Wednesday, August 24, 2005

15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival

Experienced armenian GM Ashot Anastasian (2595) wins the race in Abu Dhabi Master tournament with 7 points out of 9 rounds. He is well known for his tough and safe play so no wonder he finished undefetead.

Second place was shared by GM Dmitry Bocharov (2574 RUS) and favorite No.31 !! IM Sergey Kayumov (2405 UZB) 6,5 points each.


Take a look at this crazy game...

SALE Srdjan (2437) - GANGULY Surya Shekhar (2596) [C68]
AbuDhabiMaster AbuDhabi (6), 20.08.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Qf6 6.d3 h6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 0-0-0 9.Qb1 Ne7 10.b4 Ng6 11.a4 b6 12.Qb2 Be7 13.Rab1 Qe6 14.Rfe1 Rhf8 15.a5 b5 16.Qc3 f5 17.Bc5 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Rxd6 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Re3 Nf4 21.Qc5 Nxg2 22.Rxe5 Qg6 23.Rxf5 Bxf5 24.Kh1 (so cool!!) Nf4 25.Nh4 Bxd3 26.Nxg6 Bxg6 27.Qe3 Nd5 28.Qe5 Bxc2 29.Rc1 Nxb4 30.Rxc2 Nxc2 31.Qf5+ 1-0

Also Blitz tourney was held as part of the Festival. Young russian GM Sergey Grigoriants (2562 RUS) was the winner of knockout competition.


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