Friday, January 20, 2006

BIG Kamsky

After few unpleasant loses in the previous rounds, Gata Kamsky shined today to win against Vishy Anand in opposite-colored Bishop's endgame. Michael Adams scored another fine win versus Vassily Ivanchuk.

Round 6 results:
Kamsky-Anand 1-0
Adams-Ivanchuk 1-0
Sokolov-Leko draw
Bacrot-Aronian draw
van Wely-Karjakin draw
Mamedyarov-Gelfand draw
Tiviakov - Topalov draw

Standings:
1-2. GM Viswanathan Anand (India 2792) and GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria 2801) 4.0
3-6. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2729), GM Boris Gelfand (Israel 2723), GM Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine 2660) and GM Michael Adams (England 2707) 3.5
7-8. GM Levon Aronian (Armenia 2752) and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan 2709) 3.0
9-12. GM Peter Leko (Hungary 2740), GM Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands 2689), GM Sergey Tiviakov (Netherlands 2669) and GM Loek van Wely (Netherlands 2647) 2.5
13-14. GM Etienne Bacrot (France 2717) and GM Gata Kamsky (USA 2686) 2.0


GM Gata Kamsky - GM Viswanathan Anand
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. Nbc3 Qd7 9. Ne4 Bd5 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a3 Qe8 12. Qc2 f5 13. N4c3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Bxf5+ e6 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Rg3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nd5 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Re8 23. Rf1 Nd8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Rgf3 Bh6 27. Nf7 Nxf7 28. Rxf7 Rhe8 29. R1f6 a5 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Bg5 33. d5 Ka7 34. Bg8 h6 35. Bf7 Kb6 36. Bxg6 Kc5 37. Bf7 h5 38. Kd3 h4 39. h3 b5 40. Ke4 b4 41. axb4+ axb4 42. b3 Bh6 43. Bh5 Bg5 44. Be2 Bh6 45. Bc4 Bg5 46. Kf5 Bxe3 47. d6 1-0


GM Michael Adams - GM Vassily Ivanchuk
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. f5 g6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Bg7 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Be3 Rf8 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. c3 Qe6 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. a5 b5 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. h4 Ne6 25. Rd1 Rc4 26. g5 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rd3 Bc8 29. Rf3 Be6 30. Rf6 Rc6 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Qf3 Qe7 34. h5 b4 35. cxb4 Rc2 36. Qd3 Rxb2 37. Qc3 Ra2 38. Qc6+ Kd8 39. Qb6+ Kd7 40. Qxa6 gxh5 41. Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qb8+ Kd7 43. a6 Kc6 44. Qb7+ 1-0


GM Gata KamskyGM Gata Kamsky


Gata Kamsky shows his win vs. Vishy Anand


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