Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Nakamura lost in Matrix!

GM Andrei Volokitin is the winner of 6th Lausanne Young Chess Masters Tournament. After passing knockout qualifications he met GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final match. Volokitin wins first game in deep ending and for 2nd round Nakamura pulls out his Matrix attack (1.e4 c5 2.Qh5). Andei was not impressed with this Queen dance and he grabs initiative in the early stage of the game. He kept cool head in the complications and scored an (easy) point to win the trophy.

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan finished third after he won "sudden death" game against GM Pentala Harikrishna. I wanted to post this game but it was impossible to record it due to fast time control. GM Magnus Carlsen is 5th and IM Nana Dzagnidze is 7th.


For 1st place:
GM Andrei Volokitin - GM Hikaru Nakamura 2-0

For 3rd place:
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - GM Pentala Harikrishna 4-3

For 5th place:
GM Magnus Carlsen - GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2-0

For 7th place:
IM Nana Dzagnidze - IM Elisabeth Paehtz 1,5-0,5


White: GM Hikaru Nakamura 2660
Black: GM Andrei Volokitin 2671
B20
Final match
1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 Nc6 4. Be2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Qg3 d5 7. Nd2 O-O 8. c3 b5 9. Nh3 d4 10. c4 Ne8 11. cxb5 Bh4 12. Qf3 Nb4 13. Bd1 f5 14. a3 Nd6 15. axb4 fxe4 16. Qh5 Bxh3 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. f3 exf3 20. Kf2 Bg5 21. Nxf3 g6 22. Bxg5 Qf5 23. Qxh3 Qxf3+ 0-1


White: GM Magnus Carlsen 2528
Black: GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2527
B84
Match for 5th place
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Be3 Rc7 12. f5 Rc4 13. g4 h6 14. Qd2 Nh7 15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. fxe6 Ne5 19. exf7+ Ngxf7 20. h3 Ng5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 h5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 hxg4 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Rd3 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nxb2 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Nd5 Rxc2+ 31. Kg3 Ng5 32. Rxg4 Nf7 33. Nf6+ gxf6 34. Rh1+ Nh6 35. Rg6 Rc3+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 38. Ke4 Rc4+ 39. Kd5 Rc5+ 40. Ke6 1-0


White: GM Hikaru Nakamura 2660
Black: GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2646
A22
Semifinal match
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d4 Nd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qc2 b6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. dxe5 Rae8 18. f4 f6 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. exf6 Rxe3 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 gxf6 24. Re7 Bf5 25. h3 c6 26. g4 b5 27. Bb3 Bd3 28. Rxa7 c5 29. Be6 f5 30. Rd7 c4 31. g5 Re8 32. Bd5 Be4 33. Bf7 Ra8 34. h4 b4 35. Rc7 bxc3 36. Bxc4 c2 37. Bb3 Rd8 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 1-0


White: GM Andrei Volokitin 2671
Black: GM Pentala Harikrishna 2645
C41
Semifinal match
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Qe3 Qb8 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 c6 14. g5 b5 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. f4 Ng4 18. f5 Bxa2 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 b4 21. Nd1 b3 22. c3 Ra4 23. Bd3 Rfa8 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Rf1 b5 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 c4 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Rd1 Re8 32. f6 b4 33. Kd4 gxf6 34. gxf6 Re6 35. e5 bxc3 36. Kxc3 Rxe5 37. Rd8+ Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Bxc4 h6 40. Bxb3 Bb1 41. Kd4 1-0


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