Gibraltar
ChessFire
note that Adams got a whole point, as did Americans Kamsky with the
black pieces, and Lenderman with white
:
1 FM Camus de Solliers, Guillau FRA - 2356 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2713
½-½
2 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK - 2708 IM Peek, Marcel NED 2342 1-0
3 FM Lovik, Lasse Ostebo NOR - 2343 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP
2705 0-1
4 GM Adams, Michael ENG - 2694 WGM Reizniece, Dana LAT 2341 1-0
5 FM Dittmar, Peter GER - 2341 GM Kamsky, Gata USA 2693 0-1
6 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA - 2670 IM Zozulia, Anna BEL 2321 1-0
7 FM Wantiez, Fabrice BEL - 2315 GM Fridman, Daniel GER 2654 0-1
8 GM Gustafsson, Jan GER - 2627 Andre, Gordon GER 2308 1-0
9 FM Forsaa, Espen NOR - 2301 GM Sandipan, Chanda IND 2622 0-1
10 WIM Schoene, Maria GER - 2251 GM Koneru, Humpy IND 2614 0-1
11 GM Edouard, Romain FRA - 2608 WFM Videnova, Iva BUL 2301 1-0
12 FM Perez Pardo, Juan Carlos ESP - 2297 GM Istratescu, Andrei ROU
2607 0-1
13 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu ESP - 2593 Stebbings, Anthony J ENG
2290 ½-½
14 Getz, Nicolai NOR - 2280 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal IND 2584 0-1
15 GM Felgaer, Ruben ARG - 2573 IM Kozlov, Oleg RUS 2279 ½-½
16 Royset, Paal NOR - 2279 GM Halkias, Stelios GRE 2566 0-1
17 IM Lenderman, Alex USA - 2560 Schuetze, Norman GER 2269 1-0
18 FM Nikolaidis, Konstantinos GRE - 2266 GM Lemos, Damian ARG 2556 ½-
½
19 GM Malakhatko, Vadim BEL - 2549 Stephan, Axel GER 2252 1-0
20 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL - 2545 FM Overeem, Marc NED 2245 1-0
21 Montero Melendez, Rafael ESP - 2248 GM Bhat, Vinay S. USA 2540 0-1
22 FM Hartvig, Ove Weiss DEN - 2245 GM Cramling, Pia SWE 2528 ½-½
23 GM Naumann, Alexander GER - 2525 FM Avalos Parra, Joao CHI 2245 ½-½
24 FM Marchand, Francois FRA - 2244 GM Speelman, Jon S ENG 2525 ½-½
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GM Kamsky (2693) - GM Arakhamia-Grant (2470) [B36]
Gibraltar 2010 (round 2), 27.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6
8.Be2 Bg7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.b3 Ne5 13.Qg3 Nc6 14.Rac1
Nd4 15.Bd3 a6 16.Nd5 b5 17.Rfe1 Ra7 18.h4 Kh8 19.Qe3 Bxd5 20.exd5 e5
21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Qe4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Raf7 24.h5 Rxf2 25.Be3 Qf6 26.h6 Bxh6
27.Bxd4 e5 28.Be3 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Rxa2 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.c5
White wins 1–0
SAT W-7
could have beaten Topolov to play Anand but Top is tough to beat.
People may not like him that much but he is always well prepared ..
thanks for all the good post
I need to go back and re-read them again when i have more time...I need
to get ready for work and of course i do not feel like working but i
have too..
Do you think Chess players feel the same way ?
I think they do some times , like Ivanchuck went through a LONG spell
of not playing very good and i think he was burned out ..But then he got
his act together and started to play well again..
