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ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society "Elisabeta Polihroniade” of Bucharest are staging a double round robin tournament with six of the world's top GMs: the young Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaidjan, Elo 2756, ranking 5th in the world), the experienced Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, Elo 2746, 12th in the world), Alexei Shirov (Spain, Elo 2745, 13th), Boris Gelfand (Israel, Elo 2733, 15th), Gata Kamsky (USA, Elo 2720, 24th), as well as the best ever rated Romanian chess player Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Elo 2675, 55th in the world), 2005 European Champion. The competition is taking place from June 14th to 25th 2009 in Bazna, Romania.
Round 10: Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
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Teimour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Alexei Shirov |
1-0 |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
Gata Kamsky |
½-½ |
Boris Gelfand |
In order to secure the overall tournament victory Ivanchuk needed a draw with the black pieces against Radjabov. And the Ukrainian achieved it without any problems. Ivanchuk chose the sharp Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense, then went for a little-known line and equalized. Radjabov realized that White has no shadow of advantage and exchanged almost all pieces, after which the draw was agreed on move 28 due to the repetition.
The tournament winner Vassily Ivanchuk in a typical working pose
With the white pieces Kamsky got nothing out of the opening against Gelfand. Moreover, it was Black who looked slightly better after move 13. Then the US GM succeeded to bring his knights close to opponent’s king and create some threats. With the move 22 Kamsky prepared a nice trap, which Gelfand spotted in time and avoided. After the exchange of queens White kept some initiative, but the position was always double-edged. In a sharp endgame the draw was agreed on move 32.
Gata Kamsky vs Boris Gelfand in the final round of this tournament
Shirov-Nisipeanu was a great achievement for the Spanish GM. Nisipeanu prepared a novelty in a slightly unusual variation of the Sicilian, but Shirov refuted it with a very strong strategical play. On move 20 White made a positional exchange sacrifice and Black was left with a lot of weak squares in his camp. In spite of Nisipeanu’s efforts, Black failed to create any counterplay and White won smoothly.
Alexei Shirov at the start of a game that would give him a +1 score
Alexei Shirov vs Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in round ten
Radjabov,Teimour - Ivanchuk,Vassily [B94]
Kings' Tournament Bazna ROM (10), 25.06.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6. The Sicilian Najdorf, one of the most complex variations in the entire opening theory. Black is usually searching for a complicated battle and such an opening choice might have been a surprise for Radjabov. 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qc7. For a high level practice this is a very rare variation. No wonder that Radjabov spent a lot of time before his next move. 8.Qe2 e5 9.Nf5 h6
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21...Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Rf1+ Ke7 24.Rf3 Rc8 25.Rg3 Kf7 26.Rf3+ Ke7 27.Rg3 Kf7 28.Rf3+ draw. [Click to replay]
Kamsky,Gata - Gelfand,Boris [C24]
Kings' Tournament Bazna ROM (10), 25.06.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4. By such move order White avoids the Petrov Defense. 2...Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Nc3 Bc7 10.Nb5 Bb6 11.Re1 a6 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Bh4 0-0
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Gelfand made this move and offered a draw, which Kamsky being short on time rightly accepted. After 32...Bxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Bxh5+ 34.Kh4 Bg6 35.Rxb7 f6 36.Rb6 Re8 the position is completely unclear. Draw. [Click to replay]
Shirov,Alexei - Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter [B48]
Kings' Tournament Bazna ROM (10), 25.06.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg5
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