Alexei Shirov wins Super-GM in Sofia

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5/23/2009 – Spanish GM Alexei Shirov defeated leader Magnus Carlsen of Norway in just 30 moves to take sole victory in the Sofia GM tournament. His performance: 2864. Carlsen was second, together with Veselin Topalov, who drew his final game against Chinese GM Wang Yue. Vassily Ivanchuk scored his first victory in this tournament against Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez. Final report.

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Sofia Super GM – Round ten (final)

Shirov,A (2745) - Carlsen,M (2770) [B33]
Super GM Sofia BUL (10), 23.05.2009
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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qh5 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7 18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Nc2 Be5 23.Be2 d4 24.Bc4 Rg8 25.Qh3 Rg7 26.g3 Rbg8 27.Qh6 Qc7 28.Nb4 Ba8 29.Nd5 Qd8 30.Rxe4 1-0.

Wang Yue (2738) - Topalov,V (2812) [D82]
Super GM Sofia BUL (10), 23.05.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.Nge2 Qxc5 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qh5 12.Ng3 Qh4 13.Nc7 e5 14.Bg5 Qxg5 15.h4 Qg4 16.Nxa8 Qd7 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Qa3 Nb4 19.0-0 Bg4 20.f3 Bh6 21.fxg4 Nxg4 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Nf1 Kg7 24.Bxf7 Qxf7 25.Qxb4 Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Qxh4+ 27.Kg1 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Qh4+ 29.Kg1 Bxe3+ 30.Nxe3 Qf2+ 31.Kh1 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Qf2+ 33.Kh1 Qh4+ draw.

Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Dominguez Perez,L (2717) [D74]
Super GM Sofia BUL (10), 23.05.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.e3 Re8 10.Re1 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.e4 c6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 cxd5 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Nxd5 Be6 17.Qe2 Bxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.b4 e4 20.Rac1 exf3 21.Qxe8+ Qxe8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxf3 Be5 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rc5 b6 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.h4 h5 28.a4 Rd8 29.Rxb6 Rb8 30.Ra6 Rb1+ 31.Kg2 Rb2 32.d6 Rd2 33.Rxa5 Bxd6 34.Rb5 Kf6 35.a5 Be5 36.Kf1 Bd4 37.Be2 Ra2 38.Rd5 Ba7 39.Rd6+ Ke5 40.Rxg6 Rxa5 41.f4+ Kd5 42.Rf6 Ke4 43.Re6+ Kd4 44.Bxh5 Bc5 45.Kg2 Bb4 46.Bg6 Bd2 47.h5 Ra2 48.Re2 Kd3 49.Kf3 Ra5 50.h6 Bc3 51.h7 Ra8 52.Bxf5+ Kd4 53.g4 Rf8 54.g5 Kd5 55.Kg4 Bh8 56.Re6 1-0.

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