd5 Rbe6 37.Rxa5 Rxe5 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.Re3 Rd5 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Rb8 Rd7 42.Kg2 h5 43.b4 Kf6 44.a5 Ke6 45.b5 Kd6 46.Rc8 Re7 47.b6 Re5 48.a6 1-0
Bacrot-Radjabov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 0-0 16.Rxa4 a5 17.b5 Bd7 18.Nc3 Qb6 19.Be2 Rbc8 20.0-0 Be6 21.Qd3 Bd8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Rc2 24.Bc4 Rxb2 25.Ra2 Rb4 26.Rd1 Qb8 27.Bf1 Bb6 28.Qxd6 Rxe4 29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.g3 Kf8 31.Rd6 Rd4 32.Rc6 Ke7 33.Kg2 Rd6 34.Rac2 Rbd8 35.Bc4 f5 36.Kf1 Rxc6 37.bxc6 Kd6 38.Ke2 g6 39.h3 Kc7 40.g4 e4 41.f3 Rd4 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Bg8 Rd3 44.fxe4 Rg3 45.Bd5 f4 46.e5 Re3+ 47.Kf1 f3 48.Rd2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Rc2 50.e6 Rg2 51.Ke1 Rg1+ 52.Kd2 f2 53.Bc4 Kxc6 54.Ke2 Bc5 55.Bb3 Rg5 56.Kf1 Re5 57.Ba4+ Kb6 58.Bb3 h6 59.Kg2 Re1 60.Ba4 f1Q+ 0-1
Inarkiev-Mamedyarov
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Re8 11.Re1 Nxe4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Qxd6 Qf6 15.Qxf6+ Nxf6 16.Bd3 Rf4 17.c3 Bxh3 18.Ne5 Bf5 19.g3 Bxd3 20.gxf4 Bf5 21.a5 a6 22.Rad1 Nh5 23.Rd4 c5 24.Rc4 Rc8 25.b4 cxb4 26.cxb4 Rf8 27.Rd4 Nf6 28.Rc1 Be6 29.f3 Rb8 30.Kf2 h5 31.Rc7 Nd5 32.Rd7 Nf6 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8 Nd5 35.Nd3 h4 36.f5 1-0
Standings
Kamsky, Radjabov, Adams, Grischuk - 1.5/2
Monday, April 21, 2008
Baku Round 1 - Two Wins by Black
Inarkiev-Kamsky
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3O-O 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. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Rb8 22.Kh1 Nh7 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rea1 Bg7 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Nf1 f5 27. axb5 axb5 28. exf5gxf5 29. Ng3 Nd3 30. Nxh5 f4 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Ba7 Rb7 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Qxd3e4 35. Bd4+ Nf6 36. Qd1 exf3 37. Qxf3 Kg6 38. Qxf4 Nh5 39. Qh2 Rbe7 40. Qg1 Re241. Ra8 Qh4 42. Rb8 Kh6 43. Rb6 Bxh3 44. Rxd6+ Kh7 45. g3 Bg2+ 46. Kxg2 Qxg3+47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Qg2 Ng3+ 0-1
Cheparinov-Grischuk
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 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21.Qc3 d4 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Rxb5 Nxb3 24. Rxc5+ Nxc5 25. Ng1 Rg3 26. Ba3 d3 27. Rxg3Nxg3 28. cxd3 Nxa4 29. Ne2 Nxh5 30. g4 Rxd3 31. gxh5 Rxa3 32. h6 Ra1+ 33. Kf2Rd1 34. h7 Rd8 35. Nd4 Nc5 36. Nf3 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. Bh3 Ke7 39. Bxf5 a5 40.Bb1 a4 41. Nd4 Rh8 42. Nf5+ Kf8 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3O-O 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. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Rb8 22.Kh1 Nh7 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rea1 Bg7 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Nf1 f5 27. axb5 axb5 28. exf5gxf5 29. Ng3 Nd3 30. Nxh5 f4 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Ba7 Rb7 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Qxd3e4 35. Bd4+ Nf6 36. Qd1 exf3 37. Qxf3 Kg6 38. Qxf4 Nh5 39. Qh2 Rbe7 40. Qg1 Re241. Ra8 Qh4 42. Rb8 Kh6 43. Rb6 Bxh3 44. Rxd6+ Kh7 45. g3 Bg2+ 46. Kxg2 Qxg3+47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Qg2 Ng3+ 0-1
Cheparinov-Grischuk
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 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21.Qc3 d4 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Rxb5 Nxb3 24. Rxc5+ Nxc5 25. Ng1 Rg3 26. Ba3 d3 27. Rxg3Nxg3 28. cxd3 Nxa4 29. Ne2 Nxh5 30. g4 Rxd3 31. gxh5 Rxa3 32. h6 Ra1+ 33. Kf2Rd1 34. h7 Rd8 35. Nd4 Nc5 36. Nf3 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. Bh3 Ke7 39. Bxf5 a5 40.Bb1 a4 41. Nd4 Rh8 42. Nf5+ Kf8 0-1
Dare we hope?
Has FIDE actually gotten itself in order for the 2008-2010 world championship cycle? The current cycle seems to be in order. The winner of Kamsky-Topalov plays the 2008 world champion (the winner of Anand-Kramnik). I don't think even FIDE can screw that up. But the next cycle appears to be mostly ironed out too.
The Plan
The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament begins today in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Grand Prix is a series of six tournaments to be held over two years (2008-2009) in leading world cities. 21 top world players have been selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player will participate in exactly four of these tournaments. Each tournament has 14 players. The months allocated for the organisation of the Grand Prix tournaments are April, August and December of each respective year. These months have been selected to ensure there is no conflict with any other major event. The winner of the Grand Prix series at the end of 2009 will play the winner of the 2009 World Cup in an eight game match to become the challenger to the World Champion in a match to be held in the third quarter of 2010.
