Poikovsky Tournament

7th Poikovsky tournament is being held on March 18th-28th. Poikovsky is in same Siberia region as another famous chess arena - Khanty Mansiysk.

After four defeats in a row, Viktor Bologan finally managed to win a game against Ruslan Ponomariov. Other participants are showing good efforts, but still we see too many draws.

Standings after round 5:
1-4. Sergei Rublevsky 2665, Vadim Zvjaginsev 2664, Alexei Shirov 2709 and Evgeniy Najer 2562 with 3.0 points
5-8. Evgeny Bareev 2698, Ivan Sokolov 2689, Ruslan Ponomariov 2723 and Alexey Dreev 2697 with 2.5
9. Alexander Onischuk 2650 2.0
10. Viktor Bologan 2661 1.0


Alexei Shirov - Vadim Zvjaginsev
Round 5
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Nge7 5. b4 cxb4 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qg5 10. e5 Nf4 11. Qe4 a6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qg6 15. Ne4 b5 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Nf6+ Kf8 18. Nxd7+ Kg8 19. Qh3 h5 20. Re3 h4 21. f4 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. f5 Bc6 draw

Viktor Bologan - Ruslan Ponomariov
Round 5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. c3 d5 13. a4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bd2 c5 22. Qf1 Qc7 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Qc6 25. c4 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bc7 27. e5 Bxe5 28. cxb5 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. b3 Bb8 31. Bc3 Qc7 32. g3 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Nd7 34. Qd3 Nf8 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Ne6 37. Bc3 Kf8 38. b4 Qc7 39. Bb3 Nd4 40. b6 Qxb6 41. bxc5 Qxb3 42. Qxd4 f6 43. c6 Bc7 44. Bb4+ Kg8 45. Bd6 Bb6 46. Bc5 Ba5 47. Qd6 Qf7 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qb7 Qc7 50. Qb1+ Kg8 51. Qe4 Qd8 52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Bd6 Bb6 54. Kh2 Kh7 55. h4 h5 56. Qf5+ g6 57. Qe6 Kg7 58. Kg2 Ba5 59. Be7 Qd4 60. Qd7 Qe4+ 61. Kh2 Qc2 62. Bc5+ Kh6 63.
Bf8+ 1-0


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