Saturday, December 10, 2005

5th Round of World Chess Cup

Alexander Grischuk has tied up against Boris Gelfand. Ponomariov, Bacrot and Aronian have qualified for the semifinal. This now makes it exclusive 2700 club :-)

Magnus Carlsen is probably playing his best tournament ever. In a group which is fighting for 9-16th place he beat famous French GM Joel Lautier. Gata Kamsky has eliminated Konstantin Sakaev, while Vladimir Malakhov beat Alexei Dreev. Van Wely and Vallejo Pons will play a tiebreak.



Gata Kamsky 2690 - Konstantin Sakaev 2668
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Ned4 a4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. N3d4 Nc5 19. g4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 O-O 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rc8 24. Qh3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc5 26. Ka1 Bd8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxc4 32. Nd6 Rb4 33. Qf3 a3 34. b3 Ra7 35. Nc6 Qg5 36. Ne4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Rd7 1-0


Etienne Bacrot 2725 - Sergei Rublevsky 2652
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. c3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. f4 a5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Bxb6+ 20. Kf1 cxb5 21. Bxb5+ Bd7 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. c4 Ba7 24. Ba6 Bc6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Kd7 28. Rc1 gxf5 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Bf4 Bd4 31. Bxf5+ Kc7 32. e6+ Kb6 33. Rb1+ Kc5 34. exf7 Rf8 35. Rc1+ Kb6 36. Be6 Bc5 37. Bh6 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Bb4+ 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Rc8 1-0


Joel Latier 2680 - Magnus Carlsen 2570
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. a4 h6 22. a5 Nh7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 Nf8 25. Rda1 Rcc8 26. Rb3 N8g6 27. Rxb6 Nh4 28. Ra3 Nf5 29. c5 e5 30. Ba6 Nxd4 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Bd3 g5 35. Be4 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Ba3 f5 38. Ba8 Kf6 39. Bc5 Rb5 40. Bd6 Ke6 41. Bf8 Rb8 42. Bc5 Rb2 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Rd1 h5 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Bb6 Kg6 50. Bb7 Rb2 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. Ba6 Kf6 53. Bc4 Ke5 54. Re1+ Kd6 55. Rd1 Kc5 56. Ba6 Kd5 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bb5 Kc5 59. Bd7 d3 60. Bxf5 Kd4 61. Rb1 Re2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Bc2 Re5 64. Rd1 Kc3 65. Be4 Rxe4 66. fxe4 Kc2 0-1


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