by
ChessFire
Yeah. To refute chess is dead talk to real players, here is my fellow
Cornishman always looking for early new lines to explore and re-
envigorating ancient lore, progressing with this win to share current
Gib lead
Adams (2694) - Halkias (2566) [B41]
Gibraltar (3), 28.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0–0 0–0
8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.e5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nd5 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.c4 Nb4 13.Qe4 c5
14.Bg5 b6 15.a3 Nc6 16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.Rae1 Kh8
20.Qh4 e5 21.f4 Bb7 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxh7 Kxh7 24.Re3 Ng6 25.Qh5 Rh8
26.Re8 Rxe8 27.Bf4+ Kg7 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Bxc7 Re2 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Re2
32.Rd1 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rg7 34.Rd8+ Nf8 35.Bd6 Rg1+ 36.Ke2 R7g2+ 37.Kd3
Rd1+ 38.Kc3 White wins 1–0
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1 GM Adams, Michael
3.0 ENG M 2694
2 GM Fressinet, Laurent
3.0 FRA M 2670
3 GM Gustafsson, Jan
3.0 GER M 2627
4 GM Bacrot, Etienne
2.5 FRA M 2713
5 GM Movsesian, Sergei
2.5 SVK M 2708
6 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
2.5 ESP M 2705
7 GM Kamsky, Gata
2.5 USA M 2693
8 GM Fridman, Daniel
2.5 GER M 2654
9 GM Sandipan, Chanda
2.5 IND M 2622
10 GM Koneru, Humpy
2.5 IND F 2614
11 GM Edouard, Romain
2.5 FRA M 2608
12 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
2.5 ESP M 2593
13 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
2.5 IND M 2584
14 GM Felgaer, Ruben
2.5 ARG M 2573
15 GM Lemos, Damian
2.5 ARG M 2556
Round 4 top 5 board matchups:
1 GM Fressinet, Laurent
3.0 FRA 2670 - GM Adams, Michael
3.0 ENG 2694
2 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
2.5 ESP 2705 - GM Gustafsson, Jan
3.0 GER 2627
3 GM Bacrot, Etienne
2.5 FRA 2713 - GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
2.5 BUL 2545
4 GM Cramling, Pia
2.5 SWE 2528 - GM Movsesian, Sergei
2.5 SVK 2708
5 GM Kamsky, Gata
2.5 USA 2693 - GM Naumann, Alexander
2.5 GER 2525
Chess news from Susan Polgar
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3.5 / 4.
Here are the leaders of the 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival Masters (in
red are the leading ladies at Gibraltar):
Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating
1 GM Bacrot, Etienne
3.5 FRA M 2713
2 GM Adams, Michael
3.5 ENG M 2694
3 GM Fressinet, Laurent
3.5 FRA M 2670
4 GM Fridman, Daniel
3.5 GER M 2654
5 GM Gustafsson, Jan
3.5 GER M 2627
6 GM Sandipan, Chanda
3.5 IND M 2622
7 GM Koneru, Humpy
3.5 IND F 2614
8 GM Edouard, Romain
3.5 FRA M 2608
9 GM Felgaer, Ruben
3.5 ARG M 2591
10 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
3.5 IND M 2584
11 GM Movsesian, Sergei
3.0 SVK M 2708
12 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
3.0 ESP M 2705
13 GM Kamsky, Gata
3.0 USA M 2693
14 GM Istratescu, Andrei
3.0 ROU M 2607
15 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep
3.0 ESP M 2593
16 GM Halkias, Stelios
3.0 GRE M 2566
17 IM Lenderman, Alex
3.0 USA M 2560
18 GM Lemos, Damian
3.0 ARG M 2556
19 GM Maze, Sebastien
3.0 FRA M 2554
20 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
3.0 BEL M 2549
21 GM Cramling, Pia
3.0 SWE F 2528
22 GM Naumann, Alexander
3.0 GER M 2525
23 GM Speelman, Jon S
3.0 ENG M 2525
24 GM Guliyev, Namig
3.0 AZE M 2516
25 GM Dzagnidze, Nana
3.0 GEO F 2506
26 IM Shankland, Samuel L
3.0 USA M 2491
27 GM Carlsson, Pontus
3.0 SWE M 2476
28 IM Harika, Dronavalli
3.0 IND F 2471
29 IM Zatonskih, Anna
3.0 USA F 2466
30 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
3.0 UKR F 2462
31 IM Krush, Irina
3.0 USA F 2455
32 GM Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
3.0 ESP M 2440
33 IM Hirneise, Tobias
3.0 GER M 2421
34 Battaglini, Gabriel
3.0 FRA M 2411
35 IM Sarkar, Justin
3.0 USA M 2378
36 IM Saravanan, V.
3.0 IND M 2356
37 IM Sedina, Elena
3.0 ITA F 2335
38 IM Zozulia, Anna
3.0 BEL F 2321
39 Kantans, Toms
3.0 LAT M 2303
40 Dasaolu, Adeoye
3.0 ENG M 2068
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One of the unique features of the Gibtelecom Chess Festival is
thenewly-commissioned commentary facilities at the Caleta Hotel.
