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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 3: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
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Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Gata Kamsky |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Boris Gelfand |
Teimour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov |
The first game of the round finished in just 20 minutes after the start. Nisipeanu-Kamsky
was a draw by repetition in a well-known variation of the Italian Game. Considering
Nisipeanu’s unfortunate results in the first two games his decision to
make a short draw today is perfectly understandable. He declared after the game:
“I needed to stop it and want to start the tournament anew tomorrow. With
the black pieces Kamsky had no objections either to make a short draw...
But what about the rules of the tournament, which forbid players to make short
draws? Well, there are always rules against rules! The threefold repetition
is still valid in chess and thus by repeating the position the players can make
a draw at any stage of the game.
Gata Kamsky (left) faces Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
The Petroff Defense turned out to be rock solid again in Ivanchuk-Gelfand. The Ukrainian chose a relatively harmless variation, having an improvement in mind, but it didn’t change the evaluation of the position. The whole game was equal and on move 37 the players agreed to a draw. This result was more or less predictable already after move 18.
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Boris Gelfand
In Radjabov-Shirov the defense triumphed. The Gruenfeld Defense led right away into an opening with large advantage for White. “I must have mixed something up in the opening” (Shirov). Then White’s position was improving with every move and Shirov run almost out of time. “White should have been completely winning, of course” (Radjabov). “I practically gave up already and thought it’s over, but somehow there were always some defensive resources in the position” (Shirov). Radjabov chose a variation where the black knight couldn’t move at all, but surprisingly this turned out to be insufficient for a win. A dramatic game for Radjabov and a truly magnificent escape for Shirov.
Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan vs Alexei Shirov of Spain
Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter - Kamsky,Gata [C54]
Kings' Tournament Bazna ROM (3), 16.06.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3
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Ivanchuk,Vassily - Gelfand,Boris [C42]
Kings' Tournament Bazna ROM (3), 16.06.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3. This variation is known to lead to quiet positions and the present game changed nothing in that respect. 5...Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c3 0-0 8.Bc2 Bg4 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Re8
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[After 37.Nd2 Qg4 38.Nxe6 Kxe6 39.Kf1 f5 it is Black who has a small initiative.] Draw. [Click to replay]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.dxe5 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Nxe5 15.Rab1 0-0 16.Nd4
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16...Nd7. A new move. Alexey said that he considered it to be the only way for Black to fight, otherwise Black is just much worse. [The most frequently played move 16...Nc6 leads after 17.Nxc6 bxc6 to a "/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg" (Shirov). Indeed, White's advantage is out of question, even if it's not so trivial for him to convert it into a full point.] 17.Rhc1 Bxd4. Shirov rejected 17...Nb6 due to 18.Rb4 planning a4-a5 with very strong pressure. 18.exd4 Nb6 19.Bf3 Be6 20.a4. 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Bc6 was a good alternative. 20...Nc4+ 21.Kd1 Na5 22.Rb5 Nb3 23.d5 Nxc1 24.dxe6 Rac8
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[37.Be6 Nb4 38.Rxb4 Kxe6=] draw. [Click to replay]
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