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Saratov Governor's Cup, Saratov/Russia
Tourney format: round robin with 12 players over 11 rounds
Time control: 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds/move starting with the first move
Round start: 13:00, last round on Oct. 19 at 11:00
Rest day: 14th October
Special: No draw offers before move 30.
Tiebreak rules: 1st Sonneborn-Berger, 2nd head to head match, 3rd no. of victories
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Morozevich fulfills 2900 promise
Alexander Morozevich fulfilled the unspoken promise made by his stupendous start. With an incredible 2900+ performance after six rounds, the question was whether he could keep it up and finish on a super performance. After beating Alekseev in the seventh round, and three draws, Tomashevsky overtook the pack trailing him and moved within one point of the leader, edging out Leko who had been doing quite solidly. Sadly one player left before the end, and that was Vitiugov. He had started the tournament ill, and possibly hoping to shake it off over the course of the two week event, persisted, but instead his health deteriorated, and after the ninth round was forced to drop out.
In the last round, Tomashevsky drew Shirov, guaranteeing the first prize for Morozevich, while the latter went on to win a superb endgame against Roiz, to cap his final tally with an impressive 8.5/11, one and a half points ahead of the field, and a staggering 2917 performance.
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.h3!? Nf6 7.Qc2 g6 8.Bh6 Bf5 9.Qc1 Nbd7 10.e3 Ne4 11.Be2 Nd6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.g4 Qxb3 16.axb3 Be6 17.b4 a6 18.Nb3 f5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.bxc5 Ne4 21.gxf5 gxf5 22.h4! Rg8 23.Na4 Bd8 24.Nb6! Bxb6 25.cxb6 Ke7 26.Bf4 Rae8 27.b4 Bc8 28.Rc1 Bd7 29.Bd3 Kf7 30.f3 Nf6 31.Kf2 Ra8? 32.Rhg1 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 Be6 33...Rg8? 34.Bxa6 33...a5 34.Ra1 a4 35.Ra3 34.Be5 h6 35.Ke2 Bd7 36.Kd2 Be6 37.Kc2 37.h5! Nxh5 38.Rh1 Kg6 39.e4! dxe4 40.fxe4 Rf8 41.exf5+ Bxf5 42.Rg1+ Kh7 43.Bxa6!+- 37...a5 38.Ra1 a4 39.Kc3 Nd7 40.Bc7 Nf8 41.Ra3 h5 42.Bc2 Ng6 43.Rxa4! Rxa4 44.Bxa4 Bd7 44...Nxh4? 45.Bxc6! bxc6 46.b7 45.Bd8 Nf8 46.Bc2 Ke6 47.e4 fxe4 48.fxe4 Be8 48...dxe4? 49.Bxe4 Be8 50.b5 Kd7 51.Bc7 Kc8 52.bxc6 Bxc6 53.d5!+- 49.e5 Bg6 50.Ba4 Kd7 51.Bg5 Ne6 52.Be3 Kc8 53.b5 cxb5 54.Bxb5 Kd8 55.Ba4 Bf7 56.Bh6 Kc8 57.Bb3 Nd8 58.Kb4 Kd7 59.Ba4+ 59.Ba4+ Kc8 60.Kc5 1–0
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Morozevich,A | 2737 | Roiz,M | 2668 | 1–0 | 2011 | D31 | Governor's Cup | 11 |
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As a result of his return to chess and his superb results, he was asked to join the Russian team to play in the European Team championship, his last classical games event of the year. At the moment, he stands to gain a further 25 Elo, and will already be in the Top Ten. 2800 club anyone?
Special mention should also be made of Evgeny Tomashevsky, who is looking to gain over 30 Elo and climb to 2740 as a result of his excellent results recently.

The chief arbiter Alexander Bach, Anatoly Karpov, and Vladimir Dines

The prize giving ceremony

Second-prize finisher, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Peter Leko, who ended in a very
respectable third place.

Pavel Ipatov, the governor of the Saratov region, presents Morozevich with his trophy
Final standings

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