Every afternoon GM Stuart Conquest comments on the live games from
15:00 (GMT+1) for up to six hours. These are unmissable - in every
sense of that word. If you have not been able to tune in to his live
broadcasts, you can still hear them at your leisure. They have all
been stored online and can still be watched at ...
http://www.livestream.com/gibraltarchess
Yesterday afternoon (29 January) was very special indeed. You can
watch five hours of commentary at...
http://www.livestream.com/gibraltarchess/video?clipId=pla_d6324b0d-b536-42d3-b516-10f95567d224
If you move to a point around 1:26 hours into the video, Boris Spassky
made an unscheduled visit to the commentary room. Seeing him in the
audience, Stuart Conquest persuaded him to come alongside to talk "for
a few minutes" - which turned into nearly three hours!
At first Boris is off-camera (we weren't expecting him) but around
1:42 you can Boris talking about the games. After that we have nearly
three hours' video film of the legendary ex-world champion.
Please feel free to embed this video into your websites.
John Saunders-- Press Office
Gibtelecom Chess Festival
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4.5 ENG M 2694
2 GM Gustafsson, Jan
4.5 GER M 2627
3 GM Bacrot, Etienne
4.0 FRA M 2713
4 GM Movsesian, Sergei
4.0 SVK M 2708
5 GM Kamsky, Gata
4.0 USA M 2693
6 GM Fressinet, Laurent
4.0 FRA M 2670
7 GM Fridman, Daniel
4.0 GER M 2654
8 GM Sandipan, Chanda
4.0 IND M 2622
9 GM Edouard, Romain
4.0 FRA M 2608
10 GM Felgaer, Ruben
4.0 ARG M 2591
11 IM Lenderman, Alex
4.0 USA M 2560
12 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
4.0 BEL M 2549
13 GM Speelman, Jon S
4.0 ENG M 2525
14 GM Guliyev, Namig
4.0 AZE M 2516
15 GM Dzagnidze, Nana
4.0 GEO F 2506
16 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
4.0 UKR F 2462
17 Battaglini, Gabriel
4.0 FRA M 2411
18 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
3.5 ESP M 2705
19 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
3.5 BUL M 2660
20 GM Koneru, Humpy
3.5 IND F 2614
21 GM Istratescu, Andrei
3.5 ROU M 2607
22 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
3.5 IND M 2584
23 GM Halkias, Stelios
3.5 GRE M 2566
24 GM Maze, Sebastien
3.5 FRA M 2554
25 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
3.5 BUL F 2545
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1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
4.5 GER 2627 GM Adams, Michael
4.5 ENG 2694 ½-½
2 GM Bacrot, Etienne
4.0 FRA 2713 GM Felgaer, Ruben
4.0 ARG 2591 ½-½
3 GM Speelman, Jon S
4.0 ENG 2525 GM Movsesian, Sergei
4.0 SVK 2708 ½-½
4 GM Kamsky, Gata
4.0 USA 2693 IM Lenderman, Alex
4.0 USA 2560 ½-½
5 GM Guliyev, Namig
4.0 AZE 2516 GM Fressinet, Laurent
4.0 FRA 2670 ½-½
6 GM Fridman, Daniel
4.0 GER 2654 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
4.0 BEL 2549 ½-½
7 GM Dzagnidze, Nana
4.0 GEO 2506 GM Sandipan, Chanda
4.0 IND 2622 0-1
8 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
4.0 UKR 2462 GM Edouard, Romain
4.0 FRA 2608 1-0
9 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
3.5 BUL 2660 Battaglini, Gabriel
4.0 FRA 2411 1-0
10 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
3.5 ESP 2705 IM Zatonskih, Anna
3.5 USA 2466 1-0
11 GM Koneru, Humpy
3.5 IND 2614 IM Krush, Irina
3.5 USA 2455 1-0
12 GM Istratescu, Andrei
3.5 ROU 2607 IM Vernay, Clovis
3.5 FRA 2442 ½-½
13 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
3.5 IND 2584 WGM Karavade, Eesha
3.5 IND 2405 1-0
14 GM Halkias, Stelios
3.5 GRE 2566 IM Hirneise, Tobias
3.5 GER 2421 1-0
15 GM Maze, Sebastien
3.5 FRA 2554 IM Houska, Jovanka w 3.5 ENG 2401 1-0
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followed by another dozen or so on 4.5
Photo by MonRoi
Leaders after 6 rounds:
1 GM Adams, Michael
5.0 ENG M 2694
2 GM Gustafsson, Jan
5.0 GER M 2627
3 GM Sandipan, Chanda
5.0 IND M 2622
4 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
5.0 UKR F 2462
SAT W-7
I think it is good the ladies play the men since i belive it makes them
( ladies ) better players even if they get beat..
