Sunday, June 12, 2005

Chess Champs to Square Off in Curacao

GM Lazaro Bruzon, young Cuban champion, is going to face the Dutch veteran GM Jan Timman in matches to be held from June 11-17 on the Caribbean island of Curacao.

"The study of his games has allowed me to widen my knowledge about one of the most creative chess players in the world. His style is very similar to mine. I think it will be a very interesting match, and I will do my best to win," said Bruzon.

The competition is being organized by the Curacao Foundation to promote Jan Timman's latest book: "Curacao 1962, the Battle of Minds that Shook the International Chess World."

Four rapid matches will be played first and then four classic games. Bruzon is rated 2669 while Timman is rated 2607, so we could expect interesting games.

1. day - rapid games 11. Jun 2005
Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 (42) B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 (31) A33 English Symmetrical

Bruzon,L (2669) - Timman,J (2607) [A33]
Match Curacao AHO (2), 11.06.2005
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.Qf4 Be7 9.e4 d6 10.Qg3 0-0 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Bd2 Bh4 13.Qe3 Bb7 14.0-0-0 Qc7 15.f3 a6 16.Kb1 Bf6 17.Bd3 Bc6 18.g4 Qb7 19.g5 Be7 20.Rc1 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Na2 Bd7 23.Nb4 Nc7 24.f4 Rfe8 25.h4 Na6 26.g6 fxg6 27.h5 d5 28.Qd4 Nxb4 29.h6 e5 30.fxe5 Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Be6 0-1


2 comments:

Milan Lee said...

2 day - rapid games 12. jun 2005

Timman, Jan H - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 (53) B22 Sicilian Alapin
Bruzon, Lazaro - Timman, Jan H 0-1 (33) D05 Colle System

Timman won rapid match with 3.5-0.5

Today, 3rd day of fiesta, first game of clasical time control is on program.

Milan Lee said...

After two games in classical time control, Bruzon is leading 1.5-0.5