Players in the Baku tournament
1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2765
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2752
3 Teimour Radjabov AZE 2751
4 Peter Svidler RUS 2746
5 Sergey Karjakin UKR 2732
6 Michael Adams ENG 2729
7 Gata Kamsky USA 2726
8 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2716
9 Etienne Bacrot FRA 2705
10 Ivan Cheparinov BUL 2696
11 Wang Yue CHN 2689
12 Ernesto Inarkiev RUS 2684
13 Vugar Gashimov AZE 2679
14 David Navara CZE 2672
The other seven candidates:
Aronian Levon ARM 2763
Leko Peter HUN 2741
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2740
Gelfand Boris ISR 2723
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2711
Pelletier Yannick SWZ 2607
Al Modiahki Mohamad QTR 2554
(The last two - particularly a 2550 player - seem somewhat out of place in this august company. They - and four of the other players - were nominated by the host cities.)
Next FIDE Grand Prix Tournaments
30th July – 15th August 2008, Soci Russia
13th – 29th December 2008, Doha Qatar
14th – 30th April 2009, Montreux Switzerland
8th – 24th August 2009, Elista Russia
7th – 23rd December 2009, Karlovy Vary Czech Republic
Websites
FIDE Grand Prix 2008-2009
Baku Tournament
Mark Weeks website
The Plan
The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament begins today in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Grand Prix is a series of six tournaments to be held over two years (2008-2009) in leading world cities. 21 top world players have been selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player will participate in exactly four of these tournaments. Each tournament has 14 players. The months allocated for the organisation of the Grand Prix tournaments are April, August and December of each respective year. These months have been selected to ensure there is no conflict with any other major event. The winner of the Grand Prix series at the end of 2009 will play the winner of the 2009 World Cup in an eight game match to become the challenger to the World Champion in a match to be held in the third quarter of 2010.
Players in the Baku tournament
1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2765
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2752
3 Teimour Radjabov AZE 2751
4 Peter Svidler RUS 2746
5 Sergey Karjakin UKR 2732
6 Michael Adams ENG 2729
7 Gata Kamsky USA 2726
8 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2716
9 Etienne Bacrot FRA 2705
10 Ivan Cheparinov BUL 2696
11 Wang Yue CHN 2689
12 Ernesto Inarkiev RUS 2684
13 Vugar Gashimov AZE 2679
14 David Navara CZE 2672
The other seven candidates:
Aronian Levon ARM 2763
Leko Peter HUN 2741
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2740
Gelfand Boris ISR 2723
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2711
Pelletier Yannick SWZ 2607
Al Modiahki Mohamad QTR 2554
(The last two - particularly a 2550 player - seem somewhat out of place in this august company. They - and four of the other players - were nominated by the host cities.)
Next FIDE Grand Prix Tournaments
30th July – 15th August 2008, Soci Russia
13th – 29th December 2008, Doha Qatar
14th – 30th April 2009, Montreux Switzerland
8th – 24th August 2009, Elista Russia
7th – 23rd December 2009, Karlovy Vary Czech Republic
Websites
FIDE Grand Prix 2008-2009
Baku Tournament
Mark Weeks website
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Update on World Championship
2008
Defending Champion Anand faces off Vladimir Kramnik in a 12 game match (remember when world championship matches went 24 games?) October 11-30 in Bonn. The prize fund, which will be split equally between the players, is 1.5 million euros before taxes and FIDE licensee fees.
Topalov and Kamsky face off in a match (terms undetermined as of yet) in late 2008 (December is tentatively scheduled) in Lvov. The prize fund is allegedly $750,000. I'll reserve judgment until more details are forthcoming.
2009
The winner of the Topalov-Kamsky will face the 2008 world champion. This will essentially be the last step of the reunification process, as the next challenger will be determined through the regular FIDE process (for as long as it survives).
Defending Champion Anand faces off Vladimir Kramnik in a 12 game match (remember when world championship matches went 24 games?) October 11-30 in Bonn. The prize fund, which will be split equally between the players, is 1.5 million euros before taxes and FIDE licensee fees.
Topalov and Kamsky face off in a match (terms undetermined as of yet) in late 2008 (December is tentatively scheduled) in Lvov. The prize fund is allegedly $750,000. I'll reserve judgment until more details are forthcoming.
2009
The winner of the Topalov-Kamsky will face the 2008 world champion. This will essentially be the last step of the reunification process, as the next challenger will be determined through the regular FIDE process (for as long as it survives).
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
FIDE April 2008 Rating List
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2803 | 27 | 1969 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2788 | 13 | 1975 |
| 3 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2774 | 11 | 1977 |
| 4 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2767 | 27 | 1975 |
| 5 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2765 | 27 | 1990 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2763 | 27 | 1982 |
| 7 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2752 | 13 | 1985 |
| 8 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2751 | 27 | 1987 |
| 9 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2746 | 11 | 1976 |
| 10 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2741 | 27 | 1979 |
| 11 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2740 | 35 | 1969 |
| 12 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2740 | 14 | 1972 |
| 13 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2732 | 0 | 1990 |
| 14 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2729 | 13 | 1971 |
| 15 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2726 | 0 | 1974 |
| 16 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2723 | 13 | 1968 |
| 17 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2719 | 0 | 1983 |
| 18 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2716 | 11 | 1983 |
| 19 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2711 | 11 | 1983 |
| 20 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2711 | 0 | 1985 |
| 21 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2709 | 13 | 1976 |
| 22 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2708 | 16 | 1985 |
| 23 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2705 | 138 | 1983 |
| 24 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2703 | 28 | 1983 |
Polgar is missing from the official list; I added her in by hand in the above post.
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