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Top 20 board pairings:
1 GM Koneru, Humpy
5.5 IND 2614 - GM Movsesian, Sergei
5.5 SVK 2708
2 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
5.5 ESP 2705 - GM Sandipan, Chanda
5.5 IND 2622
3 GM Kamsky, Gata
5.5 USA 2693 - GM Adams, Michael
5.5 ENG 2694
4 GM Halkias, Stelios
5.5 GRE 2566 - GM Fressinet, Laurent
5.5 FRA 2670
5 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
5.5 UKR 2462 - GM Gustafsson, Jan
5.5 GER 2627
6 GM Bacrot, Etienne
5.0 FRA 2713 - IM Lenderman, Alex
5.5 USA 2560
7 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
5.0 BUL 2660 - GM Speelman, Jon S
5.0 ENG 2525
8 GM Fridman, Daniel
5.0 GER 2654 - GM Hoffmann, Michael
5.0 GER 2508
9 IM Kapnisis, Spyridon
5.0 GRE 2510 - GM Edouard, Romain
5.0 FRA 2608
10 GM Istratescu, Andrei
5.0 ROU 2607 - GM Bindrich, Falko
5.0 GER 2512
11 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
5.0 GEO 2493 - GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
5.0 ESP 2593
12 IM Shankland, Samuel L
5.0 USA 2491 - GM Felgaer, Ruben
5.0 ARG 2591
13 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
5.0 IND 2584 - GM Carlsson, Pontus
5.0 SWE 2476
14 GM Lemos, Damian
5.0 ARG 2556 - IM Vernay, Clovis
5.0 FRA 2442
15 IM Boskovic, Drasko
5.0 SRB 2454 - GM Maze, Sebastien
5.0 FRA 2554
16 WIM Cori T., Deysi
5.0 PER 2412 - GM Naumann, Alexander
5.0 GER 2525
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The ladies, 2 US, are half a point adrift; next round:-
17 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
4.5 BEL 2549 - Tate, Alan
5.0 SCO 2211
18 IM Zatonskih, Anna
4.5 USA 2466 - GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
4.5 BUL 2545
19 GM Bhat, Vinay S.
4.5 USA 2540 - IM Krush, Irina
4.5 USA 2455
20 GM Cramling, Pia
4.5 SWE 2528 - IM Hirneise, Tobias
4.5 GER 2421
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Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating
1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
6.5 GER M 2627
2 GM Bacrot, Etienne
6.0 FRA M 2713
3 GM Movsesian, Sergei
6.0 SVK M 2708
4 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
6.0 ESP M 2705
5 GM Adams, Michael
6.0 ENG M 2694
6 GM Kamsky, Gata
6.0 USA M 2693
7 GM Fressinet, Laurent
6.0 FRA M 2670
8 GM Sandipan, Chanda
6.0 IND M 2622
9 GM Koneru, Humpy
6.0 IND F 2614
10 GM Halkias, Stelios
6.0 GRE M 2566
11 GM Lemos, Damian
6.0 ARG M 2556
12 GM Naumann, Alexander
6.0 GER M 2525
13 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.0 GEO F 2493
14 IM Boskovic, Drasko
6.0 SRB M 2454
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Tues 26 Jan - Thurs 4 Feb 2010
PRESS RELEASE – ROUND 8 REPORT
GUSTY WIND BLOWS THROUGH GIBRALTAR
The presence of a chess legend has added an extra frisson to life at
the Gibtelecom Chess Festival. One day I was waiting for the lift when
I noticed a white-haired gentleman in his seventies move swiftly past
me and put me to shame by using the stairs. Another day I was about to
step into what I thought was an unoccupied lift only to notice at the
last minute that it was occupied by the same man, who blinked at me in
surprise as my rotundity briefly threatened to collide with his rather
more svelte figure.
Yesterday I had my closest encounter yet with said gentleman, whom I’m
sure you will already have guessed is the tenth World Chess Champion,
Boris Spassky. I noticed him sitting in the bar with Stewart Reuben
and Ruben Felgaer. At the time I was having difficulty finding
somewhere to sit down and enjoy my chicken baguette and I was quite
pleased to see them get up and depart, giving me an ideal place to sit
down and have lunch.
About 20 minutes later a slightly perplexed Spassky returned to the
same place. To my surprise, he bore down on me and asked “have you
seen my glasses? I was sitting here before”. I was galvanised into
action. Lifting the cushion on the chair, I caught sight of the great
man’s spectacles on the floor under the chair. I fished them out and
handed them to him. A trivial enough thing to do, of course, but
Boris’s reaction was as if I had just given him a fully-worked, cast-
iron refutation of the Benoni. Lifting his arms to the skies for added
effect, he exclaimed: “This is a miracle! How did you do it?”
Trifling though the favour was, it was extremely pleasurable to have
been of service to one of the greatest players who has ever lived. My
life is now complete and my epitaph will surely read “here lies the
man who once helped Boris Spassky find his specs”.
Now to business: 30-year-old German grandmaster Jan ‘Gusty’ Gustafsson
moved into the sole lead in round eight of the Gibtelecom Masters,
blowing away Natalia Zhukova with some ease though he has thirteen
players still breathing down his neck as the tournament reaches its
penultimate round. (I’ve been racking my brains for some more
meteorological metaphors but I think I’ll call it a day at three. I
don’t want a reputation as a windbag.)
Natalia Zhukova had so far been the surprise package of this year’s
festival but her streak came to an end when she faced the Hamburg-born
grandmaster. Despite having the white pieces, she soon found herself
in a passive position and Gustafsson found a powerful tactical coup to
end the game on move 33.
Other games between the eleven overnight leaders started brightly but
gradually subsided into draws. Kamsky-Adams was a heavyweight
encounter and promised a good struggle but after a number of exchanges
the game reduced to a level endgame.
Five players in the next score group took the opportunity to move
close to the leading score. Top seed Etienne Bacrot moved back into
contention by defeating Alex Lenderman of the USA in a long,
fluctuating struggle. Georgian International Master Lela Javakhishvili
became one of two women players to reach the group in second equal
place when she won impressively against Spanish grandmaster Josep
Manuel Lopez Martinez.
The game of the day was almost certainly the one between Argentinian
grandmaster Damian Lemos and French International Master Clovis
Vernay. The Frenchman, playing Black, attempted to extract himself
from difficulties with a remarkable tactical combination involving an
eye-catching queen sacrifice. Many a player would have succumbed to
such a dangerous attack but the Argentinian found an equally
astonishing defence to neutralise the Black counterattack and convert
the material advantage into victory. Great credit must go to both
players for providing this feast of chess.
Leaders after Round 8: 1st Jan Gustafsson (Germany) 6½ points out of
8; 2nd= Etienne Bacrot (France), Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia), Paco
Vallejo Pons (Spain), Michael Adams (England), Gata Kamsky (USA),
Laurent Fressinet (France), Chand Sandipan (India), Humpy Koneru
(India), Stelios Halkias (Greece), Damian Lemos (Argentina), Alexander
Naumann (Germany), Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia), Drasko Boskovic
(Serbia) 6 points.
John Saunders
Webmaster/Chess Press
Gibraltar International Chess Festival, e-mail:
gibche...@gmail.com
The Gibtelecom International Chess Festival 26th Jan – 4th Feb can be
followed on-line at www.gibraltarchesscongress.com Live streaming with
commentary is available every afternoon with Grandmaster Stuart
Conquest. This year the tournament boasts a new broadcasting suite
with the very latest technology installed by Gibtelecom. These
commentaries are broadcast live on the congress website www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
The festival’s total prize fund of £112,500 is one of the highest in
the world for an event which is open to all. The Masters has £96,600
in prizes, and there are two Challenger Tournaments, each lasting five
days, with prizes for each of £5,500. Two five-day Amateur Tournaments
are also played, with prize money of £2,300 each.
ChessFire
1 GM Koneru, Humpy
5.5 IND 2614 GM Movsesian, Sergei
5.5 SVK 2708 ½-½
2 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
5.5 ESP 2705 GM Sandipan, Chanda
5.5 IND 2622 ½-½
3 GM Kamsky, Gata
5.5 USA 2693 GM Adams, Michael
5.5 ENG 2694 ½-½
4 GM Halkias, Stelios
5.5 GRE 2566 GM Fressinet, Laurent
5.5 FRA 2670 ½-½
5 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
5.5 UKR 2462 GM Gustafsson, Jan
5.5 GER 2627 0-1
6 GM Bacrot, Etienne
5.0 FRA 2713 IM Lenderman, Alex
5.5 USA 2560 1-0
7 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
5.0 BUL 2660 GM Speelman, Jon S
5.0 ENG 2525 ½-½
8 GM Fridman, Daniel
5.0 GER 2654 GM Hoffmann, Michael
5.0 GER 2508 ½-½
9 IM Kapnisis, Spyridon
5.0 GRE 2510 GM Edouard, Romain
5.0 FRA 2608 ½-½
10 GM Istratescu, Andrei
5.0 ROU 2607 GM Bindrich, Falko
5.0 GER 2512 ½-½
11 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
5.0 GEO 2493 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
5.0 ESP 2593 1-0
12 IM Shankland, Samuel L
5.0 USA 2491 GM Felgaer, Ruben
5.0 ARG 2591 ½-½
13 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
5.0 IND 2584 GM Carlsson, Pontus
5.0 SWE 2476 ½-½
14 GM Lemos, Damian
5.0 ARG 2556 IM Vernay, Clovis
5.0 FRA 2442 1-0
15 IM Boskovic, Drasko
5.0 SRB 2454 GM Maze, Sebastien
5.0 FRA 2554 1-0
16 WIM Cori T., Deysi
5.0 PER 2412 GM Naumann, Alexander
5.0 GER 2525 0-1
17 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
4.5 BEL 2549 Tate, Alan
5.0 SCO 2211 1-0
18 IM Zatonskih, Anna
4.5 USA 2466 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
4.5 BUL 2545 0-1
19 GM Bhat, Vinay S.
4.5 USA 2540 IM Krush, Irina
4.5 USA 2455 0-1
20 GM Cramling, Pia
4.5 SWE 2528 IM Hirneise, Tobias
4.5 GER 2421 1-0
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Gibraltar (10), 04.02.2010
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5
8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.f4 Na6 12.0–0–0 h6 13.Bh4 g5
14.Bg3 Nc5 15.Bf3 g4 16.Bf2 gxf3 17.Bxc5 fxg2 18.Rhg1 Nh5 19.Nd3 b6
20.Bd6 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rxe4 22.Rxg2+ Kh7 23.Ne5 Bh3 24.Rf2 f6 25.Nxc6
Rxc4 26.Ne7 Rxc3+ 27.Kb2 Rc4 28.Rd3 Be6 29.Re3 Bd7 30.f5 Re8 31.Rd2
Ng7 32.Ba3 Ba4 33.Red3 Rc7 34.Rd4 Bb5 35.Rd5 a6 36.Ng6 Nxf5 37.Nf8+
Rxf8 38.Bxf8 Ne3 39.Rh5 Nc4+ 40.Kc3 Nxd2+ 41.Kxd2 Rd7+ 42.Kc1 Kg8
43.Bxh6 Rh7 44.Rh4 Bd7 45.h3 b5 46.Rd4 Bxh3 47.Be3 Rc7+ 48.Kb2 Rc6
49.a4 Kf7 50.Rh4 Bf5 51.axb5 axb5 52.Rf4 Ke6 53.Bd4 Rc4 54.Ka3 Kf7
55.Kb3 Kg6 56.Be3 Rxf4 57.Bxf4 Bd7 58.Kc3 Kf5 59.Bd6 Ke4 60.Kd2 f5
61.Bc5 f4 62.Kc3 Kf3 63.Kd2 Kg2 Black wins 0–1
With this win, Gata Kamsky tied for 1st place. Phil Innes
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Final round top board pairings:
1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
7.0 GER 2627 GM Movsesian, Sergei
7.0 SVK 2708 10:00
2 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
7.0 ESP 2705 GM Adams, Michael
7.0 ENG 2694 10:00
3 GM Bacrot, Etienne
6.5 FRA 2713 GM Cramling, Pia
6.5 SWE 2528 10:00
4 GM Bindrich, Falko
6.5 GER 2512 GM Kamsky, Gata
6.5 USA 2693 10:00
5 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
6.5 UKR 2462 GM Fressinet, Laurent
6.5 FRA 2670 10:00
6 GM Fridman, Daniel
6.5 GER 2654 IM Lenderman, Alex
6.5 USA 2560
7 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.5 GEO 2493 GM Sandipan, Chanda
6.5 IND 2622 10:00
8 IM Boskovic, Drasko
6.5 SRB 2454 GM Koneru, Humpy
6.5 IND 2614
9 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
6.5 IND 2584 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
6.5 BUL 2545
10 IM Kapnisis, Spyridon
6.0 GRE 2510 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
6.0 BUL 2660
11 GM Istratescu, Andrei
6.0 ROU 2607 IM Krush, Irina
6.0 USA 2455
12 GM Hoffmann, Michael
6.0 GER 2508 GM Felgaer, Ruben
6.0 ARG 2591
13 GM Halkias, Stelios
6.0 GRE 2566 IM Vernay, Clovis
6.0 FRA 2442
14 GM Lemos, Damian
6.0 ARG 2556 IM Dworakowska, Joanna w 6.0 POL 2374
15 IM Cori, Jorge J 6.0 PER 2483 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
6.0 BEL 2549
16 IM Sarkar, Justin
6.0 USA 2378 GM Naumann, Alexander
6.0 GER 2525
17 FM Avalos Parra, Joao
6.0 CHI 2245 GM Speelman, Jon S
6.0 ENG 2525
18 Ivanov, Stojan Emilov
6.0 BUL 2198 GM Guliyev, Namig
6.0 AZE 2516
19 IM Houska, Jovanka w 5.5 ENG 2401 GM Edouard, Romain
5.5 FRA 2608
20 WGM Reizniece, Dana
5.5 LAT 2341 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
5.5 ESP 2593
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in this game the other guy traded Queens early ....
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pieces to move back into a tie for the lead in the women's standings.
She is also slightly ahead of Humpy Koneru in rating performance.
Stefanova is performing over 2660. Cramling and Javakhishvili are both
performing around 2570.
Round 9 top board results:
1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
6.5 GER 2627 GM Bacrot, Etienne
6.0 FRA 2713 ½-½
2 GM Movsesian, Sergei
6.0 SVK 2708 GM Halkias, Stelios
6.0 GRE 2566 1-0
3 GM Naumann, Alexander
6.0 GER 2525 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
6.0 ESP 2705 0-1
4 GM Adams, Michael
6.0 ENG 2694 GM Lemos, Damian
6.0 ARG 2556 1-0
5 GM Koneru, Humpy
6.0 IND 2614 GM Kamsky, Gata
6.0 USA 2693 ½-½
6 GM Fressinet, Laurent
6.0 FRA 2670 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.0 GEO 2493 ½-½
7 GM Sandipan, Chanda
6.0 IND 2622 IM Boskovic, Drasko
6.0 SRB 2454 ½-½
8 GM Guliyev, Namig
5.5 AZE 2516 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
5.5 BUL 2660 ½-½
9 GM Carlsson, Pontus
5.5 SWE 2476 GM Fridman, Daniel
5.5 GER 2654 0-1
10 GM Edouard, Romain
5.5 FRA 2608 GM Bindrich, Falko
5.5 GER 2512 0-1
11 GM Hoffmann, Michael
5.5 GER 2508 GM Istratescu, Andrei
5.5 ROU 2607 ½-½
12 GM Felgaer, Ruben
5.5 ARG 2591 IM Kapnisis, Spyridon
5.5 GRE 2510 ½-½
13 IM Harika, Dronavalli
5.5 IND 2471 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
5.5 IND 2584 0-1
14 IM Lenderman, Alex
5.5 USA 2560 GM Dzagnidze, Nana
5.5 GEO 2506 1-0
15 IM Krush, Irina
5.5 USA 2455 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
5.5 BEL 2549 ½-½
16 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
5.5 BUL 2545 IM Shankland, Samuel L
5.5 USA 2491 1-0
17 FM Lovik, Lasse Ostebo
5.5 NOR 2343 GM Cramling, Pia
5.5 SWE 2528 0-1
18 GM Speelman, Jon S
5.5 ENG 2525 IM Cori, Jorge J 5.5 PER 2483 ½-½
19 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
5.5 RUS 2523 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
5.5 UKR 2462 0-1
20 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
5.0 ESP 2593 FM Degtiarev, Evgeny
5.0 GER 2374 ½-½
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Adams Wins The Final
John Saunders reports: English grandmaster Mickey Adams has won the
8th Gibtelecom Masters after a four-player play-off. He did it the
hard way, losing the first game of his semi-final against German GM
Jan Gustafsson and having much the worst of the second game before
Gustafsson blundered a piece. There followed an Armageddon game, with
Adams obliged to win, which he did in some style.
In the other semi-final Paco Vallejo Pons of Spain won his first game
quite comfortably against Chand Sandipan of India. He was comfortable
in the second game but Sandipan fought back to the point where he
should have won, only the make a terrible blunder which cost him the
win.
The final saw Adams in his best form, soon securing a strong advantage
which he carried through to victory. In the return, Vallejo Pons got a
bad position but his attempt to mix the game up cost him a piece and
he could only draw. The two-game mini-matches were played at a time
control of 10 minutes with 10 second increments and the Armageddon
game at 5 minutes to 4.
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1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
7.0 GER 2627 GM Movsesian, Sergei
7.0 SVK 2708 ½-½
2 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
7.0 ESP 2705 GM Adams, Michael
7.0 ENG 2694 ½-½
3 GM Bacrot, Etienne
6.5 FRA 2713 GM Cramling, Pia
6.5 SWE 2528 1-0
4 GM Bindrich, Falko
6.5 GER 2512 GM Kamsky, Gata
6.5 USA 2693 0-1
5 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
6.5 UKR 2462 GM Fressinet, Laurent
6.5 FRA 2670 ½-½
6 GM Fridman, Daniel
6.5 GER 2654 IM Lenderman, Alex
6.5 USA 2560 0-1
7 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.5 GEO 2493 GM Sandipan, Chanda
6.5 IND 2622 0-1
8 IM Boskovic, Drasko
6.5 SRB 2454 GM Koneru, Humpy
6.5 IND 2614 ½-½
9 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
6.5 IND 2584 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
6.5 BUL 2545 1-0
10 IM Kapnisis, Spyridon
6.0 GRE 2510 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
6.0 BUL 2660 0-1
11 GM Istratescu, Andrei
6.0 ROU 2607 IM Krush, Irina
6.0 USA 2455 1-0
12 GM Hoffmann, Michael
6.0 GER 2508 GM Felgaer, Ruben
6.0 ARG 2591 1-0
13 GM Halkias, Stelios
6.0 GRE 2566 IM Vernay, Clovis
6.0 FRA 2442 1-0
14 GM Lemos, Damian
6.0 ARG 2556 IM Dworakowska, Joanna w 6.0 POL 2374 ½-½
15 IM Cori, Jorge J 6.0 PER 2483 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
6.0 BEL 2549 0-1
16 IM Sarkar, Justin
6.0 USA 2378 GM Naumann, Alexander
6.0 GER 2525 ½-½
17 FM Avalos Parra, Joao
6.0 CHI 2245 GM Speelman, Jon S
6.0 ENG 2525 0-1
18 Ivanov, Stojan Emilov
6.0 BUL 2198 GM Guliyev, Namig
6.0 AZE 2516 0-1
19 IM Houska, Jovanka w 5.5 ENG 2401 GM Edouard, Romain
5.5 FRA 2608 ½-½
20 WGM Reizniece, Dana
5.5 LAT 2341 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
5.5 ESP 2593 1-0
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10 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
7.0 UKR F 2462 2686 +3.02 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½
12 GM Koneru, Humpy
7.0 IND F 2614 2663 +0.77 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½
21 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
6.5 BUL F 2545 2614 +1.00 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
24 GM Cramling, Pia
6.5 SWE F 2528 2546 +0.38 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0
27 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.5 GEO F 2493 2535 +0.75 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0
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Top 25 finishers:
Rk Name
Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
7.5 GER M 2627 2769 +1.88 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
2 GM Adams, Michael
7.5 ENG M 2694 2764 +0.97 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
3 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
7.5 ESP M 2705 2726 +0.33 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½
4 GM Sandipan, Chanda
7.5 IND M 2622 2720 +1.29 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
5 GM Kamsky, Gata
7.5 USA M 2693 2719 +0.38 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
6 GM Bacrot, Etienne
7.5 FRA M 2713 2713 +0.11 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
7 GM Movsesian, Sergei
7.5 SVK M 2708 2708 +0.07 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
8 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
7.5 IND M 2584 2656 +0.95 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1
9 IM Lenderman, Alex
7.5 USA M 2560 2652 +1.33 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1
10 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
7.0 UKR F 2462 2686 +3.02 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½
11 GM Fressinet, Laurent
7.0 FRA M 2670 2666 +0.04 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
12 GM Koneru, Humpy
7.0 IND F 2614 2663 +0.77 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½
13 GM Halkias, Stelios
7.0 GRE M 2566 2630 +0.95 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1
14 GM Hoffmann, Michael
7.0 GER M 2508 2630 +1.73 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
15 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
7.0 BEL M 2549 2590 +0.67 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1
16 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
7.0 BUL M 2660 2568 -0.88 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
17 GM Istratescu, Andrei
7.0 ROU M 2607 2554 -0.49 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
18 GM Speelman, Jon S
7.0 ENG M 2525 2551 +0.56 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
19 IM Boskovic, Drasko
7.0 SRB M 2454 2506 +0.90 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½
20 GM Guliyev, Namig
7.0 AZE M 2516 2505 +0.18 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1
21 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
6.5 BUL F 2545 2614 +1.00 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
22 GM Fridman, Daniel
6.5 GER M 2654 2613 -0.45 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0
23 GM Bindrich, Falko
6.5 GER M 2512 2583 +1.04 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0
24 GM Cramling, Pia
6.5 SWE F 2528 2546 +0.38 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0
25 IM Hirneise, Tobias
6.5 GER M 2421 2541 +1.66 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1
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This is another solid performance by Gata.
SAT W-7
I belive all those ladies learned some things in these games too..I
think it will make them better players after they study their games ..